Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor, Perimeter College at Georgia State University, August 2017-present
Courses Taught:
Composition I: The Power of Truthiness’ Thinking and Writing Empirically in a Post-Fact World (Fall 2017)
Composition II: “We Understand Then, Do We Not?’: Narrative and Empathy in Fictional Form(s) (Fall 2017)
American Literature: Documents of Civilization and Barbarism: American Literature, 1620-present (Fall 2017)
Marian L. Britain Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, August 2016-May 2017
Courses Taught:
Composition I: The Power of Truthiness’ Thinking and Writing Empirically in a Post-Fact World (Fall 2016)
Composition II: “We Understand Then, Do We Not?’: Narrative and Empathy in Fictional Form(s) (Spring 2017)
Writing Tutor and Teacher, Phillips State Prison, Buford, GA, October 2012-present
Courses Taught:
Topics: The Shorter Works of Herman Melville (Summer 2014)
Instructor, University of North Georgia, August 2015-May 2016
Courses Taught:
Composition I: Rock N’ Roll Composition (Fall 2015, Spring 2016)
Composition II: Comedy & Composition (Fall 2015, Spring 2016)
Film and Literature: Epistemology in Detective Fiction and Film Noir (Fall 2015, Spring 2016)
Advanced Teaching Fellow, Georgia State University August 2013-July 2015
Courses Taught:
American Literature 1660-present: Individual, Society, and Community in American Literature (Fall 2014)
Studies in Popular Culture: American Popular Culture, 1830-present (Spring 2014)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia State University, August 2011-July 2015
Courses Taught:
Composition I: Rock N’ Roll Composition (Fall 2014)
Composition I: Work, Class & Composition (Summer 2013)
Composition II: Rhetoric of Non-Violent Social Change (Spring 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2013)
Composition II: Comedy & Composition (Spring 2014)
Selected Pedagogical Presentations
“Teaching in a Prison: Pedagogy in (and out) of the Classroom,” Lower Division Studies, Georgia State University (December 5, 2014)
“Tutoring in a Prison,” Writing Studio @Georgia State Tutor Training (August 21, 2014)
“Teaching Grammar & Sentence Structure,” Composition Pedagogy. Dr. Lynée
Lewis Gaillet (October 28, 2013; July 17, 2013)
“Online Tutoring & Teaching,” Writing Studio Workshop (November 27, 2012; October 16, 2012)
Tutor Training Administration, The Writing Studio @Georgia State (January 11, 2013; August 14, 2012; January 20, 2012; November 15, 2012; August 15, 2011)
“Critical Pedagogy in the Classroom,” With Diana Eidson, Lower Division Studies (September 18, 2013)
“Rethinking Course Design,” Lower Division Studies (September 9, 2013)
“Writing and Research in the Nursing Profession,” With Sarah Dyne. Graduate Nursing Students, Dr. Lawrence Bryant (June 13, 2012)
Student Accomplishments
Dabney A. Hart Award, Georgia State University, Department of English
Marie Green, “Beanie Babies: The Fetish Dolls of Consumer Culture,”
Bert H. Flanders Award, Georgia State University, Department of English
Kelsey Gray, “How Slapstick Comedy Influenced American History,”
Assistant Professor, Perimeter College at Georgia State University, August 2017-present
Courses Taught:
Composition I: The Power of Truthiness’ Thinking and Writing Empirically in a Post-Fact World (Fall 2017)
Composition II: “We Understand Then, Do We Not?’: Narrative and Empathy in Fictional Form(s) (Fall 2017)
American Literature: Documents of Civilization and Barbarism: American Literature, 1620-present (Fall 2017)
Marian L. Britain Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, August 2016-May 2017
Courses Taught:
Composition I: The Power of Truthiness’ Thinking and Writing Empirically in a Post-Fact World (Fall 2016)
Composition II: “We Understand Then, Do We Not?’: Narrative and Empathy in Fictional Form(s) (Spring 2017)
Writing Tutor and Teacher, Phillips State Prison, Buford, GA, October 2012-present
Courses Taught:
Topics: The Shorter Works of Herman Melville (Summer 2014)
Instructor, University of North Georgia, August 2015-May 2016
Courses Taught:
Composition I: Rock N’ Roll Composition (Fall 2015, Spring 2016)
Composition II: Comedy & Composition (Fall 2015, Spring 2016)
Film and Literature: Epistemology in Detective Fiction and Film Noir (Fall 2015, Spring 2016)
Advanced Teaching Fellow, Georgia State University August 2013-July 2015
Courses Taught:
American Literature 1660-present: Individual, Society, and Community in American Literature (Fall 2014)
Studies in Popular Culture: American Popular Culture, 1830-present (Spring 2014)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia State University, August 2011-July 2015
Courses Taught:
Composition I: Rock N’ Roll Composition (Fall 2014)
Composition I: Work, Class & Composition (Summer 2013)
Composition II: Rhetoric of Non-Violent Social Change (Spring 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2013)
Composition II: Comedy & Composition (Spring 2014)
Selected Pedagogical Presentations
“Teaching in a Prison: Pedagogy in (and out) of the Classroom,” Lower Division Studies, Georgia State University (December 5, 2014)
“Tutoring in a Prison,” Writing Studio @Georgia State Tutor Training (August 21, 2014)
“Teaching Grammar & Sentence Structure,” Composition Pedagogy. Dr. Lynée
Lewis Gaillet (October 28, 2013; July 17, 2013)
“Online Tutoring & Teaching,” Writing Studio Workshop (November 27, 2012; October 16, 2012)
Tutor Training Administration, The Writing Studio @Georgia State (January 11, 2013; August 14, 2012; January 20, 2012; November 15, 2012; August 15, 2011)
“Critical Pedagogy in the Classroom,” With Diana Eidson, Lower Division Studies (September 18, 2013)
“Rethinking Course Design,” Lower Division Studies (September 9, 2013)
“Writing and Research in the Nursing Profession,” With Sarah Dyne. Graduate Nursing Students, Dr. Lawrence Bryant (June 13, 2012)
Student Accomplishments
Dabney A. Hart Award, Georgia State University, Department of English
Marie Green, “Beanie Babies: The Fetish Dolls of Consumer Culture,”
- Awarded for the best sophomore-level essay for the 2014-2015 school year
Bert H. Flanders Award, Georgia State University, Department of English
Kelsey Gray, “How Slapstick Comedy Influenced American History,”
- Awarded for best freshmen-level essay in 2013-2014 school year