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Kip Robisch
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City: Zionsville
State: IN
Zip: 46077
Country: USA
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Skill Level: Director
Salary Range: $50,000
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Kip Robisch
235 W Sycamore St.
Zionsville, IN 46077
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Education
1994-1998 Ph.D., English; American Literature, Purdue University
1989-1993 M.A., English; Creative Writing, Purdue University
1985-1989 B.A., Communication/Journalism, Olivet Nazarene University
Career and Job History
1989-Present Writer/Editor of Fiction, Essays, Scholarship, Accreditation and
Business Manuals, Op-Ed, College Lecture and Pedagogical
Materials, Public Speaking Scripts
2009-Present English/Philosophy Teacher, University High School, Carmel, IN
2008-2009 Sales Associate, Jos. A. Bank Menswear, West Lafayette, IN
2007-2008 Lead Writer/Game Developer, Twin Lights Studios, Chicago, IL
2001-2008 Assistant Professor of English, Purdue University
Scholarly Specializations:
American Literature, 1810s to the Present
Ecological Literature and Nature Writing
2000-2001 Visiting Professor of English, Butler University
1998-2000 Lecturer, Purdue University
1989-1998 Teaching Assistant, Purdue University
1988-1989 Writer/Editor, Data Command Software, Kankakee, IL
1985-1988 Humor Columnist, The GlimmerGlass, Olivet Nazarene University
1984-1987 English Tutor, Olivet Nazarene University
1982-1984 Paste-Up Artist, Designer, Judy Bodell Graphics
1982-1985 Drummer for various bands and the Victory Films theater
production group of The Fanny Crosby Story; toured, recorded
Memberships in Academic Societies
The Associated Writing Programs
The Yellowstone Association Institute
The American Studies Association
Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization
Awards and Honors
2011 Pushcart Prize Nomination for the short story "Body and Soul."
Excellence in Teaching Awards, Teaching Assistant; Purdue University:
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Excellence in Teaching Awards, Faculty; Purdue University:
2001, 2002, 2003, (ineligible 2004), 2005, 2006, 2007
"Apple Award" for Teaching (student body nomination/vote: Butler
University: 2000
Associated Writing Programs (AWP) Intro Award, "False Flag," 1993
Proficiencies
MLA Style, Chicago Manual of Style, AP Manual of Style
Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, some proficiency with Excel)
Some proficiency with Photoshop
PUBLICATIONS AND CURRENT PROJECTS
Book Published
Wolves and the Wolf Myth in American Literature. Reno: University of Nevada Press. 2009. 464 pp.
Examines the role of the wolf as a figure in literature and culture, most importantly in terms of the relationship between actual, living wolves and the ways in which they are represented in print. This a comprehensive study covering thousands of sources and the long history of a single animal used as a literary image.
Co-Edited Book Published
Kaleidoscope of Care: Putting the Pieces Together: Proceedings from a
Conference on Aging, March 25, 1988. Sheldon Seigel, co-ed. Indianapolis: Conference Publication, 1988. 170 pp.
Book Manuscript
"Papertown." Manuscript under consideration, 195 pp. typescript.
An integrated story collection in the vein of Calvino and Barthelme that combines fairy tales, myth, and traditional story forms in narratives all set in a fictional city made almost entirely of paper. The stories consider the consequences of what we build when we are out of touch with the wilderness and the nonhuman world, and address many problems of the individual and national psyche in a time of economic and ecological collapse.
Current Book Project
"Philosophy: A College Preparatory Guide"
The goal of this project is to attract high school students (and their schools) to philosophy as an important and exciting subject both for college-level thinking and for developing life skills. I am embedding the history of philosophy within a thematic approach designed to appeal to an audience of ages 14 - 18.
Short Stories & Prose Poems Published
"A Blue Deer," The Prose-Poem Project, 1:3, Winter 2010.
http://www.prose poems.com/
"Body and Soul," Freight Stories, No. 6, freightstories.com. March, 2010.
Nominated for a 2011 Pushcart Prize.
"False Flag." Puerto del Sol 28:2 (Summer 1993): 127-158.
Associated Writing Programs (AWP) Intro Award Winner.
"Naming the Angels." Hopewell Review 4 (1992): 14-16.
Articles, Essays, and Book Chapters Published
"Ecological Narrative and Nature Writing." In A Companion to American
Fiction, 1865-1914. Robert Paul Lamb and G. R. Thompson, eds.
Oxford and Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2005. 177-200.
