1. Shefali Shah Choksi
7165 W. Sunrise Blvd
Plantation, FL 33313
Phone: 954-600-0581 (cell)
E-mail: shefalichoksi13@gmail.com
Blog : http://wwwshefalishahchoksi.blogspot.com
LinkedIn : https://w w w.linkedin.com/in/shefali-shah-choksi-502973a1
Education:
1993: Master of Philosophy in Women’s Studies (M. Phil), Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, India
1987: Master of Arts (M.A.), Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, India
1984: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara, India
Positions Held
July 1, 2016 – Present: Adjunct Faculty, General Education Department, Art Institute of
Fort Lauderdale
Responsibilities: Teaching Composition & Literature Classes; Writing Lab Tutoring; Managing LMS (E-
companion); Inclusion of Turnitin and GradeMark for evaluation of student work; Serving on Committees;
Conducting Faculty Development sessions; Attending in-house and off-site Faculty Development;
Maintaining and Submitting student grades and attendance records, Mentoring Faculty in LMS
(Ecompanion).
Courses Taught: Topics for Composition, The Short Story, Fairy Tales and Archetypes
October 1999 — June 2016: Full time Faculty, General Education department
Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
Responsibilities: Teaching Composition & Literature Classes; Writing Lab Tutoring; Managing LMS (E-
companion); Inclusion of Turnitin and GradeMark for evaluation of student work; Serving on Committees;
Conducting Faculty Development sessions; Attending in-house and off-site Faculty Development;
Maintaining and Submitting student grades and attendance records.
Courses taught: Freshman Composition, Introduction to Literature, The Short Story, Topics for Composition.
Electives developed: “Heroes, Gods, and Monsters: An Introduction to Greek Mythology” (2001);
“Fairytales and Archetypes” (2003); “Arthurian Literature” (2008)
1997 – 2000, Adjunct Faculty, English Department
Broward Community College (Now Broward College)
Responsibilities: Teaching Composition and Literature courses
Courses Taught: Composition, Technical Writing, Introduction to Literature, College Preparatory
Fall 1999 Adjunct Faculty, English Department

2. Miami-Dade Community College
Responsibilities: Teaching Composition courses
Courses Taught: Freshman Composition
Fall 1999 Adjunct Faculty, English Department
Lynn University
Responsibilities: Teaching Composition courses
Courses Taught: Freshman Composition
Fall 1993 – Spring 1994 Adjunct Faculty, English Department
Barry University
Responsibilities: Teaching Composition courses
Courses Taught: Composition, Technical Writing, College Preparatory
Guest Lecturer: (date) Lecture Title, Instructor, Course
(July 2000, April 2002) “Growing up female in India” for P. Gillam’s Gender Basics course
(May 2000) “Basic Geometric Forms in Classical Indian Dancing” for J. Thompson’s Geometric Forms & the
Human Body course
(Nov. 2000, Feb 2001, Feb. 2003) “Introduction to Basic Characters of Greek Mythology” for M. Ardiff’s
Story Telling course
(Aug. 2001 — Present, schedules permitting) “Introduction to Hindu Philosophy” for S. Quilter’s Introduction
to World Philosophy course
(July 2002, Oct. 2002) “MLA documentation Made Easy” for M. Ardiff’s Topics for Composition course
(Feb. 2003) “Comparative Study of Egyptian & Greek Concepts of Creation Myths” for N. Choksi’s Creation
Mythology course
(May 2003) “The Goddess: Balance in Creation” for N. Choksi’s Creation Mythology course
(Nov. 2003 — Present, schedules permitting) “Introduction to Hinduism” for S. Quilter’s Introduction to
Religions of the World course
(Nov. 2004 — Present, schedules permitting) “Introduction to Indian Aesthetics” for S. Quilter’s Aesthetics
course
Nov. (2005) “Symbolism” for M. Ardiff’s Scriptwriting for Game Art Design course
May 2012. “The Beautiful in Indian Aesthetics” for S. Quilter’s Aesthetics course.
April 17, 2014: Guest lecturer at Dr Travis Smith’s Religion (REL3333) class at University of Florida. Subject:
Indian Mythology.
Guest Lecturers Invited: Date, Lecture title, Course
S. Pawela (Nov. 200, Feb 2001) “Introduction to Elizabethan Stage & Shakespearean Drama” for
Introduction to Literature course
S. Urbanek (Sept. 2001, July 2002) “Venus in Art: From Pre-history to the Present” for Gen. Ed. Elective,
Heroes, Gods & Monsters: An Introduction to Greek Mythology course
J. Gold ((Oct. 2002) “Introduction to Compositional Elements of C ollage” for Topics for Composition (Greek
Mythology) course

