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Michael R. Miga
mrmiga@hotmail.com
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400 Forest Ave.
Oak Park, IL 60302
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Cell: (773) 991-7146
Home: (708) 445-7623
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Education
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University of Chicago
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Chicago, IL |
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Master of Arts - Literature, June 2000
| • | 3.6 GPA.
| | • | Focus in American Literature and sub-focus on American Aestheticism. |
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Hillsdale College
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Hillsdale, MI |
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Bachelor of Arts - Literature & History, June 1999
| • | Cum Laude graduate.
| | • | Elected president of Phi Alpha Theta national history honorary, 1999.
| | • | Editorial staff of The Collegian, Hillsdale College’s weekly newspaper, 1999.
| | • | Selected for lifetime memberships in national Literary and Speech honoraries.
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Experience |
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Sep 2000-Present |
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DePaul University
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Chicago, IL |
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Instructor of English
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| • | Integrated diversified media forms into coherent oral class lectures and written lessons.
| | • | Evaluated and responded to high volumes of student work with short turnaround.
| | • | Independently responsible for the creation of course materials and structure of classes.
| | • | Mentored and instructed at risk students in DePaul’s Bridge Program. |
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Aug 2000-May 2002 |
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Benedictine University
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Lisle, IL |
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Instructor of English & Rhetoric
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| • | Spearheaded the development of an in-house conference to showcase student work.
| | • | Influenced student-department protocol policies.
| | • | Designed educational materials focused on organizational techniques, writing skills, and student creativity for use in lecture classes.
| | • | Achieved consistently high reviews in teaching students processes and techniques to achieve personal and group goals. |
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May 2000-Aug 2000 |
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Prairie State College
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Chicago, IL |
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Instructor of Writing
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| • | Mediated successfully student conflicts within the classroom.
| | • | Advised students in processes and techniques to achieve personal and group goals.
| | • | Facilitated student work to produce improved writing, reading, and reasoning techniques. |
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Skills |
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| • | Black & White photography—skilled photographer, processor, and printer.
| | • | Analytical thinker and writer.
| | • | Analytic debater for Hillsdale College.
| | • | Experienced public speaker.
| | • | Proficiency in Microsoft and Mac systems. |
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Languages
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| • | Proficiency in Spanish and travel experience in Barcelona, Spain. |
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Publications & Presentations
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| • | "The Big Sleep." and “The Dharma Bums.” in The Facts on File Companion to the American Novel, ed. by Abby H. P. Werlock. New York: Facts on File, Inc., forthcoming 2003.
| | • | “The Battle of Antioch: An examination of Crusading Warfare in the First Crusade,” Phi Alpha Theta Regional Convention, Hillsdale, MI, winter 1997.
| | • | "Poland in the Eighteenth Century,” Phi Alpha Theta Regional Convention, Albion, MI, winter 1996. |
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