Phil Zwerling, Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, earned his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of New Orleans, and his Ph.D. in Theatre from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
He is the author of three books (Nicaragua: A New Kind of Revolution, 1985, After School Theatre Programs for At Risk Teenagers, 2007, and The Theatre of Lee Blessing: A Critical Study of 44 Plays, 2016). His edited book, The CIA on Campus: Academic Freedom and the National Security State was published in 2012.
His newest book, coauthored with Verne Lyon, is Eyes On Havana: The Memoir of an American Spy betrayed by the CIA available in 2018.
Scenes from his plays are anthologized in One on One: The Best Women’s Monologues for the Twentieth First Century, One on One: The Best Men’s Monologues for the Twenty-First Century, and Duo: The Best Scenes for the Twenty First Century, all by Applause Books.
He specializes in teaching playwriting, screenwriting, and dramatic literature at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
In 2018 he retired to the Mendocino Coast of northern California.
Dr. Philip Zwerling
Associate Professor of Creative Writing
Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
EDUCATION |
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Ph.D. |
University of California, Santa Barbara |
2003 |
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Department of Dramatic Art, emphasis in Theatre History, Theory, and Dramatic Literature |
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M. F. A. |
University of New Orleans |
1998 |
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Creative Writing with emphasis in Playwriting and Creative Nonfiction |
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M. Div. |
Harvard University (Theology) with Honors |
1974 |
B. A. |
St. Lawrence University (Philosophy and Religion) magna cum laude |
1970 |
PUBLICATIONS
Book Under Contract:
“Eyes on Havana: The Memoir of an American Betrayed by the CIA” with Verne Lyon to be published 2017, McFarland and Company Publishers
BOOKS AUTHORED
The Theater of Lee Blessing: A Critical Study of 44 Plays. North Carolina: McFarland and Company Publishers, 2016.
Nicaragua: A New Kind of Revolution. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1985.
BOOK EDITED
The CIA on Campus: Essays on Academic Freedom and the National Security State. North Carolina: McFarland and Company Publishers, 2011.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
"Template for Terror" and "Guide to a Spy Free Campus" in
The CIA on Campus: Essays on Academic Freedom and the National
Security State. North Carolina: McFarland and Company Publishers 2011.
ENTRIES IN BOOK ANTHOLOGIES
“Crafting Effective Dialogue” and “Seven Overlooked Elements of Scriptwriting” in 2010 Screenwriter’s and Playwright’s Market. ed. Chuck Sambuchino. New York: F+W Media, Inc, 2009.
“The Last Freak Show” Act 1, Scene One in Duo: The Best Scenes for Two for the
“The Last Freak Show” monologue in One on One: The Best Men’s Monologues for the
"The Face in the Mirror" monologue in One on One: Best Women's Monologues of the Millennium, eds. Henry, Jaroff, and Shuman. New York: Applause Books, 2007.
“A Gay Wedding: Some Thoughts” in The Marriage and Family Experience (second edition) ed. by Strong, DeVault, Suid, and Reynolds. St. Paul: West Publishing Company, 1983
ARTICLES IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS
“Right Along the Border:
“The CIA On My Campus...and Yours” in Nebula. Volume 6.4 December 2009 http:// www.nobleworld.biz .
"The Political Agenda for Theatricalizing Religion in 'Shango de Ima' and 'Sortilege II'," in The Journal of Religion and Theatre Fall 2004, Volume 3, Number 2. http://www.rtjournal.org/vol 3/no 2/zwerling.html
“Union Organizing at the University of California” in Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor, #7, June 2001.
ARTICLES IN LITERARY JOURNALS
“An Interview with the Playwright Lee Blessing,” in riverSedge, Fall 2016.
“Playwriting (and texting quicker), interviews Lee Blessing: Two Playwrights Talk Shop” in 34th Parallel
ORIGINAL PLAYS IN REFEREED LITERARY JOURNALS
“For Love or Money” in Writer’s Bloc, Fall issue 2013, Texas A & M
“Trick or Treat” in 34th Parallel
“The History of Mexico: A Dream Play” in The Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas Volume 7,
ARTICLES IN NATIONAL CURRENT EVENTS MAGAZINES
““They’re Back: The CIA Returns to Campus and Resistance Begins” Z Magazine, November 2011.
