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Teaching Experience
Austin Community College, Professor, 2006-present; Department Chair of Composition and Literary Studies, 2021
St. Edward's University, Post-doctoral Fellow, 2004-2006
The University of Texas at Austin, Assistant Instructor, 1999-2003
Denver Community College, Instructor, 1998-1999
Professional Publications
"Strategies for Improving Vertical Alignment: Implementation of a College-Readiness Collaborative of Secondary and Post-Secondary Educators," Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014.
“How to Answer a Prompt for a Short Paper,” Manual of Faculty Teaching Tips. Austin Community College English Department. Austin, 2010.
“Tempting Students with Scholarly Research: Breaking the Fast-Food Research Diet,” College Teaching, Volume 57, Issue 4, September 2009 , page 237.
Interacting with King Lear—An Online Resource for Instructors of English Literature Survey Courses. Diss. The University of Texas at Austin. Austin. 2004.
Invited Lectures and conferences
Texas Medieval Association Conference, “How to Win Students and Influence Colleagues: Innovative Teaching in the Medieval and Early Modern Classroom," roundtable, 2019
”8-week Faculty Training, 2019
Austin Ed Summit, 2016, "Student Expectations: K-12 & Higher Ed"
Vista Ridge High School Professional Development, "College Readiness in Composition: Putting Vertical Alignment into Practice," 2013
Region XIII Avatar Literacy Video Series, College Readiness in Composition: Putting Vertical Alignment into Practice, http://www4.esc13.net/literacy/resources-literacy/, 2013
Celebration of Great Teaching, 2009 and 2011
College Readiness Standards Meeitng, 2010
College and Career Readiness Initiative Round Up, 2010
TCCTA Gifts Seminar, 2010
Technology Trends Day, 2010
Disciplinary Literacy for Success in College and Careers, 2010
College and Career Readiness Symposia, 2009
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and Texas Education Association Alignment Project, 2009
"Computers vs. Blackboards: Net Learning or Not Learning," SXSW Interactive Panel, 2003
"Theories of Community Applied to the Literature Classroom-How to Jumpstart Pedagogical Evolution." Texas Tech University Graduate Conference, 2003
courses taught
Introduction to Literature (Austin Community College)
American Literature: Civil War to the Present (Austin Community College)
American Literature: Beginnings through Civil War (Austin Community College)
British Literature: Anglo-Saxon through 18th Century (Austin Community College)
British Literature: 18th Century to the Present (Austin Community College)
World Literature: Ancient through 17th Century (Austin Community College)
Composition II (Austin Community College)
Composition I (Austin Community College)
Introduction to Creative Writing (St. Edward’s University)
Cultural Foundations: World Voices (St. Edward’s University)
Rhetoric and Composition/Freshman Studies (St. Edward’s University)
Rhetoric and Composition II (St. Edward’s University)
Capstone Senior Seminar (St. Edward’s University)
Writing and Publishing on the Web (St. Edward’s University)
Rhetoric and Composition (University of Texas)
Rhetoric and Composition, Computer-Assisted (University of Texas)
Critical Reading and Persuasive Writing (University of Texas)
Banned Books and Novel Ideas (University of Texas)
Reading British Women Writers (University of Texas)
Masterworks of Literature—World (University of Texas)
Advanced Research and Writing (Denver Community College)
Distance Learning Rhetoric and Composition (Denver Community College)
Basic Composition (Denver Community College)
college service
Liberal Arts Gateway, Composition 2 Subcommittee Chair
Faculty Learning Community, Global Gender and Women's Studies, 2019-2020
Catch the Next Mentor, 2017-2018
Central Texas Pathways/TXRAN, 2015-2017
Rio Review, Faculty Advisor, 2014
Faculty Advisory Council for the CCRI/ELA Faculty Collaborative, State of Texas, 2010-2015
Coordinator ACC and AISD Programs to Promote College Readiness, 2010-2015
Developmental Writing Task Force, English Representative, 2009-2014
English/Language Arts Chair for the ACC College Readiness Standards Faculty Team, 2009-2013
Coordinator for the College Readiness Collaborative, 2009-2013
TYCCA Conference, 2013
Assistant Department Chair of Assessment, English Department, 2008-2012
Women’s History Month Committee, 2009-2010
Writing Advisory Committee, 2008-2009
Developmental Writing Hiring Committee, 2008
Coordinator, St. Edward’s University English Students and the Texas Book Festival, 2005-2006
consulting and creative writing
"Hestia," Cracked the Spine, The Year Anthology, 2020
Retreat West Shortlist for the Novel Prize 2018, Iron Scourge
Texas Observer Short Fiction Prize 2017 for "Muriel"
Writer's League of Texas 2017 Manuscript Finalist, Historical Fiction for Mary Bennet Gets No Play
Austin Amherst Writers Workshop, 2015-present
Educational publishing K-12, software and print, 1995-2007
Julio, unpublished screenplay, 2006
Chicago House Poetry Open Mic Host, 1991-1993
Poets from the Springs, Chile Verde Press, 1991