Resume

• 1999

  Ph.D.

  Studied American Literature and Women and Gender Studies

  American Literature (United States)

• 1993

  Master's degree in English

  English (Education)

  North Carolina State University

• 1989

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  English (Education)

  North Carolina State University

• I worked with a group of second graders to learn about simple machines and how to use them in a moving model made of Lego components. I helped students to learn about trash

  about simple physics

  and about creating a poster presentation.

  FIRST

  Coach

  I worked with students from 4th through 8th grade to complete technical tasks associated with the robotics challenge

  but also to present research findings for the project at the regional qualifier.

  FIRST

  Coach

  I worked with a group of first graders to learn about simple machines and how to use them in a moving model made of Lego components. I helped students to learn about the future of education

  about simple physics

  and about creating a poster presentation.

  FIRST

  Evaluator

  With two others

  evaluated student project portion of regional qualifier competition.

  FIRST

  Curriculum Design

  Collaborative Problem Solving

  University Teaching

  Publicity

  Administration

  Grant Writing

  Research

  Academic Advising

  Curriculum Assessment

  Teaching

  Editing

  Academic Technologies

  Higher Education

  Curriculum Development

  Collaborative Leadership

  Program Development

  Public Speaking

  Early American Literature

  Being Virtually Human: Teaching Early American Literature Online

  Being Virtually Human: Teaching Early American Literature Online

  What the White ‘Squaws’ Want from Black Hawk: Gendering the Fan-Celebrity Relationship

  Dr. Lan Dong

  “From Beijing Story to Their Story: Adaptation and Stanley Kwan’s Lan Yu.”

  \"Central Pacific Railroad Recruits Chinese Workers

  1865.”

  \"Indians

  \" “Redneck

  ” “Tobacco

  ” “Trail of Tears\" (Entries)

  \tReview of Andrew Urban’s Brokering Servitude: Migration and the Politics of Domestic Labor During the Long Nineteenth Century (NYU Press

  2018).

  ’What was said and what was left unsaid’: Black Boy as Survival Guide for Black Man and Artist

  ’What was said and what was left unsaid’: Black Boy as Survival Guide for Black Man and Artist

  Highly organized

  collaborative

  and flexible leader devoted to serving students and colleagues as an administrator and teacher. As an administrator

  I attempt to build political capital and spend it wisely for the good of the group for which I'm working. As a teacher

  I want to help students to be able to strategize just as ably by gaining rhetorical and analytic skill in their writing

  speaking

  and thinking.

  Helton

  Tena

  University of Illinois Springfield

  *Lead curriculum development efforts for the BA and the MA degrees in English\n*Develop policies and procedures to recruit and retain students\n*Negotiate with faculty and students to manage issues/concerns\n*Collaboratively construct policies to administer the department\n*Be a liaison between the department and multiple campus constituencies in both Academic and Student Affairs\n*Mentor probationary faculty\n*Create and staff semester schedules\n*Strategize for department resources\n*Support entrepreneurial endeavors to increase visibility for the department

  its programs

  and its faculty\n*Publicize our programs to potential students\n*Supervise a graduate assistant and student worker\n*Allocate funds to purchase equipment to support online teaching and learning

  Associate Professor and Chair

  Springfield

  Illinois Area

  University of Illinois Springfield

  University of Illinois Springfield

  Assistant Professor

  University of Illinois Springfield

  Modern Language Association

  Kappa Delta Pi

  National Council of Teachers of English

  American Studies Association

  Associated Departments of English and Foreign Languages

  Spanish

  CLAS Excellence in Teaching

  College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

  CLAS Excellence in Service

  College of Liberal Arts and Sciences