Experience

Guilford Technical Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Faculty in Training Instructor

  • Aug 2011 - Present

  • Teach part-time, 2/2 course load plus full-time faculty responsibilities • Fall: 1 section each, ENG 112: Argument-Based Research and HUM 115: Critical Thinking • Spring: 2 sections, ENG 111: Expository Writing • Design original syllabi, meet bi-weekly at English Department meetings, hold weekly office hours, attend and participate in weekly seminar meetings with other FIT Instructors, meet bi-weekly with mentors Paul McNeal and JoAnn Buck • Additional responsibilities include observing 3 full-time faculty members’ classes, being observed 3 times in the classroom, keeping a weekly Teaching Journal, regular readings on Cooperative Learning/Teaching/Assessment techniques, completing a Teaching Portfolio. Show less



University of North Carolina at Greensboro

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • 2010 - Present

  • Teach full-time, 4/4 course load plus office hours. • 7 sections of “Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition,” 3 sections of “Approaches to Literature,” 3 sections of “Introduction to Poetry” and 2 sections of “Introduction to Narrative.” • Design 4 original syllabi, incorporating required texts, meeting and exceeding course expectations/goals as designated by university policy. • Additionally I’ve supplemented the required texts for “Introduction to Rhetoric” with other daily readings and videos emphasizing a theme I thought relevant to first semester freshman, repurposing. To become more active and thoughtful agents in our daily lives (thus productive rhetoricians) we attempt to play with and rethink the usefulness of language just as, say, Michael Bloomberg and his administration repurposed dumpsters into public swimming pools or a culture jammer repurposes the message of a bus stop advertisement. • In a similar fashion I’ve chosen additional readings by Adrienne Rich and Qwo-Li Driskill (just two examples) for my literature courses to suggest that the writing craft can be a political/personal tool; figurative language in particular can be a method to better encompass the phenomenology of, say, anger, sorrow or boredom Show less



Mitchell Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Jun 2010 - Jul 2010

  • Taught Creative Writing I • Designed and implemented a hybrid syllabus; we read from Heather Sellers’ The Practice of Creative Writing, informally discussed the chapters, and participated in workshops in which students applied key strands of thought as well as prior creative abilities. The semester’s work culminated in a creative portfolio, presentation, and course reflection. • Provided extra support for older students returning to school who have experienced or, in one case, was still experiencing (inter)personal and/or financial hardship. Show less



UNC Greensboro Writing Center

• Writing consultant

  • Sep 2009 - May 2010

  include meeting with students/faculty/staff of UNCG community one-on-one to discuss and better enable each client to think and write critically, make proper citations, and learn the significance of being a skilled writer. Bird Library (Limited Access Area include meeting with students/faculty/staff of UNCG community one-on-one to discuss and better enable each client to think and write critically, make proper citations, and learn the significance of being a skilled writer. Bird Library (Limited Access Area



Reebok International

• Forklift Operator

  • May 2006 - Aug 2006

  included a daily physical check of machine to ensure personal safety as well as the safety of others, along with safe and efficient operation of forklift in fast-paced environment. Responsibilities also included locating inventory and physically loading the inventory onto the forklift, inventory location checks for recording, along with daily clean-up of work environment and paperwork accounting for location checks and completed assignments included a daily physical check of machine to ensure personal safety as well as the safety of others, along with safe and efficient operation of forklift in fast-paced environment. Responsibilities also included locating inventory and physically loading the inventory onto the forklift, inventory location checks for recording, along with daily clean-up of work environment and paperwork accounting for location checks and completed assignments