Curriculum Vitae

Crystal M. Johnson

EDUCATION

Texas Tech University: Lubbock, Texas May 2009

Masters of Arts in English Literature

Minor: Women Studies

Texas A&M University: College Station, TexasAugust 2007

Bachelor of Arts in English Literature

Double Minor: Sociology and Women Studies

ACADEMIC POSITIONS/TEACHING

English Department, Houston Community College-CentralHouston, Tx

Current

English Department, Lone Star College-MontgomeryHouston, TX

Fall ‘09-Current

Fall ‘10

Assistant Professor of English-Interim

-English 2328: American Literature 1865-Present

-English1301: 41046 Comp & Rhetoric I

-English 1301: 41046 Comp & Rhetoric I

-English 1302: 41036 Comp & Rhetoric II

-English 1302: 41026 Comp & Rhetoric II

-English 1302: 41034 Comp & Rhetoric II

Summer ‘10

English Adjunct Instructor

-English 1302: Comp & Rhetoric II (1 section)

Spring ‘10

English Adjunct Instructor

- English 1302: Comp & Rhetoric II (1 section)

-English 1301: Composition and Rhetoric (2 sections)

Fall ’09

English Adjunct Instructor

- English 1301: Composition and Rhetoric

- English 1302: Literature

- English 307: Developmental Writing

ELC: The Writing Center, Lone Star College-Montgomery Houston, TX

Spring ’09-Fall ‘10

English tutor

English Department, Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX

Fall ’07-Spring ‘10

Graduate Part-Time Document Instructor

Graduate Part-Time Classroom Instructor

Document Instructor

University of Phoenix: Axia DivisionOnline

Fall ’09-Current

Adjunct Instructor

-Crt/205: Critical Thinking

-Hum/111: Critical & Creative Thinking

ELC: The Write Place

Lone Star College: Montgomery Houston, TX

Jan ’10-Dec’10

-Duties include 10 hours of tutoring per week.

-Specialized in tutoring English Lit, Composition and Rhetoric, ESL, Writing Development, and other disciplines across the curriculum.

University Writing Center

Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX

Sept ’08-May ‘09

-Duties included seven hours of tutoring.

-Specialized in tutoring English Lit, Composition and Rhetoric, dissertations, proof read articles for publication, grant writing, and graduate/law school entrance applications.

-Weekly training in writing center theory.

-two hours of online grading

SWTX PCA/ACA Conference

Albuq, NM

-Presented paper titled R&B and Hip-hop: Where is Black Feminism? Feb ‘09

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

The Battalion May ’05-April ’07

College Station, TX

News writer
  • Drafted, edited, and published two to three stories a week
  • Interviewed Texas A&M Professors, staff workers and students
Page designer
  • designed and organized page layouts using Apple software Indesign
  • designed and organized front pages for The Battalion
Copy editor
  • Edited, critiqued, and drafted sport, news, entertainment, opinion, and Appointed Press editorials
  • proficient use and knowledge of the Appointed Press handbook for media journalism
  • utilized grammar, punctuation and MLA English techniques

SKILLS
  • Computer: all programs in Microsoft Office Suite, proficient skills in Mac technology

REFERENCES

Susan M. Lang, Ph.D.

Director of First-Year Writing

Associate Professor ofTechnical Communication and Rhetoric

Texas Tech University

806-742-2500 ext. 272

Kathleen Gillis, Ph.D.

Director of The Writing Center

Texas Tech University