BILL GILLARD
Education
M.F.A.
Creative Writing, 2005
Fairleigh Dickinson University Madison, New Jersey
M.A.
English, 1998
Montclair State University Montclair, New Jersey
B.A.
English, 1988
Saint Lawrence University Canton, New York
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley
Asssitant Professor of English (2006-12)
Associate Professor of English (2012-present)
After a lifetime on the East Coast, my wife and I made the big move to the Midwest to
raise our children in Appleton, a place new to us. Most often, I teach creative writing,
Shakespeare, and composition. I was elected UWFox faculty senator during my first
year. The UW Colleges senate is the self-governance body comprised of faculty, staff,
and students spread out among thirteen campuses across the state and represents the
interests of just under 20,000 people. In my fourth year, I was elected chair of the
Senate Steering Committee, chair of the full senate, chair of the Faculty Council of
Senators, and Faculty Representative to the UW System. The chair plans for the four
face-to-face meetings per year, and, as you might imagine, the challenge of planning for
those large meetings is daunting. Facilities and meals need to be right, of course, but
also I prepare the business meetings during which we conduct efficiently and fairly a lot
of important work. Each senate meeting runs the full day and is comprised of committee
meetings, presentations, a working lunch, various council meetings, and a full senate
meeting. The Senate Steering Committee, a group I also chair, meets every other week
via conference call, which I lead. Those agendas are packed with important business,
as well. As senate chair, I work in concert with UWC administration on long- and shortterm policy goals as well as in the establishment of new programs and revision of
existing ones. I am busy many times daily on the phone with faculty, staff, and students
answering policy and process questions and solving problems. It is important work and I
enjoy it immensely.
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Service
UWC Senate Steering Committee Chair
(2010-12, .50 FTE)
Managed the senate budget, which includes travel, conference calls, staffing
backfill, and meeting expenses.
Supervised one LTE employee including budget and payroll
Planned and presided over two senate retreats, a day and a half of discussions
about long-term trends in higher education, the future of the Colleges, and major
projects
Worked with the nineteen senate committee chairs to efficiently accomplish a
great variety of senate business
Addressed a major gap in our ability to communicate by moving all senate
policies, agendas, minutes, and committee memberships to the web. Previously,
senate polices had been buried in Public Folders, out of reach of all but the most
intrepid
Streamlined communication between senate steering and the various
committees by using SharePoint to manage all pending issues; this was a big
shift in thinking and process and it worked wonders
Expanded the list of those receiving regular communication from the senate chair
to include deans, associate deans, and, at times, everyone in the entire UW
Colleges
Participated in the strategic planning process for the Colleges in 2008 and 2011
Recruited faculty, staff, and students for senate committees
Prepared agenda and presided over meetings of the Senate Steering Committee,
UW Colleges senate, and Faculty Council of Senators
Shepherded proposed amendments through committees and the full senate
Wrote new sections and extensively updated old sections of The Senate Leaders
Handbook
Wrote bi-weekly reports for senate steering, senate, and general distribution
Wrote an annual report
UW System Vice President for Academic Affairs Search and Screen
(2011-12)
Nominated by UWC provost and named by the UW System president to this
important search
the UWSA VPAA is the chief academic officer for the entire 26-campus UW
System
UW-Fox Valley Foundation Board of Directors
(2011- )
Served as a leader of a group that raises money for student scholarships, to
support faculty professional development, and for special campus projects
member of the Development Committee, where we plan events to fundraise and
friend-raise on campus and in the community
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UWC Faculty Council of Senators Chair
(2010-12)
Was ambitious with this somewhat ill-defined group and prodded them to take a
much greater leadership role within the Colleges
Crafted resolutions around various important issues, including institutional
priorities and faculty compensation
UW System English Conference Planning Group Chair
(2009-10)
Planned the third ever gathering of English departments from across the fourteen
institutions of the University of Wisconsin system
Solicited panel and paper proposals
Planned all logistics, including meals and travel
Put on a good show for the hundred or so folks who showed up
UWC English Department Planning Committee Chair
(2008)
This is usually a pretty easy job: reserve a room, plan for lunch, etc. But I gave it
a very different feel: I planned for a two-day meeting, the bulk of which would be
my colleagues and me collaborating on fourteen academic panels as part of the
Fox Cities Book Festival. That took some work to accomplish, part of which was
cultivating buy-in within my department, but in the end, we offered a rich literary
experience to our community while at the same time forging stronger
professional bonds among us.
