Prairie L.

Markussen, PhD
Morton College, Cicero, IL ∙ Communications Department
773-916-9256 ∙ prairiemarkussen@gmail.com ∙ www.prairiemarkussen.weebly.com

EDUCATION

PhD in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English May 2020

University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Dissertation: What’s Translation Got to Do with It?: How Translation
Activities in the Composition Classroom Can Cultivate Recognized Moments
of Rhetorical and Cultural Awarenesses in Student Writers
Committee Members: Drs. Cristina Ramírez (chair), Christine Tardy, Damián Baca

MFA in Creative Writing 2007

Thesis: Cover, full-length book of poetry
Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois

MA in Writing: Process and Practice 2003

Thesis: The Missing Season, novella
Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK

BA, with honors, in English and Professional Communication 2000

Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor of English 2020 – present

Morton College, Cicero, IL

ENG 084, 086, and 088 (Developmental Composition)

ENG 101 (Rhetoric I)
Numerous sections: online and in person; 16-week classes; co-requisite and traditional.
ENG 152 (Creative Nonfiction Writing)

Graduate Teaching Associate: Writing Program 2015 – 2020

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

ENGL 101 and 102 (Freshman Composition)

12 sections: in person and online; 16-week, and 7-week classes.

ENGL 307 (Business Writing); ENGL 308 (Technical Writing)

6 sections: hybrid and online; 16-week, 7-week, and 5-week classes.

Associate Faculty: Literature and Writing 2012 – present

The University of Arizona Global Campus, formerly Ashford University, Online
 ENG 121 and 122 (English Composition I and II), ENG 125 (Introduction to Literature)
Numerous sections: online; 5-week classes.

Adjunct Faculty: Writing 2014 – 2015

Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ

WRT 100 (Writing Fundamentals), 101 and 102 (Writing I and Writing II)
8 sections: in person and hybrid; 16-week and 5-week classes.
Part-time Instructor: Writing 2014 – 2017
Trident University, Online

ENG 101 and 102 (English Composition I and II), LIT 201 (American Literature)
Numerous sections: online; 16-week and 8-week classes.

Adjunct Faculty: General Education 2012 – 2015

Colorado Technical University, Online

ENGL 205 (Technical Writing and Speaking), ENGL 206 (Technical and Professional
Writing), ENGL 103 (Composition: Writing and Research), ENGL 103 (Composition
and Critical Thinking)
Numerous sections: online; 5-week classes.

Adjunct Faculty: Communications 2013

Morton College, Cicero, IL

ENG 101 (Rhetoric I)

2 sections: in person; 16-week classes.

Adjunct Faculty: General Education 2012 – 2013

Sanford-Brown College, Tinley Park and Skokie, IL

ENG 102 (basic composition), COM 152 (Interpersonal Communication Skills),

PHL 105 (Critical Thinking)
9 sections: in person; 5-week classes.

Adjunct Faculty: Liberal Arts 2012 – 2013

Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL

COM 101 and 102 (Composition I and II)

5 sections; in person; 16-week and 5-week classes.

English Program in Korea Native English Teacher 2010 – 2011

Taegu Foreign Language High School, Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education,
Daegu, South Korea

American Literature, English Conversation, Short Story Writing, Speech, Essay Writing, Gifted
High School Literature, Gifted Middle School Literature
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Markussen, P. “Job Market Talk Series.” University of Arizona, Online, 2021.

Markussen, P. “Engaged Pedagogy: A Practice for Cultivating Teacher Self-Care,” Ashford Teaching and
Learning Conference, Online, 2020.

Markussen, P. “Teaching Rhetorical Awareness Through Translation: A New Approach for Writing
Classrooms,” Ashford Teaching and Learning Conference, Online, 2019.

Markussen, P. “Practice Makes (Engaged) Pedagogy: SLOs and Student Positionalities,” Conference on
College Composition and Communication, Concurrent Session, 2018.

Markussen, P. “Dismantling Racisms, Rewriting Histories: An Exploration of the Multi-Modal Projects

of Claudia Rankine and Deborah A. Miranda,” Southwest Popular/American Culture
Association Conference, Paper, 2018.

Markussen, P. “The New Balance: Research and Discovery with a Child,” Ashford University’s Women’s
Week, Ashford University, Online, 2017.

