Assistant College
Resume:
Michelle Kassorla, Ph.D.
Atlanta, GA 30324
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Degrees
May, 1995 Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH
Doctor of Philosophy American Ethnic Literatures/20 Century American
Literatures Specialization in African American, Asian American, Jewish
American, Native American Literatures and 20th Century Novel.
May 1989 Humboldt State University Arcata, CA
Master of Arts, English Literature. I also studied toward secondary
emphasis in Teaching Writing.
May 1986 Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH
Bachelor of Arts English/Journalism
Teaching Experience
08/09 - 12/12 Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, GA
Lecturer, Writing for Improvement, Success, and Empowerment (WISE) and
Writing in Interdisciplinary Settings Effectively (WISE2)
Taught courses in cross-curricular (English/History) and (English/Mass
Media Arts). High Tech Writing using Second Life and Civilization IV,
WebCT, InSite, MyCompLab, Ning, Wordpress, Diigo, Zotero, Google Tools, and
Twitter in a computer-rich environment. Emphasis was upon academic writing
skills in order to provide students basis for future success in academic
and corporate communication skills. Provided consultant services to
college regarding development of high-tech courses. Coordinated and Hosted
THATCamp HBCU 2012 (un)Conference.
Class Website: http://drkblog.wordpress.com
Class Dashboard --http://www.netvibes.com/drkassorla.
8/08 - 5-09 Georgia Gwinnett College Lawrenceville, GA
Instructor of English, Full Time Taught two sections of English 1101
"Freshman Composition I," and two sections of English 1102 "Freshman
Composition II" on a one year, temporary contract. Participated in
departmental and college committees, provided student interaction via
WebCT, phone, e-mail, and personal contact.
1/07 - 5/07 Emory University Atlanta, GA
Instructor of English, Part Time Taught one section of English 101,
"Personal Writing," and one section of English 181, "Writing and
Literature: Mexican American Immigration and the Border" on the main
campus.
8/04 - 12/04 Georgia Perimeter College Dunwoody, GA
Instructor of English, Part Time Taught one section of English 1101,
"Composition I," at the Dunwoody campus of Georgia Perimeter College.
8/95 - 12/03 Western Nevada Community College Minden, NV
Community College Professor of English/Developmental English, Tenured
Responsible for teaching 15-17 semester units of composition and
literature courses. Fifty percent of my assignment included teaching via
interactive video to remote locations across 18,000 mile service area in
rural Nevada. Awards include "an Outstanding Professor" (1999-2000),
"Teacher of the Year" (1998-99), and "Finalist, Teacher of the Year"
(1997-98). Committee assignments included Faculty Senate Representative,
Presidential Search Committee, Chair of Professional Standards, and Chair
of the Status of Women Committee.
8/92 - 5/95 Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH
Graduate Fellow Served in two capacities: Thesis and Dissertation Editor
for the Graduate College Responsible for insuring all theses and
dissertations met requirements for presentation and publication established
by the BGSU Graduate College. Insured that all theses and dissertations
were written to proper academic style, utilizing various style manuals
toward this purpose (e.g. MLA, APA, CBES, AP, Chicago, etc.). Teaching
Fellow I taught one upper-division literature course per year. These
included African American Literature, Literature of Romantic Love, and
Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States.
1/92 - 5/92 Western Nevada Community College Minden, NV
Adjunct Instructor, English Taught English and Developmental English at
WNCC.
1/88 - 5/89 Humboldt State University Arcata, CA
Teaching Assistant Taught composition courses, attended classes in
teaching composition, and provided tutorial assistance for students.
8/86 - 5/87 California State University, Fresno Fresno, CA
Tutor Tutored students in the academic skills center in composition
and literature.
Other Work Experience
10/11- Present To the Maximus Foundation Online
Social Media Coordinator Volunteer 10-20 hours per week for fledgling
foundation that fights synthetic marijuana. Established Wordpress blog,
managed Twitter and Facebook. Used Vertical Response to write newsletters,
press releases, and pamphlets for outreach. Made Board presentations,
secured financing to revamp website. Currently involved in website and blog
migration to hosted Wordpress site for ease of update and better
statistical analysis.
