Role: Embedded Tutor in the Department of English at Irvine Valley College.

Since December of 2021 to present, I have been working at Irvine Valley College in a supplemental instructional role, also called a Teaching Assistant/TA or an Instructional Aid/IA. I provide administrative work (setting up, managing Canvas systems, etc.); editorial and qualitative feedback on student work; assist professors with tech support and information gathering for classes; and teach/assist in portions of the WR1, WR2, and WR2H courses on rhetorical analysis, academic writing, researching, and more.

Accomplishments:

• In 2022, I created an Embedded Tutor website for the Department of English as a source to host information and workshop samples for others in a similar role. It can be viewed here: https://sites.google.com/ivc.edu/ivcet 

• Link to workshops and lecture samples

Role: Freelancer: Writer, Editor, and Tutor

Since 2018 I have been a freelancer, mostly in the field of publishing but also in education as a freelance tutor.

Writer: I provide ghostwriting services, copywriting, and, occasionally, write articles.  

Editor: I provide line editing, copyediting, and proofreading services to writers. I also provide services in marketing research and comprehensive social media planning. 

Tutor: I provide tutoring services to high school students (9th - 12th grade) and early college students. I specialize in elevating student writing to collegiate standards.

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As of 2022, I rarely work in freelance editing or writing because of my busy, at-home schedule. I do, however, continue to take on tutoring clients because of the higher flexibility in hours. I hope to return to publishing sometime soon.

Editor of The Anime View at theanimeview.com.

Founded by me, Peggy Sue Wood, in 2013, The Anime View started as an outlet for my obsession with the anime and manga I was viewing at the time. It has since developed from a solo blog to a blogging team, wherein we aim to create content that provides our audience of anime and manga fans with a mix of content that engages the mind to look critically at the media we love and consume.

Content Creator of LitGradLife at litgradlife.com.

In 2022, I felt totally lost in my personal life. I wanted to write but hadn't been able to do so consistently for a few years outside of my anime blog or work. I decide to restart my personal blog, this time under a pen name to give me a bit of mental separation. 

I chose a new name to give me a chance to release my work without the same bias or predispositions I have been holding towards myself and my work for the last few years. I chose a name that was still mine, in a sense, but also not mine... and it worked! I've been kicking out content there weekly (sometimes multiple times a week) under the name "Margret Wood" and will probably continue to use this pen name/persona for the rest of my writing career!

Panel Description: In this panel, audience members are introduced to how fan-created content applies to the industry life cycle, causing an influx of new fans and sometimes new source materials, as well as the rules of copyright use and why fan content, like those found in artist alley, tends to get by without too much legal obstruction.  

30 min. Presentation

Presented: 

• ANIME Impulse (San Diego) - Sunday, March 19, 2023

Panel Description: A brief introduction to the basic differences between manga and comics from a cultural standpoint and how this difference in treatment may be leading to the industry boom we see today.  (A shorter, 30 min. version of this panel labeled "Cultural Differences: Japanese Manga & American Comics" was presented at Kumoricon in 2022 on Saturday, November 12, 2022.)

60 min. Presentation

Presented: 

• Fangaea (San Diego) - Saturday, April 29, 2023

Panel Description: Due to the pandemic, many tourists faced travel restrictions and were unable to visit their desired destinations around the world. Japan was among the countries with strictest measures. Though Japan’s tourism restrictions were lifted in October 2022, some individuals may still be wary of traveling abroad. In this panel, the audience will explore how to embark on a virtual pilgrimage to some of your favorite places in Japan by using anime as the inspiration and Google Maps for visual aids. The host will teach you how to enhance your virtual journey with research techniques to add to your cultural knowledge, using "Detective Conan,” also called "Case Closed," to demonstrate how to create a virtual pilgrimage and provide a few case studies for reference.

30 min. Presentation

Presented: 

• Pending....

Panel Description: A panel examining Japan's rich spiritual heritage, including Shintoism, yokai mythology, and the impact of these beliefs and myths on Japanese animation and manga. Using the series "Natsume Yuujinchou" and other contemporary works as an example, this panel demonstrates how the mythos continues to find a place in modern society.

30 min. Presentation

Presented: 

• Pending....