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JASMINE C. WILLIAMS
University of Arkansas at Little Rock jasminewrites.com jcclark@ualr.edu

EDUCATION Master of Arts in Professional and Technical Writing University of Arkansas at Little Rock Thesis - Collaborative Writing in a Collaborative Department: Establishing a Department Wiki to Construct Knowledge and Community among University Students Bachelor of Arts in Professional and Technical Writing University of Arkansas at Little Rock Summa Cum Laude, 3.90

Expected May 2014

December 2012

WORK EXPERIENCE UALR Composition I and II Instructor January 2013 present Graduate teaching fellowship Independently designed, facilitated, structured, assessed, conferenced, and coached four sections of composition to college freshman and sophomores AmeriCorps Vista - Advocacy and Enrichment Coach UALR Children International March 2011 August 2012 Tutored elementary students Assisted middle/high school students with digital literacies for program Coached students in letter writing Facilitated afterschool program Collected and distributed donations Collected materials for sponsors Photographed children UALR Writing Center Intern/Consultant August 2011 December 2011 Tutored students on content, grammar, techniques, and basic writing skills Assisted students with creating, formatting, and editing documents Consulted writers across disciplines Conferenced individually/collaboratively COMMITEES UALR Rhetoric and Writing Mentoring committee Quills & Pixels 2013 Editorial staff UALR Composition Textbook Evaluation committee UALR/UCA WPA Conference Planning committee UALR FYC Electronic Portfolio Assessment committee UALR Fall Composition Convocation Electronic Portfolio Panel

Jan. 2013 - present Aug. 2012-May 2013 Jan. 2013 Aug. 2013 - present Aug. 2013 - present Aug. 2013

RESEARCH, PRESENTATIONS & PUBLIC WORK Tales from the South October 2013 Presented writing On Standby for syndicated radio to be broadcast internationally UALR McNair Scholars Program April 2012-Sept. 2012

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JASMINE C. WILLIAMS
University of Arkansas at Little Rock jasminewrites.com jcclark@ualr.edu

Summer research internship Researched, wrote, and edited a 33-page research thesis to present at National McNair Scholars Conference Topic: Stereotypes of African American women and the effects on African American long term relationships

UALR McNair Scholars Informational Session March 2013 Guest speaker Microsoft Powerpoint Online Help System Spring 2012 Collaborated in Software Documentation course to create online help system using Adobe RoboHelp Activated help system is live and used by students taking courses within the UALR Rhetoric and Writing Department Literature and Medicine Journal Style Manual Fall 2010 Collaborated in Technical Style and Editing course to create style manual for UALR journal Used Chicago Style Manual to update style manual Updated manual is used for current authors and editors of the journal COMPUTER & WRITING SKILLS Adobe RoboHelp, InDesign, and Photoshop, Snag it 10, Screencastomatic, Microsoft Office: Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Word Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Wordpress, Pintrest, LinkedIn Other Web 2.0 tools: WeVideo, Zotero, Weebly, Diigo, VoiceThread, Skype, ScoopIt!, Scribd, Prezi, Blogger, Glogster. Grant writing: prototype development, budget and evaluation plans Course design, facilitation, assessment, and evaluation Acquisitions and production publishing Manual development, document design Asset mapping and online mapping tools Editing and Indexing Tutoring: youth and adult, writing SCHOLARSHIPS & ACHIEVEMENTS Golden Key International Honour Society Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Ronald E. McNair Scholars Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship AmeriCorps Education Award: 2 terms UALR Department Awards Persuasive writing competition 1st place Harambee Award Chancellors List Deans List

April 2012 April 2012 April 2012 Fall 2010 Spring 2011 2011, 2012 Spring 2012 2010 Fall 2009 - Fall 2011, Fall 2012 Fall 2009 Fall 2012

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JASMINE C. WILLIAMS
University of Arkansas at Little Rock jasminewrites.com jcclark@ualr.edu

SPECIALITY COURSES OF STUDY Digital Rhetoric (creating persuasive texts for the web) Advanced Persuasive Writing (forms of persuasive writing) New Literacies (concepts of digital literacy) Indexing (the craft of indexing) Teaching Practicum (Praxis of teaching composition) Editing for Publication (Acquisition/editing) Production Editing (Editing/book publication/book design) Software Documentation (Online help system design) Grant Writing (Grant development) Technical Style and Editing (Style manual development) News Editing (Editing for AP style news publications) SERVICE WORK Americorps Member: VISTA March 2011 Aug. 2012 UALR Children International UALR Children International Grant development Aug. 2011 Dec. 2011 developed a youth mentoring program designed to pair successful college students with youth grades 7th -12th for development of college preparatory skills and awareness of admission and financial aid requirements to potential low-income, first generation college students generated and developed prototype, budget, and evaluation plan for program prepared 40 page grant COMMUNITY SERVICE Clinton Presidential Library Jamboree Arkansas Rice Depot Give a Kid a Chance Health Fair Hurricane Katrina Relief

July 2011 June 2011 July 2006 Aug Sept. 2005