Resume (Curriculum Vitae)

Mark Fullmer holds degrees in music (2002) and English literature (2006) and served as a Peace Corps volunteer (Philippines, 2010-12). He is managing editor of New Comm Ave, a journal of college writing, and founder of the Scholarship for Future Educators, which provides full tuition to college students studying education in the Philippines. He has published a short story collection (2008), poetry collection (2009), and novel (2010). He currently teaches technical writing at Austin Community College and does web development for the University of Texas. His research interests include genre literature, composition theory, educational technology, and second language acquisition.

1. Education
2. Employment
3. Courses Taught
4. Awards, Honors, Appointments and Certifications
5. Presentations, Speaking Engagements and Seminars
6. Peace Corps Service (2010-2012)
7. Academic Publications
8. Creative Writing
9. Instructional Technology Resume
10. Professional Associations and Committees
11. International and Community Volunteer Service

DEGREES

ACADEMIC FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

• Composition and Rhetoric
• Second Language Acquisition (Mother Tongue-Based Instruction)
• Pedagogy and Teaching Methodologies
• California Literature and Film
• 20th Century American Popular Literature and Film
• Digital Literacy and Usability
• Musicology

Employment

COURSES TAUGHT

AWARDS, HONORS, APPOINTMENTS and CERTIFICATIONS

• Visiting Professor, University of the Philippines Visayas, Tacloban Campus (2012)
• Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL): 60-hour TEFL Online Course, Bridge TEFL (Oct 2009)
• Sabbatical Replacement (1-semester full-time appointment, Fullerton College, 2008)
• Donald J. White Award for Teaching Excellence (Boston College, 2006)
• Boston College Graduate Technology Assistant (2006)
• California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST): Permanent Passing Status (2006)
• Boston College Teaching Fellowship (2005-6)
• Boston College Comprehensive Theory Exam: passed with distinction (2005)
• Boston College Comprehensive Textual Analysis Exam: passed with distinction (2005)
• summa cum laude (3.9 GPA), B.A., Music, University of Southern California (2002)
• Graduated with honors, Troy High School (1998)

