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MARCIE NEWTON, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Pre-Law, Program in Writing and Critical Inquiry

Business Administration 369, 1400 Washington Avenue, NY 12222

Curriculum Vitae

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PROFILE SUMMARY

  • twelve-year educator of a diverse population of undergraduate students, teaching subjects from English literature, writing and critical inquiry,communications, and technical writing to psychology,pre-moderncivilizations, medical humanities, andlegal analysis, rhetoric, and ethics;
  • track record of excellence and awards in face-to-face, blended, and online teaching best practices;
  • strong community engagement and volunteerism presence;
  • notable professional development, publication, and conference history.

EDUCATION

University of Sheffield, UK

  • Ph.D.Dissertation on Psychoanalytic / Socio-Cultural Studies of Traumaand the Complexities of Authenticity in AutobiographicalFiction
  • Awarded June 2015 from School of Health and Related Research, Faculty of Medicine, Health, and Dentistry (interdisciplinary project with School of English)
  • Supervising committee: Professor Glenys Parry (primary); Michael Szollosy (secondary); internal examiner: Professor Brendan Stone; external examiner: Dr. David Seelow
  • Doctoral Development Program (DDP)120-credit integrated taughtprograms: Foundations of Psychoanalysis I and II; The Psychodynamics of Social Processes (including research methods); Psychoanalysis and the Arts

State University of New York, Albany, NY

  • MA in English, December 2006
  • Courses: Textual Practices; Problems of Periodization and Canonization; The Romantics; The Age of Freud; Lacan; Contemporary Authors; Poetry Workshop

The University of Law (formerly The College of Law), UK

  • August 1997 – June 1998(towards GDL)
  • Courses: Legal Methods; Contract Law; Tort Law; Public Law; Land Law

Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK

  • BA in English Language and Literature (Honors), June 1996
  • Courses: Shakespeare; Milton; Modern Drama; general literature survey and assessment of the following periods in British literature: 1300-1525, 1525-1660, 1660-1780, 1780-1880, 1880-present day

EMPLOYMENT IN TEACHING

Program in Writing and Critical Inquiry, Department of Undergraduate Education, University at Albany, SUNY,
Albany, NY

Full-time Lecturer, Fall 2016 – present

I teach a range of Writing and Critical Inquiry sections that are both broad and tailored to specific freshman student demographics, including students in the 3+3 affiliated program between UAlbany and Albany Law School. My goal is to foster students’ development in careful and present listening, clear critical thinking, and purposeful writing as they develop into sound analytical thinkers, effective communicators in a variety of rhetorical contexts, and respectful participants in conversations that shape our personal and professional lives.

Committees: WCI Essay Writing Contest; Zombie Fest

English Department, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY

Full-time Visiting Instructor, Fall 2010 – Spring 2014

Part-time Instructor, Fall 2007 – Spring 2010, Fall 2014 – Spring 2016

Hybrid courses:Expository Writing, Oral Communication, and Research; Introduction to Literature: Genres and Traditions; Diverse Voices: Imagining America; “Hiding in Plain Sight”: The Limits of Testimony in Trauma Narratives (also fully online); “Voices from the Bell Jar”: Madness and the Mental Asylum; Gothic Literature; World Poetry; Witches in Drama

Committees during full-time position: Academic Technologies; Writing Across the Curriculum

Department of Humanities and Communication, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY

Part-time Instructor, Spring 2014 – Spring 2016

Courses: Principles of Communication; Medical Humanities;Pre-ModernCivilizations

The Sage Colleges, Albany/Troy, NY

Part-time Instructor, Fall 2007 – Spring 2010

Courses: Language and Human Experience (relationship between language and memory / how language shapes our personal, social, and cultural identities in relationship to/with others); College Research and Writing

Bryant & Stratton College, Albany, NY

Part-time Instructor, Fall 2006 – Summer 2009

Courses: Introduction to Psychology (cognitive / developmental / behavioral / research methods); Writing for Business & Technology; English Composition (face-to-face and fully online)

Judaic Studies Department, University at Albany, Albany, NY

Grading Assistant, Fall 2005 – Fall 2006

Graded undergraduate students’ papers with an assigned rubric.