ARTICLES IN ONLINE JOURNALS
“Teaching Tomorrow’s Professor Today” in Tomorrow’s Professor email Newsletter, #1149, editor: Rick Reis, Publisher: Stanford University, February 2, 2012
ARTICLES ON CD ROMs
"Extreme Playwriting" and Understanding Subtext and Given Circumstances" in Mid America Theatre Conference Pedagogy Papers, March 2006.
ORIGINAL PLAY PRODUCTIONS |
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Locked |
UTPA Studio Theatre |
October 23- 26, 2014 |
For Love Or Money |
UTPA Studio Theatre |
March 29, 2012 |
The History of Mexico: A Dream Play |
International Museum of Art and Science two performances |
November 5, 2011 |
The History of Mexico: A Dream Play |
UTPA/Gear Up/Festiba two performances |
March 2011 |
The History of Mexico: A Dream Play |
South Texas College/ Regional Annual Meeting of National Association of Chicano/Chicana Studies |
February 2011 |
The History of Mexico: A Dream Play |
University of Texas Pan American/25th International Conference on Spanish |
March 2010 |
Personal Injury |
South Texas College Theatre |
February 2008 |
Lost and Found |
The Kaleidoscope Theatre, Ursinus College |
2006 |
The Face In the Mirror |
Ritter Theatre, Ursinus College |
2005 |
The Playwright's Nightmare |
Bomberger Auditorium, Ursinus College |
2003 |
Soul Play |
Seaside Theatre, Carpinteria, CA |
2002 |
Soul Play |
Studio Theatre, University of California,Santa Barbara |
2000 |
Lost and Found |
Studio Theatre, University of California, Santa Barbara |
2000 |
Dr. Sex |
American College Theatre Festival/Region VI |
1998 |
Dr. Sex |
East Theatre, University of New Orleans |
1997 |
Trick or Treat |
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans |
1997 |
Lost and Found |
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans |
1996 |
I of Newt |
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans |
1995 |
ORIGINAL PLAY READINGS
Locked Readers Theatre in UTPA Black Box Theatre, October
We Shall Be Changed |
read in UTPA Student Union Theater |
October 30, 2013 |
We Shall Be Changed |
read in UTPA Black Box Theater |
May 13, 2013 |
For Love or Money |
read at the University of New Orleans Ten Minute Play |
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Marathon |
New Orleans, LA |
11/5, 10, and 12/2011 |
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For Love or Money |
read at Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers Annual Meeting Austin, Texas |
September 23, 2011 |
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STAGE DIRECTING |
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Lost and Found |
The Kaleidoscope Theatre, Ursinus College |
2006 |
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The Playwright's Nightmare |
Bomberger Auditorium, Ursinus College |
2003 |
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JOURNALS EDITED |
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PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS WITH STUDENTS
FESTIBA Ten Minute Play Festival |
March 4, 2015 (undergraduate |
students) |
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FESTIBA Ten Minute Play Festival |
March 19, 2014 (undergraduate |
students) |
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FESTIBA Ten Minute Play Festival |
March 19, 2013 (with graduate class |
ENG 6358) |
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FESTIBA Ten Minute Play Festival |
March 27 and 29, 2012 (undergraduate |
students and March 28, 2012 (graduate students) |
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FESTIBA Ten Minute Play Festival |
March 29 and 31, 2011 (undergraduate |
students) |
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FESTIBA Ten Minute Play Festival March 23 and 25, 2010 (undergraduate students) and March 24, 2010 (graduate students)
FESTIBA Ten Minute Play Festival March 24, 2009 (undergraduate students) and March 26, 2009 (graduate students)
FESTIBA Ten Minute Play Festival March 27, 2008
ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES
"Zora Neale Hurston,” “David Belasco," and “The Girl of the Golden West” in The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama, Edited by Gabrielle Cody and Evert Springchorn. New York, Columbia University Press, 2007.
