About Me

I am a writer and teacher from New Jersey who now finds himself living in Atlanta, Georgia. I currently work as an instructor at Georgia Institute of Technology, where I teach Technical Communication Practices and work as a communication consultant. Always leading with a passion for new things and a strong foundation in the Humanities, I have enjoyed an diverse and rewarding work life so far, as a freelance journalist, a professional writer and editor, and a teacher. I have also earned advanced degrees in English and religious studies. Along the way, I have cultivated high-level writing and communication skills that have served me well.

Downloadable CVs

• American Literature CV
• Technical and Professional communication CV

Teaching

• Winner, "Excellence In Pedagogy Award," Georgia Tech, Spring 2008
• 11 years teaching experience 1994-1997; 2001-2009
• M.A. Jewish-Christian Studies, Seton Hall University
• Ph.D. English, Georgia State University
• advocate of community-based and experiential learning
• Practitioner of service learning
• Creator of unique approaches to teaching Technical Communication
  • Client-based Tech Comm
  • Usability and Tech Comm
  • The "Linked Course"
• Read my Teaching Philosophy for Technical and Professional Communication

Writing/Communication Composition I [1101] (9 sections) Composition II [1102] (7 sections) Technical Communication Practices (14 sections) Sophomore English* (3 sections) Developmental Reading (1 sections) Independent Study - Usability Testing (1 section) Literature World Literature (5 sections) American Literature (2 sections)

Ethics & Philosophy Genocide Studies* (8 sections) Introduction to Philosophy (2 sections) Introduction to Philosophy - telecourse (2 sections) Ethics and Moral Problems (1 sections) Ethics and Moral Problems - telecourse (1 sections) Ethics and Technology (1 sections) Religious Studies World Religions* (6 sections) Quest for God* (6 sections) Perspectives on Death and Dying (3 sections) Comparative Religion (1 sections) Morality* (1 sections) Taoism Independent Study* (1 sections)

 

Scholarship

• Lincoln and Stowe - My recently published article in the Winter 2009 issue of the Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association investigates the apocryphal origins of Lincoln's famous greeting of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

• Briton Hammon - The first African American to publish a work of literature in North America wrote an uncharacteristic captivity narrative that included an unusual story about being captured by Indians in Southern Florida in 1748. Who were these Indians and why did they attack Hammon and his shipwrecked crewmates? An article recently published in the journal Native South explores this question.

• Native American Origin Stories - My dissertation offers a critical examination of how publishing companies treat Native American Origin stories.This piece is currently under review by College English.

• Previous publications include "Utopian Communities" and "The Dial," American History through Literature, 1820-1870 Eds. Janet Gabler-Hover and Robert Sattelmeyer. New York: Scribner's, 2005. "Learner-Centered by Practice-Learning Design," "Partnering in the Learning Marketspace," and "Learning Materials, Tools, Markets, and Standards," in the National Learner Infrastructure Initiative Meeting Notes, 2002.

• Read my Research Statement for American literature

Contact Information

 

Work email: daniel.vollaro@lcc.gatech.edu

Personal email: dvollaro@hotmail.com

Work phone number: 404-894-5011