Conference
Panel Chair, Crossing Borders and Boundaries in Our Nation’s Prisons, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, GA (November 4, 2017)
Panel Chair & Organizer, Labor and Social Class in American Utopias/Dystopias, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Jacksonville, FL (November 5, 2016)
Panel Chair & Organizer, Labor, Art, & Politics in American Literature and Culture, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Raleigh, NC (November 13, 2015 )
Panel Chair & Organizer, Sustainable Work, Invisible Class, Unpaid Labor, and Forgotten Culture in American Literature, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, GA (November 8, 2014)
Panel Chair & Organizer, Class, Labor and Culture in 19th Century American Literature, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, GA (November 7, 2013)
Panel Chair & Organizer, Class, Labor and Culture in 20th Century American Literature, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, GA (November 8, 2013)
Community
Volunteer, Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio (December 21, 2018)
Volunteer Researcher, American Civil Liberties Union (January 2017-June 2017)
Volunteer, Easter Dinner, Hosea Feed the Hungry (April 16, 2017)
Volunteer, Easter Potluck Luncheon for the Homeless, Norman Spruill House Foundation (March 27, 2016)
Volunteer, Thanksgiving Dinner, Hosea Feed the Hungry (November 24-26, 2015; November 22-24, 2016; November 24, 2017, November 22, 2018)
G.E.D. Tutor, North Fulton Community Charities (August 2013-July 2015)
Workshops Given:
“Comprehension Skills,” (June 8, 2015; June 9, 2015)
“Analyzing Texts,” (May 14, 2014; May 15, 2014; August 25, 2014)
“Writing Your Essay,” (September 19, 2013; May 28, 2014; May 29, 2014; August 27, 2014;
June 10, 2015; June 11, 2015)
Selected Professional Development & Associations
American Studies Association (January 2017-present)
Modern Language Association (June 2011-present)
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (August 2010-present)
Participant, Imagining the Arts and Humanities into the Prison Industrial Complex: From Stories of Us to Stories of Now, Imagining America Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (October 11, 2014)
Participant, Digital Media and Composition Institute, The Ohio State University (June 6-15, 2011)
Awards & Grants
Sustainability Grant, Serve-Learn-Sustain, Georgia Institute of Technology (March 2017)
$1000 grant for student-related activities in course affiliated with SLS initiatives
Poetry @ Tech Pedagogy Grant, Georgia Institute of Technology (September 2016)
$500 grant to incorporate poetry into the classroom
Advanced Teaching Fellowship, Lower Division Studies, Georgia State University (August 2013-July 2015)
Competitive fellowship awarded to students demonstrating excellent teaching and advanced scholarship
Technology @ Georgia State Grant (May 2013)
$26,000 technology grant for The Writing Studio @Georgia State for new iMacs and MacBooks (May 2013)
Bedford/St. Martin’s Scholarship, Digital Media and Composition Institute at The Ohio State University (June 2011)
Competitive scholarship awarded to students demonstrating engagement with digital media in the composition classroom
Web Master, The Writing Studio @ Georgia State (August 2011-June 2013)
Panel Chair, Crossing Borders and Boundaries in Our Nation’s Prisons, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, GA (November 4, 2017)
Panel Chair & Organizer, Labor and Social Class in American Utopias/Dystopias, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Jacksonville, FL (November 5, 2016)
Panel Chair & Organizer, Labor, Art, & Politics in American Literature and Culture, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Raleigh, NC (November 13, 2015 )
Panel Chair & Organizer, Sustainable Work, Invisible Class, Unpaid Labor, and Forgotten Culture in American Literature, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, GA (November 8, 2014)
Panel Chair & Organizer, Class, Labor and Culture in 19th Century American Literature, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, GA (November 7, 2013)
Panel Chair & Organizer, Class, Labor and Culture in 20th Century American Literature, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, GA (November 8, 2013)
Community
Volunteer, Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio (December 21, 2018)
Volunteer Researcher, American Civil Liberties Union (January 2017-June 2017)
Volunteer, Easter Dinner, Hosea Feed the Hungry (April 16, 2017)
Volunteer, Easter Potluck Luncheon for the Homeless, Norman Spruill House Foundation (March 27, 2016)
Volunteer, Thanksgiving Dinner, Hosea Feed the Hungry (November 24-26, 2015; November 22-24, 2016; November 24, 2017, November 22, 2018)
G.E.D. Tutor, North Fulton Community Charities (August 2013-July 2015)
Workshops Given:
“Comprehension Skills,” (June 8, 2015; June 9, 2015)
“Analyzing Texts,” (May 14, 2014; May 15, 2014; August 25, 2014)
“Writing Your Essay,” (September 19, 2013; May 28, 2014; May 29, 2014; August 27, 2014;
June 10, 2015; June 11, 2015)
Selected Professional Development & Associations
American Studies Association (January 2017-present)
Modern Language Association (June 2011-present)
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (August 2010-present)
Participant, Imagining the Arts and Humanities into the Prison Industrial Complex: From Stories of Us to Stories of Now, Imagining America Conference, Atlanta, Georgia (October 11, 2014)
Participant, Digital Media and Composition Institute, The Ohio State University (June 6-15, 2011)
Awards & Grants
Sustainability Grant, Serve-Learn-Sustain, Georgia Institute of Technology (March 2017)
$1000 grant for student-related activities in course affiliated with SLS initiatives
Poetry @ Tech Pedagogy Grant, Georgia Institute of Technology (September 2016)
$500 grant to incorporate poetry into the classroom
Advanced Teaching Fellowship, Lower Division Studies, Georgia State University (August 2013-July 2015)
Competitive fellowship awarded to students demonstrating excellent teaching and advanced scholarship
Technology @ Georgia State Grant (May 2013)
$26,000 technology grant for The Writing Studio @Georgia State for new iMacs and MacBooks (May 2013)
Bedford/St. Martin’s Scholarship, Digital Media and Composition Institute at The Ohio State University (June 2011)
Competitive scholarship awarded to students demonstrating engagement with digital media in the composition classroom
Web Master, The Writing Studio @ Georgia State (August 2011-June 2013)