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Jacklyn R. Pierce
8007 Nickalus Dr.
Orlando, FL 32825
352-348-6859 * jacklyn705@yahoo.com
Education & Certification:
Quality Matters Online Spring 2016 (ongoing)
Improving your Online Course
Addressing Accessibility & Usability
Applying the QM Rubric
Connecting Learning Objectives and Assessments
Lake-Sumter State College Leesburg, FL Spring 2013
Collaborate Certification Course
Lake-Sumter State College Leesburg, FL Fall 2011
Certification Course for Building Online Courses in Blackboard 9
Phi Theta Kappa Jackson, MS Summer 2010
Leadership Development Instruction Certification
Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 1994-2000
ABD for PhD in English with Emphasis on 19th & 20th Century American Literature
Clemson University Clemson, SC 1992-1994
Master of Arts in English with Emphasis on 19th & 20th Century American Literature
Drury University Springfield, MO 1986-1990
Bachelor of Arts in English & Political Science
Teaching Experience:
Lake-Sumter State College Leesburg, FL 2006-present
Assistant Professor, English (Aug. 2012-present)
Department Chair, Arts & Humanities, Behavioral & Social Sciences (Jan. 2012-May 2013)
Instructor, English (Aug. 2006-Aug. 2012)
 Mentor fellow faculty members on accessibility issues in online courses as a Distance Learning
Department Faculty Mentor
 Develop curriculum for & teach seated, hybrid, & fully-online classes in English & Humanities
 Build course content in Blackboard 9 for technology enhanced courses in English & Humanities
 Advise students both in the classroom & through the Rho Eta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa
International Honor Society
 Create & deliver faculty workshops on writing instruction & rubric building through LSSC’s Center
for Teaching Excellence
 Serve on college committees (appointments include Rules & Procedures Committee, Teaching &
Learning Committee, Assessment Sub-Committee, Convocation Committee, Values Team,
Convocation Committee, Planning Council, & various hiring committees)
 Chair of Assessment Sub-Committee Fall 2014-Spring 2016
 Co-Chair for Student & Faculty Evaluation Rewrite Team (2013-2014 academic year)
 Mentored LSSC women’s softball team
 Provided writing & documentation instruction workshops for students in LSSC’s Organizational
Management Bachelor’s Program

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 Supervised all full-time & adjunct faculty teaching in Art, Music, Theater, Humanities, History,
Foreign Language, Geography, Religion, Philosophy, Sociology, & Psychology
 Managed budgets for all disciplines within the Arts& Humanities, Behavioral & Social Sciences
Department
Missouri College Online St. Louis, MO 2009-2012
Online Instructor, English & Professional Development
 Taught fully online courses in composition & career success
 Created content for & led synchronous online chat sessions bi-weekly in each course
 Submitted all grades & administrative paperwork in a timely manner
 Served as a mentor to instructors new to the online teaching environment
Sanford-Brown College Hazelwood, MO 2003-2006
Department Chair, General Education
Instructor, English
 Supervised all full-time & adjunct faculty teaching General Education courses
 Taught fully seated Composition, Literature, Political Science, & Professional Development
classes
 Advised & tutored individual students as needed
 Scheduled room assignments for all courses
Forest Park Community College St. Louis, MO 2002-2004
Adjunct Instructor
 Taught fully seated Composition classes
 Advised & tutored individual students as needed
St. Charles Community College St. Charles, MO 1997
Adjunct Instructor
 Taught fully seated Composition classes
 Advised & tutored individual students as needed
Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 1994-2000
Adjunct Instructor (1998-2000)
Teaching Assistant (1994-1998)
 Taught fully seated Composition & Literature classes
 Served as Research Assistant to Dr. Thomas Knipp, Professor of English & American Studies
 Assisted Dr. Vincent Casaregola, Writing Program Director
Clemson University Clemson, SC 1992-1994
Teaching Assistant (1993-1994)
Research Assistant (1992-1994)
 Taught fully seated Composition classes
 Research Assistant to Children’s Literature Faculty
 Assisted with organization of Children’s Literature Symposium, Fall, 1992
 Wrote for & served as Assistant Editor of Books for Children book review service
Fellowships & Assistantships:
Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 1999
Donald G. Brennan Dissertation Fellowship
Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 1994-1997
Teaching Fellowship
Clemson University Clemson, SC 1992-1994

