Adjunct Professor, English, Social Studies, Art History, and History
Resume:
Wayne S. Coffey
Writer, Researcher, Instructor
Brooklyn, NY
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EXPERIENCE
Austin Community College, Austin, TX — Adjunct Professor of Humanities
AUGUST 2019 - DECEMBER 2022
-Responsible for instruction in Humanities I (prehistory-1500) and II (1500-present), a survey of major works in literature, history and art.
-Taught students at the high school, traditional college, and returning student levels
-Acted as mentor to students as they applied to 4-year institutions
University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz — Graduate Teaching Assistant and Instructor
AUGUST 2011 - AUGUST 2019
-Served as a teaching assistant in the Visual Studies, Literature, History of Consciousness and Art departments
-Responsible for the administrative tasks (grading, attendance, classroom management, online evaluation) to maintain the course
-Was the primary instructor for the small groups that met in addition to the main lecture
Austin Community College, Austin, TX — Adjunct Professor of English and Writing Composition
JUNE 2015 - AUGUST 2016
-Taught writing composition I and II to high school students, traditional college students, and returning adult students
EDUCATION
University of California, Santa Cruz — MA (2015), PhD (expected September 2023) History of Consciousness
AUGUST 2011 - SEPTEMBER 2023
-Major: History of Consciousness. An interdisciplinary program requiring courses in literature, social sciences, visual studies, history, and philosophy
-Minors: Visual Studies, Critical Race/Ethnic Studies
Texas State University, San Marcos, Austin — MA, English
AUGUST 2009 - AUGUST 2011
-took courses in entire range of Anglophone literature, including international literature, as well as literature and film from outside of the West
-Master’s thesis: The Imaginative Imperative: Narrative and Social Consciousness in Toni Morrison’s Jazz, Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, and the Television Show The Wire
PROJECTS
Dissertation— Reproducing the Crisis: Violence, Blackness and Visual Culture in the American Postwar City
-This dissertation is completed and is in the correctional stage in conversation with thesis advisors/references. Completion date expected September 2023.
REFERENCES
Eric Porter
Professor of History, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, and History of
Consciousness
University of California, Santa Cruz
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David Marriott
Charles T. Winship Professor of Philosophy
Emory University
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Derek Conrad Murray
Professor of Visual Studies
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Grant Potts
Professor of Philosophy
Austin Community College
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SKILLS
Instructor (13 years)
Academic Project Management
Admissions and Interview Expertise
Digital and Physical Archival Research
Curriculum Development
Classroom Management
Interpersonal and Team Communication
English, Writing, Social Sciences Tutoring
AWARDS
Austin Community College Distinguished Educator Award Nomination
University of California Humanities Research Center Research Fellowship
University of California, Santa Cruz Humanities Division Dissertation Fellowship
LANGUAGES
English
French (reading)
Latin (reading)
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