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English Adjunct Faculty, Delta College and Northwood University
Higher Education
Clinton
Burhans
Midland, Michigan
English Instructor
Northwood University
Delta College
MA in English Language and Literature
(MSU/CMU)

Photo Business Owner
Superior Photographic Imaging
Midland, Michigan


Worked as First Camera Assistant at Northlight Studio in Madison Heights, Michigan and Studio City, California from 1985-1994 as well as on location throughout the country, especially the American Southwest, then Supervisor at Meteor Photo in Troy, MI. Shot Detroit Pistons games 1984-1994 for Liton Studio, Okemos Michigan. Supervisor at Meteor Photo commercial lab in Troy, Michigan 1994-97.

I also worked on feature films, including the Oliver Stone Production _Zebrahead_, did photographic assignments and covers for Orbit Magazine in Royal Oak, Michigan and produced and photographed numerous promotional campaigns and photos for models and bands.

Managed stores for Ritz Camera from 1997-2001. Experienced in making sales goals, customer service, photo lab management, sales assessments, monthly reports and accounting, and other typical retail store management tasks,

Presenter at many national and international pedagogical and literary conferences and published in literary journals..

Specialties: Educator, Photographer, PR/advertising and marketing, Exhibit Creation, Writer, Business Owner and Manager.

Experience

  • Central Michigan University

    Adjunct Faculty

    First-Year Composition (ENG 101), Intermediate Composition (201). Developed many innovative assignments utilizing holistic pedagogy, including group work and multi-modal interactive presentations, visual rhetoric, and collaborative assignments, especially in a computer lab setting. This has proven to be very effective in engaging today's students.I challenge my students to think outside their comfort zones. Currently teaching sections of ENG 201 (INT COMP) online. CMU/CMU GLOBAL.

  • Northwood University

    English Adjunct Faculty

    Teaching Business Communication.

  • Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College

    Part-Time Adjunct Instructor

    Taught Basic and Advanced Composition. Left after SP 2012 as duties at CMU and my photo business did not allow time for a third job! Interesting, fascinating, and a very different place to teach. Much more holistic and non-linear hierarchies of curriculum and administration than a state university. Loved my time there.

  • Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College

    As there was no Writing Center to help Tribal Students with writing skills at SCTC, I stayed an hour or two twice a week after teaching there and was the unpaid Director of the Writing Center, sometimes having one or two helpers, also volunteers. We worked one-on-one with students with SWE isues.

  • Superior Photographic Services LLC

    Owner/Operator

    Processing photographic films of all sizes, hi-res scanning of film and fine art, high quality pigment ink wide-format printing, mounting and laminating, design services, creation of museum and trade show exhibits, commercial photography, antiquarian photographic processes..

  • Delta College

    English Instructor

    Teaching Second-Year Composition and Technical Communication.

Education

  • Central Michigan University

    Master of Arts

    English Language and Literature
    Worked successfully as a teaching graduate assistant the entire time I was in Grad School, and still took the most challenging courses, graduating with a 3.88 GPA (Summa Cum Laude). Graduated from undergrad with a 3,97 (Summa Cum Laude). Ran a photo business as well.

  • Lansing Community College

    two photo classes, one creative writing

    English; Art
    Attended concurrently with Michigan State University, as LCC had a superior photo program and better facilities in the photo Lab and studio.

  • Michigan State University

    Bachelor of Science (BS)

    English Language and Literature, Art History
    Left as a senior to start own photo business, then after many years and changes in the photo business, transferred to Central Michigan University to complete my degree and then on to Grad school, also at CMU.

  • Central Michigan University

    Adjunct Faculty


    First-Year Composition (ENG 101), Intermediate Composition (201). Developed many innovative assignments utilizing holistic pedagogy, including group work and multi-modal interactive presentations, visual rhetoric, and collaborative assignments, especially in a computer lab setting. This has proven to be very effective in engaging today's students.I challenge my students to think outside their comfort zones. Currently teaching sections of ENG 201 (INT COMP) online. CMU/CMU GLOBAL.

Publications

  • Divine Simplicity:Blake and Roetheke

    Midwestern Miscellany Spring/Fall 2008

    A comparative literature analytical essay on the influence of altered mental states, chemical or natural, intentional or accidental, on the power of two author's work.

ENG 113

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