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Mark Latta

Mark Latta

Asst. Director Writing Center

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Systems change through social impact, research, and community repair.

  • Education

    • Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis

      2014 - 2019
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Urban Education

    • Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis

      2010 - 2013
      Master of Arts (M.A.) English Language and Literature/Letters

  • Experience

    • Marian University Indianapolis

      Aug 2012 - Mar 2015
      Asst. Director Writing Center

      Writing center administration, individualized tutorials, English Lab hour coordination, public literacy outreach and coordination, designed/applied literacy programming, and grant writing.

    • Womens College Partnership (Bard Prison Initiative & Marian University)

      Aug 2019 - Aug 2023
      Student Advisor

    • Marian University Indianapolis

      Jul 2021 - Aug 2023
      Director of Community Engaged Learning & Assistant Professor of English

    • The Learning Tree

      Aug 2023 - Aug 2024
      VP Positive Deviance, Culture, and Research

    • Better Idea Holding Company

      Aug 2024 - now
      Executive Director

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Mark Latta
      Teaching Innovation Award Marian University Jan 2020
    • Awarded to Mark Latta
      Indy East Art Peace Arts Council of Indianapolis Jan 2018
    • Awarded to Mark Latta
      Franciscan Values Award Marian University Apr 2017
    • Awarded to Mark Latta
      2014-2015 Faculty Fellows Indiana Campus Compact Jun 2014 The Indiana Campus Compact Faculty Fellows program is a year-long learning community experience. Selected individuals will serve a one-year term as part of a cohort with other engaged scholars from Indiana Campus Compact member campuses. The program serves as a faculty professional development model to support the integration of service learning and community engagement into the three components of faculty development: teaching, research, and service.
    • Awarded to Mark Latta
      Peter Bassett Barlow Prize IUPUI Apr 2013 Awarded to scholarly essay examining gender encoding within compliments, “Interpretation of Gender Markers within American English Compliment Exchanges”.
    • Awarded to Mark Latta
      Willam M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion IUPUI Mar 2013 The William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion was established in 2006 to honor graduates who have excelled in their commitment to the community through activities such as service learning, volunteerism, community/social issue advocacy, community work-study, and political engagement.
    • Awarded to Mark Latta
      Grant Recipient- Indianapolis Forum on Community Literacy and Cultural Inquiry Association of American Colleges & Universities Jan 2013 Awarded seminar grant to host the first-ever community discussion related to community literacy and cultural rhetorical inquiry, advancing a community-as-text pedagogy and fostering communication between similarly minded individuals.
    • Awarded to Mark Latta
      Grant Recipient- I Am East 10th Street LISC / INHP / East 10th Street Civic Association May 2010 "I am East 10th Street", a project combining public art with ethnography, received $8,000 of funding to create, develop, and document narratives and narrative displays of people who live and work along East 10th Street in Indianapolis.
    • Awarded to Mark Latta
      Cultural Vision Award Nuvo Newsweekly Apr 2008