Suzanne Webb

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RESUMÉ • AUGUST 2011
Suzanne Webb
email:
eportfolio:
webbsuza@gmail.com
webbsuza.com/portfolio
Objective
To attain a position helping students find and follow their pathways to a productive future
whether their trajectory be a 2- or 4-year degree, acceptance to graduate school, or training
for the workforce.
Education
PhD, Rhetoric & Writing, Michigan State University, expected August 2012
MA, Digital Rhetoric & Professional Writing, Michigan State University, August 2008
BA, Creative Writing, Wichita State University, May 2005
BA, Psychology, Wichita State University, May 2005
AS, Computer Science/Multimedia, Butler Community College May 2002
Experience & Employers
Professional/Technical/Business Writing
Instructor, Lansing Community College (2008-present)
Instructor, Washington State University, Tri Cities ( Aug 2010-present)
Teaching Assistant, Michigan State University (2006-spring 2011)
Composition & First-Year Writing Instruction
Instructor, Lansing Community College (2008-present)
Instructor, Washington State University, Tri Cities ( Aug 2010-present)
Teaching Assistant, Michigan State University (2006-spring 2011)
15-25 students per class. Up to 3 classes per semester.
Teach effective writing strategies (ie: reaching the audience)
Coordinated students who researched, planned, wrote, and executed
real-world projects:
!viva.pw! and WriteHereWriteNow!
Planned, designed, and taught online, hybrid, and face-to-face
Editing, Publishing & Design
Fourth Genre, editorial assistant, 2009-2010
Metamorphosis, co-editor, 2009
7 Women 7 Lives, production editor, July 2007
Guidebook for Tier I Writing, Michigan State, July 2008
Edges: Graduate Conference Program, Michigan State, Feb 2009

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Event Planning
Co-director, 7 th Biennial Feminisms & Rhetorics Conference, 2009
Co-planned and organized 400 presentations, over 3 days, with 100+panels,
5 keynote speakers. Managed design and production of 1000-run 88-page
program book (.pdf)
Data Analyst
Eli Broad School of Business, Summer 2009
Data Transcriptionist
Freelance, Summer 2007
Typographer/Designer
Media Management Services, Owner, 1998-2005
Studio 1, Wichita, Kansas, 1987-1990
Wichita Press & Lithography, 1985-1986
Koch Industries, 1983-1985
Production Assistant
Sun Graphics, Parsons, Kansas, 1990-1992
Setter & Associates, Wichita, Kansas, 1987
Researcher
Conducted focus groups, interviews, usability study
Practiced in archival research, survey
Skilled in internet research
Professional & Technical Skills
Proficient in Word, PowerPoint
o Photoshop, Fireworks, Paint.NET
o Dreamweaver, Publisher, Excel
o MovieMaker
o HTML, CSS, FTP
At ease with social media
o Facebook, Twitter
Manage approximately 20 small websites on 10 different servers
Experienced with offset printing processes: pre-press to press to bindery
Skilled in course management systems (Blackboard, WebCT, Angel)
Practiced editor: punctuation, grammar, style, citation, arrangement, etc.
Select Workshops & Presentations
“Remembering David Foster Wallace, Researcher,” AWP, Denver, CO, April 2010
“Gettin’ Professionally Developed: Learnin’ Graduate School Literacies Through
the McNair Scholars Program,” Expanding Literacies, Ohio State University, April 2009
“Desktop Publishing: Making Fliers with MSWord,” The Power of We, 2008 & 2009
“Organizational Web Writing, Bold Designs for a Better Michigan,” Extension, 2006
“Writing Non-Fiction—The Memoir,” Young Author’s Conference, February 2007