UWC Senate Correspondence Committee Chair
(2010-12)
UWC English Department Creative Writing Prize Committee Chair
(2008)
UWC Institutional Change Grant Review team
(2012)
UWC English Department Creative Writing Prize Committee
(2006-12)
UWC Integrated Enrollment Management Academic Affairs Committee
(2010-12)
UWC Faculty Representative to the UW System
(2010-12)
UWC Library Budget Reductions Task Force
(2009)
UWC Faculty Representative to the Council of UW Libraries
(2007-09)
UWC Automation Librarian Search and Screen Committee
(2009)
UWC Copyright Committee
(2008-10)
UWC Catalog Focus Group
(2010)
UWC Furlough Impacts Task Force
(2009)
UW-Fox Valley Campus Steering Committee
(2012- )
UW-Fox Valley Faculty Senator
(2007- )
UW-Fox Valley Staffing Prioritization Committee
(2011-12)
UW-Fox Valley Community Common Read Coordinator
(2009)
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UW-Fox Valley Foundation E.A.T.S. Fall Fundraiser Operations Manager (2011)
UW-Fox Valley Lecture and Fine Arts Committee
(2006-08)
UW-Fox Valley Curriculum Committee
(2007-09)
UW-Fox Valley Commencement Marshal (elected by my peers)
(2009)
Faculty Advisor for the following student organizations:
Sigma Kappa Delta (National English Honor Society)
Writer’s Club
Cyclone Muse Literary Magazine
Gay/Straight Alliance
Dungeons and Dragons Club
(2006-10)
(2006-09)
(2006-12)
(2009-10)
(2006-09)
Courses Taught at UWFox
ENG 101
ENG 102
ENG 102
ENG 203
ENG 204
ENG 250
ENG 277
ENG 280
ENG 285
ENG 290
LEC 100
Composition 1
Composition 2
Composition 2 via compressed video
Creative Writing 1
Creative Writing 2
Introduction to Literary Studies
Introduction to Film Studies
Introduction to Shakespeare
The Literature of Nature
Science Fiction
First Year Seminar
Fairleigh Dickinson University
I was hired in the summer of 2002 to teach Composition courses, but I quickly
established myself as an important member of a dynamic team. Within a year, I had
been named associate director of the University Honors Program and had been asked
to teach a variety of literature courses. I also taught the University Honors Seminar, a
course in research methods that resulted in a poster presentation and lecture series for
the entire university community. During my third year, I was asked to lead the Freshman
Intensive Studies program. 115 students who would otherwise not meet FDU admission
requirements are admitted annually to the FIS program. These students are supported
in math, writing, and social science. The director establishes and hires staff for about
fifteen sections devoted to FIS students. As director, I advised students throughout the
year and ran programming aimed toward student success. I managed a budget in
excess of $150,000 and supervised a staff of four.
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Director, FDU Freshman Intensive Studies
(2005-06)
supervised a staff of four
hired and evaluated faculty and staff for FIS-dedicated sections of math,
sociology, psychology, history, and composition
designed and ran an advising program for 115 students
managed a budget in excess of $150,000
Associate Director, FDU University Honors Program
taught the Junior Honors Seminar (advanced research methods)
advised Honors students
assisted with graduate school application preparation
taught Honors Composition
(2004-06)
Chair, FDU Facilities Self-Study Group, Middle States Reaccreditation Process
led a group of six through the design, drafting, and completion of a significant
chapter in FDU’s self-study
visited every building on both campuses to document how it fits into the mission
and success of the university as a whole
Lecturer of English
Courses Taught and Developed
College Writing Workshop
Research Writing Workshop
Advanced Writing Workshop
Science Fiction Literature
Introduction to Literary Studies
Sports in North American Literature
Introduction to the Short Story
Honors College Writing Workshop
Junior Honors Research Seminar
Senior Honors Research - Literary Studies
Sociology 2774 Popular Culture
Education Opportunity Fund developmental writing for incoming students
Freshman Intensive Studies Director Search and Screen Chair
English Department Academic Integrity Committee Chair
College Writing Director Search and Screen
Creative Writing Director Search and Screen
Becton College Academic Review and Retention Board
Provost’s University Honors Advisory Board
Inter-University Task Force on Student Reading
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Florham Faculty Library Committee
College Writing Committee
Humanities Major Committee
Florham Scholars in Arts and Humanities Committee
English Department Recording Secretary
Role Playing Games Club Advisor
Literary Magazine Advisor
County College of Morris
Adjunct Instructor (2000-01)
I taught part-time (mostly during summers). This was my first real chance to teach
college-age students, and I liked it.
Courses Taught
College Composition 1
College Composition 2
Delbarton School
English Teacher, Grades 7-12 (1998-2002)
I was hired to teach a variety of courses in middle and high school, including creative
writing. I served in a variety of ways, including directing plays, coaching, and advising
student groups.
Service
Head coach, ice hockey, junior varsity
Head coach, ice hockey, middle school
Assistant coach, baseball, middle school
Faculty Advisor of Delta, the upper school literary magazine
Faculty Advisor of 7 and 8 Update, the lower school literary and news magazine
Faculty Advisor for Drama, directed the following plays:
The Bald Soprano
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
I Hate Hamlet
R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots)
Courses Taught
Grade 7 Literature and Language
Grade 9 Literature and Language
Grade 10 Literature and Language
Grade 12 Literature and Language
Grade 12 Creative Writing
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Montclair State University
Graduate Assistant (1996-98)
Courses Taught
Freshman Composition
Basic Writing in Educational Opportunity Fund summer program
Tutor, University Writing Center
Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association
Environmental Educator (1995)
Taught outdoors at a class trip destination in central New Jersey. I had the students for
a few hours and took them out into the 600 acres and surprised them with what we
found. An absolutely ideal early-career teaching job to have. When something didn’t go
as well as I hoped, I knew that the kids were leaving shortly and I could start fresh with
the next group. A fun job and an excellent education in its own right.
