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Rachelle S. Gold
North Carolina Central University
1801 Fayetteville St. Durham, NC 27707
English Department, Office 302
Email: [email protected]
18 Birchcrest Ct.
Durham, NC 27713
(919) 428-0196 (cell)
(919) 530-7105 (work)
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in Education
May 2008
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Dissertation Title: “Outsiders Within: African American Professors and Their Experiences
at Predominantly White Universities: A Narrative Interview Study.”
Master of Arts -Education
University of California, Berkeley
May 2002
Master of Arts-English Literature
Indiana University- Bloomington
December 1995
Bachelor of Arts- Humanities
San Jose State University, CA
Valedictorian of class of 5,000 students
May 1993
Summa Cum Laude
California Teaching Credential –Secondary English Grades 6-12
North Carolina Teaching License -Secondary English Grades 6-12
FEDERAL GRANTS RECEIVED:
Principal Investigator of Enduring Questions Grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities for $32,995 for 2014-16. Co-authored with Dr. Camille Passalacqua. Funds a
course entitled “On Survival and Healing,” which addressed the role of literature, visual
arts, photographs, and documentaries to help people learn resilience and respond
emotionally and intellectually to slavery, exile, war, genocide, torture, and terror.
PUBLICATIONS AND ARTICLES:
“Outsider Within Theory.” In The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality
Studies. Nancy Naples, Renee C. Hoogland, and Angela Wong (Eds.), Chicester,
England. Forthcoming December 2015.
“ ‘The Real War Will Never Get in the Books’: The Silent Evocation of War-Trauma in
Walt Whitman’s Drum-Taps. International Journal of Language and Literature.
Forthcoming June 2015.
“Ferox or Fortis: Montaigne, Hobbes, and the Perils of Paradiastole.” Co-authored with
James Pearce. Philosophy and Rhetoric. Johns Hopkins University Press,
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forthcoming April 2015.
“Are You Now or Have you Ever Been?: Teaching Media Literacy, Writerly Confidence,
and Cultural Awareness with This I Believe.” in CLASH!: Superheroic Yet
Sensible Strategies for Teaching Students the New Literacies. Charlotte:
Information Age Publishing, 2011.
“Respect Women” (Op-Ed). in NCCU student newspaper, Campus Echo. April 13, 2011.
102 (11): 8. Print and Web.
Thirteen entries for Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present:
From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-First Century. Eds. P. Finkelman, L.
D. Barnes, G.R. Hodges, G. Horne, & C. D. Wintz. New York: Oxford UP, 2009:
Wilt Chamberlain, Deacons for Defense and Justice, Kenneth and Mamie Clark,
James Forman, Jamaica Kincaid, Queen Latifah (Dana Owens), Sheila Jackson
Lee, Gloria Naylor, Wilson Riles, André Watts, J.C. Watts, Douglas Wilder, and
Andrew Young.
“On Beneatha’s Education.” Bloom’s Guides: Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun.
Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Infobase Publishing, 2009: 146-59.
“ ‘Education Has Spoiled Many a Good Plow Hand:’ How Beneatha’s Knowledge
Functions in A Raisin in the Sun.” Ed. Trudier Harris and Jennifer Larson. Reading
Contemporary African American Drama: Fragments of History, Fragments of Self.
New York: Peter Lang, 2007.
“He Come into his Manhood Today:” Hansberry’s Portrayal of Masculinity- Walter Lee
Younger and Alton Scales. Black Arts Quarterly.12: 1 (Winter 2007): 4-19.
TEACHING AWARDS AND GRANTS:
NCCU Outstanding First-Year Advocate Award Nominee. Nominated by five students for
this award. February 2015.
Student Athletic Advisory Committee- NCCU Teaching Award. March 2014.
Disabled Student Services Eagle Advocate Award- NCCU Office of Student Disability
Services. October 2013.
Tanner Undergraduate Teaching Excellence, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
March 2008.
Student Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. April
2007.
S. Randolph Edmonds Young Scholars Award, Black Theatre Network. July 2006.
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School of Education Travel Grant. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 2004-06.
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor. U.C. Berkeley. March 2002.
