Travis Poling

tpoling2@ivytech.edu
Education
Master of Arts, Bethany Theological Seminary, Richmond, Indiana, 2011
Thesis on creative writing, poetics, and ritual:
Poetic Worship: The Renewal of Liturgical Language
Master of Divinity, Bethany Theological Seminary, 2010
with 18 credits in Ministry of Writing (Creative Writing), Earlham School of
Religion
Bachelor of Science, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana, 2006
Religion major (departmental honors), English minor (writing focus)
Teaching Experience
English Faculty, Adjunct, Ivy Tech Community College, Richmond, Indiana, 2011Present
Face-to-face: English 083 Reading Strategies for College, 093 Introduction to
College Writing, 095 Integrated Reading & Writing, 111 English Composition,
112 Exposition and Persuasion
Online: 111 English Composition, 112 Exposition and Persuasion
Writing Center Tutor
English Faculty, Adjunct, Indiana University East, Richmond, Indiana, 2011-Present
Face-to-face: English W130 Principles of Composition, W131 Elementary
Composition I
Teaching Assistant, Bethany Theological Seminary, 2010-11
Took notes, tutored, and lectured in graduate liturgical studies course
Peer Tutor, Manchester University, 2004-06
Assisted students with exam preparation and study skills for religion courses
Assisted student with English as a Second Language writing skills
Professional Growth
Invitational Summer Institute, Indiana Writing Project, June 2015
Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching, Indiana University, November
2014
IVYC101 Distance Education Online Faculty Certification, Ivy Tech Community
College, May 2014
Institutional Service
Essay rater for Writing Program assessment, Indiana University East, 2015
Composition Committee, English Department, Indiana University East, 2014
to 2015
Guest facilitator, Creative Writing Club, Ivy Tech Community College, 2014

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Faculty Search Committee, Student Representative, Bethany Theological

Seminary, 2009

Professional Affiliation
Member of NCTE Conference on College Composition & Communication

Selected Presentations and Workshops

"Ritual in the Dark: A Liturgy of Image & Text," Performance with Craig
Goodworth, Society for Biblical Literature & American Academy of Religion,
November 2012
"Beyond What Columbus Discovered: Language and the Land in the Poetry of
William Stafford," Writing workshop with Craig Goodworth, Arden Hearth,
Richmond, IN, October 2012
William Stafford Symposium, Bethany Theological Seminary, March 2010
Traveler, Robber, Priest, Samaritan: A Workshop on Creative Writing and
Activism Bethany Theological Seminary, April 2008
The Call to Critique: William Stafford as Anabaptist Poet Manchester
College, Deans Student Scholarship Symposium, March 2006
Selected Publications
Poem: The Drone, Clementine Poetry Journal, April 2015
Poem: Winter Tracking, Clementine Poetry Journal, March 2015
Poem: For We Do Not Know How to Pray, Winged anthology blog, August
2014
Poem: Al-Mutanabbi Street, Baghdad, March 2007, Brethren Life & Thought
blog, June 2014
Poem: Some Beliefs About Mountains, A Ritual to Read Together: Poems in
Conversation with William Stafford, Woodley Press, November 2013
Essay with poems: Salmoneus and the Poets: Poetry in a World of Violence,
CrossCurrents, March 2010
Book review of Walker in the Fog: On Mennonite Writing by Jeff Gundy,
Brethren Life & Thought, Summer 2006
Community Service
Volunteer and committee work, Cope Environmental Center, Centerville,
Indiana, 2013 to present
Indiana Master Naturalist, 2013 to present
Other Education
Political Science courses, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
1999-2000
General Education courses, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, 1998
Culinary Arts courses, Johnson & Wales University, Providence, Rhode Island,
1997-98

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