PRESENTATIONS, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND SEMINARS

• Dec 5-7, 2012 : "Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Language Education Inititatives in Region 8." co-written with Voltaire Q. Oyzon. 7th International Nakem Conference (Mariano Marcos State University, Batac, IN, Philippines)
• Oct 23, 2012 : How to Take the GRE and the Foreign Service Officer Test. Peace Corps Batch 270 Mid-Service Training (Batangas City, Philippines)
• Oct 15, 2012 : Creating Digital Lessons. In-House Training for Education Faculty (Eastern Visayas State University)
• Oct 13, 2012 : The Many Options for Research, "How to Create Effective Research Instruments," "Proper Citation," and "How to Create Academic Titles." Seminar in Graduate Research (Eastern Visayas State University)
• Oct 12, 2012 : Guest Speaker, United Nations Exercises (Eastern Visayas State University )
• Oct 10, 2012 : Guest Speaker, Learning Center Blessing and Opening, a project of PCV Celia Hudson (Palo National High School)
• Sep 22, 2012 : The Science of Happiness: A Paradigm for Teaching Scientific Research. Philippine Organization of Science and Technology Educators (Tacloban City)
• Sep 13, 2012 : Creative Writing Workshop at Leyte Normal University. (Leyte Normal University, with Voltaire Oyzon)
• Aug 20, 2012 : Feature Writing. College Editors Guild of the Philippines, Metro Tacloban Formation (Tacloban City)
• Aug 16, 2012 : Pitfalls of Office Correspondence. Department of Agrarian Reform Information and Education Division Regional Office (Tacloban City)
• Aug 8, 2012 : The Science of Motivation: What Business and Academia are Doing Incorrectly. Division of Humanities Lecture Series (Univ. of the Philippines Visayas, Tacloban Campus)
• Aug 4, 2012 : Feature Writing; Creative Writing; Online Writing. Basic Campus Journalism Training, Student Publication Office (Eastern Visayas State University)
• Aug 2, 2012 : Creating a Corpus and Readability Instrument for Filipino Languages. Regular Meeting for National Network of Normal Schools (3NS) (Leyte Normal University)
• Jul 14, 2012 : Subject Verb Agreement; Pronunciation. Skills Enhancement Seminar for Student Teachers (Eastern Visayas State University)
• Jul 7, 2012 : Singulars/Plurals; Pronunciation. Skills Enhancement Seminar for Student Teachers (Eastern Visayas State University)
• Jun 23, 2012 : Prepositions. Skills Enhancement Seminar for Student Teachers (Eastern Visayas State University)
• Jun 16, 2012 : Generating Frequency Word Lists and Creating a Readability Instrument for Waray-Waray. 2nd Colloquium on Waray Language (Ledesma Hall, CTE, Leyte Normal University, Tacloban City)
• May 26, 2012: "Orthography in Waray-Waray: A Case Study in Language Standardization" (Graduate School Language Students, Eastern Visayas State University)
• May 21, 2012 : Graduate Book Writeshop (Evaluator) (Eastern Visayas State University)
• May 7-18, 2012: "POWER Teaching": Siquijor and Negros Oriental Mobile Educational Training (SNOMET, Dumaguete City and Bayawan City)
• May 5, 2012 : Creating and Evaluating Written Assessments. Eastern Visayas State University Graduate School language students
• Apr 28, 2012 : Self-Reflective Teaching. Lalawigan and Llorente Summer Teacher Training (Borongan, Eastern Samar)
• Apr 18, 2012 : Seven Habits of Highly Effective Educators. Conference for the National Association of Physical Educators (Lyceum of the Philippines University, Batangas)
• Feb 3, 2012 : The Science of Happiness: A Paradigm for Academic Research (Configure lecture series, University of the Philippines, Tacloban Campus )
• Jan 28, 2012 : Skills Enhancement Seminar for Student Teachers: "Word Usage, Pronunciation, Pronoun Usage" (Eastern Visayas State University)
• Jan 21, 2012 : Skills Enhancement Seminar for Student Teachers: "Subject-Verb Agreement, Modifiers, Conditional Tense" (Eastern Visayas State University, with Arlene Villasante)
• Jan 14, 2012 : Skills Enhancement Seminar for Student Teachers: "Prepositions, Comparatives, Idioms" (Eastern Visayas State University, with Belinda Lora)
• Nov 30, 2011 : "Online Journalism." (DepEd Journalism Workshop and Competition. Presenter and Judge. Catbalogan, Samar)
• Nov 18, 2011: "How to take the GRE" informational session for Peace Corps volunteers (Mid-Service Training Batch 269, with Jenn Rimbach)
• Oct 26-28, 2011: "Santa Fe Elementary Teachers In-Service Training" (led by PCV Holly Lovejoy)
• Oct 15, 2011 : Scouting Excellence and Sir Winston Churchill (Centre for International Education, The School for Leaders, Tacloban City)