Flanders Fellowship. Graduate School of Education, U.C. Berkeley, 2001-02
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
North Carolina Central University, Durham NC
Assistant Professor of English
August 2008- present
Teach a variety of courses: Global Studies (GLST 1000), Advanced English Language
Development (ENG 1010), Fundamentals of College Writing (ENG 1050), Teach First
Year Composition I (ENG 1110), Freshman Honors Seminar (ENG 1120), First Year
Composition Plus (ENG 1110+), First Year Composition II (ENG 1210), First Year
Composition-Honors (1210-H), World Literature (ENG 1300), Contemporary African
American Literature (ENG 2340), Advanced Composition (ENG 3120), and Advanced
Professional and Technical Writing (ENG 5115). Focus on argument, analysis, clear thesis,
and research skills. Review grammar and academic literacy skills such as timemanagement, organization, research skills, avoiding plagiarism, and library usage. Program
Coordinator for English Education major. Observe post-secondary English 9-12 grade
student teachers at local high schools and evaluate them for adherence to NC Department
of Public Instruction. Advise 10-20 undergraduate and 2 graduate students each semester
register them, and modify their schedules. Developed and designed three new courses for
English Language Development certificate program for Community Outreach for nonnative speakers and member of ELD committee. Serve on Teacher Education Committee
and attend monthly meetings where students are evaluated as prospective student teachers.
Mentor graduate students and serve as thesis director and reader. Co-advisor to Sigma Tau
Delta International English Honor Society. Member of First Year Writing committee,
Writing Concentration Committee, and First Year Composition textbook selection
Committee. Active member of two faculty searches for Composition and Linguistics
position and Director of First Year Composition position. Member of Process Education
and Interlink Alliance committees to promote faculty professional development and
pedagogical enhancement. Attend School of Education university supervisor trainings and
workshops for Department of Public Instruction standards. Promoter of Writing Studio.
Advisor to Muslim Student Association and facilitate Community Engagement efforts with
interfaith dialogues. Advocate for student-athletes, veterans, and students with disabilities.
Educate students about budgetary literacy, educational debt hazards, and financial aid.
Educational Testing Service/College Board
Louisville, KY
June 2010, 2013, 2014
Read and scored hundreds of essays for Advanced Placement English Literature test.
Participate in professional development experiences while grading exams for eight days.
Learn to perfect holistic grading through repetition. Gain exposure to what literature is
being taught at the secondary level. Interact with high school, community college, and
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university readers to discuss, justify, evaluate, and assess the quality of a composition.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
University of North Carolina’s Center for School Leadership
North Carolina Model Teacher Education Consortium
June- July 2008, 2009
Taught an intensive four-week preparatory “PRAXIS Boot Camp” for elementary teaching
assistants in North Carolina public schools who have had difficulty passing a national
teaching exam. Led workshops, taught essay writing, and provided electronic feedback.
North Carolina Central University
Adjunct Instructor of English
January-May 2008
Taught four sections of Freshman Composition II (ENG 1210), which includes in-class and
out of class essay assignments about short stories, poetry, drama, and a novel. Taught
plays, A Raisin in the Sun and Fences, and the novel, A Lesson Before Dying, among other
literature. Focus on argument, analysis, clear thesis, and research skills. Review grammar
and paragraph development as well as academic literacy skills such as time-management,
organization, punctuality, library usage, use of Writing Studio tutors, creating and
maintaining a quiet and clean study environment, reading strategies, and avoiding
plagiarism. Member of ENG 1110 textbook evaluation committee and English Education
committee. Held weekly office hours and attended all departmental meetings. Conferred
with students about how to revise, edit, rewrite, and proofread their papers.
Teaching Fellow, English Department
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
August 2004-December 2007
Taught analysis, argument, rhetoric, critical thinking, Writing Across the Curriculum
(WAC), and children’s literature. Taught eight sections of English 100, 101, and 102.
Helped students develop analysis, argument, and research skills in order to compose more
effectively. Emphasized ethical, emotional, and logical appeals, critical thinking skills,
credible evidence, and logic. Themes include: popular culture, public issues, critical media
literacy, and writing across disciplines and curriculum. Teaching assistant for Children’s
Literature (19th and 20th c.). Emphasized avoidance of plagiarism and use of Writing
Center. Specialized in working with student-athletes and under-represented minorities.
