| EDUCATION
University
of Houston Creative Writing Program, Houston, TX. PhD in Creative Writing
received May 1995.
Studied Milton, Shakespeare,
Romanticism, Rhetoric, two literary theory classes, General Linguistics,
19th Century American Novel; Modern American Poetry and Contemporary Poetry,
a course on Hardy, Auden, and Larkin; took Poetry Workshops with Richard
Howard, Cynthia MacDonald, Ed Hirsch, Adam Zagajewski, and Rosellen Brown.
Took comprehensive exams in
Renaissance Literature, Early American Literature, Romantic Literature,
and Poetry Genre.
University
of Iowa Writer's Workshop, Iowa City, IA. Master of Fine Arts in Poetry,
May 1989.
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Studied poetry and the form
of poetry in various workshops and seminars taught by Jorie Graham, James
Galvin, Marvin Bell, Ira Sadoff, Arthur Vogelsang, and Allan Gurganus.
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Worked in editorial and production
areas for The Iowa Review, 1988 - 89.
Smith
College, Northampton, Massachusetts. Bachelor of Arts received May,
1984.
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English and Medieval Studies
Dual Major. Took advanced courses in Chaucer, Shakespeare, Religious Poetry,
Twentieth Century European Fiction, Beowulf, Arthurian Legend; studied
poetry writing with Richard Wilbur.
University
of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1982 - 83.
Studied Old English language
and Literature, History of the English and Scottish Languages, Scottish
History, and 20th Century British and American Literature.
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FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
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Attended 1998 Seminar for North
Carolina Presenters Consortium, funded by an NEA grant, January 30-31,
1998,
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Attended 1997 Southern Carolinas
Higher Educational Assessment Conference, November 13-15, 1997.
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Attended 1997 EDUCOM conference
on Educational Technology, October 28 - November 1 1997.
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Attending a year-long seminar
in teaching and learning with the Western Carolina University's Center
for Teaching Excellence, 1997-8.
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Attended workshop in Funding
Educational Technology, WCU, Spring 1996.
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Attended workshop in HTML conducted
by the WCU's Computer Center, Spring 1996.
Attended workshop in Scholarly
writing, WCU, October 1995.
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AWARDS
AND DISTINCTIONS
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Recipient of $5000 Summer Research
Grant, Western Carolina University to attend Vermont Studio Center, Johnson,
Vermont, 1999
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Recipient of $2000 Vice Chancellor's
Teaching Improvement Grant, Western Carolina University, 1998
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Finalist (3rd place) in the
Anhinga Press Poetry Competition, 1997.
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Recipient of National Endowment
for the Humanities Summer Seminar grant ($2850) for study of Modernism
in Paris, 1997.
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Finalist in the National Association
of State Poetry Societies Poetry Prize and in the Sarabande Books prize,
1996.
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Recipient of a Cultural Arts
Council of Houston/ Harris County Artist's Grant ($5000), 1995.
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Finalist in the National Poetry
Series and in Brittingham Poetry Prize contest, 1993.
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Barthelme/ Michener Prize ($10,000)
for Poetry, 1993.
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University of Houston Teaching
Excellence Award, 1992.
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Barthelme Memorial prize at
the AEGIS English Conference, 1992.
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Intro Prize from the Associated
Writing Programs (AWP), 1991.
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Inprint Fellowship ($2,500)
University of Houston, 1991.
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Stella Erhardt Fellowship ($3,000)
University of Houston, 1989.
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Graduated Cum Laude, Smith College,
1984.
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Prize for best work in Scottish
History, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1983.
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Rosemary Brown prize ($1,000)
& Ruth Forbes Elliot prize for poetry, Smith College, 1981, 1982.
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Elizabeth Drew Prize for Best
Freshman Essay, Smith College, 1981.
Dean's List, Smith College,
1981, 1982, and 1984.