"Israel Horovitz" in The Facts on File Companion to American Drama, eds. Jackson Bryer and Mary C. Hartig, New York: Facts on File, 2004.
"Lazaro Cardenas," "James Buchanan," Sam Houston," "The Alamo," "The Battle of San Jacinto," "Bisbee, Arizona," The Encyclopedia of The United States and Mexico, 2002.
Book Reviews
“Hell No, We Won’t Go:” a review of: A User’s Guide to Hell, Featuring Bernard Madoff by Lee Blessing, Dramatists Play Service, Inc., Acting Edition, 2013, in riverSedge, Volume 28, Number 1, Fall 2015
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
“Plausible Deniability” at annual conference of Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers, San Antonio, September 2016.
“Travel Writing: Sharing Your Journey Stories with Others” March 24, 2015, UTPA Library (in conjunction with Smithsonian Exhibition)
“The Care and Feeding of Literary Journals” at the annual conference of the Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers, Fort Worth, TX. September 26, 2013.
“The CIA and NSA at Hispanic Serving Institutions” at the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) Tejas Foco Conference
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“Teaching Student Writers to Be Professionals” at the annual conference of the Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers, Edinburg, TX. September 27, 2012.
“Research and Writing” at the annual conference of the Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers, Austin, TX. September
Presentation (Direction) and discussion of original play “The History of Mexico: A Dream Play” at South Texas College/ Regional Annual Meeting of National Association of Chicano/Chicana Studies, February 2011.
“Generating New Material” and “Directing Creative Writing Programs” at the annual conference of the Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers, Fort Worth, TX. September
“The CIA on Campus and Its Threat to Academic Freedom” at the First International Conference on Marti, Juarez, and Lincoln in the Soul of Our America. Monterrey, Mexico. October
“Why and How to Make your Creative Writing Course a Service Learning Course” (Pedagogy Panel at the annual meeting of the Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers, Texas Tech University, September 2009.
“Making After School Theatre Programs Work for At Risk Teenagers” Paper at the Annual convention of the Texas Educational Theatre Association, Houston, TX January 24, 2009.
“Experiential Learning In the Writing Workshop” (Pedagogy Panel at the annual meeting of the Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers, Angelo State University, September 2008.
“Community Writing Empowers Students and Changes Communities,” National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Tejas Regional Conference, South Texas College, February 2008.
“Creating Characters and Conflicts for Scenes That Sizzle,” The Montgomery County Community College Annual Writers Conference, November 2007.
“Racial Stereotypes and Prototypes in Tracy Scott Wilson’s The Story.” The Horton Foote National Playwrights’ Festival, Baylor University, October 2007.
“Intergenerational Writing” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Tucson, AZ October 2006.
"Playwriting" (leader of three day teaching workshop) The Philadelphia Writers' Conference, June
"The Teaching of Writing: Developing a Public Voice,” Northeast Modern Language Association, Philadelphia, March 2006.
"The Story Behind 'The Story," Modern Language Association, Washington, D. C. December 30, 2005.
"The Politics, Pageantry, and Poetry of the Paterson Silk Strike," Modern Language Association, Philadelphia, PA. December 28 , 2004.
"A Toolkit for Inspiring
"Yoruba Religion and Revolution," Association for Theatre in Higher
Education, Panelist, Religion and Theatre Division, Toronto, Canada July 29, 2004.
UCSB Summer Orientation Program Faculty Panel, Panelist, August 2002.
"If the Inmates Ran the Asylum: Reimagining a Graduate Drama School Education," Panel Chair and Presenter, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, San Diego, CA, July 2002.
"Performing Interdisciplinarity," Association for Theatre in Higher Education, San Diego, CA, July 2002.
"Youth Theatre of the Oppressed in a Globalized World," University of Southern California, April 2002.
"Is Efficacy a Dirty Word?" Research in Dramatic Art Conference, University of California, Santa Barbara, March 2002.
