EDUCATION
Ph.D. English, University of South Florida, Department of English, Dec. 2014 (Dissertation Earned: Pass with Distinction)
M.A. Liberal Arts, University of South Florida, Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies, May 2007
B.A. English (American and British Literature), University of South Florida, Department of English, May 2003
A.A. General Studies, St. Petersburg College, May 2001
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Hillsborough Community College, 2015-present, Faculty (Assistant Professor of English), Brandon, FL
Pasco-Hernando State College, 2014-2015, 2008-2010, Adjunct Instructor, Spring Hill, FL; Wesley Chapel, FL; Dade City, FL
University Of South Florida, 2014-2015, Adjunct Instructor, Tampa, FL
University Of South Florida, 2010-2014, Graduate Teaching Associate, Tampa, FL
University of Tampa, 2010, Adjunct Instructor, Tampa, FL
Saint Leo University, 2010, Adjunct Instructor, Tampa, FL
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Composition, Formative Feedback, Assessment, Early Modern British Literature, Shakespearean Drama, Post-Colonial Literature of Africa and the Caribbean, Adaptation Studies, Digital Humanities
selected PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING
hillsborough community college, center for innovative teaching and technology
ACUE Microcredential course: Inspiring Inquiry and Lifelong Learning in Your Online Course (Spring 2023)
The Gradual Release of Responsibility (June 2019)
Teaching and Learning at HCC: My Teaching Journal (Spring 2018)
Universal Design and Accessibility Best Practices (Aug. 2017)
Quality Matters Rubric Training (Feb. 2017)
Teaching and Learning at HCC: My Teaching Journal Cohort (Fall 2016)
Principles of Knowledge: Student Motivation (Nov. 2015)
Pasco-Hernando State College, Academic Technology Department
E-Certification for online teaching, July 2015
University of South Florida, English Department
Incorporating Digital Archives in the Classroom, April 2013
Poetry in Motion: Using Youtube in the Classroom, April 2013
LAE 6389 Practice in Teaching Literature, Summer 2012
ENC 6745 Practice in Teaching Composition, Spring 2010
University of South Florida, e-Teaching and Technology Group
Online Teaching Certification, University of South Florida, March 2015
Using Clickers in the Classroom - An Evidence Based Approach, University of South Florida, Feb. 2014
Advanced PowerPoint and the Road to the Articulate Presenter, University of South Florida, Jan. 2014
Active Learning Using PowerPoint and Articulate Studio, University of South Florida, Sept. 2011
American Council on Education
Supporting Military-Connected Students through Pre-Enrollment Tutoring, Nov. 2015
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ENC 0022 Developmental Writing
IDS 2891 Connections (Capstone Course)
IDS 2931H (Honors Leadership)
Pasco-Hernando State College
ENC 1101 Composition I
ENC 1102 Composition II
ENG 2103 World Cinema
HUM 1020 Introduction to Humanities
HUM 2230 Humanities: The Renaissance to the Modern Day
SLS 1501 College Success Skills
PHI 1630 Applied Ethics
University of South Florida
Instructor of Record
ENC 1101 Composition I
ENC 1101 Composition I: Workshop Model
ENC 1102 Composition II
ENC 1102 Composition II: Workshop Model
ENC 2210 Technical Communication for Health Sciences Majors
LIT 2000 Introduction to Literature: “Telling and Retelling Tales of Love
LIT 2040 Introduction to Drama: “World Stages–Renaissance through Post-Colonial”
LIT 2040 Introduction to Drama: “Staging and Restaging Tragedy”
ENC 3250 Professional Writing
Teaching Assistant
ENG 4674 Film and Culture
Saint Leo University
ENG 121 Academic Writing I
The University of Tampa
ENG 101 Rhetoric and Composition
Guest Lecturer or Speaker
University of South Florida, ENG 6009 (Intro to Graduate Studies) (Nov. 2016)
Guest Speaker
University of South Florida, LAE 6389 (Practice in Teaching Literature) (Feb. 2017)
Guest Speaker
University of South Florida, Alpha Kappa Psi (Nov. 2014)
“Entering the Job Market: Strategies for the Twenty-First Century Future Business Leader”
University of South Florida, Continuing Education (Feb. 2006, May 2010)
“Analytical Writing and the Graduate Record Exam”
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE
hillsborough Community College, English Discipline, (Spring 2022)
Developed, with other discipline members, ENC 0022 exemplary course curriculum for use by any college instructor, adhering to high quality standards for online learning
hillsborough Community College, Brandon Campus, (Summer 2017)
Developed ENC 1101 curriculum for use by Brandon Campus instructors to coordinate with ASC (Academic Success Center) group workshops for English Composition courses
The University of South Florida (Summer 2014)
As the lead developer for ENC 3250, designed a standardized curriculum for ENC 3250: Professional Writing for all face-to-face sections while ensuring alignment with SACS requirements, USF FKL (Foundations of Knowledge and Learning) Learning Outcomes, Gordon Rule Communication Requirements, and USF Writing Intensive Capstone course requirements t
ASSESSMENT EXPERIENCE
Educational Testing Services
June 2013 College Board Reading (AP English Language and Composition)
University of Tampa
Dec. 2011, Dec. 2013 Assessor for Assurance of Learning (College of Business)
Measurement Incorporated
Feb. 2008 Florida Assessment Program
Publications (See "writing")
PRESENTATIONS
“Negotiating AI in the Composition Classroom: Practices, Policies, and Pedagogy.” Florida
College English Association (FCEA) 2023 Annual Conference: “Changing Landscapes.”
