Experience

University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Professor Of English

  • Aug 2019 - Present

• Assistant Professor of English

  • Aug 2013 - Jul 2019

  • Essays and reviews published in the Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies (2015), Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 (2013), the Sixteenth Century Journal (2013, 2014), The London Journal (2016), and Comitatus (2013), as well as chapters in collections by Routledge (2017) and Penn State University Press (forthcoming). • Presentations at national and international conferences such as the Shakespeare Association of America (2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013) and the World Shakespeare… Show more • Essays and reviews published in the Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies (2015), Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 (2013), the Sixteenth Century Journal (2013, 2014), The London Journal (2016), and Comitatus (2013), as well as chapters in collections by Routledge (2017) and Penn State University Press (forthcoming). • Presentations at national and international conferences such as the Shakespeare Association of America (2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013) and the World Shakespeare Congress (2016). • Grants and awards include an Article Completion Grant (2018), Chancellor’s Professional Development Awards (2015, 2016), and a New Researcher Grant (2014) for travel to the UK to conduct archival research at the Cambridge University Library and the British Library. • Served as an invited peer reviewer for The Upstart Crow: A Shakespeare Journal (2015), Publications of the Modern Language Association (2014), and Early Modern Literary Studies (2014). • Developed and taught 15 new courses in a 5-year period for students at both the advanced undergraduate and graduate level and spanning a wide range of topics, including Shakespeare and his contemporaries, British literature and culture from Chaucer to Swift, and gender and sexuality in contemporary American and British literature. • Taught overseas in the USF in London program (2016, 2017), incorporating a wide range of cultural excursions and activities into rigorous advanced literature courses. • As a teacher, consistently ranked well ahead of collegiate peers in student evaluations. • Leadership roles include service as the English Discipline Group Coordinator (2016-2017, 2018-2019), Master of Arts in English Education Degree Program Co-Coordinator (2018-2019), Faculty Senator (2016-2018), and Co-Chair of the Student Showcase for Projects, Research, and Innovation (2016-2018), among others.



Southwestern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Writing Fellow

  • Aug 2011 - Jul 2013

  Advised academic departments across the university on fostering a discipline-specific and process-oriented writing curriculum to facilitate the improvement of student writing throughout the major sequence of courses. Developed and chaired numerous workshops for resident faculty, including: • “Writing Attentive Course Enhancement: Best Practices.” May 2013. • “Research, Technology, and the Writing Process in First Year Seminars: An Integrated Approach.” April 2013. •… Show more Advised academic departments across the university on fostering a discipline-specific and process-oriented writing curriculum to facilitate the improvement of student writing throughout the major sequence of courses. Developed and chaired numerous workshops for resident faculty, including: • “Writing Attentive Course Enhancement: Best Practices.” May 2013. • “Research, Technology, and the Writing Process in First Year Seminars: An Integrated Approach.” April 2013. • “Teaching the Writing Process in Biology Courses.” August 2012. • “Introducing College Writing in the First Year Seminar [FYS].” May 2012. Show less Advised academic departments across the university on fostering a discipline-specific and process-oriented writing curriculum to facilitate the improvement of student writing throughout the major sequence of courses. Developed and chaired numerous workshops for resident faculty, including: • “Writing Attentive Course Enhancement: Best Practices.” May 2013. • “Research, Technology, and the Writing Process in First Year Seminars: An Integrated Approach.” April 2013. •… Show more Advised academic departments across the university on fostering a discipline-specific and process-oriented writing curriculum to facilitate the improvement of student writing throughout the major sequence of courses. Developed and chaired numerous workshops for resident faculty, including: • “Writing Attentive Course Enhancement: Best Practices.” May 2013. • “Research, Technology, and the Writing Process in First Year Seminars: An Integrated Approach.” April 2013. • “Teaching the Writing Process in Biology Courses.” August 2012. • “Introducing College Writing in the First Year Seminar [FYS].” May 2012. Show less



The University of Texas at Austin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Presidential Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Aug 2010 - Jul 2011

  Developed and taught two upper-division writing-intensive courses for the Department of English and advanced a research agenda on the early modern period, including Shakespeare's drama. Courses Taught: • Senior Seminar: Torture and the Drama of Emergency. • Shakespeare: Selected Tragedies. Grants and Awards: • Faculty Development Travel Award. November 2010. • Faculty Development Research Award. November 2010. Invited Lecture: • “Othello on the Rack.”… Show more Developed and taught two upper-division writing-intensive courses for the Department of English and advanced a research agenda on the early modern period, including Shakespeare's drama. Courses Taught: • Senior Seminar: Torture and the Drama of Emergency. • Shakespeare: Selected Tragedies. Grants and Awards: • Faculty Development Travel Award. November 2010. • Faculty Development Research Award. November 2010. Invited Lecture: • “Othello on the Rack.” Postdoctoral Fellowship Lecture Series, 2010–2011. English Department, UT Austin. April 2011.

• Project Leader of the Visual Rhetoric Workgroup and Editor of viz.

  • Aug 2009 - Jul 2010

  Co-founder and managing editor of Viz., an award-winning scholarly and teaching blog on visual rhetoric located at http://viz.cwrl.utexas.edu. I was promoted into this position after two years of serving as a blogger and generating original content for the site.

• Assistant Instructor

  • Aug 2005 - Jul 2010

  Developed and taught four writing-intensive courses for the Departments of English and Rhetoric and Composition over a five year period while completing my dissertation, "Torture and the Drama of Emergency: Kyd, Marlowe, Shakespeare," and earning my Ph.D. in English (awarded 2010). Courses Taught: • Crisis Rhetoric. • Gay and Lesbian Literature and Culture. • Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition. • The Rhetoric of War and Peace. Honors and Awards: • John Lovas… Show more Developed and taught four writing-intensive courses for the Departments of English and Rhetoric and Composition over a five year period while completing my dissertation, "Torture and the Drama of Emergency: Kyd, Marlowe, Shakespeare," and earning my Ph.D. in English (awarded 2010). Courses Taught: • Crisis Rhetoric. • Gay and Lesbian Literature and Culture. • Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition. • The Rhetoric of War and Peace. Honors and Awards: • John Lovas Memorial Weblog Award from Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy. For co-editing Viz., a blog about visual rhetoric. May 2010. • Maureen Healy Decherd ‘73 Teaching Endowment for English Dissertation Completion Fellowship. English Department, UT Austin. Fall 2008. • Slatin Award for Mastery of Electronic Media in Education from The Digital Writing and Research Lab, UT Austin. Teaching award. May 2007. • Crow Scholarship in Geoffrey Chaucer Studies. English Department, UT Austin. June 2006.

• Writing Curriculum Consultant

  • Aug 2006 - Jul 2008

  Advised faculty members in five departments (Psychology, Social Work, Philosophy, English, and Statistics & Scientific Computation) on developing and executing a process-oriented writing curriculum.

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2003 - Jul 2005

  Led discussion meetings with undergraduate students in survey courses on both British and American literature while completing my Master of Arts in English degree (awarded 2005). Courses Assisted: • Masterworks of American Literature. • Masterworks of British Literature.