Michael R. Miga
mrmiga@hotmail.com
400 Forest Ave.
Oak Park, IL 60302

Cell: (773) 991-7146
Home: (708) 445-7623

Education University of Chicago Chicago, IL
Master of Arts - Literature, June 2000
•  3.6 GPA.
•  Focus in American Literature and sub-focus on American Aestheticism.
 
Hillsdale College Hillsdale, MI
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.
 
Experience
Sep 2000-Present  DePaul University Chicago, IL
Instructor of English
•  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.
 
Aug 2000-May 2002 Benedictine University Lisle, IL
Instructor of English & Rhetoric
•  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.
 
May 2000-Aug 2000 Prairie State College Chicago, IL
Instructor of Writing
•  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.
 
Skills
•  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.
 
Languages
•  Proficiency in Spanish and travel experience in Barcelona, Spain.
 
Publications & Presentations
•  "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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