Robert L. Clark, M.A. Curriculum Vitae

Name: Robert L. Clark

Office Address: HCC NW English Dept., 1010 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Houston, TX 77043 Office Telephone: 713 718 5782 College E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Education  University of St. Thomas, Houston Texas Secondary Teaching Certificate, ESL  University of Houston, Houston Post Graduate studies in English  San Francisco State College California Community College Teaching Certificate  University of California, Berkeley Post Graduate studies in English  University of Texas, Austin M. A. in English  University of Texas, Austin B. A. in English with Special Honors in English  Lamar University, Beaumont undergraduate studies in sociology, English  Rice University, Houston undergraduate studies in physics, philosophy  Beaumont High School salutatorian, National Merit Finalist

Teaching Experience  Instructor, 1989 – present HCC-NE, NW, Continuing Education Courses: University-transferable Freshman Composition I and II, Dual Credit, Business Writing  Classroom teacher 1975-1992 Houston Independent School District Courses: English, Reading Laboratory, Mathematics, Algebra, Informal Geometry, Geometry  Director of Education, teacher Accelerated Learning, Inc., Houston Courses: Reading, Study Skills  Instructor San Antonio College, San Antonio Courses: University-transferable Freshman Composition I and II  Instructor Lamar University, Beaumont Courses: Freshman Composition I and II, Survey of British Literature  Practice Teaching City College of San Francisco, San Francisco State College Courses: Freshman Composition and Reading Laboratory  Graduate Teaching Fellow University of Texas, Austin

Related Experience  Founder and continuous host, First Friday Poetry Reading Series, at Inprint House, 1975-present  Organizer and Master of Ceremony, numerous festival stages for poetry (Westheimer Art Festival, Westheimer Street Festival, Main Street Festival, Houston Festival, Houston International Festival)  President and Event Chair, Houston Poetry Fest, at UHD each October, since 1985  Editor, Crosscurrents Magazine, Sunsprout, First Fridays in Print