Marty Cain Email & Phone Number

Ithaca, NY, US

Ithaca, New York, United States

• Providing regular and after-hours research support within the disciplines of human ecology and the agricultural life sciences. Working with Cornell students, staff, faculty, and community members.
• Updating and maintaining library stacks records and range labels.
• Leading project team to design and implement new stacks signage intended to make the Library of Congress subject headings and call number systems more accessible to patrons.
• Managing stacks-related projects, such as shifts and pulls of library materials.
• Communicating with patrons regarding missing items.
• Hiring, training, and supervising student workers.

Ithaca, New York, United States

• Taught first-year writing courses on themes that included “Literatures of Ithaca” (a study of Ithaca literature and subcultural art from the 1960s to the present) and “True Stories” (a course focused on media history.
• Trained undergraduates to conduct research and use library resources, including physical and digital archival materials.
• Provided course readings in accessible formats, creating OCR scans of print materials.
• Operated AV equipment and provided both in-person and online instruction.

Ithaca, NY

• Mentored a cohort of undergraduates majoring or minoring in the humanities.
• Taught two sections of a capstone seminar, as well as a course on archival research.
• Planned events tailored to support undergraduate humanist research, including workshops on applying to graduate school, relevant public talks, and an undergraduate research conference.

Ithaca, NY

Launched the Rural Poetics Podcast with co-host Alec Pollack to highlight rural poetry and small-press literature. Sponsored by the Rural Humanities initiative (https://rural.as.cornell.edu/).

Developed metadata for archival materials in the Rare and Manuscript Collections at Olin Library related to Ithaca House Press and small-scale book publishing local to Ithaca, NY. Was responsible for curating materials, organizing digital files, and optimizing for web accessibility.

• Instructor of Record for the following FWS (First-year Writing Seminar) courses at Cornell University. Responsibilities included designing syllabi and assignments, developing innovative lecture materials as well as.
• "Literatures of Ithaca" (Spring 2022)
• "Rural Media" (Fall 2020-Spring 2021)
• "DIY or DIE: Punk, Subcultural Art, & Grassroots Community” (Fall 2018-Spring 2019)
• "True Stories: Selfhood Across Form and Genre" (Fall 2017-Spring 2018)

Ithaca, NY

• Assisted in circulation-related tasks.
• Answered questions from library patrons.
• Prepared materials for library’s RFID cataloging program.

Oxford, Mississippi, United States

• Introduction to Creative Writing (Spring 2016; Summer 2014)
• British Literature Before 1800 (Summer 2015)

Oxford, Mississippi, United States

• British Literature Before 1800 (Spring 2015)
• American Literature After the Civil War (Fall 2014; Fall 2013)
• American Literature Before the Civil War (Spring 2014)

Clinton, New York, United States

One-on-one peer writing tutor responsible for providing in-depth feedback on student papers.

Master Of Library & Information Science - Mlis

Coursework emphasizing collection development and data librarianship.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Literatures In English

Dissertation: Rural Avant-Garde: Mapping Contemporary U.S. Poetry Collectives Outside the Metropolis. Ranging from the postwar period to.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Creative Writing - Poetry

Activities and Societies: Editor of the Yalobusha Review

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies