TERESA FOXWORTHY COOK

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1 TERESA FOXWORTHY COOK 8 Canary Court Edgewood, KY (859) teresa.f.cook@uc.edu CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor Educator. University of Cincinnati College of Arts and Sciences. Department of English and Comparative Literature. Teach Technical and Scientific Writing, Business Writing, Introduction to Rhetoric and Professional Writing and Desktop Publishing, 2010-present. Awarded merit in March 2011, 2015, & 2016 based on professional development, service, and teaching excellence. EDUCATION English and Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati. Completed Ph.D. coursework and qualifying exams, M.A. Theatre and Drama, Indiana University, B.A. Theatre Arts, Bradley University, summa cum laude, AREAS OF STUDY Rhetoric Composition Studies Communication Renaissance Drama Modern Ethnic American Drama PREVIOUS UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE Field Service Assistant Professor. University of Cincinnati College of Applied Science. Taught first-year English Composition, Technical Writing, Senior Project Communication for Chemical Technology and Culinary Arts students, and Senior Design Communication for Mechanical Engineering Technology students. Also serve as a writing consultant in the writing center and online Field Service Instructor. University of Cincinnati College of Applied Science. Taught first-year English Composition, Technical Writing, Fundamentals of Speech Communication, Senior Project Communication for Chemical Technology and Culinary Arts students, and Senior Design Communication for Mechanical Engineering Technology students. Also serve as a writing consultant in the writing center and online present. Placement Exam Facilitator and Evaluator. College of Applied Science. Administered and evaluated placement tests for new students and

2 Adjunct English Instructor. College of Applied Science. Taught Senior Project Communication and Technical Writing Annual Adjunct Instructor. College of Applied Science. Taught three sections per quarter of various humanities courses including English Composition, Speech Communication, and Technical Writing Writing Consultant. UC/OMI College of Applied Science. Helped students to identify problems with their writing and helped them to improve their work for submission Adjunct English Instructor. UC Emerging Ethnic Engineers Department. Designed and taught a six-week summer English course to incoming students in the Summer Bridge Program Adjunct English Instructor. Thomas More College. Taught one section of Basic Composition to first year students Graduate Teaching Assistant. UC/OMI College of Applied Science. Taught the Freshman English Sequence and Graduate Teaching Assistant. University of Cincinnati. Designed the curriculum and taught three quarters of Honors English Taught the Freshman English Sequence Oral English Proficiency Tester. University of Cincinnati. Administered and evaluated English language testing of foreign students Graduate Teaching Assistant. University of Cincinnati. Co-taught a Topics in Literature (Shakespeare) Course Chief Teaching Assistant. Bradley University. Assisted professors in teaching Introduction to Theatre. Also trained new teaching assistants Teaching Assistant. Bradley University. Assisted professors in teaching Introduction to Theatre RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE SAT Reader. Pearson Educational Measurement. Scored SAT essays as a homebased reader Public Relations Representative. Musical Arts Center. Wrote and edited the quarterly newsletter, advertisements, press releases, and other company publications Public Relations Intern and Advertising Sales Director. Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati. Assisted Director of Public Relations with writing and editing press materials Sold and assisted in design of program advertising Production Dramaturg. Bradley University. Assisted director of The Seagull in literary and production research. Wrote programs notes and organized outreach performances for area high schools

3 GRANTS UC Faculty Development Council Individual Grant for purchasing Adobe Creative Suites and attending workshops in Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign, $ (Spring 2013) UC Early Summer Instructional Technology Institute, $750 (2011) UC Faculty Development Council Individual Grant for attending the ATTW and CCCC conferences in Atlanta, $1652 (Spring 2011) UC September Institute, e-portfolio Learning Community, $1000 (2008) UC September Institute, Writing in the Disciplines Learning Community, $1000 (2007) CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS Published Conference Papers Cook, Teresa, Janak Dave, and Jim Everly. Teaching Soft Skills to Engineering Technology Students. Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering and Technology Education, March 7 th -10 th, CD-ROM. Cook, Teresa, Laura Wilson, Jo Ann Thompson, and Victoria Reynolds. A Multi-disciplinary Approach: Developing a Writing in the Disciplines Program at an Engineering College. Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education, March 8 th - 11 th, CD-ROM. Wilson, Laura, Teresa Cook, Jo Ann Thompson, and Jim Everly. Developing a Writing in the Disciplines Program in an Engineering Technology College. Conference Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 22 nd -25 th CD-ROM. International Presentations A Multi-disciplinary Approach: Developing a Writing in the Disciplines Program at an Engineering College Presented at the International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education (Buenos Aires, Argentina) March National and Regional Presentations The Art of Technical Writing Presented at the Midwest Meeting of the Society of Flavor Chemists (Cincinnati, OH) April Text Me While I Teach: Using a Personal Response System in the Classroom Presented at the 3T: Teaching, Techniques & Technology Conference (Clermont, OH) April Developing a Writing in the Disciplines Program in an Engineering Technology College Presented at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference (Pittsburgh, PA) June

