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Work and Teaching Experience
Club Management Services
Executive Assistant
(November 2011 – present)
Ozarks Technical Community College Online
Online Adjunct Instructor, English Department
(January 2010 – present)
Courses taught:
- Composition I
Duties include: developing, adapting, and creating course materials and exams to departmental standards; maintaining professional development, responding to technical and course-related student questions and concerns; and maintaining professionalism while fostering a relationship with students over the Internet.
Educational Testing Service
Rater for the TOEFL iBT Test, Independent and Integrated Writing Sections
(September 2010 to present)
Duties include: calibrating before each rating session and rating exams according to very specific standards.
Missouri State University
Adjunct Instructor for the English Department
(August 2010 to December 2010)
Courses taught:
- Writing I for non-native speakers of English
Duties included: developing, adapting, and creating course materials and exams to departmental standards; responding to technical and course-related student questions and concerns; and evaluating all student work.
Fashion Bug
Sales Associate at the south Springfield, Missouri, store
(July 2010 to August 2010)
Duties included: helping customers create stunning outfits by adding on jewelry, handbags, shoes, and proper undergarments; ringing up sales; and encouraging customers to sign up for the in-house credit card or upselling current cardholders to the VIP level of the card.
Justus-Liebig-Universität
Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben BAT IIa für den Fremdsprachenunterricht Englisch(Instructor for Foreign Language Training—English) for the Department of English
(October 2007 – September 2009)
Courses taught:
- Oral and Written Communication: Basic Writing
- Lektürekurs (Reading Course)
- Advanced Language Practice: Writing 2
- Basic Language Practice: Grammar Lecture
- Intermediate Language Practice: General Language Course
Duties included: Developing, adapting, and creating course material; evaluating students’ work; evaluating Magisterexamen essays; and managing the Language Centre.
Bed Bath & Beyond
Sales Associate and Assistant to the Sales Force Manager
(August 2002 to September 2007)
Duties included: customer service, registering bridal couples (selling them on the features of our registry service and particular products like cookware), and completing ship-out and transfers.
Missouri State University
Graduate Teaching Assistant for the English Department
(August 2005 to August 2007)
Courses taught:
- Writing I
- Writing I for non-native speakers of English
- Writing II
Duties included: Duties included: developing, adapting, and creating course materials and exams to departmental standards, responding to technical and course-related student questions and concerns, and evaluating all student work while participating in GTA-specific courses.
Missouri State University
Instructor at the English Language Institute
(summer semesters 2006 and 2007)
Courses taught:
- Academic Writing and Grammar 4
- Speaking 4
Duties included: Administered oral placement interviews, rated double-blind in-class essay mid-terms for levels 2 – 4 and finals for levels 2 – 5, rated double-blind oral mid-terms and finals.
Education
Master of Arts in English | August 2007
Missouri State University
Emphasis: TESOL
Degree Paper Titles:
- “Power in Numbers?: The Subject–Verb Agreement of Majority and Minority”
- “Technology’s Effect on Language Change”
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature | December 2004
Missouri State University
Minor: German
Professional Affiliations
Publications
Kühn-Rudenko, Kateryna. The Uncanny Narrated: Functions of Narrative Strategies in Different Types of Representations of the Uncanny in Stephen King´s Novels It and Firestarter. Doctoral dissertation for Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen, Germany. In publication, 2009. [Editor]
“The Reopening.” The Gillioz ”Theatre Beautiful”: Remembering Springfield’s Theatre History, 1926-2006. With Stephanie Ruhe. Ed. James S. Baumlin. Springfield, MO: Moon City Press, 2006.
Awards and Honors
- Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Missouri State University (full ride; 2005-2007)
- Graduated cum laude in the Honors College (December 2004)
- Presidential scholarship (full ride; Fall 2000 – Spring 2004)
References
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