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MARLAINA EASTON, PH.D.

Hanover Park, IL, 60133 • 331-***-****

*********@*****.*** • http://linkedin.com/in/marlaina-easton-phd-6b1b7788

Academically and culturally diverse faculty with a deep commitment to teaching, mentoring, and student success, providing resources for a quality learning experience by ensuring coherence in discipline and relevance. Advocate for positive student learning outcomes, program quality, and discipline integrity, all of which focus on learner engagement and retention. Offering years of progressive experience in curriculum instruction and development with an innate ability to bring lessons to life from beyond the pages of textbooks while actively engaging students. Specialize in ensuring that students have a firm grasp of key concepts from the required course materials through continuous analysis and evaluation of challenging and inspiring curricula. Areas of expertise include: Learner Engagement, Cross-Curricular Planning, Inquiry-Based Learning, Inclusion Classrooms, Facilitation of Learning Styles, Instructional Strategies, English Language Arts, Mentoring & Leadership, Experiential Learning, Innovative Curriculum Education

Doctor of Education, Leadership in Multicultural Education, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, In Progress Chair: Dr. Chris Worthman

Doctor of Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, Union Institute & Uiversity, Cincinnati, OH, January 2010

• Dissertation: Resisting Multiple Oppressions: An African American Lesbian's Counter-Narrative Master of Arts, English, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL

• Thesis: Victorian Philosophies of Useless Work Versus Work for the Mind: Carlyle, Morris, and Marx Bachelor of Arts, English, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL Credentials

Building-Level, Principal Certificate, Arkansas State University, In Progress Professional Administrative Certification of Excellence (PACE), The American Society of Administrative Professionals, 2020 Women in Leadership (Certificate ID: DYSC01), Cornell University, 2020 Diversity and Inclusion (Certificate ID: ILRDIC01), Cornell University, 2020 Secondary Education, State of Illinois (Eastern Illinois University)

Professional Experience

DePaul University, Lincoln Park, IL

Lift as You Climb (LAYC) Ambassador to Chicago Middle School Students, December 2018 to November 2019

• Conceptualized and orchestrated multiple student groups, projects, and modules on theoretical lenses to name, call out and challenge injustice with DePaul Faculty, students and the surrounding community of students and educators.

• Cultivated trusting relationships within the academic community and middle schools students whose difficult histories made learning both frightening and difficult.

• Encouraged and advocated for students in realizing a positive place to move forward through hope and strength. College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL

English Instructor Full-time, July 2002 to December 2018 Champion of struggling learners, effectively targeting needs of students using thorough analyses, assessments, diagnoses, and evaluations to provide resolution for obstacles to English proficiency, teaching courses in developmental literacy, writing, and special topics. Addressed needs of students with diverse learning needs in literacy as well as courses related to diversity. Engage individuals so they feel empowered to achieve academic success. Drove success for 8+ student advisors in the Writing Center. Marlaina Easton, Ph.D. – Page 2 of 2

• Designed lesson plans and instructional programs to special individual and group needs while adapting a wide range of techniques to promote scientific thinking and hone scientific skills as well as educational and entertaining activities to engage students’ interest and imagination.

• Created and taught relevant English lessons focusing on building fluency, continuously assessing progress of students to ensure success of the language program while providing tactical support and resources that improve performance.

• Spearheaded a 95% retention rate in developmental classes.

• Designed and taught courses in subject areas that impacted diversity and finding ways to communicate between lines of difference: Black Womanhood, Queer Studies.

• Streamlined college wide curriculum implementation amongst 25+ professors around diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• Collaborated with ESL and English language learners with a lack of trust in educators due to past poor experiences. College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL

Director, LGBTQ Resource Cernter, January 2010 to January 2013 Key point of contact in talent acquisition and onboarding processes, leading all stages from interviewing to hiring to managing center staff members as well as recruiting, managing, and mentoring interns while following strict compliance guidelines (FIRPA).

• Expanded the program services and doubled the budget.

• Developed college wide intervention strategies for students who experienced systemic inequities.

• By creating an LGBTQ Resource Center, I increased diversity, inclusion and equity at the college level.

• Expanded the mission of the Center and opened a new office.

• Collaborated with the Dean of Counseling in program development. Encouraged participation by students, faculty, administration, and staff.

• Advised students in person and online to allow each individual to define a safe space.

• Consulted faculty on issues related to students’ academic performance and behavior.

• Built alliances across several student groups, including Black Student Union, Latino Alliance, and Trio. Networked with LGBTQ programs at other schools (Loyola, University of Chicago). Professional Speaking Engagements

Educational Consultant, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 9/2020 Wellness and Mental Health with LGBTQ+Community PRISM - the org supporting the LGBTQ+ community and PEEP of social justice ambassadors as lead organizers for the topicals of care and mental health for the LGBTQ community post a student suicide.

Led Safe Zone training for professors, administrators, and presidents that offered CEUs., College of Lake County Grayslake, IL, 6-11/2016, 2018

Advocated for and obtained inclusion of LGBTQ resources in the school library and its databases, College of Lake County Grayslake, IL 11/2010-6/2013, 2017

Volunteer

Children of Lesbian and Gay Empowered, COLLAGE

KIPP, Chicago public charter school support

Awards

Teacher of the Year

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