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Beneficence Ball

Muncie,IN

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

03.2020
  • RCR for Social, Behavioral, and Educational Researchers - Jan 2020
  • Victim Advocacy Training - Office for Victims of Crime - Dec 2019

Course Instructor

08.2022 - 05.2023
  • Create professional development training for new and returning tutors Develop workshops for various departments and classes on various writing-related topics Collaborate with campus partners to promote the Writing Center at events Plan and facilitate all-tutor meetings to foster critical reflection

12.2021 - 05.2023
  • Develop required writing courses, including major projects, minor assignments, a course syllabus and corresponding policies, a Canvas course page, and an articulated pedagogy Create the model and justification for peace-centered pedagogy as a way to teach first-year composition Provide thoughtful feedback on student work
  • Writing Center Tutor

Writing Center Aide

08.2021 - 05.2023
  • Provide personalized, one-on-one feedback for student writers on a variety of compositions Write objective reports about writing sessions and student progress Complete professional development modules on concepts like trauma-informed tutoring, critical languaging, and accessibility in Writing
  • Center spaces
  • Community

09.2022 - 12.2022
  • Collaborate with local middle schools teachers to open a peer tutoring-based Writing Center Provide grade-appropriate training for peer tutors Develop systems for tracking data in order to fulfill grant requirements for the State of Indiana
  • Writing Program Curriculum Developer

Graduate Research Assistant

05.2022 - 08.2022
  • Collaborate with a team of graduate students and full-time faculty to create new course goals for required writing courses Research peer universities’ writing curricula Develop new course goals for required first-year writing courses, including more inclusive language and accessible considerations, Conduct research on rhetoric and representations of law in popular culture Analyze representations of persuasion in popular television shows that feature legal processes Write summaries of books, articles, episodes, etc
  • For review and further synthesis
  • Licenses and Certifications
  • Certification in Conflict Analysis - United States Institute of Peace - March 2020
  • Certification in Interfaith Conflict Resolution - United States Institute of Peace

Education

Master of Arts - English

Ball State University

Bachelor of Arts - English, Criminal Justice & Criminology and Peace Studies, Conflict

Ball State University

Accomplishments

  • April 2023 Nominated for approach to teaching and involvement in the Writing
  • Program, selected by a vote from the Writing Committee
  • Writing Center Tutor of the Year - Finalist May 2022 Nominated by coworkers
  • Conference Presentations
  • The (Writing) Center of It All: Stories of Connection in the Writing Center” -
  • Practical Criticism Midwest - March 2023
  • Peace-Centered Pedagogy as an Approach to Restore Justice in FYC” -
  • Conference on College Composition and Communication - February 2023
  • Bringing Peace-Centered Pedagogy into the FYC Classroom” - Ball State
  • University Writing Program Orientation - August 2022
  • Building a Better World Through Peace-Centered Pedagogy” - Better World
  • Conference - April 2022
  • Rhetorical Embodiment, Feminist Technologies, and Female Empowerment” -
  • Practical Criticism Midwest - March 2022
  • Prison Education and Beloved Community” - Benjamin V
  • Cohen Peace
  • Conference - April 2021

Additional Information

  • Honors and Awards , Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award - Winner

Timeline

09.2022 - 12.2022

Course Instructor

08.2022 - 05.2023

Graduate Research Assistant

05.2022 - 08.2022

12.2021 - 05.2023

Writing Center Aide

08.2021 - 05.2023

03.2020

Master of Arts - English

Ball State University

Bachelor of Arts - English, Criminal Justice & Criminology and Peace Studies, Conflict

Ball State University

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