College
Faculty Senator, Perimeter College (English), Georgia State University, 2019-present
Committee Member, Literature Committee, 2019-present
Committee Member, Grade Appeals, English B, Perimeter College, 2018-present
Co-Chair, Perspectives Committee, English, 2019-2020
Committee Member, Georgia State University Prison Education Program, 2017- 2019
Representative, Alpharetta Campus, American Literature Committee, Perimeter College, 2017-2019
Committee Member, Search Committee, Lecturer Position, English B, 2018- 2019
Committee Member, Helen Friese Village Writer’s Group Scholarship Committee, Perimeter College, Spring 2018
Committee Member, English By Laws Committee, Perimeter College, 2018-2019
Discipline & Organizational
Reader (Fiction), Chattahoochee Review, 2019-present
Reader, Southern Literary Festival 2020
Host Committee, Common Good Atlanta, Spring 2018
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)
Selected Professional Development & Associations
Meditation Certificate, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia (May 2020)
Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prisons (August 2019-present)
American Comparative Literature Association (December 2019-present)
Pacific American Modern Language Association (July 2019-present)
American Humor Studies Association (March 2018-present)
American Studies Association (January 2017-present)
Modern Language Association (June 2011-present)
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (August 2010-present)
Participant, Reform Alliance Luncheon (September 27, 2019)
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
Grantee (Georgia State University Prison Education Project), Experimental Sites Initiative, Second Chance Pell Grants, Department of Education (April 2019)
Sustainability Grant, Serve-Learn-Sustain, Georgia Institute of Technology (March 2017)
Poetry @ Tech Pedagogy Grant, Georgia Institute of Technology (September 2016)
Advanced Teaching Fellowship, Lower Division Studies, Georgia State University (August 2013-July 2015)
Technology @ Georgia State Grant (May 2013)
Bedford/St. Martin’s Scholarship, Digital Media and Composition Institute at The Ohio State University (June 2011)
Faculty Senator, Perimeter College (English), Georgia State University, 2019-present
- Curriculum Committee, 2020-present
- Cultural Diversity Committee, 2019-present
- Faculty Affairs Committee, 2019-2020
Committee Member, Literature Committee, 2019-present
Committee Member, Grade Appeals, English B, Perimeter College, 2018-present
Co-Chair, Perspectives Committee, English, 2019-2020
Committee Member, Georgia State University Prison Education Program, 2017- 2019
Representative, Alpharetta Campus, American Literature Committee, Perimeter College, 2017-2019
Committee Member, Search Committee, Lecturer Position, English B, 2018- 2019
Committee Member, Helen Friese Village Writer’s Group Scholarship Committee, Perimeter College, Spring 2018
Committee Member, English By Laws Committee, Perimeter College, 2018-2019
Discipline & Organizational
Reader (Fiction), Chattahoochee Review, 2019-present
Reader, Southern Literary Festival 2020
Host Committee, Common Good Atlanta, Spring 2018
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)
Selected Professional Development & Associations
Meditation Certificate, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia (May 2020)
Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prisons (August 2019-present)
American Comparative Literature Association (December 2019-present)
Pacific American Modern Language Association (July 2019-present)
American Humor Studies Association (March 2018-present)
American Studies Association (January 2017-present)
Modern Language Association (June 2011-present)
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (August 2010-present)
Participant, Reform Alliance Luncheon (September 27, 2019)
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
Grantee (Georgia State University Prison Education Project), Experimental Sites Initiative, Second Chance Pell Grants, Department of Education (April 2019)
- Incarcerated students enrolled in college courses at Georgia State now eligible to apply for Pell 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