• Oct 2, 2011 : Online Writing and Layout for Journalism (Department of Education Workshop, Borongan, Eastern Samar, 400 participants)
• Sep 22, 2011 : Writing Project Proposals seminar for staff at PhilHealth (Tacloban City)
• Sep 17, 2011 : Leadership of Sir Winston Churchill (Centre for International Education, The School for Leaders, Tacloban City)
• Sep 16, 2011 : Designing Effective Rubrics. All-day faculty workshop (Eastern Visayas State University)
• Sep 9, 2011 : "Higher Order Thinking Skills, Table of Specifications, and Leading Discussions."" All-day faculty workshop (Eastern Visayas State University)
• Aug 27, 2011 Skills Enhancement Seminar for Student Teachers: Word Usage; Vocabulary, Pronouns (Eastern Visayas State University)"
• Aug 26, 2011 : Syllabus Enhancement Workshop; Americanisms and Filipinisms. All-day faculty workshop (Eastern Visayas State University)
• Jul 30, 2011 : Skills Enhancement Seminar for Student Teachers (Prepositions, Adverbs, Adjectives, Idioms, with Belinda Lora)
• Jul 16, 2011 : Skills Enhancement Seminar for Student Teachers (Subject-Verb Agreement and Pronunciation, with Arlene Villasante)
• Jul 9, 2011 : Peer Counseling Leadership Seminar for youth from Dulag, Leyte (Dept of Agrarian Reform)
• Jun 27, 2011 : 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teams (Department of Agrarian Reform, Tacloban City)
• Jun 25, 2011 : 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teams (National Nutrition Council, Tadyaw Beach Resort, Tolosa)
• Jun 6-8, 2011 : Teacher Training for new faculty at Bacolod City College (led by PCV Justin Tabor)
• May 13-25, 2011: TUDLO-Mindanao, a teacher enhancement program for the the island of Mindanao, including Philippines' minority Muslim population
• Apr 25-28, May 2-5, 2011: Remedial Reading Program at Tanauan National High School (organized by PCV Jean Pfautz, Tanauan, Leyte)
• Apr 11-5, 2011: Lesson Planning Workshop for Grace Christian Mission Technical School (with PCV Jessica Friedman, Old Boso Boso, Antipolo City)
• Apr 1, 2011 : Commencement Speaker, Graduation (St. Clare Child Development Center )
• Mar 26, 2011 : See it, Swim it, Save it! Environmental awareness program (led by Peter Barlow, Babatgnon, Leyte)
• Mar 12, 2011 : A Cross Cultural Comparison of Financial Factors in America and the Philippines Guest Sharer for EVSU PhD Seminar on "The Economics of Education" (San Juanico Golf Club, Tacloban, Leyte)
• Mar 5, 2011 : Singulars/Plurals, Pronunciation, and Idioms Skills Enhancment Workshop for EVSU student teachers (with Jessica Alalid)
• Feb 23-7, 2011 : The Role of Lesson Plans and Teaching Methods. Teacher Workshop for Grace Christian Mission Technical School, Old Boso-Boso, Antipolo City (with Jessica Friedman)
• Feb 12, 2011 : Subject-Verb Agreement and Grammar Teaching Strategies Skills Enhancement Workshop for EVSU student teachers (with Arlene Villasante)
• Feb 5, 2011 : Long- and Short-Term Planning, presented at the Eastern Visayas State University Dulag Campus (with Mei Chen)
• Jan 15, 2011 : Prepositions and Pronunciation Skills Enhancement Workshop for EVSU student teachers (with Ma. Belinda Lora)
• Jan 8, 2011 : Teaching the Process of Writing at Dep Ed Seminar, "Communicative Learning Teaching" in Catbologan, Eastern Samar (with Rustum Geonzon)
• Nov 12, 2010 : Guest speaker (Waray-Waray dialect), 49th Peace Corps Philippines Swearing in Ceremony (Antipolo City, Manila, Philippines )
• Nov 5, 2010 : Computer Literacy Workshop (Eastern Visayas State University, 31 faculty attendees)
• Nov 4, 2010 : Seminar on Syllabus Design (Eastern Visayas State University Tanauan Campus )
• May 2009 : "Facebook in the Classroom: Productive Identites and Social Bonding in Nonymous Online Environments"
• May 1, 2008 : "10 Tips for Teaching with Technology" (Fullerton College Faculty Enhancement Seminar)
• Mar 24, 2008: "Big Boy, Little Room: Reevaluating Male-Gendered Narratives of Self" (CSUF Conference on Gender and Scholarship, chair of the panel "Dropouts, Downloads, and Diamonds: Male Performance and Attendance in the Composition Classroom")
• Aug 16, 2007 : "Preparing Our Students (and Ourselves) for Timed Exams" (Fullerton College Faculty Development Program)
• Oct 10, 2006 : "A California Abroad: Mapping the West in Twain's European Travels of 1868" (Fordham University 2006 Graduate English Association Conference, "Transitional Spaces and Places")
• May 10, 2006 : Boston College New Writing Faculty Syllabus Workshop. Discussed my first-year teaching experiences and led 1-hour small group workshop for incoming faculty.
• Apr 14, 2005 : "Playing Parts: Writing Inside and Outside Academia," (Panel Discussion, Boston College Graduate Colloquium