"Whose Line Is It Anyway: Issues of Power in Grassroots Theatre," |
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American Society for Theatre Research, San Diego, CA, November |
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"Art is the
"Gangbanging and the Art of Mimesis," Graduate Research Symposium, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, University of California, Santa Barbara, May 2001.
"Making Theatre/Saving Lives," University of Southern California, English Graduate Student Conference: "Room For Play: Drama, Theatre, and Performativity," Los Angeles, February 2001.
"Aristotle, Boal, and Moreno; Defining a Catharsis for a Free People," Sixth Annual Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference, Minneapolis, June 2000.
"The Moral Limits of the Dramatic Uses of History and Biography," American Literature Association Annual Conference, American Theatre and Drama Society, Long Beach, CA,
May 2000.
"Augusto Boal and the Theatre of the Oppressed Rehearse the Revolution," Graduate Research Symposium, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, University of California, Santa Barbara, Jan. 1999.
COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS
"Stopping America's War on Children," Live Oak Unitarian Church, Goleta, CA, August 2001.
"Religion, Race, and Revolution: The Roots of Theatre in Latin America," Getty Museum, Los Angeles, November 1999.
SELECTED JOURNAL, MAGAZINE, AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES “Endless U.S. Wars” in The McAllen Monitor, January, 2016.
“Not Easy Riding” in The McAllen Monitor, December 10, 2015
“Saints and Sinners” in The McAllen Monitor, September 13, 2015
“Racism in the RGV” in The McAllen Monitor, June, 2015
“Three Moral Marvels of Our Age” in The McAllen Monitor February 1, 2015
“Outbound in Florence” in The McAllen Monitor, November 20, 2012.
“Just out of High School? Play Hooky for a Year,” in The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 13, 2006.
"Bridging Generations," in Ursinus Magazine, June 2005. pg..
Book Review: Strategies for Teaching
"Personal Journey: Vietnam," in The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 21, 2003.
"Preparing Students to Write an Annotated Bibliography" in The
"Staging a City at Peace," Santa Barbara Magazine, Spring 2002.
Book Review: "George Jean Nathan and the Making of Modern American Drama Criticism," Theatre Survey, 43,1, May 2002.
"Steeling Beauty," Santa Barbara Magazine, February/March 2002. Performance review: "The Secret," Theatre Journal, December 2001.
Book reviews: "Grassroots Theatre" and "Community In Motion," Theatre Journal, December 2001.
Performance review: "Mankind," Research Opportunities in Renaissance Drama, XL, 2001.
"Unique Center Stage Celebrates 10th Anniversary," The Goleta Valley Voice, July 14, 2000.
"The World Comes to Santa Barbara," American Theatre Magazine, May, 2000.
"The Alhecama Theatre: Historic and Alive," Santa Barbara Magazine, 26/1, (Winter 2000).
"Swimming Into Fatherhood with Spalding Gray," The Goleta Valley Voice, January 19, 2001.
"Curtain Up!," The Driftwood, March 26, 1998.
"The First American Play," The Desert Leaf, July/August 1997.
