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1 (1)Wallace Scholar th Avenue, Apartment 10B ~ City, State 54321~ ~ Wallace@lpru.edu Scholar EDUCATION PhD in English Literature (2009) (2) Large Public Research University, City, State (GPA: 4.0) Dissertation: Flannery s Bible: Biblical Recapitulation in the Fiction of Flannery O Connor. MA in English, Literature concentration (2006) Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA (GPA: 3.75) Thesis: The Theology of Flannery O Connor: Biblical Recapitulations in Her Fiction BA in English, Communication Minor (Fall 2003) (3) Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar MO (GPA: 3.77) Magna Cum Laude, Dean s List, Departmental Honors Additional Studies (2002) (4) Harvard University, Cambridge MA (GPA: 3.66) TEACHING EXPERIENCE (5) Large Public Research University, City, State, Graduate Part-time Instructor, (6) ENGL Essentials of College Rhetoric (Fall 2006) ENGL 1302-Advanced College Rhetoric (Spring 2007) ENGL 2307-Introduction to Fiction: Religion and Literature (Summer 2007, Fall 2007, Summer 2008) ENGL 2306-Introduction to Drama: Dramatic Conventions (Spring 2008) (7) ENGL 2308-Introduction to Non-Fiction: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA Instructor/Graduate Teaching Assistant, 8/04-5/06 ENGL 1105 (Fall 2005) ENGL 1106 (Spring 2005, 2006) Volunteered as tutor in the writing center and served as a writing center satellite tutor, interacting with English as a Second Language students (ESL) on a daily basis. Grand Canyon University-Elderhostel, Phoenix, AZ, Instructor, 1/04-5/04

2 Taught The History of Mystery for the Grand Canyon University Elderhostel programs. Researched the mystery genre, as well as preparing all class materials. (8) RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE Editorial Assistant/Copyeditor, John Doe Review (01/08-Present) Read incoming submissions for review. Copyedited accepted essays and helped compiled each issue. Coordinated between submitors, outside readers and the editor. Intern/Contributing Writer, 417 Magazine, Springfield MO, (08/03-12/03) Worked closely with the editor writing feature articles Compiled each month s Best Bets and Health calendars Researched articles, conducted interviews, compiled article ideas, and edited copy DISSERTATION(9) Dissertation: Flannery s Bible: Biblical Recapitulations in the Fiction of Flannery O Connor My dissertation built on the framework of my thesis. I ve explored Flannery O Connor s use of the bible integrated into her fiction. I explored her novels and short stories as well as establishing a theoretical framework for my dissertation, noting her use of biblical reversals. This study focuses on the way in which O Connor transforms her biblical source material within her fiction. One of my dissertation chapters won the 2008 Sarah Gordon award and will be published in The Flannery O Connor Review. (10) CONFERENCE PAPERS/PUBLICATIONS (11) Conference Papers The South Moves West. Literatures of the American Southwest: Graduate Student Conference. Large Public Research University, City, State 04/2008. Doubling & Redoubling: Reversals in Flannery O Connor s Parker s Back. The Stories of Flannery and Faulkner: Flannery O Connor Society Annual Conference. Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA 04/2008. The Marked One: Highlighting the Biblical Allusion of Jean Toomer's Cane. Passages: College English Association Annual Conference. St. Louis, MO 03/2008.

3 Contrasting Views of Women in Middleton and Rowley's The Changeling. APPOSITIONS. Studies in Renaissance / Early Modern Literature and Culture Annual Conference. University of Denver, Denver, CO 01/2008. Defenders of the Faith: Parallels between the Fiction of C.S. Lewis and Flannery O Connor. The Inklings and the Spiritual Journey C.S. Lewis and the Inklings Society Annual Conference. Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, TX 03/2007. "An Emblem of Oneness: The Narrative Schism in Vladimir Nabokov s Bend Sinister." Large Public Research University Graduate Conference. Large Public Research University, City, State 02/2007. "A Good Meaning is Hard to Find: The Biblical Allusion in Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find.'" Flannery O'Connor Conference, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI, 10/2006 Following the Gospel Allusions in Parker s Back. With Pen in Hand: 20 th Southern Literature. Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA 4/2006. Invited Talks New Student Orientation: Faculty Panel. Large Public Research University- Student Disability Services, City, State 06/15, 07/27. Teaching College Drama. ENGL 5393-Teching College Literature Large Public Research University, City, State 03/5/2008. The Importance of Self Advocacy. Large Public Research University-Student Disability Services, City, State 01/28/2008. Publications Scholarly Essays Fiction Scholar, Wallace. Elements of the Kafkaesque in Flannery O Connor s Wise Blood. Dialogues on Flannery O Connor s Wise Blood. (Forthcoming 2008). Scholar, Wallace. The All-Demanding Eyes: Following the Old Testament and New Testament Allusions in Flannery O Connor s Parker s Back. The Flannery O Connor Review (Fall 2008). Scholar, Wallace. "From Dishonor to Glory: Flannery O'Connor's Pauline Allusions in 'Judgment Day' Intégrité: A Journal of Faith and Learning 5.2 (2006):

4 Scholar, Wallace. An Exercise in Futility Broken Bridge Review 1 (2006): Scholar, Wallace. The Life of Persephone Edgar Literary Magazine Summer 2005: 8-9 Scholar, Wallace. The Tragedy of Vincent van Gogh. Our Time is Now. 2 (2003): Published numerous articles in 417 Magazine HONORS/AWARDS SERVICE Thomas Langford Graduate Scholarship (Dissertation) 2008 Sarah Gordon Essay Contest Winner for Best Essay on Southern Literature/Flannery O Connor (10/2007) 2008 Flannery O Connor Research Fellow (10/2007) MA Thesis nominated for the William Preston Society Thesis Award (10/2006) Virginia Tech University Graduate Speaker (05/12/2006) Teaching distinction for 1 st year Graduate Students (Virginia Tech). Named to Who s Who Among College Students ( ) Recipient of the Bob R. Derryberry Performance Scholarship ( ) SCOP Fiction contest short story winner (Spring 02) SBU Dept. of Language & Literature Annual Writing Contest Scholarship Graduate Concerns Committee member, College English Association ( ). Special Topics Coordinator (Graduate Student Life Panel Chair), College English Association National Conference (03/2008). Secretary of Graduate English Society ( ) Assisted with Virginia Tech s 1 st African-American Read-in (02/06) Volunteered as a tutor in the Virginia Tech Writing Center (1/2006-5/2006) Graduate Student Liaison, Virginia Tech: Helped acclimate 1 st year graduate students into the English Department during orientation (08/05) Organizations

5 College English Association (2007-Present) Flannery O Connor Society (2006-Present C.S. Lewis and the Inklings Society (2007-Present) GES (Graduate English Society)- Large Public Research University (2006- Present) Comparitist Society- Large Public Research University (2006-Present) English Graduate Student Organization-Virginia Tech ( ) REFERENCE Associate Department Chair/Dissertation Chair Large Public Research University Associate Professor/John Doe Review Editor/Committee Member Large Public Research University (12) Professor of English/MA Thesis Advisor Virginia Tech