Matthew Duncan

Contact

matt [at] chaospirals.com

638-0821
Gurandoru Koshibe 401
1539 Koshibe
Oyodo-cho, Yoshino-gun, Nara-ken, JAPAN

090.1967.6288

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Work Experience

Nara Prefecture Board of Education

Nara-ken, Japan

• Assitant Language Teacher, 大淀高校 Oyodo Senior High School
  July 2006-present
  • JET Programme participant
  • Team Teaching of 6-8 sections of conversation and spoken English each week
  • planning curriculum for three distinct courses each term
  • design and recording of tests for each course each term
  • supervision and guidance of English Club including after-school activities
  • coordination of penpal exchange with students at John A. Holmes High School in Edenton, North Carolina, including a DVD video letter featuring second-year Oyodo students

Department of Communication, Northern Illinois University

Watson Hall 211, DeKalb, Illinois 60115

• Technical Support Coordinator August 2002-July 2006
  • oversee, support, and upgrade computer labs using Windows and Macintosh OS
  • Center for Telematics (Windows 2000, XP)
  • Cole Journalism Photo/Graphics Lab (Windows XP, Mac OS X Panther, Tiger)
  • Nonlinear Video Editing Suite (Mac OS X Panther, Tiger: Final Cut Pro)
  • Digital Audio Editing Suite (Mac OS X Panther: ProTools)
  • develop and maintain Department Web communication
    • Website
    • email listservs
  • primary computer technology liaison within the department for the COMS 100/100P Policy Committee and between the department and relevant technology agencies and divisions on campus, including Instructional Technology Services (ITS), the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences technology team, the Office of Faculty Development and Instructional Design, Media Services, and other related divisions and departments
  • support for other technology integration in instruction
  • assist in instruction of COMS 630 or present instructional workshops and to aid in production and evaluation of students' electronic portfolios
  • service on Departmental committees
    • Technology Advisory Committee (ex officio)
    • Assessment ad hoc Committee (2003)
    • Web Information Architecture Committee (2005)
• Instructor August 2001-July 2002

Department of English, North Central College

Naperville, Illinois

• Visiting Lecturer March 2002-June 2002

Networked Writing and Research, Northern Illinois University

Reavis Hall 308, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 (815) 753-0625

• Senior Assistant August 2000-August 2001
• Intern January 2000-May 2000

Department of English, Northern Illinois University

Reavis Hall 215, DeKalb, Illinois 60115

• Instructor August 2001-July 2002
• Teaching Assistant January 2001-May 2001
  August 1999-May 2000

University Book Exchange

516 South Cotanche Street
Greenville, North Carolina 27858
(252) 758-2616

• Textbooks Manager
  December 1996-May 1999
  • Through improved inventory control and more conscientious returns management utilizing AS/400 MBS TextAid and Synchronics point of sale software, I was able to minimize markdowns and inefficient use of sales space for reference, trade and text books.
  • Knowledge of literature and familiarity with publishers' products facilitated my rapport with faculty, staff, and students, resulting in superior customer service.
  • Research into competitive pricing; implementation of spreadsheet, Internet, and database software; and reorganization of order and production practices bolstered and developed a fledgeling, outsourced coursepack business into an in-house production process.
• Custom Course Materials Coordinator
  May 1996-December 1996
• Assistant Textbooks Manager
  November 1995-May 1996
• Textbooks staff
  May 1994-November 1995

Carlon Plastics

Bowling Green, Ohio

• Production worker January 1994-April 1994

Amateur Trapshooting Association of America

Vandalia, Ohio

• Trap Loader Seasonal 1991-1992

Dayton and Montgomery County Public Libraries-Burkhardt Branch

Dayton, Ohio

• Library Aide March 1989-August 1990

Creative Writing

Northern Illinois University High School Creative Writing Camp

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

• Supervisor and Head Counselor, Summer 2005, 2006
• planned entire curriculum for one-week residential camp for 13-20 students, ages 13-18
• selected and recruited counselors
• oversaw free-writing, structured tasks, and cooperative workshops of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction
• compiled, designed, and assembled volumes of fiction and poetry at the end of the week
• created DVD slide slow to mixed music to commemorate the week

Kamelian, Student Arts Publication

Kishwaukee Community College, DeKalb, Illinois

• Poetry Judge Spring 2002

Creative Writing Alumni Association

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

• Newsletter Editor Fall 1995
• Undergraduate Student Representative 1992-93

undergrowth Undergraduate Creative Writing Organization

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

• Founding Member Spring 1991-Fall 1993
• Chair

Petroleum Pachyderm Press

Bowling Green, Ohio/Greenville, North Carolina

• Founder
  • October 1992-September 1998
• Editor-In-Chief
  • Auspice gaming journal January 1998-September 1998
  • The Vinyl Elephant literary journal October 1992-September 1995

Skankin' Dead Press

Bowling Green, Ohio

• Founder January 1991-March 1992
• Co-Editor
  • The Three-Lobed Burning Eye print literary journal

