Project Manager Software
Resume:
MICHAEL L. SHUMAN, PH.D.
813-***-**** (ph) - 813-***-**** (f)
*******@***.***
**** * ******** ** - *****, FL 33615 - USA
mshuman.com
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EDUCATION
University of South Florida, Tampa FL
Degree: Ph.D. in English, 2007
University of South Florida, Tampa FL
Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing, 2004
West Virginia University, Morgantown WV
Degree: M.A. in English, 1973
Fairmont State University, Fairmont WV
Degree: B.A. in English, 1971
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ADMINISTRATION
Coordinator of Professional and Technical Writing Internship Program
University of South Florida
August 2010 - Present
Develop partnerships with technology-oriented companies and organizations in the
Tampa Bay area to support the internship program; place students on an internship
basis with professional enterprises consistent with each student's academic background
a nd career goals; manage the internship process and assess intern performance;
develop and teach an internship class predicated upon career advancement in the
professional/technical communications field.
Assistant Director of First-Year Composition
University of South Florida
June 2009 - August 2010
Collaborate with FYC director in development of goals and policy for a writing program
supporting over 4,500 students and nearly 100 instructors each semester; assist in
development and administration of curriculum content and new media resources for
students and instructors; interview, appoint, and evaluate writing program instructors;
manage deployment of in-house SaMvaada online assessment tool throughout the
program; 2/2 teaching assignment.
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CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
ENC 3248 Communications for IT Professionals
Syllabus and resources for communications and new media course supporting the
u ndergraduate degree in Information Technology. Course proposal approved by the
Undergraduate Council in November 2010 and currently is undergoing review for
approval by the USF General Education Council.
LIT 3301 Cultural Studies and the Popular Arts: "Carl Barks and the 20th Century
American Humorist Tradition"
Syllabus and resources for course offered during the spring 2010 semester.
ENC 3250 Professional Writing Online
Syllabus and resources for distance learning course offered to students in Singapore,
spring 2010.
First-Year Composition Program - ENC 1102 Online
University of South Florida
Summer 2008 - Present
Develop and maintain curriculum, syllabus, and Instructor Guide for online composition
course; provide ongoing training and direction for 5 distance learning instructors.
Technical Writing Program Curriculum Update
University of South Florida
Spring 2008
Update curriculum to conform with USF Department of English Professional/Technical
Academic Learning Compact; prepare syllabi for additional technical communication
classes. Revised curriculum submitted March, 2008.
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ACADEMIC SOFTWARE DESIGN
My Reviewers Rubric Solution for Higher Education
Principal author of design document of online tool for composition assessment funded
by USF Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence Innovative Learning-Centered
Grant. USF General Education Council has adopted this tool for eventual Gen Ed
assessment. Software development currently in progress.
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GRANTS
USF General Education Assessment: Critical Thinking and Writing Intensive Courses
Principal author of USF Technology Fee Proposal for development of online rubric and
essay grading application for use in all newly-approved Gen Ed courses.
Grant of $81,00 Awarded 08-30-2010.
National Science Foundation
Co-PI, "CCLI: Multi-Departmental Initiative to Promote and Assess High-Quality Writing
a nd High-Level Thinking in an Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum."
Grant Submitted 05-20-2009.
Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence Innovative Learning-Centered Grants Program
Principal Author, "First-Year Composition Rubric Enhancement and Assessment
Strategy" (with Joe Moxley).
Maximum $10,000 Grant Amount Awarded to fund SaMvaada Rubric Solution for
Higher Education, February 2009. Additional funding provided by the USF Office of
Decision Support, October, 2009.
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EDITORIAL POSITIONS
The Mailer Review
The Norman Mailer Society
Associate Editor
November 2008 - Present
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
August 2007 - Present Tampa
Continuing Instructor, University of South Florida
ENC 2210 Technical Writing
ENC 3246 Communications for Engineers
ENC 4260 Advanced Technical Writing
ENC 1101 Composition 1
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Summer 2007 Tampa
Adjunct Instructor, University of South Florida
ENC 3246 Communications for Engineers
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August 2005 - December 2005 Sarasota-Manatee
Instructor, University of South Florida
ENC 3211 Communications for Engineers
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August 2004 - May 2007 Tampa
Graduate Teaching Associate, University of South Florida
ENC 3211 and 3246 Communications for Engineers
ENC 2210 Technical Writing
ENC 3310 Expository Writing
LIT 2000 Introduction to Literature
ENC 1102 Composition II (online)
ENC 1101 Composition I
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December 1986 - November 2001 Tampa
Senior Consultant, Collier-Jackson/Geac/Atex
Taught classes for newspaper software systems, including in-house training for new
associates; provided advanced customer training at newspapers, user group conferences
a nd regional training seminars.
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TEACHING INTERESTS
Technical Writing, Composition; New Media; Modern British and American Literature
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
History of Technical Communication; New Media in the Writing Program Context;
Graphic Novels and Sequential Art; William Morris and The Pre-Raphaelites; Otto Rank
a nd Psychoanalytic Criticism
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DISTANCE LEARNING
Graduate- level Classes Completed at University of South Florida
EME 6425 Microcomputers for School Management
EME 6936 Web Page Design
EME 6936 Distance Learning
EME 6936 Telecommunications in Education
EME 6930 Hyperscripting
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AFFILIATIONS
Modern Language Association
National Council of Teachers of English
Conference on College Composition and Communication
Society for Technical Communication
The William Morris Society
The Norman Mailer Society
The Academy of American Poets
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AWARDS AND HONORS
Alice Hearne Award for Outstanding Doctoral Candidate, University of South Florida
James Paul Brawner Writing Award Honorable Mention for "Dualistic Tension and
Tradition in The Warden," West Virginia University
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SUPPORTING RESEARCH
Ph.D. Dissertation
"'A Woman's Face, or Worse': Otto Rank and the Modernist Identity"
Major Professor: Phillip Sipiora
M.A. Thesis
"Sexuality and Comic Vision in William Morris's Later Prose Romances"
Director: Hayden W. Ward
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WORKS IN PROGRESS
Curriculum
ENC 4940 Professional/Technical Communication Internship
Syllabus and resources for a class supporting the Technical Communication and New
Media internship. Course has been submitted to the Undergraduate Council for
approval effective the summer 2011 term.
