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Name: Stacey Higdon

Title: Faculty Associate Chair, English

Office: Northline Campus, Building A, Room 422.3

Email / Phone: [email protected] / 713-718-6412

Website: Adobe Portfolio

Education • Master of Fine Arts, Poetry, May 2009 University of , Houston, TX Thesis: The amaranth is tired. Advisor: Mark Doty

• Bachelor of Arts; English / Minor - Creative Writing, May 2005 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

Teaching Experience

Faculty, Houston Community College, English; Integrated Reading & Writing Courses: English Composition, Integrated Reading and Writing, Creative Writing, Technical & Business Writing, Introduction to Technical Writing

Adjunct Faculty, Houston Community College, English Courses: English Composition, Fundamentals of Grammar and Composition, Introduction to Multicultural Literature, PREP 0100, PRER 0200, Integrated Reading and Writing, English Language Skills Grants: Gulf Coast PASS, Comprehensive Student Success (CSSP)

Lecturer, , English Courses: First Year Writing, Introduction to Poetry Pilot (Grant-funded): Hybrid Writing Studios

Adjunct Faculty, San Jacinto College-North, English Courses: Composition

Adjunct Faculty, Westwood College, Education Department, Houston, TX Courses: Reading for Understanding, Fundamentals of Writing, College Writing Page 2 of 2

Teaching Fellow, University of Houston, Department of English Courses: Freshman Composition, Introduction to Poetry

Educational Consultant, Marshall Shumsky, Ph. D • Tutored clients in Language Arts (sixth grade to college) • Assessed clients (ages eleven to twenty-four) in English and History • Conducted Essay Writing Workshops • Tutored sophomores, juniors, seniors for verbal sections of SAT/ACT • Tutored clients for verbal sections of GMAT, GRE, MCAT, LSAT • Tutored clients for verbal sections of private school exams (SSAT/ISEE) • Prepared strategies for individual needs of clients (e.g. ADHD, dyslexia, Asperger's, Autism, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome • Tutored clients in preparation for the TExES English II Instructor, Upward Bound Math and Science Program, University of Houston Teaching Assistant, University of Houston, English Courses: Freshman Composition

Selected Professional Development - Current HCC Faculty Senate, Secretary Instructional Technology Committee, Chair Compensation, Benefits, & Workload Committee, Secretary Diversity & Inclusion Committee Presentation - HCC Adjunct Academy Digital Storytelling Workshop - WebEx - June 25, 2020 Presentation - 2nd Annual Digital Humanities and Composition Colloquium - Nureva Span Wall Demo - February 29, 2020 HCC Digital Storytelling Facilitator Workshop with StoryCenter - May 20 -24, 2019 Panel - “Where do ideas come from and how to nourish them“ - - Houston, TX - May 11, 2019

Adobe Creative Campus - Adobe Headquarters, San Jose, CA - April 8-10, 2019 Presentation - "Shaping Student Voice Through Digital Storytelling Projects" - The Digital Classroom: Humanities, Literature, & Composition, HCC English & Humanities Colloquium - March 30, 2019 Presentation - "True Narrative: Collective Memory and the Power of a Good Story" - Learning Innovation, Digital Storytelling, HCC Instructional Day - January 8, 2019 Presentation - “A Human Need: Digital Storytelling, Memory, and the Power of a Good Story” - Writing in the Real World, HCC English Conference - November 30, 2018

Panel - "Bringing the Co-Requisite Model to Scale" - 4th Annual ESOL/English Interdisciplinary Symposium - November 16, 2018

Presentation - "Digital Storytellling: Engaging Our Community and the Humanities" - Technology Learning Conference, University of Houston-Downtown - October 12, 2018