Dr. Craig Albin

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Education

• DA, University of Mississippi (1998)
• MA, Missouri State University (1984)
• BA, Oral Roberts University (1983)
• Graduate courses in English and American Studies, Baylor University, Aug. 1986-Dec. 1989

Teaching

• ENG 210-01 Writing II: Academic Writing
• ENG 210-02 Writing II: Academic Writing
• ENG 210-03 Writing II: Academic Writing
• ENG 234 Literature/Children and Young Adults

Professional experience

• Founding Editor, Elder Mountain: A Journal of Ozarks Studies (October 2008-present)
• Chair, Department of English (August 1999-August 2006)
• Associate Dean of Arts, Letters, and Education (August 1999-May 2002)

Memberships

• Philological Review, 2006-present

Teaching Experience 

• Distinguished Professor of English, Missouri State University-West Plains, Aug. 2013-Aug. 2014
• Professor of English, Missouri State University-West Plains, Aug. 2004-Aug. 2013
• Associate Professor of English, Missouri State University-West Plains, Aug. 1999-Aug. 2004
• Assistant Professor of English, Missouri State University-West Plains, Jan.1990-Aug.1999
• Teaching Assistant, Baylor University, Aug. 1986- Dec. 1989

Additional Professional Experience 

• Founding Editor, Elder Mountain: A Journal of Ozarks Studies, (October 2008-present)
• Associate Dean of Arts, Letters, and Education (August 1999-May 2002)
• Chair, Department of English, (August 1999-August 2006)

Recent Service Activities

• Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee, 2014-2015
• Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs Search Committee, 2014-2015
• Faculty Evaluation Committee, 2014-2015
• Writing Specialist Search Committee, 2013
• Darr Honors Program Lecturer Search, 2013
• Missouri State University – West Plains Self-study Steering Committee, 2012-2013
• Co-chair of MSU- West Plains Self-Study Institutional Integrity Criterion, 2012-2013
• English Instructor Search Committee, Fall 2012
• Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee, 2010-2011
• Academic Dean Search Committee, 2010
• Grant Writer Search Committee, 2010
• Chair—Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee, 2009-2010
• Grant Writer Search Committee, 2009
• Assistant to the Chancellor/Institutional Research Search Committee, 2009
• Ozark Studies Committee—2008-present
• Compensation Committee—West Plains Campus Faculty Representative, 2008-09
• Provost Search Committee—West Plains Campus Representative, 2005-06
• Academic Dean Search Committee, 2008
• Institutional Analysis Committee, 2006-present 

Other interests

Awards and honors

• Leo Love Fiction Award (2006)
• Tennessee Williams Scholarship in Fiction (2002)
• Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (1996)
• Faculty Merit Award 2012