"An Interview with Playwright Mark Medoff," College Bound Magazine, March/ April 1995.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
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University of Texas Pan American |
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Associate Professor of English |
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Special Topics: Memoir |
CRWT 6352 |
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Fall 2017 |
Special Topics: Memoir |
ENGL 4359 |
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Fall 2017 |
Intro to Creative Writing |
ENGL 3351 |
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SII, 2017 |
Playwriting Workshop |
CRWT 6348 |
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Spring 2017 |
Thesis Hours |
CRWT 7100 |
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Spring 2017 |
Intro to Creative Writing |
ENGL 3351 |
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Spring 2017 |
Advanced Playwriting |
ENGL 4351 |
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Fall 2016 |
Creative Nonfiction |
ENGL 3352 |
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Fall 2016 |
MFA Thesis Hours |
CRWT 7100 |
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Fall 2016 |
Intro to Creative Writing |
ENGL 3351 |
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Summer II, 2016 |
Special Topics in Creative Writing (Travel Writing) |
CRWT 6352 SII, 2016 |
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Intro to the Profession of Creative Writing CRWT6334 |
Spring 2016 |
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Intro to Creative Writing |
ENGL 3351.05 |
Spring 2016 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
CRWT 7301 |
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Spring 2016 |
Form and Theory of Playwriting: |
CRWT 6340 |
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Fall 2015 |
Introduction to Creative Writing |
English 3336.04 |
Fall 2015 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
CRWT 7301 |
Fall 2015 |
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Workshop in Playwriting |
English 6358.01 |
Spring 2015 |
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Introduction to Creative Writing |
English 3336.03 |
Spring 2015 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7301 |
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Spring 2015 |
Special Topics in Creative Writing: Travel Writing |
English 6315.01 Fall 2014 |
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Introduction to Creative Writing |
English 3336.04 |
Fall 2014 |
MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7300 |
Fall 2014 |
MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7301 |
Fall 2014 |
British Literature |
English 6360 |
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Summer 2, 2014 |
Study Abroad in London |
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Special Topics in Creative Writing |
English 6315 |
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Summer 2, 2014 |
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Study Abroad in London |
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Special Topics in Creative Writing |
English 4340 |
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Summer 2, 2014 |
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Playwriting Workshop English 4335 |
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Spring 2014 |
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Introduction to the Profession |
English 6330 |
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Spring 2014 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7301.04 |
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Spring 2014 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7300.04 |
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Spring 2014 |
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Introduction to Creative Writing |
English 3336 |
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Fall 2013 |
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Form and Theory of Screenwriting |
English 6369.01 |
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Fall 2013 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7301.04 |
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Fall 2013 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7300.04 |
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Fall 2013 |
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Introduction to Creative Writing |
English 3336 |
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Summer 2, 2013 |
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Special Topics in Creative Writing |
English 4340 |
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Summer 1 Study |
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Abroad in Florence, Italy 2013 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7301.07 |
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Spring 2013 |
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Workshop in Playwriting English/Comm 6358.01 |
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Spring 2013 |
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Introduction to Creative Writing |
English 3336 |
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Spring 2013 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7301.07 |
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Fall 2012 |
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Form and Theory of Playwriting |
English/Comm 6368.01 |
Fall 2012 |
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Introduction to Creative Writing |
English 3336 |
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Fall 2012 |
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Rhetoric and Composition English 1302 |
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Fall 2012 |
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Introduction to Creative Writing |
English 3336 |
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Summer 2, 2012 |
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Creative NonFiction: the Art of Writing English 3337 |
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Abroad 2012 in Florence, Italy |
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Graduate Workshop in Creative NonFiction English 6368 |
Summer 1, Study |
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Abroad 2012 in Florence, Italy |
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Graduate Workshop in Playwriting |
ENG 6358 |
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Sp 2012 |
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Advanced Creative Writing (Playwriting) ENG 4335 |
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Sp 2012 |
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Introduction to Creative Writing |
ENG 3336 |
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Sp 2012 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7301.07 |
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Sp 2012 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7300.07 |
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Sp 2012 |
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Composition |
English 1301.51 |
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Fall 2011 |
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Introduction to Creative Writing |
English 3336 |
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Fall 2011 |
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Introduction to the Profession |
English 6330 |
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Fall 2011 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7301.07 |
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Fall 2011 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7300.07 |
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Fall 2011 |
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Introduction to Creative Writing |
English 3336 |
Summer 2, 2011 |
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Special Topics in Creative Writing |
English 4340 |
Summer 1, Study |
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Abroad 2011 in Florence, Italy |
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Independent Study |
