S.C. Gooch
Heavilon 210
Purdue University
500 Oval Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2038
http://hinternationalist.org
sgooch [at] purdue [dot] edu
765-496-1076
Education
Ph. D. Comparative Literature
Purdue University (expected May 2013)
West Lafayette, IN
M.A. Comparative Literature
Purdue University (May 2009)
West Lafayette, IN
Master of Professional Writing
University of Southern California (December 2004)
Los Angeles, CA
Focus: Drama, Television and Cinema
Thesis: Open ‘er Up, a play in two acts
B.A. Philosophy
University of Southern California (May 2000)
Los Angeles, CA
Teaching Experience
Instructor
Department of English (2007 – Present)
Purdue University
Course: English 10600 First-Year Composition
Research, Administrative and Service Experience
Member, Lenora Woodman Lecture Series Committee (2009-2010)
Representative, Purdue Graduate Student English Association (2009-2010)
Web Editor, Sycamore Review (May 2009 - Present)
Responsible for complete redesign and re-imagining of sycamorereview.com with greater emphasis on publishing unique web content (short interviews, book reviews, audio).
Webmaster and Assistant Syllabus Approach Leader, English 10600 Documenting Realities Syllabus approach (August 2009 - August 2010)
Duties included designing the template for syllabus approach web presences, developing approach content, co-leading syllabus caucus meetings, and presenting the Documenting Realities approach to new instructors.
Member, Pedagogical Initiatives Subcommittee, Introductory Writing Committee (2009-2010)
Webmaster and Assistant Syllabus Approach Leader, English 10600 Academic Writing and Research Syllabus approach (August 2008 - August 2009)
Duties included updating the syllabus approach website, co-leading syllabus caucus meetings, and presenting the Academic Writing and Research approach to new instructors.
Research Assistant, Purdue Comparative Literature Program (January 2009 - May 2009)
Duties included rewriting and redesigning Purdue’s Comparative Literature website, researching the use of literature in non-literature classes.
Presentations
Academic
“Peripheral Playgrounds: Towards a Theory of Contemporary Slumming.” Paper presentation. 17th Columbia-NYU Graduate Student Conference on Hispanic and Lusophone Literature and Cultures. Columbia University, 5 April 2008.
“Class Tourism in the Postglobal World.” Paper presentation. The Center Cannot Hold: The Movement of Ideas Between Imperial Centers and Peripheries, Graduate Student Conference. Hesburgh Center for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame, 13 October 2009.
“Postglobal Tourism in the Favelas of Brazil.” Paper presentation. The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900. University of Louisville, 19 February 2010.
“‘Can I have that name for my band?’: Indie and fundamentalism as spaces for British South Asian identity.” Paper presentation. 12th Theory and Cultural Studies Colloquium. Purdue University, 7 April 2010.
Pedagogy
“The Scoffing Saboteur and the Distracted Eager Beaver.” Conflict Management Presentation. Purdue University, 4 January 2008.
Publications
“Steven Millhauser’s Thirteen Stories.” Sycamore Review Vol. 20, Issue 2 (2008). Book review.
“Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki, & Paul Buhle’s A People’s History of American Empire.” Sycamore Review Vol. 21, Issue 1 (2009). Book Review.
“Julian Barnes’s Nothing to Be Frightened Of.” Sycamore Review Vol. 21, Issue 2 (2009). Book Review.
Awards
Brian Mexicott Award for an original play, 78th annual Purdue University Literary Awards, “Open ‘er Up” 2009
World Premiere Performance, “In the Weeds” an original play performed by Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette. Performance March 10, 2009
Quintilian Award for Excellence as an Instructor in the Introductory Composition at Purdue Program, Department of English, Purdue University, Spring 2008.
Languages
Advanced proficiency in Spanish. Reading knowledge of Portuguese, French and Latin. Rudimentary knowledge of Italian and Romanian.
