Graduate Instructor

Education

Wabash College; ****-****, Crawfordsville, IN B.A. in English

University of North Carolina at Charlotte; 2015-2017, Charlotte, NC M.A. in English

Experience

GRADUATE INSTRUCTOR, UNC-CHARLOTTE, CHARLOTTE, NC, AUGUST 2017-DECEMBER 2017

Independent instructor for two sections of a research and composition based undergraduate course (UWRT 1102-016, -019). Responsibilities included planning and giving biweekly lectures and instruction related to academic writing and research, conferencing with students about their material, and promptly assessing submitted work.

Stylistics Teaching Assistant for Dr. Ronald Lunsford for an undergraduate/graduate course (ENG 5400/6400). Position involved preparing brief lectures and exercises that help students understand how to write more clearly and effectively.

GRADUATE ASSISTANT, UNC-CHARLOTTE, CHARLOTTE, NC AUGUST 2016-AUGUST 2017

Tutor in the University's Writing Resources Center under the direction of Dr. Heather Vorhies. Gave verbal and written feedback to work produced by university students, from freshmen to PhD candidates. Responded to student work across the disciplines, offering suggestions for development and revision. Made clear to these students the principles of effective writing and grammar and how to better integrate them into their work. Gave various presentations on writing and research conventions in undergraduate courses.

SERVICE TECHNICIAN, UNITED AIR FILTER, CHARLOTTE, NC MAY 2014- AUGUST 2015

Changed various types of air filters in industrial, commercial and critical environments. Responsible for independently managing work orders, company vehicle, and order inventories and coordinating with building security and engineers for access. Improved the written technical instruction on a number of contracts, and, in some cases, devised facility maps for company use.

SALES ASSOCIATE- FLOORING/LUMBER/BUILDING MAT., HOME DEPOT, CHARLOTTE, NC APRIL 2013-MAY 2014

Assisted and advised customers with home improvement purchases. Responsible for operating heavy machinery, processing customer orders, and maintaining my departments and the merchandise and advertisements therein.

LEGAL ASSISTANT, WERNLE, RISTINE & AYERS, CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN SEPTEMBER 2010-JANUARY 2013

Assisted firm in managing disability, medical malpractice, and worker’s compensation claims. Responsible for requesting, transcribing, summarizing medical records and billings; maintaining claim filings; assisting in drafting Affidavits, Discoveries, Interrogatories and court Motions; setting up and transcribing depositions; conducting intake interviews for disability and worker’s compensation claims.

OFFICE ASSISTANT, WABASH COLLEGE, FINE ARTS CENTER AUGUST 2007-JUNE 2008

Assisted in general office duties for the Music/Theatre/Rhetoric studies and fine arts reception staff. Tasked with maintaining the Box Office, including appointments and ticketing.

Skills

-Highly attentive writer familiar with the conventions particular to several types of technical documentation, capable of writing clearly and concisely in order to make complex issues plain to lay readers.

- Capable of quickly becoming a SME on a variety of technical issues.

- Possess a natural curiosity and facility for dealing with complex technical issues and operations and explaining how they work.

- Familiar with Microsoft Visio, Word, Excel and Powerpoint, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, and Framemaker as well as HTML

Referrals

Dr. Ronald Lunsford, Professor of English, UNC Charlotte

email: ********@****.***; phone: 704-***-****

Dr. Heather Vorhies,, Professor of English and Director of the Writing Resources Center, UNC Charlotte

email: ********@****.***; phone: 704-***-****

Dr. Lara Vetter, Professor of English and Director of Graduate Programs in English, UNC Charlotte

email: *******@****.***; phone: 704-***-****

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