Resume

• 2009

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  • Studied English Literature

  particularly nineteenth-century American fiction\n• Graduated with a GPA of 3.97 and Highest Honors in the Major\n• Completed an undergraduate Honors Thesis titled \"God and the Machine: The Legal Theology and Narrative Structure of Mark Twain\"\n• Published \"Palimpsest and Cyclical History: The Hidden Structure of Connecticut Yankee\" with The Folio: English Undergraduate Journal\n• Dean's List Spring 2010

  Spring 2011

  and Spring 2013

  English Language and Literature/Letters

  UC Berkeley

  GPA: 3.97

  Research

  Criticism

  and Analysis

  Foucault and American Literature

  Speech-Act Theory

  Teaching Technical Writing

  American Literature: 1900-1945

  American Literature: 1865-1900

  Nineteenth-Century Rhetorical Theory

  Research Seminar: Another Nature

  Literary Criticism

  Honors Course

• 2005

  Monta Vista High School

• 4.0

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  • Examined the connections between nineteenth-century biology and contemporary culture\n• Selected Topics: Cell Theory

  Germ Theory

  Darwinian Evolution

  Domestic Handbooks

  Sociology

  Nineteenth-Century Feminism

  Taxonomy

  Fingerprints

  Biological Determinism

  etc.\n• Selected Authors: Catharine Beecher

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman

  Lydia Maria Child

  Mark Twain

  Geoffroy St.-Hilaire

  Georges Canguilhem

  Michel Foucault

  etc.\n• Graduated with a GPA of 4.0 and Distinction for the MA thesis: \"Normalcy and Pathology: Biology

  Social Reform

  and American Domestic Handbooks

  c. 1840-1910\"\n• Awarded the English Department Roy and Florena Hadsell Scholarship for academic and pedagogical achievement

  Literary and Cultural Studies

  University of Oklahoma

• -Verbal Reasoning: 167\n-Quantitative Reasoning: 161\n-Analytical Writing: 5.5

  Creative Writing

  Academic Writing

  English Literature

  Teaching

  Literacy

  Research

  Editing

  Curriculum Design

  Lesson Planning

  American Literature

  Curriculum Development

  Microsoft Word

  Literary Criticism

  Palimpsest and Cyclical History: The Hidden Structure of Connecticut Yankee

  Palimpsest and Cyclical History: The Hidden Structure of Connecticut Yankee

  Parry

  I am a doctoral student with the Johns Hopkins History of Medicine Department who studies the relationships between nineteenth-century biology and contemporary society

  and my projects combine the methods and content of the History of Science and Literary and Cultural Studies. My research primarily concerns American domestic handbooks and feminist sociology

  and I have written essays about the philosophy of Georges Canguilhem and the popular works of Catharine Beecher and Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Beyond my field-specific research

  I spend most of my time on curriculum design

  technical communication

  and usability testing. Please see my resume or visit me at https://technicalcommunication.blog/ for additional information.

  Alex

  Parry

  Breakthrough Silicon Valley

  AJ Tutoring

  University of Oklahoma

  The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  Los Altos

  • Tutored twenty-five middle-school and high-school students for academic English and the SAT/ACT\n• Designed personalized lesson-plans for each session and wrote detailed handouts for annotation

  character-analysis

  the features of successful introductions

  etc.\n• Monitored student progress and communicated the outcomes of student assignments with parents\n• Taught strategies for composition

  reading-comprehension

  multiple-choice tests

  and organization

  Academic Tutor

  AJ Tutoring

  Baltimore

  Maryland Area

  Doctoral Student

  The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • Taught three independent six-week summer courses for middle-school students: Biology Honors

  Eighth-Grade Literature

  and Creative Writing\n• Developed curriculum arcs and lessons for Biology Honors and Eighth-Grade Literature; lessons were shared with the summer staff and archived for future teachers\n• Coordinated the schedule and supplies for student Olympics with four team members\n• Helped determine program policies with the instructor-led Administrative Committee

  Breakthrough Silicon Valley

  University of Oklahoma

  Norman

  Oklahoma

  • Instructor-of-record for Principles of English Composition (required first-year course) and Technical Writing (upper-division course)\n• Designed course curriculum and summative assignments for the semester using applicable research into backward design and student-centered instruction\n• Wrote and iteratively revised lesson-plans and handouts based upon student feedback and outcomes; material was solicited for the graduate course Teaching Technical Writing\n• Selected Topics: Audience-Centered Communication

  Multimodal Composition

  Primary and Secondary Research

  Technical Reports

  Proposals

  Usability Tests

  Instructions

  Professional Development

  etc.\n• Prepared lectures

  led discussions

  evaluated assignments

  and held student conferences\n• Helped several Technical Writing students secure summer internships

  research positions with the University

  and full-time employment after graduation\n• Awarded the English Department Roy and Florena Hadsell Scholarship for academic and pedagogical achievement

  Graduate Student Instructor

  Norman

  OK

  • Lobbied for graduate student welfare within the English Department and secured support for permanent Renewable Term Faculty positions\n• Composed and revised the current Academic Labor Committee bylaws\n• Mediated labor conversations between graduate students

  adjuncts

  and professors that later contributed towards revised departmental language requirements

  Academic Labor Committee Representative

  University of Oklahoma

  English

  Spanish

  Roy and Florena Hadsell Scholarship

  Annual award from the OU English Department for academic and pedagogical achievement

  University of Oklahoma English Department

  National Advanced Placement Scholar Award

  College Board

  National Merit Scholar

  National Merit Scholarship Corporation

  Phi Beta Kappa Member

  Phi Beta Kappa Society