* Bachelor of Arts (BA) – English
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
* Master Masters of Arts (MA) – English
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
Working History
* 2010-present
: Hanshin University
: Osan, S. Korea
: Professor of English
• Teach Rhetoric & Composition courses to undergraduate
English Language majors.
• Instruct courses in speech development & vocabulary recognition i.e. Pronunciation.
• Create syllabi for all courses & determine what exercises/approaches to the textbooks best suit the needs of the students.
• Counsel students on future course work & path to graduation – evaluate student progress thru one-on-one meetings outside of class.
• Write & administer all student assignments, projects, quizzes & exams.
• Note: I am the sole native English speaker in the English Department.
* 2008-2010
: Kyungnam University
: Masan, S. Korea
: Professor of English
• Teach Rhetoric & Composition courses to undergraduate
English language majors.
• Instruct courses in speech development & vocabulary recognition i.e. pronunciation.
• Create syllabi for all courses & determine what exercises/approaches to the textbooks best suit the needs of the students.
• Counsel students on future course work & path to graduation – evaluate student progress thru one-on-one meetings outside of class.
• Write & administer all student assignments, projects, quizzes & exams.
• Selected judge for annual university Composition & Verbal Comprehension contest.
• Assist in drawing up the semester teaching schedule for all department teachers.
• Received exemplary student evaluations for two consecutive years.
* 2005-2008
: Paragon Company
: Des Moines, Iowa
: Business Developer/Recruiter
• Information Technology consulting company i.e. job placement.
• Broker of jobs between business clients & IT consultants e.g. working With Wells Fargo to augment their staffing needs with IT professionals on a full-time or contract basis.
• Recruiter of computer programmers, project managers, testers, business analysts & related professionals i.e. solicit, skill test & face-to-face interview potential IT consultants, prior to client submittal.
• Business developer – constantly seeking out new companies who have IT job needs they sub-contract to consulting firms.
• Targeted recruitment efforts (cold calling, internet search) when additional resumes are needed.
• Complete oversight of the resume/candidate generation process.
• Negotiation of salary offers & commission rates.
• Closing clients & candidates contracts.
* 2004-2005
: Modis, Inc.
: Des Moines, Iowa
: Business Developer/Recruiter
• Broker of jobs between business clients & IT consultants e.g. working with Principal Financial’s “Strategic Sourcing Department” to staff their current computer software upgrades & initiatives with Modis contractors.
• Recruiter of computer programmers, project managers, business analysts, & related professionals i.e. solicit, skill test & face-to-face interview potential IT consultants, before submitting them to our clients.
• Responsible for establishing new customer contracts & placing consultants within corporations e.g. in 2004, opened new & profitable accounts with Wells Fargo Financial, Shazam & the Iowa Foundation For Medical Care.
• Public relations liaison to our client business managers to improve customer satisfaction e.g. taking managers to lunch, golf outings & other entertainment activities.
* 2001-2003
: Iowa State University
: Ames, Iowa
: Teacher/Graduate Student: Instructor of Composition & Rhetoric
• Created my own course syllabi & policy/class rules sheets.
• Chose the complete curriculum i.e. essay topics & assigned readings.
• Personally graded all my students’ essays -- applying handwritten comments & suggestions.
• Administered an out-of-class lecture series.
• Tutored individual students with “special needs.”
• Partook in a fifteen-week course on how to teach rhetoric.
• Observed how three other professors taught their Composition/Rhetoric classes & discussed in roundtable best approaches to successful teaching.
Personal Introduction
# COMPUTERS
Working experience in Microsoft Word & Excel;
Boeck, DDS & Xactimate insurance adjusting programs;
Extensive Internet & E-mail.
# Crow Search: Collection of poems & definitions (2010)