Mark Keats

 MarkL. Keats

Mark L. Keats

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  • School: Montgomery College
  • Campus: Rockville
  • Department: English
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  • Location: 51 Mannakee Street
    Rockville, MD - 20850
  • Dates at Montgomery College: Rockville Campus: November 2013 - November 2013
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Biography

Montgomery College Rockville - English


Resume

  • 2017

    American Literary Translator’s Association (ALTA)\t

  • 2014

    Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture (ASAC)

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

    Bruce G. and Cara Pollard Herlin Creative Writing Excellence Scholarship

    2018-2019\nTTU Pres Doc Ex TA

    2014 - 2018 (Teaching Award) \nHelen Devitt Jones Fellow

    2014 - 2016 (12K Creative Writing Scholarship)

    English with specialization in Creative Writing

    Exams Areas: Narrative History/Theory

    Magical Realism

    and Translation Theory/Praxis

    Texas Tech University

  • 2013

    Volume One

    Sundays

    Too

    Howard Community College

    Southwestern College

    Montgomery College

    Montgomery College

    Montgomery College

    Texas Tech University

    Columbia

    MD

    ENGL-097 Fundamentals of Writing\nENGL-121 College Composition\nENGL-205 The Short Story\nENGL-207 Ethics in Literature\nENGL-210 Introduction to Fiction

    Poetry

    and Drama\nENGL-226 World Literature I\n\nAssist in ENGL-087 Academic Advanced Writing for ESL Students and ENGL-097 Developmental Writing through working one-on-one with students to increase their writing and editing development. \n\nWriting Center Consultant in the CLC (Composition and Literature Center)\n\nFiction Reader for The Muse: The Literary and Arts Magazine of Howard Community College

    Senior Adjunct English Instructor

    Howard Community College

    Lubbock

    Texas Area

    Instructor of Record: Hold weekly office hours and advise students

    maintain professional development hours via TLPDC

    volunteer at various on-campus events

    etc.\n\nENGL-1301 Essentials Of College Rhetoric\nENGL-2305 Introduction to Poetry: Readings in Contemporary Poetic Form (Distance)\nENGL-2305 Introduction to Poetry: Form

    Language

    and Beauty (Distance)\nENGL-2307 Introduction to Fiction: Readings in Contemporary Magical Realism (Distance)\nENGL-2307 Introduction to Fiction: The Strange and Magical Worlds of Haruki Murakami (Distance)\nENGL-2308 Introduction to Nonfiction: The Essay and Its Many Shapes (Distance)\nENGL-2351 Introduction to Creative Writing\n\nManaging Editor for Iron Horse Literary Review

    2015-2016: Social Media

    Fiction and Nonfiction Reader

    Assigning of Submissions to Associate Editors

    Iron Horse Blog

    Interviews

    Guest Reader Setup

    etc. Associate Editor for Iron Horse Literary Review

    2014-2015: Fiction Reader\n\nUniversity Writing Center and Graduate Writing Center Tutor

    Fall 2014 - Summer 2015: Tutored for 30 or 60 minute sessions face-to-face on a wide range of courses with both undergraduate and graduate students. Also tutored online asynchronously and for the HSC (Health Sciences Center) initial online tutoring pilot system. CLEP Grader

    Spring 2015 - Present.

    Graduate Part-time Instructor

    Texas Tech University

    Rockville and Germantown

    MD

    EN001 Basic English I \nEN101 Introduction to College Writing.\n\nAssociate Tutor in MC-Germantown Writing Center

    Part-Time English Faculty and Associate Tutor

    Montgomery College

    Rockville

    Tutor native and nonnative students in a wide range of subjects/courses/professional writing for \n30 minute walk-ins and 60 minute appointments; assist front office area to register and sign in \nnew and returning students; lead semester workshops focused on the rhetorical analysis and \nportfolio compilation; train new faculty tutors and student aides; update handouts

    maintain equipment in tutoring room.

    Instructional Associate

    Montgomery College

    Winfield

    Kansas

    Assistant Professor Of English

    Southwestern College

    National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE)

  • 2012

    Modern Language Association (MLA)

  • 2005

    Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)

    Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

    Creative Writing

    Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Fiction: Honorable Mention

    University of Maryland College Park

  • 2002

    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

    Minor in Asian American Studies

    Japanese Language and Literature

    Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Fiction: Honorable Mention

    2005\nJiménez-Porter Literary Prize: 2nd Place

    University of Maryland College Park

  • 2001

    Phi Theta Kappa

  • 1999

    Japanese

    Korean

    English

    Associate of Arts (A.A.)

    Phi Theta Kappa

    Howard Community College

    with Honors

  • 30

    Germantown

    Tutored native and nonnative students in a wide range of subjects/courses for 15

    and 45 minute sessions; helped front office area to register and sign in students; led Saturday workshops and created the Rhetorical Strategies Workshop.

    Instructional Associate

    Montgomery College

  • Literary Criticism

    Academic Writing

    Creative Non-fiction

    Copy Editing

    Proofreading

    Public Speaking

    English grammar

    Teaching English as a Second Language

    Publications

    History

    Poetry

    College Teaching

    Copywriting

    English Literature

    Creative Writing

    Translation

    ESL

    Tutoring

    Teaching Writing

    American Literature

    Where Are You From

    Where Are You Going?: An Exploration of International Adoption as Resettlement

    Where Are You From

    Where Are You Going?: An Exploration of International Adoption as Resettlement

    Surnames: A Video Essay

    Ken Deed

    Desiccated

    Male Advice

    Chink

    Adoptee Fragment #5

    Mr. Wolf's Foreclosure

    The Precarious Particulars of a Lost and Found Teddy Bear

    Visions of My Father

    The Diving Women

    Zenith

    Storm Drills

    Meditations and Fragments: An Enchiridion for Reflecting on Death

    Cara

    NOVEMBER ADOPTEE LITERATURE FOLIO

    Stockholm Syndrome

    Winner of Palaver's Flash Fiction Contest

    America(n)

    Eule am Grab

    a novel excerpt from Loud and Mute Birds

    Lessons from Oregon

EN 101

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