Resume

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

LSA member from July 2006 to June 2011
TESOL member from October 2006 to June 2011

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.