Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor, Perimeter College at Georgia State University, August 2017-present
Courses Taught:
Writing Tutor and Teacher, Phillips State Prison, Buford, GA, October 2012-present
Courses Taught:
Awards & Grants
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
Selected Pedagogical Presentations
“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, CETLOE, Georgia State University (March 12, 2021)
“Teaching Honors Classes Online,” Honors College, Perimeter College, Online (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)
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, Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2018)
- Composition I: Of Three Minds (Reactive, Empirical, Enlightened) (Fall 2020)
- Honors Composition I: The Power of Truthiness: Thinking and Writing Empirically in a Post-Fact World (Fall 2018, Fall 2019)
- Honors Composition I: Of Four Minds (Reactive, Empirical, Dialectical, Enlightened) (Fall 2021)
- Composition II: “We Understand Then, Do We Not?’: Narrative and Empathy in Fictional Form(s) (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018)
- Honors Composition II: “We Understand Then, Do We Not?’: Narrative and Empathy in Fictional Form(s) (Spring 2019, Spring 2020)
- American Literature: Documents of Civilization and Barbarism: American Literature, 1620-present (Fall 2017)
- Honors World Literature: What is World Literature? (Spring 2018)
- World Literature: “Not Untrue, But Incomplete” In Search of World Literature (Spring 2019)
- Perspectives: Imaginary Resolutions to Real Contradictions: American Popular Culture, 1828-present (Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020)
- Honors Perspectives: Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean They’re Not After You: Pop Culture and Paranoia (Spring 2019, Spring 2020)
- Honors Perspectives: Make Nostalgia Great Again: Cultural Politics of Nostalgia, 1980-present (Spring 2021, Fall 2021)
- Perspectives: Project Lab: Georgia State University Prison Education Project (Fall 2020)
- Perspectives: Theories of Justice and Global Approaches to Incarceration (Spring 2021)
Writing Tutor and Teacher, Phillips State Prison, Buford, GA, October 2012-present
Courses Taught:
- World Literature: “Not Untrue, But Incomplete” In Search of World Literature (Spring 2021)
- Composition II: “We Understand Then, Do We Not?’: Narrative and Empathy in Fictional Form(s) (Spring 2019)
- Special Topics in American Literature: The Shorter Works of Herman Melville (Summer 2014)
Awards & Grants
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
Selected Pedagogical Presentations
“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, CETLOE, Georgia State University (March 12, 2021)
“Teaching Honors Classes Online,” Honors College, Perimeter College, Online (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)
