SEAN STEELE

4043 West County Road 52, Tiffin, OH 44883 · 419-618-3817

seansteele2019@gmail.com

Rhetorician, humanities scholar, and content creator who has a relentless desire to learn and share
knowledge.

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

JANUARY 2020 – MAY 2021
GRADUATE WRITING TUTOR, DELONG WRITING CENTER (UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY)
- Developing interpersonal skills from tutoring students of all majors and backgrounds
- Creating content in Canva: flyers, brochures, and social media announcements
- Organizing and facilitating events both in the writing center and on Zoom
- Editing for APA, MLA, and AMA formatting (within context of collaborative environment)

JANUARY – MAY 2021

GENERAL EDITOR, THE SLIPPERY ELM (UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY)
- Maintaining the website on WordPress
- Creating journal layouts with InDesign
- Reviewing and rating content submissions for the magazine on Submittable

AUGUST - DECEMBER 2019

LEARNING COACH, THE LEARNING CENTER (CINCINNATI CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY)
- Monitoring student athlete study tables
- Proctoring student tests
- Editing papers
- Serving as administrative assistant to Student Athletic Advisor
- Running Student Support meetings

EDUCATION
JANUARY 2020 – MAY 2021
RHETORIC AND WRITING GRADUATE-LEVEL CLASSES, UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY
- Advanced training in rhetorical theory and writing studies
- Partnership with Hancock Historical Museum which culminated in a presentation on a
museum artifact
- Studied written, visual, and multi-media communication
- Worked with Adobe Dreamweaver and WordPress
- Published a book review
- Strong focus on interdisciplinary scholarship
- Studied Classic Latin
- 4.0 GPA
 AUGUST 2016 – DECEMBER 2019
BACHELOR OF ARTS, BIBLICAL STUDIES, CINCINNATI CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
- 3.97 GPA, Summa Cum Laude
- Studied koine Greek
- Studied religious literature, methods of interpretation (hermeneutics and exegesis), and
gained a strong liberal arts background

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

APRIL 2020
“THE RHETORIC OF MASKS,” NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, FINDLAY, OH
- Burkean analysis of masks created by the American Mask Co. and their rhetorical role in
the New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration

DECEMBER 2020
“EPISODE 48 – THE RHETORIC OF TRANSLINGUALISM – KEITH GILYARD,” MARW AT
UF – LANDMARK ESSAYS, FINDLAY, OH
- Podcast episode that summarizes and comments on Keith Gilyard’s article The Rhetoric
of Translingualism
- https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/marwatuf/episodes/2020-12-05T13_38_52-
08_00

APRIL 2021
“PAPER PEOPLE,” FROM THE WRITER’S KITCHEN 2021
- A poem inspired by John Green’s Paper Towns

UPCOMING
DESIRING THE BOMB BOOK REVIEW, COMPUTERS AND COMPOSITION ONLINE
- An academic book review of Calum L. Matheson’s Desiring the Bomb – a scholarly inquiry
into atomic discourse via psychoanalytical and rhetorical tools

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
APRIL 2020
PRESENTER: “THE RHETORIC OF MASKS,” NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, FINDLAY, OH
- Burkean analysis of masks created by the American Mask Co. and their rhetorical role in
the New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration

MARCH 2021
ATTENDEE: OILER SAFEZONE TRAINING, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY & TITLE IX, FINDLAY,
OH
- Training for LGBTQ inclusion in professional and educational spaces

 Formatting Competencies: APA, MLA, and AMA  Layout Competencies: InDesign, Photoshop,

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 Web Design Competencies: WordPress and and Canva
Dreamweaver  Presentation Competencies: Prezi, Loom,
and Audacity
 Administrative Competencies: Workday,
Starfish, and Tutortrac