Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 2001
M.A. in English
Thesis: Until Death: Faulkner's Depiction of Women Struggling Against Inertia
Committee Members: Barry G. Maine, William Moss, James Hans
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 1998
B.A. in English and Psychology
Independent Thesis: Frankly My Dear, I Don't Mind Very Much: The Evolution of the Southern Lady in Contemporary Southern Literature
Adviser: Katherine Prawn
Blanche Espy Chenoweth Graduate Fellowship in Women's Studies
University of Houston 2004-2005
James Monroe Scholar
College of William and Mary 1995-1998
"Ellen Glasgow: The '"feminine" facade' and the '"masculine" mind,'" The Ellen Glasgow Journal of Southern Women Writers Fall (2009), Volume 2.
"Teaching Brave New World to Tomorrow's Pilots," WAC/WID Faculty Strike Back: Reasserting the Importance of the Humanities in Today's Vocationally Oriented Universities, Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, 2010.
"Economic Crisis and Focalization in Ellen Glasgow's Vein of Iron," Focalization Patterns, Gender Performativity, and Transgressive Women, International Society for the Study of Narrative Conference, 2010.
"Narrative Unhinged: Dual Focalization in Vein of Iron and The Sheltered Life," "Speak I must . . . but how?": Gender and Focalization in Novels by Women International Conference on Narrative, 2008
"Making Dorothy Parker My MySpace Friend: An Attempt to Socially Network Students with Writing and Literature," South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, 2007
Series of six critical character descriptions with annotations from the works of Ellen Glasgow, The Student's Companion to American Literary Characters, 2007
"Gendered Characters in Ellen Glasgow's Work: A Feminist Narratological Approach," National Women s Studies Association Conference, 2003
"Lena Grove: A Woman's Struggle to Maintain Motion," Southern Writers, Southern Writing Conference, 2001
At Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA:
Marion L. Brittain Post-Doctoral Fellow
English 1101, 1102 2006-2007
Developed syllabus and overall course structure for Composition I and II and administered all grades. Composition I at Georgia Tech relies heavily on electronic pedagogy and the use of technology within and outside the classroom. Composition II is an American Literature II survey course (instructor s choice) that requires students to complete a creative online final project using social networking pages and Dreamweaver.
At the University of Houston, Houston, TX:
Teaching Fellow
English 1303, 1304, 2305, 2306 2001-2006
Developed syllabus and overall course structure for Composition I & II, Intro to Fiction, and Intro to Poetry, and administered all grades. Taught several sections as hybrid or online classes through Distance Education and one linked course that included website development using Microsoft FrontPage.
At Kingwood College, Kingwood, TX:
Adjunct
English 1301, 2327, 2323 2004-2006
Developed syllabus and overall course structure for Composition I, Early American Literature, and British Literature II and administered all grades.
Course Monitor for Studies in Literature (HU 142) and the HU 140 series (all lower level humanities courses)
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL 2008-present
Oversee all courses designated as HU 142, Studies in Literature, and all courses designated in the 140s series. Verify that course syllabuses meet departmental course objectives and meet with instructors of the course. Develop and administer General Education Assessments of courses.
Curriculum Committee, College of Arts and Sciences
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL 2010-present
Serve on a committee that oversees curricular standards for all courses, majors, and minors in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Amenities Committee, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL 2008-present
Serve on a committee that organizes and executes departmental dinners and formal social engagements.
Curriculum Committee, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL 2007-2010
Served on a committee that oversees curricular standards for all courses, majors, and minors in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Portfolio Review Reader
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL 2007-present
Reviewed student portfolios for first year writing courses and helped develop criteria to determine whether students exhibit satisfactory writing skills to pass that requisite course.
Tuesdays Treasures
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL 2007-present
Lead one discussion forum per year on issues shared by women at the university in a monthly colloquium sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Women's Center.
Certificate in Electronic Pedagogy
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 2007
Completed weekly course for certification in electronic pedagogy that include theoretical and practical readings, advanced work in WebCT and Dreamweaver, and a formal presentation of a self-designed assignment in which students created research projects on American writers and literary characters using social networking tools. Projects were linked using Dreamweaver and were proposed and developed in part on WebCT discussion boards.
Faculty Advisor for Georgia Tech Humanities Club
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 2007
Currently serving as the faculty advisor to the Georgia Tech Humanities club, an organization for undergraduate engineering students to pursue extra-curricular interests in the humanities.
AP Exam Reader
Educational Testing Service, Daytona Beach, FL 2004-present
Participated in annual evaluations of Advanced Placement exams for secondary students attempting early college credit in Composition and Rhetoric.
Georgia Regents Exam Reader
Georgia Board of Regents, Kennesaw, GA 2006-2007
Participated in bi-annual evaluation of an essay exam required by the Georgia Board of Regents for all colleges and universities in the state of Georgia. Students must pass the exam in order to graduate from any state-sponsored school.
Textual Bibliographer
Dr. Irving Rothman, University of Houston 2002-2003
Collated and edited collations for a comparative project on the various editions of Daniel Defoe s Adventures of Robinson Crusoe and Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe for a grant project set for publication in 2008.
Writing Across the Curriculum
University of Houston 2001-2004
Served as graduate representative on the Writing Across the Curriculum Committee, now the Writing in the Disciplines Committee. Assisted in the development of the University of Houston s Writing Center and collaborated on curriculums designed to encourage upper division writing instruction in a variety of academic disciplines. Developed and taught hybrid courses with the history department and educational technology.
Graduate Studies Committee
University of Houston 2003-2004
Served as graduate representative on the faculty committee for graduate studies. Reviewed graduate student petitions, assisted in course scheduling, worked on changing the format for comprehensive examinations, and evaluated graduate applications to the M.A. and Ph.D. programs in English Literature.