liza grabowski

* E.P.I.C. School (Educational Partnership for Instructing Children * Teach children diagnosed with cognitive disabilities and autism, ages 8-15, as an ABA instructor. Implement skill acquisition and behavior reduction programs, graph and report data * assist in developing curricula for individual students' needs.

Tutored undergraduate and graduate students in composition and writing. Fordham University Graduate Assistantship

Assisted Consumer Marketing managers with preparing and implementing consumer surveys, collecting and entering data, and creating branding and image development materials for home fragrance products.

In addition to peer tutoring duties, also consulted with professors and staff to streamline and improve curricula for writing program.

I write and maintain the GSAS Grad.Life blog.

* College/ University Level Employment: * Instructor – Undergraduate Level English Classes, Fordham University English Department, Fall 2007-present. Courses include: * Composition II" (formerly known as “Composition/ Rhetoric”) (Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2007--Spring 2009) Core English course that teaches basic composition, grammar, logic, and rhetorical skills. * “Texts and Contexts,” (Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2010)- 2000 level class that integrates literary studies with cultural and historical contexts. I've taught this course in both the on-line setting and traditional classroom setting. * “Close Reading and Critical Writing,” (Fall 2009) – 1000 level class that focuses on analyzing texts and writing about them critically.

Honors Thesis: "The Reduction of the Great Goddess in Contemporary Drama." Provides readings of the representations of women in Brian Friel's "Dancing at Lughnasa" and Wendy Wasserstein's "Uncommon Women and Others." Also includes an original one-act play focused on the images of women in theater and in culture. Activities and Societies: Resident Advisor; Member of Arts Society; winner of Gilbert Prize, Irene Ryan Prize, and March Fellowship; Pepper Prize Nominee; Lead and Supporting Actor in Lafayette College Theater; Editorial Staff and Contributor to Marquis Literary Magazine; Musical Director of Cadence (all female acapella group); Contributor to college newspaper.

Received Master's Degree in English Literature, 2005, From Fordham University. Currently ABD, writing and researching dissertation entitled \"Cognitive Normativity and Neurodiversity in Early American Writing\""]