4 Writing More with What We Have: Shifting Realties in Technical Courses Presented at the Conference of College Composition and Communication (New Orleans, LA) April Ethos and Expectations: What Students Contrive and Teachers Derive from the Student Teacher Memo Presented at the Conference of College Composition and Communication (Chicago, IL) April Barabas and Shylock: The Origin of Two Characters" Kentucky Theater Association Conference (Louisville, KY) October Local Presentations Get to Know Blackboard Learn Presented to Department of English & Comparative Literature, Teaching & Technology Committee, April Teaching Professional Writing Online Presented at the Online Pedagogy & Practices Roundtable, Teaching & Technology Committee, October Creating Effective Posters Presented at the College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, April 2014 and March Lab Report Writing Presented to AET students at the UC College of Engineering & Applied Science, May Wiki Project for Technical & Scientific Writing Course Presented at the UC Libraries December Technology Institute, December Creating Effective Assignment Sheets Co-presented at the College of Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, June Integrating Writing in Technology Courses at CAS through Faculty Collaboration Co-presented at the College of Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, May Writing in the Disciplines Co-presented for Humanities Media and Cultural Studies Workshop, University of Cincinnati, September e-portfolio:livetext Co-presented for College of Applied Science Faculty, University of Cincinnati, September Preparing for the SAT Essay Section Presented to the Northern Kentucky Homeschool Network, March CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP ATTENDANCE CQ5 Basic Authoring, University of Cincinnati, June Blackboard Training: Teaching & Learning in the New Bb Environment, Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning. University of Cincinnati, April

5 Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Conference Seventeenth Annual Conference (Indianapolis, IN) March T: Teaching, Techniques & Technology Conference (Clermont, OH) March Intermediate Photoshop, Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning. University of Cincinnati, October Intermediate Word 2010, Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning. University of Cincinnati, October PowerPoint 2010: Creating Poster Presentations, Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning. University of Cincinnati, October T: Teaching, Techniques & Technology Conference (Clermont, OH) April Summer Instructional Technology Institute, UC Libraries (funded by the Faculty Development Council), June Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Conference Fourteenth Annual Conference (Atlanta, GA) April Conference on College Composition & Communication Sixty-Second Annual Convention (Atlanta, GA) April International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education (Buenos Aires, Argentina) March American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference (Pittsburgh, PA) June Conference on College Composition & Communication - Fifty-Ninth Annual Convention (New Orleans, LA) April September Institute, Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning, University of Cincinnati, 2007 and RPT Workshop, Presented by HMCS Department Head, University of Cincinnati, June E-Dossiers Presented by HMCS Faculty, University of Cincinnati, September HMCS Faculty Workshop, University of Cincinnati, September Conference on College Composition & Communication - Fifty-Seventh Annual Convention (Chicago, IL) March The Writing Center: Building Communities, Forming Coalitions, Advocating Change Full-day workshop at the Conference of College Composition and Communication Convention (Chicago, IL) March

