Resume

• 2010

  Wake Tech Community College

  George Mason University

  Independent Education Consultant

  NC State University

  Instruction of English courses: ENG Composition I

  Argumentative writing

  American literature I

  British literature II; administrative responsibilities: Honors Program

  Disciplinary Review Committee

  Green Club and Committee

  Textbook/Composition Committee

  member of the Faculty Senate

  Hiring Committee

  assisted with supervision and observation of English adjunct instructors; Writing Center Tutor. (Part-time online instructor from 1/13-8/13 & part-time from 1/16-present)

  Wake Tech Community College

  SUNY - Suffolk County Community College and Nassau Community College

  Riverhead and Garden City

  NY

  Adjunct Instructor of English

  Taught Advanced Composition (302) sections for majors in business

  natural sciences

  social sciences

  and humanities. Also taught introductory composition and Reading and Writing about Texts. Adjunct Assistant Professor at NVCC Annandale.

  George Mason University

  State University of New York at Stony Brook

  MA

  Master's thesis: Kafka's Use of Animals

  Liberal Studies: Arts and Social Sciences

  The George Washington University

  M.Ed.

  Education

  Portland State University

  English

  Ed.D.

  Thesis: The Experience of Contrasting Learning Styles

  Learning Preferences

  and\nPersonality Types in the Community College English Classroom\n\nselected course work: Organizational Change

  Ethical Decision Making

  Global Perspectives

  Transforming Systems

  Financial Decision Making

  Communication Challenges

  International Research

  Qualitative and Quantitative Research

  Doctor of Education in Leadership

  Northeastern University

  MFA

  English/Writing

  Long Island University

  multiple states

  Certified English Educator

  American Red Cross

  CPR and First Aid

• 2009

  University of Maryland University College

  SUNY - Suffolk County Community College and Nassau Community College

  Taught writing 101 and advanced composition 391 online to military service members and working professionals.

  University of Maryland University College

  Associate Professor of English

  Instruction of Developmental College Writing

  English Composition I

  English Composition I: Health and Wellness theme

  Writing about Literature

  Environmental Literature

  American Literature

  Sociology (Introduction to Sustainability)

  and more. Member of the writing portfolio program; academic advisor; online and seated course design; Chair of the Sustainability Committee and member of the Sustainability Program task force

  which developed a degree program in sustainability. Guest lecturer of science writing at UMASS Dartmouth 2012-13.

  Bristol Community College

  Independent Education Consultant

  Change agent responsible for progressive recommendations to instructors

  school leaders

  departments

  and districts

  including professional development workshops and organizational change strategies. Clients have included public and private secondary schools in MA and VA.

  Director

  Young and Teen Writers Workshop; Lecturer of Writing/Research

  Director for the Young and Teen Writers' Workshops

  a creative writing program for ages 9-19 in the Raleigh-Durham area. Instruction of writing/research courses face to face

  hybrid

  and online.

  NC State University

• experience of contrasting learning styles

  learning preferences

  and personality types in the community college English classroom - DRS

  This study focuses on the classroom experiences of students who identify themselves as learning best as reflective-observers (Assimilators) in contrast to those who learn best as active- experimenters (Accommodators)

  with additional consideration for their self-identified personality type (introvert vs. extrovert) as well as one of the VARK learning preferences of each student.

  The experience of contrasting learning styles

  learning preferences

  and personality types in the community college English classroom - DRS

  Adult Education

  Instructional Design

  Leadership

  Curriculum Design

  Community Outreach

  Classroom

  Editing

  Staff Development

  Creative Writing

  Program Development

  Documentaries

  Student Affairs

  Higher Education

  Nonprofits

  Teaching

  Student Development

  Research

  Health and Wellness Literature

  Publishing

  Literature

  The Punk and the Professor

  a novel

  With appeal to both adult and young readers

  and of special interest to educators

  psychologists

  and parents

  this book is framed by a professor's lecture on the ancient Greek \"Allegory of the Cave\" myth. Set in the suburban shadows of New York City as the 1980s crash into the '90s

  The Punk and the Professor brings us into the troubled world of a young introvert. Jack Tortis is an underdog branded as a punk in a place where sameness is celebrated. In a battle for survival

  Jack is faced with three options--fight his way through school

  be lucky enough to enter the world of service labor

  or fall into a street life of crime and drugs.

  The Punk and the Professor

  a novel

  Punk Poetry

  How does an introverted student with a visual or auditory learning preference find success in a classroom built for extroverted kinesthetic learners? While student discussion in the classroom is invaluable

  it also presents an issue for many students

  not only in how they feel in the class setting

  but in how they ultimately learn. Given our emerging understanding of differing personality types and learning preference

  it is questionable whether all students are served by socially active methods that mandate students to speak. LEARNING AND PERSONALITY documents how introverted and intrapersonal students are being subjected to uncomfortable situations in schools today.\n\nThis book focuses on the classroom experience of students who have been identified as learning best through reflection and observation. The author uses an American college writing class as the setting to explore the in-depth experience of common first year students. The results of this primary qualitative study reveal a glaring conflict within mainstream educational theory. With more than five years of research and over one hundred references cited from sources that span two centuries

  Lawrence calls attention to a mass misunderstanding of introversion

  as well as the effects of instructional methods that appeal to only one type of personality. \n

  Learning and Personality: The Experience of Introverted Reflective Learners in a World of Extroverts

  Personality and Prejudice is an examination of institutional discrimination of introverted reflective learners in schools and society. As a follow up to his 2015 book Learning and Personality

  Dr. Lawrence continues his analysis of over six years worth of research with this revealing examination of the history and methods of personality prejudice. In this new book

  Lawrence reveals a gross alienation of a large portion of the American student body from the elementary to college level. As an advocate for meaningful

  learning-centered discussion and genuine student participation in class

  Lawrence warns of prejudice toward introverted students who tend to learn through observation and reflection. This book is a defense of introverts and a call for their inclusion in schools. The book concludes with recommendations on how teachers

  administrators

  and parents might contend with such discrimination and how we can better accommodate all learners

  including those with intrapersonal intelligence.

  Personality and Prejudice

  Dr. William K

  Lawrence

  Bristol Community College