Millie Tullis

Millie Tullis CV

Table of Contents

  1. Education
  2. Professional Experience
  3. Editorial Experience
  4. Awards
  5. Publications
  6. Presentations
  7. Service
  8. Certifications

Updated December 2023

Education

M.A. in American Studies and Folklore  

English Department, Utah State University
Logan, Utah
May 2023

Summa Cum Laude

M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Poetry Focus

English Department, George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia
May 2021

Summa Cum Laude

B.A. in English, Creative Writing

English Department, Utah State University
Logan, Utah
May 2017

Cum Laude
Departmental Honors

B.A. in Philosophy

Language, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Department, Utah State University
Logan, Utah
May 2017

Phi Sigma Tau

Certificate in Women and Gender Studies

Center for Women and Gender Studies, Utah State University
Logan, Utah
May 2017

Iota Iota Iota

Professional Experience

Digital Learning Strategist

Aug 2023 – present
Clemson Online, Clemson University

  • Conducts internal Quality Matters course reviews at Clemson University
  • Schedules and facilitates online instructional development training sessions on a variety of topics related to online teaching
  • Provides Canvas and online teaching support to Clemson instructors

Adjunct Instructor

Oct 2023 – present
Global Campus, Southern New Hampshire University

Writing Center Graduate Tutor

Aug 2021 – Dec 2023
English Department, Utah State University

  • Advised undergraduate and graduate writers on a variety of genres with a focus towards scaffolding revision and empowered student autonomy over writing
  • Tutoring feedback frequently included: helping students navigate professor feedback/prompts, discussing writing as a process, navigating writing resources on genres, citations styles, and getting started brainstorming or researching a topic
  • Facilitated tutoring sessions across face-to-face, video conference, and written feedback appointments

Adjunct Instructor

May 2023 – June 2023
English Department, Utah State University

  • Instructor of Record for one section of English 1010 (“Introduction to Writing: Academic Prose”) delivered in face-to-face format
  • Provided individualized feedback to students through oral and written feedback
  • Created lesson plans around concepts of writing as a process, incorporating feedback, persuasive writing, rhetorical appeals, rhetorical analysis, audience awareness, discourse communities, insider/outsider perspectives, genre expectations, oral and written communication, research strategies, synthesis, MLA citations, and peer feedback

Graduate Instructor

Aug 2021 – May 2023
English Department, Utah State University

  • Instructor of Record for five sections of English 1010 (“Introduction to Writing: Academic Prose”) and two sections of English 2010 (“Intermediate Writing”)
  • Scaffolded student revision through individualized feedback for all major writing assignments, including oral and written feedback
  • Created lesson plans around concepts of writing as a process, incorporating feedback, persuasive writing, rhetorical appeals, rhetorical analysis, audience awareness, discourse communities, insider/outsider perspectives, genre expectations, oral and written communication, research strategies, synthesis, MLA citations, and peer feedback
  • Taught English 1010 through face-to-face, blended face-to-face, and blended zoom formats; taught English 2010 through face-to-face format

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Aug 2019 – May 2020
English Department, George Mason University

  • Instructor of Record for two sections of English 101 (“Composition”) in face-to-face format
  • Provided students individualized, written feedback on all major assignments to scaffold revision
  • Prepared lesson plans focused on genre expectations, audience awareness, research methods, MLA citations, argumentation, synthesis, and oral and written communication

Writing Center Outreach Coordinator  

May 2019 – May 2020
English Department, George Mason University

  • Worked closely with team of administrators (including Graduate Administrators, the Writing Center Director, the Writing Center Assistant Director, and the ESL specialist) to develop writing center tutor curriculum, train new tutors, developed open education writing resources, and support tutors and students in the writing process
  • Communicated with professors across the university to place tutors in classrooms to teach specialized topics, sought feedback from tutors and professors on educational materials, and implemented feedback and new scholarship in revising educational materials

Writing Center Graduate Tutor

Aug 2018 – May 2021
English Department, George Mason University

  • Supported undergraduate writers on a variety of writing projects and genres at all stages in the writing process
  • Tutored multilingual graduate writers on thesis revisions and professional communication
  • Scaffolded writers in long-term revisions by meeting with multilingual writers and writers with disabilities weekly over one or more semesters
  • Facilitated tutoring sessions through face-to-face, written, and zoom appointments