“Using Content and Trigger Warnings in a Literature Class: A Case Study.” Florida College English Association
(FCEA) 2021 Annual Conference: “Coming of Age.” FCEA, Virtual, FL, Oct. 2021.
“Teaching Othello in an Impassioned Immigration Era.” Florida College English Association
(FCEA) 2018 Annual Conference: “Coming to America (and Florida): The Literature of Immigration.” FCEA, Ybor City, FL, Oct. 2018.
“Modern Post-Colonial Drama as Literary Criticism: Murray Carlin’s Not Now, Sweet Desdemona (1967) and William Shakespeare's Othello (1604).” 88th Annual South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Conference: “Utopia/Dystopia: Whose Paradise Is It?” SAMLA, Jacksonville, FL, Nov. 2016.
"Preserving and Inspiring Geniuses: An Examination of the Zora Neale Hurston Digital Archive and Its Potential Use in a Composition Classroom." Florida College English Association (FCEA) 2015 Conference: Turn Back the Page: Discovering Florida's History through Texts." FCEA, St. Petersburg Beach, FL, Oct. 2015
“Alienation on Imperial Axes: Derek Walcott’s A Branch of the Blue Nile.” 23rd Annual British Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference, Savannah, GA, Feb. 2014.
“Making the Play ‘The Thing’ in the Twenty-First Century College Classroom.” English Graduate Student Association Spring Colloquium: “The Digital Humanities and Re-Writing.” Tampa, FL, April 2013.
“‘A Play on the Theme of Race’: Miscegenistic and Misogynist Discourse in African Rewritings of Othello.” 22nd Annual British Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference, Savannah, GA, Feb. 2013.
“Tempestuous Discontents: A Metacritical Analysis of the Case for Colonialism in The Tempest.” 84th Annual South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Conference: “Text as Memoir: Tales of Travel, Immigration, and Exile.” SAMLA, Durham, NC, Nov. 2012.
“Sin, Guilt, and Redemption in ‘Snake’ and Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” 83rd Annual SAMLA Conference: “The Power of Poetry in the Modern World.” SAMLA, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 2011.
AWARDS
NISOD Excellence Award, 2017
Julian and Harry Newman Award for Academic Promise ($1,000), April 2014
The 2016 Aaron Swartz Best Webtext Award, May 2016
SERVICE to the Profession of English
Panel Co-Chair, Modern Drama Session, SAMLA 90 Conference: "Fighters from the Margins." SAMLA, Birmingham, AL, Nov. 2018
Peer Reviewer, College Open Textbooks, 2017-2018
Review Editor, Writing Commons, Aug. 2015-present
Contributor, Writing Commons, Aug. 2015-present
Panel Co-Chair, Postcolonial Literature Session, 84th Annual SAMLA Conference: “Text as Memoir: Tales of Travel, Immigration, and Exile.” SAMLA, Durham, NC, Nov. 2012.
