Markussen CV 2022
Markussen CV 2022
Markussen CV 2022
Markussen, PhD
Morton College, Cicero, IL ∙ Communications Department
773-916-9256 ∙ prairiemarkussen@gmail.com ∙ www.prairiemarkussen.weebly.com
EDUCATION
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
WRT 100 (Writing Fundamentals), 101 and 102 (Writing I and Writing II)
8 sections: in person and hybrid; 16-week and 5-week classes.
Part-time Instructor: Writing 2014 – 2017
Trident University, Online
ENG 101 and 102 (English Composition I and II), LIT 201 (American Literature)
Numerous sections: online; 16-week and 8-week classes.
ENGL 205 (Technical Writing and Speaking), ENGL 206 (Technical and Professional
Writing), ENGL 103 (Composition: Writing and Research), ENGL 103 (Composition
and Critical Thinking)
Numerous sections: online; 5-week classes.
American Literature, English Conversation, Short Story Writing, Speech, Essay Writing, Gifted
High School Literature, Gifted Middle School Literature
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Markussen, P. “Engaged Pedagogy: A Practice for Cultivating Teacher Self-Care,” Ashford Teaching and
Learning Conference, Online, 2020.
Markussen, P. “Teaching Rhetorical Awareness Through Translation: A New Approach for Writing
Classrooms,” Ashford Teaching and Learning Conference, Online, 2019.
Markussen, P. “Practice Makes (Engaged) Pedagogy: SLOs and Student Positionalities,” Conference on
College Composition and Communication, Concurrent Session, 2018.
Markussen, P. “The New Balance: Research and Discovery with a Child,” Ashford University’s Women’s
Week, Ashford University, Online, 2017.
Markussen, P. “War Poetry: A Brief History,” Coffee House Presentations, Colorado Technical
University, Online, 2014.
FELLOWSHIPS
GRANTS
Graduate & Professional Student Council Travel Grant, University of Arizona, $750 2018
EGU Travel Fund Grant, University of Arizona, $325 2018
CCCC’s Childcare Grant Fund, $375 2018
AWARDS
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
Bose, Dev K., Sean Zdenek, Prairie Markussen, Heidi Wallace, and Angelia Giannone. "Sound and
Access: Attuned to Disability in the Writing Classroom." Tuning in to Soundwriting, edited by
Kyle D. Stedman, Courtney S. Danforth, and Michael J. Faris, enculturation/Intermezzo, 2021,
intermezzo.enculturation.net/14-stedman-et-al/bose.html.
GRADUATE COURSEWORK
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
District Director of Curriculum and Instruction; Project Align Coordinator; 2006 – 2009
Administrative Assistant (title changes due to promotions)
City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Coordinated faculty development seminars, consulted with Illinois Board of Higher Education to maintain
grants, oversaw Academic Affairs, Arts and Sciences departmental budget (approx. $1million),
coordinated international exchange programs, worked with Chicago Public Schools to carry out grant-
related assessments, collated grant data.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Poetry Co-editor
Sonora Review, student-run literary journal of the University of Arizona 2019 – 2020
Curriculum Developer
Edited assignment verbiage for English 101 and 102, online, University of Arizona 2016 – 2020
Faculty Interviewee 2018
Focus: study of online version of ENGL 102, conducted by Tanya Tercero,
PhD candidate in the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching program
Poetry Editor
Oyez Review, literary journal of Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL 2005
CREATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Chapbooks
Go Here, See Elsewhere, Finishing Line Press, 2021.
The Women of Scottsboro, Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, April 2012.
Poetry
“Feint” and “The Tattering Call,” Ekphrasis Magazine, forthcoming
“Holy Cross Cemetery, Milwaukee,” Cababi Art & Literary Magazine. December 2015.
“The Six Types of People,” Ghostwriters of Delphi. January 2015.
“Hulum,” Garbanzo Literary Journal. September 2014.
“Architecture: Poetry,” “Parenthetical,” I am a pieces that comes,” and “Dying Down,” Potluck
Magazine, June 2014.
“Alicia, Ingrid,” Strange FrenZies Anthology, Z-composition Magazine, April 2014.
“On Beige,” Cleaver Magazine, June 2013.
“A different story,” Weave, February 2013.
“Succession,” “Dancing with someone who isn’t sure,” and “Dreaming in Korea,” Northwind, Summer
2012.
“Untitled,” “HACIOCRAM or ISLE OF PROPHETS,” and “ZAK, see SOUTHERN SEA,” The Bacon
Review, August 2012.
“In defense,” Atticus Review, June 2012.
“Cupped as the Cup,” and “At odds,” The Toucan Magazine, May 2012.
“The missing degree,” Clutching at Straws, April 2012.
“Weiji,” “Wounds that meet,” “A Rumble Rising,” Lily, Volume 5, Issue 9, February 2012; Volume 2,
Issue 5, April 2005; Volume 1, Issue 8, July 2004.
“Even Means,” Bigger Than They Appear (anthology), November 2011.
“From Blackstone Ave.,” Painted Bride Quarterly, Issue 84, 2011.
“Diving in Arizona,” Autumn Sky Poetry, Number 16, January 2010.
“On the horizon,” The Dirty Napkin, Volume 2.4, Fall 2009.
“Homeschool fieldtrip, 2nd grade,” Rattle, Issue 31, Summer 2009.
“A study in performativity,” Oyez Review, Volume 35, Spring 2008.
“The Complete Monkey Omnibus: Live at the Budokan (excerpt),” a collaboration with Daniel S.
Shapiro, Snakeskin, February 2008.
“A birth, unrealized,” After Hours, Issue 13, Summer 2006.
“Electra, the Colossus, and the Understudy,” Elixir, Volume 5, Number 1, 2005.
“Hunting Green,” Louisiana Literature, Volume 22, Number 1, Spring/Summer 2005.
“Strike against,” The Fiddlehead, Number 223, Spring 2005.
“Tussle,” BorderSenses, Fall 2004.
“Proof, unsolved,” Words and Pictures Magazine, Issue Number 1, August 2004.
Short stories
“Nothing Special,” The Drum, Issue 26, July 2012.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS