Assistant Professor at Belhaven College
Houston, Texas Area
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- Assistant Professor at Belhaven College (Houston)
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- Composition Instructor at Baylor University
- Professor of English at Baiko Gakuin University
- Foreign English Teacher at Baiko jo Gakuin JH/HS
- Graduate Assistant for Study Abroad at Baylor University
- Writing Center Tutor at Baylor University
- Information Services Consultant at PGEsolutions Information Services Consulting (Self-employed)
- Data Processing contractor at Life Management Corporation
- Education
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- Baylor University
- Baylor University
- The Master's College
- Bob Jones University
- Faith Baptist Christian School (K-12)
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Peter Epps’s Summary
Peter G. Epps is an English teacher (Writing/Lit prof at Belhaven, Composition at Baylor, EFL/writing/lit in Japan), scholar (BA '99 TMC; MA '02 Baylor; PhD '09 Baylor), and poet (published in Penwood Review and Reflections, among others) whose life as a preacher's kid, self-taught programmer, philosophy enthusiast, insuperably avid reader, and lover of words is a gift too gracious for him. Travelling Europe for a semester and living in Japan for three years was a shocking surplus. He owes a great deal, and wants more.
Peter Epps’s Specialties:
Religion and Literature Studies, 19th C British Poetry, Romanticism, Victorian poetry, research writing, versification, literary theory, hermeneutics, cultural criticism, Blackboard, course management systems, software, troubleshooting
Peter Epps’s Experience
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Assistant Professor
Belhaven College (Houston)
(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)
June 2009 — Present (6 months)
Teaching Composition and Literature to mostly non-traditional students; supervising developmental writing program. (from July 2009)
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Composition Instructor
Baylor University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
August 2000 — May 2009 (8 years 10 months)
Prepared and taught courses in Thinking & Writing (EN 1302) and Thinking, Writing and Research (EN 1304), emphasizing rhetorical awareness, argumentation, critical thinking skills, and mechanical competence. In EN 1304, added components on academic research, including extensive library work and student conferencing. Instructor of record for two sections per semester. (excludes Fall 2002, in Europe, and Fall 2003-Spring 2006, in Japan—see below)
[This is an annually-renewed fellowship that obviously was not asked or accepted for the semester when I worked with Baylor Study Abroad or the years I taught in Japan.] -
Professor of English
Baiko Gakuin University
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2005 — August 2006 (1 year )
Prepared and taught courses in a variety of subjects in the English Language and Literature departments (including Intensive English Program). Courses taught include Oral Communication (IEP), Reading & Writing (IEP), Creative Writing, Speech & Debate, British & American Affairs (cultural studies), and Oral Communication for non-majors. In addition to standard methods, sought to encourage use of electronic learning and increased study abroad to improve realism in teaching and increase student involvement and motivation. Participated in widely varied committee duties, planning, and projects.
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Foreign English Teacher
Baiko jo Gakuin JH/HS
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
September 2003 — September 2005 (2 years 1 month)
Developed curriculum, prepared and taught a wide variety of courses in Conversational English and English Writing at six grade levels for secondary school general and English-core students. Averaged fifteen courses (eighteen classroom hours per week, nine “preps”) per term, two per term as lead instructor. Coordinated syllabus and grade normalization with two other Foreign English Teachers and liaising with Japanese English Teachers.
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Graduate Assistant for Study Abroad
Baylor University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2002 — December 2002 (5 months)
Assisted Baylor students and the program director with preparation of forms for a variety of travel-related health and legal issues. Coordinated collation and submission of paperwork to appropriate University departments and the dissemination of information to the students. In Europe, made arrangements for educational tours and researched lodgings/transportation options for student travelers. Provided adult supervision of residence halls in Maastricht.
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Writing Center Tutor
Baylor University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 1999 — May 2000 (10 months)
Provided writing assistance to students of Baylor University, including instruction in grammar, stylistics, structure, thesis development, and proofreading skills. Taught workshops in research and writing techniques. Assisted in daily operations of the Writing Center.
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Information Services Consultant
PGEsolutions Information Services Consulting (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Services industry)
January 1997 — March 1998 (1 year 3 months)
Served information systems needs for residential and small-business clients, including hardware and software installation and troubleshooting, HTML authoring, site design, database development, server maintenance, and systems analysis.
