Steve Alcorn

902 Ashley Rd, Apt # 132

Johnson City, TN 37604

(423) 794-8137

e-mail:  steve_alcorn@hotmail.com

EDUCATION

            Ed D: East Tennessee State University, 2005 – present (currently enrolled)

§         Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (Post-Secondary and Private Sector)

            MA: Eastern Kentucky University, 1996

§         English (British Literature and Rhetoric)

            MA: Eastern Kentucky University, 1994

§         Guidance Counseling

            BS: Eastern Kentucky University, 1991

§         Elementary Education (K-4 [English] )

§         Endorsement (5-8 [English] )

§         Minor (English Education [9-12] )

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

            Jan 2004 – present: Adjunct, Northeast State Technical Community College

• DSPW 0800 (Developmental Writing)
• ENGL 1010 (Composition 1)
• ENGL 1020 (Composition 2)

            Aug 2003 – present: Adjunct, East Tennessee State University

                        Division of Cross-Disciplinary Studies

• BGSD 4210 (Professional Field Experience) – Online course

                        Department of English

• ENGL 1010 (Critical Reading and Expository Writing)
• ENGL 1020 (Critical Thinking and Argumentation)
• ENGL 2030 (Literary Heritage) – Interactive Television (ITV) course
• ENGL 2110 (American Literature 1)
• ENGL 2110 (American Literature 1) – Online course

                        Regents Online Degree Program (RODP) via ETSU Dept of English

• ENGL 3134 (Computers, Writing, and Literature) – Online course

            Aug 2003 – Dec 2003: Adjunct, Emory and Henry College

§         ENG 101 (Writing)

            Aug 2002 – May 2003: Adjunct, Mountain Empire Community College

§         ENG 03 (Developmental Composition)

§         ENG 111 (College Composition 1)

            Aug 2002 – June 2003: Adjunct, University of Virginia – College at Wise

• ENG 101 (Writing 1)
• ENG 102 (Writing 2)

            Jan 2002 – May 2002: Adjunct, Lexington Community College

• ENG 101 (Writing 1)
• ENG 102 (Writing 2)

            Aug 2001 – Dec 2001: Adjunct, Asbury College

§         ENG 110 (Exposition and Research)

            Aug 1998 – May 2001: Visiting Instructor, Eastern Kentucky University (EKU)

§         ENG 095 (Developmental Composition)

§         ENG 101 (English Composition 1)

§         ENG 102 (English Composition 2)

§         ENG 211 (Survey of World Literature 1)

            Jan 1997 – July 1998 and Jan 2002 – May 2002: Adjunct, EKU

• ENG 090 (Basic Writing)
• ENG 095 (Developmental Composition)
• ENG 101 (English Composition 1)
• ENG 102 (English Composition 2)
• ENG 211 (Survey of World Literature 1)
• GSL 095 (Developmental Reading 2)

            Aug 1995 – Dec 1996: Graduate Assistant, EKU

§         ENG 095 (Developmental Composition)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

            2001 Kentucky Philological Association Conference (Mar 2-3, 2001)

§         Title – The Comic Book Graphic Novel as Historical Narrative

§         Description – Explication and delineation of Pulitzer Prize-winning

                  Maus by Art Spiegelman and Wilderness by Timothy Truman,

                  two graphic novels that deal with historical events

§         Served as Moderator for another section at same conference

            2000 Kentucky Philological Association Conference (Mar 3-4, 2000)

§         Title – Truth, Power, and Resistance in the Composition Classroom

§         Description – Application of Michel Foucault’s theories of power

                  diffusion in a system to the rhetorical situation of the 

                  composition classroom

§         Paper won “Best of Section”

§         Abstract was published in Kentucky Philological Review

                  Volume 15 (2000)

UNIVERSITY / DEPARTMENT SERVICE (EKU 1998-2001)

            EKU Language Career Day (LCD) Committee

• Served as Chair of LCD Committee 2000-2001 academic year
• Served on LCD Committee as member 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 academic years

            APA ENG 102 (English Composition 2)

• Taught all sections of ENG 102 utilizing APA documentation

      1999-2000 and 2000-2001 academic years

• Developed structure and content of sections
• Chose textbooks

OTHER RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERICNCE

            Jan 2006 – May 2006:  Mentor, ETSU Department of English

§         Served as a mentor for Graduate Assistant in semester prior to her first teaching assignment

            Sept 2000 – Dec 2001: Scorer, EKU University Writing Requirement

§         Scored student-written essays

            Jan 1998 – May 1998: Tutor, EKU Project Success

§         Tutored students with disabilities

            June 1997 – Aug 1997:  KTLN Facilitator, EKU-Danville Campus Center

§         Served as technical facilitator for Kentucky Telelinking Network (KTLN)

            Aug 1995 – Dec 1996: Graduate Assistant, EKU

§         Taught ENG 095 (Developmental Composition)

§         Tutored composition and literature in EKU Writing/Reading Center (WRC)

§         Conducted orientations for EKU WRC

§         Monitored and instructed for EKU WRC Computer Lab

            Aug 1992 – June 1995: Substitute Teacher, Jackson County Schools, Kentucky

§         Substitute taught 350+ days over three academic years

            Jan 1992 – June 1992: 3^rd Grade Teacher, Tyner Elementary School, Kentucky

§         Taught self-contained 3^rd grade classroom

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