Panel Chair, Postcolonial Discourses Panel, “Anything but Silence: Politics, Poetry, and Pedagogy” International Conference. USF EGSA, Tampa, FL, March 2010.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Florida college english association
Vice President, Conference Coordinator, Oct. 2023-present
Hillsborough community college
Secretary, Institutional Advisory Committee, fall 2022-present
Course Coordinator, ENC 0022 Exemplary Course, 2022-present
Chair, Brandon Campus ENC Instructor Hiring Committee, Spring 2024
Co-Chair, Brandon Campus ENC Instructor Hiring Committee, Fall 2023
Chair, ENC 0022 Textbook committee, spring 2023-present
Chair, Brandon Campus Tenure Committee, Aug. 2022-May 2023
Chair, Brandon Campus Faculty and Staff Awards Committee, Aug. 2020-May 2022
Chair, Brandon Campus Newsletter, Aug. 2020-May 2021; co-chair, Aug. 2021-May 2022; co-chair Aug. 2022-present
Committee Member, Faculty Professional Development Committee, Aug. 2018-present
Committee Member, Brandon Campus Tenure Committee, Aug. 2021-present
Chair, Brandon Campus 50th Anniversary Committee, March 2018-Feb. 2019
Advisor, Brandon Campus Multicultural Club, April 2018-July 2020
Secretary, Brandon Campus Advisory Council Committee, Aug. 2020-spring 2022
Chair, Brandon Campus Advisory Council Committee, Aug. 2016-May 2018
Executive Board Member, Institutional Advisory Committee, Aug. 2016-May 2018
Brandon Campus International Student Festival Week Writing Contest Coordinator, 2018
Chair, Brandon Campus Advisory Council By-Laws Subcommittee, Summer 2017
Brandon Campus Faculty Contact, International Student Festival Week Writing Contest, 2016 and 2017
Communications Cluster Representative, General Education Committee, Aug. 2016-Aug. 2018
Committee Member, Student Success Committee, Sept. 2015-present
Committee Member, Faculty, Staff, and Program Development Proposals, Aug. 2015-May 2017, Aug. 2019-present
Committee Member, Brandon Campus Advisory Council Committee, Aug. 2015-present
Pasco-Hernando State College
Volunteer, Fundraising Activity for TAG Carnival Day, Spring Hill Campus, April 2015
Volunteer, Welcome and Engagement Team, Spring Hill Campus, Aug. 2014
Faculty Panel Member, College Recruitment Event, Dade City Campus, April 2010
Mentor, PHSC Mentors Program, Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and Equity, Spring 2009
University of South Florida
Mentor, Undergraduate Research and Arts Colloquium, Office for Undergraduate Research, March 2015-April 2015, Madison McGrew: “Unicorns: The Unity of Christian Medieval Thought and Postmodernism” (Recipient of an Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award)
Co-Chair, Big Data and Writing Studies Colloquium, Department of English, Jan. 2014
President, EGSA (English Graduate Student Association), Department of English, Aug. 2013-July 2014
Founder and Coordinator, GRASP (Graduate Research and Scholarly Publication) Works-in-Progress Group, Department of English, Feb. 2012-July 2014
Reader, FYC Bullitzer Prize, Department of English, Fall 2013
Committee Member, ENC 3250 Textbook Committee, English Department, Spring 2013
Facilitator, Undergraduate Research and Arts Colloquium, Office for Undergraduate Research, April 2013
Committee Member, CSS (Celebrate Student Success Committee), English Department, Aug. 2011-Aug. 2012
Committee Member, FYC 1101 Textbook Committee, English Department, Spring 2011
Prospective Student Contact, Department of English Graduate Recruitment Committee, English Department, Spring 2010.
Committee Member, University Lecture Series, Student Affairs, 2006; 2009
Manager of Graduate Intramural Sports Teams for the Graduate & the Professional Student Council Organization, Student Affairs, 2006
community SERVICE
Science Olympiad, 2023
Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading, 2019
Volunteer, Meals on Wheels, 2016-present
Co-Captain, HCC Brandon Campus, American Heart Association Walk, 2015 & 2016
Volunteer, Quest for Hope, 2012-2013, 2016
Mayor's 21st Annual Hillsborough River & Waterways Cleanup, 2008
Marketing and Advertising, Quest for Hope, 2008
Patient Volunteer, Life Path Hospice and Palliative Care, 2005-2006
Certificate: Life Path Hospice and Palliative Care, Patient/Family Volunteer Training, 2004