Samuel
R.
Evans
 8505
N.
153rd
St.

Bennington,
NE

68007

(402)
469‐0946

samuel.r.evans@gmail.com



EDUCATION


2008‐Pres.
 Ph.D.
in
English
(Concentration:
Rhetoric
and
Textual
Studies)

Old
Dominion
University

Status:
ABD



2008
 M.A.
in
English
(Concentration:
Linguistics)

University
of
Nebraska—Omaha


Certificate:
Teaching
English
to
Speakers
of
Other
Languages



2004
 B.A.
in
English
&
B.A.
in
Music
Performance

Hastings
College





TEACHING
EXPERIENCE

2011‐Pres.
 Adjunct
Instructor,
Thomas
Nelson
Community
College


English
111:
Composition
I

English
112:
Composition
II

2010‐Pres.
 Teaching
Assistant,
Old
Dominion
University


English
110c:
Composition
I

English
325:
Introduction
to
Rhetorical
Studies
(via
teletechnet
media)

2007‐2008
 Teaching
Assistant,
University
of
Nebraska—Omaha


English
1150:
Composition
I

2003‐2004
 Instructor,
Evans
Saxophone
Studio





TUTORING
EXPERIENCE

2009‐2010
 Graduate
Writing
Assistance
Program
Coordinator,
Old
Dominion
University

Evaluated
tutors
of
Old
Dominion’s
Writing
Tutorial
Services,
providing
them
with

feedback
to
improve
their
methods
of
instruction

Developed
a
system
for
synchronous
online
tutoring


Tutored
graduate
and
undergraduate
students
in
a
one‐on‐one
setting
and
delivered

multiple
presentations
and
in‐class
workshops

Sum.
2009
 Writing
Center
Tutor,
Old
Dominion
University

Tutored
graduate
and
undergraduate
students
from
various
disciplines,
giving
them

guidance
when
writing
for
other
members
of
their
respective
disciplines

2007‐2008
 Writing
Center
Tutor,
University
of
Nebraska—Omaha



Tutored
graduate
and
undergraduate
students
from
diverse
cultural
and
educational

backgrounds
to
help
them
progress
as
writers




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OTHER
PERTINENT
WORK
EXPERIENCE

Spr.
2008
 Intern,
University
of
Nebraska—Omaha

Developed
a
timeline
with
my
supervisor
and
met
time‐sensitive
goals
in
establishing

the
online
scholarly
journal
Programmatic
Perspectives

Composed
editorial
policies
and
author
guidelines
for
the
journal



2004‐2006
 Writer,
Sandhills
Publishing,
Lincoln,
NE

Researched
and
composed
numerous
articles
for
the
Computer
Publications

Department
while
working
within
prescribed
deadlines

Furthered
customer
relations
by
serving
as
a
technical
expert
who
answered

questions
posed
by
readers





PUBLISHED
ARTICLES

2010
 “Debating
the
Aims
of
Discourse:
Persuasive
versus
Invitational
Rhetoric.”
Feminist

Rhetorics:
Landmark
Essays
and
Controversies.
Eds.
Lindal
Buchanan
and
Kate
Ryan.


West
Lafayette,
IN:
Parlor.
3p.



2004‐2006
 45
articles
about
computer
hardware
and
software,
electronics,
and
music
published

in
CE
Lifestyles,
First
Glimpse,
PC
Today,
Reference
Series,
and
Smart
Computing

magazines





CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS

2011
 “Methods
for
Training
Tutors
on
Adobe
Acrobat
Connect
Pro.”
Southeastern
Writing

Center
Association
Conference.



2010
 “Identifying
Tutor
Attitudes
toward
Adobe
Acrobat
Connect
Pro.”
Computers
&

Writing.



2010
 “Examining
Sport
in
Kicking
It:
Traditional
Metaphors
and
New
Activism.”
OnFilm

Festival,
Old
Dominion
University.



2010
 “Entering
Academic
Publishing.”
Conference
on
College
Composition
and

Communication.



2010
 “From
Vixens
and
Viragos
to
MILFs
and
Mrs.
Robinsons:
Methods
of
Subversion
of

Women
Entering
the
Public
Sphere
from
the
Antebellum
Era
to
the
Present.”

Graduate
Research
Conference,
Old
Dominion
University.








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WORKSHOPS

2011
 “Applying
Adobe
Acrobat
Connect
Pro
to
Writing
Center
Practice.”
Southeastern

Writing
Center
Association
Conference.

2010
 “Working
with
iMovie.”
Presented
to
the
students
of
ENGL
427/527.

2010
 “Writing
Conference
Proposals.”
Writing
Tutorial
Services
Workshop
Series,
Old

Dominion
University.

2008
 “From
Chaos
to
Clarity:
Strategies
for
Organizing
Your
Paper.”
Writing
Center









Workshop
Series,
University
of
Nebraska—Omaha.





GUEST
LECTURES

2010
 “Delivery
in
a
New
Light.”

Presented
to
the
students
of
ENGL
325.

2010
 “Composing
in
Multimedia.”
Presented
to
the
students
of
ENGL
427/527.

2008
 “Sexualizing
Politics:
Internet
Depictions
of
Sarah
Palin”
The
Women’s
Center,
Old

Dominion
University.

2007
 “Friendly
Letters
to
‘dear
old
Boss’:
Identity
Building
and
Reconstruction
in
Jack
the

Ripper
Discourse.”
Colloquium
for
Discourse,
Culture,
and
Power,
University
of

Nebraska—Omaha.





AWARDS
&
HONORS

2010
 Conference
Travel
Grant,
College
of
Arts
&
Letters,
Old
Dominion
University.


2010
 Graduate
Student
Travel
Award,
Graduate
College,
Old
Dominion
University.


2008
 Academic
Fellowship,
Old
Dominion
University.


2008
 AAUP
Bernie
Kolasa
Memorial
Scholarship,
University
of
Nebraska—Omaha.





SERVICE

2010‐2011
 Treasurer,
English
Graduate
Student
Organization,
Old
Dominion
University





PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS
 

2010‐Pres.
 Rhetoric
Society
of
America



2008‐2009
 International
Association
of
Forensic
Linguists



2008
 Nebraska
Writing
Center
Consortium




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LANGUAGES
&
TECHNOLOGIES

Foreign


Spanish
(4
Semesters)

Language

Software
Suites
 Adobe
Creastive
Suite;
iWork;
Microsoft
Office

Content
Mgmt.

 Blackboard
8
&
9;
MediaWiki;
PeopleSoft;
Wet
Paint

Presentation

 Adobe
Presenter;
Camtasia;
iMovie;
Jing;
Keynote;
OmniGraffle;
PowerPoint;
Prezi;

Microsoft
Visio

Webinar
 Adobe
Acrobat
Connect
Pro;
iChat;
Skype;
Vyew;
WebEx

Social
Media
 Academia.edu;
Blogger;
Facebook;
LinkedIn;
Scribd;
Twitter;
WordPress




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