Patrick Silvey

1133 68th Street

Windsor Heights, IA 50324

515.210.9175
prsilvey@gmail.com

Education
DRAKE UNIVERSITY, Des Moines, IA
Master of Arts in Teaching

2016

GPA4.0
Endorsements: Mathematics and English

TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Kirksville, MO

Master of Arts in English

Bachelor of Arts in English

2011

GPA4.0
Thesis: Research in Post-Holocaust Jewish American literature
Thesis Advisor: Joseph Benevento, Ph. D.

2009

Cumulative GPA3.83
Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Teaching Experience
TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Kirksville, MO
Writing Instructor
Course: Writing as Critical Thinking

Developed and implemented course syllabus and all assignments.

Shaped student writing by helping them address organizational problems, suggesting the most
concise way to express ideas, and fixing basic grammar and punctuation problems.
Developed daily lesson plans and led classroom discussion.
Evaluated writing and research projects.

TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Kirksville, MO

Writing Instructor
Program: Scientists Prepared, Enriched, and Challenged Through Research-based Activities
Course: Writing as Critical Thinking

2010

Collaborated with chemistry and mathematics faculty to develop a science-writing emphasized

course.
Worked with students to learn the principles of discipline specific discourse.
Edited, evaluated, and provided feedback for student research projects.

TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Kirksville, MO

Teaching Assistant
Course: British Literature: Chronology

2009-2011

Led group discussion of literature weekly throughout the semester.

Worked in collaboration with literature faculty to develop exam questions and prompts.
Evaluated students based on discussion participation.

2009

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Student Teaching and Practicum Experience

WAUKEE HIGH SCHOOL, Waukee, IA
Grade Level and Discipline: 11th-12th Grade Mathematics (Statistics and Trigonometry)

2016

SOUTHEAST POLK HIGH SCHOOL, Pleasant Hill, IA

Grade Level and Discipline: 10th Grade English Language Arts and 11th and 12th Grade Debate

2016

URBANDALE HIGH SCHOOL, Urbandale, IA

Grade Level and Discipline: 10th Grade English Language Arts

2015

VALLEY SOUTHWOODS HIGH SCHOOL, West Des Moines, IA

Grade Level and Discipline: 9th Grade English Language Arts

2014

PRAIRIEVIEW SCHOOL (WAUKEE HIGH SCHOOL), Waukee, IA

Grade Level and Discipline: 9th Grade English Language ArtsCourse: British Literature: Chronology

2013

Publications and Presentations

Im Just Jewish: Defining Jewish Identity in Philip Roths Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short
Stories. Philip Roth Studies, 10.1 (2014): 59-76. Print. Purdue University Press.

2014

Moderator: Nature Writers Panel. English and Linguistics Senior Seminar Conference. Truman
State University. Kirksville, Missouri.

2011

Teaching to the Topic: Can Freshman Writers Be Genre Theorists? Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning Conference, Maryville University, St. Louis, MO.

2010

Silvey, Patrick. Vigilantes, Cowboys, and Morality: The Western Dime NovelWorth Every
Penny. Student Research Conference. Truman State University. Kirksville, Missouri.

2010

Moderator: Foreign Languages and Linguistics in the Working World Panel. English and Linguistics
Senior Seminar Conference. Truman State University. Kirksville, Missouri.

2010

Silvey, Patrick. Conflict Within the Modern Poet: The Personal Poetry of W. B. Yeats. English and
Linguistics Senior Seminar Conference. Truman State University. Kirksville, Missouri.

2009

Silvey, Patrick. The Individual and the Family: The Value of Mormon Community as Expressed in Song.
Student Research Conference. Truman State University. Kirksville, Missouri.

2008

Awards and Activities

Truman State University Distinguished Masters Thesis Award Winner

2012

Midwest Association of Graduate Schools Humanities Thesis Award Nominee

2012

Outstanding Graduate Student in English Award Winner

2011

Midwest Association of Graduate Schools Excellence in Teaching Award

2011

Active member of Truman State University English Graduate Organization

2009-2011

Active member of Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Fraternity

2010-2011