Experience

Minerva Rising Press

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Publisher

  • Jan 2012 - Present

• Publisher and Executive Editor

  • Jan 2012 - Jul 2023

  • Manage and facilitate submission and selection process• Edit selected manuscripts • Negotiate contributor contracts • Manage journal’s finances • Work with journal staff on production and lay-out • Marketing



North Central College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Associate Professor

  • Jan 2008 - May 2022

  Taught various levels of writing classes including, 115,116, 315 and 265. Developed course syllabi and writing assignments to achieve departmental objectives for courses. Provided practical opportunities for students to plan, organize, draft and revise written prose. Introduced basic research strategies, including the use of the Internet, databases and conventional research material. Facilitated academic orientation sessions for first-year students. Designed and taught a short experiential learning Verandah course called “Beyond Journaling: Freeing the Writer Within”. Used advanced technologies and writer’s workshops to emphasis active learning. Developed and taught course for incoming minority freshman in summer bridge program. Show less



College of DuPage

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• English Instructor

  • 2004 - 2008

  Taught multiple levels of English Composition in both a traditional classroom setting and in the Center for Independent study. Designed class activities and assignments to teach students to apply a process approach to college-level writing and to develop critical reading and thinking skills in order to analyze and evaluate ideas. Introduced basic research strategies, including the use of the Internet, databases and conventional research material. Developed course syllabi and writing assignments to achieve departmental objectives for courses. Used advanced technologies and writer’s workshops to emphasis active learning. Met weekly with individual students to review writing and to monitor progress of independent study. Show less