Tara Hembrough, PhD student,
Creative Writing

BA Evangel University
MA Western Illinois University
MFA Texas State University

Publications

• The Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP). “Poems Link the Dead and the Living: Exploring Masters’ Spoon River Cemetery.” Pedagogy Papers 2007.
• The Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP). “The Need for Adaptive Practice: A Writing Instructor Takes the Role of a Child.” Pedagogy Papers 2006.
• Warm in the Black Sunshine. TSU creative thesis. May 2001. Read by Rick DeMarinis.
• Salvation Man and the Outer Darkness. WIU creative thesis. May 1998.
• “Masking.” Tomorrow Never Knows: The National Library of Poetry Anthology. Ed. Diana Zeiger. Owing Mills, MD: Watermark Press, 1995. 108.
• “Only the Lonely.” The American Poetry Annual 1995. USA: Amherst Society, 1995. 59.
• “Masking.” Echoes from the Silence. Vol. 3. Harlingen, TX: Quill Books, 1995. 88.
• “Echoes of the Cross.” Best New Poems 1994. USA: The Poets’ Guild, 1994. 168.
• Poems in anthology. Pathways of Poetry. USA: Fine Arts Press, 1995.
• “Afterbirth.” Elements: Journal of Western Illinois University (1999): 18-22.
• “Aunt Lucille,” “A Sinner’s Confusion.” Elements: Journal of Western Illinois University (1996): 16-19, 116-118.
• “Dimestore Rider,” “Coming out of the Jungle.” The Rectangle: The Journal of Sigma Tau Delta, The International English Honor Society 73 (1998): 27-28, 43-45.
• “Hiding,” “The pink-and-brown-jointed earthworms.” Please Plant This Book. Original copyright Richard Brautigan 1968. Western Illinois University, Macomb: Sigma Tau Delta, The International English Honor Society, 1997. 1-2.
• “Afterbirth.” The Scarlet Letter: Sigma Tau Delta, The International English Honor Society. Western Illinois University (Sept. 1996): 2.
• “The Sinless Dead.” The Scarlet Letter: Sigma Tau Delta, The International English Honor Society. Western Illinois University (Oct. 1996): 2-4.
• “The Bill of Wrongs: Teacher, teach me America.” The Scarlet Letter: Sigma Tau Delta, The International English Honor Society. Western Illinois University (Nov. 1996): 2.
• “After Awhile the Rain Will Come,” “Francesca.” Epiphany: Literary/Art Magazine of Evangel University (1995): 4, 48.
• “Exemplary Programs.” Change Agent (Fall 1996): 1-50. Newsletter of University of California at Berkeley’s National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE).

Texts Edited

• WIU Psychology 423G: The Psychology of Adulthood and Aging: Growing Old in a New Age. 1996.
• WIU History 415G: The Civil War and Reconstruction. 1996.
• University of California at Berkeley’s National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE). Lessons from Life’s First Teacher: The Role of the Family in Adolescent and Adult: Readiness for School-to-Work Transition. 1996.
• NCRVE’s As Teachers Tell It: Implementing All Aspects of the Industry-- The Case Studies. 1996.
• NCRVE’s Fostering Entrepreneurship through Business Incubation: The Role and Prospects of Postsecondary Vocational-Technical Education Report 3: Guidebook of Opportunities for Two-Year Technical Colleges. 1996.
• NCRVE’s Fostering Entrepreneurship through Business Incubation: The Role and Prospects of Postsecondary Vocational-Technical Education Report 1: Survey of Business Incubator Clients and Managers. 1996.
• NCRVE’s Fostering Entrepreneurship through Business Incubation: The Role and Prospects of Postsecondary Vocational-Technical Education Report 2: Case Studies. 1996.
• NCRVE’s National Tech Prep Roster. 1996.
• Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs. “Rural Illinois in a Global Economy: The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment.” Rural Research Report. 1996.
• Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs. “Managed Care: Barrier or Opportunity for Rural Health.” Rural Research Report. 1996.
• Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs. “Financing Township Services in the 1990s.” Rural Research Report. 1996
• Illinois Rural Health Association Newsletter. “Health Care Advocacy for Rural Illinois.” Connections. Summer 1996.
  

Honors and Offices

• -WLA member. 2007-2008.
• -MMLA member. 2007-2008.
• -SCMLA member. 2007-2008.
• -AWP member. 1998-2008.
• OSU Graduate and Professional Student Government Association representative. 2007-2008.
• OSU English Graduate Student Association member. 2004-2007.
• OSU Creative Writing Association member. 2004-2007.
• PCA/ACAssociation member. 2006-2007.
• OSU Search Committee participant for Faculty, Fiction. 2006.
• OSU Composition I Textbook Search Committee. 2006.
• OSU mentor for composition program shadowing. 2 semesters. 2004-2005.
• MDC Women’s History Month Committee. College Preparatory Essay Contest Committee. College Preparatory Lab Committee. Holistic Scoring Committee. Lunch Bunch nterdepartmental Committee. 2003-2004.
• CCCC member. 2003-2004.
• National Council of Teachers of English member. 2003-2004.
• TSU First-year English Committee, Composition Textbook Search Committee. 2001-2003.
• WIU Grade Appeals Committee, Facilities Committee, Student Government. 1995-1998.
• WIU English Graduate Organization member. 1995-1998.
• Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society, vice-president, treasurer. 1995-1998.
• Illinois Philological Association member. 1997-1998.
• International Society of Poets member. 1994-1995.
• National Spanish Honor Society member. 1993-1995.
• Society for Collegiate Journalists member. 1993-1995.