Teaching Fellow, Summer Bridge
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
June-July 2005, 2006, 2007
Taught composition and rhetoric English 100 to African American, Native American, and
Latino American UNC freshmen invited to a seven-week summer program to become
better prepared for academic year. This intensive session offered free tuition, room and
board, and books. Class size was 12:1, and students improved study skills, attended daily
tutoring, and toured campus resources. Academic skills were emphasized as well as
creative problem-solving, addressing needs of first-generation college students, library
usage, technology skills, academic internships, career counseling, socialization, and
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mentoring. Students improved study skills, listened to inter-disciplinary lectures, and built
camaraderie. Program significantly increased retention and graduation rates for students.
Adjunct Instructor of English
North Carolina Central University, Durham NC
August 2002-May 2003
Taught six sections of Freshmen Composition I and II, which includes in-class and out of
class essay assignments about short stories, poetry, drama, and a novel. Focused on
argument, analysis, critical thinking, close reading, paragraph development, clear thesis,
and research skills. Reviewed grammar and academic literacy skills such as timemanagement, organization, research skills, avoiding plagiarism, and library usage.
Member of 1110 Textbook Evaluation committee and English Education committee.
Graduate Student Instructor
University of California, Berkeley, CA
August 2001- May 2002
Taught Current Issues in Education: Affirmative action, ESL ethnicity, gender, & funding.
Taught undergraduates in Current Issues in Education. Examined race, ethnicity, gender,
sexual orientation, funding, language, culture, disability, tracking, and affirmative action.
Gave two lectures and led two seminars weekly. Selected anthology of articles in popular
periodicals and academic journals about specialized topics. Supervised service learning.
English Instructor
Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA
August 2001- December 2001
Taught developmental writing, thesis statements, grammar, organization, argument, critical
thinking, and analysis. Modified instruction for non-native speakers. Emphasized academic
literacy skills, avoidance of plagiarism, time-management, library skills, use of Writing
Center, office hours conferences, and overcoming obstacles for first-generation students.
Student Teacher - Arroyo High School, San Lorenzo, CA September 2000 - June 2001
San Lorenzo Unified School District
Grades 10 /11 English as a Second Language (E.S.L.)
Albany Unified School District –Albany Middle, Albany, CA
Grade 8/Language Arts
Taught native speakers and non-native speakers of English poetry, three plays, grammar,
vocabulary, and writing via composition rubrics. Emphasized speaking, listening, reading
comprehension, and how universal themes of literature are reflected in their cultures.
Solely responsible for six weeks of instruction. Taught Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and
Death of a Salesman. Attended intervention meetings for students with special needs,
observed cooperating teachers and other teachers at each site for at least three weeks.
Implemented classroom discipline and management strategies. Tutored individual students.
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS:
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Southeastern Renaissance Conference. Presiding moderator of panel of academic papers
presented in a literary session entitled “Rereading Shakespeare.” Duke University,
Durham, NC. November 2, 2013.
Southern California Renaissance Conference. “Oufoxing the Fly: The Sodomitical Subplot
of Ben Jonson’s Volpone. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. June 1, 2013.
South-Atlantic Modern Language Association. “ ‘Education Has Spoiled Many a Good
Plow Hand:’ How Beneatha’s Knowledge Functions in A Raisin in the Sun.” Durham, NC.
November 10, 2012.
Invited guest speaker at Interlink Alliance Conference (for panel whose topic I designed).
“Digitally Distracted or Digitally Diligent: How Students and Faculty Can Build
Technology Bridges.” Served as panelist for this plenary panel of 80 conference attendees.
NCCU, Durham, NC. March 10, 2012.
Black History Month presentation. “ ‘Education has spoiled many a good plow hand’: How
Beneatha’s knowledge functions in A Raisin in the Sun.” NCCU. February 15, 2012.
U.S. State Department’s Study of the U.S. Institutes for Student Leaders on U.S. History.
Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Invited by Dr. Carlton Wilson and Dr. Marco Polo Hernandez
Cuevas. Presentation delivered in Spanish for NCCU’s Institute: The Fight for Civil Rights
in America. NCCU, Durham, NC. July 27, 2011.
Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society Induction speaker-Invited presentation. “Slam
Poetry and Spontaneity: How the Passion, Parody, and Playfulness Enrich the English
Classroom.” NCCU, Durham, NC. March 23, 2010.
Southern California Renaissance Conference. “The Perils of Paradiastole: Thomas Hobbes
and the Rhetoric of Ambiguity.” Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. February 6, 2010.
