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Sandy Hiortdahl

CURRICULUM VITAE
DR. SANDY HIORTDAHL

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Michael Pagel, Francis Canedo, & Sandy Hiortdahl at NESCC's Graduation, May 2013.

Education

2008    Ph.D., English, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 
2000    MA, English, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1991    MFA, Creative Writing, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
1985    BA, English, Washington College, Chestertown, MD

Employment

2010 - now        Associate Professor of English, Northeast State Community College
2008 - 2010       Post Doctoral Teaching Fellow, East Tennessee State University
2003 - 2008       Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Catholic University of America  . 
2003 - 2008       Instructor, Washington College

Teaching Awards

2008 Digital Innovator Award, for Support of Digital Media Literacy, Washington College
2006 Teacher of the Month, Alpha Kappa Gamma, The Catholic University of America
2002 Evaluative Ranking, Distinguished Member of the Faculty, West Chester University
2000 Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Member of the Year, University of Delaware 

Publications and Writing Distinctions

2014    Publications Forthcoming        
“Snooze Alarm Alligators,” poem, THEMA, Summer 2014.
“Spectrum 13,” novella, Blue Lake Review, April 2014. 
“Mathematical Emo,” poem, Barely South Review, Winter 2014.
“Nightly Drowning,” poem, OCEAN Magazine, Winter 2014.
“Smoke Signals Over Long Distances,” poem, Brevity Poetry Journal, Winter 2014.

2013    Publications  
           Essays
“Me & Achilles,” The Blue Hour Magazine, August 1.
“Cultural Dissonance and Norfolk,” The Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Review, JHU, June 25.   
“Enraptured in East Tennessee,” Punchnel’s, June 13.
           Short Fiction
“Dream House Holiday,” Beorh Quarterly, November 2.
“Fizz and Blending,” Eunoia Review, November 1.
“Break-fast,” Postcard Shorts, October 21.
“Passing into Shadow,” Eternal Haunted Summer, September 21.
“Hounded Grey Stop,” in Bewildering Stories, August 21.
            Poetry
“Ahab's Day,” a poem, VAYAVYA, in press, December 2013 issue.
“Ode to Mrs. Hutchinson,” Glassfire Magazine, Fall 2013 issue. 
“Apprenticeship," Four Ties Lit Review, vol. 2, issue 1, August 3. 
“December Blue Moon,” River Poets Journal Special Anthology Edition, July 13.
“August Vortex,” Bop Dead City, First Prize, Summer Contest issue, July 10.
“Will’o’Wisp,” Rose Red Review, July 5.
“Monday, Erasure Of,” Spark: A Creative Anthology, July 1.
“Time Zone Disjunction,” Waterhouse Review (London), Summer issue, June 29.
“Poseidon Night,” Eternal Haunted Summer, Summer Solstice issue, June 21. 
“The Elixir,” The Silver Blade, June 12.  MP3 also published.
“Night Journeys in a Cardboard Boat,” Third Wednesday, Summer issue, June 10.
“Salt N Pepper: Shut Ya Mouth,” Alimentum Journal, April 5.
“Uncles in Jail,” Poetic Story, KY Story Press, March 30.

 AWARDS AND HONORS
2013    Fellowship, Key West Literary Society, plus lodging for January 2014 Conference
2008    Digital Innovator of the Year, for Support of Digital Media Productions by Students
            & Use of Digital Media as a Teaching Tool, Washington College
2006    Teacher of the Month, Alpha Kappa Gamma, The Catholic University of America
2002    Distinguished Member of the Faculty, West Chester University
2002    Individual Artist Award for Excellence in the Novel, Governor’s Citation for Excellence,
            Maryland State Arts Council, for American Arcana
2000    Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Member of the Year, University of Delaware
1999    “In Thor’s Defense: John Gardner’s On Moral Fiction” Proceedings from the 1st Annual
             John Gardner Conference, ed. Jim Fessenden, John Gardner Society
1985    The Sophie Kerr Prize, the largest undergraduate literary prize in the nation
            Given upon graduation from Washington College, in Chestertown, MD

 CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
2013    “Enkidu, Grendel, and the Half-Beast Man,” John Gardner Conference, Batavia, NY,  April 5.
2011    “Life Affirmation and the Isolated Heroes of John Gardner’s Fiction,” John Gardner
             Conference, Batavia, NY, April 10.
2009    “The Character and Dialogue Workshop” Literary Society, East Tennessee State University, March 4.
2008    “Digital Video and Creative Non-Fiction in the Composition Classroom,” Washington College                
            “The Ghosts of Chestertown and Kent County,” The Kent County Historical Society, Chestertown, MD 
            “Gardner’s Banned Novel: Balance in Grendel and in Beowulf,” John Gardner Conference, Batavia, NY 
2007    “What College English Professors Expect,” Chesapeake Home School Network, Centreville, MD
2006    “James Joyce’s Macintosh Man: Mystery Solved,” College English Association, MAG, Rockville MD 
            “Linguistic Brilliance, in Gardner’s Mickelsson’s Ghosts,” John Gardner Conference, Batavia, NY

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
World Literature, British Literature Survey (I & II), American Literature Survey (I & II), Creative Writing, Composition (I & II), Honors Composition, Modernism/Postmodernism, Fantasy Literature, Business Communication

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
2011    Peer Reviewer for LIT, Literature Interpretation Theory.
2007    Director and Organizer, The Gardner Legacy: A John Gardner Memorial Festival,  John Gardner Society               Festival, Susquehanna, PA, April 12.


SERVICE TO THE INSTITUTION
2012-13           Northeast State Community College
                        Writing Assessment Committee, English Department
                        Hiring Committee, Humanities Division  
                        Poetry Editor, Echoes & Images Literary Magazine
                        Creative Non-Fiction Editor, Echoes & Images Literary Magazine
                        Admissions Subcommittee

2009                East Tennessee State University
                        Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
                        Rubric Assessment in the Department
                        Restructuring the Composition II Course                  


AFFILIATIONS 
The John Gardner Society, Batavia, New York
Omicron Delta Kappa
The Modern Languages Association 
American Association of University Professors

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