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USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Michael Thomson BunnLecturerContact Information E-mail: bunnm@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-1980 Office: JEF 150 LINKS Curriculum Vitae Personal Website |
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 Ph.D. Joint PhD in English & Education, University of Michigan, 2010
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M.F.A. Creative Writing - Fiction, University of Pittsburgh, 2003
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B.A. English, Santa Clara University, 1997
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Service to the University |
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Member, Curriculum & Pedagogy Committee
Tasked with assessing and proposing changes for the USC Writing Program student learning outcomes and the curriculum for both lower and upper-division writing courses.
, 04/01/2011-
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Member, Professional Development Committee
Tasked with developing innovative ways for USC Writing Program faculty to share best teaching practices and to establish their place nationally within the field of Composition & Rhetoric.
, 10/01/2010-
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Other Service to the University |
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Facilitator for the University of Southern California Undergraduate Writer’s Conference creative writing panel session titled ""Writerly Dilemmas: Exploring Intellectual, Cultural, and Ethical Challenges in Writing" on March 28, 2012., 03/28/2012
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Served as a judge of student submissions in the "Research" category for the 2012 University of Southern California Undergraduate Writer’s Conference., 03/01/2012-03/28/2012
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Facilitator for the University of Southern California Freshman Orientation Micro-Seminar titled "Funny or Offensive?: The Blurry Line Between Comedic Critique and Cultural Insult " on December 4, 2011., 12/04/2011
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Facilitator for the University of Southern California Freshman Orientation Micro-Seminar titled "You Can’t Say That, Can You?: Comedy as Social Critique" on August 18 & 19, 2011., 08/18/2011-08/19/2011
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Facilitator, New Assistant Lecturer Orientation
Planned and co-facilitated a two-week orientation for new USC graduate writing instructors covering topics such as assignment design, classroom management, assessment and grading of student writing, and discussion facilitation.
, 08/09/2011-08/19/2011
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Instructor for a series of three writing workshops for the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Summer Scholars Program on July 6, 13, & 20, 2011. , 07/06/2011-07/20/2011
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Facilitator for the University of Southern California Undergraduate Writer’s Conference creative writing panel session titled "Why Writing Matters" on March 30, 2011., 03/30/2011
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Service to the Profession |
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Review Panels |
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Conference on College Composition and Communication, Stage 1 Reviewer for 2013 CCCC Proposals, 2011-2012
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