3. P. Gillam (Feb. 2003) “Using Elements of Composition in Collage Making” for Topics for Composition (Greek
Mythology) course
R. Reuter (May 2003) “Society & Fairytales” for Gen. Ed. Elective, Fairytales & Archetypes course
S. Quilter (Oct. 2006)”Introduction to Greek Culture & Philosophy” for Topics for Composition (Greek
Mythology) course
V. Garlock (Feb. 2013) “Archetypes and Psychology” for Fairytales and Archetypes course
Committees Served:
(2001 – 2002) WARM (Writing & Research Methods)
(2003 – 2004) English Round Table Discussion Panel
(2008 – Present & Ongoing) Information Literacy
(Nov. 2009) Participated in Assessment Task Force with Ben Ruby, Nancy Dolye & Mary Ardiff for ENC1101
(2009-2010) GE Program Objectives Assessment Committee
(2009–2010) GE Survey Test Committee
(2009-2010) Assessment Task Force with Mary Ardiff (Assessed ENC1145 in October 2009 & August 2010)
(2010) GE Department Committee
(2013) Library Committee
(2013-2014) Writing Initiative Task Force
(2014-2016) Library Committee
(2015-2016) Curriculum Committee
(2016) Admissions Committee
Publications:
“My Grandmother's Dresden Lessons” (Poem) for SHEHER: Urban Poetry by Indian Women, an Anthology,
Meena Kandaswamy (Ed), in process
“August 15th
, The Global Way” (Article) in Apna Asia, Aug – Sept 2008 Issue
“Bollywooed: The Magic of Our Movies” (Article) in Apna Asia, Nov – Dec. 2008 Issue
“At Home with Kids” (Article) in Apna Asia, Jan – Feb 2009 Issue
“The Cruelest Month: Exam Season” (Article) in Apna Asia, Apr – May 2009 Issue
“Maximum Beauty: Slumdog Millionaire as an Adaptation of Q & A” (Critique) in Muse India, Issue 27, Sept.-
Oct. 2009
“Bujhdil: A Love Story” (Short Story) in Her Mother’s Ashes Vol. 3, Anthology, Nurjehan Aziz (Ed), TSAR
Publications: Ontario, 2009, 191-199.
“I, Sita” (Short Story) in Freedom Fiction Journal Anthology Volume 3 (2011). 157-168.
Frontier Literature. Book of poems published by Cyberwit.net. 2011.
“How the World Rights Itself” (Short Story) won Honorable Mention in Papercuts DWL Short Story Contest
(2013)
“Catoptromancy” (Short Story) chosen as Editor’s Pick with Indian Review (2013)