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

• Oyzon, Voltaire Q., John Mark Fullmer, and Evelyn C. Cruzada. (2012). Syahan nga Usa ka Yukot hin mga Pulong nga Masukot Gamiton ha Winaray: Pagpurulongan para han mga Magturutdo ug Eskwela ha MTBMLE [First One Thousand Commonly Used Words in Winaray: A Dictionary for MTBMLE Teachers and Students]. National Network of Normal Schools.
• Fullmer, Mark. (2012). "Open-Source Online Grammar and Readability Checker." grammark.org.
• Fullmer, Mark. (2012). "Creating a Predictive Online Dictionary for the Waray Language", with Panrehiyong Sentro sa Wikang Filipino-R8, Leyte Normal University. Waray Language Database, waraylanguage.org.
• Fullmer, Mark. (2011). "Literacy in the Facebook Era: Internet English in Filipino Education." Pagsubay: The Graduate Literary Journal of Eastern Visayas State University: Tacloban City.
• Fullmer, Mark. (2005-9). Managing Editor. New Comm Ave: The Literary Journal of College Writing (Volumes 2005:1-2009:2). newcommave.com.
• Fullmer, Mark (2005). John J. McAleer: The Making of Rex Stout's Biography. Self published for the Boston College Graduate Research Seminar markfullmer.com/mcaleer.

CREATIVE WRITING

• Columnist, Peace Corps Worldwide (2010-).
• 1337: A Game Novel (2010). Brooklyn: A Mutual Respect Books and Music.
• TWEET, TWEET: a mysticotelegraphic fistbump panegyric to the american open road odyssey (2009). Brooklyn: A Mutual Respect Books and Music.
• On the Beautiful Sea: Eight Stories (2008). Brooklyn: A Mutual Respect Books and Music.
• "Once There Was, Once There Wasn't" (screenplay, 2006). Boston: Olive Barrel Productions.
• "Woman With Knife No. 5" (screenplay, 2006). Boston: Olive Barrel Productions.
• "That's Funny, Isn't It?" (screenplay, 2005). Boston: Olive Barrel Productions.

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY RESUME
Thorough understanding of web design (HTML, PHP, Drupal, SQL, Wordpress), graphics manipulation (Photoshop, GIMP, Vegas), sound design (Mixcraft, Audacity), multiple operating systems (GNU+Linux, Windows, Mac OS), and proponent of open-source software.

• Taught hybrid online classes (ENGL 100) at Fullerton College (2008-9)
• Creator, grammark.org: the open-source grammar checker
• Creator, howtoteachonline.org: a forum for distance learning strategies
• Attended 2008 Online Teaching Conference, held at Miracosta College, June 5-6 2008
• Attended 2007 Virtual Instruction Academy: 5-week distance education certification, Fullerton College
• Attended 2007 "Using Blackboard in the Classroom." Irvine Valley College seminar
• Web Editor, Boston College First Year Writing Program (2005-6) http://bc.edu/fws
• Web Editor, New Comm Ave: Journal of College Writing (2005-10) http://newcommave.com

Selected Educational Slideshow Presentations
Understanding by Design Simplified
Americanisms & Filipinisms
Higher Order Thinking Skills
Project Proposals: Objectives & Rationale
How to Create Good Test Questions
How to Ask Good Discussion Questions
How to Design Effective Rubrics
How to Write Clear Syllabus Objectives
How to Speak with an American Accent
Licensure Exam for Teachers: Pronunciation Questions
Subject-Verb Agreement in English
Singulars & Plurals in English
Prepositions, Adverbs & Adjectives in English
Speeches & Oral Communication Guide
How to be a Great Leader
7 Habits of Highly Effective Teams
Short- and Long-Term Planning
Sir Winston Churchill: Leadership Qualities
16 Ways to Motivate Students
Interactive Teaching for the 21st Century

Readability & Clarity
Creating a table of contents: "flat" versus "deep" hierarchy
Step-by-step instructions: what does the user need to know?
How to avoid professional mumbo-jumbo
How to make layout more readable
Clarity Tip: Put the most important stuff first
10 document revision tips

