Michelle Buchberger

Dr. Michelle Buchberger

Division Chair
Division of Arts and Sciences
buchber@franklin.edu

 

Education


 

Ph.D., Brunel University, London , English Literature
M.A., Open University, England, 1994, English Literature

B.A.(honors), West London Institute of Higher Education, 1987, English and Music
 

Professional Licenses and Certifications


1988 Post Graduate Certificate in Secondary Education, Nottingham University (England) (Focus - secondary English and Music K-12)
 

Academic/Professional Experience


2006-Present Franklin University, Designer and Lead Faculty, General Education. Developed curriculum for MIS320 Technical Communication. Developed curriculum for COMM130 Research Paper
2003-Present

Franklin University, Course Manager, Undergraduate Courses: Technical Writing

2001-Present

Franklin University, Instructional Design Faculty. Designed various graduate and undergraduate courses across the university, which included assignments, reading materials, and three multi-media elements

2001 Essential Image, Columbus, OH, Instructional Design Consultant
2000-2001 Franklin University, Adjunct Faculty, Undergraduate Courses: Global Cultures, UNIX, Computer Literacy
1999-2001 Bank One, Columbus, OH, Instructional Designer, SAP Trainer
1997-1999 ADP, Westerville, OH, Client/Associate Trainer and Curriculum Developer
1995-1997 Conservatory of Piano, Columbus, OH, Teacher of Piano
1993-1994 Oakwood Middle School, Bedford, England, Head of Music (6-8)
1991-1993

Open University, England, Computer Systems Operator (VAX)

1988-1991

Kingsbrook Comprehensive School (6-12), College Prep Literature courses, Deanshanger, England, Teacher of English and Music

 

Professional Development


2006-2007 IPD Workshops (facilitator): Assessment - How it Works; Adults Learners in the Classroom
2006

General Education Retreat (facilitator)

2006 Campus Faculty Orientation (facilitator)
 

Publications/Presentations


2007 Midwest Modern Languages Association - "The impulse towards the "really real" in John Fowles's The French Lieutenant's Woman." - MMLA, Cleveland, OH
2007 North East Modern Languages Association - "John Fowles's The French Lieutenant's Woman and Reinterpreting Realism." - NEMLA, Baltimore, MD
2006 South Atlantic Modern Languages Association - "Odd strategies of narration and deconstruction of traditional story parameters in A Maggot by John Fowles" - SAMLA, Charlotte, NC
2006

Literary London Conference - "Marginal representations of London in Three Novels by John Fowles." - University of Greenwich, London, England

2005 North East Modern Languages Association - "Historical versus historicism; John Fowles's treatment of the Second World War and its Aftermath in The Magus." - NEMLA, Boston, MA
2004 East Modern Languages Association - "Mythopoeia and reading John Fowles: The case of A Maggot." - NEMLA, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 15th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, "Curriculum Development Process for Online Courses Created and Delivered by Faculty" -, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, FL
 

Community Service/Engagement


 

Member, National Council of Teachers of English
Member, North East Modern Languages Association
Member, EDUCAUSE

 

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