CV & Teaching Philosophy

I’m currently on the job market applying for a variety of academic and non-academic positions. For the right opportunity, I’m happy to relocate across the country or internationally. My experience in the classroom and conferences, teaching as well as advising online, provides a broad foundation for a wide range of professional roles. In an academic setting, my areas of study include southern studies and folklore, border studies, and Black American literature, but I’ve also worked extensively with non-majors on technical writing and composition skills.

Curriculum Vitae

On schedule to complete my PhD in 2024, I’ve had work featured in several publications and conference presentations. Both as a Level 2 Tutor and as an Instructor of Technical Business Writing, I’ve worked with graduate and undergraduate students from a wide range of disciplines, helping them improve the quality and clarity of their writing for articles, essays, and dissertations. As submitted in the application process, my CV is shortened to emphasize skills and experience most relevant to the available position. The full CV, posted here, includes a more complete listing of honors, awards, and other interdisciplinary achievements. References are available on request.

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Teaching Philosophy

Although I’ve had the privilege to teach several guest lectures and upper level courses like “Texas Literature” and “Life and Literature of the American South,” the bulk of my teaching experience has been introductory courses with non-majors. While tutoring is a fundamentally different process from teaching, becoming a Level 2 Tutor has deepened my appreciation for the variability of the writing process and the challenges of individuals. I’ve always had an infectious enthusiasm for the written and published word, but over the last few years I’ve also learned to communicate the importance of writing clearly. Beyond the questions of grammar and formatting, I have worked to show students how the revision process is a way to critique and improve our own arguments, identifying our own fallacies and preconceptions. When students learn to critically examine their own worldviews and identify the assumptions their essays take for granted, then I’ve found they’re better prepared for learning and dialogue going forward.

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Instructor, Texas A&M University, Dept. of English

August 2015 – December 2020

  • Created and implemented class discussion and activities
  • Facilitated collaborative and individual writing projects
  • Introduced students to foundations of scholarly research and communication
  • Guided students through the fundamentals of technical communication and project design
  • Converted course to collaborative face-to-face hybrid format
  • Developed workshop-based lessons and assignments and curriculum
  • Introduced students to foundations of literary scholarship and approaches
  • Created and implemented multimodal collaborative projects as well as formal essays
  • Developed course material and syllabus based on border texts and current scholarly theory
  • Created and implemented multimodal collaborative projects as well as individual formal essays based on current scholarly approaches to southern, border, and western studies and primary archival research
  • Developed course material and syllabus based on current southern studies scholarship
  • Created multimodal collaborative projects as well as creating and evaluating formal essay assignments
  • Reconfigured course mid-semester due to COVID-19 pandemic and implemented online tools and adapted assignments and evaluative procedures
Teaching Experience

Student Evaluations

I am not an english major and really don't like reading, however, she made it so interesting and was the kindest professor I think I have ever had! I would definitely take another class with her I love this class and this professor. Especially in the midst of COVID-19, she was so helpful, readily available, and was understanding of how difficult this change is for her students. I loved the books we read, and genuinely enjoyed going to class. It is a hard time, but she made sure to understand our dilemma and our mental states in her class, while also making class enjoyable and manageable. Definitely one of my favorite TAMU professors.
Southern Lit
Student Evaluation
During class discussions she would listen to student's ideas, regardless of how radical or simple they were. She organized the class in such a way that incorporated everyone's input throughout discussions
Writing About Literature
Student Evaluation
very good class!! prof was very helpful and explained things well. I am not an english major and writing is not my best subject, however I still enjoyed this calss and learned a lot. would reccomend for all majors.
Southern Lit
Student Evaluation

Other Skills and Experience

My work as a Level Three Tutor has provided additional insight and tools for helping non-majors improve their own writing and editing process. I’ve also pursued training and certifications in the digital humanities and complementary skills. Follow the link below for a more complete list of my professional experience as a writing consultant and researcher.

  • Master Tutor (Level Three) Texas A&M University Writing Center
  • “Out of the Box Text Analysis for Digital Humanities,” 2016
  • “Sounds and Digital Humanities,” 2016
  • “Digitisation Fundamentals and their Application,” 2017
  • “Github, command-line, oXygen, TEI, HTML, css, DIY Digital Editions,” Fall 2016
  • “Python within the Context of Digital Humanities,” Spring 2017
  • Assist in developing datasets using Microsoft Excel for digital humanities manuscript
  • Edited online digital humanities archive, Millican “Riot”, 1868
  • Devised training modules for introductory elements of the writing process
  • Developed interactive, multimedia lessons on composing introductions and comprehending writing prompts which are now in use across the university
Tutoring and Research