Deborah Adams Renville
	Humanities & Social Sciences
	Office: KCC Room L316 Office phone: (815) 802-8728 Email address: drenville@kcc.edu ANGEL: online.kcc.edu

Education
Governors State University
University Park, Ill.
Bachelor of Arts in Media Communication

Governors State University
University Park, Ill.
Master of Arts in English

Illinois State University
Normal, Ill.
Ph.D. Candidate in English Studies, 48 hours completed

Professional Experience
English Professor
Aug. 1997 to present

Lecturer
English Department
Illinois State University
Normal, Ill.
Aug. 2006-Dec. 2006

Adjunct instructor
Kankakee Community College
Kankakee, Ill.
Aug. 1993-Aug. 1997

Freelance writer/correspondent
The Daily Journal newspaper
Kankakee, Ill.
1990-1996

Staff writer/photographer
New Catholic Explorer newspaper
Joliet, Ill.
1 year

Honors and Awards
Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society 2004
CONNECT Scholar (SUNY-Plattsburgh, U of Vermont) 2004
Innovation in Teaching Award, KCC 2004
TRIO Standing Ovation Employee Recognition Award 2002
Academic Excellence in Media Communications Award, GSU 1992
Talent Tuition Waivers (3 semesters), GSU 1991-92

Presentations
Presenter. "From Newfoundland to Alaska: Rockwell Kent and His Quest for True Freedom." Visual Representations of the North Pacific Panel. ACSUS-in-Alaska Colloquium, Anchorage, AK. September 2006.

Presenter. "Ecocomposition: An Entertaining Pedagogy of Engagement." Theory and Practice Panel. The Ewing Symposium, Bloomington, IL. March 2006.

Presenter and Panel Chair. "Isabel Pyke's Search for the Authentic Self in Margaret Duley's The Eyes of the Gull." Constructing Identity Panel. ACSUS Biennial Conference, St. Louis, MO. November 2005.

Presenter. "America's Literary Independence." Kankakee Community College's Celebrating the Constitution Event, Kankakee, IL. September 2005.

Presenter. "Newfoundland Literature: A Journey Through Life and Time on The Rock." ACSUS Biennial Conference, Portland, OR. November 2003.

Celebrity Reader. "A Literacy Celebration" at Northfield Square, Bradley, IL. October 2001.

Presenter. "Entering the Cyber Classroom: A Practical Plan for Leery Travelers." American Association of Women in Community Colleges Region 5 Conference, Peoria, IL. October 1998.

Publications
Renville, Deborah Adams. Rev. of Home-Work: Postcolonialism, Pedagogy, and Canadian Literature, ed. Cynthia Sugars. American Review of Canadian Studies. 36 (2006): 374-377.

Renville, Deborah Adams. "Maria Gowen Brooks." The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry. Ed. Jeffrey Gray, James McCorkle, and Mary McAleer Balkun. 5 vols. Portsmouth: Greenwood, 2005.

Professional Affiliations
Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
Midwest Association for Canadian Studies
Modern Language Association
Association for the Study of Literature and Environment