5/91 - 1/92 Boulder Daily Camera Boulder, CO
Layout Assistant Responsible for advertising layout for a 40,000
circulation daily. Ran ads, proof and did lay-out for ads, completed
pagination.
5/89 - 5/91 Redwoods United Projects With Industry Arcata, CA
Employment Specialist Provided placement, workplace accommodations, and
networking assistance for disabled job seekers.
Publications and Presentations
Michelle Kassorla
Blogs, Dashboards & Online Publications
Owner, Dr. K's Blog (143 Posts, 63 Pages)
Class Blog, Clark Atlanta University
Wordpress Blog
Established: August 2009
http://drkblog.wordpress.com
Owner, Dr. Kassorla's Dashboard
Class Dashboard, Clark Atlanta University
Netvibes Dashboard
Established: August 2011
http://www.netvibes.com/drkassorla
Admin & Writing, To The Maximus blog (132 posts, 10 Pages)
Non-Profit Organization, Aurora, Il
Responsible for administration, layout, design, writing, graphics,
posting
Established January 2012
http://tothemaximus.wordpress.com
Admin & Writing, To the Maximus Foundation Website (2 posts, 9 pages)
Non-Profit Organization, Aurora, Il
Responsible for administration, layout, design, writing, graphics,
posting
Established January 2012
http://tothemaximus.wordpress.com
Co-Contributor, Chronicle of Higher Education
ProfHacker, "A Day of Rest"
Co-wrote article about taking the Sabbath off to balance tech work and
personal life. July 24, 2012
https://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/a-day-of-rest/41389
Owner, THATCamp HBCU (2 Posts, 15 Pages)
(un)Conference Site
Established January 2012
http://hbcu2012.thatcamp.org
Owner, THATCamp HBCU Dashboard
(un)Conference Dashboard
Established January 2012
http://www.netvibes.com/thatcamphbcu
Editor, Proceedings at THATCamp
June 2012-Present
http://pressforward.org/our-publications
Publication: "A Chair" (Essay)
Humanities Plain and Simple
http://humanistica.ualberta.ca/2011/11/michelle-kassorla-a-chair/
Conferences, Presentations, Papers, and Editing
Coordinator, THATCamp HBCU
June 14-15 Atlanta University Center
http://www.netvibes.com/thatcamphbcu
http://hbcu2012.thatcamp.org
Editing, Recalling the Covenant
A Contemporary Commentary on the Five Books of the Torah
by Rabbi Moshe Shamah
Summer, 2010
Participant, THATCamp SE
March 10-11, 2012
http://southeast2012.thatcamp.org/
Participant, THATCamp, LAC
June 4-5, 2011
http://lac2011.thatcamp.org/
Member, Editorial Board,
The International Sephardic Journal. New York, NY. 2004-2006.
Presenter, 2001 National MELUS (MultiEthic Literature of the United
States) Conference Presented: MELUS Women of Color Caucus: Teaching
Ethnic American Women's Literature. Knoxville, TN
Keynote, Nevada Library Institute "Ethnic American Literatures and
the Diversity of Libraries" Incline Village, NV July, 2000
2000 National MELUS Conference Presented: "ACADEMIC AMBUSH!: Why It
is Important to Teach Multiethnic Literature in the Core Curriculum."
New Orleans, LA
1996 American Literature Association Conference Presented: "Word-
View: A Model for Ethnic American Literatures." San Diego,
California
1994 National MELUS Conference Presented: "Hitting the Wall: A
Critical Model for Oral Based Literatures." College Station, Texas.
1993 National MELUS Conference Presented: "The Affirmation of Asian
American Language in Literature by Asian Americans." Berkeley,
California
Michelle Nevada Pseudonym
Israel Jewish News (1,900+ Posts)
Political Commentary, Israel
Blogspot Blog
Established: July 2007 (currently on hold)
http://IsraelJewishNews.blogspot.com
Arutz Sheva (34 Columns)
Online Newspaper, Israel
When Aliyah Bullies Attack
They attacked me for having an opinion.
82 comments 7/1/2009
The Mitzvah of Military Service
Shall your brothers go to war while you stay here?
26 comments 6/8/2009
Justice, Justice You Will Pursue
The choice of the Israeli government.