Conference Presentations

• Western Literature Association Conference, Seattle. Man’s Need for Companionship and Romantic Love: Attempted Homosexuality and Failed Heterosexuality in McCarthy’s Cities of the Plains.” Oct. 2007.
• Midwest Modern Language Association Conference, Cleveland. “Lambert Adapts Kate Chopin’s The Awakening to Film: Edna Pontellier’s Representation as Venus in Grand Isle.” Nov. 2007. (change title)
• -Southcentral Modern Language Association Conference, Memphis. Gender and Race in the Twentieth Century Forum. “Hurston, Moody, and Angelou’s Response to a Mother’s Influence: Three Autobiographers Deconstruct Stereotypes of the African-American Female Body.” Nov. 2007.
• Skidmore College New York State Summer Writers Institute, Saratoga Springs. “A Truck Ride through Oklahoma.” July 2007.   
• Oklahoma City Community College Spring Writing Symposium, Oklahoma City. “Using Rhetorical Strategies in Persuasive Letter Writing.” Apr. 2007.
• Conference of Oklahoma Film and Video Studies Society, Oklahoma City. “Lambert Adapts Kate Chopin’s The Awakening to Film: Edna Pontellier’s Representation as Venusin Grand Isle.” March 2007.
• East Central University Scissortail Creative Writing Festival, Ada, Oklahoma. “The Laundry Chute.” Apr. 2007.
• AWP Conference  Pedagogy Forum presenter for nonfiction and poetry session, Atlanta. “Poems Link the Dead and the Living: Exploring Masters’ Spoon River Cemetery.” March 2007.
• OSU English Graduate Student Association Spring Research Colloquium. “Proust and the Representation of Time and Memory in Swann’s Way: A Discussion of Style, Duration, Nonlinearity, and Evocative Places and Objects.” 2007.
• National Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Conference, Atlanta. “On the Roof.” Apr. 2006. 
• AWP Conference  Pedagogy Forum facilitator/presenter for three sessions: multi-genre, fiction and drama, nonfiction and poetry, Austin. “The Need for Adaptive Practice: A Writing Instructor Takes the Role of a Child.” March 2006.
• Southwest PCA/ACA Conference, Albuquerque. “The Funeral.” Feb. 2006. 
• OSU Creative Writing Association Spring Reading. “The Reading of the Will.” 2005.
• OSU English Graduate Student Association Fall Research Colloquium. “Limited and Plural Points of View in Jamaica Kincaid’s ‘In Rosseau.’” 2004.
• MDC Professional Development Conference, Miami. “Grading Strategies for Developmental Writing.” March 2004.
• -TSU Creative Writing Spring Reading. “Night at the Circus.” 2001.
• -TSU Graduate Student Spring Presentation. “Point of View in Patrick McCabe’s The Butcher Boy.” 2001.
• -TSU Creative Writing Fall Reading. “Rowena Arrives.” 2000.
• -TSU Graduate Student Spring Presentation. “D. H. Lawrence’s Shard of Glass.” 2000.
• -TSU Creative Writing Fall Reading. “Sleeping in the Coffin.” 1999.
• -TSU Graduate Student Spring Presentation. “Sacred Place in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony.” 1999.
• -TSU Creative Writing Fall Reading. “Afterbirth.” 1998.
• -WIU Creative Writing Association Spring Reading. Various poems. 1998.
• -WIU Creative Writing Association Fall Reading. Various poems. 1997.
• -WIU Graduate Student Fall Papers. “Various Theatrical and Cinematic Stagings of Juliet’s Suicide in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.” 1997.
• -WIU Creative Writing Association Spring Reading. Various poems. 1996.
• -WIU Creative Writing Association Fall Reading. Various poems. 1996.
• -WIU Graduate Student Fall Papers. “The Collective Speaker in Allen Ginsberg’s Howl.” 1996.
• -EU Creative Writing Association Spring Reading. Various poems. 1995.
• -EU Creative Writing Association Fall Reading. Various poems. 1994.
• -EU Creative Writing Association Spring Reading. Various poems. 1994.
• -EU Creative Writing Association Fall Reading. Various poems. 1993.

Conferences/Institutes Attended

• -Skidmore College New York State Summer Writers Institute, Saratoga Springs. Fiction workshops with Kathleen Harrison and Nicholas Delbanco. July 2007.
• Conference of Composition and Communication (CCCC), San Antonio, as a representative of MDC. Feb. 2004.
• MDC Festival of the Arts, Miami. Katrika Sterling, Geoffrey Philp. Fall 2003.
• Miami Book Fair International. Stuart Dybek, David Leavitt, Nell Freudenberger. Oct. 2003.
• Texas Book Festival, Austin. Antonya Nelson, Jane Smiley, T. C. Boyle, Lorrie Moore. 2000, 2001, 2002.
• Associated Collegiate Press Convention, New Orleans. 1994.

Current Research/Articles in Progress

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