Writing Center Supervisor

Aug 2015 – May 2018
English Department, Utah State University

  • Developed workshops, activities, and discussions for monthly tutor training meetings
  • Coordinated with students and tutors to maintain the tutoring schedule, make new appointments, and answer questions related to tutoring and the writing center

Cache Valley Community Writing Center Supervisor and Workshop Coordinator

Aug 2015 – May 2018
English Department, Utah State University

  • Developed the Cache Valley Community Writing Center as a resource for local writers to get feedback on a wide variety of writing projects
  • Tutored community members on creative, personal, and professional writing projects
  • Scheduled tutors and local writers to lead weekly workshops
  • Planned and facilitated workshops regularly

Writing Center Peer Tutor

Aug 2014 – May 2018
English Department, Utah State University

  • Provided feedback to undergraduate tutors at all points in the writing process
  • Assisted undergraduate writers across a variety of courses, genres, and writing assignments

Undergraduate Teaching Fellow

Aug 2015 – May 2017
Utah State University

  • Assisted Dr. Harrison Kleiner in two Introductory Philosophy Courses (Philosophy 1320 and Philosophy 1000)
  • Read and responded to student writing three times a week, focusing on comprehension, clarity, spelling, and grammar
  • Led semi-weekly recitation sessions to support students’ competition of writing assignments and assigned readings

Writing Fellow 

Aug 2014 – May 2017
Utah State University

  • Worked closely with professors and students across the university to provide peer feedback on student’s writing assignments

Editorial Experience

Editor-in-Chief, Psaltery & Lyre

Jan 2022 – present

  • Manages communication between readers, editors, submitters, and past contributors
  • Reads submitted work and selects work to publish with genre editors
  • Creates publishing schedule and nominates work to all major publishing contests
  • Publishes work on WordPress and maintains website

Reader, Poetry Daily 

Jan 2019 – Present

  • Read from a variety of contemporary poetry publications (literary magazines, journals, and published collections), then nominated work and discussed potential publication choices with the Poetry Daily team

Assistant Editor, The Best of the Net

June 2020 – May 2022

  • Coordinated communication between journal editors, the Best of the Net Judges, and Managing Editor
  • Formatted prose and poetry in WordPress for publication

Poetry Reader, Phoebe

Sep 2018 – May 2022

  • Discussed poems with other poetry readers and editors to decide which poems to publish, communicating regularly in person, via email, and over zoom

Social Media Manager, Phoebe

Sep 2018 – May 2022

  • Fostered online literary community by promoting Phoebe’s latest issue as well as the work and accomplishments of past contributors, creative writing prompts, and literary news on Twitter and Facebook

Poetry Editor, Phoebe

May 2020 – May 2021

  • Communicated with the Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor, and other genre editors to develop the literary magazine
  • Read poetry submission and communicated with submitters
  • Facilitated and organized regular meetings with all poetry readers and selected poems for publication

Poetry Assistant Editor, Phoebe

Jan 2019 – May 2020

  • Assigned weekly readings to all poetry readers, participated in all poetry reader meetings and discussions
  • Assisted Poetry Editor in finalizing poetry acceptances

Poetry Co-Editor, Sink Hollow

Aug 2015 – May 2017
English Department, Utah State University

  • Assisted in launching Sink Hollow, an undergraduate literary magazine, with faculty advisors and fellow creative writing students in fall 2015
  • As the Poetry Co-Editor, I coordinated with volunteer readers and faculty advisors to select poems for publication

Awards

2024

Helen Papanikolas Award
for “The Peepstone Woman in Logan”
Utah Historical Society

2023

Don Yoder Prize
for “Comfort, Counsel, Money, and Livestock: Mormon Women’s Divination Communities”
Folk Belief and Religious Folklore Section, American Folklore Society

Elliot Oring Student Travel Stipend 
Western States Folklore Society

2022

Master’s Student Researcher of the Year
English Department, Utah State University

