Jacquelyne Kibler
2518 E. Hampton St. Tucson, AZ 85716
617-449-8345
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013 – Present
English Instructor
Writers’ Studio, College of Integrated Sciences and Arts
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Instruct a diverse population of students in first-year English composition. Work in a collaborative online teaching environment to create an innovative, engaging online first-year composition experience guided by the Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing. The curriculum includes major writing projects, multi-modal mini-assignments, and a final portfolio that includes in-depth reflective responses to the Writing Program Administrators’ Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition and to eight habits of mind.
2016 – Present │ Volunteer Copyeditor for Newfound Journal, Austin, TX
Copyedit content for biannual publications and chapbooks.
2010 - 2017 │ Adjunct Creative Writing Instructor
Maricopa Community College District, Phoenix, AZ, including Phoenix College and Estrella Mountain
Guide students in the development of stories, poems, and/or creative nonfiction essays through analysis of published works, writing prompts, and work-shopping original student pieces.
2009 – 2013 │Adjunct English Instructor
Maricopa Community College District, Phoenix, AZ, including Phoenix College, Estrella Mountain, Glendale,
and South Mountain
Instructed a diverse population of students in first-year and developmental English writing skills. Created syllabi, assignments, and writing and grammar exercises. Developed research and writing skills through a variety of individual and group exercises that appeal to different learning styles. Taught in a variety of delivery formats including sixteen-week, eight-week, late-start, and online courses.
2009 – 2013 │Writing Tutor
Phoenix College Writing Center, South Mountain Community College Writing Center, Phoenix, AZ
Tutored a diverse population of students in English and writing skills. Tutees included second language learners, first-year composition students, and students with writing projects from various other departments. Helped students understand the writing process and used examples and other supporting material to assist students in improving their writing.
2012 │Writing tutor │English Lab, Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ
Tutored first-year, developmental, and ESL students as part of an English department-specific initiative to offer additional support to students enrolled in English classes.
COURSES TAUGHT
Arizona State University
English 101 First-Year Composition – Taught through ASU’s online, collaborative teaching program, the Writers’ Studio. Explores the relationship between rhetorical principles, audience, and genre and medium. Emphasizes exploratory and analytical writing through text-based assignments, multi-modal projects, and reflective work, cumulating in an online portfolio that includes reflective writing on the class learning outcomes. (Credits taught: 45)
English 102 First-Year Composition – Taught through ASU’s online, collaborative teaching program, the Writers’ Studio. Explores the relationship between rhetorical principles, audience, and genre and medium. Emphasizes persuasive writing through discussion board assignments, two major writing projects with multi-modal components, and reflective work cumulating in an online portfolio.(Credits taught: 84)
English 102 First-Year Composition – Taught at ASU’s Downtown campus. Emphasizes critical reading and persuasive writing, cumulating in an online portfolio that includes reflective writing on their revision and class learning outcomes. (Credits taught: 3)
Maricopa Community College, including Phoenix College, Estrella Mountain, Glendale, and South Mountain
English 101 First-Year Composition – Expository writing emphasis.
English 102 First-Year Composition – Research and persuasive writing emphasis.
English 081 Basic Writing Skills – College-level composition preparation course with foundations skills focus.
English 091 Fundamentals of Writing – College-level composition preparation course with organizational skills
emphasis.
Creative Writing 150 Introduction to Creative Writing – Introduction to the elements and techniques of various
forms of creative writing.
Creative Writing 170 Introduction to Writing Fiction – Practice in writing fiction and manipulating various elements
and forms of fiction.
Creative Writing 270 Intermediate Fiction – Writing and work-shopping original short fiction pieces and exploring
and analyzing published stories. Developed and taught a themed version of this course that focuses on
magical realism and supernatural writing.
Creative Writing 200 Readings for Writers – One-on-one course exploring readings that relate to a student’s
particular genre or style of writing.
Creative Writing 251 Topics in Fiction: Non-traditional Narrative – Focused on the non-traditional narrative,
including stream ofconsciousness, metafiction, and multiple points of view.
Creative Writing 251 Topics in Fiction: Horror Writing – Focused on practicing techniques of traditional, modern,
and culturally influenced elements of horror through several writing exercises cumulating in three short
stories with corresponding workshops.
EDUCATION
Doctoral Student
Rhetoric, Composition and the Teaching of English
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
MFA Creative WritingBS Theatre
Emerson College, Boston, MANorthern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
CONFERENCES
●“Mindfulness and Habits of Mind Infusion in Online Beginning Composition” National Council of Teachers of English Convention, 2016
●“Mindfulness in the Composition Classroom: Embedded Curricula and Embodied Practices” at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2015
●“Mindfulness in Education” for Arizona State University’s Composition Conference, 2014
●“Mindfulness in Education” topic as part of the ASU Downtown campus salon sessions series, fall 2013
RESEARCH PROJECTS
●Assessing First-Year Composition, Writers’ Studio, IRB: examines effectiveness of mindfulness practice in
addressing the habits of mind
●Mindfulness in the Composition Classroom, IRB: examines mindfulness practices and meditation’s effect
on empathy and alternate perspectives and student engagement in first-year composition
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT
●Chair of Creative Nonfiction Standing Group, CCCC, 2018
●University of California Los Angeles Mindful Awareness Research Center’s Intensive Practice Long-Distance Program, 2015
●Collaborated with two Arizona State University English instructors in developing Mindful Teaching and Learning at ASU, a working group aimed at adapting and integrating the tools and techniques of mindfulness into the academic classroom, 2014
●Contributed to district meetings of Maricopa Community College creative writing directors and campus representatives
●Acted as liaison between Writing Center and adjunct and full-time faculty at Phoenix College
●Co-developed a proposal and workshop for a creative writing course for the Capstone Academy at Phoenix College’s Nursing Program
●Created and coordinated open-mics at Phoenix College, 2012 and 2013
●Coordinated and hosted New Voices, a Maricopa district-wide reading of creative writing students, 2011 and 2012
●Created and hosted A Hint of Muse, a regular creative writing workshop linked with a blog at Phoenix College, 2011- 2012
●Provided instructor feedback to Flat World Knowledge for their textbook Writing for Success
PUBLICATIONS
“Sandcastle.” Down in the Dirt. Scars TV, 8 March 2013. Web. 8 March 2013.
“Mango.” vestalreview.net. Vestal Review. May 2011. Web. 15 March 2013.
“Photography Is Art Gallery.” Art-Talk. May 2005: 30. Print.
“Sylvan Gallery.” Art-Talk. June/July 2005: 21. Print.
“The Pulsing Around the Silence.” The Noise. Oct.-Nov. 2004: 4. Print.
TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
●Learning Management Systems: Learning Studios, Blackboard, Canvas, and Digication
●Screencasting software: Jing, Screencastomatic
●Microsoft Office applications: Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
●Web page software: Wordpress, Blogger, and Google sites
●Social media
●Adobe InDesign
●Qualtrics