PETER WHALEN
5301 Eastway Apt. 2 * Greendale, WI 53129 * (414) 248-2408 * pjwhalen4@sbcglobal.net
Objective
English/Language Arts teaching position at the high school level
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (English, Creative Writing)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
May ‘00
 Editor-in-Chief, The Cream City Review (elected by peers), 1999-2001
 Latin America Writers’ Workshop, Quintana Roo, Mexico, January 1996
 Student Representative, Creative Writing Advisory Board (elected by peers)
 Word Warriors: A Multicultural Writers Workshop
Licensure toward Masters (6-12 English & Language Arts)
Alverno College
Milwaukee, WI
June 2012 - present
 Urban Education Fellows Program (Americorp Volunteer), Summer 2012
Master of Arts (English, Creative Writing)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
May ‘95
 Tutor, Department of Learning Skills and Educational Opportunity, 1993-94
Bachelor of Arts (English)
University of Missouri-Columbia
Licenses
Aug ‘88
Wisconsin #300 and #301 Early Adolescence/ Adolescence Broadfield Language Arts
and English with an anticipated completion date of January 2015
Field Placements
Greendale Martin Luther HS (10th American Lit and 11th/12th Creative Writing) Fall 2013
 Lessons on vocabulary, comprehension and analysis of Whitman and Dickinson’s poetry
 Lessons on poetry analysis, description, and poetic representations of photography
 Worked with students individually and small groups to achieve academic objectives
St. Anthony’s School (6th Grade Reading, Writing and Math) Summer 2012
 Collaborated with Cooperating Teacher to deliver Direct Instruction lessons
Teaching Experience
English Teacher
Salam High School
Milwaukee, WI
Dec ’13 Courses: Honors Composition (12th Grade); Honors American Lit (11th Grade);
Journalism (11th) and Etymology (10th)
 Advisor to school newspaper
Reading Interventionist
Deer Creek Middle School
Saint Francis, WI
Oct ’13-Dec ‘13
 Facilitated Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention and Fast Track intervention
programs
English Instructor
ITT Technical Institute
Greenfield, WI
 Taught Composition and Written Analysis
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Dec ’12-Dec ‘13
Communication Instructor
Blackhawk Technical College Janesville, WI
 Taught Written Communication
Jan ’13-May ‘13
Senior Lecturer, English
U of Wisconsin-Waukesha
Waukesha, WI
Aug ’04-May ‘12
 Taught College Composition; Introduction to Literature; Literature of Nature
 Digital indexing and analysis of UW Colleges Libraries poetry collection, 2011-12
 Faculty Advisor, Student Services, 2006-2011
 Faculty/Student Research Symposium (FACSTORS), 2010-11
 Chair, IAS (Instructional Academic Staff) Task Force, 2010-11
 Humanities Representative, Steering Committee, 2008-10
 UWW Field Station/WINC (Wildlife in Need Center) Collaboration, 2007-10
 Immersion Excursion, UW-Waukesha Field Station, 2005-12
 Campus Read Programming, 2010
 Campus Liaison, N.E.A/Waukesha Public Library BIG READ, 2007
 ENG Dept. Pedagogical Workshops and Assessment Surveys, 2006-11
 ENG Dept./Study Center Collaboration, 2005-12
 Faculty and Staff Day of Development, 2004-12
Education Coordinator
Woodland Pattern Book Center Milwaukee, WI
Feb ‘03-Aug ‘04
 Implemented writing and arts program funded by community block grants
 Directed “Woodland Creatures,” a summer writing/arts camp for at-risk, pre-college
youth enrolled within UW-Milwaukee’s “Talent Search” program
 Helped organize “Lorine Niedecker: A Centenary Celebration” in conjunction with the
Milwaukee Public Library, the Dwight Foster Public Library of Fort Atkinson, the
Milwaukee Public Schools and Fort Atkinson High School
 Coordinated adult “Master Classes” with visiting poets and writers
 Served as Writer-in-Residence at various Milwaukee Public Schools through Arts @
Large grant
 Recruited instructors, wrote grant proposals, managed budget, created publicity
 Served as Secretary for the nonprofit’s Board of Directors
Visiting Assistant Professor, English Professional Writing
Mount Mary College
Milwaukee, WI
Aug ‘00-May ‘02
 Taught College Composition, Reporting and Feature Writing, Professional Writing
(Accelerated), Editing and the Mechanical Process, Creating Print Publications,
Imaginative Writing and Modern American Poets
 Faculty Advisor, Arches (Student News Magazine)
 Committee Work: Student Life and Athletics; Low Residency Writing Program;
External Ethics
 College in the Community, Fall 2000
Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach
Dominican High School
Whitefish Bay, WI
 Parkland Conference Champions, 1999
Spring/Summer 1999 & 2000
Teaching Assistant, English
U of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
Aug ’94-May ‘98
 Taught College Composition, Creative Writing, 20th C American Authors
 Advisor, Writing Internship for English Majors, 1996-97
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Spanish & English Teacher, Middle School
Urban Day School
Milwaukee, WI
 8th grade basketball coach
 Manager, Parent/Faculty softball team
Technology Used
Aug ’93-June ‘96
Blackboard, D2L (Desire to Learn), Edline, TurnItIn & Moodle
Smart Classroom: Smartboard, Document Camera, Clickers
LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube
GoogleDocs, Prezi, Weebly, Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Presentations and Publications
“Venturing into the Wild (and Taking Your Journal with You.” UW-Waukesha’s 50 Minute Lecture Series,
Oct 2009
“Grandpa Was a War Hero: Learning about Combat through Pictures, Story and Verse.” UW-Waukesha’s
50 Minute Lecture Series, Nov 2008
“Journals and Note Taking: Tools for Active Learning, Critical Reading and Critical Thinking.” UWWaukesha Pedagogical Presentation, Jan 2008
"Waukesha's Big Read: Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451." UW-Waukesha, Sept 2007
“Who Buys Poetry Books? Why and When?” Free Verse #87. Marshfield, WI, Fall 2006
“Poems Are Instruments for Peace.” Peace in the Street: A Grand Celebration. Plowshare Center,
Waukesha, Sept 2005
“Wisconsin Poet: Lorine Neidecker.” Free Verse #82. Marshfield, WI, Fall 2005
“Poetry…with Feeling.” Arts @ Large. Pierce Elementary, Milwaukee, April 2005
“How the Creative Writing Workshop Can Enhance the Language Arts Curriculum.” Arts @ Large.
