B. Lee Hobbs

Current

• Chair, Dept.of English, Fine Arts, & Humanities at Saint Leo University

Past

• Contributing Editor at ESL Employment (Get It, LLC)
• Adjunct Professor of English at Seton Hill University
• Adjunct Instructor at Saint Francis University

• Teaching Associate at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Graduate Assistant at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• ESL Instructor at American Academy of English
• Lektor [Lector] at University of Silesia
• Nauczyciel [Schoolteacher] at Szkoła Podstawowa [Elementary School] Nr. 47

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Education

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Spring Hill College
• Western Washington University

• University of South Alabama
• Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
• Marion Military Institute

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Connections

30 connections

Industry

Higher Education

Websites

• My Blog
• My RSS feed
• SLU Faculty Page

B. Lee Hobbs’s Summary

As a younger man (beginning in 1982), Lee Hobbs airbrushed t-shirts, painter caps, auto plates, and converse sneakers at the "Shirt Closet" of Singing River Mall (Gautier, MS). An alumnus of numerous secondary schools: Live Oak Academy (Kreole, MS: 1974-81), Lyman Ward Military Academy (Camp Hill, AL: 1981-82), Marion Military Institute (Marion, AL: 1982-83), and Our Lady of Victory Catholic School (Pascagoula, MS: 1983), Lee graduated from Moss Point High School (Moss Point, MS: 1983-86) in 1986. After attending Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (Gautier, MS), he transferred to the University of South Alabama in 1993 and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Art (English minor). Immediately afterwards, he relocated to Katowice and Krakow, Poland to teach English (ESL-EAP) and start up three airbrushing and body art businesses. He worked abroad extensively in Western/Central Europe from 1993 -99. In 1999, he returned to the U.S., worked for awhile as a licensed dermagraphic technician in D'Iberville, MS and (for 7 months) in Las Vegas, NV. In 2003, Lee earned his Master's of Liberal Arts degree (Emphasis: Literature) from Spring Hill College (Mobile, AL) and in 2008, he received his Doctorate of Philosophy in Literature and Criticism from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. His Ph.D. dissertation focused on Turn-of-the-Millennium American Expatriate Narrative. Dr. Hobbs has previously taught at the University of Silesia (Sosnowiec, Poland: 1994-95), Seton Hill University (Greensburg, PA: 2007-08), and Saint Francis University (Loretto, PA: 2007).

Lee joined the faculty of Saint Leo University’s School of Arts & Sciences in 2008 as an Assistant Professor of English. His expertise is in contemporary North American literature and his teaching and research interests include Comparative 20th Century Transatlantic Literatures, Irish Studies, Polish Studies, and Holocaust Studies.

B. Lee Hobbs’s Specialties:

Drawing, Painting, Illustration, Design, Aerography (Airbrushing), Applied Dermagraphy (Tattooing), Body Piercing Technician, Teaching, Research, Service to Department, Institution, and Community.

B. Lee Hobbs’s Experience

• Chair, Dept.of English, Fine Arts, & Humanities

  Saint Leo University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  Assistant Professor of English
  
  Saint Leo, Florida, USA
  
  Presently teaching undergraduate English writing and literature courses.
  
  Courses taught:
  
  ENG 121 Academic Writing I
  ENG 122 Academic Writing II
  ENG 225 Survey of World Literature I
  ENG 318 English Pre-Internship
  ENG 340 Imagining the Holocaust in Literature and Film
  ENG 400 Special Topics: Studies in Science Fiction
  ENG 435 Literary Criticism

• Contributing Editor

  ESL Employment (Get It, LLC)

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  October 2005 — June 2009 (3 years 9 months)

  Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA (company based in Alexandria, Virginia, USA)
  
  Contributed solicited and unsolicited articles, editorials, and other duties to ESL Lesson Plan, ESL Jobs Forum, and [the] English-Blog [.com] as a contracted writer/editor. Also participated in the hiring process for other ESLemployment writing positions.

• Adjunct Professor of English

  Seton Hill University

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2007 — May 2008 (10 months)

  Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Conducted undergraduate writing and literature courses.
  
  Courses taught:
  
  • EL 267 American Literature 1915 to Present
  • LA 101 Seminar in Thinking and Writing

• Adjunct Instructor

  Saint Francis University

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2007 — December 2007 (5 months)

  Loretto, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Conducted undergraduate writing and literature courses.
  