6 Ohio Writing Center s Consortium Conference - College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio, February Best Practices in Distance Learning Presented by the Faculty Technology Resource Center, University of Cincinnati, November SERVICE Professional Service Instructor, UC College of Medicine, MCAT Review Session for the Critical Analysis and Reasoning section, March Judge, Optimist Club Essay Contest, February Editor, UC DAAP School of Architecture and Interior Design. Edited the NAAB Accreditation Report Reviewer, Pearson. Reviewed proposal for developing a Learning Catlaytics program for use in a developmental composition course Reviewer, Pearson. Reviewed partial manuscript of Sharon and Steven Gerson s Professional Writing in Today s Workplace Reviewer, Bedford/St. Martin's. Reviewed 1st edition of Mike Markel's Practical Strategies for Technical Communication Reviewer, Longman Publishers. Reviewed 2nd edition of Strategies for Technical Communication in the Workplace to aid the authors in preparing the third edition Reviewer, Bedford/St. Martin's. Reviewed T.O.C. for new brief edition of Mike Markel's Technical Communication Reviewer, Longman Publishers. Reviewed 1 st edition of Strategies for Technical Communication in the Workplace to aid the authors in preparing the new edition Judge, IEEE IPCC Student Poster Competition, Judge, Thomas More College Words Competition, May University Service Co-coordinator, RPW Undergraduate Program, 2015 present. Member, Steering Committee, Department of English & Comparative Literature, Member, Growth Plan Committee, Department of English & Comparative Literature, 2015-present. Presenter/Department Representative, UC Arts & Sciences Open House, Nov Member, Teaching and Technology Committee, present. Advisor, English Department, present. Member, RPW eportfolio Curriculum Committee, present Member, RPW/PWE Curriculum Committee, 2010-present. Observer, Technical & Scientific Writing Adjunct Instructor Ana Madani, April Judge, English Department Writing Contest, 2011, 2015, & Judge, Undergraduate Poster Forum, Reader/Scorer, Cincinnatus Scholarship Essays, Volunteer, UC Helping Hands, Interim CAS Coordinator, English Composition Placement Committee, Member, Student Life and Services Committee,

7 Member, CAS Writing in the Disciplines Committee, Chair, Tech Expo Abstract Committee, Evaluator, English Composition Placement Committee, Evaluator, Credit through Evaluation, Department of Transfer & Lifelong Learning, 2006-present. Member, Tech Expo Committee, Judge, Tech Expo, Member, CAS Writing Center Committee, Member, Victory Parkway Composition Committee, Member, Adjunct Speech Faculty Search Committee, Substitute Instructor, Technical Writing I, Nov.-Dec Peer Observer, Fundamentals of Speech Communication Adjunct Instructor Jerry Jordan, Nov Invited Editor, ABET Interim Report, May Invited Guest Lecturer, MET Mechanism, May Volunteer Writing Consultant, MET Senior Project Reports, Feb Member, Adjunct Speech Faculty Search Committee, Peer Observer, Fundamentals of Speech Communication Adjunct Instructor Kathleen Szabo, Nov Invited Guest Lecturer & Volunteer Writing Consultant, MET Fluid Mechanics, Jan.- Mar Invited Editor, CAS Business Courier Insert, Oct Community Service Volunteer, Mission Trip Work Camp, Holy Trinity Church, East Pittsburgh, June 14-20, Volunteer, Doe Run Lake Keep America Beautiful Clean Up, April 23, Teacher, 5 th & 6 th Grade Sunday School, Hebron Lutheran Church, 2015-present. Chair of Teacher Scholarship Committee, Turkey Foot Indian Club, Judge, Kentucky High School Speech League, Judge, Kentucky Educational Speech & Drama Association, Council Member, Hebron Lutheran Church, Stewardship Team Chairman, Hebron Lutheran Church, Classroom Volunteer, R.C. Hinsdale Elementary School, 2004-present. High School Sunday School Teacher, Hebron Lutheran Church, Confirmation Teacher, Hebron Lutheran Church, 2003-present. Invited Lecturer & Consultant, Northern Kentucky Homeschool Network, Confirmation Mentor, Hebron Lutheran Church, & Board Member, Gloria Dei Preschool, HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Honorable Mention. 73 rd Annual Writer s Digest Competition. Children s Fiction. The Winter of Neverending Illness. November Armstrong Fellowship, University of Cincinnati, Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Cincinnati,

8 University Graduate Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship Nominee, Bradley University, Academic Hall of Fame, Bradley University, Alpha Psi Omega, Theatre Honorary, Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society, Dean's Scholarship, Bradley University, Talent Scholarship, Bradley University, Dean's List, Bradley University, Honors Program, Bradley University, Phi Eta Sigma, Freshman Honorary, PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Association of Teachers of Technical Writing National Council of Teachers of English Conference on College Composition and Communication 8