mdwalsh@weber.ucsd.edu

M.F.A. Nonfiction Writing, May 2003
Thesis: “It Had to Happen”

M.A. Theology, Ethics, and Culture, May 2004
Thesis: “20 years Later, Remnants of Liberation Theology in Quito, Ecuador”

B.A.  English/Psychology, May 1998
Thesis: “The Jewishness of Leopold Bloom”/ “The Oral Histories and Social Processes of the Irish Jewish Community in Dublin”

Johns Hopkins:
CTY Distance Writing Program Instructor, 2003-present
-Instruct young writers on the craft of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry writing
-Use of Microsoft Office and Web navigation
-Correspond extensively through email and via phone
-Assess student work
-Write student progress reports throughout the course
-Write comprehensive final evaluations of student progress in the course

University of Iowa:           
Graduate Instructor of Rhetoric, 2000-2003
-Taught Basic and Accelerated Rhetoric courses (approximately 20 students)
-Designed syllabi, assignments, and grading system
-Selected books and readings
-Evaluated student assignments, providing extensive oral and written feedback
-Maintained weekly office hours
-Provided mid-semester progress reports
-Attended weekly pedagogical development sessions

Graduate Instructor Nonfiction Writing, 2003
-Taught Creative Nonfiction Writing (approximately 20 students)
-Created “writer’s workshops”
-Designed syllabi, assignments, and grading system
-Selected books and readings
-Evaluated student assignments, providing extensive oral and written feedback
-Maintained weekly office hours
-Provided mid-semester progress reports
-Attended weekly pedagogical development session

Willowwind School:
Instructor, 1994 –’98, 2001-2003, 2004-2006
-Taught creative writing, nonfiction, and poetry to children in grades 4-8
-Editor of the Willowwind Literary Magazine
-Designed courses to expose students to a variety of writing styles
-Used a hands-on approach to cultivate an appreciation for language and writing-Worked with students individually to develop and refine their thinking and writing skills

Postcolonial theory
Performance studies
Border studies
Critical Ethnography
Latin American Literature

“Paulo and the Birds: Towards a Magical Realist Approach to Ethnography”
Communication Review, forthcoming

“Cardinals.” Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies, Spring 2000.

Awards, Grants, Honors:

Seminar in Experimental and Critical Theory (SECT) participant, 2007
San Diego Fellowship, 2006
Teaching Assistantship, Department of Rhetoric, 2000-2003
Stanley Scholarship, 2001
Student Government Scholarship, 2001
Phi Beta Kappa, Honors with High Distinction, 1998
Collegiate Scholar, 1998
Rhodes Dunlap Scholar, 1997
Student Government Scholarship, 1997
Annie Pritcher Award, 1997

Conference Presentation:

“Foreclosure: The Shadow that Follows us” Competitively Selected Panel, National Communication Association, Chicago Illinois, 2007

“Desexed in the city, the confines of white, compulsory heterosexuality” Competitively Selected Paper, National Women Studies Association, Illinois June 2007

“Riding the Tides: Colonialism in Kona surf Culture” International Humanities        Conference, Honolulu, 2007

“Soccer and Silences.” Competitively selected paper,Western States Communication Association, Palm Springs, California, March 2006

“Reflexivity and the Researcher Dilemma.” Competitively selected paper, National Communications Association, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2005