“Do you like Tom Clancy? If so, you'll like this book [The Labyrinth Key]. It's that simple. Any other comparison fails to capture the essence of Howard V. Hendrix's writing and this tale in particular.”
Stuart Jaffe
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Biographics
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor
English Department, California State University, Fresno, Fall 2004- Spring 2008, English 101 (Masterpieces of World Literature), English 104 (Children’s and Adolescent Literature; on-campus and distance-learning), English 105 (Introduction to Literary Analysis), English 147 (Renaissance Literature), English 189 (Shakespeare).
Lecturer
Division of Continuing and Global Education, California State University, Fresno, Fall 2006, Spring 2008, Graduate Student Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Adjunct Faculty
University of California, Merced, Summer Session 2003, English 3 (Introduction to Literature). Primarily taught in Fresno, but also simulcast telepresently for distance-learning in Bakersfield and Atwater.
Lecturer
English Department, California State University, Fresno, Spring 2003, English 104 (Children’s and Adolescent Literature).
Lecturer
English Department, California State University, Fresno, Fall 2000 through Fall 2001. Taught English 20 (Introduction to Literature), English 102 (Masterpieces of English Literature), English 104 (Children’s and Adolescent Literature), and English 105 (Literary Analysis).
Professor and Lead Faculty
School of Arts and Sciences, National University, Fresno Campus. 1995-1998. Also Faculty Mentor, 1996-1998. Full-time academic, managerial, and advisorial responsibilities, roughly equivalent to Department Chair workload.
Lecturer
English Department, California State University, Fresno, 1990-94. English 101, 102, 103 (Masterpieces of World, English, and American Literature, respectively).
Assistant Professor
Central Methodist College, Fayette MO, 1988-90. Full academic and advisorial responsibilities. Medieval, Renaissance, Shakespeare, Literary Criticism, Technical writing. Chair of Learning Resources Committee.
Lecturer
University of California at Riverside,1987-88. English Composition, Remedial Composition, Technical Writing.
Lecturer
University of California at Riverside, Winter Quarter 1988 UC Extension, Creative Writing: “Speculative Fiction Writing.”
Instructor
California State University, San Bernardino, Summer 1987, Natural Science 495: “Writing for Science Majors,” Office of Extended Education.
Lecturer
University of California at Riverside, Summer 1987 UC Extension, Creative Writing: “The Facts of Fiction Writing.”
Lecturer
Mt. San Jacinto College, Fall 1984 through Fall 1987, English Fundamentals and English Composition.
Teaching Assistantship
with full classroom responsibilities, University of California at Riverside, Fall 1980 through Fall 1986. All levels of Composition. Developed special interdisciplinary writing course for science majors.
Lecturer
University of California at Riverside, Intensive English/ESL Program. Summer 1986.
Lecturer
College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA. Fall 1983 through Fall 1984. Basic Writing and English 1A.
Instructor
American International Education and Training Corporation. ESL Summer Session 1981. Received ESL Instructorship Training from AIETC. Taught English as a Second Language to Korean nationals in AIETC’s program at University of Redlands. Have also taught and tutored many ESL and EOP students during my career.
Instructor
Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. Spring, 1980. Taught English 101 while completing Bachelor’s Degree work in Biology.