Resume

• 2013

  Missouri Southern State University

• 1986

  Master’s Degree

  The program at Pittsburg State helped prepare me to teach English Composition on the university level. The master's degree courses also provided a solid grounding in British Literature

  including Women's Literature

  Conrad and D.H. Lawrence and further work with the English Romantics

  \n

  English Literature

  Staff of \"Cow Creek Review\" Literary magazine.\nPhi Kappa Phi Honor Society\nGraduate Dean's Academic Honors\n4.0 GPA

  Graduate Dean's Academic Honors

• 1973

  Missouri Southern Alumni Association

  Member

  Spanish

  Bachelor’s Degree

  English

  Editor

  \"The Chart\" (student newspaper)\nPresident

  Missouri College Newspaper Association

  Missouri Southern State University

• Cotton - by The Bluffdwellers

  \"Cotton\" was written by Larry Carsten & Stephen Ernest Smith. The song is unpublished and unreleased but is registered (copyrighted) with the U.S. govt. All rights are reserved by the writers. It's not nice to fool mother nature. Train photo by Stephen Ernest Smith

  doer of all things.

  Cotton - by The Bluffdwellers

  Songs

  Editing

  Publishing

  Folk

  Event Planning

  Music

  Entertainment

  Social Networking

  Songwriting

  Event Management

  Social Media

  Creative Writing

  Performing

  Teaching

  Copywriting

  Smith

  Stephen Ernest

  Smith

  Missouri Southern State University

  Independent Singer/Songwriter

  Carthage Broadcasting

  English Department

  Have taught sections of English Composition 101. Developed lesson plans

  assigned work

  graded papers and tests

  lectured and gave final grades. \n\nAlso taught several sections of University Experience

  a Freshman Orientation class required of all traditional freshmen (now being phased out). \n

  Adjunct Faculty member

  Missouri Southern State Universiy

  Missouri Southern State University

  Coordination of relations between University and news media; writing news releases and feature stories; writing features for the WWW.MSSU.EDU website; assisting writers and editors in obtaining information and interviews; coordinating on-campus news conferences; news conference set-up and tear-down; writing speeches for University president and other top officials; participating in Homecoming Committee meetings; crisis communication coordination; writing copy for the Missouri Southern website; writing for the MSSU alumni magazines (\"Southern\" and \"Crossroads\") and writing advertising copy.

  News Bureau Manager

  Served as a primary liaison between MSSU and the news media. The position involved producing news releases

  responding to requests for interviews and information by the news media and writing stories targeted to hometown newspapers of students. \n\nEdited and wrote the faculty/staff newsletter (\"Accents\") and have contributed as a writer to other publications including the \"Southern\" Alumni Newsletter

  \"Crossroads\" and the 75th Year History of Missouri Southern. \n

  MSSU

  News/Sports Director

  Oversaw news and sports operations. Conducted interviews

  delivered news on-air up to eight times daily. Attended local governmental meetings and wrote stories on matters of interest to listeners. As sports editor

  called football

  basketball and baseball games for Carthage (Mo.) High School.

  Carthage Broadcasting

  Missouri Southern State University

  Joplin

  MO

  Assisting in Coordination and oversight for the WWW.MSSU.EDU website in the University Relations and Marketing Department at Missouri Southern State University. Responsibilities include: content coordination; planning and implementation of 2014-2015 website redesign and reconfiguration; \n\nAlso: Copywriting; speech writing

  adjunctory teaching and commercial/website video voice-overs.\n\nWrite for \"Crossroads\" magazine and \"Remember When\" magazine at Missouri Southern State University.

  (Present): Digital Media Content Coordinator

  Joplin

  MO

  Member

  American Society of Composers

  Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)\nWellablue Music Publishing\nFinalist/Honorable Mention

  2016 \"Song of the Year\" for \"Father

  Hold Us Closer: The Joplin Tornado Song\" (available on iTunes) \n

  Singer-Songwriter

  Independent Singer/Songwriter