Curriculum Vitae Mark Isham Business Address: Department of English University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Phone: 319-338-7369 E-mail:
[email protected] EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY Higher Education Dissertation work with the late Merle Brown, after Brown’s death (1978), Sherman Paul on Ezra Pounds Cantos, The University of Iowa. Comprehensive Exams for Ph.D. in English, the University of Iowa, 1976. M.A. in English, Pass Plus, the University of Iowa, 1972. B.A. in English and History, Honors, the University of Illinois, 1971. Professional and Academic Positions THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA (1987-present Adjunct Professor and Visiting Professor) FIRST YEAR SEMINAR: DRAWN INTO LEARNING: USE CARTOONS TO IMPROVE YOUR WRITING: 08N:029 (Fall 2010; Fall 2011; FALL 2012, Fall 2013) Students record, compose, and apply first college experiences as a series of stories and images, study the work of those who use journals that reflect on their life experiences, talk with some of these artists and writers who will come to class, write and draw in class workshops, compose in a journal, and create a course project: a sequence of cartoons and writing. WRITING FOR BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY: 8N:113 (1991-present); practical techniques and exercises for memo writing, letter writing, report writing, proposal writing, cover letter and resume writing. • I also teach the correspondence version of the course. ADVANCED WRITING FOR BUSINESS: TEAM WRITING AND DOCUMENT DESIGN: 8N:133 (1993-present); techniques for team writing in business and administrative settings: work with clients from the community, analysis of process, document design. • Featured in Continuing Connections newsletter for The Division of Continuing Education: “Writing Students meet the 'Real World'".