"The Trapper Mystic: Werewolves in The Crossing." In Myth, Legend,
Dust: Critical Responses to Cormac McCarthy. Rick Wallach, ed. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2000. 288-292.
"I, Rigoberta Menchu," In Hispanic Literature Criticism Supplement. Susan
Salas, ed. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999.
"The Woodshed: A Response to 'Ecocriticism and Ecophobia," ISLE 16:3,
November, 2009 (1-12).
"Beltway." In Urban Tapestry. Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, Kim Charles
Ferrill, and Tess Baker, eds. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002. 73-74.
"Carl Sandburg, 'Chicago.'" Poetry for Students. Marie Rose Napierkowski and Mary K. Ruby, eds. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. 67-70.
"Emily Dickinson, 'Hope is the Thing with Feathers.'" Poetry for Students. Napierkowski and Ruby, eds. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. 127-131.
"Walt Whitman, 'I Hear America Singing.'" Poetry for Students. Napierkowski and Ruby, eds. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. 157-60.
"e. e. cummings, 'old age sticks.'" Poetry for Students. Napierkowski and
Ruby, eds. Vol. 3. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. 251-4.
"Ted Hughes, 'Hawk Roosting.'" Poetry for Students. Ruby, Mary K., ed.
Vol. 4. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. 62-4.
"Simon Ortiz, 'Hunger in New York City.'" Ruby, Mary K., ed. Vol. 4.
Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. 86-8.
"Robinson Jeffers, 'Shine, Perishing Republic.'" Ruby, Mary K., ed. Vol. 4.
Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. 166-8.
"Cathy Song, 'Lost Sister'" Poetry for Students. Ruby, Mary K., ed. Vol. 5.
Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. 223-7.
"William Shakespeare, 'Sonnet 55.'" Poetry for Students. Ruby, Mary K., ed.
Vol. 5. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. 252-5.
"Eve Merriam, 'Onomotapoeia.'" Poetry for Students. Ruby, Mary K., ed.
Vol. 6. Detroit: Gale Group, 1999. 134-7.
"A. E. Housman, 'To an Athlete Dying Young.'" Poetry for Students. Ruby,
Mary K., ed. Vol. 7. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000. 239-41.
"Howard Nemerov, 'The Phoenix.'" Poetry for Students. Bellalouna,
Elizabeth, ed. Vol. 10. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000. 120-4.
"James Tate, 'Dear Reader.'" Poetry for Students. Bellalouna, Elizabeth, ed.
Vol. 10. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000. 193-4.
"Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 'The Eagle.'" Poetry for Students. Bellalouna,
Elizabeth, ed. Vol. 11. Detroit: Gale Group, 2000. 241-5.
"Frank Purdy, 'Wilderness Gothic.'" Bellalouna, Elizabeth, ed. Vol. 11.
Detroit: Gale Group, 2000. 212-5.
"Traces of Gold: California's Natural Resources and the Claim to Realism
in Western American Literature," Book Review, MFS 49:2 (Summer
2003). 366-8.
PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES, PUBLIC TALKS
Academic Conference Presentations
"Ecologies, Environments." Panel discussion with Myrdene Anderson.
Semiotic Society of America. Purdue University, September 2006.
"The Trapper Mystic: Werewolves in The Crossing." Conference of the
Cormac McCarthy Society. University of Texas at El Paso, July 1998.
"The Skull That Wakes the Spirits: Anthropocentrism and the Cranial Atlas of
Wolves." ASLE Conference. Montana State University, Missoula,
Montana, June 1997.
Conference Panel Moderator
"Subversive Technologies and Environments" Panel discussion for the American Studies Symposium "Remapping America." Purdue University, March 2007.
Public Talks/Lectures
"The Art of Being Absent Minded," University High School Commencement Address, June 10, 2011.
"Wolves and American Literature," University High School Faculty Speaker Series, UHS Andrews Hall, March, 2009.
"Research in Yellowstone," University High School Student Assembly, March, 2009.
"Running River, Rolling Hills: Place as an Active Agent in Nonfiction," Writer's Center of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Arts Center, November 7, 2009.
"DuBois and Washington: Concentric Knowledge and Competitive Progress," Simpson College, April 2008.
"Middle Earth: The Lands of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings." Indianapolis Public Library, Glendale Branch. Spring 2005.
"Ecological Engineering." National Science Foundation Colloquium on a Prospective Major in Ecological Engineering at Purdue University. Dauch Alumni Center. September 22, 2005.
"Yellowstone Wolves: A Historic Success." Circle Universalist Unitarian
Church, Indianapolis. June 26, 2005.
