Julia McKinney

Work experience

AEA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

• Documentation Administrator

University of South Carolina

• Clinical Assistant Professor

I taught Professional Communication to undergraduate students at the Darla Moore School of Business (DMSB) at the University of South Carolina. My class focused on teaching students how to analyze their audiences, compose different types of business documents, and improve their written and oral communication skills. I also worked as a consultant in the DMSB's Center for Business Communication. The link below includes a promotional video I helped record for the Center for Business Communication.

University of South Carolina Writing Center

• Assistant Director

In this role, I assisted the Writing Center director with scheduling, website maintenance, and staff management. I also co-planned and co-ran the semi-annual tutor orientation as well as led professional development meetings for 15+ graduate and 5+ undergraduate tutors. I conducted outreach and built relationships with university faculty through presentations, question and answer sessions, workshops to promote Writing Center services, and advertising campaigns around campus. Finally, I managed the Writing Center's social media account.

• Writing Tutor

I advised undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and professors on the grammar, content, organization, and style of academic writing in a variety of fields. In this role, I helped writers improve their grant proposals, journal articles, dissertations, theses, personal statements, and course papers.

• Assistant Director

In this role, I assisted the Writing Center director with scheduling, website maintenance, and staff management. I also co-planned and co-ran the semi-annual tutor orientation as well as led professional development meetings for 15+ graduate and 5+ undergraduate tutors. I conducted outreach and built relationships with university faculty through presentations, question and answer sessions, workshops to promote Writing Center services, and advertising campaigns around campus. Finally, I managed the Writing Center's social media account.

University of South Carolina First-Year English Program

• Instructor

As an instructor of First-Year English, I helped students develop their critical reading, composition, rhetoric, and argumentation skills. To do so, I developed original syllabi, designed lessons and lectures to translate abstract writing concepts into concrete skills for students to work on, and crafted writing assignments to give students the opportunity to practice these skills. I responded to my classes’ needs by finding alternate ways of explaining materials and tailoring lessons to students’ interests, ability levels, and challenges. I also managed student problems, appropriately addressed behavioral issues, monitored students’ progress, and advised and worked with students during one-on-one office hours.

University of South Carolina Linguistics Program

• Instructor

As a graduate student, I taught two introductory linguistics classes: two sections of Linguistics 300 (Psych 470/Anth 373), Introduction to Linguistics, and two sections of Linguistics 301 (English 389), The English Language. I developed original syllabi and created lessons, lectures, and assignments. I also translated complex linguistics concepts and studies into accessible learning material for non-majors. Finally, I responded to my classes’ needs by finding alternate ways of explaining materials and tailoring lessons to students’ interests, ability levels, and challenges. I also managed student problems, appropriately addressed behavioral issues, monitored students’ progress, and advised and worked with students during one-on-one office hours.

University of South Carolina Linguistics Program

• Research Assistant

In this role, I gathered relevant academic journal and news articles, electronic Census data, and social media data as well as analyzed the compiled articles and materials for relevancy based on research topic. I also transcribed, sorted, and qualitatively and quantitatively interpreted recorded audio data. Finally, I assisted primary researcher with necessary organizational and data management tasks.

Education

• Stanford University Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) International Relations
• University of South Carolina Ph.D. Linguistics
• University of South Carolina-Columbia Master of Arts (M.A.) Sociolinguistics