Markussen, P. “Greenhorns and Old-Timers: Crossing Generations in Translation,” The American

Literary Translators Association Conference, Roundtable, 2016.

Markussen, P. “War Poetry: A Brief History,” Coffee House Presentations, Colorado Technical
University, Online, 2014.

FELLOWSHIPS

National Center for Interpretation (NCI) Graduate Fellowship, $6,250 2019

Tilly Warnock Writing Program Fellowship Award, $2,500 2019

GRANTS
Graduate & Professional Student Council Travel Grant, University of Arizona, $750 2018
EGU Travel Fund Grant, University of Arizona, $325 2018
CCCC’s Childcare Grant Fund, $375 2018

AWARDS

Difference and Inequality Teaching Award, $250 2019

Nominated for Ruth Gardner Teaching Award 2016
Nominated for a Pushcart Prize for the poem “Succession” by Northwind 2012
Special recognition for lesson planning, Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education 2010
Nominated for an Illinois Arts Council Award for the poem “A study in performativity” 2009
Nominated for an Associated Writing Programs Award for the poem 2008
“Ethnography in Jewel-tones”
Dean’s List, Roosevelt University 2006
Friends of American Writers Scholarship recipient 2005
Ellen Knowles Harcourt scholarship recipient 1996 – 2000
Alverno College Trustees scholarship recipient 1996 – 2000

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

Bose, Dev K., Sean Zdenek, Prairie Markussen, Heidi Wallace, and Angelia Giannone. "Sound and
Access: Attuned to Disability in the Writing Classroom." Tuning in to Soundwriting, edited by
Kyle D. Stedman, Courtney S. Danforth, and Michael J. Faris, enculturation/Intermezzo, 2021,
intermezzo.enculturation.net/14-stedman-et-al/bose.html.

GRADUATE COURSEWORK

Rhetorics of Race / Racialized Rhetorics Contemporary Irish Women’s Writing

Controversies in Rhetoric and Composition Poetry I, II, and III
Universal Design: Inclusive Learning Imagining Terror
Environments Playwriting I
Language Maintenance, Preservation and Topics in Literary/Critical Theory
Revitalization The Power of Film
Feminist & Liberation Pedagogy/ies Poetic Forms
Genre Theory and Pedagogy Feminist Theories of Performance
Travel Narratives, Travel Fictions Fiction Writing
Trends and Methods in Rhetoric Topics in Shakespeare
Trends and Methods in Composition

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Contract Writer 2016 – present

Learning A-Z, Tucson, AZ

Define and edit vocabulary for children’s books. Write assessments and lesson plans for classic novels
and short stories.

District Director of Curriculum and Instruction; Project Align Coordinator; 2006 – 2009
Administrative Assistant (title changes due to promotions)
City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Coordinated faculty development seminars, consulted with Illinois Board of Higher Education to maintain
grants, oversaw Academic Affairs, Arts and Sciences departmental budget (approx. $1million),
coordinated international exchange programs, worked with Chicago Public Schools to carry out grant-
related assessments, collated grant data.

Copy Writer 2003 – 2005

Arizona Mail Order, Tucson, AZ
Wrote and proofread persuasive copy blocks to sell women’s clothing and shoes, coordinated production
of catalogue from rough draft to publication, collaborated with Copy, Art, Production, Merchandising,
and Inventory Planning departments.

Freelance Editor 2003

Bookpublisher.com, Tucson, AZ
Proofread and edited fiction and non-fiction manuscripts.

Plans Editor 2000 – 2001

Home Planners, LLC, Tucson, AZ
Wrote and edited copy to accompany home designs in several home magazines, researched home
products and wrote feature articles, selected home plans for inclusion in magazines.

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Faculty Adviser 2021 – present

Morton Ambassadors Program

Member, Morton College 2021 – present

Online Learning Policies and Procedures Manual Workgroup/Committee
Faculty Board Member, Morton College 2021
Student Disciplinary Hearing

Presenter, Morton College

Tech Share: Screencast-O-Matic 2021

Panelist, Morton College 2020

Teaching & Learning Center sessions:
“Keeping Everyone on Board” and “The Presence Principle”

Poetry Co-editor
Sonora Review, student-run literary journal of the University of Arizona 2019 – 2020

Peer Mentor 2017 – 2020

For student in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English, University of Arizona

Curriculum Developer
Edited assignment verbiage for English 101 and 102, online, University of Arizona 2016 – 2020
Faculty Interviewee 2018
Focus: study of online version of ENGL 102, conducted by Tanya Tercero,
PhD candidate in the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching program

Syllabus Policy Developer 2017

Proposed and revised policy statements for online courses. University of Arizona

Campus Copy Editor and Advisor

Cababi, literary and art journal of Pima Community College 2016 – 2017

Poetry Editor
Oyez Review, literary journal of Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL 2005

CREATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Chapbooks
Go Here, See Elsewhere, Finishing Line Press, 2021.
The Women of Scottsboro, Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, April 2012.

