Felice Marcus
(513) 461-3539
felice.marcus@muohio.edu
www.felicemarcus.com
ESL Administrative & Teaching Experience
Miami University, 2007 to present
Associate Director, American Culture and English Program, College of Arts & Science
• Responsible for program vision and development including: academic curriculum, staffing,
co-curricular programming, assessment and administrative oversight
• Teach each semester in the program
• Collaborate closely with Office of Admissions and Office of International Education on
recruiting, marketing and orientation
• Supervise program faculty, administrative staff and students workers
• Conduct and promote campus-wide outreach toward supporting international students, and
Miami faculty who work with international students
ESL Program Coordinator and Instructor, Department of English
• Teach three sections of English for International Students (English 108/109)
• Chair ESL subcommittee, oversee curriculum and instructor support
• Advise undergraduate students on course placement
• Assist with graduate student testing and course placement
• Collaborate closely with Howe Center for Writing Excellence on international student writing
and mentoring
Director and Lead Instructor, Academic Preparation and Culture Program
• Plan, develop, and execute academics, co-curricular programming and budget for Academic
Preparation and Culture Program for incoming international students (undergrad, grad, and
transfer)
• Teach English 106, Experience in American Language and Culture
• Recruit, select and supervise additional instructors and program staff
Coordinator of China Business Program and Instructor of Management Information Systems,
Farmer School of Business
 Manage China exchange programs with six universities in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
• Oversee the China Business Program including program development, study abroad and
course advising, admission, recruitment, all print and web communications including
newsletters, web site, and annual report, event planning, student professional development
• Serve as host and interpreter for visiting professional delegations from China
• Supervise numerous student workers and an administrative assistant
• Plan and develop budget for China Business Program events, marketing, and student worker
hours
• Teach MIS 235, IT and the Intelligent Enterprise, for sophomore business students
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1994 – 1996
Teaching Assistant
Teach First Year Chinese
Research Assistant
Edit and provide translations and transliterations for A Chinese-English Synonym Dictionary,
published 1998, Chung and Tsui
YMCA, Taichung, Taiwan, 1989 – 1993
English Teacher
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Train adults and children, all levels, all skills, in English conversation and grammar
Run teaching seminars including Teaching Pronunciation and Teaching English through
Song
Select text books for the program and develop course curriculum
Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, 1991 – 1992
Visiting Lecturer
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Teach First Year English
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Design course plans, lecture, collaborate on common exams for the entire freshman class
Harvard University Intensive English Program, Cambridge, MA, summer 1989
Teaching Apprentice
Teach Second Level English, English Conversation
Instituto Meyer, Bogotá, Colombia, 1987 – 1988
English Instructor
Teach elementary level adult English language classes
Education
Chinese Language and Literature, MA, May 1996
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Computer Science and Systems Analysis, MS, December 2001
Miami University, Oxford, OH
Sociology and Anthropology, BA, May 1989
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
IT Professional Experience
Miami University 2003 – 2007
Manager of Digital Technologies, Project Dragonfly
• Design and implement technological components for interactive exhibits at the Cincinnati Zoo
as part of Wild Research, a $3 million National Science Foundation grant
• Maintain distance learning web sites serving over 2000 K-12 teachers nationwide for Miami
University graduate credit and professional development
• Supervise four programmers including part-time staff, graduate assistants, and
undergraduate student workers
Programmer/Analyst, Dept. of Advancement Services
• Develop and maintain Banner reporting programs and processes for the Division of University
Advancement
• Part of Alumni web site technical team
Cincinnati Financial Corporation, 2001 – 2002
Software Developer
Code front-end and middle tier for Cinfin-e Commercial Lines insurance software
Steelox Engineering Systems, 2000 – 2001
Part-time Programmer
• Create user interfaces and data access classes for Express Pricing System to price new steel
building construction
• Evaluate Java development environments deployment options for Express Pricing System
Grant Involvement
Leader, Faculty Learning Community: Working with and Learning from International Students at
Miami, 2011 – 2012
Lead faculty development series ($10,000 budget) focused on international student learning and
college experience
Technology Manager, Wild Research, National Science Foundation, 2006 – 2007
Design and implement technological components for interactive exhibits at the Cincinnati Zoo
Consultant, Student Debt & Alumni Giving, American Student Assistance Association, 2005
Collect and analyze data in collaboration with the Department of Sociology and Office of Financial
Aide
Associate Participant, Web Interactivity, Ohio Learning Network Grant, 2004
Collaborate with interdisciplinary team on revamping of course “Technology and Humanities”
Publications & Conference Presentations
Pronouncing Chinese Names: Moving Beyond “You can just call me ‘Susie’…” Lilly International
Conference on College Teaching. November, 2011.
Instructor Reflection on "The Smiling Star: Laybur." Video Project. The Journal for Undergraduate
Multimedia Projects Vol. 1.1 (15 March 2010). <http://jump.dwrl.utexas.edu/content/smiling-star-laybur>.
(Peer reviewed)
Translation of Yuan Qiongqiong’s “Fever”, Renditions Magazine, Vol. 52, Autumn, 1999, pp. 71-85.
Republished as one of five featured translations in City Women: Contemporary Taiwan Woman Writers,
Renditions Paperbacks, Chinese University of Hong Kong, July 2001, pp. 139-158.
Two Poems in Chinese: “Contact Lenses”, “Alarm Clock”, Starry Sky (A Taiwanese Children’s
Magazine), Vol. 22, February 1992, pp, 13-14.
Professional Service
Review Board member, XChanges: Interdisciplinary Technical Communication, Writing/Rhetoric, and
Writing Across the Curriculum (New Mexico Tech)
Editorial Board member, TheJUMP: Journal of Undergraduate Multimedia Projects (University of Texas
at Austin)
World Languages and Computer Skills
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Fluent in Chinese, fluent (but rusty) in Spanish
Strong skills in both front-end and back-end website development
Deep understanding of Banner CIT student database system from a systems and user
perspective
Highly proficient in various software applications and programming languages including MS
Office, Adobe Creative Suite, iLife Suite (Apple); Java, Ruby on Rails, Visual Studio, C/C++
References available upon request