Jennifer Sams
14311 Addison St. #306 Sherman Oaks,CA,
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Peer Writing Specialist
Learning Resource Center
01.2023 - Current
- Conducting one-on-one tutoring sessions with undergraduate and graduate students.
- Conducting composition workshops for the LRC.
- Promoting LRC services through outreach initiatives and presentations.
- Providing feedback on faculty assignment prompts.
Teaching Associate
Department Of English, CSUN
06.2023 - 12.2023
- Collaborating with colleagues to design and maintain curriculum.
- Evaluating and grading students' essays, projects, and exams.
- Advising students and providing guidance on academic progress.
- Developing and implementing course materials, lecture notes, and assignments.
OCE Student Scholar
Office Of Community Engagement
09.2023 - 12.2023
- Providing feedback on the S4 Database for improved usability for faculty and students.
- Assisting in the organization of service-learning courses.
- Supporting OCE faculty in creating guidelines and managing outreach to students and educators.
URISE Summer Enrichment Tutor
The University Corporation, CSUN
07.2023 - 08.2023
- Assisting freshmen transitioning from high school to university.
- Facilitating step-by-step essay composition in short timeframes.
- Use of personalized learning plans to guide students to better understand course material and learning styles.
- Tutoring diverse groups of students to strengthen subject comprehension, boost confidence, and build important learning skills.
Transcription Intern
Project Ballitore
10.2022 - 06.2023
- Restoring and transcribing archival documents.
- Creating metadata for improved accessibility.
- Reviewing and editing transcribed reports and material for accuracy and clarity.
Lead Transcription Fellow
Center For Public Humanities
03.2023 - 05.2023
- Overseeing the public-facing side of the Digital Humanities transcription project.
- Working closely with high school educators to bring archival sciences to public school classrooms.
- Creating standards and guidelines for new interns.
- Performing quality control on incoming transcriptions.
- Facilitating transcription workshops with high school and college interns.
Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leader
Learning Resource Center
08.2021 - 05.2023
- Researching equitable and culturally aware pedagogical practices.
- Optimizing tutoring strategies based on current approaches, technology options, and individual student needs.
- Boosting learning strategies for groups of students with individualized instruction and support.
- Expanding on core material using personally prepared assignments and activities.
Education
Master of Arts - English Literature
California State University of Northridge
05.2024
Bachelor of Arts - English
California State University Northridge
05.2022
Associate of Arts - English
Los Angeles Valley College
06.2020
Skills
- Research and project management
- Public speaking
- Student mentorship
- Creating engaging classroom environments
- Creating original lesson plans and activities
- Microsoft Word, Office, Excel, PowerPoint
- Google Slides, Docs, Sheets, Sites
- Multimodal Content
Relevant Courses/ Programs
English 494 - The English Intern Program
Spring and Fall 2023
Presentations
"Hive Mind, Body, and Soul: The Posthuman Fungal Chimera" - SWPACA Conference Presentation, "Horror (Literary and Cinematic)"
February 2024
An analysis of the restorative potential of the mycological Other in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Mexican Gothic and Neil Druckmann's HBO series The Last of Us.
"The Last of Us as Apocalypse" - SWPACA Roundtable Discussion
February 2024
A discussion on the aspects of the television show and video game franchise The Last of Us that function as a post-apocalyptic alternative zombie narrative.
"The New Media Age of Horror: Reddit Rabbit Holes, Creepypastas, and Backrooms" - SWPACA Roundtable Discussion
February 2024
A discussion on the evolution and influence of internet-based horror.
"Queering the Page and the Nature of Disruption" - CSUN Library's Remnants of Resistance - One Institute's Circa Queer Histories Festival
November 2023
A podcast episode covering the subversive nature of queering archival documents and a reflection on the impact of queer theory in interdisciplinary written works.
"Red Feminism in Jordan Peele's Us" - PAMLA Conference Presentation, "Marxism and Literature/Film/Culture"
October 2023
An analysis of Kate Weigand and Teresa Ebert's theories on Red Feminism in Jordan Peele's Us.
"Student Engagement" Peer Presentation PowerPoint - CSUN Supplemental Instruction Training and Orientation
Fall 2022 and Spring 2023
A presentation on behavioral, emotional, and cognitive student engagement and the benefits of multimodal lesson planning.
Publications
"Hive Mind, Body, and Soul: The Posthuman Fungal Chimera." Creature Redux: Considering the Pasts, Presents, and Futures of Chimera in Fiction and Popular Culture, Spring 2024
Honors, Awards, and Affiliations
Dean's List, CSUN
Fall 2020 - Present
English Department Awards - The Peterson Morley Award
Fall 2023
Teacher Associate Tuition Fee Waiver Recipient
Fall 2023
English Department Awards - The Professor Mitchell Marcus Prize for English
Spring 2023
English Department Awards - The Thomas Magness Graduate Memorial Award
Fall 2022
English Department Awards – The Linda Nichols Joseph Merit Scholarship
Fall 2021
References
Dr. Sandra Stanley, Professor of English
California State University, Northridge
sandra.stanley@csun.edu
Dr. Danielle Spratt, Director of the Office of Community Engagement, Professor of English
California State University, Northridge
danielle.spratt@csun.edu
Dr. Iswari Pandey, Professor of English,
Director of the English Program in Business and Professional Communication
California State University, Northridge
linda.overman@csun.edu
Timeline
OCE Student Scholar
Office Of Community Engagement
09.2023 - 12.2023
URISE Summer Enrichment Tutor
The University Corporation, CSUN
07.2023 - 08.2023
Teaching Associate
Department Of English, CSUN
06.2023 - 12.2023
Lead Transcription Fellow
Center For Public Humanities
03.2023 - 05.2023
Peer Writing Specialist
Learning Resource Center
01.2023 - Current
Transcription Intern
Project Ballitore
10.2022 - 06.2023
Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leader
Learning Resource Center
08.2021 - 05.2023
Master of Arts - English Literature
California State University of Northridge
Bachelor of Arts - English
California State University Northridge
Associate of Arts - English
Los Angeles Valley College
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