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Research & Teaching Assistantship
Invited Presentations:
 “Ethical Leadership.” Educational session presented at the 2016 Phi Theta Kappa Florida
Regional Leadership Conference, Tampa, FL, October 28-29, 2016.
 “After NerdNation: What Now?” Educational session presented at the 2016 Phi Theta Kappa
International Convention, National Harbor, MD, April 7-9, 2015.
 “The Lost Art of Letter Writing.” Professional development session for faculty and staff of Lake-
Sumter State College as part of LSSC’s Professional Development Center. March 25, 2016.
 “Getting the Good Stuff”: Crafting Writing Assignments and Rubrics to Maximize Student
Success. Professional development session for faculty and staff of Lake-Sumter State College
as part of Fall 2015 Convocation. October 9, 2015.
 “Student Success: Writing College Entrance and Scholarship Essays.” Educational session for
the RISE Summer Academy, a head-start program for high school juniors and seniors, at Lake-
Sumter State College. June 24, 2015.
 “FLOAT with Phi Theta Kappa: Reaching Out to New Students.” Educational session presented
with Dr. Debra Hicks & Patrick Endicott at the 2015 Phi Theta Kappa International Convention,
San Antonio, TX, April 16-19, 2015.
 College Writing Workshop. Co-presented with LSSC Librarian Nora Rackley at both LSSC’s
Leesburg and South Lake Campuses on College-Level Writing through FLOAT program for FTIC
students. Spring 2014.
 Film Series at LSSC. Provided pre-film educational sessions for a series of films presented by
the Lake-Sumter State College Student Government Association. One presentation a month
during the following semesters: Fall 2013, Spring 2014, & Fall 2014.
 “Servant Leadership.” Seminar presented at the Association of Florida Colleges Leadership
Conference, Mission Inn, February 9-10, 2012.
 “Servant Leadership.” Seminar presented at the Phi Theta Kappa Florida Regional Leadership
Development Conference, Stetson University, September 30-October 1, 2011.
 “Single Women Finding a Way: Spirituality, Sexuality, and Self-Creation in Southern Literature.”
Paper Presented at the Twentieth Century Conference, University of Louisville, February 26-28,
1998.
 “The Virgin Ogre: Subverted Southern Belles in O'Connor and McCullers.” Paper presented at
the Midwest Modern Language Association Convention, Ramada Congress Hotel, November 6-8,
1997.
 “A Generation’s Spiritual Wasteland: The Sun Also Rises as Path to the Promised Land.” Paper
presented at the Third Annual St. Charles Borromeo Conference on Catholicism in Literature,
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, May 15-18, 1996.
 “H.D.’s ‘Madrigal Cycle’: One Woman’s Quest for Self Identity.” Paper presented at the Twentieth
Century Literature Conference, University of Louisville, February 22-24, 1996.
 “The Poet’s Song: The Role of the Poet and the Construction of Self in Keats and Yeats.” Paper
presented at the Second Annual Conference on Romanticism, Marquette University, September
21-24, 1995.
 “Patriarchal Fantasy and Matriarchal Reality: Women and William Faulkner.” Paper presented at
Southern Writers, Southern Writing, University of Mississippi, July 28-29, 1995
 “The Reason a Good Man is So Hard to Find: Catholicism and the Single Woman in Flannery
O’Connor’s Fiction.” Paper presented at the Second Annual St. Charles Borromeo Conference
on Catholicism in Literature, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, May 10-13, 1995.
Conference Facilitation:
 The Phi Theta Kappa Academy. Facilitator at International Convention, National Harbor, MD.
Topic: Monuments as Text. April 2016.
 National Council of Teaching of English African-American Read In. Spearheaded a committee of
faculty and staff to hold LSSC’s first African-American Literature Read In. Faculty, staff, and

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students read works of literature at all three LSSC Campuses. February 2016.
 Phi Theta Kappa Faculty Scholar. Seminar leader at International Honors Institute, University of
New Mexico. Topic: Frontiers and the Spirit of Exploration. June 2015.
 The Phi Theta Kappa Academy. Facilitator at International Convention, San Antonio, TX. Topic:
Design Thinking. April 2015.
 The Phi Theta Kappa Academy. Facilitator at International Convention, Orlando, FL. Topic:
Learning About Leadership Styles. April 2014.
 Phi Theta Kappa Faculty Scholar. Seminar leader at International Honors Institute, Villanova
University. Topic: The Culture of Competition. June 2013.
 The Phi Theta Kappa Academy. Facilitator at International Convention, San Jose, CA. Topics:
Untangling Leadership, Discussion vs. Dialogue, Appreciative Inquiry, and Motivating the Middle.
April 2013.
 Phi Theta Kappa Faculty Scholar. Seminar leader at International Honors Institute, Boston
University. Topic: The Democratization of Information: Power, Peril, and Promise. June 2011.
Awards & Recognitions:
 Distinguished Advisor 2015 (Phi Theta Kappa International & Phi Theta Kappa Florida Regional)
 Debra Dabney Spirit Award 2014 (Lake-Sumter State College, Student Life)
 Tanya Harris-Rocker Award for Excellence 2013 (Lake-Sumter State College, Student Life)
Publications:
 Biography of Susan Blanchard Elder. American National Biography, Oxford University Press,
1998.
 Review of The Candlewick Book of Fairy Tales retold by Sarah Hayes. Books for Children
(March 2, 1994).
 Review of The Magic Circle by Donna Jo Napoli. Books for Children (November 24, 1993).
 Review of Dorothy: Return to Oz by Thomas L. Tedrow. Books for Children (August 13, 1993).
 Review of Easy to See Why by Fred Gwynne. Books for Children (August 13, 1993).
Professional Organizations:
 Phi Theta Kappa Association of Chapter Advisors (Secretary, 2016-2017) (Member since 2007)
 Two-Year College English Association-Southeast (2006-present)
 Two-Year College English Association-Midwest (1994-2006)
 National Council of Teaching of English (1994-present)
 Modern Language Association (1994-present)
References:
 Dr. Debra Hicks, co-advisor for Phi Theta Kappa and Department Chair of Science. Lake Sumter
State College, Leesburg Campus, 9501 U.S. Highway 441, Leesburg, FL 34788. Phone: (352)
787-3747. hicksd@lssc.edu.
 Dr. Scott Hopkins, Department Chair of English. Lake Sumter State College Leesburg Campus,
9501 U.S. Highway 441, Leesburg, FL 34788. Phone: (352) 787-3747. hopkinss@lssc.edu.
 Ms. Cindy Lackey, Director of Student Life. Lake Sumter State College, Leesburg Campus, 9501
U.S. Highway 441, Leesburg, FL 34788. Phone: (352) 787-3747. lackeyc@lssc.edu.
 Dr. Alex Perez-Barry, Assistant Professor of English. Lake Sumter State College, South Lake
Campus, 1250 N. Hancock Road, Clermont, FL 34711. Phone: (352) 243-5722.
perezbaa@lssc.edu.
 Dr. Melanie Wagner, former supervisor & retired Professor of English. Lake Sumter State
College, Leesburg Campus. Phone: (352) 303-3996. mwagner@wagner3.net.