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| PUBLICATIONS
Books
Reviews of Book:
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“First-Time
First Rate: A Spring Crop of Budding Authors,” Foreword Magazine 1999.
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“Poems of Obsession,” Asheville
Citizen Times, October 1999.
Articles
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Article on images of the modernist
woman artist in Paris accepted in collection of articles on modernism,
edited by Anne Ardis, 1999. Collection is under consideration at the publisher.
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"Acquainted with the Night,"
Robert Frost Encyclopedia, 1998.
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"Design," Robert Frost Encyclopedia,
1998.
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"A Servant to Servants," Robert
Frost Encyclopedia, 1998.
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"Fallen Wombs: The Origin of
Death in Miltonic Sexuality," Milton Studies, December 1992.
Poetry
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"Sublime Afterwards," Shenandoah,
1998.
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"Epistle from the Planet Photosynthesis:
Epistle II," Asheville Poetry Review, 1998.
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"Tryst" (poem), Antioch Review
48.4 (Fall 1990): 490-1.
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"Flying Down to Rio" (poem),
North American Review 276.1 (March 1991): 66.
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"The Sphere of Influence" (poem),
Black Warrior Review 18.1 (Fall/Winter 1991): 170.
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"Epistle from the Planet Photosynthesis:
Epistle 5" (poem), Gulf Coast 5.1 (Summer 1992): 72-5.
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"Some Lights" (poem), Western
Humanities Review 46.2 (Summer 1992): 158.
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"Child Reading" (poem), Western
Humanities Review, 46.2 (Summer 1992): 159.
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"In the Still Room" (poem),
Amherst Review, Winter 1983.
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PRESENTATIONS
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Reading and Book signing at
Catawba College, Salisbury, NC; Wake Forest University, Winston Salem,
NC; Appalachian State University, Boone, NC November 2000 - March 2001
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Readings and Performance Poems
performed at Vermont Studio
Center, Johnson, VT, June 2000
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Paper entitled "ClanPMS and
Others: Resistance and Accommodation in the Women's Video Game Culture,"
accepted at fall SCMLA convention.
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Paper entitled "Mannequins,
Automatons and Other Cyborgs: Representation and Counter-representation
of the Modernist Woman Artist," spring NEMLA convention.
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Read poetry for Share Our Strengths's
national Writer's Harvest literary benefit.
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Presented project, Cyborg Women:
Technology in the Construction of the Modernist Woman Artist at NEH Seminar
in Paris, 1997.
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Presented paper, Monstrous Seers:
Mary Shelley's Poetic Progeny of the 1950's at National
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Poetry Foundation conference,
Orono, Maine, July 1996.
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Read poetry at Georgia / Carolinas
College English Association Conference, February, 1996.
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Chaired program in 19th century
British literature, AEGIS conference, University of Houston, 1992.
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Presented paper, Freeing the
Free Text: Self-Revision in Frederick Douglass's Narrative and in Mark
Twain's Huckleberry Finn, South Central MLA, October, 1994.
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held poetry readings in a variety
of Cullowhee, NC and Houston, TX reading series.
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| TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Director, Professional
Writing, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. 1997-present.
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Headed committee to design new
Masters in Professional Writing Program; revised undergraduate curriculum,
oversee advising of all majors; supervise co-ops and internships.
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Wrote copy and designed departmental
brochure.
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Consult with WCU admissions
office on writing and editing of promotional copy.
Director, Visiting Writers
Series, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. 1998-present.
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Responsible for all fundraising,
publicity, and bookings. Booked such writers as Leslie Marmon Silko, Carolyn
Chute, Ntozake Shange, and Luis Rodriguez for the first time.
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Worked with area teachers and
social services providers to reach Latin American community for Luis Rodruiguez's
week long residency.
Assistant Professor,
English, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. 1995-present.
Taught several sections of freshman
composition and sophomore literature surveys; upper level courses in Modernism,
Shakespeare, and Seventeenth Century Metaphysical Poetry.
