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SUMMARY
Highly effective Lecturer, retired Associate Professor of English, specializing in literature, cultural studies, ethnic studies, literary theory and criticism, published in significant U.S. and international scholarly journals and collections, with a diverse multicultural and international instructional background. Extensive experience in teaching undergraduate college composition courses. Committed to elevating student performances to levels of excellence through innovative teaching methods and culturally informed pedagogical strategies.
HI*+LIGHTS
• Vast multi-ethnic pedagogical resources
• Many years of multicultural teaching experience
• International university teaching in Asia for 18 years
• Engaging public speaker in international venues
• Experience in multicultural curriculum development
• Graduate level teaching experience and mentoring
• Published in scholarly works in the U.S., UK, France, Spain
• Professional editor and reviewer for several scholarly projects
• Teacher of writing and speaking to Taiwan English majors
• Teams online teaching platform experience
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Instrumental in developing an MA in Literature Program
• Taught numerous unique and newly designed undergraduate seminars and MA in Literature elective courses
• Presented papers at major international conferences
• Authored scholarly articles in major journals, including MELUS, Mississippi Quarterly, European Journal of Cultural Studies
• Published book chapters in several significant collections, in both film/genre studies and literature
• Manuscript Editor, French Centre for Research on Contemporary China – Taipei Office, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Spring 2007
• Founding Co-editor, Tunghai University FLLD journal, Interplay: A Journal of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature, 2014-2020
• Editor for Professor Yu-Kai Chang, English language academic manuscripts. Dr. Chang is Distinguished Professor of Sports Science, and Research Chair Professor, Department of Physical Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. 2011- present
• Editor for Professor Hongjohn Lin, Curatography: The Study of Curatorial Culture project. Dr. Lin is Professor of Fine Arts at Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. 2021– present
• Editor for the Indigenous Nations Tribal Reserve project, under direction of Rick Dane Moore, Attorney at Law, INFCA/White Buffalo Alliance, Norman, Oklahoma. 2021 – present
• Editor for the A Pipe for February project, in collaboration with Rick Dane Moore, Yancey Redcorn, Moira Redcorn, et al. 2021– present
EXPERIENCE
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Lecturer
Department of English and World Languages
August University
Augusta, Georgia
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• College Composition 1101 and 1102
2021-2022
Adjunct Part-time Associate Professor of English
Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Courses Taught:
• Composition and Oral Practice III
• Introduction to Cultural Studies
• European Literature I, II
• History of Western Civilization
2011-2021
Associate Professor of English
Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Service Duties and Teaching:
• Taught required and elective courses at both the undergraduate and MA level
• Served on Admissions, Curriculum, MA Thesis, Hiring and General Affairs Committees
• Instructed writing intensive courses emphasizing the learning of English as a foreign language
• Taught most diverse number of new undergraduate and MA individually designed seminar and elective courses in departmental history
2004-2011
Assistant Professor of English
Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
Tunghai University
Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
• Taught undergraduate required and elective courses in literature, composition and speaking, History of Western Civilization
• Secretary, Department Council, 2007-2008
• British and American Literature Representative, Majors Program Curriculum Committee, 2007-2008
2001-2004
Instructor
Department of English
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
Courses Taught:
• English 2200; 2210 – Great Books
• English 1120 – Composition II
2000-2001
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of English
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
Courses Taught:
• English 100 – Freshman Composition
• English 251 – Introduction to Literature
• English 320 – The Short Story
EDUCATION
May 2000 Ph.D., English – University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Emphasis in American Literature, Literary Theory, Cultural Studies May 1989 MA, English – University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma May 1981 B.S. Secondary Ed.: English Major, Sociology Minor – Black Hills State University, Spearfish, South Dakota
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Professor Todd Hoffman
Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Department of English and World Languages
Augusta University
Allgood Hall E237
1120 15th Street
Augusta, Georgia 30912
Office phone: 706-***-****
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Assistant Professor Trent Kays
Director of College Composition
Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Department of English and World Languages
Augusta University
Allgood Hall E235
1120 15th Street
Augusta, Georgia 30912
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Associate Professor Mieke K.T. Desmet
MA in Literature Program Coordinator
Box 373
Department of Foreign Languages and Literature Tunghai University
1727 Taiwan Boulevard, Sec. 4
Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C. 40704
886 (04) 2359-0121 ext 31218
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