Joan Marcus 408 Smiddy Hall, Ithaca College (607) 274-3470 jmarcus@ithaca.edu Education: Teaching: M.F.A., Creative Writing (Fiction), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1992. B.A., History and Creative Writing, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, 1986 Assistant Professor: Ithaca College Department of Writing, Ithaca, NY, Aug. 2002-present. Introduction to Academic Writing for Summer Institute Academic Writing I for Humanities and Sciences (WRTG 10800) Ithaca Seminar: The Real and the Imaginary in Popular Culture (ICSM 10800) Academic Writing II (WRTG 11100) Introduction to the Essay (WRTG 16500) Introduction to Creative Writing (WRTG 17500) Personal Essay (WRTG 20500) Fiction I (WRTG 23600) Autobiography (WRTG 30100) Writing from Cultural Experience (WRTG 31800) Senior Project Cluster (WRTG 41000) Senior Seminar: Truth and Artifice in Memoir (WRTG 41500) Faculty Writing Center Tutor Senior Writing Instructor; Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Aug. 1993-Aug. 2002. SummerStart Writing for Pre-Freshmen (Wrt. 110) Freshman Writing Studio (Wrt. 105) Sophomore Writing Studio (Wrt. 205) Honors Sophomore Writing Studio (Wrt. 209) Advanced Writing Studio (Wrt. 305) Creative Nonfiction (Wrt. 422) Faculty Writing Center Tutor Visiting Scholar; University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Jan.-May 1993. Intermediate Fiction Workshop (Eng. 304) Instructor; Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona, Aug. 1992-July 1993. Freshman Composition (Eng 101) Writing about Literature (Eng 102) English as a Second Language (Eng 107) Graduate Associate in Teaching; University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Aug. 1988-May. 1992. Freshman Composition (Eng 101) Writing about Literature (Eng 102) Developmental Writing (Eng 100) Introductory Fiction (Eng 210) Intermediate Fiction (Eng 304)
2 Administration: Service: Writing Center Director: Department of Writing, Ithaca College, July 2008-July 2013. Hired, trained and supervised peer tutors, administered online scheduling system, supervised administrative assistants, collected data, wrote budgets, and performed outreach. Moved the Center to a new locale and retooled its online component. Chair, Sabbatical Replacement Search Committee: Department of Writing, Ithaca College, Sept. 2012- March 2013. Tenure Line Search Committee: Department of Writing, Ithaca College, Sept. 2010-March 2011 Executive Committee: Department of Writing, Ithaca College, Aug. 2007-May 2010, August 2011- present. Writing Center Task Group: Department of Writing, Ithaca College, Aug. 2007- May 2008 First-year Curriculum Ad Hoc Committee: Department of Writing, Ithaca College, April 2007-May 2008 Summer Hiring Committee: Department of Writing, Ithaca College, May-August, 2006. Writing Major Assessment Committee: Department of Writing, Ithaca College, Aug. 2005-May 2006. Curriculum Committee: Department of Writing, Ithaca College, Aug. 2002-May 2007. Curriculum Committee Chair: Department of Writing, Ithaca College, Oct. 2004-May 2006. Writing and Exploratory Major Advisor: Ithaca College, Aug. 2003-present. Program Coordinator: Syracuse University Writing Program, Aug. 1997-May 2002. Responsible for mentoring instructors, running discussion groups and supervising professional projects for experienced instructors. Publications Coordinator: Syracuse University Writing Program, Jan. 1997-Aug. 2001. Responsible for editing the Writing Program's in-house rhetoric journal and the informational resource book for Program teachers. Editing: Co-editor; Critical Convergences, Syracuse, NY, Spring, 2001. Responsible for supervising a team of editors in the selection of course reading materials for a custompublished Writing Program anthology. Editor; Reflections in Writing, Syracuse, NY, Jan. 1997-Aug.2001.
