Amanda Haberstroh is an experienced researcher and writer seeking a position requiring strong writing and communication skills. She has over 10 years of experience researching, writing, and editing for various audiences. Her background includes teaching college composition and serving as a graduate teaching and research assistant. She holds a PhD in English from Auburn University and is currently pursuing an MLIS from the University of Arizona.

1. • AMANDA L. HABERSTROH •
amandahaberstroh@email.arizona.edu • Auburn, AL • 334.728.5178
Motivated and talented researcher with 10+ years of experience researching, writing, and
editing a diverse range of documents for a wide variety of audiences.
• Expertise in standard written English, editing, and proofreading from graduate work
• Excellent oral and written communication skills from years teaching college composition
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills from working with clubs and other groups
• RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE •
Chattahoochee Valley Community College (Associate Librarian, 2016-present)
Southern Union State Community College (English Instructor, 2011-2013)
• Taught English composition in the classroom as well as on-line. Designed an on-line class for
composition students that had to comply with state standards for transfer credit
• Developed clear and strong lesson plans and assignments aimed to help students succeed
as writers
Auburn University (Graduate Teaching Assistant, Graduate Research Assistant, 2004-2011)
• In addition to teaching composition and World Literature, also taught other young teaching
assistants how to lead their own classes, to develop curricula, and to design lesson plans
and assignments
• Served as a research assistant to graduate faculty in order to annotate and edit a new
edition of the Renaissance-era novel Westward for Smelts
• OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND MEMBERSHIPS •
• Medical Library Association (student member, 2015-present)
• American Medical Writers Association (student member, 2014-2015)
• English Graduate Organization (PhD Co-Chair, 2006-2007; Secretary 2005-2006)
• Delta Zeta (Philanthropy Chair, 2002)
• English as a second language (private tutor, 2006-2009)

2. • SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS •
• Lawrence C. Powell Scholarship (University of Arizona, School of Information, Fall 2015)
• K. Gordon Fox Scholarship (University of Arizona, School of Information, Fall 2015)
• PUBLICATIONS •
• “Jane Cheney,” “Dorothy Constable,” “Joan Peterson,” “Rachel Speght,” and “Mary Ward.”
A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen, Exemplary Lives and
Memorable Acts, 1500-1650. Eds. Carole Levin, Anna Riehl Bertolet, Michele Osherow
(forthcoming from Ashgate)
• “MasterMistress: Heteronormativity and Gender Expression in Love’s Cure.” (Appositions,
vol. 6, August 2013)
• PRESENTATIONS •
• Panel moderator, “Odd Jobs: From Fools to Foolish” at the Interdisciplinary Conference in
the Humanities, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Georgia. (November 2013)
• “Men Playing (at) Women: Sociosexual Economics in As You Like It.” Paper presented at the
Sixteenth Century Society Conference, Montreal, Canada. (October 2010)
• “Ekphrasis in the Cathartic Process: The Narrative of the Crisis Tattoo.” Paper presented at
the Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, California.
(March 2009)
• “Exploring Religion in Elizabeth Cary's The Tragedy of Mariam (1613).” Paper presented in
the seminar “Tudor and Jacobean Women's Religious Writing” at the Annual Meeting of the
Shakespeare Association of America, San Diego, California. (April 2007)
• “Teens' Exposure to Shakespeare: Creating Meaning and Significance with Romeo + Juliet
and 10 Things I Hate About You.” Paper presented in the seminar “Recontextualizing
Shakespeare (and others) on Film” at the Annual Meeting of the Shakespeare Association of
America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (April 2006)
• “Nosing Around in Early Modern Fiction.” Paper co-written and co-presented with Dr.
Constance Relihan at the Sixteenth Century Society Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. (October
2005)
• EDUCATION •
• University of Arizona (MLIS candidate, Fall 2015-present)
• Southern Union State Community College (Medical Terminology, online course, Spring 2015)
• Auburn University (PhD, English, 2012; MA, English, 2006)
• North Georgia College and State University (BA, English literature, 2004)