Mandi Campbell

Email: mcampbel@westga.edu

URL: http://www.westga.edu/~mcampbel

Department of English

University of West Georgia

1601 Maple Street

Carrollton, GA 30118

678.839.4861

TEACHING:

 Courses Taught at UWG:

 English 1101: English Composition I

English 1102: English Composition II

English 2050: Self-Staging: Oral Communication in Daily Life

English 2110: World Literature Survey (as GTA only)

English 2130: American Literature Survey (online)

English 2180: Studies in African American Literature

XIDS 2100: Arts & Ideas: The Monstrous & The Grotesque

 SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY:

 Committee Membership:

 Events Committee, 2008

 Counseling and Tutoring Experience:

 Fall 2007-Spring 2008—Mentored new FYW Faculty, Dr. Lisa Propst

 Fall 2005-present—Tutored weekly in the University Writing Center

 Fall 2007, Summer 2009, Fall 2009—Taught and tutored students at UWG Newnan Campus

 Participation in Education Activities:

 Fall 2005-Present—attended and encouraged student attendance for The Shared Text Lecture Series,  a program specifically designed to create a common community among ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 students by providing shared  reading experiences and by enhancing those experiences through campus visits of shared text authors.

 Fall 2006-Present—Regents’ Essay Rater, Kennesaw University and online

 Spring 2007-Present—taught and managed classes for the Enhanced Project, specifically identified sections of ENGL 1101 with a University Writing Center component designed to increase the success rate of students enrolled in these sections

 Summer 2007—Faculty Orientation Leader under the direction of Scot Lingrel for Summer 2007 orientation

 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT:

 Master of Arts in English—May, 2005, University of West Georgia

            -GPA: 4.0

-Thesis: “The Other American Novel: Ivy Rowe’s Exploration of the Domestic Space in

                Lee Smith’s Fair and Tender Ladies”

Director: Dr. Jane Hill, Department of English, University of West Georgia

Readers:  Dr. Debra MacComb, Department of English, University of West Georgia

                Dr. David Newton, Department of English, University of West Georgia

Bachelor of Arts in English—December 2001, University of West Georgia

 PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT:

 Membership in Scholastic Honoraries:

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

 Membership in Professional Societies:

Popular Culture Association

 CONFERENCES:

 “Scrubs:  A Study of Pedagogy in Comedy and Comedy in Pedagogy” At PCA/ACA National Conference in St. Louis, MO, 31 March – 3 April 2010

“Exploring the Domestic Space: Ivy Rowe’s Search for Self in Lee Smith’s Fair and Tender Ladies.” At “Southern Women Writers and the World” Berry College, Rome, GA, 22 September 2005

“Exploring the Domestic Space: Ivy Rowe’s Search for Self in Lee Smith’s Fair and Tender Ladies.” At “Constructing and Deconstructing Motherhood in Literature and Film.”    West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1 October 2004

“Louise Erdrich’s The Antelope Wife: The Other American Novel.”  At “Fool’s Night: An Evening for Graduate Studies in English.”  University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia, 31 March 2004

“The Importance of Laughter in Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh.” At “A Celebration of Graduate Student Research.” University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia, March 2004

“A Reading (or Misreading) of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”  At “An Annual Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Activities.”  University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia, Spring 2001 

Inter-Departmental and University Professional Development:

Attended FYW Professional Development Workshops, Fall 2005 – present: covering a range of topics, including training in classroom management and campus safety, Regents’ reading preparation, interpreting the rubric, sequencing assignments, ESL in the classroom and University Writing Center, and utilizing technology  to facilitate learning (i.e., Connect Comp workshops).

Attended several WebCT/CourseDen Training and Workshops, Fall 2005-Present

AWARDS

A Celebration of Graduate Student Research Award           

Presented by Celebration of Graduate Research Planning Committee

University of West Georgia, 4 March 2004