Michael MacBride 

(CV)

 

Education Teaching Experience Service Publications
Presentations and Conferences Awards Professional Memberships References
 
Contact Information

Department of English
230 Armstrong Hall

Mankato, MN  56001

 
michael.macbride@mnsu.edu
(507) 389-2117

 

Education

08/2007 - Present Doctor of Philosophy in Literature, ABD
  Dissertation: (forthcoming)
  Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
   
05/2007   Master of Arts in Literature
  Thesis: Men of Heart: A Comparison of Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote from The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, and Mark Twain’s Jim, from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  Thesis advisor: Dr. William Dyer
  Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
   
05/2002 Bachelor of Science in Creative Writing
  Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

Teaching Experience

01/2010 - Present Adjunct Faculty
Teaching 1 section of The Western Humanities II (HUM 151)
Instructor of record
Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
01/2010 - Present Adjunct Faculty
Teaching 1 section of Intermediate Writing (ENG 201)
Instructor of record
Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
08/2009 - 11/2009 Adjunct Faculty
Taught 4 sections of English I (GE 100)
Instructor of record
Le Cordon Bleu, Minneapolis, MN
06/2009 - 08/2009 Adjunct Faculty
Taught 2 sections of Effective Essay Writing (COM 150)
Instructor of record
University of Phoenix
08/2008 - 12/2008 Teaching Assistant
  Taught 1 section of Advanced Freshman Composition (ENGL120)
  Instructor of record
  Composition director: Dr. Ronda Dively
  Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
   
01/2008 – 05/2009 Teaching Assistant
  Taught 4 sections of English Composition 102 (ENGL102)
  Instructor of record
  Composition director: Dr. Ronda Dively
  Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
   
01/2008 - 05/2008 Adjunct Faculty
  Taught 2 sections of English Composition 101 (ENG 101)
  Instructor of record
  Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
   
08/2007 – 12/2007 Teaching Assistant
  Taught 2 sectoins of English Composition 101 (ENGL101)
  Instructor of record
  Composition director: Dr. Ronda Dively
  Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
   
08/2005 – 05/2007  Teaching Assistant
  Taught 4 sections of English Composition 101 (ENG101)
  Instructor of record
  Composition director: Dr. Randall McClure
  Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
   
01/2007 – 05/2007 Teaching Internship
  Co-taught 1 section of Global Perspectives: Latin America (HUM282)
  Helped develop syllabus, graded papers, taught 1/3rd of classes
  Supervisor: Dr. William Dyer
  Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
   
08/2006 – 12/2006 Teaching Internship
  Co-taught 1 section of Humanities Families in Literature (HUM250)
  Helped develop syllabus, graded papers, taught 1/3rd of classes
  Supervisor: Dr. JoAnna Mink
  Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
   
08/2006 – 12/2006 Guest Lecturer
  Workshop for Teaching Assistants (ENG622)
  Provided instruction on aspects of teaching and course redesign
  Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN

 

Service

08/2008 – 09/2008 Pre-semester Workshop, group leader, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
08/2006 – 05/2007 Teaching Assistant Mentor, 1 Semester Mentoring 4 Teaching Assistants, Minnesota State University, Mankato
08/2006 – 12/2006 Co-editor of Composition Merit Awards Journal Online, Department of English, Minnesota State University
08/2005 – 05/2007 Ad Hoc Composition Committee member, Department of English, Minnesota State University
06/2006 – 08/2006 Graduate Assistant, “Using Technology to Improve Students’ Information Literacy Practices in English 101—Composition” Grant, Minnesota State University, Mankato
08/2005 - 05/2006 Faculty Teaching Certificate Program participant, Minnesota State University
08/2005 - 05/2006 Tutor in Student Writing Center, Minnesota State University, Mankato

 

Publications


“John Bonham.”  Student’s Companion to American Literary Characters.  Ed. James Tidd.  Columbia, SC: Bruccoli Clark Layman, (forthcoming).