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English 4399 |
Summer I Study Abroad |
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Special Topics in Creative Writing |
English 4340.02 |
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Spring 2011 |
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Introduction to Creative Writing |
English 3336.03 |
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Form and Theory of Screenwriting |
English 6369.01 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7300 |
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Spring 2011 |
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Special Topics in Creative Writing |
English 4340.01 |
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Fall 2010 |
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Introduction to Creative Writing |
English 3336.01 |
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Fall 2010 |
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Form and Theory of Playwriting |
English/Comm 6368.01 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7300.07 |
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Fall 2010 |
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Introduction to Creative Writing |
English 3336.01 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7301 |
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Spring 2010 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7300 |
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Playwriting Workshop English 6358/Comm 6358 |
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Advanced Creative Writing |
English 4340 |
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Introduction to Creative Writing |
English 3336 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7300.08 |
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Form and Theory of Creative Nonfiction English 6387.01 |
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Intro to Creative Writing |
English 3336.04 |
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Rhetoric English 1302.15 |
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Creative Nonfiction Workshop English 6315 |
Summer I Abroad 2009 |
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Creative Nonfiction |
English 3337 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7301 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7300 |
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Playwriting |
English 4340 |
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Creative Writing |
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Playwriting Workshop |
English 6358/Comm 6358 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7300 |
Fall 2008 |
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MFA Thesis Hours |
English 7300 |
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Playwriting |
English 4336 |
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Community Writing |
English 4340 |
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Form and Theory of Creative NonFiction English 6387 Fall 2008
Intro to Creative Writing English 3336 |
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Creative NonFiction Workshop |
English 6337 |
Summer 1 2008 |
Reading in Dramatic Literature |
English 2313 |
Minimester 2008 |
Study Abroad in London |
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Contemporary British Drama |
English 3320 Minimester 2008 |
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Studies in English Literature English 6360 |
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Fiction Form and Theory |
English 6386 |
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Playwriting |
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Intro to Literature English 2300 |
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Playwriting |
English 4336 |
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Intro Creative Writing |
English 3336 |
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Thomas Delacruz |
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Cathy Lopez |
Sp 2009 |
Dalel Serda |
Sp 2008 |
Ursinus College
Assistant Professor (Visiting) of English and Creative Writing
Playwriting English 209B |
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Screenwriting |
English 209L |
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Advanced Expository Writing |
English 208 |
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Native American Drama |
English 356 |
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Fall 2006 |
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English 391B |
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Playwriting |
English 209B |
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Screenwriting |
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Theatre of War |
Theatre 250/English 212 |
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Community Writing English 209M |
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Playwriting |
English 209B |
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Screenwriting |
English 209L |
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Fall 2005 |
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Travel Writing |
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First Year Composition |
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Advanced Playwriting |
English 302 |
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First Year Composition |
English 100C |
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Honors Research/Independent Work |
English 492A |
Spring 2005 |
Honors Research/Independent Work |
English 491B |
Fall 2004 |
Independent Study in English |
English 391A |
Fall 2004 |
Latino/a Theatre |
English 212 |
Fall 2004 |
Playwriting |
English 209B |
Fall 2004 |
Advanced Expository Writing |
English 208 |
Fall 2004 |
Summer Fellow Mentor in Playwriting |
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Summer 2004 |
Playwriting |
English 209B |
Spring 2004 |
Writing and Performance in Community English 209I |
Spring 2004 |
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Theatre of the Absurd |
English 345 |
Spring 2004 |
Playwriting |
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English 208 |
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First Year Composition |
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English 100 |
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University of California, Santa Barbara |
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The Writing Program "Writing 2: Academic Writing" |
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GLOBL 101 "Global Literatures" |
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Dramatic Art 5 |
"Beginning Acting" |
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Dramatic Art 60 |
"Theatre Appreciation" |
1999, 2000 |
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Dramatic Art 162 "Shakespeare on Film and Stage" |
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University of New Orleans
Teacher Metropolitan College "New Orleans Theatre Experience" 1998 Teacher Drama and Communications 2200 "Introduction To Playwriting" 1997
Teaching Assistant Drama and Communications Theatre Publicity 1996
OTHER EMPLOYMENT |
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Theatre Critic The Goleta Valley Voice |
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Columnist |
The Desert Leaf |
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Unitarian Church of Tucson, AZ |
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Minister |
The First Unitarian Church of L.A. |
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The Community Church of Boston |
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Minister |
First Parish Church, Ashby, MA |
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AWARDS |
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Winner Annual One Act Play Contest at South Texas College |
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Service to the Profession Award Finalist |
Teachers for a Democratic |
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Culture 2000 |
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National Critic's Institute Certificate of Achievement Eugene O'Neill Center 1999
Sherrill C.
