Jason S. Kirkmeyer

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JASON S. KIRKMEYER

Department of English 1514 E. Garfield

University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming 82070

(307) 766-2125 (307) 760-0841

EDUCATION

Master of Arts, English, University of Wyoming. August 2004.

Thesis: Blake’s Nature. My thesis examines the vatic poems and prints of William Blake, analyzing the artist’s translations of previous literary forms, works, and ideas. Advisor: Eric Nye.

Bachelor of Arts, English (Honors). University of Wyoming. May 2002.

Bachelor of Arts, Secondary Education. University of Wyoming. May 2002.

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

·  Faculty Mentor for graduate assistants teaching the English department’s freshman composition program (Fall 2006-Present)

·  Three semesters experience instructing intercultural English and seven years experience working with ESL student writing in the University of Wyoming Writing Center

·  Editorial Assistant for Eighteenth Century Life (2005-Present)

·  University of Wyoming Writing Center staff (2004-Present)

·  Nine years experience working in the University of Wyoming Writing Program

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Temporary Lecturer, University of Wyoming, Summer 2005-Fall 2006

Instruct a variety of service courses for the university, including Technical Writing in the Professions and Rhetoric and Composition. Tutor in the university Writing Center, helping students with diverse needs improve their writing skills. Named faculty advisor for the Upstart Crows, the English department student organization. Served as mentor for graduate teaching assistants. Instructed in Synergy, a program designed to boost the retention rates of provisionally admitted students.

Prize Lecturer, University of Wyoming, Summer 2004-Spring 2005

Instructed a variety of courses, including Technical Writing, Introduction to Literature, and Composition and Rhetoric. Tutored at the university’s Writing Center.

Instructor for UDOC, Laramie, Wyoming, Summer 2004

Taught both a writing and a research course to 10 underprivileged Wyoming high school students interested in the medical profession. Developed plans and assessments to meet the standards of a rigorous academic program.

Graduate Assistant, University of Wyoming, Fall 2002-Spring 2004

Taught freshman English to 23 students, focusing on the writing process (three semesters). Worked with peers to ensure consistency in assessment across sections of freshman composition. Assisted Susan Aronstein in teaching Citizen Hollywood. The following semester, I taught 20 students in the same class. This intellectual community course met the goals created by the university, which are “to introduce students to cultural and other diversity issues at UW or within the disciplinary or interdisciplinary framework of the course; and to introduce students to the intellectual expectations of the university.” Taught Introduction to Literature (Summer 2004).

Student Teacher, Natrona Country High School, Spring 2002

Worked with administrators, teachers, and parents to improve students’ quality of education. Led parent-teacher conferences. Participated in IEP meetings and faculty in-services, in addition to assisting with extra-curricular events like speech and debate. Used a variety of assessments to meet school and state standards. Designed and instructed a British literature survey course as well as a world literature Survey.

DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE

·  Editorial Assistant for Eighteenth Century Life (2005-Present).

·  Writing Center staff (2004-Present).

·  Faculty Mentor for graduate students teaching the English department’s freshman composition program (Fall 2006-Present).

·  Faculty advisor for the Upstart Crows, the undergraduate student organization for the UW English department (Fall 2006-Fall 2009).

·  Member WA Assessment Team (Spring 2005).

·  Helped direct and organize the University of Wyoming English Department’s fall colloquium (Fall 2003).

·  Led discussion group for new graduate assistants at the University of Wyoming’s colloquium for new teachers (Summer 2003).

·  Graduate Student Representative, University of Wyoming English Department (2002-2003).

·  Curriculum Committee, University of Wyoming English Department (2002-2003).

·  Writing Programs Committee, University of Wyoming English Department, (2002-2003).

HONORS

·  Promoting Intellectual Engagement Award, 2009

·  Fred Slater Award, 2009

·  Prize Lectureship, University of Wyoming, 2004-2005.

·  H. G. Merriam Award 2003.

·  W. O. Clough Scholarship 2001; 2003.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

·  Shifting Gears: The Writing Center as A New Vehicle for First-Year Success (The Colorado / Wyoming Writing Tutors Conference).

·  Student Pundits and other Citizines (University of Wyoming Creativity Conference (2008).

·  They Say Proofreading; We Say Revision (The Colorado Writing Tutors Conference, February 2006).

PUBLICATIONS

·  “Disillusioned Under an Ivory Crown,” Owen Wister Review. Spring 2002.

·  “A Song for Diesel,” Owen Wister Review. Spring 2002.