Steven Dawson

Curriculum Vitae
Department of English 1114 Ferry St Apt 7
Purdue University Lafayette, IN 47901
500 Oval Drive (720) 979-6854
West Lafayette, IN 47907 dawson43@purdue.edu

Education

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN M.F.A. Expected May 2020

Program: Creative Writing – Poetry

University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO B.A. May 2015

Major: English – Creative Writing
Major: Communications

Independent Study: “History of Poetry in English”

Chair: Eliot Khalil Wilson

Academic Appointments

Tutor, Purdue Writing Lab 2018

Graduate Teaching Assistant 2017 – Present

Writing Consultant and Lecturer, CU Denver Writing Center 2013 – Present

Health Science Writing Intern (Anschutz Medical Campus) 2008

Editorial Appointments

Assistant Poetry Editor, Sycamore Review (Issue 29.2) 2017 – Present

Senior Poetry Editor, Copper Nickel (Issues 20 – 25) 2014 – 2017

Department Poetry Contest Judge, CU Denver 2014 – 2016

Conference Presentations

Presenter – CWWTC, Denver, CO 2017

“Blending Methodologies: Creative Writing in the Writing Center”

Presenter – CWWTC, Denver, CO 2016

“All-Inclusive Advertising: Rhetoric and Images to Encourage Visits From all Students”
Operator – AWP, Minneapolis, MN 2015
Copper Nickel Book Fair Table, Issues 20 & 21

Presenter – CWWTC, Denver, CO 2015

“Making It Stick: The Efficacy of Building Rapport in Writing Centers”

Operator – Denver Small Press Fest, Denver, CO 2015

Copper Nickel Book Fair Table, Issues 20 & 21

Teaching Experience

Instructor of Record

Purdue University English 106 (2 Sections) 2017 – 2018

Teaching Assistant

University of Colorado, Denver English 1020 (1 Section) 2017

Pre-Collegiate Program, Denver English 200 (1 Section) 2009

Guest Lecturer Workshops (Selected)

University of Colorado Denver

Basics of Grammar and Mechanics 2016 - 2017

MLA Citation and Documentation (8th Ed.) 2016 - 2017
Academic Writing in College: TRiO (First Gen College Students) 2015 - 2017
Basics of Rhetorical Grammar 2015 - 2017
Crafting a Literature Review 2015 - 2017
Artist Statements and Bios (BFA Track) 2014 - 2017
Developing Arguments and Thesis Statements 2014 - 2017
Effective Revision: Global, Paragraph, and Sentence-level Revision 2014 - 2017
APA Style Citation and Documentation 2013 - 2017
MLA Citation and Documentation (7th Ed.) 2013 - 2016

Colorado State Penitentiary

First Lines in Fiction and Poetry (Between the Bars) 2017

East High School

Evaluating Unsolicited Submissions (Serendipity Literary Journal) 2016

First Lines in Fiction and Poetry (Honors Creative Writing) 2016
Teaching and Research Areas

Core Composition Chicano Studies

Creative Writing Ethnic Studies
Poetry Communication and Media Studies
Fiction Disability Studies

Professional Development (Selected)

University of Colorado Denver, Writing Center

Reflexivity in Teaching Pedagogy 2016

Public Speaking and Presentation Strategies 2016
Engaging the Disengaged Student 2015
Consulting on Asynchronous Platforms 2015
Safety Procedures in Academic Spaces 2015
Unknown Topics and Divergent Thinking 2015
Plagiarism as a Teachable Moment 2014
Rhetorical Grammar and Syntax 2014
Working with Students with Disabilities 2014
Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum 2014
Mapping Strategies for Teaching Creative Writing 2013
How to Approach Graduate-Level Writing 2013
Technical Genres: Lit Reviews, Policy Letters, and Grants 2013
Working with Non-Native English Speakers 2013

Leadership

University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO

Vice President, Literary Publishing Club 2014 – 2016
Volunteer, International TEA meetings 2014 – 2015

Professional Memberships

Association of Writers & Writing Programs

Modern Language Association

Awards

Daniels Fund Scholarship 2009 – 2015

Pre-Collegiate Scholarship 2009 – 2015
Technical Skills

InDesign Photoshop
WordPress HTML and CSS

References

Wayne Miller Justin J. Bain

Copper Nickel, Managing Editor CU Denver Writing Center, Director
University of Colorado Denver University of Colorado Denver
(303) 556-4026 (303) 556-6534
Wayne.Miller@ucdenver.edu Justin.Bain@ucdenver.edu

Eliot Khalil Wilson

Professor of Creative Writing
University of Colorado Denver
(720) 204-5372
EliotKWilson@gmail.com