DARIN L. HAMMOND 488 Linden Ave., Rexburg, ID 83440 • 208.206.3321 • hammonddarin@gmail.com

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Computers  and  Linguistics  • Trained complex problem solving and analytical skills including project: management, data analysis, design and

development, organization • Proficient in advanced publishing and graphics tools such as the Adobe Suite, Microsoft publishing tools,

Captivate, Robohelp, and many other software platforms • Skilled in social media applications such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, BranchOut, HootSuite, Pinterest,

Tumblr, Behance, Weebly, WordPress, Blogger, StumbleUpon, Digg, and Delicious • Obtained knowledge in SEO, especially those associated with Google such as Webmaster and Analytics • Trained in applications such as Microsoft Office Suite, Corel Office Suite Adobe Suite, Evernote, Google

Products, Dragon Dictation Premium, LiveScribe • Experienced with teaching and research software including Brainhoney, BlackBoard, Moodle, Micrograde,

RefWorks, Worldcat, and Docear • Practiced in file management tools such as Scribd, Dropbox, Box.net, Wappwolf, ifttt, Nitro, Google Docs • Experienced with both PC and Mac operating systems • Developed fluency in Spanish living in the Dominican Republic for two years, reading, writing, and completing

higher education course work • Studied advanced linguistics, psycholinguistics, pragmatism, generative grammar, sociolinguistics, and semiotics • Mastered advanced English grammar, usage, mechanics, proofreading, revision, and copyediting

Technical  and  Business  Writing  • Skilled in APA, MLA, and Chicago writing style guides • Experienced in corporate branding—logo design, brochures, templates, posters, and banners • Wrote proposals, grants, whitepapers, data sheets, manuals, handbooks, instructions • Written articles, blogs, copy, technical and business documents, complex academic arguments • Created scaled architectural blueprints, spec sheets, complex bids, and banking documents • Studied business and technical writing at the graduate level

Management  and  Team  Leadership  • Organized startup company, elevating it to a corporation with close to $1,000,000 in annual sales • Lead construction teams simultaneously on multiple, complex residential and commercial projects • Conducted client presentations, meetings, negotiations, and all public relations • Managed university courses in various subjects coordinating semesters for up to 130 students • Lead faculty committees, meetings, and presentations for the English Department

Applied  Sciences • Studied graduate level—evolutionary and cognitive sciences, memetics, mirror neurons, sociology, and psychology • Read in particle and quantum physics, biology, human physiology, and neurosciences • Created online curated magazines on evolution, social media, cognitive science, and literary theory • Adapted scientific methodology to literary interpretation and writing • Researched various individual topics ranging from social media to computer information technology

Advanced  Writing  and  Composition  • Generated writing courses for technology, business, social sciences, construction management, and architecture • Experienced in genres such as resumes, letters, memos, requests for information, change orders, letters of intent,

definitions, proposals, explanations of processes, research projects, etc. • Generated general rhetoric and composition expertise through extensive academic writing and teaching

composition and advanced writing courses

DARIN L. HAMMOND 488 Linden Ave., Rexburg, ID 83440 • 208.206.3321 • hammonddarin@gmail.com

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PHD IN ENGLISH Idaho State University

2009-Present Pocatello, ID

• 4.0 GPA • Dissertation focused on contemporary American

literature, mirror neurons, and empathy • Seminar: Linguistics—emphasis in cognitive and

psycho-lingistics • Seminar: Science of Human Nature in Renaissance

Literature

• Philosophy in Literature • Seminar: Beyond Speciesism in Postcolonial

Literature—emphasis in the science of empathy and mirror neurons

• Multiethnic American Literatures • Seminar in Theories of Learning

MASTER OF ARTS—ENGLISH Idaho State University

2004 Pocatello, ID

• 4.0 GPA • Thesis: Discursive Riot: Silence and Subversion in Chesnutt=s

The Marrow of Tradition

• Teaching assistantship and fellowship

BACHELOR OF ARTS—ENGLISH, SUMMA CUM LAUDE Brigham Young University

1995 Provo, UT

• 3.97 cumulative undergraduate GPA • Emphasis in American literature

Employment  History

ENGLISH FACULTY, TENURED Brigham Young University—Idaho

2004-PRESENT Rexburg, ID

Courses Developed and Taught Literature and Humanities Courses

• ENG 111 College Writing • FDENG 201 Advanced Writing and Critical Reading • ENG 315 Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences • ENG 316 Advanced Technical Writing • ENG 319 Advanced Writing in Construction

Management and Architecture • ENG 390 Preparation for Internships and Careers

• ENG 250 Introduction to Literature • ENG 334 American Literature—Colonial to

Romantic • ENG 335 American Literature—Realism to

Modernism • FDHUM 104: Tolkien to Homer

Skills Practiced and Acquired

• Developed teaching portfolio for tenure review including reflective writing, teaching philosophy, response to student and committee observations, etc.

• Mentored by my tenure committee, the Department Chair, and the Dean of the College through classroom observations each semester, oral and written feedback, one on one training, student evaluations, teaching portfolio evaluations, etc.

• Researched methods of teaching and learning as part of the tenure process

• Added audiovisual content to the classroom and homework environments using the software above

• Received semiannual training from the University in technology, teaching, and learning

• Mastered MLA, APA, and CMS style guides • Represented the University and the English

Department on an internship expedition to Monterey and Guadalajara, Mexico

• Trained in student privacy: FERPA, HIPPA, PCI DSS, and GLBA, 2009

ADJUNCT FACULTY Ricks College/Brigham Young University-Idaho

2002-2004 Rexburg, ID

• Constructed syllabus materials organized around course objectives

• Designed effective writing assignments, emphasizing the writing process

• Employed strategies for course management • Orchestrated peer-response activities • Taught research skills • Taught grammar, usage, and style

DARIN L. HAMMOND 488 Linden Ave., Rexburg, ID 83440 • 208.206.3321 • hammonddarin@gmail.com

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CEO AND PRESIDENT Hammond Enterprises, Inc.

