Paula M. von Loewenfeldt 812-***-****

acuhfy@r.postjobfree.com

Louisville, Kentucky

Professional

Profile

. College Professor with 15+ years of experience teaching

English language and literature, rhetoric and

composition, western and world humanities.

. Editor and writer experienced in books, magazines,

radio, newspapers, newsletters, and public relations.

. Adept at in-class and on-line teaching and editing

platforms, qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Professional

Experience

Academia

Contract Assistant Professor, University of Southern

Indiana

Evansville, Indiana, August 2004 - June 2015

. Taught rhetoric and composition, British literary

surveys, western and world humanities, introductory

and advanced linguistics.

. Developed course materials in audio-visual, on-line,

and print formats.

. Advised students on scheduling and best practices for

college success, mentored teaching assistants in

linguistics courses.

. Developed an on-line linguistics course for teachers

in the Intensive English Program.

. Served as liaison for linguistics with the Indiana

Core Transfer Library (CTL) statewide assessment

program.

. Served on humanities, curriculum development,

economic benefits, and veterans' affairs committees.

. Retired with Emeritus status.

Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Puget Sound

Tacoma, Washington, July 2003 - June 2004

. Taught rhetoric and composition, western and world

literature.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan, August 2001 - December 2002

. Taught rhetoric and composition, British literary

surveys, renaissance texts, and Shakespeare.

Lecturer, Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana, August 2000 - May 2001

. Taught rhetoric and composition, world literature to

1700, and Shakespeare on film.

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Additional

Professional

Experience

Editorial

. Copyedited California Lectura Dantis: Purgatorio

(University of California Press) with editors Allen

Mandelbaum and Charles S. Ross, 2000 - 2004.

. Copyedited Performing Shakespeare in Japan (Cambridge

University Press) with editors Ian Carruthers, Minami

Ryuta, and John Gillies, 1997-1998

. Edited Southern Oregonian Alumni Newsletter, Southern

Oregon State College, 1991 - 1993.

. Served as editorial consultant for The Well-Traveled

Casket: A Collection of Oregon Folklore (University

of Utah Press) with author Thomas Nash, 1992.

. Served as assistant editor for the Southern Oregon

State College Faculty Newsletter, 1989 - 1991.

. Writer and producer, KCBX FM Public Radio, San Luis

Obispo, California, 1977 - 1983. Productions included

"Half an Hour Long", a bi-monthly interview program

on local, national, and international topics, and

"The Secret Garden", a ten-part essay series on the

human imagination.

. Edited The Central Coast Times, an alternative

newspaper in San Luis Obispo, California, 1974 -

1976.

Public Relations

. Organized and produced the twice-yearly "Careers in

International Business Symposium" for the World Trade

Center of San Francisco, bringing together corporate

executives and students from some 30 California

colleges and universities, 1984 - 1993.

. Served as associate coordinator for the Kezai Koho

Center Japan Fellowship Program and the Japan

Foundation Fellowship Program with Charles von

Loewenfeldt, Inc., San Francisco, California, 1984 -

1990.

Education

. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Doctor of Philosophy Degree in English, 2000

. Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR

Master of Arts Degree in English and History, 1990

. University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Bachelor of Arts Degree, Independent Studies in Journalism,

1974

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Publications

(Selective)

. von Loewenfeldt, Paula. Humanities Companion: A Collection

of Essays.

Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing, 2013.

. . "Weaving the spider's web: interpretation of

character in Kurosawa Akira's Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-

j in Performing Shakespeare in Japan, eds. Minami

Ryuta, Ian Carruthers, and John Gillies. Cambridge, UK:

Cambridge University Press, 2001. pp. 87-100.

. . Staging the Conflicted Community: Cultural

Ambiguity, Economic Abuse, and the Politics of

Accommodation in the N-Town Passion. Dissertation. Purdue

University, 2000.

. . "The Art of Haniwa: An Interpretive Vision, The

Works of Wataru Sugiyama, The Southern Oregonian, Southern

Oregon State College, 1991.

. . "Words and Meaning: The Tragedy of Richard III,"

Forum 2, Southern Oregon State College, 1989, pp. 23-27.

. . San Francisco Review of Books: (Fall 1986)

"Barbarian in the Garden by Zbigniew Herbert"; (Summer

1985) "A Great and Unusual Courage: A Prayer for Katerina

Horovitzova by Arnost Lustig" and "A Soldier's Legacy by

Heinrich Boll"; (Jan/Feb 1985) "Two Years in the Melting

Pot by Lui Zongren."

. . I Couldn't Have Missed This for the World: Selected

Writings 1975 - 1982. Halcycon, CA: Imaginary Press, 1982.

. . "The Scent of Roses." Los Angeles Times, Sunday,

Sept. 28, 1980.

. . "The Fault at Diablo Canyon." Nation Magazine.

October 1977.

Awards and

Honors

. Liberal Arts Research Award, University of Southern

Indiana, 2007.

. Purdue Research Foundation Fellowship, 1998 - 2000.

. Peter C. Braeger Medieval Studies Award, Purdue University,

1997.

. R. W. Babcock Award for Shakespeare Studies, Purdue

University, 1997.

. Subaru-Isuzu Award for Japanese Studies, Purdue University,

1997.

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