Tricia

Johnson
profile

714 S. Locust St. Apt. 40 Oxford, OH 45056

johns649@miamioh.edu 260-273-6103
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/tricia-
johnson/82/246/4b7/

Creative and passionate teacher committed to cultivating student-centered

classrooms where students learn to think and write analytically about their
world while exploring and developing their own passions. Dedicated to
helping students become successful writers confident in communicating
as students, professionals, and citizens. For evaluations and sample
student writing, see digital teaching portfolio: triciarjohnson.wordpress.com

education

M.A. English and American Literature, Miami University

exp. Aug. 2015
B.A. Literature, Ball State University
May 2013
Awards: Perham Scholarship for Outstanding Senior

teaching
experience

Teaching Assistant, Miami University

Aug. 2013-present
Designed and taught introductory composition courses for first-year
college students
Wrote narrative assessments for each student in addition to providing
evaluative rubrics and formal grades to promote transparency
Worked with traditional and international students, developing
strategies for responding to a wide range of writing abilities
Used online learning management systems including Blackboard,
Google Drive, Wordpress, and Google+ to organize content and
facilitate communication about course content outside of class
ENG 112: Composition and Literature
Emphasized reading comprehension and analysis, awareness
of cultural and historical contexts, and conveying complex
ideas through clarity in writing
o Texts and Contexts (1 section):
Spring 2015
Explored cultural capital, close reading strategies for print
and visual texts, and the social/political impact of art
through the study of short fiction, art film, and popular film
o Representation and the Lens (1 section):
Spring 2014
Discussed the ethics of representation, memoir, and
narration through analysis of Maus and The Great Gatsby
ENG 111: Composition and Rhetoric
Studied producing rhetoric through recursive writing and
analyzing print, visual, and aural texts.
o Film Rhetoric (2 sections):
Fall 2014
Analyzed film rhetoric, film marketing and criticism, and
cinema's social, political, and ideological impact
o Understanding Audience (1 section):
Fall 2013
Emphasized identifying and responding to rhetorical
situation in many mediums and genres of communication

Student Assistant, Ball State University

Aug. 2010-May 2011
Honors 201-203: Honors Humanities Sequence
Acted as teaching assistant, grader, and student-professor liaison
for a sequence of Humanities courses

teaching
interests

Rhetoric and composition, 19th 20th century literature, womens writing,

film and narrative studies
Affiliate Certificate, Graduate Student Teaching Enhancement

professional Program

Fall 2014

Participated
in
teaching
development
graduate
course
from
Miami
development
Universitys Center for the Enhancement of Learning, Teaching, and
and
University Assessment
experience
Seminar subjects: encouraging community in diverse classrooms,
facilitating small and large group discussion, teaching and enforcing
academic honesty, self and student evaluation

Honors Fellow, Center for Middletown Studies

Jan. 2011-May 2013
Conducted archival and electronic research in late 19th- early 20th
century American reading culture
Trained new fellows in research methods and technology
Edited web and manuscript copy for the What Middletown Read web
database project and forthcoming book

service

Miami University Graduate Committee

Aug. 2014-present
Graduate student representative for MEGAA
Led Graduate and Adjunct Emergency Fund subcommittee
Miami English Graduate Student and Adjunct Association
(MEGAA)
May 2013- present
Planning Committee member for MEGAA Symposium, 2014-2015

references

Friends of Bracken Library Executive Board

2010-2013
Advocated student interests in proposed library changes

Dr. Madelyn Detloff
Dr. Mary Jean Corbett
Graduate Director
Professor of English
detloffmm@miamioh.edu
corbetmj@miamioh.edu
513-529-4616
513-519-5438
Jonathan Bradshaw
Doctoral Candidate
bradshjl@miamioh.edu
513-529-5221