Curriculum Vitae

Last edited February 2021.

Academic Interests:
Rhetoric & composition, writing pedagogy, creative writing, basic writing, assessment practices, popular culture.
 
Education
 
Ph.D. in English (Rhetoric & Composition)
2017 – Present (expected 2022)
Wayne State University
 
 
M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Poetry)
2014                                                                                                                                                                 
University of San Francisco
 
B.A. in English
2012
Otterbein University
 
Teaching Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant - Wayne State University
2017 – Present
Courses Taught:

• ENG 1020 – Introductory College Writing
• ENG 3010 – Intermediate College Writing
• ENG 3050 – Technical Communications I: Reports
• ENG 3060 – Technical Communications II: Presentations

 
Lecturer II - University of Michigan Dearborn Dearborn                                                                                            
2015 – Present
Courses Taught:

• COMP 099-Writing Techniques
• COMP 105-Writing & Rhetoric I
• COMP 106-Writing & Rhetoric II
• COMP/ENGL 223 – Introduction to Creative Writing
• COMP 227 – Expository Writing
• COMP 300 - Writing Studio
• ENG 399 – Directed Study in Creative Writing

 
Writing Tutor - University of San Francisco – Student Disability Services
2014
 
Teaching Assistant - University of San Francisco –– English Department
2013
 
Community Engagement
Writer-in-Residence - InsideOut Literary Arts
2019 – Present

• Communication & Media Arts High School (2019-2020)
• Westfield Preparatory High School (2020 – 2021)
• CityWide Poets Teaching Artist, Oak Park School District (2021)

 
Instructor - Michigan State University -Verses Camp for Music & Literacy
2019
 
Instructor - ACCESS 21st Century Community Learning Center
2015-2017

• Provide specialized subject-based tutoring to students in after-school program operated by prominent non-profit serving Arab-American community in Southeast Michigan.

 
University Service
Wayne State University
Composition Learning Community
AY 2020-2021
AY 2019-2020
Composition Committee
AY 2020-2021
Rhetoric Society of America – Wayne State Chapter
President
AY 2020-2021
Mentoring & Professional Development Committee
AY 2019-2020
AY 2018-2019
Awards Committee
AY 2018-2019
Gateways to Completion Committee
AY 2018-2019
Curriculum Committee
AY 2018-2019
Assessment Committee
AY 2018-2019
 
University of Michigan Dearborn
Placement Exams Reader
AY 2016-2017
AY 2017-2018
AY 2019-2020
Pilot & Assessment Studio Curriculum
AY 2016-2017
English Department Writing Awards
AY 2017
New Writing Program Instructor Mentoring
AY 2018
Faculty Mentor for Creative Writing After Dark – Undergraduate creative writing organization
AY 2019-2020
 
Awards & Publications
Tompkins Poetry Award– 1st Place Recipient – selected by Camille Guthrie, Wayne State
2020
Composition Program Excellence in Teaching Award – Wayne State University
AY 2019-2020
Program Assessment Award – Wayne English Graduate Organization – WSU
2019
Conference on College Composition & Communication’s Professional Equity Project Award
2020
2018
 
“Boys Can Be Cat Ladies, Too” – The Wayne Literary Review
2018
“It’s Essentially Writers Talking about Writing”: The Roles of Reflection in a Co-Curricular Writing Studio Course” – Open Words – co-authored with William DeGenaro, University of Michigan-Dearborn and Jerrice Donelson, Michigan State University
2018
A Rhetoric of Reflection ed. By Kathleen Blake Yancey (Review) – Community Literacy Journal
2018
 
Conference & Guest Presentations
 
Conference on College Composition & Communication                                                                                
“A Writers-First Approach to First-Year Writing”
2021
 
Wayne State University -Pedagogical Practicum II                                                                                
Gave talk on teaching philosophies as a genre, job document, and pedagogical tool for novice instructors.
2021
 
Rhetoric Society of America Conference                                                                                
“Hospitality Through Sovereignty: Teaching Demonstration & Workshop”
2020
 
Conference on College Composition & Communication                                                                                
“Building Productive Dispositions Towards Assessment”
2020
 
Teaching of Writing Conference                                                                                
“Using Art to Advocate for ‘Authentic Voice’ in the Composition Classroom”
2020
 
 
Corridors Conference
“Kairos & Knowledge Production”
2018
 
College English Association
“Action!”: Reflecting on an Author-Centered Expressive Process
2018
 
Conference on College Composition & Communication
New Slang: Student Agency in Creating Workshop Vocabulary
2018
 
Southwest Popular & American Culture Conference
Punk Rock Pedagogy: Borrowing from Gaslight Anthem’s “American Slang” to Co-create First-Year Writing Environments using Pop Culture Artifacts
2018
 
Writing Research Across Borders
“It’s Essentially Writers talking about Writing”: Reflection in Co-Curricular Studio Courses
2017