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mavery@sunyjefferson.edu       Dept of Arts and Humanities

www.sunyjefferson.edu                      Jefferson CC

www.minorityleft.com                         Watertown, New York

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

2023-present   Jefferson Community College, Watertown, NY.

                     Professor of English, Dept of Arts and Humanities.

2016-2023   Jefferson Community College, Watertown, NY.

                     Associate Professor of English, Dept of English.

2012-2016   Jefferson Community College, Watertown, NY.

                     Assistant Professor of English, Dept of English.

2008-2012   Jefferson Community College, Watertown, NY.

                     Instructor of English, Department of English.

EDUCATION

2030         Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA.

(anticipated)    Ph.D. in English (Composition and Applied 

Linguistics).

                     Dissertation: TBD. Advisor: TBD.

2021            State University of New York, Potsdam, NY.

C.A.S. (Certificate of Advanced Study) in College 

Teaching.               

2007            California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA.

M.A. in English (Composition and Creative 

Writing) .        
    Thesis: Minority Schizophrenic.

1997            University of California, Berkeley, CA.

B.A. in English (Literature).

1993            De Anza College, Cupertino, CA. 

A.A. in Multi-disciplinary Studies, Magna cum 

Laude.

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.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• AI and writing

• Embodied pedagogy

• FYC theory and practice

• Grammar education

• Heroism studies

• History of composition as a field

• Literary studies with special importance on the work of the 19th 

century American Transcendentalists, the work of William S. Burroughs and the Beat Generation in the 20th century

• Mental health in writing and education, including trauma-informed pedagogy

• Music and writing

• Teacher identity

• Teaching of creative writing

• Teaching reading in composition

• Technology and teaching—e.g. Process Feedback software for FYC students

• Therapeutic writing

• Traditional rhetoric

• Writing process

PUBLICATIONS

Academic Works

2026 or 2027   “Being a Hero in the Real World: A Poetic Autoethnography;” Poetic

Autoethnography - Self-reflection as an Arts-Based Defiance of Fascism and Intolerance, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA.

Creative Works

2010            Minority Schizophrenic; (novella) Minority Left, 

Watertown, NY.

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.

2018            “First-Year Composition Is Everything: 

Embedded Subjects in Composition," College English Association (CEA), Queens, NY.

2017            “Reading, Creative Journaling, and 

Composition Teaching,” SUNY Council on Writing (COW), Syracuse, NY.

2014            “Redefining Revision,” SUNY COW, Syracuse, NY. 

HONORS AND AWARDS

2008-Present   Professional development award/funds for 

extracurricular activities, JCC, Watertown, NY.

2026-2027   Third-year CAL Graduate Student Scholarship, 

IUP, Indiana, PA.

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.

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 (basic vocabulary)

• Rudimentary Spanish (basic listening, speaking, reading, writing)