More than three years experience teaching a full range of developmental, composition, basic reading, literature, and business writing courses
Sensitivity and understanding working with students of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, linguistic, disability, and ethnic backgrounds, including older or returning students, students currently enrolled in high school, ESL and basic skills levels, and other non-traditional students
Three years of in-classroom teaching at the community college level, one year university-level experience, and two years online instruction experience
Two years of teaching English as a Second Language in China to students of all levels and backgrounds, from elementary to business English
Incorporate technology in and out of the classroom by creating and maintaining academic blogs, integrating computer lab usage, MyComp Lab, online grammar workshops, and lessons using Power-Point and overhead projectors
Institute “Navdeep’s Grammar Bootcamp,” in all courses taught
Education
M.F.A. June 2006, California State University, Fresno, California
English Literature: Emphasis in Creative Writing
Thesis: Beautiful Country, a short story collection examining the concept of “home” based on my experiences teaching, living and traveling through China, India, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Tibet. Won MFA Fiction Prize.
B.A. May 2002, California State University, Fresno, California
English Literature.
Online
February 2008-Presently Employed Art Institute Online, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Online English Composition Instructor
May 2007-February 2008 Kaplan University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Online English Composition Instructor
Teach introductory and advanced reading and writing courses in an asynchronous online format for Art Institute Online, and in a hybrid form for Kaplan University Online.
Community College
August 2008 - Presently Employed Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, New Jersey. Developmental Writing Skills and English Composition Instructor
August 2005 - August 2007 State Center Community College, Fresno, California. Basic Skills and English Composition Instructor
Teach basic writing skills and transfer-level composition courses emphasizing rubric-based end-of-term reading and writing assessment exam, MLA and APA citation, intensive grammar workshops, sentence construction, essay structure, audience analysis and writing a variety of essays (persuasive, informative, comparative, etc.), as well as developing critical thinking and reading skills.
Four-Year University
August 2008 – Presently Employed New Jersey City University, Jersey City, New Jersey English Composition and Literature Instructor
Teach basic writing skills and upper-division writing and literature courses emphasizing rubric-based end-of-term reading and writing assessment exam, MLA and APA citation, intensive grammar workshops, sentence construction, essay structure, analyzing audience, writing a variety of essay modules (including a research paper), and developing critical thinking and reading skills. For literature courses, skills also include analyzing short stories, poems, novels, and essays for narrative techniques such as theme, symbolism, iambic pentameter, and point of view, amongst other elements.
August 2008 – Presently Employed School of Visual Arts, New York, New York Writing and Literature Instructor
Teach basic writing skills and upper-division writing and literature courses using classical texts to Art students. Courses emphasize rubric based end-of-term reading and writing assessment exam, MLA and APA citation, intensive grammar workshops, sentence construction, essay structure, analyzing audience, writing a variety of essay modules (including a research paper), and developing critical thinking and reading skills.