Alta Fife Graduate Student Paper Award
for “‘Is it Possible These Women Are Your Wives?’: 19th Century Mormon Marriage Confirmation Revelations Narratives”       
Folklore Society of Utah

Elaine J. Lawless Graduate Student Travel Award
Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section, American Folklore Society

Second Place, Polly Stewart Student Travel Award
Women’s Section, American Folklore Society

English Department Scholarship
English Department, Utah State University

Best Unpublished Graduate Student Paper
for “The Logan Peep Stone Woman: Negotiating Women’s Revelation in Early Utah Mormonism”
Mormon History Association

CHaSS Summer Graduate Student-Faculty Funding
for “Mormon Love Magic in Oral Family Histories”
College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Utah State University

Annaley Naegle Redd Student Award in Women’s History
for “The Legacy of the Logan Peepstone Woman in Family Histories”
Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, Brigham Young University

2021

Folklore Fellowship
English Department, Utah State University

Honorable Mention, Book-length Collection of Poetry
for “Saints”
Utah Original Writing Competition

Margaret R. Yocom Graduate Student Paper Prize in Folklore
for “Disguise as Transformation: The Skin Motif in ATU 510B”
English Department, George Mason University

Second Place, Mary Roberts Rinehart Nonfiction Award
for “Her Body as Petals: A Lyric Bibliography”
English Department, George Mason University

2020

Thesis Fellowship (Poetry)
for “Saints”
English Department, George Mason University

2017

Joyce Kinkead Award for Outstanding Honors Capstone Project
for “Her Body as Petals: An Annotated Bibliography”
Honors Program, Utah State University

2016

First Place, Flash Prose
for “Initiation”
League of Utah Writers Annual Contest

Third Place, Narrative Poetry
for “They Dance to Fly Me to the Moon”
League of Utah Writers Annual Contest

Lillywhite Presidential Scholar
Utah State University

Peak Prize: Undergraduate Researcher of the Year
Utah State University

CHaSS Undergraduate Researcher of the Year
College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Utah State University

English Department Undergraduate Researcher of the Year
English Department, Utah State University

Philosophy Student of the Year
Language, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Department, Utah State University

Elizabeth R. Curry Poetry Prize
for “Should:”
SLAB Literary Magazine Issue 11

2015

Undergraduate Poetry Contest Winner
for “2:17 pm. Phone call before wisdom teeth extraction”
The Sandy River Review, Volume 35, Issue 2

Writers at Work Undergraduate Scholarship             
Writers at Work Conference

Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities Grant
for “Sylvia Plath: A Study in Adolescent Influences”
Office of Research, Utah State University

2014

Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities Grant
for “The Many Voices of Sylvia Plath”
Office of Research, Utah State University

Publications

Micro-chapbook

Dream With Teeth. Ghost City Press. 2023.

