Steve Wall has over 20 years of experience as an instructor, teaching courses in English, humanities, philosophy, and Asian studies at various colleges and universities. He holds a PhD in English and Philosophy from the University of South Florida and has lived and taught in China for several years. Wall is currently a tenured instructor at Hillsborough Community College where he teaches a variety of courses and serves on several committees.

1. RESUME OF STEVE WALL
PERSONAL
Address: 2209 West Lanier Road, Plant City, Florida 33565
Work telephone: 813-757-2205
E-mail: swwall2003@yahoo.com or swall@hccfl.edu
EDUCATION
Post-Tenure Faculty Development Online courses:
2015: Shakespeare, Yoga, Enjoying Architecture, Great Artists and Their Works,
Aesop’s Fables, and Great Books I and II
2014: Introduction to Japanese, Chinese Language and Culture, Introduction to Business
in Asia, World Music, Literary Analysis
Graduate courses on The History of the Community College (spring 2007) and Teaching
in the Community College (summer 2007) at the University of South Florida
Completed all but dissertation in English, University of South Florida
Areas of Specialization: Early and 19th-Century American Literature, Mark
Twain and Edith Wharton, Southern Literature, 19th-Century British Literature
Additional Areas of Interest: American Literary Modernism, Latin American
Literature, Comparative Literature, World Literature
Completed all but dissertation in Philosophy, University of South Florida
Areas of Specialization: Aesthetics, Philosophy of Culture, Social and Political
Philosophy, Ethics
Areas of Interest: Chinese and Indian Philosophy
MLA in Humanities from the University of South Florida, Spring 1992
Areas of Interest: Asian Cultures, Classical Culture, Southern Culture
BS in Psychology from Excelsior College of the State University of New York, Fall 1989
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2. BA in Economics from the University of South Florida, Spring 1981
Areas of Interest: Asian Economies, International Economics
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
Tenured Instructor, Hillsborough Community College, Plant
City Campus (fall 2008-present)
Courses taught:
Freshman English I and II, Introduction to Literature, Humanities I and II, Asian
Humanities, Latin American Humanities, Introduction to Philosophy, Ethics
Connections Courses: Asia; Latin America; Communist societies; The Novel;
Music in Asia; China, North Korea, and South Korea; Chinese and Korean
business; Southeast Asia; Southern Culture; and The Mahabharata
Permanent Instructor, Hillsborough Community College, Plant
City Campus (fall 2006-summer 2008)
Courses taught:
Freshman English I and II, Humanities I and II, Asian Humanities, Art
Appreciation, Introduction to Philosophy, Ethics, Elementary Logic
Part-time Instructor, Shenyang Red River Centre, Shenyang, China (May 6-August 7
2006)
Courses Taught:
IELTS Writing, Business Writing, Business English, Spoken English
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3. Full-time Instructor (one-year appointment), Hillsborough Community College, Plant
City Campus (fall 2005-spring 2006)
Courses taught:
Freshman English I and II, Humanities I and II, Art Appreciation, Introduction to
Philosophy, Ethics
Instructor, Southern Yangtze University, Wuxi, China (fall 2003-summer 2005)
Courses Taught:
Survey of British Literature: Shakespeare to Modernism, Survey of American
Literature: Colonial Period to Modernism, Spoken English for English Majors,
Spoken English for Business Majors, Survey of British, Australian, and New
Zealand Culture, Survey of American and Canadian Culture
Developed and ran the College of Foreign Languages Writing Center (spring
2005)
Instructor, Lambton College (Southern Yangtze University branch): (fall 2003- fall 2004)
Courses Taught:
Oral and Written Communication for Business, Business Reports, Introduction to
Literature, Writing/Note-taking Comprehension
Adjunct Instructor, Hillsborough Community College (fall 1998-summer 2003)
Courses Taught:
Freshman English II, Humanities I and II, Art Appreciation, Introduction to
Philosophy, Elementary Logic, Ethics
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4. Teaching Assistant, Department of English, University of South Florida (fall 2000-
summer 2003)
Courses Taught:
Composition I and II, British Literature--1780-1900
Grader:
Distance Learning Course in Early American Literature
Teaching Assistant, Department of Humanities (fall 2002-spring 2003)
Courses Taught:
Hum 1020 (Formerly called The Arts 2024)
Adjunct Instructor, University of Tampa (summer 1998-summer 2002)
Courses Taught:
Logic, Introduction to Philosophy, Critical Thinking
Adjunct Instructor, St. Leo University (summer 1999-spring 2001)
Courses Taught:
Survey of British Literature II-Romanticism to Modernism, Humanities I and II,
Introduction to Philosophy, Contemporary Moral Issues
Teaching Assistant and/or Graduate Assistant, Department of Philosophy, University of
South Florida (fall 1995-spring 1999)
Courses Taught and/or Assisted:
Critical Thinking, Introduction to Philosophy, Logic
Student Assistant, USF Library (January 1997-September 1998)
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5. Substitute Teacher, Hillsborough County School Board (1993-1996)
Graduate Assistant, Humanities Department at the University of South Florida (spring
1992)
Adjunct Instructor, Bishop-Eton Academy (spring 1992)
Course Taught:
Humanities
BOOK REVIEWS
The Humanities, Henry Sayre, Volume 2, 2nd
Edition, for Pearson Publishers,
January, 2016
An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy JeeLoo Liu and The Essential Analects Confucius
(Translated by Edward Slingerland) Teaching Philosophy March, 2007
Philosophy, Literature and the Human Good Michael Weston, Florida Philosophy
Review Dec 2002
Allen Tate: Orphan of the South Thomas A. Underwood and The Rebuke of History: The
Southern Agrarians and American Conservative Thought Paul Murphy H-South
November 2002
India and the Romantic Imagination John Drew, Consciousness, the Arts and Literature
August 2002
Culture and Technology in the New Europe Laura Engel, ed World Communication 2001
What, After All, Is A Work Of Art? Joseph Margolis, ASA Newsletter September, 2000
Second edition of Thinking Socratically Schwarze and Lape, for Prentice Hall Publishers:
Spring 2000
Philosophies of Place, Andrew Light, ed. Philosophy in Review October 1999
Dreaming with his Eyes Open, A Life of Diego Rivera Patrick Marnham The Tampa
Tribune June 1999
Thinking Socratically Schwarze and Lape for Prentice-Hall Publishers spring 1998
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6. SABBATICAL
“Indian and Chinese influences in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.” fall Semester,
2011.