"Yellowstone Wolves: Reintroduction and Reassessment." Bluffton-Wells County Library, Bluffton, Indiana, June 30, 2005.
"Emerson and Ecology." Universalist Unitarian Church of Indianapolis.
July 10, 2005.
"Yellowstone Wolves." The Purdue Alumni Association. Indianapolis, May 2004.
"Environmental Justice and Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action." For Berenice
Carroll, Political Science 232/230: Introduction to the Study of Peace. Fall 2000, 2001, 2003; Spring 2005.
"Peter Matthiessen's Tigers in the Snow." Purdue Books & Coffee, Feb., 2002.
"Environmental Literature." Sustainable Purdue Meeting, Fall 2001.
Public Readings of Published Work and Work in Progress
University High School: Carmel, IN, Nov. 2011
Simpson College, Indianola, IA, Oct. 2010
University HS, Carmel, IN, Jan., 2010
Caffe Trevi for VIA (Voices in Italian America), Chicago, IL, June 12, 1997
Azusa Pacific University, Glendale, CA, Aug. 3, 1996
The Wells Center, Lafayette, IN, three readings, 1994, 1995, 1996
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Oct. 1994
Research Project
Four months granted by Purdue University. Studied wolves and wolf ecology
in the field through the Yellowstone Association Institute. Five classes, field study, revision of book draft. January-March, 2004.
TEACHING
Teaching Evaluations
Over the course of 8 years of university-level teaching (not counting work as a teaching assistant), my evaluations averaged a 4.85 on a 5.0 scale, with frequent perfect scores. I had the second-best teaching evaluations among a faculty of 63 at Purdue University, and won an Excellence in Teaching Award every year I was eligible. I won an "Apple" award at Butler University during my year as a Visiting Professor of English.
Contributions to Course and Curriculum Development
Member of the Committee to Form a Peace Studies Minor, Purdue University
- Contributed to creating curriculum structure
- Three-time Speaker in special topics course (POL 232), which became
required course for the minor, POL 230: Introduction to the Study of Peace
- Active member in Purdue Peace Coalition, 2001-2002, 2005
Created the following courses in addition to my teaching load in American Literature:
ENGL 234 Ecocriticism
ENGL 234 Ecological Literature (began as 232e special topics course)
ENGL 396 Desert and Mountain Literature
ENGL 396o Middle Earth: A Place-Based Study of The Lord of the Rings
ENGL 411 Tolkien
ENGL 412a American Regionalism
ENGL 412d Desert Literature
ENGL 412f Forest Literature
ENGL 596e Advanced Ecocriticism
ENGL 696m Myth and Archetypal Criticism
ENGL 696a American Ecocriticism and Ecological Thought
ENGL 696a American Regionalism
ENGL 589 Field Writing (see "Interdisciplinary Activity")
Courses Taught (University High School)
American Literature to 1914: 20 students
Philosophy: 38 students
Philosophy and Literature: 12 students
Shakespeare: 22 students
Introductory Creative Writing: 9 students
Poetry Writing: 9 students
Advanced Placement Literature: 47 students
William Faulkner: 23 students
JRR Tolkien: 15 students
Place in Literature: 38 students
Nature Writing: 19 students
Fiction Writing: 16 students
Great Books: 113 students
Drumming (for the music dept.): 23 students
MENTORING and ADVISING
Ph.D. Dissertation Committees
Pamela Sanders. "Narratives of Roots and Wings: The Female Regionalist Bildungsroman in Sarah Orne Jewett, Ellen Glasgow, Anzia Yezierska, Myra Page." Dept. Of English. (Defended Spring 2006).
Gregory Adam Leach. "The Meaning of Water in the Voltaic Religions: Dogon
and Dagara." Dept. of Anthropology. (Defended May 2006).
Curtis Gilstrap. "Environmental Deficiency Concerns in Critical Rhetorical
Theory." Dept. of Communication. (Defended Spring, 2003).
Celeste Heinz. "Women and the Agricultural Narrative." Dept. of English. Former member; Dissertation on hiatus.
Jay Hopler. "Living Right, Dying Wrong: The Hitman in American Literature and Culture." American Studies Program. (Defended Spring, 2005).
Simone Caroti. "Transbiosphere: Space Travel and Ecocriticism."
Comparative Literature Program. Dissertation in progress.
Mark Bousquet. "Whaling Narratives of American Eighteenth and Nineteenth
Centuries." American Studies Program. Dissertation in progress.