AWARDS

  • 2013 Blackboard Catalyst Award for Building an Exemplary Blended Course: Expository Writing, Research, and Oral Communication, April 2013;
  • Award for Excellence in Teaching, Bryant & Stratton College, April 2007.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT / SERVICE LEARNING

Strong commitment to community engagement and service learning, a method of experiential teaching, learning, and reflecting that combines the academic classroom curriculum with meaningful service in the community. Community engagement activities and service learning projects to date:

  • the Teal Ribbon Walk/5K Run for Ovarian Cancer in Washington Park, Albany. This community event is in conjunction with the study of Margaret Edson’s play, Wit. Thestudents’ educational experience is enriched with the connection their studies make to real lives in their communities;
  • collaborative service learning project called “My Community is Bigger than Me.” This project was between Saint Rose Education / Special Education majors and second grade students at New Scotland Elementary school, Albany, NY, between 2012 and 2014. The focus of this project was on a) serving the needs of those in the community who have been disempowered and b) reading and writing poetry as a tool for self-expression, reflection, and social change.

EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND (UK)

Lawrence Hamblin Solicitors

Trainee Solicitor: Litigation / Contract / Tort,September 1997 – September 1998

  • Interviewed clients to gather particulars of case;
  • Investigated and documented accident scenes;
  • Led extensive financial negotiations with attorneys and insurance companies, resulting in substantially increased compensation for clients;
  • Prepared Discovery of Documents for court cases and appearances, earning commendation from our barrister on one of our most challenging cases and a recommendation for training as a barrister in Chambers;
  • Participated in contract and tort litigation proceedings.

Bournewood NHS Trust (formerly Homewood)

Clinical Audit Assistant for Consultant Psychiatrists, March 1994 – January 1995

  • Assisted in the setup of the new clinical audit infrastructure. This included the production of the Clinical Audit Strategy, a document designed to give the local public health authority insight into the mechanics of our infrastructure;
  • Assisted with projects pertaining to substance abuse and clients at risk of self-harm and suicide. Projects included researching statistics, compiling questionnaires and protocols, and assisting consultant psychiatrists with interviews and follow-up studies with clients in their home and in the psychiatric unit.

VOLUNTEERISM (current)

  • Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). I am assigned a case by a judge of a local family court to watch over and advocate for abused and neglected children in the legal system and community. Obligationsinclude conducting home visits and communicating with various parties in the child’s life, e.g., teachers, case workers, lawyers, pediatricians, and foster parents to ensure the needs of the child are being met;
  • Home Study Interviewer for Albany Law Clinic and Justice Center. I assist faculty and students in conducting home studies for non-detained immigrants, followed by compiling a Home Study Report for the presiding judge on the case.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES

  • “Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma.” June 2017 (forthcoming). Sidney Albert Training and Research Institute (SATRI). Northern Rivers: Northeast Parent and Child Society & Parsons Child and Family Center;
  • Court Appointed Special Advocates. December 2016. Trained and duly sworn in by Honorable Mark L. Powers, Family Court Judge, as a CASA volunteer to watch over and advocate for abused and neglected children in the legal system and community. Supervisor: Cheryl Vallee, CASA Executive Director, Capital District Region, Center for Community Justice;
  • “Mental Health First Aid USA.” August 2016. Trained as a first responder to provide initial help to adults experiencing mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis, and substance abuse disorders. National Council for Behavioral Health, NY division (MHANYS);
  • “Youth Mental Health First Aid USA.” September 2016. Trained as a first responder to provide initial help to children and adolescents experiencing mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis, and substance abuse disorders. National Council for Behavioral Health, NY division (MHANYS);
  • “Medicine and the Arts: Humanizing Healthcare,” University of Cape Town, South Africa, November 2015: 6-week intensive online course that explored the intersection of medicine, the arts, and, healthcare. Topics covered included medical/metaphorical representations of the heart; children’s voices and healing; mind, art, and play; reproduction, innovation, and creativity; tracing origins; death and the corpse;
  • “Helping Educators Learn Pedagogy,” ACPHS, August 2015: 8-week intensive online course on pedagogical principles and strategies. Topics covered included philosophical approaches to teaching; teaching styles and methods; formative and summative assessments; measuring outcomes;
  • “Designing an Exemplary Course,” Blackboard, December 2012: 6-week intensive online course designed to help educators a) transform learning through exemplary synchronous and asynchronous best practices and b) demonstrate proficiency in course design, interaction and collaboration, assessment, and learner support. Led to an international award in 2013 after submission of an exemplary course.

