To find out what one is fitted to do and to secure an opportunity to do it is the key to happiness.
-John Dewey
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Daniel R. Woods
635 School Lane
Christiansburg, VA 24073
540-381-1982
drwoods@vt.edu
EDUCATION
Masters of Arts in Education, Curriculum and Instruction 2006
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA
Masters of Arts, English 2003
Radford University, Radford, VA
Bachelor of Science, English 2001
Radford University, Radford, VA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
High School English Teacher
Independence Secondary School 2004 to present
* Currently teaching grades 8,9 & 10
* Taught English grades 8-12
* Faculty sponsor of the Yearbook (media arts teacher)
Middle School English Teacher
Lucy Addison Aerospace Magnet Middle School 2003-2004
* 8th grade English classes
* Faculty sponsor Chess Club
* Faculty sponsor SCA
* Baseball Coach
COMMUNITY SERVICES
* Independence Secondary Annual Thanksgiving Food Drive
* Independence Secondary Sponsored "Adopt a Spot"
* Independence Secondary Venture Crew
Graduate Teaching Fellow Radford University 2001-2003
* Taught six sections of English 101 &102
* University Writing Center Tutor
* Graduate member of the Writing Curriculum Committee
HONORS/AFFILIATIONS
Sigma Tau Delta National English Honors Society
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
NCTE
VATE
PUBLICATIONS
Woods, Daniel (2006). Reclaiming the Past or Missing the Point: A Response to Sharon M. Bailey. Spring Issue Virginia English Bulletin.
Woods, Daniel (2003). Rereading the classics, an Ecofeminist interpretation of Rebecca Harding Davis's: Life in the Iron Mills. America @ 1.1 (122-173).
RESEARCH & PRESENTATIONS
*Conference paper- Hayakawa's Language in Thought and Action: Advertising v. Poetry. To be presented at NCTE Fall 06
*Conference presentation (panel)- Many Voices, Multiple Perspectives: The Multigenre Research Project as a 21st Century Alternative to the Traditional Research Paper. VATE 2005
*Graduate Thesis analyzing the works of Native American Author Gerald Vizenor - Gerald Vizenor's Reclamation of the Native American Voice.
*Conference paper- Rereading the classics, an Ecofeminist interpretation of Rebecca Harding Davis's: Life in the Iron Mills.- Accepted for presentation 2002 NJCEA conference
*Conference paper-A Trickster Shakes Hands With God: Mark Twain's Letters to the Earth accepted for presentation 2002 SAMLA conference
*Book Review James Kinney's Amalgamation! Race, Sex, and Rhetoric in the Nineteenth-Century Novel.
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