PRESENTATIONS
“Parallels in Ancient Greek and Hindu Literature.” (Scheduled May 2016, HUSOC,
Malaysia.)
(Prepared) “Latin American Literary Boom” for All College Day, HCC, Plant City
Campus, fall 2015.
“Singapore and Malaysia,” All College Day, HCC, Plant City Campus, fall, 2014.
“Is Ethics in Government Possible?” Oxford Round Table, Oxford, England, August 7,
2007
“My Experiences in China and India.” Plant City Campus Library, March 30, 2007
“Ezra Pound’s Use of Chinese Culture.” USF Graduate Student Colloquium, November
17, 2005
“Buddhism from Bamiyan to Borobudur.” HCC, Dale Mabry Campus, October 17, 2005
“Contemporary Literary Theory.” Southern Yangtze University English Faculty
Workshop Series, April 29, 2004
“Using American Literature to Understand 9/11.” National College English Association
Conference in St. Petersburg, Florida, April 5, 2003
“The Florida Writings of Poet Sidney Lanier.” Florida College English Association
Conference in Gainesville, Florida, October 17, 2002
PROOFREADING/EDITING
Examples available upon request
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7. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
College English Association (CEA) fall 2002-Fall 2003
Florida College English Association (FCEA) fall 2002-fall 2003
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society spring 2002-spring 2003
American Society for Aesthetics 1998-2001
ACTIVITIES/COMMITTEES
Advisory Board, Global Research and Development Services, January 2016-
Co-advisor, Latin American Student Association, September, 2014-present
Member, Post-Tenure Committee, HCC Plant City Campus, 2014-present
Member, Tenure Committee, HCC Plant City Campus, 2013-present
Volunteer, Pig Fest, Plant City, Florida, November, 2015
Chair, Philosophy Search Committee, Southshore Campus, summer 2013
Member, Reading Instructor Search Committee, HCC Plant City Campus, spring 2010
Member, Mathematics Instructor Search Committee, HCC Plant City Campus, spring
2009
Member, Dean of Academic Affairs Search Committee, HCC Plant City Campus, fall
2008
Member, Academic Affairs Committee, HCC, 2008-2009
Member, International Education Committee, HCC and Plant City Campus, 2008-
Volunteer, HCC Plant City Booth at the Strawberry Festival, 2008-2014.
Volunteer, Heart Walk, 2007-8
Member, Academic Standards Committee, HCC, 2007-2008
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8. Member, Intercampus Activities Council, HCC, 2007-2008
Chair, Campus Activities Council, HCC PC, 2007-2008
Member, Campus Activities Council, Plant City Campus, HCC: 2006-7
Alternate, Academic Affairs Committee, HCC: 2006-7
Member, Independent Study Subcommittee, HCC: 2007
Member, English Instructor Search Committee, HCC Plant City Campus, 2007
Member, Plant City Reads, HCC, Plant City Campus, 2007
Member, Bookstore Committee HCC, 2006-7
Member, Academic Affairs Committee, HCC, 2005-6
Alternate, Academic Standards Committee, HCC, 2005-7
Member, Innovation/Renovation Committee, HCC Plant City Campus, 2005-6
LANGUAGES
English--native-speaker and fluent
Spanish--read, write, and speak at a competent level
Chinese (Mandarin)--speak and comprehend at an elementary level
Korean --speak and comprehend at a basic level
Graduate French for Reading course
Graduate German for Reading course
Hindi—beginning
Bahasa Melayu--beginning
MILITARY EXPERIENCE
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9. U.S. Army, January 1975-January 1978 (Honorably Discharged)
REFERENCES
Dean Mary Bendickson, Hillsborough Community College, Dale Mabry Campus, P.O.
Box 30030, Tampa, Florida 3360-3030
Professor Maribeth Mobley, Hillsborough Community College, Plant City
Campus, 1206 North Park Road, Plant City, Florida 33566-2799
CHINA REFERENCES
Linda Song, Department Head, English Department, Southern Yangtze
University/Lambton College, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China
Gao Haihong (Helen), editor for Wuxi Weekly and the Wuxi English-language television
news station, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China
Crystal Chen, Shenyang Red River Centre, Shenyang Institute of Technology, Shenyang,
Liaoning Province, China
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