Taught senior level courses
in professional writing (Non-fiction Writing, Writing for Careers, and
Publishing); organized annual Professional Writing undergraduate conference.
Instructor, Poetry
and Spirituality Seminar, Cultural Arts Council Artist's Community Project,
Christ Church Cathedral, Houston, TX. Summer 1995.
Coordinator, Freshman
Peer Tutor Program, English Computer Writing Center, Department of English,
University of Houston, Houston, TX 1994-5.
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Created and implemented peer
tutor service for freshman composition program to identify and retain at-risk
students; developed system for tracking lab use and student retention.
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Created instructional materials,
including hypertext applications and worksheets for pre-writing, revision,
and peer review; met regularly with faculty to tailor assignments to instruction.
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conducted series of orientation
sessions and grammar workshops for 30 graduate assistants.
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Had primary responsibility for
training, scheduling, and payroll.
Instructor, Upper
Division English Program, University of Houston (2 semesters) 1994.
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co-taught course Writing Centers:
Theory and Practice, for peer tutors. Course covered recent developments
in composition including expressive, formal, cognitive, social constructivist
pedagogies, collaboration, Writing Across the Curriculum, Computer-Assisted
Instruction, ESL, and error and remediation.
Grader, University
of Houston, Honors class The Flowering of the Renaissance (2 semesters).
Resource Person,
Freshman Composition, University of Houston, (2 semesters) 1991-2.
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supervised nine new teaching
assistants, conducting observations, workshops, and grading reviews.
Graduate Instructor,
Freshman Composition Program, University of Houston, 1989-94.
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One of four teaching assistants
university-wide to receive the U. of Houston Teaching Excellence Award,
1992.
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Worked as Computer Writing Center
Instructor.
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Taught several sections each
of English Department's Composition and Rhetoric classes (4 semesters);
Introduction to Poetry, Introduction to Drama, and Western World Literature
(2 semesters each).
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Participated in Interactive
Television instruction and in program of writing instruction on a computer
network.
Grader, University
of Houston, Art History Survey , 1993 (2 semesters).
Instructor, Creative
Writing, Inprint, Inc. 1524 Sul Ross, Houston, TX 77006 (2 semesters).
Writer/ Instructor,
Houston Writers in the Schools (WITS), (1989-90).
Instructor, Houston
Community College, Houston, TX, 1989-1995.
Graduate Instructor,
Department of English - General Education in Literature Program, University
of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52245, 1987-9.
Instructor, Creative
Writing, Elderhostel, University of Iowa School of Continuing Education,
Iowa City, IA 52245, (1 section).
Software Instructor:
9/84 - 8/87; Summer 1988. CBS/FOX Video, New York, New York 10036.
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Taught rudimentary and advanced
software skills to executives and support staff; had primary responsibility
for hardware and software support.
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| ACADEMIC SERVICE
General- Western Carolina
University
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Chaired English Department recruitment
drive; organized direct mail and telephone campaign; created pamphlets
for literature and writing programs.
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Developed portfolio assessment
program for Professional Writing program.
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Advisor to student creative
journal, Nomad (1995-present;) in charge of all funding.
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Sponsored several students to
the Undergraduate Research Conference (1996-8).
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Served as Departmental Liaison
to Western’s Co-op program at Career Services (1998-present)
Computer Service
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Supervised Professional Writing
Computer Lab; purchased and maintained all equipment and software from
1995 to present; trained and directed graduate student lab assistants
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Designed and maintain web site
for NEH Summer Seminar in Paris
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Designed and maintain
English Department web page
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Co-designed and maintain College
of Arts and Sciences web site
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Co-designed (with student Teresa
Spence) Jackson County Humane Society
site
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Commissioned to create web site
for North Carolina Literary
Consortium
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Trainer and Administrator for
Daedalus Integrated Writing Environment (1996-7)
Committees - Western Carolina
University
University:
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University Representative to
State System Faculty Assembly, 2000 - present.