10 comments 12/5/2008
A New Land-for-Peace Proposal
It is time to suggest a new way to do things.
37 comments 11/24/2008
Should I Pray Today?
I cannot stay silent when converts are under fire
35 comments 6/1/2008
My Obsession
I do it again and again, but I'm never satisfied.
33 comments 1/15/2008
Lost With a Map
A road to peace became a highway to Hell.
16 comments 11/29/2007
The War Has Already Been Won
We are not ready to boast... yet.
21 comments 9/3/2007
A New Definition of 'Peace'
Frankly, I'm a bit tired of the word.
15 comments 7/18/2007
The Act of Winning
Justice system refuses to call the "victim" a fake
2 comments 6/6/2007
Competitive Spirit
Pesach cleaning as a sign of a dangerous drift.
10 comments 3/12/2007
Good Cop / Bad Cop
Weren't the Fatah terrorists our enemies just a few months ago? What
happened since then? Am I missing something?
15 comments 1/3/2007
Kodesh
There is a moment at the end of Shabbat every week when the last rays
of the sun have died and the silence of darkness
0 comments 8/6/2006
Smoke and Mirrors
Who in their right mind would pay attention to the plight of Jewish
settlers in small outposts when a young solder
0 comments 6/28/2006
Some Ideas for the Pro-Pullout Camp
I thought I could share some ideas with you about how to make this
movement even more successful and exciting than
Nobody's Fool
"A pacifist after the Holocaust is a fool."
0 comments 9/13/2004
Destroying the Master's Tools
"Why did you come here if you want to recreate what you left?" we ask
them.
0 comments 1/8/2004
Loving the Other
I was more than noticeably angry at this point. Now, I was furious -
and it was building. We went to two other
0 comments 8/1/2003
With a Prayer
I have two small newsgroups with close friends, and I send out as much
as I can about what is happening in Israel.
0 comments 6/25/2003
Torah to Life, Life to Torah
Women are also required to write a Torah, but we do not write with a
pen on parchment we write Torah in our children.
0 comments 6/9/2003
Spies Like Us
Actually, Aqaba is the perfect thing. Aqaba is the reputed locale of
two important incidents in Torah: the giving
0 comments 6/3/2003
Suicide
I just finished reading the most gut-wrenching quote I have ever read,
supposedly from the mouth of Sharon, in
0 comments 5/26/2003
Wolf and Crow
?Wolf and Crow are together for a reason. They hate each other,? he
said, ?but they need each other to survive.
0 comments 5/20/2003
Harmony for No One
Have you ever been given a gift you didn?t want? You know, like
concert tickets to a concert you don?t want to
0 comments 5/12/2003
My Arab Student
I wanted to make sure Hagar didn't feel isolated in my class, and that
she knew that I didn't allow my political
0 comments 4/18/2003
Hilltop Stand
A hilltop is a dangerous place, an exposed place, a windy place, a
rocky and almost inhabitable place. And we were
0 comments 4/8/2003
Begging for a Place to Be
It isn?t just Lapid, though. I think all of us feel this way at one
time and another. At those times, we reach
0 comments 3/6/2003
Vigilance
Suddenly, as if there had been a prearranged moment of attack, the
coyotes came from all directions into my yard.
1 comments 2/25/2003
Wandering in the Desert
Last week was very difficult for me. I thought maybe it was the fact
that the space shuttle blew up and that whole
0 comments 2/14/2003
Made More Precious by the Loss
?Ilan. Ilan. Ilan,? I repeated the words softly. I didn?t know the
man, but I felt like I did. I took his death
Bread for Thought
Just recently, my friend in Florida told me about a picnic for
Sephardic Jews, but the picnic wasn?t kosher. I
0 comments 1/31/2003
Domestic Violence
I was in Israel this month, and there was one image that I cannot
erase from my mind or forgive. It was not the
0 comments 1/15/2003
You First, France & Spain
I will buy myself a "Euskadi!" bumper sticker to place next to my
existing sticker that reads: "Wherever I stand,
2 comments 12/9/2002
Tumbleweeds & Terrorists
Look, I don't know what to do about terrorists called "Palestinian
Militants" any more than a distant "expert"
0 comments 11/25/2002
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