MICHAEL SCOTT DIEBERT



MICHAEL SCOTT DIEBERT

1605 Windsor Walk, Avondale Estates, GA 30002

Work: (678) 891-3987

Cell: (404) 323-3711

E-mail: mdiebert@gsu.edu

EDUCATION

Master of Arts, English

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

August 1992-June 1994

Bachelor of Arts, English

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

August 1989-December 1991

72 undergraduate hours completed

Memphis State University, Memphis, TN

August 1986-May 1988

COLLEGE TEACHING

Associate Professor, English, Perimeter College

August 2001-present

Courses taught:

▪ ENGL 0098, Basic Composition

▪ ENGL 0099, Pre-College Composition

▪ ENGL 1101, College Composition I (regular, honors, and online)

▪ ENGL 1102, College Composition II (regular, honors, and online)

▪ ENGL 2111, World Literature I

▪ ENGL 2112, World Literature II

▪ ENGL 2132, American Literature II

▪ ENGL 2600, Creative Writing

▪ HEDS 1011, Guide to College Success

▪ RGTE 0199, Regents’ Test Prep (Essay)

▪ RSCH 1203, Digital Literacy and Research Skills

Assistant Professor, English, Hopkinsville (KY) Community College

August 1996-December 1999

Courses taught:

▪ ENC 090, Foundations of College Writing I

▪ ENC 092, Writing Lab

▪ ENG 101, Writing I

▪ ENG 102, Writing II

ADMINISTRATIVE/SUPERVISORY

Poetry Editor, The Chattahoochee Review

January 2011-present

▪ Read and review submissions.

▪ Edit and proofread magazine content.

▪ Consult with other editors on content, layout, and design.

▪ Develop reading guidelines for editorial staff.

▪ Solicit writers for poetry submissions.

▪ Deliver panel presentations and staff Review tables at literary conferences.

▪ Serve as ambassador and contact for the magazine.

Interim Coordinator, Learning Center, Hopkinsville Community College

August-December 1997

▪ Reviewed effectiveness and logistics of COMPASS test in its first full semester of use.

▪ Helped revise COMPASS instruction sheet for first-time test-takers.

▪ Oversaw creation of COMPASS workstation in Learning Center.

▪ Consulted with graduating students on exit process.

▪ Addressed personnel/staffing issues.

OTHER TEACHING/ADVISING

Perimeter College:

▪ Advisor for walk-in students during fall and spring on-campus registrations.

▪ Advisor at New Student Orientations.

▪ Advisor for high school students and general public at GPC-Dunwoody open house.

▪ Facilitator for Regents’ essay prep seminar, Dunwoody and Clarkston campuses.

▪ Panel speaker for area middle and high school visits.

▪ Visiting instructor for English/creative writing class at Clarkston High School.

Hopkinsville Community College:

▪ English/writing tutor in HCC’s Learning Center.

▪ Advisor for HCC students in Art History/Art Education/Art Studio; undecided transfers; and students with high school deficiencies and/or developmental recommendations.

▪ English teacher for HCC’s Upward Bound summer program.

Byers Engineering Company:

▪ Co-trainer for three administrators’ software classes.

COMMITTEES

Perimeter College:

▪ Search committee, English (chair)

▪ Search committee, Geography/Anthropology

▪ Search committee, TRIO/SSS administrative staff

▪ Promotion/Tenure Peer Review Subcommittee (chaired four times)

▪ Course Materials Review

▪ ENGL 1101/1102

▪ ENGL 1101 Textbook Subcommittee

▪ ENGL 1102 Textbook Subcommittee

▪ ENGL 2132

▪ ENGL 2600

▪ HEDS 1011

▪ RGTE/RGTR

▪ RSCH 1203

Hopkinsville Community College:

▪ English Placement Subcommittee (chair)

▪ Ad Hoc Committee for Review of Developmental Education (chair)

▪ SACS Committee on Publications, Distance Learning, Student Records, and Continuing Education (chair)

▪ Search Committees for English, Math, Music, and Learning Center Assistant

▪ Ad Hoc Committee for Library Computer Usage

ASSESSMENT AND CURRICULUM REVIEW

Georgia Perimeter College:

▪ Reviewed and recommended new texts for ENGL 1101 and 1102.

▪ Revised common course outlines for RGTE 0199, ENGL 1101, and ENGL 2600.

▪ Evaluated ENGL 0099 exit writing samples.

▪ Evaluated ENGL 1101 final exams for college-wide outcomes assessment.

▪ Provided feedback for composition textbook at SAMLA session.

Hopkinsville Community College:

▪ Reviewed/modified English cutoff scores for COMPASS test.

