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MICHAEL SCOTT DIEBERT
1605 Windsor Walk, Avondale Estates, GA 30002
Work: (678) 891-3987
Cell: (404) 323-3711
E-mail:
EDUCATION
Master of Arts, English
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
August 1992-June 1994
Bachelor of Arts, English
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
August 1989-December 1991
72 undergraduate hours completed
Memphis State University, Memphis, TN
August 1986-May 1988
COLLEGE TEACHING
Associate Professor, English, Perimeter College
August 2001-present
Courses taught:
§ ENGL 0098, Basic Composition
§ ENGL 0099, Pre-College Composition
§ ENGL 1101, College Composition I (regular, honors, and online)
§ ENGL 1102, College Composition II (regular, honors, and online)
§ ENGL 2111, World Literature I
§ ENGL 2112, World Literature II
§ ENGL 2132, American Literature II
§ ENGL 2600, Creative Writing
§ HEDS 1011, Guide to College Success
§ RGTE 0199, Regents’ Test Prep (Essay)
§ RSCH 1203, Digital Literacy and Research Skills
Assistant Professor, English, Hopkinsville (KY) Community College
August 1996-December 1999
Courses taught:
§ ENC 090, Foundations of College Writing I
§ ENC 092, Writing Lab
§ ENG 101, Writing I
§ ENG 102, Writing II
ADMINISTRATIVE/SUPERVISORY
Poetry Editor, The Chattahoochee Review
January 2011-present
§ Read and review submissions.
§ Edit and proofread magazine content.
§ Consult with other editors on content, layout, and design.
§ Develop reading guidelines for editorial staff.
§ Solicit writers for poetry submissions.
§ Deliver panel presentations and staff Review tables at literary conferences.
§ Serve as ambassador and contact for the magazine.
Interim Coordinator, Learning Center, Hopkinsville Community College
August-December 1997
§ Reviewed effectiveness and logistics of COMPASS test in its first full semester of use.
§ Helped revise COMPASS instruction sheet for first-time test-takers.
§ Oversaw creation of COMPASS workstation in Learning Center.
§ Consulted with graduating students on exit process.
§ Addressed personnel/staffing issues.
OTHER TEACHING/ADVISING
Perimeter College:
§ Advisor for walk-in students during fall and spring on-campus registrations.
§ Advisor at New Student Orientations.
§ Advisor for high school students and general public at GPC-Dunwoody open house.
§ Facilitator for Regents’ essay prep seminar, Dunwoody and Clarkston campuses.
§ Panel speaker for area middle and high school visits.
§ Visiting instructor for English/creative writing class at Clarkston High School.
Hopkinsville Community College:
§ English/writing tutor in HCC’s Learning Center.
§ Advisor for HCC students in Art History/Art Education/Art Studio; undecided transfers; and students with high school deficiencies and/or developmental recommendations.
§ English teacher for HCC’s Upward Bound summer program.
Byers Engineering Company:
§ Co-trainer for three administrators’ software classes.
COMMITTEES
Perimeter College:
§ Search committee, English (chair)
§ Search committee, Geography/Anthropology
§ Search committee, TRIO/SSS administrative staff
§ Promotion/Tenure Peer Review Subcommittee (chaired four times)
§ Course Materials Review
§ ENGL 1101/1102
§ ENGL 1101 Textbook Subcommittee
§ ENGL 1102 Textbook Subcommittee
§ ENGL 2132
§ ENGL 2600
§ HEDS 1011
§ RGTE/RGTR
§ RSCH 1203
Hopkinsville Community College:
§ English Placement Subcommittee (chair)
§ Ad Hoc Committee for Review of Developmental Education (chair)
§ SACS Committee on Publications, Distance Learning, Student Records, and Continuing Education (chair)
§ Search Committees for English, Math, Music, and Learning Center Assistant
§ Ad Hoc Committee for Library Computer Usage
ASSESSMENT AND CURRICULUM REVIEW
Georgia Perimeter College:
§ Reviewed and recommended new texts for ENGL 1101 and 1102.
§ Revised common course outlines for RGTE 0199, ENGL 1101, and ENGL 2600.
§ Evaluated ENGL 0099 exit writing samples.
§ Evaluated ENGL 1101 final exams for college-wide outcomes assessment.
§ Provided feedback for composition textbook at SAMLA session.
Hopkinsville Community College:
§ Reviewed/modified English cutoff scores for COMPASS test.
§ Evaluated student entrance writing samples and ENG 102 exit writing samples.
