speaking

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I enjoy speaking on a variety of topics, especially writing and teaching.

Presentations on Writing

  • Hillsborough Community College, All College Day, “Scholarly Writing for Publication,” spring 2025

  • Hillsborough Community College, College In-Service, “Writing and Publishing Your Book Review with the Score Method,” spring 2023

  • Hillsborough Community College, MUL 1010 (Introduction to Music), Writing an Academic Essay,” fall 2021

  • University of South Florida, Continuing Education, “Analytical Writing and the Graduate Record Exam,” Feb. 2006, May 2010,

Presentations on the Teaching Profession

  • University of South Florida, LAE 6389 (Practice in Teaching Literature), Feb. 2017, guest speaker on teaching at a community college

  •  University of South Florida, ENG 6009 (Intro to Graduate Studies), “A Community College Teaching Career,” Nov. 2016

Professional Development Presentations

  • Presenter, Faculty In-Service Day, “Expanding Compassionate Perspectives: An Interfaith Faculty Panel,” Aug. 2022

  • Co-Presenter, HCC Faculty In-Service Day, “Ask Me Anything: Surviving Writing Assignments,” Jan. 2021

  • Presenter, HCC Faculty In-Service Day, “Content and Trigger Warnings: Considerations and Controversies,” Aug. 2021

  • Co-Presenter, HCC Faculty Professional Development Day, “What's New in the Ninth Edition of the MLA Handbook?”, May 2020

  • Presenter, HCC Professional Development Day, “Reflective Teaching in 2020,” Oct. 2020

  • Co-Presenter, HCCProfessional Development Day, “ENC 0022: Improving Student Success,” Oct. 2019

  • Presenter, HCC Full-Time Faculty In-Service Day, “Using Anticipatory Sets to Engage Twenty-First Century Students,” Aug. 2019

  • Presenter, HCC Full-Time Faculty In-Service Day, “50 Writing Tips for Celebrating 50 Years,” Aug. 2018

  • Presenter, HCC Full-Time Faculty In-Service Day, “The Role of Peer-Writing Groups in Improving Academic Performance,” Aug. 2017

  • Presenter, HCC Full-Time Faculty In-Service Day, “Active Learning, Writing, and Educational Technology,” Aug. 2016

  • HCC Presenter, Full-Time Faculty In-Service Day, “Leveraging Technology to Improve Student Writing in Any Course,” Jan. 2016

  • Co-presenter, USF First-Year Composition Orientation, Plagiarism Workshop, Aug. 2013

Other Presentations or Speeches

  • Glory Team Reach Out and Touch, Charity Banquet, Dec. 2023, “Charity: Our Highest Calling.”

  • University of South Florida, Alpha Kappa Psi, Nov. 2014, “Entering the Job Market: Strategies for the Twenty-First Century Future   Business Leader”