Joe Weinberg

Curriculum Vita

Joe Weinberg

Teaching Assistant & PhD candidate
Department of Writing studies
University of Minnesota
Twin cities
weinb110 @ umn.edu

Education

M. A. in Composition Western Illinois University Macomb, May 2008. Rhetoric, Composition, New Media Studies. Thesis: "Reiterating Writing: User Centered Design and Discount Peer Response." GPA: 4.0

M. A. in Philosophy University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, May 2004. Logic, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science. Thesis: "Personal Identity and Immortality: The Only X and Y Principle." GPA: 3.6

B. A. in Philosophy, with honors, Muhlenberg College, May 2002. Logic, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science. Thesis: "The Only X and Y Principle." Cum Laude, Sigma Tau Delta (honors society). GPA: 3.611

Teaching & Academic Experience

Graduate teaching assistant and graduate student, Department of Writing Studies, University of Minnesota, Fall 2008-Present

• Designed and taught course 3562W (Technical and Professional Writing)

Graduate teaching assistant and graduate student, Department of English, Western Illinois University, Spring 2006 to Spring 2008.

• Taught multiple sections of Eng 180 (College Writing I), designing all courses taught.
• Internship teaching Eng 201 (Introduction to Literature), designing website for course and lecturing.
• Graduate representative to Graduate Faculty Committee 2007-2008.
• Graduate representative to Curriculum Committee 2007-2008, including assisting in the design of the graduate curriculum.
• Chair graduate conference 2007, including organizing speakers, writing and distribution of CFP, conference webmaster, and presenting paper.
• President English Graduate Organization 2007-2008.
• Webmaster English Graduate Organization 2007-2008.
• Co-chair graduate conference 2006, including organizing speakers, distribution of CFP, introducing keynote speaker (Dr. Michael Loudon), and presenting paper.
• Graduate representative to Writing Faculty Committee 2006.
• Vice President English Graduate Organization 2006-2007.
• Contributor to Writing from Private Spaces to Public Places by Alice Robertson.
• Copy editing for Writing from Private Spaces to Public Places by Alice Robertson.

Graduate teaching assistant and graduate student, Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Fall 2002 to Spring 2004.

• Ran discussion sections for Introductory Logic. Explaining lectures, giving and grading exams.
• Ran discussion sections for Introductory ethics. Explaining lectures, giving and grading papers, running class discussion.
• Graded advanced ethics section.

Learning assistant, tutor, and undergraduate student, Department of Philosophy, Muhlenberg College, Fall 1998 to Spring 2002.

• Learning assistant for Critical Thinking section, including guest lecturing, outside help, and assignment design.
• Tutor for Introductory philosophy, introductory logic, intermediate logic.
• CRLA (College Reading & Learning Association) Master Tutoring level III.

Presentations/Publications

• "Pedagogical Impacts of Collaborative Writing," Institute for New Media Studies. Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 2008
• "What's that you say? Writing Dialogue that Rings True" Creative Writing Festival, Macomb, Illinois, April 2008
• "30 minutes to better Accessibility" - Workshop on web accessibility. Presented Western Illinois University, Quad Cities Campus, April 2008
• "Avada Kadavra: Harry Potter and the Sustainability Reading" Graduate conference at Western Illinois University, Macomb, November 2007
• "They all look alike to me: Misrepresentations of Indigenous Identity in American Cinema" Graduate conference at Western Illinois University, Macomb, November 2006.
• "Pulling Them up by Their Bootstraps: Raymond Chandler and the Mystery" Illinois Philological Association conference in Springfield, IL, April 2007.
• Essays and Exercises: Writing from Private Places to Public Spaces by Alice Robertson.
• Fiction: Ordinary Day in GOM Publishing's Best New Science Fiction and Fantasy 2004
• Fiction: The Last Three in GOM Publishing's Best New Science Fiction and Fantasy 2004

Professional activities, University of Minnesota

• Moderator, Panel: "Engagement, Outreach, and Service Learning," Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) October 2008
• Writing consultant, University Writing Center. 2008

Professional activities, Western Illinois University

• Departmental Website Accessibility Consultant for College of Arts and Sciences, Summer 2007.
• Eng 280 (College Writing II) textbook committee 2006.
• Judge for Leland Essay Contest 2006.
• Textbook selection committee 2006.

Memberships and awards

• English Graduate Organization (Western Illinois University). Vice President 2006-07, President 2007-2008
• Illinois Philological Association. Member since 2007
• American Civil Liberties Union. Member since 2007
• Phi Sigma Tau (philosophy honor's society). Member since 2000

Other Professional Activities and skills

• Programming HTML, XHTML, CSS.
• Editor of program for Eberfest 2003 film festival.
• Assistant night production manager for Daily Illini '03.
• Contributing writer, Muhlenberg Weekly (1998-2000).
• Contributing writer, Muhlenberg Advocate (2001-2002).

References

C. Bradley Dilger
Alice Robertson
Mark Mossman
Amy Patrick

Contact information available on request