Technical Writer & Instructor Resume

Title

Technical Writer & Instructor

Primary Skills

Technical Writing, editing and teaching.

Location
US-AZ-Phoenix (will consider relocating)

Posted
Apr-28-12

RESUME DETAILS

EDUCATION

University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
M.A., English Literature, May 2002

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
A.B., English Language and Literature, summa cum laude, May 1994

HONORS AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY:
Phi Beta Kappa; elected 1994
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society; elected 1993
Class of 1916 Chair Prize, Department of English: best honors thesis, 1994

EXPERIENCE

LECTURER, California State University -- Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA 8/04 to 12/11
Instructor of record: English 483, Technical Visual Communication (100 students); English 482, Technical Writing; English 338, Science and Conscience (team taught with Physics Dept.); English 330, Writing in the Disciplines -- all upper division courses. “Maximus” award finalist for the best teacher on campus, 2006. Full-time

GRADUATE PART-TIME INSTRUCTOR, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 8/98 to 5/04
Instructor of record: Modern American Literature and Shakespeare for Non-Majors, both Upper Division courses -- two sections per semester (90 students). Designed and maintained an extensive, interactive course web site incorporating server side Perl CGI scripts, a searchable student record database, interactive worksheet and study guides, message board and Powerpoint® lecture material. Part-time.

TECHNICAL WRITER, Office of the Summer Session, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 10/97 to 7/98
Authored and edited copy text, grant proposals and instruction literature, produced HTML, Java and JavaScript code and conducted bi-weekly faculty training seminars for Summer Session's online, interactive virtual classroom suite of websites. Part-time.

GRADUATE ASSISTANT, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 8/96 to 7/98
Instructor of record: Freshman Composition, Advanced Expository Writing and Business/Technical Writing -- two sections per semester. Designed, developed and maintained the English Department's first web page and server hardware. Part-time.

ASSISTANT LECTURER, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 8/94 to 5/96
Instructor of record: Freshman Composition. Responsible for the design, teaching, evaluation and grading of
one course each semester (40 students total). Regularly tutored international students and student athletes. Part-time.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Proficient in Mac, Windows/Intel and Linux platforms. Personal computing enthusiast, including assembling my own CPU's and systems from bare components.
• Proficient in Java, Perl, JavaScript, Visual Basic, HTML, XML and DHTML scripting and programming languages.
• Proficient in WebCT, Blackboard, PeopleSoft, current audio conferencing and video conferencing and distance learning methods, hardware and software.
• Proficient in the standard PC software applications, including: Adobe Photoshop, GoLive, LiveMotion, Acrobat, PageMaker and Premiere; Microsoft Office Suite(s) including Word, Excel, Access; Corel Office Suite including WordPerfect, and the CodeWarrior and Sun Microsystems Java programming environments.

Certifications

See above

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