3 Responsible for development, solicitation, editing and production of a semi-annual in-house rhetoric journal published on the web and in hard copy. Editor; Teacher Sourcebook, Syracuse, NY, Jan. 1997-Jan. 2001 Responsible for collecting and revising material for an on-line sourcebook for new and experienced Writing Program teachers. Senior Editor; Syracuse University Student Handbook, Syracuse, NY, summer 1994, 1995. Compilation and editing of all informational material for a 225 page student handbook. Training and supervision of proofreaders. Text editing in Word. 5.0 and Quark. Editor-in-Chief; Sonora Review, Tucson, AZ, May 1990-July, 1992. Development and supervision of a national, award-winning literary magazine. Involvement in all aspects of solicitation, editing, selection and production. Publications and Works in Progress: Tripp s Passage, middle grade novel in progress. Exalting the Weird, essay collection in progress. The Naked Truth (essay) in The Smart Set, Drexel University, November 29, 2013. The Wounded Man (essay) in The Smart Set, Drexel University, August 1, 2013. My Mess (essay) in The Journal, Ohio State University, Summer 2013. Speechless (essay) in Laurel Review, Maryville, MO, Spring 2010. Curse Like a Sailor (essay) in Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers, Lexington VA, Spring 2009 Survival Stories (essay) in Alaska Quarterly Review, Anchorage, AK, Fall & Winter 2009. Forthcoming in Man in the Moon: Essays on Fathers and Fatherhood, Colorado State University Center for Literary Publishing, June 2014. Exalting the Weird (essay) in Fourth Genre, E. Lansing, MI, Spring 2009. Along for the Ride (essay) in The Sun, Chapel Hill, NC. April, 2006. Chapters from Saturn Returning (novel) published in the Constance Saltonstall Foundation 1999 Chapbook, www.saltonstall.org/echap1/marcus4.html. "Cartoon" (short fiction) in Gulf Coast, Houston, TX, summer 1996. "The Taking of Charlotte" (short fiction) in The Georgia Review, Athens, GA, summer 1992. "Birobidzhan" (short fiction) in Beloit Fiction Journal, Beloit, WI, fall 1992. "The Dead Are Eating" (short fiction) in Puerto del Sol, Las Cruces, NM, summer 1992. "Scrub" (short fiction) in Sun Dog: The Southeast Review, Tallahassee, FL, spring 1992. "Jacob's Heart" (short fiction) in Tucson Guide Quarterly, Tucson, AZ, summer 1992.
4 Grants and Awards: 2007 Constance Saltonstall Grant for Autobiography/Memoir ($5,000) 2007-8 Ithaca College Center for Faculty Research and Development Grant (Released Time) 2005-6 Ithaca College Center for Faculty Research and Development Grant (Released Time) 2003-4 Ithaca College Writing Grant (Released Time) 1999 Constance Saltonstall Grant for Fiction ($5,000). 1996 Pushcart Prize Nomination for "Cartoon" (short story). 1993 Pushcart Prize Nomination for "The Taking of Charlotte." Listed in Pushcart Prize XVIII "Stories of Note." 1993 Honorable Mention, Tucson Weekly Fiction Contest. 1992 John Weston Award for outstanding graduate fiction writer ($500.00). 1991 Martindale Award Nomination for long short fiction. 1991 Transatlantic Henfield Foundation Nomination. 1991 Minnie Torrence Award for graduate student achievement in writing ($500.00). 1989 Downs Alumni Award for "The Dead Are Eating." Conferences and Presentations: Conference Organizer; 1996 Fall Teaching Conference, SU Writing Program, Aug. 1996. Responsible for planning panels, presentations and food events for an eighty-person teaching conference. Also responsible for chairing panels, budgeting, and creating programs and other literature. "Memoir, Postmodern Identity, and the Crafting of the Self" presented at the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association Conference in Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 2009. "The Critical as Creative in the Composition Process." Presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Minneapolis, MN, April 13, 2000. "Writing to Promote (Community) Thinking." Presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communications in Atlanta, GA, March 25, 1999. "Issues in Advanced Writing." Presented at Syracuse Writing Program Fall Conference, Aug. 1998. "Teaching in an Age of Radical Scrutiny." Presented at the Future of Composition Conference, Syracuse, NY, April 13, 1996. "Responding to Formal and Informal Student Writing: A Case Study." Presented at Syracuse University Writing Program Fall Conference, Aug. 1995.
"Teaching Revision through Working with Student Goals." Presented at Onondaga Community College Fall Writing Conference, Oct. 1995. 5