RESUME summary
Professional
Skillsets
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Dynamic educator with extensive experience in public, high school, and higher education settings
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Organized and effective problem solver that encourages students to become critically thinking agents in an increasingly global and diverse workforce
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Integrates innovative technology into the classroom experience
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Demonstrates a dedication to equity and inclusivity
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Committed to supporting students in the realm of information literacy including the ability to locate, critically evaluate, and effectively use information
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Specializes in creative writing education and workshop-based learning
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Assistant Professor, English Department
2023 - Present
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Lead Faculty, Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing Program
2020 - Present
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Serves as faculty mentor to graduate students across multiple genres
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Supports curricular and programmatic development of the Low-Residency MFA
Colorado College
Visiting Assistant Professor, English Department
2020 - 2021
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Taught "Imagining Slaves and Robots in Contemporary American Literature and Film", "African-American Women Writers and Literary Tradition", Advanced Poetry Workshop, Intro to Creative Writing, "Myth, Memory, Meaning-Making", "Black Environmental Literature"
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Lecturer, Writing Department
2018 -2019
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Taught Contemporary Practices: Intro to Writing as Art
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Served on First Year Cabinet Committee
Nerinx Hall, Department of English
Instructor
2017 - 2018
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Taught Advanced Creative Writing (Senior Level Course), American Literature Honors (College Credit Course), AP Literature (College Credit Course)
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Served as Faculty Advisor for the Literary Magazine Inklings
Temple University, Department of English
Undergraduate Instructor
2009 - 2012
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Taught undergraduate level course, "Analytical Reading & Writing", in the English Department's First Year Writing Program
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Responsibilities included:
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Course design
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Conducting weekly lectures including multimedia presentations
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Preparing and grading writing intensive assignments
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Holding office hours
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Submitting grade reports
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Provided teaching support by serving as a graduate teaching assistant for large enrollment undergraduate level survey courses (100+ students) including "English Literature I: 1600-1900" and "American Literature I: 1600-1900"
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Developed question and answer based pedagogy approaches while responding to the overall needs of students and senior faculty
Wheaton College, Department of English
Graduate Assistant Director for Summer Institute for Literacy and Cultural Studies
2012 - 2012
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Assisted with undergraduate participant recruitment and assessing of applications
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Offered grant proposal consulting and admissions advisement
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Responsible for program coordination as well as management
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Provided writing and editing consultation services while managing office hours for administrative and student contact
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Oversaw student mentoring and preparation for graduate level academic demands
American Poetry Museum
Museum Educator
2008 - 2009
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Coordinated and administered literacy outreach programs for public schools
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Traveled to various Washington, DC and Maryland public schools to lead poetry workshops as a means of raising literacy levels and encouraging creative writing as a form of positive stress management
Work
Experience
Education
Brown University, MFA
2021-2023
Master of Fine Arts
Literary Arts Department, Poetry Track
Effective Performance Certificate (Spring 2022)
Awarded by the Graduate School of Brown University
and Trinity Repertory Company
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MLIS
2016 - 2017
Master of Library and Information Science
Beta Phi Mu, Alpha Chapter/Anne M. Boyd Award
4.0 GPA
Howard University, BS
2005 - 2009
Bachelor of Science in Psychology with Minor in English
Summa Cum Laude & Phi Beta Kappa
3.8 GPA