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SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION
"D. H. Lawrence and Otto Rank: The Rainbow Intersection." Journal Article.
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PUBLICATIONS
"Norman vs. Ernest: Influence and Identity," The Mailer Review4:1 (Fall 2010): 90-103.
"The Blue Hour," Advance Review of Dwayne Raymond, Mornings with Mailer in The
Mailer Review 3:1 (Fall 2009): 674-78.
"Jefferson's American Aesthetic and the Paintings of John Trumbull" in Florida English 3
(2005): 73-82.
Review of Catherine Robson, Men in Wonderland: The Lost Girlhood of the Victorian
Gentleman in Nineteenth-Century Feminisms 5 ( 2001): 90-93.
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PRESENTATIONS
"Mutual Interest: Mailer and Hemingway." The Norman Mailer Society 2010 Conference,
Sarasota, FL, November 4-6, 2010.
"Two Castles, One Forest: Norman Mailer and Mikhail Bulgakov." The Norman Mailer
Society 2009 Conference, Washington, DC, October 23-24, 2009.
"Reconstructing Mailer: Identity, Appropriation, Desire." The Norman Mailer Society
2008 Conference, Provincetown, MA, October 16-19, 2008.
"Rank, Yeats, and the Modernist Identity." CAS Graduate Research Symposium,
University of South Florida, April 2007.
"Identity and Utterance in A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland." ESGA Fall
Colloquium, University of South Florida, March 2007.
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UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Learning-Centered Grants 2010 Selection Committee Member
Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence, February 2010
Senior Project Mentor
Mitchell Heirholzer, "Xcenda Data Recovery Plan,"
Department of Information Technology, University of South Florida Polytechnic,
Lakeland, Spring 2009.
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USF DEPARTMENT SERVICE
First-Year Composition Program Policy Committee
Member, 2008 - Present
First-Year Composition Program Task Committee
Member, 2008 - Present
Charles F. Brooks Award in Technical Writing
Award Jurist, 2009 & 2010
First-Year Composition Program
Collaborator, Summer 2008 & Summer 2009
Co-Chair, First-Year Composition Program Bullitzer Awards Committee 2009
Direct Technical Communications students in format and design for annual FYC awards
publication and website.
Rhetorical Situations: A Journal of First-Year Composition 2009
Direct ENC 2210 Technical Communications students in format and design for annual
FYC awards publication and website.
First-Year Composition Program Bullitzer Awards 2008
Direct ENC 4260 Advanced Technical Communications students in format and design
for annual FYC awards publication and website.
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ACTIVITIES
Member, Sigma Tau Delta English Honorary
Co-Editor, Alpha Point, English Department Literary Publication, Fairmont State
University
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NON-ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Project Manager
Publishing Business Systems, St Paul MN
Managed on-site newspaper software implementation and conversion projects for new
corporate customers; developed project plans and managed resources for
implementations.
Senior Consultant
Collier-Jackson/Geac/Atex, Tampa FL
Lead consultant for computer software customer support, documentation development,
system testing, training, and installation coordination; provided advanced executive
training at user group conferences and regional training seminars.
Operations Manager
Schurz Communications/The Herald-Mail, Hagerstown MD
Coordinated installation and management of newspaper circulation software systems;
managed department resources and operations.
Assistant Circulation Director
Schurz Communications/The Herald-Times, Bloomington IN
Supervised and evaluated newspaper circulation department associates; trained
employees in department procedures and software use.
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TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY
Software
Proficient with a diverse group of operating systems and software, including:
Microsoft Windows OS; MS Office applications, including Word, Power Point,
Excel, Access, and Outlook; MS Project Manager; MS Internet Explorer and other
web browsers; MS SharePoint 2007 collaboration manager; miscellaneous web
search engines; Adobe Acrobat Professional document creator
Adobe Design Premium CS4, including Dreamweaver web development tool and
InDesign desktop publishing; Authorware e-learning application creator;
Camtasia Studio screen recorder; Blackboard, WebCT, WebEX, and Elluminate e-
learning content management and online conferencing software; Pearson
Education MyCompLab online English composition assessment and exchange site
MS SQL server; HP MPE/iX, Open VMS, IBM RISC System/6000 AIX, HP 9000
HP-UX and other SQL client/server architectures and applications
Hardware
Build, maintain, and regularly upgrade networked, 6-unit personal PC/Server
cluster
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TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Extensive technical and professional writing for Collier-Jackson/Geac/Atex published in
hardcopy and/or CD-ROM formats:
World Class Series Circulation User Guide and Pre-Installation Guide
Technical design specifications for newspaper software development
Request for Proposal responses
Formal financial and business practice audits for newspapers
Trip reports and project status reports
Multimedia presentations for trade shows, conferences, and regional training
seminars
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WEB DESIGN & MAINTENANCE
Timberline Press - Books Handcrafted by Clarence Wolfshohl
Small press poetry publisher, custom design, active at timberlinepress.com
through December 2010.
Publishing house subsequently acquired and site developed/URL maintained by another
press.
Michael L. Shuman, Ph.D.
Personal site, adapted open source design, at mshuman.com
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