South-Atlantic Modern Language Association. “Covering Islam: Deconstructing Media
Images of Hanan Ashrawi as a ‘Good Arab.’ ” Atlanta, GA. November 14, 2009.
College Language Association. “To Make a Teacher Black and Bid Him Sing: Educators
as Ethical Exemplars in Mosley and Gaines.” Cambridge, MD. March 26, 2009.
Invited guest speaker on Israel, Politics, and the American 2008 Presidential election. For
Dr. Shauntae Brown-White’s Mass Communications 2340 course entitled “Mass Media
and Society” at NCCU, Durham, NC. October 27, 2008.
Indiana University Black Theatre Conference. “I Got Nothing to Offer But a Hard Way
to Go:” Double Consciousness and Black Masculinity in Alice Childress’ Wedding Band.
Bloomington, IN. August 1, 2008.
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Invited guest speaker on African American Drama: Presentation on Hansberry’s A Raisin
in the Sun, the 1959 and 2004 Broadway shows, and the 1961 and 1984 films. For Dr.
Jennifer Larson’s English 143, course entitled “Literature and Film in Popular Culture” at
the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. February 25, 2008.
Southern Writers Symposium. “I Remember Reading:'” Identity, Epistemology, and
Bookishness in Kenan’s A Visitation of Spirits. Methodist University. Fayetteville, NC.
February 8, 2007.
Race-ing Research, Researching Race. “Still Tapping at the Glass: African American
Faculty at White Universities.” Institute of African American Research. University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill. January 2007.
Northern California Renaissance Conference “Would You Have Me Be False to My
Nature?”: Rhetoric and the Construction of Masculinity in Coriolanus.” Mills College.
Oakland, CA. April 2006.
Northern California Renaissance Conference. How Does Johan Johan's Tib Talk Back:
Women as Rhetoricians in the English Fabliau.” U.C. Berkeley. Berkeley, CA. May 2005.
Southeastern Educational Studies Association. “With Amused Contempt and Pity:”
Considering DuBois’ Color Line and African American Academics. University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. February 2005.
Northern California Renaissance Conference. “The Maiming of the Shrew: Eve’s Ungodly
Rhetoric in Milton’s Book IX of Paradise Lost.” San Jose State University. San Jose, CA.
May 2003.
American Culture Association/ Popular Culture Association. “Aunt Peggy’s Culinary
Economy: Redistributing Wealth in The Conjure Tales.” New Orleans, LA. April 2003.
College Language Association. “Lorraine Hansberry and The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s
Window: Looking for Signs of A Raisin in the Sun.” Memphis, TN. April 2002.
Black History Month Celebration. Plenary Speaker. “The Dramatic Genius of Lorraine
Hansberry: The Personal is Political.” University of the Pacific. Stockton, CA. February
2000.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: (Academic Conference Attendance, partial list)
Southeastern Renaissance Conference, University of North Carolina, Greensboro. October
3-4, 2014.
Prose reading and lecture by award-winning writer, Danzy Senna at the ETS Advanced
Placement Reading, Attendee. June 2014.
Maryland On-Line (25 hours) course to teach faculty how to design effective distance
learning classes: “Applying the Quality Matters Rubric,” Online student. May 13, 2014.
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Faculty Professional Development Day. “Leveraging Library Services to Support
Classroom Instruction” and “Instructional Technology to Enhance Classroom
Instruction,” Attendee. January 6, 2014.
Seventh African American Literature Symposium. “New Directions: African American
Literature in the 21st Century” at NCCU University Theatre. Sponsored by the
Department of English and Mass Communication, Attendee. November 7, 2013.
Southeastern Renaissance Conference, Duke University, Durham, NC. November 2013.
Sixteenth Annual Mason-Sekora Lecture. Ms. Tressie McMillan Cottom (Emory
University) on “Close Reading Society: How the Ethos of Close Reading Translates into
Theorizing Higher Education and Culture,” Attendee. April 20, 2013.
Office of Human Resources Quality Service Initiative training session: “Building a
Culture of Excellent Customer Service,” Certificate of Recognition received. April 9,
2013.
Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching on Evidence-Based Learning and
Teaching, Greensboro, NC. February 15-17, 2013.
Southeastern Renaissance Conference, University of TN, Knoxville. October 2012.
