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Instructor Information

Name : Ewell Dean Bowers OC Email : dbowers@odessa.edu Email : OC Phone # : 432-335-6572

Post Secondary Education

Degree Discipline Institution Year

Doctor of Philosophy English Texas Tech University 2006

Master of Arts English Texas State University 2000

Bachelor of Arts English University of Texas at Austin 1994

Teaching Experience

Area/Discipline Institution Year(s)

English Odessa College 2008-present

English East Central College 2006-2008

English Texas Tech University 2001-2006

English Austin Community College 2000-2001

Tutoring Austin Community College 1999-2001

Academic Appointments

Dates Title Department Institution

Jan. 2010 - present Department Chair English and Foreign

Languages Odessa College

2008-present Professor English and Foreign

Languages Odessa College

2006-2008

Assistant Professor English East Central

College

2001-2006

Graduate Part-Time Assistant English Texas Tech

University

2000-2001 Adjunct Instructor

English and Developmental Writing

Austin Community College

1999-2001 English Tutor Northridge Learning Lab

Austin Community College

Professional Publications

Title Published in Date

“Lovecraft’s Mythos and Modernist Myth” Lovecraft Journal Under

Consideration

"The Good Soldier and the Silences of Modernism"

Publication for Rodopi Press Pending

“Review of William Carlos Williams: Voice of the Poet Series.”

William Carlos Williams Review Spring 2006

Honors and Distinctions

1. OC Extra Mile Program Award (2011)

2. Odessa College Employee Excellence Award (2010)

3. Sedate Scholarship (2010)

Department and School Service

1. Serving as writer/editor for SACS accreditation process (2010-2012)

2. Conducting Study Skills sessions for the Odessa College Student Success Center (2010-present)

3. Currently helping to develop and coordinate professional development seminars for faculty

4. Professional Development Committee

Other Public Service

1. Helped with Humane Society Adopt-a-thon (2011)

2. Helped with Food-2-Kids (2011)

3. Served as Ready Writing Coordinator for regional UIL meets (2009-2011)

4. Participated in Keep Odessa Beautiful cleanups (2009, 2010)

5. Donations to West Texas Food Bank, Crisis Center of Odessa, Salvation Army, OC Foundation

Professional Societies

1. National Council of Teachers of English

2. Texas Community College Teachers Association

Major Administrative Responsibilities

1. Working with faculty as department chair

2. Helping faculty and students resolve issues

3. Advising English and Spanish majors

3. Figuring and submitting departmental budgets

4. Evaluating faculty

5. Configuring the department course schedule