Ryan Bronaugh

3316 N Seminary St
Galesburg, Illinois 61401
309-351-663
rf-bronaugh@wiu.edu

Simpkins Hall
Western Illinois University
Macomb, Illinois 61455-1390
309-298-2136

Education
M.A.
B.A.
A.A.

English, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, Expected May 2016

English, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL, May 2012
Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, IL, May 2010

Research Interests
Issues of race, class, and gender
Writing Studiesparticularly, Writing to Heal, English Language Learner Students
Writing Center Work
Postmodern American and British Literature
American LiteratureAutobiography/Fiction
Shakespeare
African American Literature
Adaptations of Shakespeare in African American Literature
Postcolonial Literature
Film Studies
Pop Culture
Creative Publications
Dollhouse Coil 16 (2011): 14-16. Print
Clear As Time Veterans Voices 1 (2015):
Where I Am Veterans Voices 1 (2015):
Presentations
Tell It Like It Is: Interpreting the Narrators Racist Language in Two Short Stories by Ernest
Hemingway. English Graduate Organization Annual Conference, Western Illinois
University, Macomb, IL, October 25-26, 2013.
Pseudo-Fictionality; Examining How Oscar Zeta Acostas Revolt of the Cockroach People
Advances Claims of Referential Truth through Hyperbole. English Graduate Organization
Annual Conference, Western Illinois Universitym Macomb, IL, October 24-25, 2014.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Support Assistant, University Writing Center, WIU, Fall 2013 May 2015
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Western Illinois University, Fall 2013 May 2014
Course: English 180: College Writing I

Certified/Registered Substitute Teacher: K-12, IL 2012-present

Supplemental Instructor, Carl Sandburg College, Fall 2009-Spring 2010
Course: Chemistry 110: General & Organic Biochemistry
Supplemental Instructor, Carl Sandburg College, Spring 2010
Course: Anatomy & Physiology II
Program Manager and Chief Instructor for Department of Defense
Emergency Medical Technician-Basic Program Mid-West Region, Aug
20014-Nov2005
Related Work Experience
Tutor Coordinator, Writing Center, Western Illinois University, IL, 2015
Leading Writing Consultant for international and ELL students, graduate students, and student
veterans
Editorial Staff, Veterans Voices, Literary Magazine, Western Illinois University, IL, 2015
Editorial Staff, Coil, Literary Magazine, Monmouth, IL, Spring/Fall 2012
Veteran Writer, The Courier, Monmouth, IL, 2011-2012
Veteran Writer, The Warren County Newswire, Warren County, IL, 2011-2012
Editorial Staff, Phizzogs, Literary Magazine, Galesburg, IL, Spring/Fall 2010
Contributing Writer, The Paper, Galesburg, IL, 2007-2009
Unites States Navy; EMT-Basic Program Manager Staff Education and Training
Department, 2004-2005
Coursework
ENG 580, Teaching Assistant Colloquium; study of composition theory and pedagogy
ENG 500, Introduction English Graduate Studies
ENG 536, Critical and Theoretical Movements in Literary Studies; Queerness & Normativity
ENG 540, Literary Traditions and Influences; Latino/Latina Literature
ENG 549, Issues in Literary Studies; Booker Award Winners
ENG 550, Film Theory
ENG 584, Research Methods in Writing Studies
ENG 653, Literary Studies Certificate Capstone; World Cinema
Professional Activities
Website Administrator, English Graduate OrganizationFall 2013-Spring 2015, Western Illinois
University, Macomb, IL
Secretary, English Graduate OrganizationSpring 2014, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
Honors and Awards
First place winner of The Lloyd C. and Dorothy Arthur Prize in Expository Writing, Clear As
Time.
Service

Established first ever literary publication, Veterans Voices, 2015

Organized and facilitated participation in first ever Student Veteran Leadership Day, Springfield, IL,
February 2015
Co-Organizer: English Graduate Organization Annual Conference, Western Illinois University,
Macomb, IL, October 25-26, 2013.
References
Neil Baird, Associate Professor, Director University Writing Center, Western Illinois University
Christopher Morrow, Associate Professor, Director Graduate Studies in English, Western Illinois
University
Craig Watson, Professor of English, Monmouth College
Marlo Belschner, Associate Professor of English, Monmouth College
Jeremy Karlin, Managing Partner, Alcorn Karlin LLC, Galesburg, IL 61401