C.J. Dosch

EDUCATION                                    

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

• Ph.D. in English --  Dissertation: Paradoxically Progressive: The Red Progressives and the Creation of a Modern Native American Subjectivity 
• Teaching & Research Interests: College Composition, Native American Literature, Nineteenth- and Twentieth- Century American Literature, and American Ethnic Literatures.

Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

• M.A. in English -Distinguished Thesis Finalist: Toward a Postmodern Masculinity: (Dys)Functional Masculinity in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man

North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND  

• B.S. in Mass Communications; Zoology minor

Additional Educational Certificates:

• Certificate in University Teaching: Syracuse University Future Professoriate Program
• School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell University: Seminar: Elizabeth Povinelli, “Recognition, Camouflage, Espionage” (2008)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Professor of English/Humanities, South Puget Sound Community College

• English 101 – Composition I
• English 102 – Composition II
• English 111 – Introduction to Literature
• English 112 – Introduction to Fiction
• English 244/245 – American Literature
• English 250 – American Ethnic Literature
• Humanities 116 - Language, Thought, and Culture
• Humanities 121 – Multicultural America Past to Present
• Humanities 180 - Popular Culture in America
• Humanities 245 - Reading America
• Humanities 250 - American Ethnic Studies
• Automotive IBEST instructor: 130/131, 112/113, 108/109

Teaching Associate, Department of English, Syracuse University

• American Literature II – Since 1865
• Interpretation of Fiction
• Ethnicity and Literary Texts – Intro to Native American Literature
• American Literature I – Beginnings to 1865
• Reading Popular Culture
• Interpretation of Film

Lecturer, Department of English, Central Washington University

• Composition I
• Composition II
• Introduction to Literature
• Douglas Honors College Freshman Colloquium

Lecturer, Asia University America Program, Central Washington University

• American Studies
• Functions of English
• International Communications

Teaching Assistant, Department of English, Central Washington University

• Composition I

Writing Consultant, University Writing Center, Central Washington University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Marketing Database Coordinator, Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Seattle, WA

• Performed reporting, tracking, and updating of structural and civil engineering projects for use in marketing proposals, project descriptions, statistical analysis, and individual engineer resumes through technical and content control of marketing database.

Technology Solutions Project Manager, Amazon.com, Seattle, WA

• Managed the successful development and implementation of a web-based customer service application serving eight call-centers across five countries.

Team Supervisor, Amazon.com, Seattle, WA

• Managed scheduling, training, and workflow for telecommuting employees. Supervisor training and supervision of teams sent to train new call-center managers overseas.

Customer Service Representative (I, II, III), Amazon.com, Seattle, WA

• Provided phone and email customer support. Included writing shared responses, creating instructional materials, and performing quality assurance reviews.                                                   

Assistant Media Buyer, Western International Media Corporation, Seattle, WA

Office Automation Clerk , Social Security Administration, Fargo, ND

Private Music Teacher, Guitar instruction for children and adults         

ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS

• 2013-present    National Council of Teachers of English
• 2010-2017        American Studies Association
• 2009-2016        Native American and Indigenous Studies Association
• 2007-2014        Modern Language Association
• 2012-2014        Northeast Modern Language Association

Service, publication, and presentation specifics available upon professional request.