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 CURRICULUM VITA

OBJECTIVE
To obtain a fulltime or part-time instructor’s position in college writing and/or office systems technology.

EDUCATION
            Teaching Certificate              Rhetoric & Composition
                        Appalachian State University     Boone, NC
                        May 2007

            Educational Specialist Degree            Higher Education Adult Education
                        Appalachian State University     Boone, NC
                        August 2006

            Master of Arts             Higher Education Business Administration
                        Appalachian State University     Boone, NC
                        December 2002

            Bachelor of Arts                      English Creative Writing
                        University of North Carolina     Wilmington, NC
                        May 1995

            GPA    4.0                   Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
            Appalachian State University Freshman Seminar, Fall 2004 – Fall 2006

• Design and delivery of a section of the award-winning ASU Freshman Seminar program that provides incoming students with the necessary knowledge and practices for a successful first year on campus.
• Designed course syllabi, created assignments and class lesson plans including low- and high-stakes assignments.
• Observed freshmen students’ learning and experimenting with ways to best meet their needs.
• Served as a mentor for firs-year college students.
• Met weekly with peer-leader to discuss teaching experiences and share teaching techniques; observed peer-leader in classroom to view their teaching methods.

SELECTED COURSEWORK

• ENG 5990 Capstone Project – Teaching Certificate Rhetoric & Composition – Visual Literacy & Hypertext
• ENG 5650 Gender Studies – Irish Female Authors
• ENG 5530 Writing Project: Theory & Practice
• ENG 5500 Advanced Studies in Rhetoric & Composition
• ENG 5123 Teaching ENG 1100
• ENG 5100 Composition Theory Practice & Pedagogy
• LHE 6650 Seminar in Post-Secondary Education
• LHE 6550 Leadership and Educational Studies - Internship/Field Study - University Writing Centers
• LHE 5990 Leadership and Educational Studies - Internship/Field Study - University Freshman Seminar
• LHE 5080 Introduction to Adult Education
• FDN 5220 Computers in Educational Studies

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Dr. Chris Anson, Writing Across the Curriculum workshop at ASU, Spring 2007
• Dr. Anthony Petrosky, Words and Images workshop at ASU, Fall 2006
• Dr. Andrea Lunsford, Composition workshop at ASU, Spring 2006
• ASU Freshman Seminar Instructor’s training, Summer 2004
• ASU Summer Reading Program Discussion Leader workshop, Summer 2003

SELECTED HONORS/RECOGNITIONS

• Recipient, Chuck and Robin deKrafft Scholarship, Spring 2005