“Johnny Got His Gun.”  Encyclopedia of American Literature, 1896-1945.  Ed. James Tidd.  Columbia, SC: Bruccoli Clark Layman, (forthcoming).

“Teaching The Old Gringo through the Mexican Revolution and Ambrose Bierce.”  Minnesota English Journal.  Mankato, MN: Minnesota Council of Teachers of English, Fall 2007.  166-76.

“Teaching Clarissa: Will Students See this Book as More than a Doorstop?”  Minnesota English Journal.  Mankato, MN: Minnesota Council of Teachers of English, Fall 2006.  51-65.

“The Racist.”  (short story) Blue Earth Review.  Minnesota State University, Mankato, Spring 2006.  88-92.

Review: The Minnesota Crime Wave.  “The Silence of Loons.”  The Corresponder.  Minnesota State University, Mankato, Spring 2006.  3.

Review: Shima, Frank.  “Vencil.”  The Corresponder.  Minnesota State University, Mankato, Fall 2005.  10.


Presentations & Conferences


“Literatures in English, in a Composition Course,” Literatures in English: A Conference at St. Olaf College.  Jun 7-9, 2007.  Northfield, MN.

“Reloading the Canon: Teaching the Latin American Boom Novel,”Minnesota Council of Teachers of English: Finding our Voices.  Apr 27-28, 2007.  Brainerd, MN.

“Making Sense of Huckleberry Finn’s Ending, 121 Years Later: Another Possible Reading,” NAHE Conference: The Golden Gateways of the Humanities: Transgressions/Transformation, Dissonance/Harmony.  Feb 28-Mar 1, 2007.  San Francisco, CA.

“Breaking down Boundaries with the Anonymity of Computers: Pedagogical Techniques for Synchronous and Asynchronous Chats and Discussions,” Great Plans Alliance for Computers and Writing Conference: Online Pedagogies: Making Space for Social Networks.  Nov 10, 2006.  Mankato, MN.

“Changing Boundaries of Student Communication with Classroom Technology,” Great Plans Alliance for Computers and Writing Conference: Online Pedagogies: Making Space for Social Networks.  Nov 10, 2006.  Mankato, MN.

“Teaching Clarissa,” Minnesota Council of Teachers of English.  Apr 28-29, 2006.  Rochester, MN.

“The Quixotic Dream of Twain’s Jim,” Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language and Media.  Mar 31-Apr 1, 2006.  DeKalb, IL.

“Service Learning in English Composition; Are you Mad?” MnSCU Conference on Realizing Student Potential.  Feb 24, 2006.  Minneapolis, MN.

“Teaching Writing as Non-traditional Graduate Teaching Assistants,” MnSCU Conference on Writing & Literature.  Oct 29, 2005.  Inver Grove Heights, MN.

“Unraveling Myths: Women in Don Quixote,” Don Quixote Across the Discipline Unraveling Myth(s).  Oct 13-14, 2005.  Mankato, MN.

Attended conference: IWCA/NCPTW: Navigating the Boundary Waters.  Oct 20-22, 2005.  Minneapolis, MN.


Awards


Outstanding Graduate Student from Minnesota State University, Spring 2007


Current Professional Memberships


Mark Twain Circle

Midwest Modern Language Association

Minnesota Council of Teachers of English

Modern Language Association

National Association for Humanities Education

National Council of Teachers of English


References


Dr. William Dyer, Department of English, Minnesota State University, Mankato, william.dyer@mnsu.edu, (507) 389-2350,

Dr. Jeremy Wells, Department of English, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, jerwells@siu.edu, (618) 453-6844,

Dr. George Boulukos, Department of English, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, boulukos@siu.edu, (618) 453-6810,

Dr. David Anthony, Department of English, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, davidant@siu.edu, (618) 453-6845,

Dr. Ronda Leathers Dively, Department of English, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, rldively@siu.edu, (618) 453-6811.

 

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