Jeffrey Allen Maehre

 

      19 E. Main St. Apt 1                                                                   home: (313) 300-1837

      Frostburg, MD 21532                                                                  office: (301) 687-4734

     

          

                    Education

 

MLIS, Wayne St. University, 6/06

MFA, Creative Writing, University of California, Irvine, 6/01

BA, Communications, University of Michigan, 5/96

 

                     Employment

 

Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD

Reference Librarian I

9/06-present

 

            Provide research assistance to students, faculty, and staff;

            Teach information literacy sessions;

            Serve as a liaison to the departments of Mass Communications, History, Biological Science, African-American Studies, Communications Studies, College of Business

 

            Initiatives

 

            Re-design, Online Reference Guides 2008-pres.

            Banned Books Week Reading, Collaboration with Sigma Tau Delta, 2008-09-10

            Lewis J. Ort Library Visiting Authors Series, 2007

            Professional Journal Club, 2007-08

            FSU involvement in the One Book-One Allegany County program

            Video series to promote various library services, with

            an instruction series 2009-pres.

           

            Committees

 

            Faculty Development and Sabbatical Subcommittee, Secretary 2007-08, 08-09

            Faculty Handbook Subcommittee, Member 2009-10, Chair 2010-11

            Library Development Committee, 2008-pres.

                        Library Evaluation Committee, 2008, 09, 11

            Graduate Council, 2011-12

            Library Advisory Committee, Chair 2011-12

                        Search Committee, Librarian I, 2009, 2011

            Search Committee, Library Technician II, 2011

            Worldcat Local Task Group, 2008

           

           

            Professional Organizations

 

            Maryland Information Literacy Exchange:  member 12/06-4/10

            Association of College and Research Libraries: member 3/11-pres.

            American Library Association:  member 10/04-5/07; 3/11-pres.

            Michigan Library Association: member 10/04-12/06

 

           

            Conferences Attended

 

            PALINET Mid-Atlantic Conference, The Future of Libraries, 5/07

            Federal Depository Libraries Conference, Government Printing Office, 7/08

                        MILEX Conference, How in The World—Getting Students to Think

            Critically, 10/10

            SLA Conference, Xtreme Reference , 10/10

            FDLP Conference, 10/11

            Fall Meeting, Maryland State Documents Program, 10/11

 

            Workshops, Online Courses, Webinars

 

            Training Seminar, Web Tycho, UMUC, 5/08

            Fred Pryor Seminar, How to Supervise People, 6/09

            Fred Pryor Seminar, EXCEL, Beyond the Basics, 6/10

            ACRL webinar: Using youtube For Education and Research, 5/11

            Sloan online course (one-week): Podcasting In Higher Education, 6/11

 

            Software and electronic tools

 

            Microsoft Office 2010

            Aleph

            Dreamweaver CS4 Version 10

            Powerdirector 10

            JING

            Captivate

            Blogspot

           

 

Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills, MI, Highland Lakes, MI, Farmington Hills, MI

Adjunct Instructor, English

9/04-8/06

 

English 1520, Composition II

            Designed essay assignments

            Selected reading assignments, prepared syllabus

            Created in-class activities to discuss readings and writing techniques

            Course material:

            argumentation, research, MLA-format citations; logic and reasoning; techniques of    definition and comparison; advanced grammar

 

 

Jackson Community College, Jackson, MI

Adjunct Instructor, English

9/03-6/04

 

English 110, College Reading

            Selected reading materials to teach comprehension

            and basic interpretation; responded to and

            graded responses to readings; designed and graded

            quizzes and exams.

 

English 101: Introduction to Composition

            Designed essay assignments, prepared syllabus.

            Course Material:

            basic essay structure, grammar, various modes

            of essay writing.

 

Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

Adjunct Instructor, English

9/01-12/03

           

Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

Adjunct Instructor, English

 9/02-5/03

 

Baker College, Flint, MI

9/01-8/02.

 

University of California, Irvine

Teaching Assistant, English

9/98-7/01

           

            Publications

 

Essay: “What It Means to Ban Wikipedia: An Exploration of the Pedagogical

Principles At Stake.” College Teaching, v. 75 no. 4 Fall 2009.

Book Review: The Man Back There and Other Stories, David Crouse. Pleiades, Fall 2008.

Citizendium Main Entry: R.E.M., published on Citizendium.org 8-08

Book Review: Necessary Lies, Kerry Neville Bakken. Pleiades, Spring 2007.

Online article: "Research Guide For College Papers." www.associatedcontent.com

Book Reviews: Pieces of Payne, Albert Goldbarth; Compression Scars, Kellie Wells. Pleiades, Fall 2003.

"Swimming," short story: The Northwest Review, Fall 2002

"Cold River Road," short story: Anteater Reader, Pearson Custom Publishing, 2001

"The Devil And Molly Kershow," short story: Cutbank, Fall 2000

"Bleeding Pure Gold," short story: The Northwest Review, Fall 2000

"Finishing Well," short story: Phoebe, Winter 2000; excerpted in UCI Journal, Summer 2000

"Maybe Autumn is Over," short story: Story, Summer 1996

 

                                   

            Awards and Honors

 

Gloria Gae Gellman Fiction Award, University of California, Irvine 6/00

Cheng Fellowship, University of California, Irvine 9/98-6/99

Listed among the Top 20 Composition instructors, University of California, Irvine, Spring, 2000

 

            Professional References

 

Dr. Sean Henry-- Reference and Web Services Librarian, Lewis J. Ort Library, Frostburg St. University. 1 Stadium Dr. Frostburg, MD 21532.  301. 687-4888  shenry@frostburg.edu

 

Dr. Amy Branam—Assistant Professor, English, Frostburg St. University 313A Dunkle Hall, Frostburg, MD 21532. 301.687-4293

abranam@frostburg.edu

 

Dr. Tyra Phipps—Professor, Mass Communications, Frostburg St. University 109-2 Guild Center,

Frostbur, MD 21532. 301.689-5608/301.687-4782. tphipps@frostburg.edu