1995-2002 Idaho Falls, ID

• Created and managed advertising campaigns • Wrote all in-house technical/business documents • Drafted blueprints for projects • Created document templates • Managed corporate finances • Transitioned from a partnership to a corporation

• Handled all customer service and warrantee work • Managed multiple crews of three to five workers • Managed construction projects valued at up to

$200,000 • Hired, trained, and evaluated new employees

PART-TIME ENGLISH FACULTY Ricks College

1996-1997 Rexburg, ID

• Taught English 111 and English 316 courses • Developed skills of text book selection and course

organization

• Employed a process centered pedagogy and developed extensive activity and lesson plan archives

COMPOSITION TEACHING ASSISTANT Idaho State University

1996-1997 Pocatello, ID

• Organized and taught English 101 to classes of 25 students

• Received guidance and instruction in course development, class management, lesson planning, etc.

• Participated in a review and evaluation program which included in-class observation by mentors, team teaching with mentors, video recordings of class sessions, and student evaluations.

Presentations  and  Publications • English Department presentation “Paul Laurence Dunbar: Intertextual Reading,” 2012 • “Knowledge and Faith: Dispelling Fear through Righteous, Reasoned Inquiry.” Way to Wisdom. Ed. William

Brugger, Darin Hammond, Kip Hartvigsen, Anne Papworth, Rhonda Seamons. Rexburg, ID: BYU-I, 2010. Web. • Department retreat speaker in Sun Valley, “ CCCC’s San Francisco: The Buzz in Composition and Rhetoric,” 2009 • CCCC San Francisco, “Wave Particle and the Teaching Portfolio: Dialogue/Practice for Emerging Teachers,” 2009 • Department retreat speaker in Sun Valley, “Charles W. Chesnutt: Straddling the Color Line,” 2008 • CCCC New York, “Auto-Writing-Ethnography: Establishing (I)dentity in Social Science Writing,” 2007 • CCCC Chicago, “Composition in the Center Spaces: Building Community, Culture, Coalitions,” 2006 • CCCC San Francisco, “Responding to Religion: Facilitating a Spiritual Voice through Response and Revision in the

Composition Classroom,” 2005 • CCCC Phoenix, Nastia’s Mark on the Wall: Contrastive Rhetoric-Cultural Studies and the International Writer, 1996

Positions  and  Awards

• Best and Brightest, Idaho State University, College of English and Philosophy, 2012-present • Member of NCTE and CCC, 2005-present • Professional Writing Committee for the English Department, 2006-present • Internship Coordinator trained in locating employers, acting as a liaison between student/internship

office/employer, preparing future internship coordinators, 2006-present • Participant and presenter at semester English Department Retreats, 2004-present • Teaching Assistantship with a full fellowship at Idaho State University, 1996-1997 • Full academic scholarship at Brigham Young University, 1994-1995 • Humanities Division Man of the Year at Ricks College, 1990-1991

Volunteer  Activities

• Blog articles on social media, technology, science, evolution, empathy, and literature, 2012 • Venture Boy Scout Leader in Rexburg, ID, 2008-2010 • Pennies by the Inch volunteer for Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake, UT, 1999-present • Church Sunday School Teacher in Rexburg, ID, 2004-2008 • Church Clerk and Secretary in Blackfoot, ID, 2002-2004 • President of Men’s Church Organization in Blackfoot, ID, 1999-2002 • Young Men’s Church Presidency in Blackfoot, ID, 1997-1999 • Church Missionary in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1991-1993

Web  Pages  • Professional website/portfolio/blog. http://darinhammondbyui.weebly.com/

• Resumes, endorsements from collegues and students, biography, introduction to Darin L. Hammond • Academic documents—papers, presentations, PowerPoints, publications, syllabi, professional blogs • Creative artifacts—fiction, visual art, photography • Photographs from all aspects of Darin L. Hammond’s life

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Idaho  State  University Dr. Brian Attebery Director of Graduate Studies Department of English and Philosophy Liberal Arts 123 Idaho State University Pocatello, ID 83209-8056 attebria@isu.edu � 208.282.2895

Dr. Jennifer Attebery Folklore Program Director Department of English and Philosophy Liberal Arts 233 Idaho State University Pocatello, ID 83209-8056 attejenn@isu.edu � 208.282.2308

Dr. Terry Engebretsen Department Chair Liberal Arts 263 Department of English and Philosophy Idaho State University Pocatello, ID 83209-8056 engeterr@isu.edu � 208.282.247

Dr. Curtis Whitaker Assistant Professor Liberal Arts 258C Department of English and Philosophy Idaho State University Pocatello, ID 83209-8056 schmroge@isu.edu � 208.282.2742

Brigham  Young  University-­‐Idaho

Dr. Karen C. Holt English Faculty 109 Rigby Brigham Young University—Idaho Rexburg, ID 83460-4540 holtk@byui.edu � 208.496.1161

Elaine Hawker English Faculty 106 Rigby Brigham Young University—Idaho Rexburg, ID 83460-4540 hawkere@byui.edu � 208.496.4385

Dr. Scott Samuelson English Faculty 302 Rigby Brigham Young University—Idaho Rexburg, ID 83460-0865 samuelsons@byui.edu � 208.496.1561

Dr. Kip Hartvigsen English Faculty 308 Rigby Brigham Young University—Idaho Rexburg, ID 83460-0865 hartvigsenk@byui.edu � 208.496.1561

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