Peter Schuler

Peter Charles Schuler 6377 Palo Alto Yucca Valley, 92284 -- OBJECTIVE Full-time employment. COLLEGE WORK EXPERIENCE Adjunct English Professor at Victor Valley College. Fall 2015-present. Adjunct English Professor at Crafton Hills College. Spring 2016-present. Adjunct English Professor at Mount San Jacinto College. Fall 2017-present Teacher Assistant for​ ​English 385, Literary Theory and Criticism, Cal State San Bernardino. Spring Semester 2015. EDUCATION Master's of Arts in English, Creative Writing, Fiction, Cal State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California. June 2015. GPA: 3.94. Bachelor's of Arts in English, focus in Creative Writing, Fiction, Cal State University San Bernardino, Palm Desert, California. Spring 2013. GPA: 3.73. Associate's of Arts, focus in English Composition, College of the Desert, Palm Desert, California. Winter 2010. GPA: 2.82. Studied abroad in Costa Rica, Latin American Studies at University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Summer 2012. Undergraduate, Awarded Dean's List and Dean's Letter Winter 2012. Dean's list Fall 2012, Spring 2012, and Winter 2013. ACTIVITIES & VOLUNTEER WORK Volunteer at La Contenta Middle School teaching Creative Writing and Composition in Yucca Valley, CA. Focused coursework in Creative Writing, Comparative Literature, Pedagogical Theory, Critical Theory, Gender and Culturally Diverse Literature, and English Composition. CSUSB S.C.I.P.P. (Students and Coyotes: Instruction in Poetry and Prose) instructor, supporter, and volunteer for the creative instruction in the scholastic effort to get secondary school students from economically challenged schools in San Bernardino County to work towards completing their college education, 2015 - present. Graduate Teaching Internship for Literary Theory and Criticism, Winter 2015. Competitively published poet and fiction/non-fiction writer in literary magazines and online forums: ​The Great American Lit Mag, Badlands, The Goat, The Pacific Review, Drought City, and​ Quake Song. ​2013 - 2016. Fiction Editor and Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) representative for two national literary magazine publications. ​Badlands​ and​ Ghost Town​, Seattle, Washington, Winter 2014. Additional community-building activities through attending, hosting, and maintaining poetry and prose readings and open mic events in various areas through Riverside County and San Bernardino County. 2014 – present. Volunteer managing instructor for public adult creative writing workshops in San Bernardino, Palm Desert, and Riverside, 2014 – present. RELATED COURSES AND SPECIALTIES ENG 50 Fundamentals of Writing ENG 101 Freshman Composition ENG 102 Intermediate Composition ENG 104 Critical Thinking and Writing in Composition British Literature American Literature Chicano Studies Latin American Studies Women Writers Imaginative Writing, Teaching Creative Writing for Adults