Cortney E. Holles
Work: 303-273-3595
Cell: 303-250-5490
cholles@mines.edu
EDUCATION
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
M.A. in English
GPA: 3.92/4.0
Masters Project: ―Borderlands: Senorita Extraviada and Bodies in Juarez‖
Wayne State University, Wayne, NE
B.A. in English Writing and Literature
GPA: 3.85/4.0
Honors Colloquium Project: ―Human Connections as the Path to Imm ortality
in the Works of Virginia Woolf‖
Independent Study: ―Disappointment and Dissolution in the Relationship of
Wolfgang and Leopold Mozart‖
2003
2000
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
Coordinator, Nature and Human Values
2011—present
Administer first year writing program at CSM; hire adjuncts and
schedule courses; organize lecture series and deliver lectures;
conduct pedagogy meetings and professional development for
staff; administer assessment for accreditation and department
Instructor, Liberal Arts and International Studies
Adjunct Instructor, Nature and Human Values
2010—present
2004—2009
Develop syllabus and innovative writing assignments, contribute to course design
and objectives, and administer all grades; participate in course assessment and
faculty enrichment
Interim Writing Center Coordinator
Fall 2010
Scheduled tutors, implemented budget, publicized Center to campus
Writing Center Tutor
2004 —2009
Worked with students in one-on-one appointments; fostered writing development
and gave guidance on personal statements, course essays, disser tations, and
reports
Writing Instructor Chemical Engineering Field Session
2005—2007
Reviewed student lab reports and tutored groups on grammar and composition of
their reports; gave writing seminars to the entire field session on report f ormat and
grammar rules
ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Johnson and Wales University, Denver, CO
Adjunct Instructor – College Composition
2005—2008
Developed syllabus and overall course structure, designed assignments to reflect
practical occupational writing strategies, and administered all grades. Also, served
as Writing Across the Curriculum assessment leader
Parks College, Thornton, CO
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
Denver Career College, Denver, CO
Adjunct Instructor –College Composition
2003—2004
Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades.
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
Teaching Assistant and Writing Center tutor – College
2001—2003
Composition
During masters program, taught two sections of composition; designed course,
chose textbook, wrote assignments, held individual conferences, and administered
all grades.
PUBLICATIONS AND TRAINING
Colorado School of Mines
Co-Author A Student’s Guide to Nature and Human Values
With Shira Richman and Paula Farca, published by Hayden McNeil
2010
One Voice Institute of Elemental Ethics and Education
―Writing About Ethics: An Argument for Negoti ation‖ in The One
Voice International Collection of Scholarly Works, Vol.1.
2010
published by One Voice Institute, Glenside, PA.
Institute of Reading Development
Reading Instructor
Received extensive training in teaching reading to all levels of
students, from 4-year-olds to adult learners and taught classes
to all these levels; speed reading, note -taking, and discussion
techniques
Summer 2009
CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
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―Nature and Human Values: An Interdisciplinary Model for Teaching Ethics
to Engineers and Scientists‖
Paper presented to the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum (SEAC)
Conference, Union College, Schenectady, NY, Oct. 2010
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―Writing About Ethics: An Argument for Negotiation ‖ and ―Nature and
Human Values: Teaching Ethics and Writing to Engineers ‖
Paper and Poster presented to One Voice International Conference, Denver,
CO. June 2010
―Rhetorical Approaches to Ethical Dilemmas: Cas e Study and Negotiation
Papers in NHV‖
Paper presented to the ASLE conference in Victoria, British Columbia, June
2009
Attended ―How do College Students Develop and Transfer Writing Abilities?‖
Writing Symposium at the University of Denver, Oct. 31, 2008
Attended Colorado Writing Tutors Conference, Spring 2006
― Jacob’s Room and the Importance of Re-Writing History in Virginia Woolf‖
Paper presented to the 12 th Annual Conference on Virginia Woolf, Sonoma
State University, Rohnert Park, CA, June 2002
MEMBERSHIPS
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ASLE—The Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment