Experience

Nevada Department of Education-Nevada Ready
• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Education Programs Professional

  • Feb 2023 - Present


Stellar and Wolf

• Content Writer

  • Nov 2019 - Feb 2023

  Collaborated and led clients in identifying narrative obstacles and intuitional blindspots and designed campaign solutions to increase education, build B2B and B2C partnerships along DE&I conversations, and locate creative solutions to strengthen public optics through media outlets. I contributed to public policy campaigns namely through constructing successful, credible narrative arcs, led workshops, and built relationships with print and digital publications to place persuasive, hearted… Show more Collaborated and led clients in identifying narrative obstacles and intuitional blindspots and designed campaign solutions to increase education, build B2B and B2C partnerships along DE&I conversations, and locate creative solutions to strengthen public optics through media outlets. I contributed to public policy campaigns namely through constructing successful, credible narrative arcs, led workshops, and built relationships with print and digital publications to place persuasive, hearted, creative stories and spotlights. • Designed and delivered DE&I curriculum, assessments, and workshops for internal/external stakeholders. • Created reports on target demographics, trends, and consumer needs. • Copy editing, content design, contracted editing, and proposal writing. • Developed messaging to reflect the voice and narrative of clients. • Consulted mid-size businesses in evangelizing DEI education, training, and practices. Show less Collaborated and led clients in identifying narrative obstacles and intuitional blindspots and designed campaign solutions to increase education, build B2B and B2C partnerships along DE&I conversations, and locate creative solutions to strengthen public optics through media outlets. I contributed to public policy campaigns namely through constructing successful, credible narrative arcs, led workshops, and built relationships with print and digital publications to place persuasive, hearted… Show more Collaborated and led clients in identifying narrative obstacles and intuitional blindspots and designed campaign solutions to increase education, build B2B and B2C partnerships along DE&I conversations, and locate creative solutions to strengthen public optics through media outlets. I contributed to public policy campaigns namely through constructing successful, credible narrative arcs, led workshops, and built relationships with print and digital publications to place persuasive, hearted, creative stories and spotlights. • Designed and delivered DE&I curriculum, assessments, and workshops for internal/external stakeholders. • Created reports on target demographics, trends, and consumer needs. • Copy editing, content design, contracted editing, and proposal writing. • Developed messaging to reflect the voice and narrative of clients. • Consulted mid-size businesses in evangelizing DEI education, training, and practices. Show less



University of Nevada, Reno

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professor of English

  • Aug 2017 - Jul 2020

  Developed unique curriculum for and lectured for all levels of English Literature, Composition, and Creative Writing. Developed assessment methods and materials at the course level, departmental level, and institutional level, extracted data and designed solutions to close the loop on student success and retention and decrease attrition. COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND LECTURE • Designed curriculum for 600+ English students for Nevada System of Higher Education adoption and longitudinal… Show more Developed unique curriculum for and lectured for all levels of English Literature, Composition, and Creative Writing. Developed assessment methods and materials at the course level, departmental level, and institutional level, extracted data and designed solutions to close the loop on student success and retention and decrease attrition. COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND LECTURE • Designed curriculum for 600+ English students for Nevada System of Higher Education adoption and longitudinal implementation. • Centralized student success across multiple curricula and led student body engagement in multiple creative sessions. • Collaborated to foster learning environments where large student bodies felt empowered, • Lead, mentored, and observed new lecturers and instructors, providing assessment standards, assignment development, and helmed workshops on holistic departmental assessment, diversity and inclusion training, emergent pedagogical research and practices. CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT • Built and implemented methodologies to accomplish learning outcomes and model multiple literacies • Designed assessment practices to extract data for the purpose of developing high-order bloom solutions and facilitate student-teacher success. Show less Developed unique curriculum for and lectured for all levels of English Literature, Composition, and Creative Writing. Developed assessment methods and materials at the course level, departmental level, and institutional level, extracted data and designed solutions to close the loop on student success and retention and decrease attrition. COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND LECTURE • Designed curriculum for 600+ English students for Nevada System of Higher Education adoption and longitudinal… Show more Developed unique curriculum for and lectured for all levels of English Literature, Composition, and Creative Writing. Developed assessment methods and materials at the course level, departmental level, and institutional level, extracted data and designed solutions to close the loop on student success and retention and decrease attrition. COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND LECTURE • Designed curriculum for 600+ English students for Nevada System of Higher Education adoption and longitudinal implementation. • Centralized student success across multiple curricula and led student body engagement in multiple creative sessions. • Collaborated to foster learning environments where large student bodies felt empowered, • Lead, mentored, and observed new lecturers and instructors, providing assessment standards, assignment development, and helmed workshops on holistic departmental assessment, diversity and inclusion training, emergent pedagogical research and practices. CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT • Built and implemented methodologies to accomplish learning outcomes and model multiple literacies • Designed assessment practices to extract data for the purpose of developing high-order bloom solutions and facilitate student-teacher success. Show less



Truckee Meadows Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Professor of English

  • Aug 2015 - Jul 2017

  Effectively instructed Nevada System of Higher Education students in all levels of the composition and rhetorical processes in order to exceed established learning objectives and develop new, challenging curriculum and institution-distributed assessment practices. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, LECTURE, EDITORIAL • Developed progressive curriculum for 700+ students for Nevada System of Higher Education adoption and longitudinal implementation. • Collaborated with colleagues and student… Show more Effectively instructed Nevada System of Higher Education students in all levels of the composition and rhetorical processes in order to exceed established learning objectives and develop new, challenging curriculum and institution-distributed assessment practices. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, LECTURE, EDITORIAL • Developed progressive curriculum for 700+ students for Nevada System of Higher Education adoption and longitudinal implementation. • Collaborated with colleagues and student body to design progressive creative workshop practices and streamlined student success through reinventing assessment methods. • Piloted learning environments where large student bodies collaborated with Student Resource advocates as a means of exploring new education practices. • Serve as Editor for a nationally circulated, award-winning journal, overseeing and contributing to procurement, curation, layout, publication, and national distribution. DEPARTMENT AND CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT • Built and implemented unique methodologies to assist in discussions and accomplish learning outcomes and model multiple literacies. • Streamlined departmental assessment practices and analysis to extract data to create high-order bloom solutions and facilitate student-teacher success. Show less Effectively instructed Nevada System of Higher Education students in all levels of the composition and rhetorical processes in order to exceed established learning objectives and develop new, challenging curriculum and institution-distributed assessment practices. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, LECTURE, EDITORIAL • Developed progressive curriculum for 700+ students for Nevada System of Higher Education adoption and longitudinal implementation. • Collaborated with colleagues and student… Show more Effectively instructed Nevada System of Higher Education students in all levels of the composition and rhetorical processes in order to exceed established learning objectives and develop new, challenging curriculum and institution-distributed assessment practices. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, LECTURE, EDITORIAL • Developed progressive curriculum for 700+ students for Nevada System of Higher Education adoption and longitudinal implementation. • Collaborated with colleagues and student body to design progressive creative workshop practices and streamlined student success through reinventing assessment methods. • Piloted learning environments where large student bodies collaborated with Student Resource advocates as a means of exploring new education practices. • Serve as Editor for a nationally circulated, award-winning journal, overseeing and contributing to procurement, curation, layout, publication, and national distribution. DEPARTMENT AND CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT • Built and implemented unique methodologies to assist in discussions and accomplish learning outcomes and model multiple literacies. • Streamlined departmental assessment practices and analysis to extract data to create high-order bloom solutions and facilitate student-teacher success. Show less



Virginia Tech

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer of English

  • Aug 2012 - Jul 2015

  Designed and delivered unique curriculum and assessment materials to first-year freshman English students. Assisted in curating, editing, and implementing open source historical data and metadata in VT’s Digital Humanities initiative, ONE; served as editor for the print journal, the minnesota review; served as editor for the digital magazine, New River Journal. Coordinated various student advocacy and literature initiatives for underrepresented students on the Blacksburg, VA area. Developed… Show more Designed and delivered unique curriculum and assessment materials to first-year freshman English students. Assisted in curating, editing, and implementing open source historical data and metadata in VT’s Digital Humanities initiative, ONE; served as editor for the print journal, the minnesota review; served as editor for the digital magazine, New River Journal. Coordinated various student advocacy and literature initiatives for underrepresented students on the Blacksburg, VA area. Developed early DEI English Department workshop initiatives aimed at identifying and amplifying at-risk students and designed resources for instructors who come from marginalized narratives. LECTURE, ASSESSMENT AND EDITORIAL • Designed challenging English curriculum, drawn from unique, multi-modal sources in the pursuit of generating new knowledge bases. • Served as Editor for literary arts journal The Minnesota Review and editor for the digital humanities journal, New River Journal. • Served as procurer for VT’s first-year composition textbook, distributed to 6k+ first-year students per fall semester. • Designed and broadly implemented emergent departmental curriculum assessment practices in an effort to increase retention, enrichment, and promote annual curriculum sequence completion. Show less Designed and delivered unique curriculum and assessment materials to first-year freshman English students. Assisted in curating, editing, and implementing open source historical data and metadata in VT’s Digital Humanities initiative, ONE; served as editor for the print journal, the minnesota review; served as editor for the digital magazine, New River Journal. Coordinated various student advocacy and literature initiatives for underrepresented students on the Blacksburg, VA area. Developed… Show more Designed and delivered unique curriculum and assessment materials to first-year freshman English students. Assisted in curating, editing, and implementing open source historical data and metadata in VT’s Digital Humanities initiative, ONE; served as editor for the print journal, the minnesota review; served as editor for the digital magazine, New River Journal. Coordinated various student advocacy and literature initiatives for underrepresented students on the Blacksburg, VA area. Developed early DEI English Department workshop initiatives aimed at identifying and amplifying at-risk students and designed resources for instructors who come from marginalized narratives. LECTURE, ASSESSMENT AND EDITORIAL • Designed challenging English curriculum, drawn from unique, multi-modal sources in the pursuit of generating new knowledge bases. • Served as Editor for literary arts journal The Minnesota Review and editor for the digital humanities journal, New River Journal. • Served as procurer for VT’s first-year composition textbook, distributed to 6k+ first-year students per fall semester. • Designed and broadly implemented emergent departmental curriculum assessment practices in an effort to increase retention, enrichment, and promote annual curriculum sequence completion. Show less