Jonathan Isaac

isaacj@purdue.edu | jonathansisaac.wordpress.com |

EDUCATION

3856 Ledyard Street, West Lafayette, IN 47906

Purdue University
M.A. in English, concentration in Rhetoric and
Composition
Carleton College
B.A. in English, magna cum laude

TEACHING
EXPERIENCE

2016
in progress
2012

Instructor, English 10800, Purdue

Fall 2015Taught one section of Accelerated First-Year
Spring 2016
Composition each semester, a service-oriented freshman
writing course for honors students. Facilitate oral history
project with students and Westminster Village retirement
community.
Instructor, English 10600, Purdue
Fall 2014Taught one section of First-Year Composition each
Fall 2015
semester, using Writing About Writing and UR@ syllabus
approaches. Developed syllabus and assignments. Planned
daily course activities and provided feedback and assessment
to students. Held weekly small conferences with students.

TUTORING AND
MENTORSHIP

ACT and College Success Preparation, College Possible 2012-2014

Mentored cohort of high school students in AmeriCorps
program College Possible. Led daily after-school sessions
focusing on ACT preparation and college readiness.
Designed daily lessons and activities. Guided students in
writing and editing college application essays.
Writing Lab Tutor, Carleton College
Worked with undergraduate writers as an undergraduate
writing tutor. Assisted at all stages in writing process.

ACADEMIC
HONORS

2011-2012

Quintilian Award for Excellence in Teaching

Purdue Introductory Composition Program

Spring 2015

Certificate of Advanced Study in Spanish Language

and Literature
Carleton College Spanish Department

Spring 2012

Distinction Award in English for Comprehensive

Spring 2012

Senior Exercise
Carleton College English Department
Harriet Sheridan Endowed Prize for Excellence in Writing
Carleton College Honors Convocation
CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS

CAMPUS TALKS

(A)part of the Story: Audio Editing and Collaborative

Memory-Making
Computers and Writing, Rochester, NY

May 2016
forthcoming

Results-Based Service: The AmeriCorps Model & Service

Learning
Conference on Community Writing, Boulder, CO

Oct. 2015

Collaborative Memory-Making: Oral Histories with

Westminster Village
13th Annual Writing Program Showcase, Purdue
University, West Lafayette, IN

April 2016

Guest Lecture, Department of Environmental

and Economical Engineering
EEE 495: Urban Water Projects, Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN

GRANTS

Spring 2010

Spring 2016

Toward Sustainable Community Engagement: Researching

and Fostering Food Security
Academic Community Engagement Poster Presentation,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Oct. 2015

A Raisin in the Sun as a Site of Debate

Carleton College English Symposium, Northfield, MN

May 2012

Community Service/Service Learning Grant

Office of Engagement, Purdue

Fall 2015 &

Spring 2016

Pedagogical Presentation Travel Grant

Introductory Composition Program, Purdue

Spring 2016

ACADEMIC SERVICE Introductory Composition Syllabus Review, Purdue

Pedagogical Initiatives Committee, Purdue

Spring 2016
2015-16

Document Coordinator, UR@ FYC syllabus approach, Purdue 2015-16

Best of Rhetoric and Composition: Essays from Independent Journals

2014

Assistant Editor
The Carletonian: Carletons Student-Run Newspaper
Managing Editor, 2011-2012
Viewpoint columnist, 2010-2011
COMMUNITY-BASED Oral History Facilitator, Westminster Village Retirement
SERVICE
Community
West Lafayette, IN
Document Designer, Food Finders Food Bank, Inc.
Lafayette, IN

2010-2012

Fall 2015 &

Spring 2016
Fall 2015