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Edward A.
Private tutor in Chamblee, GA
Education
PhD in English, Georgia State University, 2017 (anticip.) Concentration: Critical Literary Theory GPA: 3.85 Kennesaw Mountain Writing Project, Kennesaw State University, 2014 Johns Hopkins University Writing Craft Conference, 2009, 2010 Smithsonian faculty fellow, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, 2009 MA in Literature, University of Delaware, 2006 GPA: 3.73 BS in Secondary English Education, West Chester University, 2002 Minor: Special Education GPA: 3.55 Magna Cum Laude Dean’s List, six semesters
Experience
Accomplished composition and literature instructor and writing tutor, constantly developing and revising a practical, flexible, technologically-intensive pedagogy. Committed to serving students first, be it in the classroom, the tutoring setting, or elsewhere. Courses Taught: Freshman Composition I & II: Teaching critical thinking through composition to help students develop communicative and analytical skills that will serve them professionally, as consumers, and throughout their lives Developmental Writing I & II: Helping underprepared students gain writing proficiency at the sentence and paragraph levels, including the development of grammar, spelling, and mechanical skills Business Writing: Equipping experienced and aspiring professionals with the communication tools necessary to be effective in a modern, technology-intensive workplace Writing Tutoring: Working one-on-one with learners of various backgrounds and needs to best develop the product required in the moment, as well as cognitive and communicative practices that will be applicable in a wide range of settings American Literature II: Critically exploring diverse perspectives on social issues using the work of a broad range of modern, post-modern, and counter-cultural writers Film and Literature: Exploring theoretical and practical divisions and points of intersection between media forms, as well as the influence of cultural trends on the process of adaptation Professional Experience: Private Writing Tutor, 2006 –Present Instructor (Teaching Assistantship), Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 2011 - 2015 Adjunct Instructor, Atlanta Metropolitan College, Atlanta, GA, 2014 Adjunct Instructor, Georgia Highlands College, Douglasville, GA, 2013 Assistant Professor, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, 2007 - 2011 Adjunct Instructor, Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA, 2006 - 2007 Adjunct Instructor, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA, 2006 - 2007 Instructor (Teaching Assistantship), University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2004 - 2005 Language Arts Teacher, Perkiomen Valley High School, Collegeville, PA, 2003 - 2004 Per Diem Substitute Teacher, Tredyffrin-Easttown School District, Berwyn, PA, 2003
Subject Expertise
10th Grade Writing, 11th Grade Writing, 12th Grade Writing, 3rd Grade Writing, 4th Grade Writing, 5th Grade Writing, 6th Grade Writing, 7th Grade Writing, 8th Grade Writing, 9th Grade Writing, ACT English, ACT with Writing, ACT Writing, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, ASPIRE English, CLEP English Literature, COMPASS Writing Skills, Creative Writing, English, Expository Writing, Fiction Writing, GMAT Analytical Writing Assessment, GRE Analytical Writing, GRE Subject Test in Literature in English, Persuasive Writing, Poetry Writing, PSAT Writing Skills, SAT Writing, Technical Writing, Writing