Summarized Teaching Experience

• Designed and implemented course syllabi.

• Crafted writing-intensive, collaborative, and discussion-based lesson plans.

• Utilized computer labs for classroom instruction.

• Integrated tools such as Canvas, Blackboard, MyWritingLab, and Google Documents.

• Utilized Weebly and Wix to develop students’ online writing portfolios.

• Graded first-year composition assignments as a part of the assessment committee.

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 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS ​

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Department of English, Virginia Peninsula Community College, Hampton, VA

Associate Professor, 2024 – Present

Courses taught:​

• EDE 10 English Composition Preparation (face-to-face and hybrid synchronous)

• EDE 11 English Composition Readiness (face-to-face and hybrid synchronous)

• ENG 111 College Composition I (face-to-face and hybrid synchronous)

• ENG 112 College Composition II (face-to-face and online asynchronous)

• ENG 113 Technical Writing (online asynchronous)

 

Department of Focused Inquiry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Assistant Professor, 2022 – 2023

Visiting Assistant Professor, 2021 – 2022

Adjunct Instructor, 2020

Courses taught:

• UNIV 111 Focused Inquiry I (hybrid and online asynchronous)

• UNIV 112 Focused Inquiry II (hybrid)

Note: Focused Inquiry is a two-semester interdisciplinary core education course sequence designed primarily for incoming undergraduate students. The courses provide the student with the core competency skills of communicative fluency, ethical reasoning, global and cultural responsiveness, information literacy, and problem solving.

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Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH

Adjunct Instructor, 2021, 2022, 2023

Courses taught:

• ENG 122 English Composition I (online asynchronous)

• ENG 123 English Composition II (online asynchronous)

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Eastern Gateway Community College, Steubenville, OH

Adjunct Instructor, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Courses taught:​

• ENG 101 English Composition I (online asynchronous)

• ENG 103 Business Communication (online asynchronous)

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Department of English, Virginia Peninsula Community College, Hampton, VA

Assistant Professor, 2016 – 2019

Courses taught:​

• ENF 3 English Fundamentals 3 (face-to-face)

• ENG 111 College Composition I (face-to-face and online asynchronous)

• ENG 112 College Composition II (face-to-face, hybrid, and online asynchronous)

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Department of English, The University of Texas at El Paso, TX

Assistant Instructor, 2012 – 2016

Courses taught:​

• RWS 1301 Rhetoric and Writing Studies I (face-to-face)

• RWS 1302 Rhetoric and Writing Studies II (hybrid and online asynchronous)

• RWS 3355 Workplace Writing (face-to-face)

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Department of English, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

Adjunct Instructor, 2011, 2012

Courses taught:​

• ENG 110 English Composition I (face-to-face)

• ENG 211 English Composition II (face-to-face)

• ENG 350 Aspects of English Language (face-to-face)

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 WRITING CENTER EXPERIENCE 

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Writing Tutor, 2012

University Writing Center, The University of Texas at El Paso, TX

 

ESL Teacher’s Aide, 2011

Tidewater Community College, Virginia Beach, VA

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Writing Tutor, 2009 – 2011

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

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 INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY EXPERTISE 

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Learning Management Systems

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• Canvas

• Blackboard

• Brightspace

• BryteWave eReader

• Moodle

• Pearson’s MyWritingLab

 

Other Instructional Technology

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• Collaborative Tools: Popplet, Padlet, NowComment, Wikis

• Research Tools: Qualtrics, RefWorks

• Screencasting Tools: Jing, Screencast-O-Matic​