Types of Writing
Employee bios: precise, professional, personalized
Job Applications 101: Content, organization, layout, and style
Best wording for customer info letters
Oral presentation strategies: differences from the written word
Multimedia presentations: the new powerpoint
How to write damn good timed essays
10 web writing fundamentals

Academic Writing
How to introduce quotes
9 academic essay tips
Using evidence to support claims
Thesis Statements 101
How to revise your writing
Topic Sentence Linking: What introductory sentences really do
When to Quote and When to Paraphrase
Academic Style 101: a cheat sheet
How to structure your paper like a scholar
The Given-New theory of writing structure
Academic intros & conclusions: what scholars really do
First person in academic writing (when can I say "I"?)
Tentative language: the scholar's voice
Titles how-to for academic essays
Vocabulary to use in your next paper
Contextualization & historicization: what scholars say
Sentence style study: an examination of Lauren Slater
How to use literary theory in interpretive essays
Finding rhetorical fallacies in presidential politics
Framing arguments: the fundamentals of shaping your point of view
Rogerian argument: find a win-win solution
Rogerian Argument: Barack Obama

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMITTEES

• Technical Adviser, Student Publications Office, Eastern Visayas State University (2011-12)
• Adviser, Theatre Club, Eastern Visayas State University Laboratory School (2012)
• Board of Managers, Scholarship for Future Educators (2011-)
• Committee member, EVSU Book Acquisition Project (2011-)
• Columnist, Peace Corps Worldwide (2010-)
• Managing Editor, New Comm Ave: The Literary Journal of College Writing (2005-2009)
• Web Editor, dirtcakes: the literary journal (2009-10)
• Visiting Writer Committee, Fullerton College (2008)
• Website Subcommittee of Technology Committee, Fullerton College (2008)
• Freshman Writing Award Committee, Fullerton College (2008)

COMMUNITY AND INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

• Peace Corps Volunteer (2010-2012): Served in the Republic of the Philippines as an educator and community organizer
• Community Cleanup, (Barangay Baras, Palo, Leyte, Nov 16, 2010)
• Community Cleanup, International Volunteer Day. Pitad Para Kalibungan Barangay 37, Tacloban City (Dec 5, 2012)
• Community Outreach Project and Presentation on Personal Hygiene for Taguite Elementary School (Babatgnon, Leyte, Dec 12, 2010)
• Outreach Program and Feeding for students at Bulante Elementary School (Dec 17, 2011)
• Head Coach, Girls Handball, Eastern Visayas State University Laboratory School (2012)
• Team Leader, Campus Intramurals, EVSU SLS (July 18-20, 2012)
• Million Volunteer Run, Philippine Red Cross (March 2012) redcross.org.ph
• Moderator, St. Angela Merici School Spelling Bee (2010)
• Volunteer webmaster for dirtcakes journal (2009-2010)
• Volunteer web consultant for San Gabriel Valley Tennis Association (2010-)
• Volunteer at Alta Gardens nursing home, Garden Grove (2008)
• Smart Foundation volunteer for instrument registration (2008)
• Relay for Life Cancer Walk. Morongo Basin (April 26, 2008)
• Humanities division information booth (first week, club rush week, job fair week 2008-09)
• Bellflower Community Orchestra, adjunct member: trumpet (2007-2009)
• Liaison with Houghton Mifflin Co. to publish student essays in Patterns Across Cultures (2008), by Stuart Hirshberg and Terry Hirshberg, The Riverside Reader (2007) by Joe Trimmer and Maxine Hairston and Everyday Arguments (2007), by Katherine J. Mayberry
• Panel discussion, first-year teaching experiences to help new faculty develop syllabus at Boston College's First-Year Teacher program (May 10, 2006)
• Designed and taught a teacher training session entitled "Preparing our students (and ourselves) for timed exams," Fullerton College (August 16, 2007)
• Tutor, group home junior high and high school students living in the Hart Community Home as part of the Title I Education program (2003-2004)
• Tutor, inner-city high Los Angeles school students in English, math, and science as part of a school-enrichment program, MedCOR, preparing students for the medical profession (2001-2002)