Ted Morrissey

Teaching Experience
	Williamsville High School (1998-present). Advanced Placement English, Senior English, Speech, Freshman Composition, Freshman English. Springharvest student literary magazine (publication suspended). Curriculum Committee. Instructor of “Creative Writing: Theory and Practice” (graduate course for teachers, summer 2004)	Link to Morrissey’s high school homepage
	University of Illinois at Springfield (2010-present). Adjunct Lecturer in English. English 101 Composition & Rhetoric. English 102 College Writing & Civic Engagement
	Springfield College in Illinois, a.k.a. Benedictine University at Springfield College (1999-present). Adjunct English instructor in the Division of Arts and Letters. Committee to Restructure English 111 and 112 (2003-04). Search Committee for Library Director (2005). Student Composition Contest judge (2006, 2007). LaFata Award Winner (2007). Courses taught: English 111 Composition & Rhetoric; 112 Composition & Research; 201 Literature on Film; 216 Creative Writing: Fiction; 217 Creative Writing: Poetry; 223 Literature: Studies in Poetry; 224 Literature: Studies in Short Fiction; 225 Drama as Literature; 226 Introduction to Shakespeare; 227 Studies in American Literature 1; 228 Studies in American Literature 2; 230 Introduction to Women Authors; 232 Introduction to African American Authors; 234 Introduction to Asian American and Native American Authors. Production Editor, Quiddity international literary journal & public-radio program (2007-2009).	Link to Morrissey’s college homepage, includes syllabi for courses taught Link to Quiddity page
	Mt. Vernon Township High School (1987-1998). Journalism, Speech, American Literature. Student Newspaper. Youth & Government. Curriculum Committee. Head of Communication Arts Department (1991-96)
	United Township High School in East Moline (1984-87). Senior English, Journalism. Student Newspaper
Education
	Ph.D. in English Studies from Illinois State University. Dissertation title: Zeitgeist and the Zone: The Psychic Correlation between Trauma and “Postmodern” Literature (2009)
	M.A. in English/fiction writing from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (1995); Thesis title: Nudes in Natural Light (creative writing/fiction)
	B.S. in English education from SIUC (1984)
	Additional graduate hours in literature, journalism, creative writing, school administration, curriculum & instruction, Advanced Placement English, et al. from Illinois State University, University of Iowa, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Eastern Illinois University, Illinois Wesleyan University, et al.
Activities/Honors
	Member of Modern Language Association, National Council of Teachers of English, National Education Association, Illinois Education Association, Williamsville Education Association, Illinois Philological Association
	1908 Springfield Race Riot Committee; moderator of panel discussions (2008)
	Listed at Poets & Writers (2008)	Link
	The National Scholar Honor Society (2007)
	Illinois Philological Association executive committee (2007-present)
	LaFata Distinguished Teaching Award, Springfield College in Illinois (2007)
	Sigma Tau Delta, the National English Honor Society (2005)
	Top 25 Finalist in Glimmer Train Stories Fiction competition for “Missing the Earth” (2004)
	Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (2004, 2005, 2007)
	Librarian at Sherman Public Library (2001-present)
	Publisher/editor of A Summer’s Reading literary journal (1996-2003; no longer publishing)
	Reader for Advanced Placement literature exam (2001-2006)
	Illinois YMCA Youth & Government Press Adviser (1989-2002; Board of Directors 1992-2002)
Publications
Book	Weeping with an Ancient God (novella & story collection), Punkin House, 2012
Book	Men of Winter (novel), Punkin House, 2010	Link
	“Melvill in the Marquesas” (novella excerpt) in The Final Draft, Sept. 2010	Link
	“The Composure of Death” (short story) in Pisgah Review, forthcoming
	“Researching the Rhythms of Voice” (article) in Writers Ask, forthcoming
	“Walkin’ the Dog” (short story) in Spilling Ink Review, spring 2010
	Men of Winter (novel), Punkin House Press, fall 2010	Link
	“Twitterpation Nation” (column) in Slush Pile, winter 2010	Link
	“Unnatural Deeds” (short story) in Leaf Garden (Leaf Garden Press), Issue #8, 2010
	“Here’s How a Little Creativity Might, Sometimes, Save the Day” (column) in Slush Pile, fall 2009	Link
	Excerpt from Men of Winter (novel) in Slush Pile, spring 2009	Link
	“Missing the Earth” (short story) in Oak Bend Review (Texas), spring 2009	Link
	“A Wintering Place” (short story) in Eleven Eleven (California College of the Arts), winter 2009	Link
	“An Alabaster Moon” (short story) in PANK (Dept. of Humanities, Michigan Tech University), fall 2008	Link
	“Communion with the Dead” (short story) in The Chariton Review (Truman State UP), fall 2008	Link
	“(Mind and) Body of Work: A Cognitive Linguistics Approach to the Poetry of Yusef Komunyakaa” in Crowned with Laurel: Critical Essays on African American Pulitzer Prize Winning Literature (publication tabled by publisher due to economic factors)
