High School Assistant
Resume:
Curriculum Vita
Lisa A. Stolley, Ph.D.
Evanston, Illinois 60202
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Education
2004: Ph.D. in English, University of Illinois at Chicago
1995: M.A. in English with Concentration in Fiction Writing, University of Illinois at Chicago
1991-1993: Courses in fiction writing, journalism, magazine article writing, and literature,
Northwestern University College
1989: B.A. in Literature with Concentration in Writing, S.U.N.Y., Purchase
1978: Courses at New York University; courses at The New School
Professional Experience (1990-present)
• 2006-present: Adjunct Professor of English; Assistant to Director of Program for Writers,
University of Illinois at Chicago
• 2005 to present: Adjunct Professor of English, School of Continuing Studies, Northwestern
University
• 2007 to present: Legal writer for immigration law firm
• 2006: Freelance Writer/Editor – McDougal Littell Textbooks
• 2001-2010: Thesis advisor – MFA Program at Roosevelt University
• 1998-present: Founder and Facilitator of fiction/nonfiction writing group
• 1997-present: Freelance Writing Consultant
• 1995-2003: Lecturer at North Park University; Lecturer at DePaul University
• 1997- 2008: Adjunct faculty, Roosevelt University
• 1994-2005: Contributing Editor for literary magazine, Other Voices
• 1995-‘97: Fiction-writing Instructor at Continuing Education Program at Evanston Township
High School, Evanston, IL
• 1996: Editorial Assistant – Chick-Lit: On The Edge: New Woman’s Fiction Anthology (edited
by Cris Mazza, Jeffrey DeShell, Elisabeth Sheffield)
• 1995-present: Assistant to Director of Program for Writers at University of Illinois at
Chicago
• 1992: Editor – Research Annual Report (The Institute for the Learning Sciences, Northwestern
University)
• 1992: Editorial Assistant – Engines for Education (multi-media educational program for The
Institute for the Learning Sciences, Northwestern University)
• 1990-‘93: Writer and Editor: The Institute for the Learning Sciences, Northwestern University
Teaching Experience (1994-present)
Northwestern University: Introduction to Literature; British Literature; American Literature;
Literary Criticism; Introduction to Creative Nonfiction Writing; Advanced Creative Nonfiction
Writing; Introduction to Fiction Writing; Advanced Fiction Writing; Literary Journalism
Roosevelt University: Introduction to Composition; Advanced Composition; Writing About
Ideas; Introduction to Literature; American Literature 1865-present; British Literature 1789-
present; Honors English: Chicago Literature; Introduction to Creative Writing; Graduate Fiction
Workshop I, II, III; Graduate Creative Nonfiction Workshop I, II, III
University of Illinois at Chicago: Introduction to Composition; Composition and Rhetoric;
Introduction to Literature; American and British Literature; American Literature and American
Culture; Introduction to Fiction Writing; Advanced Fiction Writing; Advanced Creative
Nonfiction Writing
DePaul University: Composition I and II; College Reading and Writing
North Park University: Composition I and II; Introduction to Literature; Introduction to
Creative Writing
Columbia College (MFA Writing Program): Critical Reading and Writing: Women Writers
New Trier High School & Evanston Township High School Extension Programs:
Introduction to Creative Writing; Advanced Creative Writing
Research Areas
Victorian Novel
American Contemporary Literature
Canonical Literature and Popular Fictions (19th/ 20th centuries)
Narrative Theory
Pedagogical theory: Teaching the writing process; critical thinking; appropriation of language
Conferences
Midwest Modern Language Association, November 1997; Panel: Art What Thou Eat; Paper:”
Steak and Ice Cream: The Role of Food in Mona Simpson's Anywhere But Here
Publications
Nonfiction:
Greenwich Review (Greenwich, CT): "Liberation House: Hope for Drug Addicts" (October
1989); "Young Headmaster Brings New Life to St. Mary's" (November 1989); "Hippy Holidays:
Of Plum Pudding and Carrot Sticks" (December 1989); "Finding New Answers to Eating
Disorders" (May 1990)
Chicago Reader: "Child's Play: Shakespeare for kids, unabridged" (1991); "Chi Lives: Homer
Bryant gives lessons in dance and life" (1991)
Today's Chicago Woman (1991-1993):"Women to Watch": Laura Washington; Chitra Ragavan;
Nancy Faust: "On the Road Again”; "Overseeing Emergency Care"; "Health, Beauty, and
Fitness"; "Living With the Pain: Endometriosis"; "Dr. Fortuna Massuda: Podiatrist"
Connections (American Express Publishing Corporation): "How to: Campus Job Savvy" (1992)
Spectrevision (Playboy, Inc. Publications): "The Importance of Leisure" (1992)
Fiction:
Don't Forget Fun (Children’s book – Scott Foresman Publishing Company, 1995)
Buffalo Spree:
"Moon, She Said" (1990)
"Affairs" (1991)
"Ruth" (1992)
"Something Blue"(1994)
"Coming Out" (1995)
"Make-Over" (1997)
Hawaii Review – "Come With Me" (1997)
Fish Stories Collective III – "Buddha" (1997)
Florida Review – "Signs of Life" (1997)
Simon and Schuster: Scribner's Best of the Fiction Workshops, 1999 (Sherman Alexie, judge)
"Your Own Personal Project"
Washington Review – "The Easiest Thing" (1999)
Gulf Stream – "Burst" (2000)
Passages North – "Red Light" (2000)
Georgia State Review – “War Zone” (2002)
Falling Backwards: Stories of Fathers and Daughters – “Everything’s Going to be So Good”
(Anthology – Hourglass Books, 2004)
Other Voices - "The Lives of Cell Phones" (2009)
Awards/Prizes
Chicago Bar Association Charles Goodnow Entertainment Award for fiction, 1997, 2001
Illinois Arts Council Grant (fiction) 1998
First prize in fiction contest – Passages North, 1999
First prize in fiction contest – Washington Review, 1999
First prize in fiction contest – Georgia State Review, 2002
Pushcart Prize nomination: (Washington Review, 1999)
2003-2004 Howard L. Willett Most Valuable Adjunct Faculty Award (Roosevelt University,
Chicago, IL)
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