  Courses taught:
  
  • ENGL 104.F Introduction to Literature
  • ENGL 104.H Writing about Literature
  • ENGL 100 Fundamentals of Written English

• Teaching Associate

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2005 — May 2007 (1 year 10 months)

  Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  Conducted undergraduate writing and literature courses
  
  Courses taught:
  
  • ENGL 202 Research Writing
  • ENGL 121 Humanities Literature
  • ENGL 101 College Writing

• Graduate Assistant

  Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2005 — May 2005 (5 months)

  Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
  
  • English Literature and Criticism Graduate Program Recruitment

• ESL Instructor

  American Academy of English

  (Higher Education industry)

  August 1994 — October 1995 (1 year 3 months)

  Katowice, Poland
  
  Conducted ESL courses for adult, continuing education night students.
  
  Courses taught:
  
  • Intermediate Level/s English as a Second Language
  • Advanced Level/s English as a Second Language

• Lektor [Lector]

  University of Silesia

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  April 1994 — May 1995 (1 year 2 months)

  Sosnowiec, Poland
  
  Conducted undergraduate ESL writing and oral communication courses.
  
  Courses taught:
  
  • EAP English Studies - Advanced Composition
  • EAP English Studies - Advanced Spoken English

• Nauczyciel [Schoolteacher]

  Szkoła Podstawowa [Elementary School] Nr. 47

  (Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  September 1993 — May 1994 (9 months)

  Burowiec-Szopienice, Poland
  
  Conducted courses in basic ESL communication
  
  • Beginner’s English as a Foreign Language, Grades 5 – 8

B. Lee Hobbs’s Education

• Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  PhD , Literature , 2004 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  EGO (English Graduate Organization), GSA (Graduate Student Association), PKP (Phi Kappa Phi), Sigma Tau Delta

• Spring Hill College

  M.L.A. , Literature , 2000 — 2004

  Activities and Societies:

  CCSA Study-Abroad to Ireland and U.K., Western Washington University Study-Abroad to Poland

• Western Washington University

  Summer Study-Abroad , Polish Studies , 2003 — 2003

• University of South Alabama

  B.A. , Major: Art; Minor: English , 1989 — 1993

  Activities and Societies:

  Editor for Epiphany, English Department Literature Publication

• Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

  Transfer , Major: Art , 1986 — 1989

• Marion Military Institute

  Transfer , College-Prep , 1982 — 1983

Additional Information

B. Lee Hobbs’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My RSS feed
• SLU Faculty Page

B. Lee Hobbs’s Interests:

*SERVICE 2009 *Representative for Saint Leo University at the Jessie Ball duPont Summer Seminar Graphics Editor & General Designer for _Sandhill Review_, the annual literary magazine for Saint Leo University. 2008 *Participation in Saint Leo University Community Service Day 2005 - 2006 *Executive Board Member, IUP Graduate Student Assembly [GSA] *Conference Planning Committee Chair, IUP GSA/EGO 4th Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference *V.P., IUP English Graduate Organization [EGO] *Volunteer, Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund-Raising Project, Society for Human *Resource Management [SHRM], IUP Chapter #5181 *Webmaster, IUP Unitarian-Universalists [IUPUU] 2004 - 2005 *Webmaster, IUP English Graduate Organization [EGO] *Conference Planning Committee Member, GSA/IUP 3rd Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference 1993 - 1994 *Volunteer, [English] Teacher Exchange Program, Mobile, Alabama - Katowice, Poland: International Sister-City Organization

B. Lee Hobbs’s Groups:

[UFF] United Faculty of Florida
[NEA] National Education Associatin
[MLA] Modern Language Association
[AATSEEL] American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages
[ΦΚΦ] Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Indiana U of Pennsylvania
[ΣΤΔ] Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society, [ΞΞ] Xi Xi Chapter, Indiana U of Pennsylvania
[NSHS] The National Scholars Honor Society
[EGO] English Graduate Organization, Indiana U of Pennsylvania
[GSA] Graduate Student Assembly, Indiana U of Pennsylvania

B. Lee Hobbs’s Honors:

*November 2008
Residential Fellowship and Stipend for the National Humanities Center’s Jessie Ball duPont Summer Seminar

*June 2008
Cambridge Who’s Who of Executives, Professionals, and Entrepreneurs

*September 2007
IUP School of Graduate Studies and Research Travel Grant

*August 2005
IUP Teaching Associateship

*March 2005
The Chancellor’s List

*Spring 2005
IUP Graduate Assistantship

*Summer 2003
LEXIA International Study-Abroad Scholarship (Poland)

*Summer 2002
CCSA Study-Abroad Scholarship (Ireland)

*1990, 1992
USA President’s List

*1991
USA Dean’s List

B. Lee Hobbs’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• job inquiries
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