Amy L. Ellison
612 South Park Street, Apt. 7Carrollton, Georgia 30117
770-836-8343
EDUCATION
M.A. in English. University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia. May 2008.
Thesis Title: “Lessons in Subtraction: Writing Through Absence in the Postmodern
Lyric Moment”
B.A. in English, Summa Cum Laude. University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia. May
2005.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
Graduate:
Most Outstanding Graduate Student, 2008
James Matthews Prize for Best Graduate Student Essay, 2008
Essay Title: “Hymnody and the Blazon: The Fetishization of Jesus in the Moravian Church”
Reader’s Choice Award for “Cuttlefish: Ars Poetica,” 2007
from The Eclectic (chosen by poets Terri Witek and Paul Guest)
Undergraduate:
Gordon Watson Award, 2005
Most Outstanding Contribution to a Senior Seminar, 2005
Seminar Thesis Title: “The Wonderland Novels: Alice, the Holy Grail, and
the Indefinable Self”
Kay Magenheimer Poetry Prize, 2004
George W. Walker English Scholarship
Willie Maude Thompson Scholarship in English
H. O. Lovvorn Scholarship in the Humanities
Other Awards:
Finalist in the Agnes Scott College Writers’ Festival for “After Carnival,” 2008
PUBLICATIONS
“After Carnival.” Agnes Scott College Writers’ Festival Magazine (2008): 2.
“Binding” and “1932: A Refrain.” The Eclectic (2008): 41-42.
“Cuttlefish: Ars Poetica,” “Quietly,” and “So Not Norman Rockwell.” The Eclectic
(2007): 9-11.
“Pickets.” 32 Poems. 3.2 (Fall/Winter 2005): 6.
“The Mime,” “Headhunter,” and “Lessons in Subtraction.” The Eclectic (2005): 13-16.
“White Pickets” and “Letter from an Ex-Boyfriend.” The Eclectic (2004): 14-15.
CONFERENCE PANELS
“First Year Writing: Poetry.” Organizer and Chair of Two Panels. University of West Georgia
Undergraduate Conference. University of West Georgia, April 2008.
“Creative Writing: Poetry at West Georgia.” Organizer and Chair. University of West Georgia
Undergraduate Conference. University of West Georgia, April 2008.
“Creative Writing: Poetry.” Organizer and Chair. University of West Georgia Undergraduate
Conference. University of West Georgia, April 2007.
“Hymnody and the Blazon: The Fetishization of Jesus in the Moravian Church.” Presenter.
Celebration of Graduate Student Research. University of West Georgia, April 2007.
MEMBERSHIPS
Sigma Tau Delta. 2003-Present.
Phi Kappa Phi. 2004-Present.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Composition and Rhetoric
Studies in Poetry: Critical and Creative Writing
Postmodern Literature (British and American)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of West Georgia, Department of English. Teaching Assistant, August 2006-Present.
First Year Writing: English 1101
Writing Center Tutor
Central High School, Department of English. Carrollton, Georgia, July 2005-August 2006.
American Literature
11th Grade Literature and Composition
Drama
university service
Student Advisory Committee, 2004-05, 2007-08.
English Department Expo. Writing Center and Graduate Studies Information Tables, 2008.
Co-Organizer of the University of West Georgia Undergraduate Conference, 2006-08.
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
Staples, Sales Associate. Carrollton, Georgia 30117. July 2001-July 2005, June 2006-Present.