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Employment History.

• December 2002-Present. Adjunct Faculty, Departments of Business Administration and Communication Studies, Augustana College. Courses taught: BUSN 205 Business Writing, LS 100 College Writing, and COMM 301 Performance Studies • June 2005-Present. Consultant. PHL Communications Consulting. • August 1970-June 2003. Instructor of Speech and English, Bettendorf Community School District, Bettendorf High School, grades 9-12. Courses taught: Honor 9th Grade English, Speech, Debate and Advanced Debate, Writing Laboratory I and II, Fiction Writing, Advanced Fiction Writing, Mass Media, Introduction to Film, World Literature, Writing Foundations, and others. • August 2001-November 2002. Facilitator, ACCEL Program, St. Ambrose University. Course taught: EN101 Written Communication • August 1970-1994. Debate Coach at Bettendorf High School. In 1994 Bettendorf High School had the largest National Forensics League (NFL) Chapter in , qualified two Policy Debate teams to NFL Nationals, as well as contestants in Extemporaneous Speaking, Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and Student Congress. Paul Lewellan retired as a Double Diamond Coach.

Education.

• September, 1994-May, 1996. M. A. in English Literature from Western University. • September, 1966-May, 1970. B. A. in Speech from the University of Northern Iowa.

Campus Service

• March 31, 2011, Led workshop “Privilege, the Church, and the Onus of Systems and Institutions,” Augustana College White Privilege Conference • January 21, 2009, ACTL PowerPoint Workshop. • February 23-March 3, 2007. Co-Chaperone, 50-member Augustana College Habitat for Humanity building project in New Orleans. • Spring Term 2006-Spring Term 2008. Taught Business Writing as part of a Learning Community with COMM 405 Business and Professional Speaking • February 18-26, 2005. Co-Chaperone, 50-member Augustana College Habitat for Humanity building project in Oklahoma City. • 2005-2008 Academic Years. Majors Advisor, Business Administration Department • 2003-2005 Academic Years. First Year Advisor.

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Publications.

Short stories in print: • “Planting Time,” Puckerbrush Review, Summer/Fall 2010. • “Durable Remission,” Agrestes Literary Review, Spring-Summer, 2009. • “The Queen of Bass Fishing in America,” Timber Creek Review, Summer 2008 (received Special Mention in the 2010 Pushcart Prize anthology). • “Thirty-Seven Dogs,” Volume 44, Number 1 (Spring 2006). South Dakota Review. • “Bondesson’s Bargain,” The Pegasus Review, July/August 2006. • “The Positive Side of T. K. McCoy,” Issue 5.2, Big Muddy. • “Julia’s Wedding Dance,” Snake Nation Journal, Summer 2005. • “Spontaneous Human Combustion,” #421, Volume 10, River Cities’ Reader. • “The Teacher,” Issue #25, 2002, Clark Street Review. • “A Good Read,” Treatment #68, Yuletide, 2002, Nut House. • “Social Skills,” Issue #70, 2002, The Iconoclast. • “The Performance,” Winter 2002, The Higginsville Reader. • “Jake’s Web,” Fall 2001, Moon Reader. • “Jesus Eats Breakfast with His Mother,” Fall 2001, Small Pond. • “Breakfast with Dad,” May 2001, Moon Reader. • “Milky Way Latte,” Words of Wisdom, December 2000. • “Cinderella Josephson’s Cooling Touch,” Bayberry Review, Volume 4, 2000. • “Crazy for You,” George & Mertie’s Place, March 2000. • “Simple Business,” The Armchair Aesthete, Winter, 1999. • “Wally the Prophet on Oscar Night,” Porcupine Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 2.

Short stories published on-line: • “Not Sodom, But Gomorrah,” Inner Sins Magazine,“ September 2012 • “A Bushranger and a Fool, “ Bone Parade, September 3, 2012. • “Americana or Blind Girl Makes Good,” Body: Poetry, Prose, Word, August 20, 2012. • “David Wendt,” Life As An [insert label here], August 8, 2012 • “Melissa Phones Home,” Literary Brushstrokes, June 2012. • “Tests,” Halfway Down the Stairs,” March 2012. • “Mattie’s Private Place,” Corvus, November, 2011 • “Understanding Sheep,” Atticus Review, 13 September 2011. • “Things Mother Says While Playing Cribbage,” The Waterhouse Review, September 2011. • “My Sex Life in Cardiac Rehab,” The Stone Hobo, June/July 2011. • “Courtship,” Dr. Hurley’s Snake-Oil Cure,” May 14, 2011. • “Masked Mauler,” Ink Bean, April 20, 2011. • “True Power,” Writer’s Workshop Review, Volume 5, March 31, 2011. • “Point of Departure,” Anatomy, March 2011. • “Madonna and Cecil,” Fiction 365, March 31, 2011. • “Survivors,” Milk Sugar, February/March 2011 • “Rockabilly Stomp,” Mat Black Online Magazine, February 2011. • “Dew,” Six Tales, February 27, 2011. • “Tipping Makes You Sexy,” The Front Porch Review, January 2011. • “Shirley Glock at Parent Conferences,” Convergence: An Online Journal of Poetry & Art, Fall 2010. • “Chickens,” The Fringe, September 11, 2010. • “Camp Stories,” The Furnace Review, Summer 2010 • “The Key to Paradise, Wisconsin,” American Polymath, February 2010. • “Pool Girl Hard Times” (micro fiction), Short, Fast, and Deadly, January 17, 2010 • “Mrs. Average,” Girls With Insurance, January 15, 2010.

