Stephen D'Amato

 Stephen D'Amato

Stephen D'Amato

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Biography

CUNY York College - English


Resume

  • 2007

    Master of Arts

    Thesis Advisor: Nicola Masciandaro

    Associate Professor of English

    Brooklyn College.\n\nArea of Specialization: Early Modern English Literature\n\nMaster’s Thesis — “Lat Hym Appiere and Wexe a Philosophre: Literary Alchemy as Demonic or Angelic Transformation in Chaucer’s 'Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale' and Milton’s Paradise Lost”

    English Literature

    Graduate English Conference Committee

    Brooklyn College

  • 2001

    Bachelor of Arts

    Capstone Instructor and Advisor: Dr. Alison Hurley

    Assistant Professor of English

    Miami University.\n\nAreas of Specialization: English Literature and Creative Writing\n\nCapstone Project — “The Estate of Aula Lucis: An Imagined Garden of British Nationalism”

    Literature

    Creative Writing

    Delta Upsilon

    Miami University

  • Community Outreach

    Management

    Curriculum Development

    Creative Writing

    Editorial

    Blackboard

    Hybrid Courses

    Microsoft Office

    Conference Facilitation

    English Composition

    Books

    Library Databases

    Copy Editing

    Public Speaking

    Grant Writing

    Literature

    Clerical

    Curriculum Design

    Higher Education

    Blogging

    D'Amato

    Stephen

    D'Amato

    Institute of Reading Development

    BASIS.ed

    York College/CUNY

    Fusion Academy

    Brooklyn College/CUNY

    Shakespeare and Co. Booksellers

    •\tDeveloped curricula for and taught first-year Composition and Literature courses

    and advanced Composition and Research Writing courses\n\n•\tAttended curriculum development meetings and faculty enrichment workshops which addressed means to achieving both Department milestones and various General Educational requirements as mandated by The City University of New York \n\n•\tSubmitted proposals for elective courses on a special topic in English studies\n\n•\tGenerated and conducted confidential student evaluations of offered courses\n\n•\tIncorporated computer and internet technology as a vital pedagogical learning tool into the classroom via unique

    course-specific weblogs

    Adjunct Lecturer for the Department of English

    Greater New York City Area

    York College/CUNY

    •\tCreated curricula for and taught Composition

    Core-Curriculum

    and Literature courses\n\n•\tProduced and maintained all course materials and relevant administrative records \n\n•\tCollaborated with peers at professional-development workshops in order to bolster existing pedagogical knowledge and instructional skills \n\n•\tRepresented the English Department during the Spring Undergraduate Open House

    Adjunct Lecturer for the English Department

    Greater New York City Area

    Brooklyn College/CUNY

    •\tTutored students of the Philosophy Department in the areas of writing

    reading

    study skills

    and time management\n\n•\tConducted

    collected

    and organized student quality-response surveys\n\n•\tCreated and distributed outreach flyers and emails announcing tutoring services on campus\n\n•\tActed as a liaison between the Director of the Brooklyn College Learning Center and the Philosophy Department Chairperson to reassess and seek ways to improve tutoring services\n\n•\tAttended monthly professional enrichment meetings

    Field Writing Tutor for the Philosophy Department

    Greater New York City Area

    Brooklyn College/CUNY

    Greater New York City Area

    • Teaches Honors and AP Language Arts and Composition courses

    and middle school English

    Language Arts

    and Literature\n\n• Coordinates Honors English course curricula with AP History course curricula in order to best prepare high school students for their AP examinations \n\n• Aids annual statistical and qualitative review of BASIS.ed's network-wide analysis of their standardized English midterm and final examinations \n\n• Assists the Office of Student Affairs as Student Support Advisor for pupils in need of academic tutoring and mentoring\n\n• Moderates Minecraft Club

    the most populous extracurricular at BASIS Independent Brooklyn\n\n• Records minutes of weekly faculty meetings\n\n• Helps facilitate student bus arrival and departure

    Subject Expert Teacher at BASIS Independent Brooklyn

    BASIS.ed

    •\tSupervised the sales floor

    daily opening and nightly closing duties

    and customer services\n\n•\tCommunicated with vendors

    publishers

    and college faculty regarding book orders\n\n•\tOversaw stock room receiving and organization of trade and textbook inventory\n\n•\tProduced and distributed the weekly staff schedule \n\n•\tManaged cashier staff

    and weekly safe and bank deposit accountancy \n\n•\tHired and trained new “rush” employees during pique-sales season each academic term

    Staff Manager

    Greater New York City Area

    Shakespeare and Co. Booksellers

    Greater New York City Area

    • Taught and tutored students from sixth to twelfth grade in English

    Language Arts

    and Literature as well as DJ Performing Arts\n\n• Worked with graduating seniors in preparing their written college application materials \n\n• Assisted students with their classwork in study hall spaces known as the Homework Café\n\n• Supported the Director of First Impressions with front desk operations

    paperwork

    organization

    and other administrative tasks\n\n• Recorded and disseminated Staff Meeting minutes weekly\n\n• Contributed to annual curriculum rewriting and development projects; e.g.

    authored \nFusion’s most current Middle School English Language Arts curriculum

    and helped \ncreate and establish Fusion’s first DJ Performing Arts music curriculum

    Teacher/Mentor

    Fusion Academy

    •\tTaught individuals at multiple academic levels (from kindergarten to collegiate students to young professionals) the skills necessary to promote active reading

    analytical strategy

    and

    crucially

    imaginative immersion in works of fiction and nonfiction

    Instructor

    Greater New York City Area

    Institute of Reading Development

    Greater New York City Area

    • Created and coordinated 1:1 class schedules between 25+ staff and 60+ students \n\n• Managed and coached a part-time Scheduling Assistant responsible for systems upkeep \n\n• Assisted with admissions by overseeing 75% of the registration and enrollment processes for new and returning families \n\n• Supported the College Counselor in developing academic plans

    which adhere to NYS High School Graduation Requirements

    any applicable IEPs

    and students’ immediate and post-secondary goals\n\n• Co-facilitated upkeep of student permanent records and transcripts with the East Coast Registrar \n\n• Collaborated with the Billing and IS Departments and East Coast Registrar in order to maintain campus accountancy

    student transcripts

    and other permanent records

    Director of Student Development

    Fusion Academy

ENG 125

4.8(2)

ENG 300

4.5(1)

WRIT 303

4.8(2)