Samuel
R.
Evans
 4645
Soho
Ct.



Virginia
Beach,
VA

23455

(402)
469‐0946

samuel.r.evans@gmail.com



EDUCATION


2008‐Pres.
 Ph.D.
in
English
(Concentration:
Rhetoric
and
Textual
Studies)

Old
Dominion
University

2008
 M.A.
in
English
(Concentration:
Linguistics)

University
of
Nebraska—Omaha


Certificate:
Teaching
English
to
Speakers
of
Other
Languages

2004
 B.A.
in
English
&
B.A.
in
Music
Performance

Hastings
College


WORK
EXPERIENCE

2011‐Pres.
 Adjunct
Instructor
of
English,
Thomas
Nelson
Community
College


• Developed
course
syllabi,
lectures,
and
class
exercises
and
assessed
student

writing
for
introductory
and
novice
composition
courses

• Created
online
content
management
systems
for
each
section

2010‐Pres.
 Teaching
Assistant,
Old
Dominion
University

• Taught
courses
in
composition
and
rhetoric
for
new
and
advanced

undergraduate
students
via
face‐to‐face
and
synchronous
online
media

2009‐2010
 Graduate
Writing
Assistance
Director,
Old
Dominion
University

• Evaluated
tutors
of
Old
Dominion’s
Writing
Tutorial
Services,
providing
them

with
feedback
to
improve
their
methods
of
instruction

• Developed
a
system
for
synchronous
online
tutoring


• Tutored
graduate
and
undergraduate
students
in
a
one‐on‐one
setting
and

delivered
multiple
presentations
and
in‐class
workshops

Sum.
2009
 Writing
Center
Tutor,
Old
Dominion
University

• Tutored
graduate
and
undergraduate
students
from
various
disciplines,
giving

them
guidance
when
writing
for
other
members
of
their
respective
disciplines

Spr.
2008
 Intern,
University
of
Nebraska—Omaha

• Developed
a
timeline
with
my
supervisor
and
met
time‐sensitive
goals
in

establishing
the
online
scholarly
journal
Programmatic
Perspectives

• Composed
editorial
policies
and
author
guidelines
for
the
journal

2007‐2008
 Teaching
Assistant,
University
of
Nebraska—Omaha

• Taught
two
sections
of
composition,
ensuring
students
were
equipped
with
the

material
they
would
need
to
be
successful
collegiate
writers

2007‐2008
 Writing
Center
Tutor,
University
of
Nebraska—Omaha


• Tutored
graduate
and
undergraduate
students
from
diverse
cultural
and

educational
backgrounds
to
help
them
progress
as
writers

2004‐2006
 Writer,
Sandhills
Publishing,
Lincoln,
NE

• Researched
and
composed
numerous
articles
for
the
Computer
Publications

Department
while
working
within
prescribed
deadlines

• Furthered
customer
relations
by
serving
as
a
technical
expert
who
answered

questions
posed
by
readers

PUBLISHED
ARTICLES

2010
 “Debating
the
Aims
of
Discourse:
Persuasive
versus
Invitational
Rhetoric.”
Feminist

Rhetorics:
Landmark
Essays
and
Controversies.
Eds.
Lindal
Buchanan
and
Kate
Ryan.


West
Lafayette,
IN:
Parlor.
3p.

2004‐2006
 45
articles
about
computer
hardware
and
software,
electronics,
and
music
published
in

CE
Lifestyles,
First
Glimpse,
PC
Today,
Reference
Series,
and
Smart
Computing
magazines


SELECT
CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS*

2011
 “Methods
for
Training
Tutors
on
Adobe
Acrobat
Connect
Pro.”
Southeastern
Writing

Center
Association
Conference.

2010
 “Identifying
Tutor
Attitudes
toward
Adobe
Acrobat
Connect
Pro.”
Computers
&

Writing.

2010
 “Entering
Academic
Publishing.”
Conference
on
College
Composition
and

Communication.


WORKSHOPS

2011
 “Applying
Adobe
Acrobat
Connect
Pro
to
Writing
Center
Practice.”
Southeastern
Writing

Center
Association
Conference.

2010
 “Working
with
iMovie.”
Presented
to
the
students
of
ENGL
427/527.

2010
 “Writing
Conference
Proposals.”
Writing
Tutorial
Services
Workshop
Series,
Old

Dominion
University.

2008
 “From
Chaos
to
Clarity:
Strategies
for
Organizing
Your
Paper.”
Writing
Center









Workshop
Series,
University
of
Nebraska—Omaha.


GUEST
LECTURES*

2010
 “Delivery
in
a
New
Light.”

Presented
to
the
students
of
ENGL
325.

2010
 “Composing
in
Multimedia.”
Presented
to
the
students
of
ENGL
427/527.

2010
 “Examining
Sport
in
Kicking
It:
Traditional
Metaphors
and
New
Activism.”
OnFilm

Festival,
Old
Dominion
University.

2008
 “Sexualizing
Politics:
Internet
Depictions
of
Sarah
Palin”
The
Women’s
Center,
Old

Dominion
University.


SELECT
AWARDS
&
HONORS*

2010
 Graduate
Student
Travel
Award,
Graduate
College,
Old
Dominion
University


2008
 Academic
Fellowship,
Old
Dominion
University


2008
 AAUP
Bernie
Kolasa
Memorial
Scholarship,
University
of
Nebraska—Omaha

*
Complete
lists
of
conference
presentations,
guest
lectures,
and
awards
&
honors
along
with
lists
of
my

references
and
computer
programs
with
which
I
am
familiar
are
available
upon
request.