Jonah Evans
Philadelphia,PA
Summary
Analytical Professor with outstanding analysis, critical thinking, and writing skills with creative writing and composition expertise. Offers four-year background supporting students, developing instructional plans, organizing and grading papers. Goal Oriented to advance department, improve teaching, and modernize courses.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Professional Writing Instructor
Syracuse University
- Courses taught - Critical Research & Writing: Encountering Art Inquiry; Practices of Academic Writing
- Executed curricula focused on rhetoric, research, and writing for 40 students in 2 classes
- Created interactive agendas using Google Docs in real-time, coordinating group work which generated material for class discussions and or group presentations
- Advanced students' understanding of major assignments by encouraging them to integrate personal experiences when possible
- Personal analogy from personal experiences helped increase broader accessibility to assignments and different avenues for academic approach.
Adjunct Professor
University of the Arts, Philadelphia
09.2023 - 05.2024
- Courses Taught - Modernism; Themes in Science Fiction
- Created Syllabi for two 15-week courses
- Administered student performance evaluations dependent upon course rubric and deliverables
- Hosted 3 different author visits who were experts in the fields of science, modernism, and poetry and guided student Q&As which pertained to present discourse in the classes
- Designed 4 critical and 2 creative writing major assignments to enhance student engagement and diverse accessibility.
Lecturer
Ithaca College
08.2022 - 08.2023
- Courses taught - Intro to Creative Writing; Academic Writing 1
- Guided students to practice care and kindness during fiction and poetry workshops to encompass emotional wellbeing while making themselves vulnerable in their work
- Guided 20 students in preparing capstone class reading at the end of the semester to develop persistence, trust, and comfort in the process of sharing and producing creative writing
- Designed and deployed 15 in-class writing exercises, executed 20 ready-made writing exercises
- Encouraged experimentation in exercises which increased 50-90% of the class being comfortable in sharing their pieces in class after production
- These exercises helped greatly reduce the amount students with public speaking anxiety by 90%
- Led 20-minute discussions for over 30 different readings.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Syracuse University
08.2020 - 05.2022
- Courses Taught - Introductory Literary Non-Fiction; Critical Research and Writing: Writing and Science Inquiry (Synchronous Online); Practices of Academic Writing (Synchronous Online)
- Led 14 students in 28 non-fiction collaborative workshops
- Fostered environment of openness and safety by consistently emphasizing kindness and respect which allowed students to write extremely personal and powerful non-fiction
- Utilized Zoom to facilitate academic writing courses
- Utilized Blackboard to deploy assignments and create access to materials for students
- Led two sections of 15 students in Intro to Creative Writing.
Tutor
Warrior-Scholar Project
08.2018 - 08.2018
- Empowered veteran students by helping them gain confidence in expressing their ideas, outlining how their perspectives and experiences could enhance their studies as well as noting that a variety of voices enriches all classrooms through one-on-one coaching
- Coached veteran students one-on-one to interpret the U.S
- Constitution and Tocqueville texts with a focus on ideas, structure, and literary theory.
Teaching Assistant & Residential Fellow
Exploring Transfer at Vassar College
06.2017 - 07.2017
- Set consistent standards of inclusion by helping students plan their academic schedule, coordinating with professors to assess and address specific academic, accessibility, and or social needs with any of the students, and putting the plan into action
- Guided students through performance-related problems that stemmed from difficulties they faced navigating various intellectual, cultural and emotional challenges of the program.
Tutor
Los Angeles City College Extended Opportunity Program and Services
02.2015 - 06.2016
- Coached diverse student population in literature and math, helping them focus on ideas, structure and/or grammar
- Utilized a variety of learning technologies to support students diverse backgrounds.
Education
Master's - Creative Writing in Fiction
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY05.2021
Bachelor's - English
Amherst College
Syracuse, NY05.2019
Associate - English
Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles, CA12.2016
Skills
- Assessment Creation
- Curriculum Development
- Curriculum Design
- Collaboration
- Facilitation
- Communication Skills
- Class Instruction
- Collaborative Team Player
Service
Judge of Fiction Writing Contest
Ithaca College Writing Department | Ithaca, NY May 2023 & May 2024
· Served as one of two judges of the annual writing contest for fiction prize (2023)
· Served as one of two judges of the annual writing contest for satire prize (2024)
· Coordinated with colleagues to choose the winner of the genre
MFA Departmental Representative September 2021-May 2022 Syracuse University MFA in Creative Writing | Syracuse, NY
· Attended monthly departmental Assembly meetings and votes on any departmental matters
· Attended monthly English Department Assembly (EGO) meetings as an officer and votes on any EGO matters in accordance with the interests of Creative Writing MFA students
· Spoke directly to MFA students to render concerns, desires, and goals to enhance their experience in the MFA program; communicated all goals with all professors in the MFA Creative Writing program
· Created and enacted plans with EGO to implement progressive structures to build a stronger community
Timeline
Adjunct Professor
University of the Arts, Philadelphia
09.2023 - 05.2024
Lecturer
Ithaca College
08.2022 - 08.2023
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Syracuse University
08.2020 - 05.2022
Tutor
Warrior-Scholar Project
08.2018 - 08.2018
Teaching Assistant & Residential Fellow
Exploring Transfer at Vassar College
06.2017 - 07.2017
Tutor
Los Angeles City College Extended Opportunity Program and Services
02.2015 - 06.2016
Professional Writing Instructor
Syracuse University
Master's - Creative Writing in Fiction
Syracuse University
Bachelor's - English
Amherst College
Associate - English
Los Angeles City College