St Patrick’s School
Seventh and Eighth Grade Teacher (1993-94)
I did my best here, but this school, located in the toughest neighborhood in Boston
(Roxbury), was not an ideal first teaching job. On the plus side, every classroom after
St. Pat’s has seemed sedate and productive by comparison.
Chocolate Popcorn Company
Production (1989-1992)
I worked for two years at this ancient and now defunct company in Kingston,
Pennsylvania. About twenty-five of us made caramel corn and popcorn balls. I worked
the popping room and mixed the batches of sugar, corn syrup, oils, and flavorings in just
the right mixtures. I learned more about mechanics and steam that I ever thought I
would know. I also heard the stories of men who fought in World War 2, Korea, and Viet
Nam while we all made popcorn treats together. The warehouse—floor to ceiling with
boxes of popcorn—was where my band set up each night to practice…
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Selected Creative Publications
Ghosts of the Fox a collection of short ghost stories set in the Fox Valley, Quixote
Press (forthcoming)
Desire, the River a chapbook of poems, Pudding House, 2009
My poetry and prose have appeared in dozens of literary magazines, including
Wild Violet, The Write Room, Word Riot, Mountain Gazette, Invisible Ink, Verdad, Wild
Goose Poetry Review, Stickman Review, The Poetry Journal, Chiron Review,
Alimentum, Paradigm, Dark Sky Magazine, Review Americana, Slow Trains, and
SNReview, among others.
My young adult novel, A Horse Named Tomorrow, is oh-so-close to being finished.
Selected Scholarly Publications_____________________
Well Begun is Half Done The Writer's Chronicle September-October, 2007
David Treuer and the State of Native American Literature The Literary Review
Summer, 2007
Minister Faust: From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain The Literary Review Winter, 2008
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko Entry in Themes for Students: Race and
Prejudice in Literature Anaxos, 2007
Gully Foyle: The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester Entry in Students’
Companion to American Literary Characters, eds. M. J. Brucoli and R.
Layman, Manly, 2007
Victor: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie Entry
in Students’ Companion to American Literary Characters, eds. M. J. Brucoli and
R. Layman. Manly, 2007
Simon Ortiz Entry in The Encyclopedia of Native American Literature. Facts on File,
2006
Joseph Bruchac’s Raven Tells Stories Entry in The Encyclopedia of Native
American Literature. Facts on File, 2006
Geary Hobson Entry in Dictionary of Literary Biography, 20th Century American Poets.
Thomas Gale,
2005
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Enter the HyperZombie: Anticipating Romero’s City of the Dead The Leading Edge
49 (2005): 68-79.
‘I Will Fight No More Forever’: Chief Joseph’s Surrender Speech Literary Themes
for Students: War and Peace. Anne Marie Hacht, ed. Thomson Gale, 2006.
Julian Grenfell's 'Into Battle' The Explicator (Fall 2003): 29-31
Wilfred Owen's 'A Terre' The Explicator 57.2 (Winter 1999): 100-03
Selected Presentations____________________________
Where A Few Men Have Gone Before: Classic SF. UW-Fox Valley RE-UNIVERSITY
lecture
Show, Don't Tell Appleton Public Library creative writing lecture series, October, 2007
Relativity Imagined: The Idea of Time Travel on the Page, Screen, and Tube
Appleton Public Library lecture series, October, 2007
Electronic and Database Research Methods Writing Faculty Workshop at Fairleigh
Dickinson University, February, 2005
Fostering Academic Integrity Presentation to the College Writing faculty at Fairleigh
Dickinson University September, 2004
"come into my arms and fall, my lover man": Male Love in Springsteen's Lyrics
New Jersey College English Association Annual Conference, March 2004
The Rise of the HyperZombie: 28 Days Later and the Speed of Death New York
Conference on Language and Literature, October 2003
Plagiarism Presentation to the College Writing faculty at Fairleigh Dickinson
University, September, 2003
Teaching Science Fiction Panel discussion on pedagogy and practice
WisCon, a Feminist Science Fiction Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, May 2003
The (de)Modeling of Utopia and the Greening of Le Guin A study of bioregionalism
as a theme in three of Ursula Le Guin's works WisCon, a Feminist Science
Fiction Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, May 2003
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Awards________________________________________
Arthur E. Kaplan Fellow (2008, 2010)
The Arthur M. Kaplan Fellows, named annually, are faculty and staff who make
significant and innovative improvements in instruction and service to UW
Colleges students.
Teacher of the Year Finalist
I am regularly one of the few finalists—out of the more than one hundred eligible
instructors—for the award presented annually at commencement by the
students.
Montclair State University Alumni Association Graduate Citation and Award
Presented to the best graduate student in the College of Humanities and Social
Sciences
Mary Bondon Award and Scholarship
Presented to the best teacher among graduate students in the English
Department