Leslie J. Claussen
Education
M.A., English, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, 2018
Creative Track
GPA: 4.0
B.A., English, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, 2013
Theater Minor
Experience
Vice President, Sigma Tau Delta, Alpha Mu Phi (USD) chapter – 2016 to present
Assistant Fiction Editor, South Dakota Review, USD – 2015 to present
Organizer, Vermillion Community Writers Group – 2015 to present
Graduate Assistant, Vermillion Literary Project – 2015 – 2016
Writing Consultant, USD Writing Center — 2012, 2013, 2016s
- Peer-to-peer tutor, advised fellow students with their writing
- Worked with Blackboard Collaborate
Assistant, Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Vermillion Literary Project, Vermillion, SD — 2012
Film Reviewer, The Volante student newspaper at USD, 2012
Member, Vermillion Literary Project (VLP), Vermillion, SD — 2008 – 2016
Conferences & Readings
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Research Conference, USD, March 2017
“Mad I call it”: The Embodied and Gendered Madness of Ophelia in Hamlet
John R. Milton Writers’ Conference, USD, October 2016
Association for the Advancement of Women’s Rights Reading Series, USD, March 2016
“The woman plays to-day”: The First English Actresses
Tumbleweed Reading Series, USD, February 13, 2016
Sigma Tau Delta Regional Conference, Hays, KS, October 23-24, 2015
- A Heart of Ivory: Rethinking the Meaning of Kurtz in Heart of Darkness
John R. Milton Writers’ Conference, USD, October 2013
Honors and Awards
English Department Memorial Scholarship, University of South Dakota, 2016-2017
Archer B. Gilfillan Scholarship, University of South Dakota, 2012
National Society of Collegiate Scholars, member since 2011
Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society, member since 2011
Gertrude Gunderson Scholarship, University of South Dakota, 2011
Golden Key International Honor Society, member since 2009
Archer B. Gilfillan Scholarship, University of South Dakota, 2009
Memberships
Association of Writers and Writing Programs, member since 2017 – present
English Graduate courses
English 520: The Arthurian Tradition
English 532: Shakespeare II – Tragedies
English 583: Mixed Genre Creative Writing
English 734: 20th Century Studies, Cybernetics
English 771: Modernism and Gender Studies
English 786: Literary Criticism
English 788: Colloquium
Theatre Experience
Next to Normal – Advisor, University of South Dakota, 2014
Medea – Animation Operator, University of South Dakota, 2012
Sweeney Todd, the Musical – Spot Light Operator, University of South Dakota, 2012
Twelfth Night – Dresser, University of South Dakota, 2010
