My Life (Blog)
~ My Present ~
2024 has been an adventurous year thus far. Why not check out some of what I've done?
Professional Work
Teaching | Irvine Valley College
Role: Writing Instructor in the Department of English at Irvine Valley College.
From December of 2021 to present day, I have been working at Irvine Valley College. First in a supplemental instructional role as an "Embedded Tutor," also called a Teaching Assistant/TA or an Instructional Aid/IA. In that role, I provided administrative work (setting up, managing Canvas systems, etc.); editorial and qualitative feedback on student work; assist professors with tech support and information gathering for classes; and teach/assist in portions of the WR1, WR2, and WR2H courses on rhetorical analysis, academic writing, researching, and more.
As of January 2024, I started a new role at IVC, that role being a Writing Instructor in the Department of English.
Accomplishments:
In 2022, I created an Embedded Tutor website for the Department of English as a source to host information and workshop samples for others in a similar role. It can be viewed here: https://sites.google.com/ivc.edu/ivcet
Mentioned in the President's Report for the August 28, 2023, Board of Trustees Meeting for speaking at Anime Expo | https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/socccd/Board.nsf/files/CUSNB65F0483/$file/IVC%20President's%20Report%20August%202023%20Final.pdf
Blogging
Though my professional focus is on supporting others’ creative and academic projects, you can learn more about my other work and interests here.
@TAVmedia on Twitter
Editor of The Anime View at theanimeview.com.
Founded by me, Peggy Sue Wood, in 2013, The Anime View started as an outlet for my obsession with the anime and manga I was viewing at the time. It has since developed from a solo blog to a blogging team, wherein we aim to create content that provides our audience of anime and manga fans with a mix of content that engages the mind to look critically at the media we love and consume.
@litgradlife on Twitter
Content Creator behind LitGradLife at litgradlife.com.
In 2022, I felt totally lost in my personal life. I wanted to write but hadn't been able to do so consistently for a few years outside of my anime blog or work. I decide to restart my personal blog, this time under a pen name to give me a bit of mental separation.
I chose a new name to give me a chance to release my work without the same bias or predispositions I have been holding towards myself and my work for the last few years. I chose a name that was still mine, in a sense, but also not mine... and it worked! I've been kicking out content there weekly (sometimes multiple times a week) under the name "Margret Wood" and will probably continue to use this pen name/persona for the rest of my writing career!
~ My Past ~
It has been an adventurous life thus far. Why not check out some of what I've done?
You can also view copies of my past and present projects (power points/slide decks and poster presentations) here: Past and Present Projects
At the end of every year, I clear out posts from the blog above in this portfolio. However, they don't vanish forever! Instead, you can find copies of all current and past posts under the "Life/Blog" category on my main blog, which you can access here: My Life (Blog)
Please feel free to check it out!