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Tiffany Griffith

Liberal arts professor

Education

  • Ph.D., English, Southern Illinois University
  • M.F.A. translation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
  • M.A. English, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
  • B.A. English, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Credentials

Selected teaching experience

  • Professor of liberal arts, Fall 2022—present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Assistant professor, 2003–22, University of Evansville, Indiana
  • Adjunct professor, 2001–03, University of Evansville, Indiana
    Full responsibility for developing syllabi and course materials, coordinating and teaching classes, and designing assignments and exams.
  • Adjunct professor, 2001, Missouri Southern State College
    Developed syllabi and course materials, coordinated and taught classes, and designed assignments and exams.
  • Master lecturer, 1998–2000, University of Arkansas
  • Developed syllabi and course materials, coordinated and taught classes, and designed assignments and exams.
  • Instructor, 1996–98, University of Arkansas
  • Tutor, 1999–2000, Quality Writing Center, University of Arkansas
    Helped ESL, non-traditional, and traditional students with all aspects of writing from brainstorming to documentation. Also helped with administration of the Writing Center through training of staff and tutors, scheduling of both staff and students, and maintenance of support materials.

Selected administrative experience

  • Director of composition, 2018–22, University of Evansville
  • Director of writing, 2003–10, University of Evansville
  • Director of Women's Studies Program, 2004–07, University of Evansville

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Excellence in Teaching First-Year Seminars Award Nominee, sponsored by the National Resource Center and McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Fall 2017
  • Recipient Alumni Research and Scholarly Activity Fellowship, April 2008
  • Recipient Art, Research, and Teaching Grant, April 2008
  • Wheeler Grant, Spring 2006
  • Fulbright Scholar Finalist, Research for Translation of Grettir's Saga, 2001

Organizations

  • Council of Writing Program Administrators
  • National Council of Teachers of English
  • ALTA (American Literary Translators Association)
  • Society for Mediaeval Languages and Linguistics
  • Writers in the Schools, Director
  • Golden Key National Honor Society

Publications and presentations

Publications

  • "Gamification: Using Reacting to the Past in First-Year Seminar and First-Year Composition," chapter invited and accepted for inclusion in a collection on Gamification in the Rhet Comp Curriculum forthcoming from Vernon Press.
  • "An Introduction to College Writing," Kendall Hunt Publishers, 2021.
  • Writing Instruction Video Series, Summer 2009.
  • "'Greenlanders' Saga" in Interpreting a Continent: Voices from Colonial America," eds. Kathleen Du Val and John Du Val. Rowman & Littlefield, 2009.
  • "Chapter 35" from Grettis Saga Asmundarsonar, 14th Century Icelandic Saga; ''The Death of Gunnar" from Njal's Saga. a 13th Century Icelandic Saga. The Evansville Review XIII, Spring 2003.
  • "The Comma Sutra: The Busy UE Professor's Quick and Ready Reference to Incorporating Writing," references University of Evansville Press, Summer 2004.

Presentations

  • "Reacting to the Past: RPG, FYS and FYC," presentation for Eykamp Center for Teaching Excellence Lunch and Learn series, September 3, 2020.
  • "Reacting to the Past: Role Playing in FYC and FYS," teaching Demonstration at the 15th International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, proposal accepted, spring 2020.
  • "Reacting to the Past: RPG, FYS and FYC," paper Presentation at the 51" Northeast Modern Language Association, March 4–8, 2020.
  • "Bringing Articulation to Life," presentation at the Norwegian Forum for English for Academic Purposes Summer Conference 2019: Articulations, June 6–7, 2019.
  • "Bomb the Church": A Reacting to the Past Teaching Demonstration, University of Southern Indiana, April 29, 2019.
  • "Bomb the Church": A Reacting to the Past Teaching Demonstration, Evansville Day School, April 19, 2019.
  • Exploring Vikings. Presentation on Viking Culture to Evansville Day School Fourth Grade, Evansville Day School, April 17, 2019.
  • Depictions of Marriage in Njal's Saga, presentation and reading for Medieval Valentines, University of Evansville, February 14, 2019.
  • "Graduate Schools and Other Options," panel Presentation in WRTG 204 (Copyediting), University of Evansville, December 5, 2018.
  • Translating Vikings, presentation and reading for International Education Week, University of Evansville, November 12, 2018.