Resume

• 1994

  Doctor of Philosophy

  Thesis: \"A Story Not To Be Told: The Depiction of Slavery in American Novels

  1875-2000\" available at Proquest/UMI.\n\nI examined the depiction of slavery in roughly fifty American novels. I read the novels

  researched the literary criticism about the novels and the biographies of the writers

  and wrote the six chapters with critical feedback by my thesis advisor

  Dr. R. Gordon Kelly.\n\nMy doctoral dissertation used 197 sources

  including books

  news articles

  web sites

  databases

  personal interview

  radio and television programs to produce a 400+-page dissertation that took five years to write.\n\nMy dissertation committee unanimously approved my thesis without any revisions. Dr. Nancy Struna

  chair of the American Studies department

  confessed how rare a thesis is unanimously approved with no revisions.

  American Studies

• 1980

  Master of Fine Arts

  Thesis: \"Working Without a Net

  a collection of short stories.\"\n\nBetween 1979-1989

  all nine short stories in my MFA thesis were published in small literary journals.

  Creative Writing

  Special Opportunity Fellowship

  1980-1982.

• 1971

  Bachelor of Arts

  English

  Lincoln University

• 1968

  diploma

  College preparatory

  Western High School

• E-learning

  Press Releases

  Teaching

  Public Speaking

  Higher Education

  Community Outreach

  Editing

  Curriculum Design

  Creative Writing

  Grant Writing

  Proofreading

  Research

  Administration

  Non-profits

  Writing

  Program Development

  English

  Hunt

  Patricia

  the Maryland Humanities Council

  Community College of Baltimore County

  UMGC

  Baltimore City Community College

  UMUC

  Park Heights Street Academy

  The Park School of Baltimore

  StraighterLine

  Baltimore

  Maryland Area

  Adjunct Associate Professor at UMGC

  UMGC

  *Assisted in the preparation of proposals

  annual reviews

  and reports; wrote articles for the MHC newsletter; filed fiscal reports. \n*Evaluated the proposals submitted to

  and the projects funded by

  the MHC; explained our guidelines and projects to applicants

  community leaders

  humanities scholars

  and the mass media. *Organized and directed conferences.\n*Appointed Acting Director twice during my tenure with the MHC

  once from October to December 1977 and again from June to December 1979.

  the Maryland Humanities Council

  English teacher in the Upper School

  *Taught a wide variety of literature courses along with Essay Writing

  Creative Writing

  and Freshman English.\n*Served on the Curriculum Committee (1985-1987); the Senior Project Committee (1986-1989); Extended Curriculum Day Committee (1986-1987); Foreign Exchange Committee (1987-1989).\n*Advisor to the Student Council (1986-1990) and first Advisor to the Cultural Awareness Committee.\n*Chaired the English Department

  1989-1990.

  The Park School of Baltimore

  Straighterline.com

  Baltimore

  Md

  Subject Matter Expert for English 101. Revising the course and grading rubric. Supervising graders.\n\nSubject Matter Expert for English 102. Revising the course and rubrics. Supervising graders.\n\nJudge for test question challenges and plagiarism cases.

  Subject Matter Expert

  Teaching English 210

  African American Literature. Developed the Blackboard site for the course.

  Baltimore City Community College

  UMUC

  Adelphi

  Maryland

  Teaching online Writing 391

  Advanced Expository & Research Writing.\n\nTeaching online Writing 101S

  Introduction to Writing.

  Adjunct Professor

  *Taught five classes

  ranging from developmental writing to literature electives

  each semester for 19 years.\n*English 101-102 course committee chair.\n*Coordinator for the Catonsville campus of the English 101 Learning Assessment Project (2002-2007).\n*Search Committee chair for English instructors (2002 & 2007).\n*Member of search committee for Social Science & Business Division Academic Dean.\n*Committee memberships include: English 096 & 052 Course Committees (1990-2009); General Education Assessment Team; Liberal Arts division Evaluation Committee; Human Relations Task Force (1995); Project SPARK (1991-1998); Teaching corps (1991-2000); Middle States Steering Committee (1993-1995); Black History Planning Committee (1998-1999); chair

  Appeal Committee (1998).\n*Faculty advisor

  Pyx

  student literary magazine (1993-1994).\n*Received tenure in 1994.

  Community College of Baltimore County

  StraighterLine

  Grading Activities:Management of Grading Rubrics used in student assessment; coordinate and manage graders; creation of weekly reports; final judge in grading conflicts.\n\nPlagiarism and Academic Honesty Oversight: Review and document plagiarism cases submitted by Student Advisors and/or Graders; explain to students policy guidelines; arbitrate plagiarism cases; advise on course improvements.

  Educational Resources

  Lead

  Baltimore

  Maryland Area

  *Taught literature and writing courses.\n*Served on the Admissions Committee; the Scholarship Committee; Faculty Representative to the Board of Directors.\n*Directed the McManus Center for Writing.

  Park Heights Street Academy