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469 Franklin Street
Buffalo, NY 14202
hm29@buffalo.edu
919-270-6177
Education
The State University of New York at Buffalo 2009-Present
Doctoral student, English Education
Presidential Fellow
The University of Pittsburgh 2006
MFA, Creative Nonfiction Manuscript Committee: Jeanne Marie Laskas, Faith Adiele, Eric Clarke
Relevant coursework with Lee Gutkind, Jim Seitz
Hiram College 2002
B.A., Integrated Language Arts, minor in writing Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude
Research Interests
My current research focuses on relationships between writing and LGBTQ issues in teacher education: what role can writing play in helping teacher candidates explore these issues? In the past, I have also focused on the re-segregation of US schools. I am interested in effective ways to teach children from low-socioeconomic backgrounds; developmental writing and reading; and the teaching and writing of creative nonfiction, especially memoir and literary journalism.
University-Level Teaching Positions
University at Buffalo
Instructor 2010-Present
Courses:
Introduction to Education
Niagara University
Writing Coordinator, Office of Academic Support 2006-2009
Summer, 2010
Courses:
Critical Literacy (Developmental Reading and Writing)
Introduction to College Writing (HEOP program)
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry Writing
Creative Nonfiction (on-line, summer, 2010)
University of Pittsburgh
Teaching Assistant 2004-2006
Courses:
Seminar in Composition (Teaching paired with graduate-level course on composition pedagogy)
Introduction to Journalism
Submitted Papers
McEntarfer, H. K. (2011). “‘Not Going Away’: Approaches used by Students, Faculty, and Staff
Members to Create Gay-Straight Alliances at Three Religiously-Affiliated Universities.” Submitted to Journal of Lesbian and Gay Youth.
McEntarfer, H.K., Skiba, D., & Robert, S. (2011). “Entering into Dialogue with the ‘Taboo’:
Reflective Writing in a Social Work Human Sexuality Course.” Submitted to Written
Publications
"Beyond Assumption" in
River Teeth, September, 2009
"Walking the Perimeter" in
Terrain.org, September, 2009
“Catching Hell” in Terrain.org ..July, 2008
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Selected Best of
the web 2009
“Hiram Hills,” in Hiram, USA ..December, 2007
“Tangled Needs: School Integration Re-visited” in Trillium
Literary Journal ..October, 2007
“Ghost Hands,” in Permafrost Literary Journal ..2005
“Pay it Forward,” in Pitt Magazine ..Spring, 2004
“Finding a Trail” in The New Yinzer ..November, 2003
Conference Presentations and Readings
“‘Let’s Redefine Love: Narrative Analysis of Performed Monologues by Gay and Lesbian Students.” Graduate School of Education Research Symposium, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. Spring, 2011
“Implicit and Explicit Discourse Patterns in the Context of College Composition,” CCCC Conference, Atlanta, GA Spring, 2011
Accepted, “From Theory to Pedagogy: Formal Training for Gender Mainstreaming in US and Latin American Universities,” Gender and Education Association Conference, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
Spring, 2011
“‘Let’s Redefine Love: Narrative Analysis of Performed Monologues by Gay and Lesbian Students.” Works-in-Progress Series, Global Gender Studies, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. Spring, 2011
Poster Presentation: “We Don’t Use Hurt Words Here”: Mediation of Acquired and Learned Discourses at a Community-Based Center for LGBTQ Youth,” Graduate School of Education Research Symposium, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Spring, 2010
“‘Now I Love Politics’: Results of a Presidential Election Project in a
Developmental Reading and Writing Course,” Niagara University’s Conference on Teaching and Learning. Study completed as the result of a grant received from Niagara’s Committee on College Teaching and Learning (CCTL). Spring 2009
“Building Bridges: Linking Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking,” Co-presented with Dr. Rita Pollard and Sharon Green:
- National Association of Developmental Education Conference, Boston, MA Spring, 2008
- New York State College Learning Skills Association, Candandaigua, NY Spring, 2007
- Panelist, Education That Works Conference, Hiram College Fall, 2007
- Panelist, “Creative Nonfiction Writing Assignments for the Secondary Classroom,” 412 Creative Nonfiction Conference, Pittsburgh, PA Fall, 2005
- Reading: Historicizing Aesthetics/Aestheticizing History, University of Pittsburgh 2006
- Regular member of Fuel and Fuddle Reading Series, Pittsburgh, PA 2003-2006
Writing Awards
Honorable Mention, Best of Ohio Writers’ Contest 2002
First Place, Ralph and Marion G. Kroehle Foundation Award in Creative Nonfiction 2001
Third place, 3 Honorable Mentions, East Central Colleges Literary Competition 2000, 2001, 2002
Editorial Experience
Creative Nonfiction Editor, Trillium Literary Journal 2006-2007
Creative Nonfiction Editor, Nidus 2004-2005
University Service
Co-Advisor, Gay-Straight Alliance Spring, 2009
Co-Advisor, The Aquila student literary journal 2007-2009
Organizer, Faculty/Staff Relay for Life team 2008, 2009
Other Teaching Experience
Writing Tutor, Medaille College 2009-2010
Tutored students in writing
Lewiston Library Spring, 2008 & 2009
Instructor, Community Education creative writing courses
Lewiston, NY
Carriage House Children’s Center 2002-2006
Full- and part-time preschool teacher
Worked with children ages 6 months – five years
Pittsburgh, PA
Allegheny Intermediate Unit 2005-2006
Instructor, memoir class for gifted and talented high school students
Pittsburgh, PA
Young Writer’s Institute 2003, 2004
Instructor, creative writing workshops for high school students
Pittsburgh, PA
Upward Bound Summer 2002
Instructor, high school-level creative writing class
Fredonia, NY
Student Teaching Experience Spring, 2002
Taught eleventh-grade English at Newton Falls High School
Newton Falls, OH
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