Best Arts & Entertainment Review Honorable Mention Southeast Journalism Conference 1999
National Critic's Institute Winner |
American College Theatre Festival/ |
Region VI 1998 |
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Excellence in Playwriting Award American College Theatre Festival/Region VI 1998
Award for Outstanding Achievement in Creativity |
Lakefront Players, |
University of New Orleans 1998 |
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Excellence in Playwriting Award American College Theatre Festival, Region VI 1997
National Critic's Institute Winner American College Theatre Festival, Region VI 1997
Clarence Skinner Award |
Sermon "Best Exemplifying UU Commitment to |
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1980 and 1982 |
Phi Beta Kappa |
St. Lawrence University |
1970 |
Mortar Board Leadership Honorary Society St. Lawrence University 1970 |
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FELLOWSHIPS |
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Fellowship to Harry Ransom Center for Research |
$1200 May 2014 |
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Special Graduate Division Travel Grant University of California, Santa
Barbara 2002
Special Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship University of California,
Santa Barbara |
2002 |
Humanities/Social Sciences Graduate Research Grant University of California, Santa Barbara
Humanities CTR3 Fellowship University of California, Santa Barbara 2001
Research Marshall Travel Award American Society for Theatre |
2001 |
Predoctoral Fellowship |
Interdisciplinary Humanities Center University of |
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California, Santa Barbara |
2001 |
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Graduate USA P3 Fellowship University of California, Santa Barbara
Regents Fellowship |
University of California,Santa Barbara |
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University Fellowship |
University of California,Santa Barbara |
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Regents' Fellowship |
University of California, Santa Barbara |
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University Fellowship |
University of California,Santa Barbara |
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Playwriting Symposium Fellowship |
Kennedy Center American College |
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Theatre Festival |
1998 |
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Founders' Fellowship |
University of New Orleans |
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EXTERNAL FUNDING
2004, Woodrow Wilson National Foundation Pericles Project Grant to design
and implement a Civic Engagement Course in Creative Nonfiction. $2,500
GRANTS
Faculty Development Grant to attend the Tennessee Williams Literary
Festival UTPA 2013 |
$2,000. |
Faculty Development Grant to attend Playwriting Master Class UTPA 2010 $2,000
Faculty Development Grant for Student Research Assistantship in the Humanities from Ursinus College Fall 2006. $500
University of California Institute for Research in the Arts awarded to begin City @ Peace, Isla Vista, CA, 2000. $2,500
CAMPUS SERVICE (UTRGV)
Director, MFA Program in Creative Writing |
2015 to present |
Chair, Creative Writing Committee |
2015 to present |
Member, Creative Writing Committee |
2015- to present |
Chair, MFA Admissions Committee |
2015- to present |
CAMPUS SERVICE (UTPA)
Chair, Pan American United Faculty (PAUF) Recruitment Committee Chair
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November 2012 to 2016 |
Chair, Creative Writing Committee |
January 2013 - 2015 |
Member, Creative Writing Committee |
2007— 2015 |
Chair, MFA Admissions Committee |
2008— 2015 |
Moderator, Festiba Panel: ‘Getting Published' |
March 2016 |
Grievance Representative, Pan American United Faculty (PAUF)
May 2012 to January 2016
President, Pan American United Faculty (PAUF) April 2015 to October 2015
Vice President, Pan American United Faculty (PAUF)
January 2014 to April 2015
Wrote fundraising letter for International Women’s Board |
March 2015 |
Member, English Department Tenure and Promotion Committee |
Search Committee Member for Administrative Assistant II for Theatre,
Dance, and Creative Writing |
March 2015 |
Faculty Senate - Senator from COAH |
May 2011 to May 2014 |
Member, English Department Assessment Committee, |
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Attendee, New Graduate Student Mixer |
January 14, 2015 |
Speaker, Graduate School presentation on ‘Perfecting Your Proposal Defense” November 11, 2014
Speaker, Graduate School information session October 9, 2014
Speaker, Festiba Panel: “A Journey to the RiverSedge” March 20, 2014
Major’s Fair Representative |
September 23, 2014 |
Graduate Fair Representative |
March 6, 2014 |
Speaker, “Perfecting Your Thesis Defense” at Graduate Office Forum, February 6, 2014
Speaker, MFA/PhD in Creative Writing Information Session
Nov. 19, 2013
Speaker, Graduate Information Session for College of Arts & Humanities, UTPA, October 17, 2013
Member, English Department Annual Review Committee
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“(Re) framing the Conversation: An Exploration of How UTPA’s MFA Program has Impacted the Growing Community of Writers in the Rio Grande Valley”
Festiba Panel |
March 18, 2013 |
Grad Fair Representative |
March 7, 2013 |
“Prepping for Proposal” |
Graduate Office Panel, Ballroom |
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February 7, 2013 |
“Study Abroad Will Change Your Life” at International Days, UTPA Ballroom, November 15, 2012.
