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Rhonda Crombie
478.274.7831
Associate Professor
Department of English
| Office Hours: | Office Hours for Fall 2026: MTWR 11:00 AM-1:00 PM |
| Locations: (Campus & Office) |
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| Biography: | For both my bachelor’s and master’s degree, I attended Valdosta State University in my then hometown. My degrees are both in English; for my first degree, I minored in Spanish, and during my master’s program, I mainly focused on British literature. For the last 30 years, I have taught English all over America. I started out in Georgia and then taught in Montana, New York, Ohio, and North Carolina. For most of those years, I taught adjunct courses at small community colleges all the way up to large universities; however, for the last twenty-two years, I have taught a variety of English courses at Middle Georgia State University. I have two amazing daughters, a son-in-law, a daughter-in-law, and THE cutest grandson--well, to us, anyway. :-) When I am not doing the mom or gigi thing, I am a total sci-fi geek. I adore the Marvel franchise, especially The X-Men and The Avengers. I am also a major Doctor Who fan. Pop Culture IS MY THING, so you will probably hear references to my research on such topics as zombies in popular television and fiction or connections of Loki, the trickster Norse demi-god, to Shakespearean characters. (Did I MENTION I am a total geek?) Also, I am a die-hard Green Bay Packers fan. Go PACK Go! My favorite poet, William Butler Yeats, once said, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” That quote now is the underlying philosophy I lean on as an educator. |
| Syllabi: | |
| Courses: | English 0099, English 1101, English 1102, English 2111, English 2122, and English 2132 (online and face-to-face) |
| Education: (All institutions attended and degrees or credentials earned) | BA English, minor in Spanish MA English, British Literature and American Literature, emphasis in British Literature |
| CV: | “Reading Connections: How to Avoid the Bore/Chore Syndrome.” Paper presented at the annual Georgia Association of Developmental Education (GADE) convention on St. Simons Island, Georgia, April 2007. “The Power of Scoop.it—Engaging Students in Research.” COMO (Council of Media Organizations) conference in Macon, Georgia on Friday, October 11, 2013 SAMLA Convention 2014 November 7-9, 2014; Atlanta, Georgia “What It Means to Be Alive in the Age of the Undead: Zombies in Classic and Popular Fiction” “The Newest Rendition of Loki: Shapeshifting Norse God or Tragic Shakespearean Character?”, SAMLA, Durham, North Carolina, 2015. Teaching Matters Conference, Gordon State University, Round Table Presentation with Drs. Lisa Bro and Rebecca Nees. Troubles of Technology in the Classroom: Taking Notes by Hand or Computer, 2015. Book chapter: "The Rise of Zombies in Fiction and the De-evolution of Humans in The Walking Dead," published in Monsters of Film, Fiction and Fable: The Cultural Links Between the Human and Inhuman, Cambridge Scholars Press, 2018. Wrote and presented a West Laurens High School English guest lecture on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, 2018. Presentation at Georgia Philological Association conference. “Why Shakespeare? Why Now? A Review and Practical Application of James Shapiro’s Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future.” May 2022. Presentation at Georgia Philological Association conference. "GenZ, Meet Holden Caulfield: Teaching The Catcher in the Rye in Honors 1102. How Things Have Changed and Stayed the Same Since the 1950s.” May 2023. Presentation at Georgia Philological Association conference. "Yorgos Lanthimos's Poor Things: Building the Problematically Ideal Woman, the MODERN, Modern Prometheus" GPA Conference, Friday May 17, 2024. Presentation at Georgia Philological Association conference. “The Benefits of Using AI: Sharing David Joyner's A Teacher's Guide to Conversational AI” GPA Conference, Friday, May 16, 2025. |
| Professional Experience: | 1993-1995 Georgia Military College, Valdosta, Georgia 1995-1997 Montana State University at Great Falls 1997-1998 Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York 1998-2000 Clark State Community College, Park University, Miami University, and Sinclair Community College, Ohio 2001-2002 UNC, Charlotte and ECPI Technical College, Charlotte, North Carolina 2003-present Middle Georgia State University |
| Organizations: | . GADE (Georgia Association for Developmental Education) · NADE (National Association for Developmental Education) · American Association of University Women · National Council of Teachers of English · Sigma Tau Delta · Phi Theta Kappa · Delta Kappa Gamma |
| Awards and Honors: | MGC Community Service Award-- 2009-2010 Teacher of the Year, Dublin Campus--2009-2010 Teacher of the Year, Dublin Campus-- 2010-2011 |
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