Back to Main Page of CV Academic and Professional Experience Visiting Instructor Communication Department, Miami University, 2003-present Supervisor: Dr. Gary Shulman, Department Chair Taught up to three sections of courses each semester of COM 354 (Mass Media and Society), COM 447 (Mass Media Criticism), and FST/COM 146 (Media Aesthetics). Developed original syllabus and curriculum for COM 447, focusing the course content on understanding and applying theories and methods of analysis and criticism. Made course writing-intensive with a portfolio end product. Redesigned FST/COM 146 curriculum to clarify its focus on the formal elements of film and video and introductory methods of analysis. Created departmental Course Objectives and Required Concepts for this fundamental course, working with Professor Kathleen German. Adapted coursework for a student taking the course for Honors credit. Received consistently excellent student evaluations (numeric summaries and/or sample student comments available upon request). Syllabi Available: click here Visiting Instructor University Honors and Scholars Program and Western College Interdisciplinary Studies, Miami University, 2006 Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn Haynes, Director of University Honors and Scholars Program Developed a course to provide students with an opportunity to study both theoretical and practical elements of the yogic tradition, with emphasis on primary sources (from early Vedanta, Yoga, Samkhya, and Buddhism), modern experiential practices (including postures, breathing techniques, and meditation), and modern representations and expressions of the philosophies (in film and literature). Students design and implement an analysis that compares and contrasts the practices, philosophies, and/or representations of early compiled texts of South Asia with popular texts and/or practices of modern America. This course draws upon my experience in linguistic analysis; Sanskrit studies; the theory, practice, and teaching of yoga; and the critical analysis of popular culture and media. Syllabus Available: click here Graduate Student Instructor Communication Department, Miami University, 2002-2003 Supervisor: Dr. Lisa McLaughlin, Graduate Director Taught Media and Society (COM 354) and Media Aesthetics (FST/COM 146) courses in fulfillment of graduate assistantship duties. Revised FST/COM 146 curriculum, choosing new readings, designing PowerPoint presentations, overhauling assignments and grading rubrics, writing short-answer and essay exams, and selecting and digitizing clips for classroom presentation. Used a variety of class formats in developing curriculum presentation: interactive lecture, class discussion, student presentations, and small-group work. Received excellent student evaluations for both courses taught. In addition, taught a Diversity Seminar (IDS 151), a course on social justice and diversity for first-semester freshmen, through the Center for World Cultures. Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant Communication Department, Miami University, 2001-2002 Supervisors: Drs. Lisa McLaughlin and Ellen Riordan Worked as editorial assistant to Dr. McLaughlin on the journal Feminist Media Studies, line editing, copy editing, and corresponding with authors on issues of content and sources. Assisted Dr. Riordan in teaching Electronic Media History (COM 215) and Media Aesthetics (FST/COM 146) courses by writing and grading exams, assisting students with assignments, and lecturing on selected topics. Research and Development Consultant The Princeton Review Publishing, K-12 Division, New York, NY, Sep 2000-Aug 2001 Supervisor: Reed Talada (telecommuting from Ohio) Advised NY R&D staff on proposals, specifications, and outlines for projects. Developed projects and wrote specifications for new clients. Reviewed selected manuscript from editors in New York for quality and accuracy. Wrote manuscript for special projects, such as in-service presentations for teachers and a retail booklet for middle school students and their parents. Director of Research and Development The Princeton Review Publishing, K-12 Division, New York, NY, Feb 1999-Aug 2000 Supervisor: Reed Talada Established standards and performance levels for textbook quality and implemented a system of R&D, editorial, and outside consultant reviews. Reviewed manuscript for quality and accuracy, and discussed with editors areas of merit and suggestions for improvement. Organized departmental professional development seminars. Hired, trained, and managed staff responsible for general and project-specific research. Wrote proposals and specifications for all textbook projects and trained staff to do so. Wrote and continually revised materials and a workshop structure for training writers and editors. Senior Editor The Princeton Review Publishing, K-12 Division, New York, NY, Aug 1998-Feb 1999 Supervisor: Reed Talada Designed and began implementing research, development, editorial, and production processes. Hired and trained staff for new K-12 Textbook Publishing department. Managed editorial process, including: proposing project based on initial research, analyzing relevant curriculum standards and existing textbook content, writing and revising specifications, writing and editing sample manuscript to use as model, hiring and training writers, guiding writers with feedback, editing manuscript, preparing manuscript for production, editing page proofs, and incorporating feedback from outside reviewers and McGraw-Hill editors. Freelance Writer and Editor The Princeton Review Publishing, New York, NY, Nov 1997-Aug 1998 Supervisors: Lesly Atlas, Gretchen Feder, Reed Talada Co-wrote Random House/Princeton Review trade book on test preparation, Cracking the SSAT and ISEE, for middle- and high-school students. Co-wrote Random House/Princeton Review trade book, Cracking the English Regents: Comprehensive English, for high-school students. Edited and managed initial textbook projects in partnership with McGraw-Hill. Graduate Assistant Slavic and Eastern Languages Department, Boston College, Spring 1996 Supervisor: Professor Michael J. Connolly Responsible for cataloguing the department's library on computer and on shelves in the department's new library room. Wrote a procedure manual for cataloguing and learned HTML to create a web page of the manual for BC network. Undergraduate Research Assistant Slavic and Eastern Languages Department, Boston College, Fall 1995 Supervisor: Professor Margaret Thomas Responsible for finding and evaluating source and reference texts relevant to the topics of a nonfiction book-in-progress on second-language acquisition, second-language teaching, and language universals. Peer Tutor Writing Center, Dutchess Community College, Spring 1993 and Summer 1993 Supervisor: Professor Tom Denton Taught students techniques for facilitating and organizing the writing process and for critically reading their essays from a reader's point of view. Guided students to focus on key elements of their own writing in order to improve it. |
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