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Voting member of university
Media Board Fall 1998 - present
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Member, Mentoring Task Force,
Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence Member of Subcommittee on freshman
composition for the General Education Committee 1998 - present
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Member, Lectures, Concerts,
and Exhibitions (LCE) Comittee
College:
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Member, Co-Designer, Content
Writer, Arts & Sciences Web Page Committee, (1999 - present)
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Arts and Sciences Technology
board (1996-present)
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Strategic Planning Committee,
(1999-present)
Department:
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Department Webmaster and Designer
(1998 - present)
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Computer Lab Repair and Maintenance
Manager (1995 - 1999)
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Recruitment committee (directed;
1998-present)
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Computer classroom committee
(1995-present)
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Freshman Textbook committee
(1995-6)
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Professional Writing committee
(1995-present; directed 1997-present)
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Visiting Artist committee (1995-present;
directed 1998-present)
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Undergraduate Curriculum committee
(1996-7)
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Departmental Assessment committee
(1997-present)
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Open House committee (1997-present)
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Brochure committee (directed,
1997-present)
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Annual Faculty Evaluation committee
(1995-7).
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Also advised local high school
students on writing through local mentoring program.
University of Houston:
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-Vice President of the Graduate
English Society (UH 1991-2)
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Served on the GES and AEGIS
Conference steering committee (UH . 1992; 1994)
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One of two voting graduate students
on the lower division curriculum committee (UH 1993-4)
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Creative Writing Student Representative
to Creative Writing faculty, (UH 1992-3)
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Served as Resource Person to
supervise and support inexperienced English instructors (UH 1991-2)
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TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Integrating teaching and technology.
Teach several courses full-time in computer classrooms, introducing students
to electronic writing, publishing, conferencing, and presentation tools.
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Literature: Modernism (International
and interdisciplinary); Renaissance and 17th century literature, 20th century
poetry.
Writing: creative writing
(poetry and nonfiction), professional writing, and rhetoric and composition.
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MEMBERSHIPS
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Northeast Modern Language Association
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South Central Modern Language
Assocation
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North Carolina Writer's Network
Modern Language Association
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COMMUNITY
SERVICE
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Served as judge for Haywood
County Arts Council grant contest, January, 1998
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Acted as mentor for students
in Jackson County area high schools, 1996 - present
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Volunteer and Foster Parent
for Jackson County Humane Society, 1995 - present
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Volunteer for Houston's SPCA,
1993-4.
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SKILLS
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Have designed instructional
materials for IBM and Macintosh users; proficient in DOS, Windows, and
Windows 95 Platforms, BASIC and Paradox programming, Daedelus instructional
software, PowerPoint presentation software, PageMaker and Quark Xpress
desktop publishing, HTML programming, Macromedia Dreamweaver 2, Fireworks
2, Flash 5, and several word processing, database, and spreadsheet programs.
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Maintain personal and professional
website; work with a committee to maintain and update departmental website.
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Frequently build, upgrade, and
repair PC-compatible computers.
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Worked at WCU and throughout
graduate school as computer hardware and network consultant; designed database
applications in Paradox for several businesses and individuals.
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Possess reading knowledge of
French and Latin.
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| WEB
SITES:
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| ONLINE TEACHING
MATERIALS (selected):
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WEB PAGES BY STUDENTS:
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| E-PAPERS
(published in Adobe Acrobat) AND
PRESENTATIONS
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| References:
Dr.
Brian Railsback, Department Head
English Department, Coulter
Building
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723
828-227-3976
Dr.
Gayle Miller,
former Department Head
English Department, Coulter
Building
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723
828-227-3917
Dr.
James Byer, former Department Head
English Department, Coulter
Building
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723
828-227-3270
Dr.
Newton Smith, Associate Professor of Technical Writing
English Department, Coulter
Building
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723
828-227-3966
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