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mavery @ sunyjefferson.edu (no spaces) Department of Arts and Humanities

www.sunyjefferson.edu                      Jefferson Community College

www.minorityleft.com                         Watertown, New York 13601

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

2008-present   Jefferson Community College, Watertown, NY.

                     Professor of English, Department of Arts and Humanities.

EDUCATION

2028         Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA.

(anticipated)   Ph.D. in English (Composition and Applied Linguistics).           Dissertation: TBD. Advisor: TBD.

2007            California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA.

M.A. in English (Composition and Creative Writing) . 

Thesis: Minority Schizophrenic. Advisor: Steve Gutierrez.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor of Record for All Courses

Jefferson Community College:

2008-present  English 099 Developmental Composition

                     English 100 College Composition

                     English 101 Research and Composition

                     English 102 Literature and Composition

                     English 107 Grammar Rules

                     English 121 Fiction Writing

                     English 151 Reading Poetry

                     English 218 Technical Writing

                     English 220 Creative Writing

                     English 221 Writing Literary Nonfiction

DEPARTMENTAL AND COLLEGE SERVICE

2022-2024   Middle States Accreditation Editor, JCC, Watertown, NY.

2014-2018   Department Chair, Department of English, JCC, Watertown, NY.

2011-2014   Honors Program Coordinator, JCC, Watertown, NY.

PUBLICATIONS

Creative Works

2017            “I Despise Youth;” “Regardless;” “Visions;” (poetry) Black River Review. Watertown, NY.

2010            Minority Schizophrenic; (novella) Minority Left, Watertown, NY.

1996            “The Sky Above You;” (poem) Poetry for the People (Professor June Jordan’s class), Berkeley, CA.

CONFERENCES

2025 (April) “Writing Process and GenAI in the College Writing Classroom,” Two Year College English Association National Conference, Baltimore, MD.

2024            “AI in the Classroom: A Return to Process Pedagogy,” Professional Development Day, JCC, Watertown, NY.

2023            “It’s the Wild West Out There: AI in Writing Classes, ” Professional Development Day, JCC, Watertown, NY.

2023            “In Search of the Holy Grail: My Experience with Rubrics in First-Year Writing Courses,” Two-Year College English Association Northeast (TYCA-NE), Bethesda, MD.

HONORS AND AWARDS

2025-2026   Second-year CAL Graduate Student Scholarship, IUP, Indiana, PA.

2024-2025   Patrick M. Hartwell Memorial Scholarship, IUP, Indiana, PA.

2024-2025   Funding award for presenting at TYCA National Conference in Baltimore, MD; IUP, Indiana, PA.

2024-2025   First-year CAL Graduate Student Scholarship, IUP, Indiana, PA.

2024            SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, JCC, Watertown, NY.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

2025 (April) Judge, North Country’s Got Talent, Lowville, NY.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

Conference of College Composition and Communication

National Council of the Teachers of English

New York State English Council

Two-Year College English Association and Teaching English in the Two-Year College

LANGUAGES

Rudimentary French   (reading)

Rudimentary Spanish (listening, speaking, reading, writing)