Résumé
Clayton E. Samels
3361 Columbia Woods Drive Apt H Home Telephone
Norton OH 44203-5778 (330) 706-9081
Academic Experience
Instructor of English - Fall 1986 to Present
The University of Akron and Wayne College
Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland OH
Instructor of Creative Writing - Fall 1988
The University of Akron - Wayne College, Orrville OH
Barberton Community Education - Barberton, OH
Instructor of Lap Dulcimer - Spring 1992
Barberton Community Education - Barberton, OH
Tutor in Writing Center - Fall 1987 to Present
The University of Akron - Wayne College, Orrville OH
Web-Related
Experience
Web Project Leader – July 1997 to November 2002
The University of Akron and Wayne College, Orrville, OH
Authoring Sites with Ziplex, Notepad, HTML Pro,
Dreamweaver For sites on Unix and NT
Graphics/photo editing with PaintShop Pro
Audio-video using Camtasia Studio, RealProducer
Flash, GoldWave, N-Track Studio
Link maintainence with InfoLink Plus
Web log analysis with WebTrends Log Analyzer
Instructor – Webmaster Certificate Course – Spring 1999
The University of Akron and Wayne College, Orrville, OH
Publications and Presentations
See attached listing.
Professional Affiliations
Member NCTE, East Central Writing Center Association,
NADE, and Ohio Association of Developmental Educators
Education
MA - English May 1986 The University of Akron GPA 3.89
BA - English Jan 1983 The University of Akron GPA 3.49
Languages
Reading knowledge of German and Latin
Hobbies
Acoustic folk music, personal computing, and amateur radio
References and transcripts upon request.
Résumé
Clayton E. Samels
3361 Columbia Woods Drive Apt H Home Telephone
Norton OH 44203-5778 (330) 706-9081
Publications and Presentations
Presenter, "A WebCT Basic Writing
Classroom Environment," at the CRLA/OADE Conference 2002,
Cincinnati, OH, Nov. 1, 2002.
Competitor in the 2002 Mideastern Mountain Dulcimer Championship Competitions, Dulcimer Days, Roscoe Village, OH, May 2002.
Co-presenter, "Enhancing Your Reading Classroom with Activities that Work," at the Eighteenth Annual OADE Conference, Athens, OH, Nov. 1, 2001.
Competitor (earned 1st place Vocal) in the 2001 Mideastern Mountain Dulcimer Championship Competitions, Dulcimer Days, Roscoe Village, OH, May 2001.
Artist, Engineer, Producer. Clayton, On the Rocks. audio cd from Mp3.com (available at http://mp3.com/clayton) Clayton Samels, 2001.
Presenter, "Flexibility in a Computer Enhanced Basic Writing Classroom," at the Seventeenth Annual OADE Conference, Columbus, OH, Oct. 26, 2000.
Competitor (earned 3rd place Vocal) in the 2000 Mideastern Mountain Dulcimer Championship Competitions, Dulcimer Days, Roscoe Village, OH, May 2000.
Artist, Engineer, Producer. Clayton, Terminally Unplugged. audio cd from Mp3.com (available at http://mp3.com/clayton) Clayton Samels, 1999.
Competitor (earned 2nd place) in the 1999 Mideastern Mountain Dulcimer Championship Competitions, Dulcimer Days, Roscoe Village, OH, May 1999.
Founder, "Clayton's Dulcimer Room." Yahoo Clubs - an online environment for dulcimer enthusiasts. online http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/claytonsdulcimerroom Founded Nov. 2, 1998.
Founder, "Basic Writing with Clayton." Yahoo Clubs - an online environment for writing enthusiasts. online
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/basicwritingwithclayton Founded Oct. 17, 1998.
Résumé
Clayton E. Samels
3361 Columbia Woods Drive Apt H Home Telephone
Norton OH 44203-5778 (330) 706-9081
Publications and Presentations - continued
Presenter, "The Wayne College Writing Center: Ten Years On," at the 20th Annual East Central Writing Center Assn. Conference, Youngstown, OH, May 9. 1998.
Competitor in the National Mountain Dulcimer Championship Competitions, 25th and 26th Annual Walnut Valley Festival, Winfield, KA, Sept. 1997, 1996.
Co-performer, "The Samels Family," Akron First Night, Akron, Oh., Dec. 31, 1997, 1996.
Author "Walnut Valley Festival 1996," The Waynessence: Writers and Artists at Work. Sandra Ellis, ed. The University of Akron-Wayne College, Fall 1996.
Co-performer "Planxty George Brabazon," More Pickings:
A Second Acoustic Harvest, cd by Folknet, 1996.
Author "Litany 1996," The Waynessence: Writers and
Artists at Work. Jodi Boldman, ed. The University
of Akron-Wayne College, Spring 1996.
Photographer "Rehearsal," The Waynessence: Writers and
Artists at Work. Jodi Boldman, ed. The University
of Akron-Wayne College, Vol. 2 1995.
Publisher - Editor Samels Family Newsletter, quarterly or thereabouts, Barberton OH 1993-1998.
Co-presenter "Spring Fever Folk Festival," Dulcimer Workshops, Meadville, Pa. March 1995, 1994.
Author "Letter to the Editor: SongWrite and the PC XT," Dulcimer Players News, Aug-Oct 1994.
Author "Spring Fever Festival," Continuum, July 1994.
Author "Letter to the Editor: Commodore 64 Computer and Music Shop," Dulcimer Players News, Oct-Dec 1993.
Co-presenter "Folk Music 1903," Barberton Public
Library, March 1993.
Author Playing the Mountain Dulcimer, instruction manual
and audio cassette, self-published, 1993.
Résumé
Clayton E. Samels
3361 Columbia Woods Drive Apt H Home Telephone
Norton OH 44203-5778 (330) 706-9081
Publications and Presentations – continued
Author The WordPerfect Survival Manual, Wayne College Writing Center, 1991, revised 1992.
Co-presenter "Diversity, Discovery, and Documentation:
Helping Students Respond to the Research Assignment," at the Eighth Annual National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing, University of Vermont, 1991.
Author "Journal Entry," The Waynessence: Writers and
Artists at Work. Libby Milan, ed. The University of Akron-Wayne College, Spring 1991.
Co-author "Tutoring Our Own Students: Moving Between
Roles," Voices of Empowerment. Lea Masiello, ed. East Central Writing Center Assn., 1990.
Co-presenter "Casting the Roles on the Writing Center
Stage," at the first Statewide Colloquium on Learning Enhancement, University of Toledo, 1990.
Co-presenter "Tutoring Our Own Students: Moving Between
Roles," at the Eleventh Annual East Central Writing Center Assn. Conference, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1989.