4. “Mirror Women” (poem) in Dance of the Peacock: Indo-English Poetry Anthology (2013)
“Chasing Shahrukh Khan” (Short Story) in Volume 12, Papercuts magazine (2014)
“Ganga, Unable” & “Gandhari Explains” (poems) Suvarnarekha, a poetry anthology (2014)
“At Home with Kids” (Article) in Imantra (accessed at imantra.org), May 2014, Issue 2.
“Home Orbit” (Short Story) Vol. 14, Spring 2015, Papercuts Magazine
“The Afternoon” (Short Story) Freedom Fiction Journal, October 03, 2015.
“Of Fire and Grace” (Short Story) DWL, Summer 2016.
Upcoming Publications:
“How the World Rights Itself” (Short Story) to be published in upcoming Anthology of Indian American
authors
Conference Presentations:
(Sep. 2004) Presented “How to Teach A Midsummer Night’s Dream at a Tw o Year College” at Annual Conference of
Popular Culture Association in the South
(Sep. 2004) Chaired Session (Influences of Harry Potter Mythos on Academic Disciplines) at Annual Conference of Popular
Culture Association in the South
ConferencesAttended:
(Dec. 2000) Modern Language Association of America Convention, Washington D.C
(March 2001) Tw o Year College Association Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Oct. 2010) One Day English Conference by Cengage, Fort Lauderdale, FL
(March 2011) Bedford Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, FL
(Feb 2012) Webex seminar: “How to Teach RefWorks 2.0 in 15 minutes”
(March 2012) Webinar: “Teaching with Technology”
(Oct 2012) “Accelerated Movement Towards Digital Course Materials”: A webinar by Cengage Learning and
Chronicle of Higher Education
(March 2013) Cengage SXSW, Austin, TX
(Apr 2013) Webinar on GradeMark (Conducted by Turnitin)
(Sep. 2013) Informational Fluency and Digital Literacies (Webcast conducted by Turnitin)
(Oct. 2013) Academics and the Ethical Elephant in the Room (Webcast conducted by Turnitin)
(Oct. 2013) "MOOP" (Massive Open Online Plagiarism)? Stemming the Tide of Plagiarism in Online Classes
(Webcast conducted by Turnitin)
(Jan. 2014) The Future of Wikipedia in Education (Webcast by Turnitin)
(Jan. 2014) How Instructors Respond to Plagiarism (Web Session by Turnitin)
(Feb 2014) Ghostbusting: Getting the Ghostwriter Out of your Class (Webcast by Turnitin)
Professional & Faculty Development Training Attended (In House):
(Jan. 2000) ADA Referrals & Responses Workshop
(Jan. 2000) AiFL/NSU Faculty Roundtable & Training

5. (Mar. 2000) “So You Want to Write a Book?” Thomson Learning’s Publication Workshop
(Jun. 2000) Multiple Intelligences & Classroom Management Workshop
(Jun. 2000) Co-operative Learning Techniques
(Jul. 2000) Using PC’s in Writing Classrooms
(Mar. 2001) Teaching Tips Seminar
(Oct. 2004) Introduction to Excel
(Dec. 2008, Jan 2009) E-Companion Training
(August 6, 2010) “Who Does She Think She Is?” Documentary & Discussion Panel
(March 4, 2010) Attended Documentary & Discussion Presented by Paula Gillam, “Why Are There No Great
Women Artists?” to Celebrate Women’s History Month
(May 5, 2010) Attended Faculty Technology Meeting
(July 2009) Creativity Workshop
(July 2010) “Teaching Social Media Outlets” Workshop Attended
(July 2010) “Learning & the Brain: Implications in Teaching”, Workshop Attended
(Dec. 2011) Webinar attended “Results-Driven Innovation: The McGraw-Hill and Blackboard Integration”
(Jan. 2012) Professional Development Workshop: Classroom Management, facilitated by Tara Kai
(March 2012) Workshop on Creativity and Teaching facilitated by Tara Kai
(Jan. 2014) “Learning with TED” Presentation by Stacy Wolf
(Jan. 2014) “Psychology of Food and Color” Presentation by Diane Glick
(Jan 2014) “Where Will Climate Change Lead Us?” Presentation by Jrodanna Sheermohammad
(2015) Pedagogy and Technology workshops conducted by Turnitin
(Mar. 2016) Excel Workshop; PowerPoint Workshop conducted by Roslyn Morvay
(July 2016) Note Taking in Varied Mediums: Workshop conducted by Kristin Berkey-Abbott
Professional & Faculty Development Training Conducted (In House):
(July 2010) “Creating a Departmental Portfolio,” Workshop Presented with Deborah Posner & Monika Reuter
(Jan 2013) Faculty development workshop on Ecompanion
(March 2013) Faculty development workshop on Ecompanion and GradeMark
(September 2013) Faculty development workshop on Prezi
(March 2016) Faculty Development workshop on Ecompanion, Turnitin, GradeMark
(July 2016) Advanced Ecompanion: Workshop on Ecompanion, Turnitin, GradeMark
(July 2016) The New MLA: Workshop conducted with Mary Ardiff on MLA 8th
Edition Updates
Honors:
(2015-2016): Honored Faculty
(Jan. 2016): Employee of the Month

6. Professional Societies Membership:
1999 – 2008 Member, MLA (Modern Language Association of America)
2004 – 2005 Member, PCAS (Popular Culture Association in the South)
2010-2011 Member, MLA (Modern Language Association of America)
2011-2012 Member MLA (Modern Language Association of America)
June 2012 Registered with Indian Folklore Research Journal
References:
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