Milwaukee Public Schools Central Offices, June 2004
“Life Writing.” Arts @ Large. North Division High School, Milwaukee. March-June 2004
“The Sonnet over Time.” Arts @ Large. Tippecanoe Middle School, Dec-June 2004
“’How to Keep the Earth’: Lorine Niedecker and Wisconsin’s Environmental Tradition.” Lorine Niedecker
Centenary Celebration. Fort Atkinson HS, Fort Atkinson, WI, Oct 2003
“Short, Imagistic, Haiku-Like Poems.” Lorine Niedecker Centenary Celebration. Milwaukee Public Library,
Oct 2003
“Introducing Lorine Niedecker in Our Schools.” Lorine Niedecker Centenary Celebration, Milwaukee
Public Library, Oct 2003
“Introducing Juan Felipe Herrera.” Weaving Stories, Cultivating Connections: Americas Award for
Children’s Literature. Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee, April 2003
“A Workshop in Haiku.” A Regional Conference of the Wordcraft Circle of Native American Writers and
Storytellers. UWM & Indian Community School, Feb 2002
“Poems between Footsteps.” Review of Ted Kooser’s Winter Morning Walks: 100 Postcards to Jim
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Harrison. The Cream City Review 25.1&2 (2001): 263-264
“In Memoriam: Professor and Poet William Harrold.” The Cream City Review 25.1&2 (2001): xiii.
“Fond Memories: Local Boy Becomes World Series Hero.” MJS. 10 October 2001: 2C.
“Those Who Can, Teach!” The Cream City Review 24.2 (2000).
FREELANCE JOURNALISM
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Waukesha County Freeman, UWM Post, Beaver Dam Daily Citizen, InSpirit
Journal, Milwaukee Weekly, Shepherd Express, Whitefish Bay Herald
POETRY PUBLICATIONS
American Literary Dimensions (U of Delaware P); Barrow Street (New York); Fell Swoop (New Orleans);
Free Verse (Marshfield, WI); HEArt Quarterly (Pittsburgh, PA); The Midwesterner (Fairwater, WI); Modern
Haiku (Madison, WI); Museletter (Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets); Poetry Motel (Duluth, MN); Reed
Magazine (San Jose State U); The Southeast Review (Florida State U); Watershed (Cal State U, Chico);
Wisconsin Poets Calendar (Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets)
POETRY READINGS
UW-Waukesha, UW-Milwaukee; UNLV; Missouri Western State College; Mount Mary College; Waukesha
Public Library; Milwaukee College Preparatory School; Woodland Pattern Book Center; Schwartz’s
Books; Peoples’ Books; The Kunzleman-Esser Lofts; Peace Action Center; Milwaukee Poetry Slam; SS
Peter and Paul Parish
Honors/Awards
Nominated for Kaplan Teaching Award, UW-Waukesha, Spring 2010 & 2011
Mayor’s Award for Youth Programs, Community Development Block Grant Program, City of Milwaukee to
Woodland Pattern Book Center, April 2003
Donald R. Shea Scholarship in Latin American Studies, Center for Latin America, University of WisconsinMilwaukee, November 1995
Sigma Tau Delta, English Honors Society, Elected May 1, 1994
Honorable Mention, Academy of American Poets Poetry Competition, UWM, April 1993
Certificate of Outstanding Tutorial Service, Department of Learning Skills and Educational Opportunity,
UWM, December 1993
Memberships
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
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Recommendations
Greg Ahrenhoerster, Associate Professor, Department Chair, English, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha.
(262) 521-5522, greg.ahrenhoerster@uwc.edu
Kimberly Blaeser. Professor. English Department. UW-Milwaukee. (414) 229-5043. kblaeser@uwm.edu
Martha Janis, Faculty Mentor, (Retired) Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha,
414-975-0099, martha.janis@uwc.edu
Anne Kingsbury, Executive Director, Woodland Pattern Book Center, Milwaukee. (414) 263-5001,
woodlandpattern@sbcglobal.net
Pamela Lucas, Assistant Professor/Field Placement Supervisor, Alverno College School of Education,
(414) 382-6401, pamela.lucas@alverno.edu
Harry Muir, Campus Dean and CEO, University of Wisconsin-Waukesha, (262) 521-5435,
harry.muir@uwc.edu
Peggy Rozga, Professor Emirita, Former Chair of English Department, UW-Waukesha, 414-763-7887,
margaret.rozga@uwc.edu
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