Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Accomplishments
Interests
Additional Information
Timeline
OperationsManager

Kathy Lou Schultz

Memphis,TN

Summary

Creative professional teacher with 20 years experience teaching in person and online, asynchronous courses. Advanced knowledge of multiple learning management programs. Passionate about teaching African American and multi-ethnic literature, culture, and history. Inspires students through innovative methods and instruction to adapt instruction to serve needs of diverse student groups.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Professor of English

University of Memphis
08.2006 - Current
  • Delivered course lectures using modern technology to enhance student comprehension.
  • Mentored and motivated students to increase class participation.
  • Integrated technology into regular classroom use for student engagement and learning.
  • Maintained student engagement through creative subject delivery and learning activities.
  • Structured assignments with clear goals and criteria for assessment.
  • Administered and graded tests and assignments to evaluate student performance and monitor progress.
  • Designed collaborative learning exercises to capitalize on students' resources and skills.
  • Built strong student rapport by driving classroom and online discussions and providing academic advisement.
  • Advised students in personal matters, driving academics, attendance and behaviors.
  • Formulated well-structured syllabus of course content to detail learning goals and expected outcomes.
  • Contributed expertise to assist with departmental expansions and course changes.
  • Demonstrated mastery of Microsoft Office Suite and online learning management systems to facilitate class record-keeping.
  • Encouraged students to actively participate in class through positive reinforcement and engagement techniques.
  • Supervised dissertational research work to assist research publication process.
  • Identified valuable online resources to use in conjunction with lectures and coursework.
  • Provided letters of recommendation and other referrals to students pursuing further education programs or postgraduate employment.
  • Maintained website containing schedule, syllabus, assignments and links to relevant sites.

Director, Women's Studies Program

University of Memphis
Memphis, TN
01.2016 - 01.2022
  • Hire, train, and supervise faculty and graduate students
  • Document relevant data to assess the effectiveness of academic programs through annual assessment reports required for university accreditation
  • Work with campus partners and experts to identify the appropriate metrics and collate the results
  • Manage budgets
  • Advise and provide academic support for undergraduate and graduate students
  • Create co-curricular programming and Works in Progress Symposium
  • Serve on Undergraduate Curriculum Committee and scholarship selection committees
  • Recruit students
  • Achievements:
  • Created first Honors course in Women’s and Gender Studies
  • Increased enrollment by 400%.
  • Cultivated and maintained relationships to promote positive work culture.
  • Coordinated activities with other departments to expedite work and improve interdepartmental performance.
  • Developed and presented new ideas and conceptualized new approaches and solutions.
  • Analyzed problematic situations and occurrences to provide solutions and facilitate company survival and growth.
  • Generated reports to review data and issue corrective actions for improvements.

Director of the English Honors

University of Memphis
01.2012 - 01.2016
  • Focus recruitment on underrepsented students, including first generation students and students of color
  • Encouraged student critical thinking and discussion using variety of teaching techniques.
  • Customized innovative methods and materials to produce effective learning experiences.
  • Used online resources to complement traditional course materials and aid in student learning.
  • Advised and mentored students on Honors Thesis projects and graduate school applications
  • Achievements:
  • Created first Honors course in African American literature
  • 100% of students were admitted to graduate programs in law, education, creative writing, and other programs of their choice
  • Increased enrollment by 900%.

Education

B.A. -

Oberlin College
08.1990

Ph.D - English and Africana Studies

University of Pennsylvania

M.F.A - Creative Writing, American Literature

San Francisco State University

Accomplishments

  • SERVICE (selected)
  • Co-Creator, Faculty Research Grants in Women’s and Gender Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, 2019
  • Co-Organizer (Women’s and Gender Studies with World Languages and Literatures and Fair Play for Cuba) Symposium on Gender and Race in Cuba, 2019
  • Director, Women’s and Gender Studies Faculty Works in Progress Symposium 2016-2022
  • College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Curriculum Council, 2017-2022
  • People’s Scholarship Selection Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, 2022
  • Baskin Scholarship Selection Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, 2021
  • Faculty Research Grant Selection Committee, College of Arts and Sciences 2021, 2022
  • Committee to Dismantle Structural Racism, University Committee 2020
  • Panelist, “The F Word: Feminism,” Women’s History Month panel hosted by Student Leadership and Involvement, 2018
  • Faculty Senate Family Friendly Campus Committee, 2017
  • Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Paid Parental Leave, 2017

Interests

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY , Judge, MidSouth Grand Poetry Slam at Frederick Douglass High School, Memphis, TN, Sponsored by The Live Seed Youth Organization, 2019 African American Read-In, Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, Memphis, TN, 2019 Coach, 10 & Under Basketball League, Memphis YMCA, 2013 Judge, WordSmith Competition for Grades 7-12, University of Memphis, Dept. of English, 2008-2010 Reading and Events Organizer, Lipstick Eleven/Small Press Traffic, San Francisco, 1998 Judge, San Francisco Bay Guardian Poetry Contest, 1995

Additional Information

  • STUDENT MENTORING , Advisor to Justin Williams, Winner of the Graduate African American Literature Concentration Award, University of Memphis, Dept. of English, 2018; Winner of CAS travel grant competition for archival work on Amiri Baraka at Columbia Univ., 2018 Mentor to Reid Russom, Winner of the Riley Essay Contest, “Widening the Consciousness: Imagination as Social Change.” Written under my direction, 2018 Undergraduate Honors Thesis Director. Chelsea Orland, “Sing Truth to Power: Black Lyrics of Protest after the Civil Rights Movement.” Winner of the Best Thesis Award, 2014 Adviser to Christina Guerin, Winner of the Riley Essay Contest, “Walt Whitman and the Role of the Poet in History.” Written under my direction, 2013 Advisor to Stephen Leet, Winner of the Graduate Literature Concentration Award, 2012

Timeline

Director, Women's Studies Program

University of Memphis
01.2016 - 01.2022

Director of the English Honors

University of Memphis
01.2012 - 01.2016

Professor of English

University of Memphis
08.2006 - Current

B.A. -

Oberlin College

Ph.D - English and Africana Studies

University of Pennsylvania

M.F.A - Creative Writing, American Literature

San Francisco State University

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