§ Co-authored entrance writing sample form for new students.
§ Reviewed new developmental writing textbooks.
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
Technical Writer, Byers Engineering Company, Atlanta, GA
January 2000-June 2001
§ Wrote, revised, and compiled help files for Byers software packages.
§ Researched software functionality with project managers.
§ Consulted with team leader on style guidelines.
§ Co-trained administrators’ classes on- and off-site.
§ Wrote Frequently Asked Questions and TechTips for Byers Web page.
§ Wrote short articles for company newsletter.
Product Specialist, Prodigy Member Services, Gray, TN
October 1994-June 1996
§ Helped customers install and use Prodigy software products and navigate service via phone, e-mail, bulletin boards, and chat rooms.
§ Assisted fellow employees with troubleshooting via internal help desk.
§ Developed database of troubleshooting solutions.
§ Attended internal training sessions for new features.
COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Georgia Perimeter College:
§ Academic Affairs Policy Council, 2013-present
§ Faculty Senate, 2007-09
§ Polishing Cloth editorial board, 2005-09
§ Guest speaker, Polishing Cloth awards ceremony
§ Emcee, Creative License awards ceremony
§ Judge for Creative License student poetry award
§ Presented workshop on revision strategies in poetry
§ Attended GPC colleagues’ workshops on collaborative grading, ESL teaching tips, Regents’ essay guidelines, norming 1101/2 essays, using film as a teaching tool, and using everyday objects as teaching tools
§ Read poetry at GPC Faculty Development Day
§ Read poetry at Dunwoody LRC as part of National Poetry Month
§ Read/judged high school poetry entries in metro-area literary contest
§ Read/judged GPC student poetry entries in annual Creative Writing contest
§ Read/judged essay entries for Dunwoody Symposium contest
§ Worked at information table at 2001 and 2005 SAMLA conferences, Atlanta
§ Tutored reading at Literacy Volunteers of Atlanta
§ Served as speech judge and test proctor for Georgia Academic Decathlon
Hopkinsville Community College:
§ Reader for KCTE high school student writing contest
§ Judge at Western Kentucky Colleges Speech Tournament
§ Story reader for elementary-school classes on National Family Literacy Day
§ Co-facilitator for holistic evaluation workshop
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES/MEMBERSHIPS
§ Georgia Poetry Society (2013-present; VP, 2015; president, 2016-18)
§ Two-Year College Association-Georgia, GPC-Clarkston (2012)
§ Associated Writing Programs (2011-present)
§ Georgia-Carolinas College English Association, GPC-Clarkston (2008)
§ Writers’ Center at Dairy Hollow, Eureka Springs, AR (2005)
§ Student Success in First-Year Composition, Statesboro (2004-06)
§ GSU Conversations among Partners in Learning, Atlanta (2003)
§ South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta (2003)
§ Georgia Council for Teachers of English, Rome (2002-03)
PRESENTATIONS AND CHAIRED SESSIONS
§ “Deconstructing the Rejection Notice.” Georgia Poetry Society, 2014.
§ “From Physical to Virtual: Transitioning from Face-to-Face to Online Instruction.” Two-Year College Association-GA conference, GPC-Clarkston, 2012.
§ “Philip Larkin, Indecorousness, and Authentic Voice.” Georgia-Carolinas College English Association conference, GPC-Clarkston, 2008.
§ Writers’ Forum presentation on revision in poetry, GPC-Clarkston, 2006.
§ Brown-bag workshop on revision in poetry, GPC-Clarkston, 2006.
§ Two poetry readings during residency at Writers’ Center at Dairy Hollow, Eureka Springs, AR, 2005.
§ “Pop Music, Poetry, and Point of View.” GPC Faculty Development Day, 2005.
§ “From Aristotle to American Idol: Getting Students to Think About Rhetorical Choices.” Student Success in First-Year Composition conference, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, 2005.
§ “Yes, You Can Use the Word ‘I’: A Semi-Creative Non-Fiction Approach to Freshman Composition.” Student Success in First-Year Composition conference, 2004.
§ “Teaching the Rhetorical Modes or a Creative Non-Fiction Approach to Freshman Composition?” Panel at SAMLA conference, Atlanta, 2003.
PUBLICATIONS
§ Poetry collection: Life Outside the Set (Sweatshoppe Publications, 2013).
§ Poems in JAMA, Rattle, Southern Poetry Review, The Comstock Review, The Tusculum Review, and others, 2000-present.