PUBLICATIONS

  • “'Hell Hath No Fury Like a Commoner Scorned': Brexit and the Rise of Plebeitocracy."Clio’s Psyche, Summer 2017 (forthcoming);
  • “‘Sailing in Paper Boats’: Sexual Trauma, Psychosis, and a Critical Examination of the Freudian Metaphor in Antonia White’s Autobiographical Fiction.” The Journal of Psychohistory, Vol. 44.2 (Fall 2016): 137-153;
  • “A Great Fear and Hatred: Suicide Bombers (a psychological examination of unconscious motivations and PTSD).” Clio’s Psyche, Vol. 22.4 (March 2016): 230-234;
  • “‘I Love You; I ‘ate You’: Oral Aggression, Consumed Subjects, and the Creative Impulse in Antonia White’s Autobiographical Novel, Frost in May.” PsyArt, Online Journal for the Psychological Study of the Arts, October 2013;
  • “Paradoxical Notions of Sexual Expression in Antonia White’s Autobiographical Novel, Frost in May,” Clio’s Psyche, Vol. 18.4 (March 2012): 396-400;
  • Numerous poetry and theatre reviews, e.g.,

CONFERENCE PAPERS

  • “'Hell Hath No Fury Like a Commoner Scorned': Brexit and the Rise of Plebeitocracy."International Psychohistorical Association Conference, New York University, June 2, 2017 (forthcoming);
  • “Preparing Undergraduate Students for Law School in a Visual Digital Age: Going Beyond Interpretive Tools to Fostering Analysis in the Classroom,”Sharing Scholarship: Building Teachers Workshop, Albany Law School, February 4, 2017;
  • “‘My Community is Bigger than Me’: Poetic and Visual Reflections on Community Service.” Engage for Change Regional Conference on Community Engagement, Siena College, May 18, 2016;
  • “‘Sailing in Paper Boats’: Sexual Trauma, Psychosis, and a Critical Examination of the Freudian Metaphor in Antonia White’s Autobiographical Fiction.” International Psychohistorical Association Conference, New York University, June 2015;
  • “‘I Love You; I ‘ate You’: Oral Aggression and the Consumed Subject in Antonia White’s Autobiographical Novels.” Conference paper for History Graduate Student Association, Brown University, April 2012;
  • “‘Free Me from My Acts of Transgression’: Sex, Religion, and the Paradoxical Nature of Transgression in the Modernist Autobiographical Novel.” Conference Paper for English Dept., SUNY, Albany, April 2011;
  • “‘Don’t Hate Me More Than I Hate Myself’: The Creative Impulse in the Modernist Autobiographical Novel.” Paper for Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society Conference, Middlesex University, UK, June 2010.

TEACHING BEST PRACTICES CONFERENCES / WEBINARS

  • “Leveraging Blackboard’s SafeAssign Plagiarism Tool in the Revision and Assessment Processes,” Capital District Educational Technologies Group (CDETG) Conference, Empire State College, June 5, 2017 (forthcoming);
  • “Maximizing Student Engagement Through My Blackboard: Discussion Board, Blogs, Wikis, and Journals” (Webinar for Blackboard @ Corporate), April 2014;
  • “Designing an Exemplary Course: Leveraging the ECP Process.” Blackboard Users GroupConference, Skidmore College, November 8, 2013;
  • “Seven Effective Ways to Engage Students Using Blackboard Collaborate.” The College of Saint Rose Conference, May 16, 2012;
  • “Creative Ways to Use Blackboard’s E-Learning Features for Success in the Classroom and Workplace.” The College of Saint Rose Conference, May 17, 2011.

MEMBERSHIP

  • Clio’s Psyche Psychohistory Forum and Journal
  • International Psychoanalytical Association
  • International Psychohistorical Association
  • Journal of College Composition and Communication
  • National Council of Teachers of English

REFERENCES

Available upon request.