Blackboard 9.0 software training, NCCU Blackboard office, Attendee. August 22, 2012.
Half-day workshop for First Year Composition teachers, facilitated by Dr. Collie Fulford,
Attendee. May 10, 2012.
“Textual Rapport: Writing Student-Centered Syllabi and Assignments” by Dr. Collie
Fulford (Assistant Professor of English) at NCCU Office of Faculty Professional
Development Collaborative Workshop, Participant. November 15, 2011.
“Using Technology to Build Rapport” by Dr. Matt Cook (Associate Professor of English
and History) at NCCU Office of Faculty Professional Development Collaborative
Workshop, Participant. November 4, 2011.
“Combining Caring with Rigor” by Dr. Kathryn Wymer (Assistant Professor of English)
at NCCU Office of Faculty Professional Development Collaborative Workshop,
Participant. October 25, 2011.
Southeastern Renaissance Conference, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
October 2011.
“Using Peer Response to Discover Model Drafts” by Dr. Collie Fulford (Assistant
Professor of English) at ENG 1050 Roundtable, NCCU English Department, Participant.
May 11, 2011.
Fourteenth Annual Mason-Sekora Lecture. Professor Randall Kenan (UNC-Chapel Hill)
on “Why James Baldwin Still Matters,” Attendee (April 20, 2011).
“Brain-Friendly Instructional Strategies: How Students Learn Best” by Dr. Laurell
Malone (Associate Professor of Education) and Evalee Parker, M.A. (Education
Instructor) at NCCU Shepard Library, Attendee. February 11, 2011.
Earned a score that ranked within top 15% of all test takers who have taken the
“PRAXIS II: English Language, Literature, and Composition: Content Knowledge” in
previous years. Received Educational Testing Service (ETS) Recognition of Excellence.
January 2011.
Public speaking event of Afro-Colombian Human Rights activist Daira Elsa Quinones at
Durham Public Library, Attended with Global Studies class, Attendee and driver.
October 2010.
Renaissance Society of America, Venice, Italy. April 2010.
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Thirteenth Annual Mason-Sekora Lecture. Dr. R. Baxter Miller (University of Georgia)
on “Modernity and Richard Wright’s The Outsider,” Attendee (March 23, 2010).
“ ‘We’d Do It Differently Next Time’ ”: Lessons Learned from Ambitious Assignments”
presentation by Collie Fulford, Ph.D. and Shirley Faulkner Springfield, M.A. at NCCU’s
Center for Teaching and Learning, Attendee. March 4, 2010.
Interlink Alliance Faculty Development Conference on Teaching the Millennial Student,
Spelman College. Atlanta, GA. March 2010.
Twenty-Sixth Annual Luncheon of The Langston Hughes Society, University of
Maryland, Eastern Shore. Cambridge, MD. March 2009.
“Black Women in the Academy: Strategies for Survival, Success, and Transformation” at
UNC-Chapel Hill’s Center for Black History and Culture, Attendee.January 30-31, 2009.
Process Education Teaching Institute, North Carolina Central University. Durham, NC.
December 2008.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Director, Financial Aid
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
November 1995-January 2000
Counseled students daily, prepared financial aid packages based on federal, state, and
institutional needs-analysis process. Administered Federal Pell Grant Program (over one
million dollars) and assisted with Cal Grant program. Responsible for advising 1300
undergraduate financial aid recipients. Worked closely with Student Accounts, Registrar,
Admissions, Study Abroad, Jesuit Community, and Academic Advising. Developed and
implemented university policies to address students who do not meet satisfactory academic
progress and jeopardize financial aid eligibility. Helped recruit and retain Latino/a, African
American, and economically disadvantaged students.
Graduate Student Financial Aid Counselor
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
January 1994-November 1995
Counseled students, awarded short-term loans, processed loans, explained application
process for federal and state financial aid, and advocated for appeals. Answered phone
questions from students and parents. Worked with Registrar, Bursar, and Residence Life.
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT & MEMBERSHIPS:
Member of College Language Association: 2002, 2009
Member of Southeastern Renaissance Conference: 2009-2014
Member of South-Atlantic Modern Language Association: 2009, 2012
Lifetime member of National Council of Teachers of English: 2008
LANGUAGES:
Spanish: Excellent reading translation, moderate spoken fluency.
Latin: Moderate translation.