Patrick Silvey

1133 68th Street

515.210.9175
Windsor Heights, IA 50324
prsilvey@gmail.com

Professional Experience
DES MOINES MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN, Des Moines, IA
2011-2014
Human Resources Generalist

Organized and administered new hire orientations and customer service courses.
Helped to manage recruiting logistics, and facilitated hiring process for new hires
throughout all departments within the hotel.
Helped associates with benefits and compensation related questions.
Active member of Des Moines Marriott Safety Committee.

Teaching Experience
TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Kirksville, MO
2009-2011
Writing Instructor
Course: Writing as Critical Thinking

Developed and implemented course syllabus and all assignments.

Shaped student writing by helping them address organizational problems, suggesting the
most concise way to express ideas, and fixing basic grammar and punctuation problems.
Developed daily lesson plans and led classroom discussion.
Evaluated writing and research projects.

TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Kirksville, MO

2010
Writing Instructor
Program: Scientists Prepared, Enriched, and Challenged Through Research-based Activities
Course: Writing as Critical Thinking

Collaborated with chemistry and mathematics faculty to develop a science-writing

emphasized course.
Worked with students to learn the principles of discipline specific discourse.
Edited, evaluated, and provided feedback for student research projects.

TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Kirksville, MO

2009
Teaching Assistant
Course: British Literature: Chronology

Led group discussion of literature weekly throughout the semester.

Worked in collaboration with literature faculty to develop exam questions and prompts.
Evaluated students based on discussion participation.

Student Teaching and Practicum Experience

WAUKEE HIGH SCHOOL, Waukee, IA
Upcoming
Grade Level and Discipline: 11th-12th Grade Mathematics (Statistics and Trigonometry)

SOUTHEAST POLK HIGH SCHOOL, Pleasant Hill, IA

Upcoming
Grade Level and Discipline: 10th Grade English Language Arts and 11th and 12th Grade
Debate
URBANDALE HIGH SCHOOL, Urbandale, IA
2015
Grade Level and Discipline: 10th Grade English Language Arts
VALLEY SOUTHWOODS HIGH SCHOOL , West Des Moines, IA
2014
Grade Level and Discipline: 9th Grade English Language Arts
PRAIRIEVIEW SCHOOL (WAUKEE HIGH SCHOOL), Waukee, IA
2013
Grade Level and Discipline: 9th Grade English Language ArtsCourse: British Literature:
Chronology

Publications and Presentations

Im Just Jewish: Defining Jewish Identity in Philip Roths Goodbye, Columbus and Five
Short
2014 Stories. Philip Roth Studies, 10.1 (2014): 59-76. Print.
Purdue University Press.
Moderator: Nature Writers Panel. English and Linguistics Senior Seminar Conference.
Truman
2011
State University. Kirksville, Missouri.
Teaching to the Topic: Can Freshman Writers Be Genre Theorists? Scholarship of
Teaching and
2010 Learning Conference, Maryville University, St.
Louis, MO.
Silvey, Patrick. Vigilantes, Cowboys, and Morality: The Western Dime NovelWorth Every
2010
Penny. Student Research Conference. Truman State University.
Kirksville, Missouri.
Moderator: Foreign Languages and Linguistics in the Working World Panel. English and
Linguistics
2010
Senior Seminar Conference. Truman State
University. Kirksville, Missouri.
Silvey, Patrick. Conflict Within the Modern Poet: The Personal Poetry of W. B. Yeats.
English and
2009
Linguistics Senior Seminar Conference.
Truman State University. Kirksville, Missouri.
Silvey, Patrick. The Individual and the Family: The Value of Mormon Community as
Expressed in Song.
2008
Student Research Conference. Truman State
University. Kirksville, Missouri.

Awards and Activities

Truman State University Distinguished Masters Thesis Award Winner
2012
Midwest Association of Graduate Schools Humanities Thesis Award Nominee
2012

Outstanding Graduate Student in English Award Winner

2011
Midwest Association of Graduate Schools Excellence in Teaching Award
2011
Active member of Truman State University English Graduate Organization
2009-2011
Active member of Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Fraternity
2010-2011

Education
DRAKE UNIVERSITY, Des Moines, IA
Master of Arts in Teaching
2016

GPA4.0
Endorsements: Mathematics and English

TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Kirksville, MO

Master of Arts in English
2011

GPA4.0
Thesis: Research in Post-Holocaust Jewish American literature
Thesis Advisor: Joseph Benevento, Ph. D.

Bachelor of Arts in English

2009
Cumulative GPA3.83
Graduated Magna Cum Laude