Resume

• 2012

  Masters of Arts

  I took courses in college composition pedagogy

  restoration and 18th century literature

  romantic literature

  Victorian literature

  and modernist literature as well as courses in early American literature and modern drama.

  English

  West Virginia University

  English

• 2008

  English

  French

  B.A. English

  English

  Political Science

  French

  Allegheny College

  Class Rank English 8/42 ; Class Rank POLS 4/34

• Total (2

  130): Math (640)

  Critical Reading (690)

  Writing (800)

  Verbal (550) 75%\nQuantitative (710) 72%\nWriting (5.5) 94%

  Literature (690)\nU.S. History (680)\nMath

  Level I (590) \n\n

  English (27) \nMathematics (25)\nReading (32) \nScience (22) \nEnglish/Writing (27) \n

  Each section is scored from 150-190. (This means that the final score is between 450 and 570.) \n\nMath 186\nReading 184\nWriting 188\n\nTotal 558 / 570

  I scored advanced on every section of the PSSA - a test given to students in order to gauge whether they made \"adequate yearly progress\" according to Pennsylvania educational standards in subjects like mathematics

  reading

  and writing.

  A specialized test for students considering graduate school in English at a top university taken by approximately 3

  500 students around the world each year.

  Statistics

  Literature

  English

  Political Science

  Student Affairs

  Politics

  Academia

  Higher Education

  Public Speaking

  Research

  Advertising

  Teaching

  Student Development

  Shakespeare

  Political Philosophy

  Raker

  Andrew

  Raker

  Allegheny College

  Halifax Area High School

  West Virginia University

  Meadville

  PA

  I attended Allegheny College from 2008 through 2012. I was an English

  political science double major. During my time at Allegheny

  I enjoyed reading novels and/or plays written by Charles Dickens

  George Eliot

  Oscar Wilde

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Henry James

  and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  among other great British authors of the 19th century. I also enjoyed the writings

  in political science

  of John Locke

  John Stewart Mill

  Karl Marx

  Noam Chomsky

  Thomas Frank

  Paul Krugman

  and Anthony DiMagglio among others. \n\nMy primary academic interests

  broadly stated

  are: \n\n(1) 19th century British literature \n(2) the interaction (relationship between) media and politics\n(3) the plays and sonnets of William Shakespeare

  Undergraduate Student

  Allegheny College

  Morgantown

  West Virginia

  I taught courses in composition and rhetoric. In the courses

  students wrote papers in multiple genres of writing that appealed emotionally

  logically

  or ethically to their respective target audiences. Among the genres of writing covered were: multi-genre personal narratives

  feature articles

  multi-media texts (advertisements

  films) and research papers.

  English Composition & Rhetoric Instructor

  West Virginia University

  Meadville

  PA

  I assisted Professor Shea in FS 101*07 during the Fall 2011 semester. Essentially

  I helped students in Professor Shea's class improve their writing and speaking skills as well as assisted students in making the transition from a high school to a college setting.

  Peer Leader

  Allegheny College

  3940 Peters Mountain Road

  Halifax

  Pennsylvania

  Halifax Area High School