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RESUME OF JAMES RICHARDSON (RICK) SPROUSE
5340 Springhouse Farm Road Telephone: (336)529-1232
Winston-Salem NC 27107 E-Mail: jrsprouse57@yahoo.com
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND FUTURE GOALS
Over thirty years’ experience in teaching college English, including the editing and
grading of undergraduate and graduate academic essays, the editing of PhD
dissertations, the scoring of AP English Language essays, and the teaching of
business/technical writing and academic research writing. Experience in using
MS Office for course preparation, using on-line platforms for teaching
(Blackboard, Populi), conducting student advisement, faculty committee
participation, student organization sponsorship, and academic publication.
Seeking temporary or permanent, full- or part-time positions that require skills in
writing, word processing, editing, proofreading, teaching, or tutoring.
EDUCATION
PhD, English, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (1989).
M.A., English, University of Mississippi (1983).
B.A., English, Tennessee Temple University (1980).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Instructor of English: Forsyth Technical Community College, 2008- ; Welch
College, 2013- .
Professor of English: Piedmont International University (formerly Piedmont Baptist
College), 2007-2013.
Professor of English: Pensacola Christian College, 1994-2007.
Assistant Professor of English: North Georgia College, 1990-94.
Instructor / Assistant Professor of English: Campbell University, 1987-90.
Graduate Teaching Assistant: 1981-87.
REFERENCES
Confidential letters of recommendation available from Interfolio.com.
JUNE 2015

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SUPPLEMENT TO THE RESUME
PUBLICATIONS
FICTION
Standing and Waiting. A novel. Accepted for publication by Page Publishing,
New York.
ARTICLES
"The Textual Relationships of the Unexpanded Middle English Northern Homily Cycle."
Manuscripta 33 (1989): 92-108.
"Middle English Dialect Investigation and the Middle English Manuscript: The Case of
the Bodleian Manuscript 6923." SECOL Review 15 (1991): 87-99.
"The Scribal Dialect of the Bodleian Library, Manuscript Ashmole 42."
Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 104 (1) (2003): 95-113.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Reader for the Advanced Placement Program, College Board of the Educational Testing
Service, Princeton NJ, 2003- .
Field Faculty Advisor, Vermont College of the Union Institute, 2001-03.
ACADEMIC HONORS
Member of Sigma Tau Delta, 1983- .
Graduate Non-Service Fellowship, University of Mississippi, 1981-82.