Ben Pearce Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Established long-term operational objectives, researched factors that impacted the success of the program, and monitored the overall progress• Assisted in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of undergraduate academic policies in partnership with the Director of Undergraduate Studies• Developed and implemented communication and marketing for the department regarding major promotion, employment, and graduate education opportunities• Oversaw student enrollment, registration, withdrawals, major changes, and graduation audits• Conducted program-related maintenance tasks that support faculty and students, such as course schedule building and serving as a liaison between the academic unit and other departments• Collaborated with faculty to aid with advising a student population of approximately 500 undergraduate Economics majors and minors

Lawrencville, Ga

• Collaborated with a team to research and develop best practices for promoting student achievement• Aligned student goals to academic pathways• Identified struggling students and developed a recovery strategy to return them to satisfactory academic progress• Collaborated with department heads to develop and implement a variety of research-based student programming, including admissions, residence life, and financial aid initiatives• Developed & facilitated success workshops on a variety of academic success topics• Researched student success indicators and implementation of new programs, delivery of existing programs, and overall operations of the mentoring program• Ensured that work is in compliance with federal and state regulations and/or institutional policies.• Developed and delivered training for the Division of Student Engagement and Success

Trio Support Services - Clarkston

* Primary English tutor for over 50 first-generation, low-income, or non-traditional college students* Help students prepare, organize, and outline for upcoming essays and other English related work * Work with students to edit English composition papers to improve grammar, style, and organization* Provide English and writing lessons through “Back-to-Basic” workshops* Assist students with other coursework including Political Science, History, and Communications* Serve as a mentor to students

Kennesaw, Ga

* Teacher-of-record for multiple sections of Composition I & Composition II at KSU* Responsible for all classroom and online instruction/management* Create and write materials such as a syllabus, visual aids, supplementary notes, and course website* Generate assignments and grade student essays/papers * Correspond with students in D2L(online teaching program)

Atlanta, Ga

* Wrote and edited headlines, cutlines, and some limited copy in each edition of the AJC sports section* Determined content and layout of all sports statistics and standings* Updated each edition on a tight nightly deadline

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Professional Writing

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Mass Communication/Media Studies

Editor of The Cluster (Student Newspaper)