Member, English Department Committee on Teaching Effectiveness
Grad Fair Representative |
March 1, 2012 |
Grad Fair representative |
March 27, 2012 |
Graduate Student Advisor, MFA Program |
Spring Semester 2012 |
Organizer and Speaker at “The CIA/UTPA: The Perils of Academic/ Counterterrorism Collaboration” at Social Justice and Peace Conference at UTPA April 29, 2011
Organizer and Moderator of panel “The CIA/UTPA and Counterterrorism” at Pan American Days at UTPA 4/13/11
Organizer and Moderator of panel “The CIA, IGkNU, ad Global Peace” at International Days at UTPA 11/17/10
Presenter at UTPA Library Seminar for National Day on Writing 10/20/10
Moderator and organizer of panel “The Intelligence Community, IGkNU, and UTPA” at Social Justice and Peace Conference at UTPA May 8, 2010
Presenter and organizer of panel “The Intelligence Community, IGkNU, and UTPA” at Pan American Days April 7, 2010
Member, English Department Teaching Effectiveness Committee 2011 to present
Member English Education Committee 2009 to 2011
Presenter at UTPA Library Seminar for National Day on Writing 10/20/09
Member, International Advisory Committee |
2009 to 2011 |
Member, Student Affairs Advisory Committee |
2008- 2011 |
Member, Grants and Guest Lecturers Committee |
2008- 2009 |
Member, Task Force on Joint MFA UTPA/Universidad Autonoma de Nueva
Leon |
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Chair, Creative Writing Committee |
2007- 2009 |
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Member, Service Learning Committee |
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Head, Training for Teaching Assistants |
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Mentor to Playwright presenters at Celebration of Student Achievement
2006 |
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Advising English Department major students |
2005- 2007 |
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Chair, Ad hoc Faculty Committee on the Greek system |
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2005 |
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majors |
2004 |
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Advising First Year Students |
2004- 2007 |
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Interviewer for Ursinus Merit Scholarships |
2004 and 2005 |
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Capstone presentation to prospective students |
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April 2004 |
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Search Committee for British Literature Professor Committee Member |
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Mentor for Summer Fellowship Student |
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE |
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President |
Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers |
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Secretary/Board Member Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers |
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2009 - 2011 |
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COMMUNITY SERVICE |
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The Monitor’s Board of Editorial Contributors for |
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Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia Barrymore Awards Nominator
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City at Peace, Isla Vista, CA. Project Director |
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Family Student Housing Tenants' Association, University of California, Santa |
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Board Member |
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Santa Barbara Independent Theatre Awards |
Committee Member |
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Big Easy Theatre Awards Committee Member |
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Clergy for Choice |
Founder and Treasurer |
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Sunset Hall Retirement Home Board Trustee
MEDIA WORK
Host of bimonthly KXCI radio show Talk About, Tucson, AZ
Host of weekly KPFK radio show Cambridge Forum, Los Angeles, CA
Host of weekly cable access T.V. show Talk Back, Los Angeles, CA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers
Texas Educational Theatre Association
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Proficient in Spanish
Phil can be reached at: pzwerling@icloud.com
