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Work Experience |
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| Professor |
University of La
Verne |
2008- present |
| Associate Professor |
University of La
Verne |
2000 - 2008 |
| Adjunct Professor |
University of La
Verne |
2000 - 2001 |
| Lecturer |
Loyola Marymount |
2000 - 2001 |
| Lecturer |
Cal State LA |
2000 - 2001 |
| Lecturer |
Pierce College |
2000 - 2001 |
| Lecturer |
Rio Hondo College |
2000 - 2001 |
| Lecturer |
University of
California, Riverside |
1997 - 2000 |
| Adjunct Professor |
Chinese
University of Hong Kong |
1996 - 1997 |
| Adjunct Professor |
Université de
Perpignan, France |
1995 - 1996 |
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| Experience With
Diverse Groups and International Education |
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- Worked and consulted with diverse ethnic groups.
- Taught on campus that has rich mix of diverse faculty
and students.
- Participated in off-campus center that serves a
particular regional ethnic group.
- Taught for a year or more at an educational
institution in another country (including U.S. study aboard centers).
- Taught a foreign language or
English-as-a-Second-Language.
- Lived abroad for a year or more.
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| Committee Work
and Departmental Responsibilities: |
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- Full Member of English Department.
- Library Committee, 2008-present.
- Faculty Research Committee, 2006-present.
- Library Information Technology Committee Member Fall
2001and Spring 2002.
- Member and Secretary for Salary Committee Spring
2002-present.
- Experience with student advisement.
- Served as program advisor for department program
and/or concentration.
- Senior Projects Supervisor for English Majors.
- Participated in the development and launching of a
new degree, concentration or certificate.
- Revised or updated program major or degree.
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| University
Service: |
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- Selected by the NOCORE Program to represent the
university at the 15th annual Nation Conference on race and Ethnicity
(May 29-June2, 2002).
- Selected by then-Provost Dick McDowell to address both the
Executive Committee University Council concerning my research interests
and my affiliation with the Huntington Library (April 16 and 17, 2002).
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| Teaching
Initiatives: |
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- Can provide student evaluation of teaching
- Participated in teaching and learning institutes.
- Planned/Implemented teaching training programs for
higher education instruction.
- Have a philosophy of learning and teaching statement
that will be submitted as part of the teaching portfolio.
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| Commitment to
Student Recruiting and Lifelong Learning |
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- Participated in recruitment fairs
- Taught classes scheduled during evenings and weekends
to serve the working adult.
- Developed continuing education and/or extended
classes for professional development on or off campus.
- Done extensive advising with adult students.
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| Experience
Working in Teams or Demonstrated People Skills |
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- Team-taught a class.
- Taught with other faculty in a learning community.
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| Use of
Technology in the Classroom: |
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- Developed course offering for alternative time
modules, such as multi-hour weekend sessions.
- Developed course offering for delivery in accelerated
format (summer session schedule).
- Employed service-learning as instructional method.
- Worked with other faculty and students in learning
community context.
- Developed and introduced audio/visual material to
supplement lecture presentations.
- Introduced use of e-mail for student-teacher
interaction.
- Revised course objectives into competency-based
learning outcomes.
- Developed lesson plans that require active student
participation in their own learning, such as use of collaborative
- learning, small group learning, problems-based
learning, paired or other student directed activity.
- Regularly use word processing to compose written
documents.
- Use e-mail regularly to communicate with students and
colleagues.
- Participated in group work using electronic bulletin
board, list servers, threaded discussions, etc.
- Designed a website for personal use or for teaching
purposes.
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| Community
Involvement Outside the University |
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- Participated in university outreach efforts to local
communities.
- Participated in university speakers bureau.
- Discussion Leader for reading group on Shakespeare
01/01-06 Barnes and Noble, Burbank
- Consultant, SAT II, English Examinations 07/00
- Books for the Blind- reading on tape 03/99--07/01
- Writing skills volunteer for inner city writing
program 07/94-5 Concordia University
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| Academic
Societies and Associations |
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- Shakespeare Association of America
- Society for Textual Scholarship
- Academic Association of University Professors
- Association of Literary Scholars and Critics
- Pacific Northwest Renaissance Society
- Thomas Chatterton Society
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