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                              Lindsey Michelle Warren

                             Contact: lindsey.warren.2@bc.edu

Interests

Twentieth and twenty first-century American poetry; Modernism and Postmodernism; visual/concrete poetry; issues of genre

Education

Boston College, Chestnut Hill MA

M.A., English (in progress)

The College of New Jersey, Ewing NJ

B.A., English (major) and Linguistics (minor), summa cum laude with high departmental honors, 2008; College Honors Program; Phi Beta Kappa.

Thesis: “Engendering the Long Form in William Carlos Williams,” under the supervision of Dr. Juda Bennett.

                                                                    Click here to view my thesis presentation

                                                         (PowerPoint 2007 presentation--viewable only with IE) 

Honors and Awards

Phi Beta Kappa, 2008

Phi Kappa Phi, 2008

Golden Key International Honour Society, 2007

Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society, 2005

 Boston College English Department M.A. Tuition Scholarship (1 year)

Conferences

2007 Sigma Tau Delta National Conference

·        Attended and presented “Robert Frost: The Poet and the Pathetic Fallacy”

 2008 Sigma Tau Delta National Conference

·        Attended and presented “Letters or Lines: Linguistic Breakdown and the Importance of the Visual in Derek Beaulieu’s Fractal Economies”

Tutoring/Teaching Experience

Students Writing and Talking Program, The College of New Jersey

Jan. 2007-pres.

·        Leads writing conferences with freshmen students with an emphasis on thesis development, organization, and the writing process

 Conversation Hour Leader, The College of New Jersey

Jan. 2005-pres.

·        Develops activities for beginning students of French to aid in comprehension and review language material

Class Writing/Group Work Assistant, The College of New Jersey

Spring 2008

·        Completed an Independent Study in conjunction with Professor Glenn Steinberg's Middle English Literature course by assisting students in selecting texts for group presentations and in writing project rationales

 Sigma Tau Delta Freshman Mentor Program, The College of New Jersey

Sept. 2006-pres.

·        Acts as a resource for three freshman English majors by providing course advice and answering questions

 Foreign Language Tutor, Chester, NJ

Dec. 2007-pres.

·        Works as a tutor of French in conjunction with the West Morris Central High School District in Chester, NJ

Leadership Experience

 Community Advisor, The College of New Jersey

Aug. 2006-May 2007

·        Leads a community of approximately fifty first-year residents in adjustment to college life

·        Organizes and facilitates programs addressing academic, educational, and social needs

 Community Coordinator, The College of New Jersey

Aug. 2007-pres.

·        Acts as a resource to approximately twenty upper-class students

·        Supervises a staff of five House Assistants

·        Leads House Assistant staff in running programs of an educational and social nature

·        Awarded 2007-8 “Community Coordinator of the Year” Award by Dept. of Residential Education and Housing

 Sigma Tau Delta, President, Historian; The College of New Jersey

Sept. 2006-pres.

·        Supervises executive board activities

·        Organizes events and oversees recruitment efforts

·        Keeps records of alumni contacts and society events

 24-Hour Marathon Reading of Joyce's Ulysses, The College of New Jersey

Apr. 17-18, 2008

·        Spearheaded volunteer recruitment efforts for English department event

Language Background

French (advanced); Latin (reading proficiency).

·        Completed Languages Across the Curriculum Program in French in conjunction with Linguistics course at TCNJ

                                                                             Last updated 6/24/2008