Teaching Experience
Associate Professor, Perimeter College at Georgia State University, 2023-present
Selected Courses Taught:
Assistant Professor, Perimeter College at Georgia State University, 2017-2023
Selected Courses Taught:
Writing Tutor and Teacher, Phillips State Prison, Buford, GA, 2011-present
Courses Taught:
Selected Pedagogical Presentations
“‘You’ve Felt it Your Entire Life’: Affective Pedagogy and Conspiracism,” Teaching and Learning Community: Teaching Critical Thinking in the Era of Endemic Misinformation, Georgia State University (January 19, 2023)
“A Brief Introduction to Teaching with GSUPEP,” Faculty Development Day, Georgia State University (September 19, 2022)
“Enriching Student Learning in Honors,” Honors Faculty Development Workshop, Honors College, Perimeter College (July 14, 2021)
“Social Justice in the Composition Classroom,” Lower Division Studies, Georgia State University (April 16, 2021)
“A Framework for Social Justice and Civic Engagement in the Classroom,” Teaching for Social Justice and Democracy Speaker Series, Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Online Education, Georgia State University (March 12, 2021)
“Teaching Honors Classes Online,” Honors College, Perimeter College (December 2, 2020)
“Teaching News Literacy: A Faculty Panel Discussion,” With Mary Ann Cullen, Tamra Ortgies-Young, Kari Miller, and Amy Stalker, Faculty Development Day, Georgia State University, Clarkston (October 19, 2018)
“Teaching That Which Is Not Your Own: Cultural Competency and Instruction,” Faculty Development Day, Georgia State University, Clarkston (October 19, 2018)
“Troubleshooting Videos in the English 1102 Classroom,” Faculty Development Day, Perimeter College at Georgia State University (February 23, 2018)
Awards
Dean’s Writing Fellowship, Perimeter College, Georgia State University, 2024
Governor’s Teaching Fellow, Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia, 2023-2024
Recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Research, Perimeter College, Georgia State University, 2021-2022
Outstanding Honors Faculty, Honors College at Perimeter College, Georgia State University, 2020-2021
Outstanding Junior Faculty, Perimeter College, Georgia State University, 2020-2021
Teaching for Social Justice and Democracy Award, Georgia State University, 2020-2021
Associate Professor, Perimeter College at Georgia State University, 2023-present
Selected Courses Taught:
- Composition I: Joy
- Learning Support for Composition I: Joy
Assistant Professor, Perimeter College at Georgia State University, 2017-2023
Selected Courses Taught:
- Composition I: Of Three Minds (Reactive, Empirical, Enlightened)
- Honors Composition I: The Power of Truthiness: Thinking and Writing Empirically in a Post-Fact World
- Composition II: “You’ve Felt it Your Entire Life” or How to Do Your Own Research: Conspiracism & Paranoia
- Honors Composition II: “We Understand Then, Do We Not?’: Narrative and Empathy in Fictional Form(s)
- American Literature: Documents of Civilization and Barbarism: American Literature, 1620-present
- World Literature: “Not Untrue, But Incomplete” In Search of World Literature
- Perspectives: Imaginary Resolutions to Real Contradictions: American Popular Culture, 1828-present
- Honors Perspectives: Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean They’re Not After You: Pop Culture and Paranoia
- Honors Perspectives: Make Nostalgia Great Again: Cultural Politics of Nostalgia, 1980-present
- Perspectives: Project Lab: Georgia State University Prison Education Project
- Perspectives: Theories of Justice and Global Approaches to Incarceration
Writing Tutor and Teacher, Phillips State Prison, Buford, GA, 2011-present
Courses Taught:
- World Literature: “Not Untrue, But Incomplete” In Search of World Literature
- Composition II: “We Understand Then, Do We Not?’: Narrative and Empathy in Fictional Form(s)
Selected Pedagogical Presentations
“‘You’ve Felt it Your Entire Life’: Affective Pedagogy and Conspiracism,” Teaching and Learning Community: Teaching Critical Thinking in the Era of Endemic Misinformation, Georgia State University (January 19, 2023)
“A Brief Introduction to Teaching with GSUPEP,” Faculty Development Day, Georgia State University (September 19, 2022)
“Enriching Student Learning in Honors,” Honors Faculty Development Workshop, Honors College, Perimeter College (July 14, 2021)
“Social Justice in the Composition Classroom,” Lower Division Studies, Georgia State University (April 16, 2021)
“A Framework for Social Justice and Civic Engagement in the Classroom,” Teaching for Social Justice and Democracy Speaker Series, Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Online Education, Georgia State University (March 12, 2021)
“Teaching Honors Classes Online,” Honors College, Perimeter College (December 2, 2020)
“Teaching News Literacy: A Faculty Panel Discussion,” With Mary Ann Cullen, Tamra Ortgies-Young, Kari Miller, and Amy Stalker, Faculty Development Day, Georgia State University, Clarkston (October 19, 2018)
“Teaching That Which Is Not Your Own: Cultural Competency and Instruction,” Faculty Development Day, Georgia State University, Clarkston (October 19, 2018)
“Troubleshooting Videos in the English 1102 Classroom,” Faculty Development Day, Perimeter College at Georgia State University (February 23, 2018)
Awards
Dean’s Writing Fellowship, Perimeter College, Georgia State University, 2024
Governor’s Teaching Fellow, Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia, 2023-2024
Recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Research, Perimeter College, Georgia State University, 2021-2022
Outstanding Honors Faculty, Honors College at Perimeter College, Georgia State University, 2020-2021
Outstanding Junior Faculty, Perimeter College, Georgia State University, 2020-2021
Teaching for Social Justice and Democracy Award, Georgia State University, 2020-2021
