JOLEY WOOD


360 Stone Creek Pt. #201
Charlottesville, VA 22902
(434) 295.4113

jwood@virginia.edu | http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jrw3k

 

E D U C A T I O N

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Ph.D. –English (ABD), University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia)

2000

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M.Phil – Anglo-Irish Literature, Trinity College  (Dublin, Ireland)

1999

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B.A. of Distinction – English, University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin)

1996

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RELSA Certificate to Teach English as a Foreign Language, Language Centre of Ireland, 2000 (Dublin, Ireland)

 

P U B L I C A T I O N S

A U T H O R

2007 · Book, Living Lost (The Garrett County Press; cultural criticism based on the TV series Lost)

2006

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Seamus Heaney's Ulster-Saxon Beowulf (Valley Voices Literary Review)

2003

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Essay, The George W. Bush Coloring Book (The Garrett County Press)

2002

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Contributor, The Encyclopaedia of Ireland (Gill and Macmillan Press, Dublin)

2002

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Contributor, Touchstone literary journal, vol. 66 (Viterbo University)

2001

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“Scylla and Charybdis (and Phaedrus),” James Joyce Quarterly, Volume 36

2000

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Introduction for George Bernard Shaw, Saint Joan (Penguin Books)

2000

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Features Essay, Other Views, Other Islands, on George Bernard Shaw (Penguin Classics Online)

 

E D I T O R,   T H E  G A R R E T T  C O U N T Y  P R E S S

2006

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James Alter, From Campus to Combat (forthcoming; autobiography of a WWII bomber pilot)

2005

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Mykel Board, Even a Daughter is Better than Nothing (on post-communist Mongolia)

2005

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Robert Helms, Letters From New Orleans (a cultural history of New Orleans)

2005

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Ben Granby, Welcome to the Bethlehem Star Hotel (Forthcoming; interviews and accounts of occupied Palestine)

2003

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Leah Ryan, For Here or to Go: Life in the Service Industry

2002

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C.S. Walton, Leningrad Muse

2002

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Robert Helms, Guinea Pig Zero: An Anthology of the Journal for Human Research Subjects

2000

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C.S. Walton, Little Tenement on the Volga

1998

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C.S. Walton, Ivan Petrov: Russia through a Shot Glass

1997

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Jeff Kelly, second edition, Temp Slave!

 

C O U R S E S   T A U G H T

U N V E R I S T Y  OF  V I R G I N I A

2006

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ENWR 106: Accelerated Academic Writing –Film, Form, Fact, Fiction

2005

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ENWR 105: Accelerated Academic Writing –Media Matters

2005

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 MDST 320: Four American Directors (Grader for Prof. Robert Kolker)

2005

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ENWR 110: Advanced Academic Writing –Media Matters

2004

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ENGL 383: History of Lit in English III -20th C. (TA for Profs. M. Levenson & S. Cushman)

2004

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ENGL 382: History of Lit in English II –1642-1861 (TA for Profs. D. Morris & E. Lott)

2003

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ENWR 110: Advanced Academic Writing –Media Matters

2003

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ENWR 105: Accelerated Academic Writing –Media Matters

2002

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ENWR 110: Advanced Academic Writing –Media Matters


V I T E R B O  U N I V E R S I T Y

2002

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English 486: Anglo-Irish Literature: Social, Cultural and Aesthetic Backgrounds

2002

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English 104: Composition and Literature

2001

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English 103: Composition and the Elements of Argument

 

P R O F E S S I O N A L   E M P L O Y M E N T

2006-07 · Assistant Director, University of Virginia Writing Center

2005-

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Tutor, University of Virginia Writing Center

2001

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Adjunct Faculty –English, Viterbo University, La Crosse, Wisconsin

2000-01

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Medical Records, Franciscan Skemp - Mayo Clinic, La Crosse, Wisconsin

2000

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English Language Instructor, ICON Int., Dublin, Ireland

97-98

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Media Production, TCI Media (now Charter Communications), Madison & La Crosse, Wisconsin

96-97

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Program/Teaching Assistant, Publicity, Eagle’s Wing, Madison, Wisconsin

96-

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Editor-in-Chief, The Garrett County Press, New Orleans, Louisiana

1995-97

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Managing Editor, The Madison Review, Madison, Wisconsin

 

C O N F E R E N C E S

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“Seamus Heaney's Beowulf and the Politics of Translation” ALSC 11th Annual Conference, Cambridge, MA. Nov. 4-6, 2006.

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“The Masked Identifications of Yeats, Nietzsche and Leo Africanus,” Truth, Lies and Representation, University of Virginia. April 11-12, 2003.

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“Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, and the Politics of Translation,” Found in Translation, University of Virginia. March 26-27, 2004.

 

A C H I E V E M E N T S

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Published essayist, literary critic and editor; first book published 2007

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Earned First for M.Phil. Degree, First for Masters Dissertation on James Joyce and Samuel Beckett

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Graduated with B.A. of Distinction: Dean’s List; Phi Kappa Phi (Academic Honors Society)

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University of Wisconsin Wackman Academic Scholarship 1995 & 1996

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University of Wisconsin Vilas Writing Prize, 1996

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University of Wisconsin University Bookstore Award for Academic Excellence – Senior Honors Thesis, 1996

 

T E C H N I C A L   S K I L L S

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Windows, Mac and Linux Operating Systems. Web Development(Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, PHP, javascript); General Office Software (MS Office, OpenOffice, Adobe); Imaging Software (Fireworks; Photoshop); MediaWiki; General FLOSS (Free Legal Open Source Software).


V O L U N T E E R

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DJ for Wisconsin Public Radio, WLSU – La Crosse; director Gene Purcell, 1.888.520.2078

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Tutor, Hamilton Middle School, 1996, Madison, Wisconsin, 608.267.4289

 

R E F E R E N C E S

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Prof. Terence Brown, Director, M.Phil Anglo-Irish Literature.
4008 Arts Block, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. 00.353.1.608.1400. tbrown@tcd.ie.

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G.K. Darby, Publisher, The Garrett County Press.
614 S. 8th St. #373, Philadelphia, PA 19147. 1.215.238.9893. garrett@gcpress.com.

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Prof. Emeritus Robert Kolker, University of Virginia -Media Studies.
142 Cabell Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4866. 1.434.243.8855. rkolker@virginia.edu.

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Adviser: Prof. Jennifer Wicke, University of Virgina -English.
408 Bryan Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4121. 1.434.924.6645. jaw2b@virginia.edu.

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Supervisor: John Murphy, University of Virginia Writing Center.
314 Bryan Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4121. 1.434.924.6678. johnmurphywc@yahoo.com.