phone and address: available upon request
email: poddyfries@yahoo.com
EDUCATION
Queen's University: Belfast, Northern Ireland
September 1998 - April 2000
* MSc (Ed) in Computer Based Learning (incomplete)
Eastern Kentucky University: Richmond, Kentucky
August 1997 - December 1997
* Completed 9 credit hours towards Master's degree in English
GPA 4.0
* Graduate Assistant -- taught English composition to incoming Freshmen
and taught information technology to students in the Computer Lab
University of Kentucky College of Law: Lexington, Kentucky
August 1996 - May 1997
Honors
* Weldon Shouse Scholarship
Activities
* Member: Student Bar Association, Women's Law Caucus, Student Public
Interest Law Foundation, Race Relations Dialogue Committee
* President: University of Kentucky's American Civil Liberties Union
chapter.
Eastern Kentucky University: Richmond, Kentucky
* Bachelor of Arts in English, Magna Cum Laude, August 1996 GPA:
3.9
Honors
* Presidential Scholarship
* President's List
* Dean's List
Somerset Community College: London, Kentucky
* Associate of Arts With Very High Distinction, May 1994
Honors
* Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
* Golden Key Honor Society
* Dean's List
* Award for Excellence in Literature
Activities
* Reporter for the school newspaper, the Daily Mirror
Testing
Praxis: PPST Reading: Score 186
PPST Writing: Score 186
PPST Mathematics: Score 186
EXPERIENCE
September '98 - April '00
Volunteer tutor for primary students at St. Michael's Primary in Belfast,
Northern Ireland. Received training in Better Reader Partnership, a companion
to the Reading Recovery program.
Aug. '92 - May '94
Tutor, Somerset Community College/ Laurel County Center
As the first tutor hired at the Laurel County Center, I was influential
in
planning the layout of the learning center, as well as determining
what the
focus and goals of the center should be.
I was responsible for designing and implementing workshops, consulting
with
instructors to evaluate the specific needs of students, and providing
training for new tutors.
OTHER EXPERIENCE and ACTIVITIES
Founding President of University of Kentucky American Civil Liberties
Union
Vice-President of University of Kentucky National Organization of Women
Author: Authorized biography of actor Sam Neill.
Volunteer: Laubach Literacy Council Instructor (Received Certificate
after
completing Kentucky Literacy Commission Basic Tutor Training April
1992),
Red Cross, AIDS Volunteers of Lexington, Salvation Army Bell Ringer,
Assistant Coach: Laurel County Optimist Club Soccer, Parent Volunteer
--
London Elementary School.
Visit my website (dissertation project) at
https://members.tripod.com/~gullibletravel/DevEngResourcePage.htm