Serve as Marketing Coordinator and Communications Specialist for the Business Development department. Regular tasks include proposal preparation, client correspondence and editing of technical reports. Key member of re-branding launch team, new website and revised mission statement. Additional responsibilities include organization of conference events, internal management of employee communication, marketing and business development correspondence, editing of employee handbook and HR materials.KSingh has been providing engineering services since 1987 to a diverse range of public and private clients. KSingh is headquartered in Wauwatosa, a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We have three branch offices located in Waupaca and Janesville, Wisconsin and a recently opened office in Lombard Illinois. Since our start as an Environmental and Geotechnical firm, KSingh has added several key services including Land Survey, Transportation Engineering, Structural Engineering, Trail Design, Water Resources, and Construction Management. With our wide range of service areas, we are ideally structured to manage a project of any size from preliminary studies to final construction oversight. Our team brings a wealth of experience to each project and can provide direct design services, quality assurance reviews, and owner representation services.

In my time at MATC, I have taught English 152, a Communication Skills course in which we worked on presentation skills, career portfolios and effective writing techniques. I have also taught English 201, which is a writing course in which we worked on Interpretive and Argumentative papers as well as academic research papers. The third course I have taught is English 202, which is a Literature course in which we look at selected drama, poetry and fiction.

Research, gather and review literature for several research projects as well as prepare teaching materials for various graduate seminars. Responsible for maintaining organization and distribution of course materials on a weekly basis as well.

• English 215: Introduction to English Studies, UW-Milwaukee, Spring 2011This is a reading and writing intensive introduction to diverse texts and ideas that challenges students to think critically in a cultural and global framework. We read texts from different genres, an array of time periods and diverse places in order to challenge the notions and goals of English literature and English Studies. We explored, questioned, challenged and reflected upon the diverse ways of creating meaning and knowledge and the various methods of reading texts.• English 102: College Writing and Research, UW-Milwaukee, Spring 2010 – PresentThis course is designed to introduce students to the conventions and practices of academic research writing while also looking at the different disciplines and fields of study that have varying sets of practices and conventions. This course is structured around critical thinking, analysis, and interpretation of scholarly texts in order to produce a text that contributes insight in an academic field.• English 101: Introduction to College Writing, UW-Milwaukee, Spring 2009-Fall 2012This course introduced students to college-level reading and writing practices through a sequence of writing assignments that integrates critical reading, writing, and reflection. This course built on what students already knew about reading and writing, and it invited them to develop more complicated composing strategies for responding to their own concerns and the concerns of others.

• English 103: Civilizations and WorldviewsThis course provides practice and experience in reading the three primary genres of literature: fiction, poetry, and drama. The purpose of this course is to enable the student to enjoy and appreciate a wide spectrum of literature, with an understanding of how best to undertake various types of critical analyses of a work. In order to write effectively, this course also focuses on sharpening students’ critical thinking skills and interpretive abilities, and on improving students’ capacities for solid and successful communication.• English 104: Introduction to WritingThis is an introductory reading and writing course for college freshman geared toward reading comprehension, interpretive writing and research writing. The course, based on a course reader, was designed around several readings challenging the students to consider the world around them in new ways and then articulate their thoughts in writing. The second part of the course was based on an independent research paper through which the students learned rhetorical analysis, critical thinking skills, and innovative thought.

I worked with CUW and Living Word High School in Jackson, WI to help international high school seniors from Vietnam and China learn English in order to prepare them for college. We worked on grammar, sentence structure, essay-writing, interpretation, critical thinking, speech and presentations, listening and conversation skills. Each student succeeded in the year-long course, graduated with high scores and are currently attending prestigious universities in the US as of Fall, 2014.

Worked one-on-one with students in hour-long appointments to help them improve their study habits and develop their own personalized learning style. Helped students learn how to learn and focused on academic issues not specific to any single course or subject such as note taking, time management, and exam preparation.

Key member of tutoring team aimed at helping those with English as a Second Language as well as students with technical and science-based focus who were unable to structure their essays and reports successfully. Spent numerous hours working with students, both one on one and in group settings, in order to instruct and aid efficient learning. Provided a comfortable learning environment where students could ask questions and voice concerns and insecurities with their writing. Promoted effective and concise writing that complied with the assignment and delivered the student’s message. Strong advocate for writing and communication in all fields of study and believer that effective writing is an essential quality in all disciplines.

Black Folk Culture in the work of Zora Neale Hurston: Performed archival research on Voodoo culture and the representation of Black Folk Culture in Hurston’s anthropological research as well as her fiction.