M.F.A. Thesis Committee
Dana Bisignani. MFA thesis in poetry. Dept. of English. (Defended Spring
2003).
Non-Thesis Advisory Committees:
Maura Bergonzoni, Comparative Literature Program. Passed, 2007
Thomas Hertweck, American Studies Program. Passed, 2007
Cheryl Knevels, Dept. Of English. Passed, 2007
Erica Morin, American Studies Program. Changed Programs, 2006
Individual Field Writings (ENGL 589)
Development of 589 Field Writing: Attachment of a student essayist to a
scientific research project. These were undergraduate writing projects for
graduate credit, each of which was a nature writing essay based on work in
science being done in the field with a professor:
* Maria Windell, "Rhone Glacier," with Prof. Reto Giere's Educational Travel Study in the Alps (excerpt published in Purdue Perspectives). Summer 2001
* Jill Jankowski, "The Road to Monteverde," with Prof. Kerry Rabenold's Ecological and Ornithological studies, Monteverde, Costa Rica. Summer 2000-Fall, 2001
* Sarah Eddy, "Viva las Truchas," from a research trip to New Mexico on cutthroat trout populations. Spring 2003
Freshman Dean's Scholars Program Advisor
* Jill Anderson, "The Lost Generation." 2001-2002
Mentoring of Undergraduates Applying to Graduate, Law, and Medical Schools
Mentored 47 undergraduates applying to various postgraduate fields of study. This was often conducted with groups of 5-8 during a semester, but also took place on an individual basis with students regarding their specific applications, including work on statements of purpose and polishing course papers into graduate-level writing samples. The mentoring also included discussion on the fundamentals of graduate-level study, teaching assistantships, and graduate student life. Many of these students were accepted to such law schools as Harvard, Syracuse, and Indiana University and to veterinary programs and wildlife science graduate programs across the nation.
Mentoring at University High School
In addition to standard teaching duties, teachers at UHS are responsible for
mentoring, one-to-one, 10 students that we guide through their four years in
high school. We serve as guidance counselors, teachers in loco parentis, and
adult influences in their lives as both intellectual and social beings.
Innovation in Preparation of Instructional Materials
* ENGL 382 Tutorial Meetings: Six extra-curricular 2-hour sessions per semester with small class groups of 5-7 students. Each tutorial is an in-depth close-reading discussion of a single book from the course reading list.
* PowerPoint Presentations:
- The American Novel at Sunrise; The Last of the Mohicans and the Hudson River School; The Romance Tradition; Chopin's New Orleans; The World of The Great Gatsby; The Harlem Renaissance; The Native American Renaissance
- Public PowerPoint Presentations also Used in Purdue Classes:
Middle Earth: The Lands of The Lord of the Rings (Public Library Talk; presentation, ENGL 396o); 40 Philosophers
- Yellowstone Wolves: A Historic Success (Talk for The Purdue Alumni Association); Presentation, ENGL 234; guest presentation ENGL 101); also given to University High School Parent Association lecture series
SERVICE & OUTREACH
Service at University High School
* Faculty Speakers Series, University High School, 2009-2010
* Academic Affairs Committee: Management of curriculum requirements,
matriculation, and the credit hour and GPA rubric. 2010-2011
* ISACS School Climate Committee: We have been in an internal assessment
process since 2009 and are finishing the documentation to be submitted
for an external assessment by the Independent Schools Association of the
Central States. I serve on three committees to this end. 2009-2011
* ISACS Departmental Committee: English. 2009-2011
* ISACS Steering Committee. The final committee event in the process, this
involves the synthesis, content consideration, and editing of the final
assessment document-approximately 110 pages of material. 2009-2011.
* Curriculum Committee: Responsibilities include building a summative and
formative model for teaching evaluation, vetting elective options for the
school curriculum, building and considering the macro configuration of departments, and addressing isolated curriculum issues and submissions.
2009-2011
Student Organization Advisor
* Teach for America, 2002-2003
* Ecology Club, 2004-2006. Co-Advisor
Journal Advisory Board: Modern Fiction Studies, Purdue University. 2003-2008
Judge: Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award. 2011-2012
The Aneta Van Sickle Scholarship, Purdue University, 2007
Leonard Neufeldt Award in Nature Writing, 2001-2007
Founder: Leonard Neufeldt Award in Nature Writing (w/ Patricia Henley), 2001
- Advertising and Poster Design, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Departmental Hiring Committees (elected)
* Tenured Associate Professor in Creative Writing in Poetry. 2005-2006
* Tenure-track Assistant Professor in 19th Century American Literature. 2001-2002
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