	“The Authoress” (novel in progress) in the Sleepy Weasel (Benedictine University at Springfield College), spring 2007	Link
	“Wyatt Gwyon” (critical article) in Student’s Encyclopedia of American Literary Characters (Facts on File/Manly), 2007	Link
	“Fannie Barrier Williams” (critical article) in Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers (Greenwood Press), 2007	Link
	“Recognizing a Masterpiece: William Gaddis’s Reinterpretation of Flemish Art” (paper) at williamgaddis.org 2006	Link
	“Up-to-Date Information on the Species” (found poem) in the Sleepy Weasel, spring 2005	Link
	“Men of Winter” (first chapter of novel) in the Sleepy Weasel (Springfield College in Illinois), fall 2004	Link
	Profile of South African poet Antjie Krog for Africa Centre, London, fall 2003
	“The Oft Overlooked Role of the Short Story as Assessment Tool” (critical article) in Eureka Studies in Teaching Short Fiction, fall 2003
	“Cougars in the Hills” and “Watching Close” (short short stories) in the Sleepy Weasel, 2003	Link Link
	“It’s Elementary: Engaging Students through the Writings of Arthur Conan Doyle” (critical article) in Eureka Studies in Teaching Short Fiction, fall 2002
	“When the Night Is New” (short story) in A Summer’s Reading, 2002
	“It’s Elementary: Engaging Students through the Writings of Arthur Conan Doyle” (excerpt) in It Works for Me, Too! (New Forums Press), 2002	Link
	“In a Strange City” (short story) in Eureka Literary Magazine, fall 2002
	“Fische Stories” (short story) in Glimmer Train Stories, summer 2002	Link
	“A Dream of Paris,” “Hannah’s Poem” and “Milestone” (poems) in the Sleepy Weasel (Springfield College in Illinois), 2002	Link Link Link
	“Great Works of Literature Betwixt Short Story and Novella” (critical article) in Eureka Studies in Teaching Short Fiction, spring 2002	Link
	“Mix” (short story) in Paris Transcontinental, 1998
	Haiku in Haiku Headlines, 1995
	“Chinko” (short story) in Chiricu, 1993
Readings/Presentations
	2011 Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, University of Louisville – novel excerpt reading: “Men of Winter”; chaired panels on Modes of Narration in Caribbean & African-American Literature; Pedagogy Beyond Cultural Studies; and Ian McEwan and Austin Clarke	Link
	2010 Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, University of Louisville – Paper Presentation: “In the Heart of the Heart of the Cold War: Cultural Trauma and the Fiction of William H. Gass”; short story reading: “Communion with the Dead”; chaired panel on James Joyce’s Ulysses
	2009 Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference – Paper in Pedagogy Forum: “Conceptual Collections Can Bridge the Aesthetic Gap between Story and Novel”	Link
	2008 Illinois Philological Association Conference, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois. – Paper Presentation: “‘So Spake Our General Mother’: A Portrait of Mary Shelley as a Young Novelist”; chaired panels on medieval literature and literacy reflective essays	Link
	2008 College English Association Conference, St. Louis, Mo. – Short Story Presentation: “Communion with the Dead”; chaired creative writing panel
	2008 Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, University of Louisville – Paper Presentation: “Agapē Agape: The Making and Unmaking of William Gaddis’s World”; chaired panels on contemporary British authors, and experimental literary theory	Link
	2007 Illinois Philological Association Conference, University of Illinois-Springfield – Paper Presentation: “In Search of Sophrosene: A Study of Achilles’ Shield and Keats’ Grecian Urn”; chaired panels on creative writing, medieval literature, and media studies	Link
	2007 Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, University of Louisville – Paper Presentation: “William Gaddis’s ‘Little Novel’: A Microcosmic Exploration of Habermas’ ‘System’ and ‘Lifeworld’”; chaired panels on contemporary British authors, and modernist writers	Link
	2006 Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, University of Louisville – Paper Presentation: “Slothrop and the Scop: A Study of Gravity’s Rainbow and Beowulf”’ Short Story Presentation: “Missing the Earth”; chaired panels on modernist writers and J.M. Coetzee	Link
	2005 Illinois Philological Association Conference, Richland Community College – Paper Presentation: “Computers in Composition: Promises Unfulfilled”	Link
	2004 Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, University of Louisville – Paper Presentation: “Recognizing a Masterpiece: William Gaddis’s Reinterpretation of Flemish Art”; Short Story Presentation: “A Wintering Place”
	Springfield College in Illinois English Department reading – “An Alabaster Moon,” spring 2003
	1997 Young Authors Awards Dinner, Mt. Vernon, Illinois – featured speaker, reading of “Chinko,” spring 1997
	1995 Illinois Association of Teacher Educators Conference – group presentation of Reflective Teaching Block

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