B.A. in English, City College of New York, New York City, USA, 1990 M.A. in English, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, USA 1997 University of Iowa Short Fiction Award, 1997

WORK HISTORY

Lecturer in English, Wenzhou-Kean University, Wenzhou, PRC, Fall 2019-Present Teaching 5-7 sections per semester of English 1300 Academic Writing for English Language Learners I; English 1430 Academic Writing for English Language Learners II; ESL 0303 Academic Oral Discourse I; ESL 305 Academic Written Discourse II; ESL 0403 Academic Oral Discourse I; ESL 0405 Academic Written Discourse II. University service

Member of curriculum committee. Newly formed committee in preparation for accreditation visit 2022. Assistant professor of English and Humanities, American University of Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan, Fall 2017-2019

Taught four sections per-semester of a combination of English 099 Developmental Studies in Academic Writing, 110 Academic Writing 1, 115 Academic Writing 2 and 220 Introduction to Creative Writing. Lecturer of Composition, Asian University for Women Chittagong, Bangladesh Fall 2013-2017

Designed and taught three sections per semester of Writing Seminar WSEM 10xx. These themed-reading courses cover research, argumentation, documentation, and writing skills. Themes are up to the instructor. I have designed courses in “Problems in International Development,”

“Nationalism/Tribalism,” “Mass Hysteria, Conspiracy Theories and Cults,” and “Science and Culture.” I produced reading packs and students do research in the areas covered by the chosen topic. Designed and taught Creative Writing courses in fiction, poetry, monologue and theater. Assistant Professor of English, American University in Dubai, Dubai, UAE, Fall 2003 – 2007 and 2008 – 2013

Taught three to four sections of a combination of English 100: Basic College English-an intensive grammar, reading skills and elementary writing course. English 101: Composition and Rhetoric, an introduction to academic writing. English 102: Advanced Composition and Research, an introduction to the research paper

Designed, created syllabus for, and taught

English 318: American Literature II: 1860 to the present. Students produced several short papers, typically responses and interpretation. The course had never been taught until I created the syllabus and taught it.

English 210: Creative Writing. Students produce creative work in fiction, poetry, drama and/or creative non-fiction. Course is taught as a workshop. This course had never been taught until I created the syllabus for and taught it. I have since taught it regularly, typically one semester a year. English 410: Comparative Literature: European and American Novelists of the 20th Century. Students produced several papers and a major paper and presentation as a capstone. I was the first person to teach this course at AUD and the syllabus I designed is still in use. Instructor, department of rhetoric and composition, American University in Cairo Taught three courses per semester in the writing studies program. Helped develop curriculum to be contributed to a pool of resources for all teachers to use. Visiting Adjunct Professor of creative writing, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, Spring 1998 Creative Writing 101, an introductory class in creative writing. Creative Writing 272, an advanced class of independent study with upper-level writing graduates. Instructor, Cleveland State University, 1995-1997

Developed and taught English courses; one section each of Cleveland State’s freshman composition series, including developmental composition

(090), beginning composition (101), and the research paper (102). Editor and instructional designer, UNext.com, Dearborn, IL. 1998-2003 Worked with subject matter experts from elite US universities to create online courses for graduate students. We created engaging, highly interactive learning experiences in a large variety of fields, including Business Strategy and Mergers and Acquisitions. Writer and editor Gale Publishing 1988-1995

Contributed to dozens of Gale reference publications. I worked through a sub-contractor called Eastword Publications in Beachwood, Ohio.

PUBLICATIONs

Books

Thank You for Being Concerned and Sensitive, (short story collection) University of Iowa Press, October 1997, winner of the 1997 University of Iowa Short Fiction Award. Short Fiction

“La Vida No Esta Bien,” Anak Sustra 10, http://www.anaksastra.com.

“At Least We’ve Legs,” Hobart 12, Spring 2011

“New Scales of Magnificence.” Chicago Quarterly Review, Winter 2003

“There’s Nothing,” South Carolina Review, Fall 2002

“A Prayer in Praise of Satan,” Confrontation, Fall/Winter 2002/2003

“Motherhurt” Studies in Contemporary Satire, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Autumn, 1995

“The Main Event.” The Best of Writers at Work—1994. Northwest Publishing, Inc. REFERENCES

Dr. John Schroeder, Professor of Philosophy, St. Mary’s College Maryland; adm9pe@r.postjobfree.com Dr. Ian James Reynolds, Assistant Professor of English and Humanities, American University of Afghanistan, adm9pe@r.postjobfree.com

Mr. Kevin Nawn, Instructor, English Language Program, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan; adm9pe@r.postjobfree.com

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