ASSISTANT PROFESSOR REQUIREMENTS
- Participate in development of strategic and systematic planning activities.
I
have been on the strategic planning committee in both 2013-2016
Strategic Plan and the 2016-2022
Strategic Plan. I have also been on
the committees that developed the CMA and BSGS programs.
Additional
narrative regarding this is available under Scholarship.
- Present Scholarly Information on the local, state, national, and international level.
I
have presented on all levels from local, here at Methodist College, to
internationally attended conferences, at the PCA/ACA Conference. Please see my list of presentations.
Additional
narrative regarding this is available under Scholarship.
- Begin to identify research projects and participate in these alone or with other college professionals.
I
have done a great deal of research over the last few years. I have worked on a
project with Dr. Strasma on the development of Writing Programs. I have worked
with Lori Wagner on the benefits of interdisciplinary instructional design. I
have conducted my own research in the fields of literary and cultural studies
focusing on the use of monsters to unother othered populations. Please see my list of presentations.
I
spent three weeks over the summer researching, in the original 1818 journals, gender
bias is the reception of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
at the British Library. I am still working on this research
project.
I have
been collecting survey
data on the effectiveness and student perceptions of the Writing Across the
Curriculum projects in our N211 and N450 courses.
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narrative regarding this is available under Scholarship.
- Seek opportunities to include students in research activities.
Research Projects. Every semester I
assign a research
project to the students in my ENG201 and ENG250 courses. The students must identify
a health related problem in their community. Then they must conduct both
primary research (interviews, surveys, and other data collection) and secondary research
(scholarly journal articles, etc.). The students must then come up with a
solution to their community’s problem using the research they collected. I also
encourage the students to follow through with their solutions in their
communities.
SGA. As the Faculty Advisor for the
Student Government Association, I encourage and help facilitate the officers
and committee chairs of SGA to collect
survey data from students regarding programming and other student needs and
interests.
WAC. After J. West and I piloted the
first WAC assignment, in N211 during the Summer 2015 term, we assessed the
assignment in two ways. We compared
the quality of the writing from the same course the previous summer term to
the quality of the writing from the WAC assignment in Summer 2015. We also administered a survey
to the students regarding the WAC assignment. I am happy to report that the quality of
writing improved and students had positive
responses to the WAC assignment. Additionally,
at the end of each semester, with the help of the instructors who teach the
Writing Across the Curriculum projects, I survey
the students who participated in the WAC program. The surveys are designed
to collect data regarding the steps of the project and of the drafting process
they found most effective in the development of their writing. Additionally,
data is collected regarding the transfer of skills from the N211 WAC project to
the N450 WAC project.
Literary
& Cultural Studies. I also try to engage students in my literary and
cultural studies research. Not only do I share with my students what I am
currently studying, but I also incorporate aspects of my research into my
students' learning materials and assignments. Additionally, at Scholarship and
Research Day in spring of 2017, I had a table with my presentation material and conference
paper for “Frankenstein’s American Horror Success Story:
Monsters as Agents of Social Change.” I even converted by PowerPoint into a video, so I could play it on a continuous
loop for students to watch.
Additional
narrative regarding this is available under Scholarship.
- Mentor less experienced faculty on both an informal and formal basis.
I
have formally mentored Brooke Rumbold and Jennifer O’Neil, our English adjunct
faculty. I have informally
mentored faculty on creating effective writing assignments, using
technology, and teaching online. Additionally, I have formally mentored faculty
on creating effective writing assignments and rubrics, using technology, and
teaching online through various presentations and workshops given at Methodist
College. Please see my list of presentations.
Additional information regarding this is available under Service in the ‘Mentoring’ section.
- Participate in the assessment of undergraduate and general education student learning outcomes.
I
have not only participated in the assessment of USLOs every year for the last
five years, I have helped to redesign the assessment process and revise our
USLOs. Additionally, I
have helped to organize and facilitate the USLO assessment over the last
three years.
Additional
narrative regarding this is available under Scholarship.
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