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Whitney Laga Curriculum Vitae


Stanley Coulter Hall 500 Oval Dr. West Lafayette, IN 47907 (208) 716-2747 (mobile) email: blaga@purdue.edu EDUCATION___________________________________________________________ 2014 2011 M.A., Comparative Literature, Purdue University (expected) B.A., English, Brigham Young UniversityIdaho

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT_____________________________________________ 2013-present Graduate Instructor, Department of English, Purdue University Taught freshman composition classes with full responsibilities Graduate Instructor, Department of Portuguese, Purdue University Taught intermediate Portuguese classes with full responsibilities Teaching Assistant, Department of English, Brigham Young UniversityIdaho Tutored students assisting with papers, review class content, and pre-evaluated their work Graded student papers and tests Taught under supervision of professor

2012-2013

2009-2011

PRESENTATIONS_______________________________________________________ 2013 Class, Gender, and the City in the Novels of Uzma Aslam Khan and Jhumpa Lahiri Reception Study Conference (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 2011 Hester, the Only Qualified Mother of a New America Weber State University Undergraduate Conference UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE__________________________________ First Year Composition: English 106 Designed course assignments, rubrics, lesson plans, powerpoints, and other teaching materials Laga 1

Engaged students through assignments in multiple mediums (visual, written, audial, etc.) Mediated student driven discussion and resolved student concerns

Second Year Portuguese: 201 and 202 (PU) Designed handouts, powerpoints, and other teaching materials Developed oral, written, and composition testing materials Included video, internet, and other related multi-media elements into the classroom English Literature: Literary Heroes (BYU-I) This course compared literary heroes across cultures and 19-20th century with an added emphasis archetypal character theory English Literature: Hemingway and Cormac McCarthy (BYU-I) This course compared the writing styles of the two authors: mainly a focus on minimalism. Additionally, the course compared the use of literary heroes and moral codes often seen in both writers novels. -English Literature: Modernism (BYU-I) This course gave students a survey of modernist literature and lectured on the basic tenants associated with the movement both aesthetically and in content.

AWARDS_______________________________________________________________ Larry Thompson Award for Academic Excellence, award given to a limited number of English students upon graduation. Spring 2011 University Excellence Scholarship, BYU-I 2008-2011 (awarded half-tuition waiver the first year and full-tuition waiver the second two years)

LANGUAGES___________________________________________________________ English (native), Portuguese (near-native), French (intermediate)

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