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Hire Dr. Amy J.

United States

Profile Summary

Writer * Project & Content Manager * Curator of Curios My Ph.D. is in Literature, with a minor in Film, from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. I have taught at the middle school, high school, and college level in California, Wisconsin, and Louisiana. My specialty is finding and telling compelling stories. I'm a creative, and enthusiastic writer, copyeditor, and instructor with fifteen years experience in analytical reading and writing, editing, curriculum design, and teaching, including LMS. I love research and have experience in CMS, including WordPress.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Gardens & Gardening
• ☆ Social Science & Humanities
• ☆ Literary Theory & Criticism
• ☆ Modern Literature
• ☆ Film Studies
• ☆ Film Criticism
• ☆ Film History
• ☆ Humanities Education
• ☆ Educational Innovation
• ☆ Educational Effectiveness
• ☆ Higher Education
• ☆ Liberal Arts Education
• ☆ Secondary Education
• ☆ Intellectual Giftedness & Gifted Education
• ☆ Language Arts Education
• ☆ Educational Technology
• ☆ Victorian Literature
• ☆ Literary History
• ☆ British Literature
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing

Services

• Writing

Work Experience

Long-term substitute instructor and Summer School instructor

Harvard-Westlake School, Los Angeles, CA

November 2012 - July 2015

Instructor, Curriculum Designer

Redbird Advanced Learning

July 2014 - June 2015

Volunteer Storyteller (Writer)

Catchafire

June 2014 - June 2015

Instructor, Teacher Mentor

Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies (Stanford University)

August 2013 - June 2014

Script Reader

Various (Nantucket Film Festival Competitions, Nasser Entertainment)

June 2012 - May 2014

Lecturer, Instructor

University of Wisconsin, English and Comparative Literature Departments

August 2000 - May 2012

Editorial Intern

University of Wisconsin Press

June 2006 - May 2009

Editorial Assistant

Contemporary Literature (U of WI journal)

June 2006 - May 2009

English Instructor

Castilleja School, Palo Alto, CA

March 1998 - June 2000

Education

Master Gardener

University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources

February 2015 - June 2015

Ph.D. English Literature, minor in Film (English and Communication Arts)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

August 2000 - May 2010

M.A. English Literature (English)

Stanford University

August 1997 - May 1998

B.A. English (English)

University of California Berkeley

August 1994 - May 1996

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

BOOK REVIEW

Eccb : the Eighteenth-century Current Bibliography. n.s. Vol. 35. New York: AMS Press, 2004 .

Eccb : the Eighteenth-century Current Bibliography. n.s. Vol. 34. New York: AMS Press, 2004 .

Eccb : the Eighteenth-century Current Bibliography. Vol. 34. New York: AMS Press, 2004.

DISSERTATION THESIS

JOHNSON, A. M. (2010). Artificial order: ethical aestheticism in 20th-century literature and contemporary narrative. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2010 .

BOOK CHAPTER

Johnson, Carroll B, and Mark Groundland. Transliterating a Culture : Cervantes and the Moriscos. Newark, Del.: Juan De La Cuesta, 2010 .

Schwartz, Janelle A, and Nhora Lucía Serrano. Curious Collectors, Collected Curiosities : an Interdisciplinary Study. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010. 102 - 120 .

Schwartz, Janelle A, and Nhora Lucía Serrano. Curious Collectors, Collected Curiosities : an Interdisciplinary Study. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010 .