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Data Processing contractor
Life Management Corporation
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)
June 1997 — August 1997 (3 months)
Updated client database daily; designed and tested data-entry macros; wrote procedures manual for new division of financial services corporation.
Peter Epps’s Education
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Baylor University
PhD , English, Religion & Literature Studies , 2002 — 2009
Ph.D. in English Language and Literature (in progress), Religion & Literature Concentration
Dissertation: "'Kubla Khan,' The Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit, and the Decomposing Subject of Coleridge's Corpus."
Areas of Specialization: 19th Century British Poetry, Religion & Literature
Freshman Composition Instructor (8/00-present)
Graduate Assistant, Baylor Study Abroad Program in Maastricht (8/02-12/02)- Activities and Societies:
- English Graduate Student Assocation (EGSA), EGSA Conference Committee 2001, EGSA Treasurer 01-02, EGSA Orientation Committee 00-03, Chairman EGSA Technology Committee 01-02 and 06-07, Baylor Fencing Club, Armorer Baylor Fencing Club, Modern Language Assocation of America 07, Evangelical Philosophical Society 99-00
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Baylor University
MA , English , 1999 — 2002
Thesis: “A Knocking at the Door: Christian Hope in the Horror Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft”
Writing Center Tutor (8/99-5/00)- Activities and Societies:
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The Master's College
BA , English , 1997 — 1999
Recognized by English Department as Outstanding Student for 1999
GRE: 800 Verbal, 660 Quantitative, 610 Analytical (1/99)
GRE Subject (English): 650 (11/98)- Activities and Societies:
- Fiddler on the Roof with TMC Theatre Arts Department 99, El Monte Crosstrainers outreach team leader 97-8
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Bob Jones University
-- , Computer Science, Creative Writing, English , 1992 — 1994
Sophomore year completed May 7, 1994
English major / Political Science minor (began with Computer Science major)
Member of Intercollegiate Debate Team, Inter-Society Debate Association- Activities and Societies:
- Intercollegiate Debate Team, Inter-Society Debate Association, Excalibur Literary Society, College Republicans, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Young America's Foundation
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Faith Baptist Christian School (K-12)
HS diploma , general / college prep , 1979 — 1992
- Activities and Societies:
- Bible Quiz Team, school plays, IACS Academic Tournament
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Peter Epps’s Interests:
English language, English literature, EFL, ESL, TESOL, English grammar, Japanese language, Japanese culture, Japan, French language, Latin language, classical literature, Continental philosophy, post-structuralist linguistics, composition theory, rhetoric, 19th-C British poetry, Religion & Literature Studies, poetry, formal verse, long verse, narrative verse, epic, metrics, writing, curriculum development, e-learning, educational technology, computers in the classroom, distance education, tutoring, tutelage, pedagogy, HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, AJAX, webdev, instructional technology, ministry, ecclesiology, theology, church, Baptist, Japan, missions, evangelism, education, Christian education
Peter Epps’s Groups:
MLA, SW-CCL, IATEFL, NAFSA, EPS, Calvary Baptist Church (Dixon IL), The Master's College
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Christians in Higher Education
Peter Epps’s Honors:
“Tipping the Scales: Contextual Clues in Bishop Blougram’s Apology” Studies in Browning and His Circle 01, “The Final Stroke” [sonnet] The Penwood Review 02, “Meeting of the Minds” [experimental verse] Reflections 01, “High Places” [fourteener] The Penwood Review 99, “The Foreign Affair” [sonnet] The Penwood Review 07, “To Have Boldly Gone” [sonnet] The Penwood Review 07, “Conspicuous Consumption: The “Weird Tale” and Social Fears” American Studies Association of Texas 00, “What You Know–but Won't Believe–Certainly Will Hurt You” 2001 Conference on Narrative at Baylor 01, “Prosing Poetry: Novelistic Resistance to the Lyric in Late 19th-C Long Verse” EGSA Conference at Baylor 03, “Abjection Overruled: The Japanese Appropriation by Christian Symbols in Neon Genesis Evangelion” Japan as Image, Osaka U 05, TMC English Dept Outstanding Student 99, Congressional Scholar at National Young Leaders Conference 92, Who's Who Among American High School Students 90-91 and 91-92
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