Curriculum Vitae

I.  Education

University of West Georgia, M. A. (2006)

English and American Literature.  GPA: 4.0

Passed Comprehensive Exam with Distinction

Thesis: “Beyond a Shadow of Sound: Visual Form in the Poetry of E. E.

Cummings and William Carlos Williams”

State University of West Georgia, B. A. (2003)

Major:  English and Psychology.  cum laude

Institute de Tourainne, Tours, France (Summer 2003)

Level Two Certificate in French: UWG Study Abroad

Central High School, Carrollton, GA (1997)

Honor Graduate with Academic and Vocational Seals

II.  Employment Record

Instructor of English, University of West Georgia (2006-2007)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of West Georgia

ENGL 1102 Freshman Composition (2004-2006)

XIDS 2100 Mythology and Religion (Spring 2004)

Assistant Teacher, After School Program, Carrollton Elementary School,

Carrollton, GA (January 2000-January 2005)

III.  Academic Honors and Awards

Most Outstanding Graduate Student, University of West Georgia Department of

English (2006)

Most Outstanding Graduate Student, University of West Georgia Department of

English (2005)

Outstanding Graduate Student Paper, “The ‘Stable’ Image of Red Azalea,”

University of West Georgia Department of English (2005)

Best Contribution to a Senior Seminar, “The Society, in Sickness and in Health:

Marriage to the State in Dystopian Literature,” University of West Georgia Department of English (2004)

Initiation into Sigma Tau Delta (English Honor Society) (2004)

Senior Insight Award, State University of West Georgia Department of English

(2003)

Initiation into Phi Kappa Phi (Honor Society) (2003)

Initiation into Pi Gamma Mu (Social Sciences Honor Society) (2003)

IV.  Campus Service

Creation and Organization of Department of English’s Undergraduate Conference,

University of West Georgia (2005-06)

Graduate Research Assistant Representative to the Steering Committee, University

of West Georgia Department of English (2005-06)

Chair of Graduate Steering Committee, University of West Georgia Department of

English (2005-06)

Creation of Graduate Steering Committee, University of West Georgia Department

of English (2005)

Graduate Representative to Student Advisory Committee, University of West

Georgia Department of English (2004-05)

Student Representative to Graduate Program Committee, University of West

Georgia Department of English (2004-05)

Sigma Tau Delta Planning Committee, University of West Georgia (2004-06)

V.  Papers Delivered

“Shaking Hands with Civilization: Misreading Urban Cultural Signs in Flannery

O’Connor’s ‘Enoch and the Gorilla.’” Southern Writers / Southern Writing Graduate Conference. Oxford, MS (21 July 2006)

“Shaking Hands with Civilization: Misreading Urban Cultural Signs in Flannery

O’Connor’s ‘Enoch and the Gorilla.’” Popular Culture Association in the South and American Culture Association in the South Annual Conference.  Jacksonville, FL (7 October 2005)

“The ‘Stable’ Image of Red Azalea..” Fools’ Night: Celebration of Graduate

Studies in English. University of West Georgia. Carrollton, GA (6 April 2005)

VI. Other Speaking Events

Speaker for the Graduate School in the College of Arts and Sciences during the

Fall Commencement Ceremony, University of West Georgia (December 2005)

Guest Speaker. “Fact vs. Truth in Personal Narratives.” Carrollton High School

(August 2005 and January 2006)

Guest Speaker and Judge. “Benefits from Students’ Participation in Spelling Bees.”

Carrollton City School System Teacher Conference (April 2004)

VII.  Publications—Reviews

The Twelfth Year, and Other Times. Randy Hendricks. The Eclectic (2005):

204-09.

VIII.  Publications—Stories

“A Restless Stop” The Eclectic (2002): 73-75.

IX.  Other Publications

“ASP” Footnotes: Department of English Newsletter for Students University of

West Georgia (Spring 2004) (5.1) www.westga.edu/~engdept/dp/fn/files/

Spring2004/News_Sp2004/ASP.htm