Poetry & Fiction Readings

Organizer

• Welldigger filming & open mic, The House, DeKalb, IL January 2006
• MCFLL Poetry Competition March 2001
• Open Mic The House, DeKalb, IL November 2001
• MCFLL Poetry Competition March 2000
• Summer Series Percolator, Greenville, NC April-July 1995
• Alumni 25^th Reunion BGSU March 1994
• undergrowth September 1992
• various open mics in Bowling Green,OH 1991-1994

• February, 2004
• February, 2003
• Fall, 2002
• February, 2002
• September 14, 2001
• February 15, 2001
• February, 2000

Grounds for Thought, Bowling Green, OH

• August 1994
• May 1994
• September 1993
• September 1991

The House, DeKalb, IL

• January 2006
• Summer 2003
• Spring 2002

Journals in Which My Poems Have Appeared

• Towers (solicited by editor)
• Aura Literary Arts Journal
• Blank Gun Silencer
• Poetry Motel
• Palace Corbie
• Black Lotus
• Night Songs
• and others

Degrees

Bowling Green State University
BFA Creative Writing (Poetry)
Minor Sociology
December 1993
Honors/Cum Laude

Northern Illinois University
MA English (Literature) May 2001

Northern Illinois University
MA Communication (Media Studies) August 2004

Courses Taught

English 103 - Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition
Northern Illinois University
(Instructor of Record)
Fall 1999, Fall 2001

English 104 - Rhetoric and Composition
Northern Illinois University
(Instructor of Record)
Spring 2000, Spring 2001

English 275 - Creative Writing Workshop
North Central College
(Instructor of Record)
Spring 2002

English 375 - Advanced Fiction Workshop
North Central College
(Instructor of Record)
Spring 2002

Communication Studies 356 - Film Appreciation
Northern Illinois University
(TA for Dr. Jeffrey Chown)
Fall 2001

Communication Studies 359 - Multimedia Production (Web Design)
Northern Illinois University
(Instructor of Record)
Summer 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Summer 2003, Spring 2004, Summer 2004, Fall 2005, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006

Communication Studies 630 - Seminar in Communication Education
Northern Illinois University
(co-taught with Dr. Ferald Bryan)
Fall 2004, Fall 2005

Journalism 312 - Graphics of Communication
Northern Illinois University
(Instructor of Record)
Summer 2005

English I
大淀高校 Oyodo Senior High School
Oyodo-cho, Nara-ken, Japan
(Assistant Language Teacher)
1 English Concentration section
2006, 2007

Oral Communication I
大淀高校 Oyodo Senior High School
Oyodo-cho, Nara-ken, Japan
(Assistant Language Teacher)
3 standard sections, 1 English Concentration section
2006, 2007

Oral Communication II
大淀高校 Oyodo Senior High School
Oyodo-cho, Nara-ken, Japan
(Assistant Language Teacher)
1 English Concentration section
2006, 2007
1 standard section
2007

Book Publication

Oral Presentations in the Composition Course: A Brief Guide

• Duncan, Matthew & Friedrich, Gustav W.
• Bedford/St. Martin's, Boston
• 2006
• ISBN 031241784

Academic Conference Planning & Service

Midwest Popular Culture Association

• Annual Conference
• Area Chair, Toys & Games 2002, 2003
• Area Chair, Japanese Popular Culture, 2007

Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language & Media

(formerly Midwestern Conference on Film, Language & Literature)

• Northern Illinois Department of English
• Conference Co-Chair 2003
• Publications, print & Web 2002
• Publications, print & Web, Poetry planner 2001
• Publications, print, Poetry co-planner 2000

Academic Conference Presentations

"Postmodern Contraband: Anime Music Videos as Illegal Remix Artistry"

• Midwest Popular Culture Association
• Annual Conference October 2005

"Discursive Simulacra: Language, Knowledge and Power in the MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game)"

• Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language, & Media
• Northern Illinois University April 2005
• with C. Eric Hoffman

"ProtoPostmodernist: Robert Myron Coates's The Eater of Darkness"

• Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language, & Media
• Northern Illinois University April 2004

"But It Was Supposed to Suck: Recuperating Berlinger's Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 in Light of Jonze's and Kaufman's Adaptation"

• Midwest Popular Culture Association
• Annual Conference October 2003

"MetaFace, MetaText"

• Midwest Popular Culture Association
• Annual Conference October 2003

"Code Made Flesh: Serial Experiments: Lain as benevolent god / emergent A.I."

• Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language, & Media
• Northern Illinois University April 2003

"The 'Satanic Panic' Surrounding Fantasy Role-Playing Games from Dungeons and Dragons to Vampire: The Masquerade"

• Midwest Popular Culture Association
• Annual Conference October 2002

"Humans at Work: On the Trunk Lines"

• Computers and Writing May 2002
• Illinois State University
• group presentation with Michael Day, Jack Haines, Sarah Quirk, Sarah Stockwell, Melina Bär

"David Lynch's Cosmology Comes to a Head (or Two): Mulholland Dr."

• Midwestern Conference on Film, Language and Literature
• Northern Illinois University April 2002

"Beware the Blog"

• Computers and Writing May 2001
• Ball State University

"To Blog or to Wiki: Wait, What's the Question Again?"

• Midwestern Conference on Film, Language and Literature
• Northern Illinois University March 2001

"Metaphors for the 'Net"

• Midwestern Conference on Film, Language and Literature
• Northern Illinois University March 2000