Poetry

“Diary” Exponent II. Fall 2023. (print)
“What is a Wing?” Sugar House Review. Issue 27.
“Notebook” Trampoline Poetry. Issue 19.7.
“Gilgal Garden” Trampoline Poetry. Issue 19.7.
“The Skunks” Trampoline Poetry. Issue 19.7.
“ode to that little ceramic reindeer my mother painted green and red” Stone Circle Review. Sep 2023.
“Essay on Talent.” Sugar House Review. Issue 25.
“housesitting for a stranger in spring.” Sugar House Review. Issue 25.
“After reading the long novel.” Worcester Review. Vol XLIII. No 1&2. 2022.
“St. George, Utah.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. Vol 55. No 3. Fall 2022.
“Getting There.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought. Vol 55. No 3. Fall 2022.
“Fairy Tale.” Dialogist. May 2022.
“Witch.” Dead of Winter II. Milk and Cake Press, 2022.
“Polina Dreams.” Rock & Sling. 16.2.
“Saint Anne.” Rock & Sling. 16.2
“after.” Up the Staircase Quarterly. Issue 56.
“Dream with Birds.” Up the Staircase Quarterly. Issue 56.
“God sees everything.” Sugar House Review. Issue 23.
“Talia, Sun and Moon.” Sugar House Review. Issue 23.
“girl without hands.” Gingerbread House Literary Magazine. Issue 48.
“the juniper tree.” Gingerbread House Literary Magazine. Issue 46.
“Alice dreams.” Rock & Sling. Issue 15.2.
“Martha dreams.” Rock & Sling. Issue 15.2.
“Agnes dreams.” Rock & Sling. Issue 15.2.
“Late Epithalamium.” Cimarron Review. Issue 213.
“Future Men.” Cimarron Review. Issue 213.
“Dinah.” Grub Street Literary Magazine. March 2021
“pioneer girl.” Sugar House Review. Issue 21.
“Etta Place.” SWWIM Everyday. January 2021.
“Mother as widow.” Barely South Review. Issue 12.1.
“Vasilisa.” Gingerbread House Literary Magazine. Issue 44.
“The Virgin Eleousa.” SWWIM Everyday. September 2020.
“Alice dreams.” Rock & Sling. Issue 15.1.
“Martha dreams.” Rock & Sling. Issue 15.1.
“Hyrum, Utah.” Rock & Sling. Issue 15.1.
“Ode to my great great grandfather’s five wives.” Psaltery & Lyre. July 2020.
“Context.” The Santa Clara Review. Vol 107.2.
“Mormon pioneer youth reenactment.” Ponder Review. Vol 4.1.
“feel like a bird.” Ponder Review. Vol 4.1.
“thank you lord for fruit.” Ponder Review. Vol 4.1.
“Sleeping Beauty.” Gingerbread House Literary Magazine. Issue 41.
“Pioneers.” Ghost City Review. February 2020.
“body my house.” Ninth Letter. Vol 16. 1.
“trigger.” Pembroke Magazine. Issue 51.
“The Conductor’s Body.” Strata Mag. April 2018.
“‘weeping woman, the’ (see also: ‘crying woman, the’).” The Hunger: A Journal. Issue 2.
“The House.” Shelia-Na-Gig. Under 30: Vol 1. Spring 2018.
“Should:.” SLAB. Issue 11.
“The Rape Kit.” Up the Staircase Quarterly. Issue 41.
“Dirty Girl.” Up the Staircase Quarterly. Issue 41.
“To the man who refers to the vagina as a wound in his short story draft.” The Hunger: A Journal. Issue 2.
“Widow.” Roanoke Review. Volume XLII.
“hannah Means God Favored me.” Gambling the Aisle. Issue 8.

Prose

“Yellow Hour.” Juked. June 2020.
“The Bench.” Juked. June 2020.
“The Bees Are All Women.” Mud Season Review. Issue Twelve.

Book Chapter

“Polygamy and Revelation in Magical Mormonism: Four Peepstone Bride Narratives.” DNA Mormon: Perspectives on the Legacy of Historian D. Michael Quinn. Edited by Benjamin E. Park. Signature Books, 2022.

Book Reviews

Academic Journals

“Book Review of Clever Maids, Fearless Jacks, and a Cat: Fairy Tales from a Living Oral Tradition. Edited by Anita Best, Martin Lovelace, and Pauline Greenhill.” Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies. Vol 36. Issue 2.

“Book Review of The Complete Folktales of A.N. Afanas’ev: Volume III. Edited by Jack V. Haney and Sibelan Forrester.” Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies. Vol 36. Issue 2.

“Book Review of Reciprocal Ethnography and the Power of Women’s Narratives. By Elaine J. Lawless.” Western Folklore. Vol 82. No 1.

Literary Magazines

“Book Review of Inside the Storm I Want To Touch the Tremble by Carolyn Oliver.” Psaltery & Lyre. December 2022.

“Book Review of Jos Charles’ A Year & Other Poems.” Sugar House Review. Issue 25.

“Book Review of Habilis by Alyssa Quinn.” Psaltery & Lyre. November 2022.

“A Review of Julie Danho’s Those Who Keep Arriving.” Sugar House Review. Issue 23.

Presentations

“‘She Always Used Her Gift to Help’: Women’s Charismatic Religious Expression in Family Stories and Objects.” Mormon History Association’s Annual Conference. Delivered virtually. June 2023.