Lewellan—Page 2 On-line Publications Continued: • “Saint Jude and the Harlot,” Neon Beam, Issue 9, (June 2009). • “Detached,” Word Riot, May 15, 2009. • “School Call Number Eleven,” Flash Me Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 23 (January 31, 2009). • “The Samaritan,” Underground Voices, November 2008. • “The Story of Thomas, The Twin,” Rose and Thorn, Autumn 2008. • “School Call #8,” Opium Magazine, August 2008. • “Four Blocks from Home,” Down in the Dirt, Volume 22 (June 2005).

Elected Positions. • September 2011-Present. Board Member of Centro Evangelico de Estudios Pastorales en Centro America (CEDEPCA) USA. • January 2012-Present. Chairperson, Strategy Communications Committee, CEDEPCA USA. • August 2009-August 2011. Elected to Evangelical Outreach and Congregational Mission Program Board by the Voting Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in national assembly. (“The purpose of the Evangelical Outreach and Congregational Mission program unit is to engage leaders in the formation of evangelizing congregations.”) • May 2009-June 2011. Elected to Synod Council of the Southeastern Iowa Synod, ELCA. • October 2008-September 2011 Elected At-Large Member to the Executive Board of the European American Association (EALA) of the ELCA. Chair of the Communications Committee, Editor of the EALA newsletter, and Coordinator of the website. • August 2003. Voting Member for the 2003 Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly in Milwaukee, WI. • April 2003-2007. Chair of the Global Mission Committee of the Southeast Iowa Synod, ELCA. • May 2002-November 2009. Chair of the Social Ministry Committee, Grace Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa.

Awards and Recognition.

• December 2010. “The Queen of Bass Fishing in American,” originally published in Timber Creek Review, received Special Mention in the 2010 Pushcart Prize anthology. • October 10, 2002. Honored by the Community Caring Conference as a Community Hero for efforts promoting peace, tolerance, and understanding in local education. • April 1, 2002. Grinnell Peace Institute awarded Bettendorf H. S. SOUP (Students Organized to Unite People) Iowa Peace Prize in the high school division. (Co-founder of SOUP and leader/playwright for SOUP Troupe) • July 24, 2001. Iowa State Department of Education awarded SOUP its Equity Award for the 2000-2001 school year. • April 5, 2000. Grinnell Peace Institute awarded Bettendorf H. S. Thespian Troupe the Iowa Peace Prize in the high school division for performances of original play, Casualties. • September 22, 1999, Casualties premiered. The anti-violence play is later featured on Iowa Public Television’s Living in Iowa series in March of 2000. • November 14, 1997. Presented the David Kanellis Award for Outstanding Contributions to Iowa High School Forensics. • October 3, 1997. Literacy Award from the Iowa Council of Teachers of English—Language Arts. • February 18, 1996. Service Award from the East Iowa District National Forensic League. • June 28, 1994. Presented Distinguished Teacher Award by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. • March, 1994. Award for Meritorious Service from the Iowa High School Forensic League. • May 25, 1988. Scott County Golden Apple Award (Outstanding Teacher Award).

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Presentations, Workshops, and Conferences.

