Assistant University
Resume:
Mathew Chacko
Phoenix, AZ 85020
acqjp1@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION: Dec. 2000: Ph.D., (English) University of Missouri,
Columbia
1992: MFA, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
1988: MA (History), University of Texas, Austin
1980: BA (Economics), Loyola College, Madras, India
LANGUAGES: Fluent in English and Malayalam; moderate proficiency in Hindi and Tamil
PUBLICATIONS: “Ivy: A Love Story,” Missouri Review (Summer ’08)
Included in TextBox an anthology of exemplary fiction, essays and poetry published in The Missouri Review since ‘78
“Broadcasts from the Flood," Kenyon Review (Vol. xxvi, no.1, Dec. '01)
"The Suitcase of V.V. Venkat," Many Mountains Moving
(Summer 2000)
"Taj Mahal," AWP 1995 Intro Journal Award Winner Puerto Del Sol (Spring 1996)
"Season of Carcasses," (novella) Stories
Double Issue, nos. 29&30 (Summer 1994)
"Death of the Boatbuilder," Chicago Review Vol. 40,
no. 1 (Spring 1994)
"Review of The Rhetoric of English India by
Sara Suleri," South Atlantic Review Vol.58, no. 1 (January 1993)
"Biggest Storm that Season," India Currents
Vol. 5 (March 1992)
"Hema, My Hema," Missouri Review Vol. XV,
no. 1 (Spring 1992)
Reprinted, Stories Vol. 27 (Fall 1992)
Reprinted, Walking on Water and Other Stories Ed. A. Wier, University of Alabama Press
WORKS IN Short Stories: “Fort!” “Fallen Oaks Farm”
PROGRESS: and “Astrologers.” Novel: The Acceptable Year
AWARDS: New Faculty Summer Fellowship,
U of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2009
Mellon Fellowship ($10,000), Denison University,
2004
Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist’s Fellowship, 2002
Fine Arts Work Center Fellow, Provincetown, MA, Summer, 2002
Joyce Fellowship, Denison University, 1998
Summer Research Fellowship (’96, ’98), Denison University
Donald Anderson Teaching Award, U of Missouri, 1994
AWP Intro Journals Award, 1994
Best Master's Thesis at U. of Alabama,
Graduate School of Arts and Humanities, 1992
Teaching Writing Fellow,
U of Alabama, M.F.A. Program, 1991
University-wide competitive Graduate Fellowship, 1990-91
Playboy College Fiction Prize, 1990
Fania Krueger Fiction Award,
U of Texas-Austin, 1986 and 1987
WORK EXPERIENCE: Adjunct Faculty, Master’s in Liberal Arts Program
Excelsior College, Albany, NY, 2014-Present
Half-Time Faculty, Cohort Ph.D. Program in
Inter-disciplinary Studies, Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, OH, 2012-2013
Assistant Professor, Department of English
U of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Fall 2008-2012
Professional Development and Diversity Officer,
Academy for Educational Development
Washington, D.C., August 06-Sept. 07
Associate Professor, Department of English
Denison University, Fall 2001 to Spring 2005
Assistant Professor, Department of English
Denison University, 1996 to Spring 2001
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of English
Denison University, 1995-1996
Graduate Instructor, Department of English
University of Missouri, 1992-1995
COMMITTEES: Faculty Council, Vice-Chair, Fall 2012-2013
Union Institute & University
M.A./Ph.D. Linkage Committee, Fall 2012-2013
Union Institute & University
Curriculum Assessment Workshop,
U. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Spring 2011
Strategic Planning Committee on Leveraging
Resources, Stevens Point, Spring 2011
Member of faculty cohort on pedagogy of peer
learning, Stevens Point, Spring 2011
Member of Diversity Council, Academy for
Educational Development, Washington D.C.,
Fall 2007 to Fall 2008
Member of Strategic Planning sub-committee on
inclusion in the context of international
development, AED, D.C., Fall 2007
Co-Chair of committee that formulated “Anti-
Harassment and Free Speech Policy,” Denison University, Ohio, 1996-1997
Member, International Studies Committee,
Denison University, 1997-2001
Faculty member, Selection Committee for Denison’s first “Posse” (Minority student recruitment) Program, 2000
Participant, Title VI seminar on Latin American Studies, Denison University, 2000-01
Member of Denison team to Great Lakes Colleges Association seminar on diversity, 2000
Association of American University Professors, local chapter President, Denison, Fall 2001
Member of several search committees at Denison, 1996-2004
COURSES TAUGHT: Introduction to Critical Thinking and Writing
Introduction to Research
The Contemporary Novel
Post-Colonial Studies Engaging Difference Creative Writing Workshop International Studies
Studies in the Short Story
Ethnic U.S. Literature
Year-long Creative Writing Capstone Project
First Year Studies (Writing across the curriculum)
TEACHING Service Learning, Summer, 1997 and 1998
WORKSHOPS: Expository Writing, Summer, 2000
Web and Computer-based Teaching, Summer, 2000
REFERENCES: Dr. Kirk Combe, Professor
Department of English, Denison University, Granville, OH 43023 acqjp1@r.postjobfree.com
Dr. Michael Williams, Chair
Dept. of English, U. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI 54481, acqjp1@r.postjobfree.com
Dr. Dejan Kuzmanovic
Dept. of English, U. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI 5448, acqjp1@r.postjobfree.com
Dr. Karsten Piep, Faculty
Ph.D. Program in Interdisciplinary Studies
Union Institute and University
Cincinnati, Ohio, acqjp1@r.postjobfree.com
Dr. Christopher Voparil, Faculty
Ph.D. Program in Interdisciplinary Studies
Union Institute and University
Cincinnati, Ohio, acqjp1@r.postjobfree.com
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