▪ Evaluated student entrance writing samples and ENG 102 exit writing samples.

▪ Co-authored entrance writing sample form for new students.

▪ Reviewed new developmental writing textbooks.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Technical Writer, Byers Engineering Company, Atlanta, GA

January 2000-June 2001

▪ Wrote, revised, and compiled help files for Byers software packages.

▪ Researched software functionality with project managers.

▪ Consulted with team leader on style guidelines.

▪ Co-trained administrators’ classes on- and off-site.

▪ Wrote Frequently Asked Questions and TechTips for Byers Web page.

▪ Wrote short articles for company newsletter.

Product Specialist, Prodigy Member Services, Gray, TN

October 1994-June 1996

▪ Helped customers install and use Prodigy software products and navigate service via phone, e-mail, bulletin boards, and chat rooms.

▪ Assisted fellow employees with troubleshooting via internal help desk.

▪ Developed database of troubleshooting solutions.

▪ Attended internal training sessions for new features.

COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Georgia Perimeter College:

▪ Academic Affairs Policy Council, 2013-present

▪ Faculty Senate, 2007-09

▪ Polishing Cloth editorial board, 2005-09

▪ Guest speaker, Polishing Cloth awards ceremony

▪ Emcee, Creative License awards ceremony

▪ Judge for Creative License student poetry award

▪ Presented workshop on revision strategies in poetry

▪ Attended GPC colleagues’ workshops on collaborative grading, ESL teaching tips, Regents’ essay guidelines, norming 1101/2 essays, using film as a teaching tool, and using everyday objects as teaching tools

▪ Read poetry at GPC Faculty Development Day

▪ Read poetry at Dunwoody LRC as part of National Poetry Month

▪ Read/judged high school poetry entries in metro-area literary contest

▪ Read/judged GPC student poetry entries in annual Creative Writing contest

▪ Read/judged essay entries for Dunwoody Symposium contest

▪ Worked at information table at 2001 and 2005 SAMLA conferences, Atlanta

▪ Tutored reading at Literacy Volunteers of Atlanta

▪ Served as speech judge and test proctor for Georgia Academic Decathlon

Hopkinsville Community College:

▪ Reader for KCTE high school student writing contest

▪ Judge at Western Kentucky Colleges Speech Tournament

▪ Story reader for elementary-school classes on National Family Literacy Day

▪ Co-facilitator for holistic evaluation workshop

PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES/MEMBERSHIPS

▪ Georgia Poetry Society (2013-present; VP, 2015; president, 2016-18)

▪ Two-Year College Association-Georgia, GPC-Clarkston (2012)

▪ Associated Writing Programs (2011-present)

▪ Georgia-Carolinas College English Association, GPC-Clarkston (2008)

▪ Writers’ Center at Dairy Hollow, Eureka Springs, AR (2005)

▪ Student Success in First-Year Composition, Statesboro (2004-06)

▪ GSU Conversations among Partners in Learning, Atlanta (2003)

▪ South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta (2003)

▪ Georgia Council for Teachers of English, Rome (2002-03)

PRESENTATIONS AND CHAIRED SESSIONS

▪ “Deconstructing the Rejection Notice.” Georgia Poetry Society, 2014.

▪ “From Physical to Virtual: Transitioning from Face-to-Face to Online Instruction.” Two-Year College Association-GA conference, GPC-Clarkston, 2012.

▪ “Philip Larkin, Indecorousness, and Authentic Voice.” Georgia-Carolinas College English Association conference, GPC-Clarkston, 2008.

▪ Writers’ Forum presentation on revision in poetry, GPC-Clarkston, 2006.

▪ Brown-bag workshop on revision in poetry, GPC-Clarkston, 2006.

▪ Two poetry readings during residency at Writers’ Center at Dairy Hollow, Eureka Springs, AR, 2005.

▪ “Pop Music, Poetry, and Point of View.” GPC Faculty Development Day, 2005.

▪ “From Aristotle to American Idol: Getting Students to Think About Rhetorical Choices.” Student Success in First-Year Composition conference, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, 2005.

▪ “Yes, You Can Use the Word ‘I’: A Semi-Creative Non-Fiction Approach to Freshman Composition.” Student Success in First-Year Composition conference, 2004.

▪ “Teaching the Rhetorical Modes or a Creative Non-Fiction Approach to Freshman Composition?” Panel at SAMLA conference, Atlanta, 2003.

PUBLICATIONS

▪ Poetry collection: Life Outside the Set (Sweatshoppe Publications, 2013).

▪ Poems in JAMA, Rattle, Southern Poetry Review, The Comstock Review, The Tusculum Review, and others, 2000-present.

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