“Making This Sacred Place: Peepstones in 19th Century Utah.” Western States Folklore Society’s Annual Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. April 2023.

“Lost Livestock, Marriage, Revelation and Rocks: An Intro to Peepstones.” Guest Lecture in Dr. Jeannie Thomas’ ENG/HIST/ANTH 5700 (“Magic, Monsters, and Memorates”). Utah State University. February 2023.

“Love Magic Among the Mormons: The Legacy of the Logan Peepstone Woman.” American Folklore Society’s Annual Conference. Tulsa, Oklahoma. October 2022.

“The Logan Peep-stone Woman: Negotiating the Role of Women’s Revelation in Early Utah Mormonism.” Mormon History Association’s Annual Conference. Utah State University. June 2022.

“Beaver Mountain Oral History Project.” With Sadie Nellis and Gillian Coldesina. Student Research Symposium. Utah State University. April 2022.

“Mormon Love Magic: Divination, Dreams, Blessings and Prompts.” Western States Folklore Society’s Annual Conference. Delivered virtually. April 2022.

“Magical Mormonism and Polygamy: The Logan Peep-stone Woman in Family Lore.” D. Michael Quinn: The Lives and Times of a Mormon Historian. University of Utah. March 2022.

“Fairy Tale Workshop.” Guest Speaker for The Bull Pen (creative writing club). Utah State University. March 2022.

“Disability Rhetorics and Teacher Mental Health.” Composition Instructors’ Professional Development.Utah State University. November 2021.

“Mountain Meadows Massacre Legends.” Folklore Society of Utah’s Annual Conference. Utah State University. November 2021.

“Communicating Science Through Creative Writing.” With Star Coulbrooke and Rylee Jensen. Communicating Science Lecture Series. Utah State University. March 2018.

“Sylvia Plath and The Bell Jar.” Guest speaker for Susan Anderson’s American Studies course. Utah State University. November 2017.

“A Personal Reading of Sylvia Plath.” Ignite (TedX Event). Utah State University. April 2017.

“Sylvia Plath: A Study in Adolescent Influences.” Student Research Symposium. Utah State University. April 2016.

“Sylvia Plath: A Study in Adolescent Influences.” Utah Conference of Undergraduate Research. University of Utah. February 2016.

“Let’s Get Creative: Peer Tutoring as a Discussion.” The National Conference in Peer Tutoring in Writing. Salt Lake City.November 2015.

“Make it Creative, Make it Relatable.” Communicating Science Series. Utah State University. March 2015.

“The Many Voices of Sylvia Plath.” Research on Capitol Hill. Salt Lake City. January 2015.

Service

Co-Convener

Oct 2022 – present
Women’s Section, American Folklore Society

  • Maintains communication between section members about section news, awards, and opportunities
  • Coordinates communication between judges and applications for annual section contests
  • Plans annual section meeting with co-convener

Poetry Advisor, Sink Hollow

Jan 2022 – May 2023
English Department, Utah State University

  • Advised undergraduate readers and poetry editors on poetry readings, meetings, and publication selections

Poetry Contest Judge, Exponent II

Nov 2022 – Nov 2023

  • Worked with the committee to read, rank, and select poetry winners based on magazine’s annual theme and individual artistic merit

Judge, Creative Writing Contest

Spring 2022
English Department, Utah State University

  • Ranked poetry submission based on quality and originality of the writing

Juror, The Scholastic Writing Awards

Nov 2020 – Nov 2021

  • Read contest submissions and ranked choices based on quality and originality of the writing
  • Judged work across several creative writing genres

Judge, Fall Undergraduate Student Research Symposium

Dec 2021
Office of Research, Utah State University

  • Questioned students about their their research projects and presentations
  • Provided written feedback to undergraduate researchers based on their presentation, project, and depth of analysis

President, The Bull Pen

Jan 2014 – May 2016
English Department, Utah State University

  • Planned workshops and activities to strengthen creative writers at USU, communicating with professors, local writers, and USU undergraduate writers
  • Created Bull Pen Slam Team which continues to perform annually at Helicon West (a local reading series)

Certifications

  • Certified Peer Reviewer for Quality Matters