Jesse Bishop
Professor | Researcher | Poet
Professional information
Faculty development director and instructional designer, tenured Associate Professor of English at a mid-sized, multi-campus state college, where I teach composition, literature, creative writing, and other Humanities courses
Newly minted doctor of education (as of April 2015), my coursework focused on School Improvement (assessment, policy analysis, professional development, leadership for change) and Instructional Technology & Design
Work experience
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Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Georgia Highlands College, Rome, GA
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2016-Present
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Lead faculty development efforts for new (Y1, Y2) faculty
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Involved in strategic planning
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Manage budgets
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Oversee in-house "mini-grant" program for instructional innovation and development
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Teach English courses (FtF and web-based)
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Associate Professor of English, Georgia Highlands College, Rome, GA
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Promotion awarded 2014
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Assistant Professor, 2010-2014
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Tenured, 2012
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Instructor, 2007-2010
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Adjunct, 2005-2006
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Humanities Digital Liaison, Georgia Highlands College, Rome, GA
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2012-2015
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Lead online course review (QM) and improvement activities
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Serve on the Distance Learning Advisory Group
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Support faculty with technology and innovations
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HASTAC Scholar, HASTAC, 2014-2015
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Fellow, Governor’s Teaching Fellows, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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2010-2011
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Presented workshop on social media and student engagement, January 2012
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Director of Diversity Initiatives, Georgia Highlands College, Rome, GA
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August 2010-August 2012
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Grant Recipient, National Endowment for the Humanities, Landmarks Seminars: African-American History and Culture in the Georgia Lowcountry, Savannah, Georgia,
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July 2010
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Memberships
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
International Society of Technology Educators (ISTE)
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA)
Research Interests
Pedagogy & Teaching
Technology
Social Media & Higher Education
Research-Based Writing
Instructional Design
American Poetry (Melville, Warren, Hoagland, Cairns, Fraser, Davidson, McRae)
2010 - present
2010 - present
Education
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Doctorate of Education (Ed.D.) in School Improvement, Instructional Technology
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University of West Georgia, conferred April 2015
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Dissertation: Student Use of Social Networking Sites: A Multimethod Study at an Access Institution
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Master of Arts in English, specialization in Poetry
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University of West Georgia, degree conferred July 2006
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A Hand of Figs: Poems, thesis, collection of poems and critical commentary
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Bachelor of Arts in English
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University of West Georgia, degree conferred July 2004
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Associate of Science in Psychology
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Georgia Highlands College, degree conferred May 2002
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