Director of Career Development

Dollie Newhouse

·       M.A., English, University of South Carolina, Columbia

·       B.A., English, May 1997 (Cum Laude), West Virginia University, Morgantown

Professional/Related Experience

·       Current position in Career Development since July 2005

·       English Instructor, Fall 2002-present

·       Faculty Tutor in Writing Center, 2002-2005

·       First-Year Writing Advisory Committee (FWAC), 2002-2005

·       English Department Advisory Committee, 2004-2005

·       Managing Clerk, Aux Sable Project Field Office for MJ Electric, 1999-2000

·       Instructor/Lead Teacher, Sylvan Learning Center, 1998-1999

Professional Organizations and Affiliations

·       South Carolina College Personnel Association, 2005-present

Professional Growth and Training Opportunities

·       “New Directors and Chairs Workshop.” South Carolina Women in Higher Education. Midlands Technical College, Columbia, SC. November 2005.

·       “A Crash Course for Student Affairs Professionals.” South Carolina College Personnel Association.  Clemson University, Clemson, SC. September 2005.

·       “Resume Writing, Interviewing Skills, and Other Job Search Techniques.” SC Division of Human  Resources. SC State Government Career Fair, Columbia, SC. September 2005.

Conference Presentations

·       “Beyond the Writing Center Walls: Writing Center Theory Application in Student Services.” With Jo Angela Edwins. 2006 Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference. Chapel Hill, NC. February 2006.

·       “Defining Whiteness as Property in Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom!” 2005 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference.  San Diego, CA. March 2005.

·       “‘I Don’t Know What She Wants’: The First-Year Student in the Writing Center.” With Marsha Taylor. 2005 Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference. Charleston, SC. February 2005.

·       “One of Us: The Pain of Social Acceptance in Brad Land’s Goat.” 2004 Popular Culture Association of the Southeast Conference. New Orleans, LA. September 2004.

·       “Tutoring Together: Subverting Teacher-Student Hierarchies in the Writing Center.” With Brad O’Brien, Mary Grimes, and Erika Barnes. 2004 Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference. Atlanta, GA. February 2004.

·       Session Chair. 2004 Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference. Atlanta, GA.  February 2004.

·       “Constructing Racial Identity in James McBride’s The Color of Water.” Annual Meeting of the Philological Association of the Carolinas. Myrtle Beach, SC. March 2003.