• March 31, 2011, Led workshop “Privilege, the Church, and the Onus of Systems and Institutions,” Augustana College White Privilege Conference • July 14, 2010. Led Anti-Racism Workshop, Iowa City, Iowa, City Council Chambers. • April 2-5, 2008. Participated in the White Privilege Conference, Springfield, MA. • June 25-27, 2007. Trained in Interview & Interrogation by Reid and Associates. Eagle River, WI. • April 11, 2007. Conducted training, “Communication 102,” for Per Mar Security, Davenport, IA • March 30, 2007. Conducted training, “Communication 101,” for Per Mar Security, Davenport, IA • March 19, 2007. Led public speaking workshop, “It’s a SHURR Thing,” for Habitat officers, staff, and volunteers. • March 9, 2007. Conducted training, “Communication 101,” for Per Mar Security, Davenport, IA • January 2007. Conducted a series of four training sessions, “PowerPoint Presentation and Design,” for CEO and officers, Northwest Bank and Trust, Davenport, IA • September 11-13, 2006. Led workshops, “Business Communication: Theory into Practice” for Molyneaux Insurance, Davenport, Iowa. • May 20, 2005. Keynote Speaker, “This is a Test,” Association of Governmental Accountants, Leadership Conference, Davenport, IA • April-May, 2005. Conducted a series of five training sessions in Advanced Communications Skills for managers at Per Mar Security Corporate Headquarters, Davenport, IA • March 2004. Presented workshop, “Grace in Guatemala: Mission Trips for the Whole Congregation,” at the CTIM Conference of the Southeastern Iowa Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America • January 2002. Presented workshop, “Drama as Vehicle for Changing School Climate,” Faculty In-Service, Bettendorf High School, Bettendorf, Iowa. • April 2001. SOUP Troupe play and school-wide discussion, Bettendorf Middle School, Bettendorf, Iowa. • April 2001. Presented workshop, “Drama as Vehicle for Changing School Climate.” Iowa Alternative Schools Conference, Davenport, Iowa. • March 2001. Presented workshop, “Drama as Vehicle for Changing School Climate.” Regional Counselor's Conference, Scott Community College. • September 2000. Presented drama workshop, Burlington Peace Conference in Burlington, Iowa, sponsored by the Grinnell Peace Institute. • December 1999. Presented playwriting workshop, Iowa State Thespian Festival in Indianola, Iowa.

Service to the Broader Community.

Mission Trips: • May 28-June 12, 2010. Led mission trip to the work Centro Evangelico de Estudios Pastorales en Centro America (CEDEPCA), Guatemala City, Guatemala • July 2008. Led mission trip to the work with the Guatemalan Lutheran Church, Zacapa, Guatemala. • January 2007. Led mission trip to the work with the Guatemalan Lutheran Church, Zacapa, Guatemala. • August 2005. Led mission trip to work with Dios con Nosotros, Las Rosas, Guatemala. • June 2003. Led mission trip to work with Dios con Nosotros, in Las Rosas, Guatemala. • August 2001. Participated in mission trip to Santa Anna, Guatemala.

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• June 10, 2012. Led workshop for the Lutheran Youth Organization (LYO), Grace Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa. • July 15, 2009. Presented Anti-Racism Workshop for Lutheran Young Organization (LYO), St. Stephens Lutheran, Cedar Rapids, IA • June 1, 2009. Presented Anti-Racism Workshop, LYO, St. John Lutheran, Tama, IA • April 4, 2009. Presented Anti-Racism Workshop, LYO, First Lutheran, Cedar Rapids, IA • March 14, 2009. Presented Anti-Racism Workshop, LYO, Grace Lutheran, Davenport, IA • April 26, 2008. Presented Anti-Racism Workshop, St. Johns Lutheran, Rock Island, IL • March 30, 2008, Presented Anti-Racism Workshop, St. John’s Catholic Church, Moline, IL • March 14-15, 2008. Presented Anti-Racism Workshop, Southeastern Iowa Synod (SEIA) Synod Offices, Iowa City, IA • January 5, 2008. Presented Anti-Racism Workshop, LYO Statewide Gathering, Cedar Rapids, IA. • October 20, 2007. Presented Anti-Racism Workshop, Peoria Catholic Dieses, Morten, IL. • September 8, 2007. Presented Anti-Racism Workshop, SEIA Synod Offices, Iowa City, IA. • August 18, 2007. Presented Anti-Racism Workshop, SEIA Synod Offices, Iowa City, IA. • June 2, 2007. Presented Anti-Racism Workshop, Our Redeemer Lutheran, West Liberty, IA. • May 4-5, 2007. Presented Anti-Racism Workshop, SEIA Synod Offices, Iowa City, IA. • April 22, 2007. Presented Anti-Racism Workshop, Bethesda Lutheran, Ames, IA • March 10, 2007. Presented Anti-Racism Workshop, First Lutheran, Cedar Rapids, IA. • January 5, 2007 Presented Anti-Racism Workshop, LYO Statewide Gathering, Cedar Rapids, IA. • March 25, 2006, Presented Anti-Racism Workshop, All Saints Lutheran, Davenport, IA • April 21, 2006, Presented Anti-Racism Workshop, Immanuel Lutheran, Grinnell, IA • April 17, 24, and May 1 2005. Presented Anti-Racism Workshops, St. Marks Lutheran, Davenport, IA

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