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

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


WORK
EXPERIENCE

Spr.
2011
 Adjunct
Instructor
of
English,
Thomas
Nelson
Community
College


• Developed
course
syllabi,
lectures,
and
class
exercises
and
assessed
student

writing
for
introductory
and
novice
composition
courses

• Created
online
content
management
systems
for
each
class

2010‐2011
 Teaching
Assistant,
Old
Dominion
University

• Taught
courses
in
composition
and
rhetoric
for
new
and
advanced

undergraduate
students
via
face‐to‐face
and
synchronous
online
media

2009‐2010
 Graduate
Writing
Assistance
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

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

2007‐2008
 Teaching
Assistant,
University
of
Nebraska—Omaha

• Taught
two
sections
of
composition,
ensuring
students
were
equipped
with
the

material
they
would
need
to
be
successful
collegiate
writers

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

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

 
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TECHNOLOGICAL
LITERACY*

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;
Visio

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

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


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


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

Communication.


SELECT
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.


SELECT
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.

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

Festival,
Old
Dominion
University.


SELECT
AWARDS
&
HONORS*

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

*
Complete
lists
of
these
categories,
along
with
my
references,
are
available
upon
request.