Jeanette Novakovich Formal Resume

JEANETTE NOVAKOVICH
Department of English
The Pennsylvania State University
256 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802
814/327-3987
[email protected]
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Digital scholarship, including website design, blogging, video and digital imaging skills
and elementary html coding
• Development of online course websites and tutorials
• Strong interpersonal teaching skills
• Software: Microsoft products, Adobe Photo Shop and I-Movie
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
English Department Lecturer 2003 current

Penn State University, University Park, PA
Courses taught:
• Business Writing: ENGL 202D
• Technical Writing: ENGL 202C
• Honors Freshman Rhetoric and Civic Life: LA 101H
• Freshman Rhetoric and Composition: ENGL 015
Professional Development:
• Completed Supervised Experience in Teaching for Business Writing, 2009
• Completed Supervised Experience in Teaching for Rhetoric and Civic Life, 2009
• Received Departmental Professional Development Certificate, 2009
• Completed pilot course for redesign of Technical Writing, 2009
• Completed Supervised Experience in Teaching for Technical Writing, 2008
Accomplishments:
• Conduct undergraduate lectures
• Engage students with multimedia-designed assignments and presentations
• Arrange special skills guest lecturers, including Digital Commons, learning
technology specialists, research specialists, editors and professional writers
• Create digital teaching aids: video mashups, online tutorials, blogs and PPTs
• Design student team projects to facilitate collaboration
• Inform students about trends and manage class through course blogs
• Provide revision conferences to strengthen student writing skills individually
• Serve on panels and present designs of innovative teaching materials to peers
Free-Lance Editor 1982-2002

Novakovich [2]

Editor: Complete Encyclopedia of Dirks for Private Collectors (private publisher), 2004
Editor: From the Adriatic to Lake Erie: A History of Croatians in Greater

Cleveland, Institute of Social Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia, 2002
Assistant Editor, Stepmother Tongue, White Pine Press, 2000
Guest co-edited, New Letters Magazine, War Stories, 1994
Co-Editor, Manoa Magazine, Stories in English as a Second Language, 1992
Co-Editor, Pro Magazine, 1982
English Department Teaching Assistant 1994-1997

University of Cincinnati; Cincinnati, OH
Course taught: Year-long English Composition Course (ENGL 101, 102, 103)
Academic Counselor 1990-1991

Nebraska Indian Community College (NICC); Santee, NE
• Provided academic advising
• Compiled retention and matriculation research for three NICC campuses
• Participated in 1991 American Indian Higher Education Conference
• Improved student retention statistics
• Provided personal counseling
• Taught several courses
• Resolved conflicts
English Department Teaching Assistant 1990-1991

University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
Course taught: Freshman English
Design Manager 1986-1989

Levitz Furniture Corporation, Austin, TX
• Received Corporate Management Honors for Excellence
• Won First Place in several national Design Competitions
• Ordered and maintained inventory
• Designed Store Layout
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Novakovich [3]

Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology Forthcoming March 2010
Penn State University, State College,
Presenter: Business Writing Remix
Panelist: Implementing the Sparky Awards
Learning Design Summer Camp July 2009

Penn State University, State College, PA
Panelist: Learning Design in an Era of Resource Constraints and Free Information
Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology March 2009

Penn State University, State College, PA
Presenter: Reimagine Literacy for Technical Writing
EDUCATION
The University of Cincinnati; Cincinnati, OH 1998

PhD Candidate American Literature
Completed Coursework for PhD
The University of South Dakota; Vermillion, SD 1991

M.A. English Language and Literature
Minor: Native American Education
Oral Examination: Novels of Thomas Hardy
Texas A&M University; College Station, TX 1986

M.S. Marketing
Minor: Agricultural Education
Oral Examination: International Marketing
Briar Cliff College; Sioux City, IA 1981 &1983

B.A. Psychology and Business Administration, magna cum laude
Minor: Political Science
PUBLICATIONS AND PHOTO CREDITS
"Business Writing Remix" Guffey Newsletter, Cengage Publishers, forthcoming 2010

“Misery”, Nexus 1992
“Auschwitz,” Four Quarters, 1992
Photo credits: The New York Times Book Review, May 2004; Poetry Flash, no 221 (August
1991); Prologues Magazine and various other publications

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JEANETTE NOVAKOVICH

English Department Lecturer 2003 current

Free-Lance Editor 1982-2002

Editor: From the Adriatic to Lake Erie: A History of Croatians in Greater

Assistant Editor, Stepmother Tongue, White Pine Press, 2000

Guest co-edited, New Letters Magazine, War Stories, 1994

Co-Editor, Manoa Magazine, Stories in English as a Second Language, 1992

Co-Editor, Pro Magazine, 1982

English Department Teaching Assistant 1994-1997

Academic Counselor 1990-1991

English Department Teaching Assistant 1990-1991

Design Manager 1986-1989

Learning Design Summer Camp July 2009

Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology March 2009

The University of Cincinnati; Cincinnati, OH 1998

The University of South Dakota; Vermillion, SD 1991

Texas A&M University; College Station, TX 1986

Briar Cliff College; Sioux City, IA 1981 &1983

PUBLICATIONS AND PHOTO CREDITS

"Business Writing Remix" Guffey Newsletter, Cengage Publishers, forthcoming 2010

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