Melissa Markham
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Instructor
Austin Community College
September 2009 - present
Responsibilities: Instruct general humanities survey course including literature, art history, architecture, music, and film from classical era to renaissance era
Classes taught: Humanities 1301
Adjunct Instructor
Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
September 2007 – December 2007, September 2008 – May 2009
Responsibilities: Instruct classes in freshman writing including: giving lectures; facilitating class discussions; conferencing with students; evaluating papers; creating and directing a class research project
Classes taught: Engl 110
Instructor for College Writing Program
American University Literature Department, Washington, DC
September 2004 – May 2007
Responsibilities: Instruct classes in freshman writing including: giving lectures; facilitating class discussions; consulting with students; evaluating papers; creating, administering and grading tests. Also, participate in College Writing Council and Literature Council meetings and perform service for the department.
Classes taught: Lit 100 College Writing, Lit 101 College Writing Seminar and Lit 105 Literary Imagination
Service: Teaching Round Table Committee member “Winding Up Instead of Winding Down”; Judge for Writer as Witness Essay Contest
Adjunct Faculty
Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Virginia
September 2004 – June 2006
Responsibilities: Instruct classes in general humanities, literature and writing including: giving lectures; facilitating class discussions; consulting with students; evaluating papers; creating, administering and grading tests, and assisting in selection of texts for courses
Classes taught: Hum 201 Survey of Western Culture I, English 111 College Composition I , English 112 College Composition II
Service: Committee member for selection of new text for Eng 112
Adjunct Faculty/Intern
HarrisburgArea Community College, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
January – May 2004
Responsibilities: Teach two sections of a general humanities survey course including literature, art history, architecture, music, and film from classical era to modern era
Published: February 14, 2025