Poetry
“Feint” and “The Tattering Call,” Ekphrasis Magazine, forthcoming
“Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee,” Cababi Art & Literary Magazine. December 2015.
“The Six Types of People,” Ghostwriters of Delphi. January 2015.
“Hulum,” Garbanzo Literary Journal. September 2014.
“Architecture: Poetry,” “Parenthetical,” I am a pieces that comes,” and “Dying Down,” Potluck
Magazine, June 2014.
“Alicia, Ingrid,” Strange FrenZies Anthology, Z-composition Magazine, April 2014.
“On Beige,” Cleaver Magazine, June 2013.
“A different story,” Weave, February 2013.
“Succession,” “Dancing with someone who isn’t sure,” and “Dreaming in Korea,” Northwind, Summer
2012.
“Untitled,” “HACIOCRAM or ISLE OF PROPHETS,” and “ZAK, see SOUTHERN SEA,” The Bacon
Review, August 2012.
“In defense,” Atticus Review, June 2012.
“Cupped as the Cup,” and “At odds,” The Toucan Magazine, May 2012.
“The missing degree,” Clutching at Straws, April 2012.
“Weiji,” “Wounds that meet,” “A Rumble Rising,” Lily, Volume 5, Issue 9, February 2012; Volume 2,
Issue 5, April 2005; Volume 1, Issue 8, July 2004.
“Even Means,” Bigger Than They Appear (anthology), November 2011.
“From Blackstone Ave.,” Painted Bride Quarterly, Issue 84, 2011.
“Diving in Arizona,” Autumn Sky Poetry, Number 16, January 2010.
“On the horizon,” The Dirty Napkin, Volume 2.4, Fall 2009.
“Homeschool fieldtrip, 2nd grade,” Rattle, Issue 31, Summer 2009.
“A study in performativity,” Oyez Review, Volume 35, Spring 2008.
“The Complete Monkey Omnibus: Live at the Budokan (excerpt),” a collaboration with Daniel S.
Shapiro, Snakeskin, February 2008.
“A birth, unrealized,” After Hours, Issue 13, Summer 2006.
“Electra, the Colossus, and the Understudy,” Elixir, Volume 5, Number 1, 2005.
“Hunting Green,” Louisiana Literature, Volume 22, Number 1, Spring/Summer 2005.
“Strike against,” The Fiddlehead, Number 223, Spring 2005.
“Tussle,” BorderSenses, Fall 2004.
“Proof, unsolved,” Words and Pictures Magazine, Issue Number 1, August 2004.

Short stories
“Nothing Special,” The Drum, Issue 26, July 2012.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

The Modern Language Association (MLA)
The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)

SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMS

Course management systems: Blackboard, D2L, Canvas

Site publishing: Weebly, WordPress
Internet apps: Google Apps, Padlet, Cadence, Remind
Presentation tools: VoiceThread, Screencast-O-Matic, Collaborate, Zoom, Google Meet
Cloud-based applications: Microsoft 365, Google Workspace
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

Dr. Cristina Ramírez, Associate Professor in English

Program Director - Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English (RCTE); Acting Department
Head
Department of English
University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210067, Modern Languages, 434
Tucson, AZ 85721-0067 | 520-621-7395
cristinaramirez@email.arizona.edu

Dr. Dev Bose, Assistant Professor

Department of English
University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210067, Modern Languages 462
Tucson, AZ 85721-0067 | 520-626-0790
bose@email.arizona.edu

Dr. Christine Tardy, Professor of English Applied Linguistics

Department of English
University of Arizona
P.O. Box 210067, Modern Languages 369
Tucson, AZ 85721-0067 | 520-621-7402
ctardy@email.arizona.edu