Resume

• 2010

  Spanish

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  I was the recipient of a University Fellowship

  several Teaching Fellowships

  a Dissertation Fellowship

  and finally a Senior Teaching Fellowship. My primary areas of study were British and American modernism and contemporary Irish literature

  though I dabbled in a variety of other fields.

  English

  Williams Prize Committee

  Lehigh University

• 2009

  Camden County College

  Rutgers University

  SUNY Delhi

  Lehigh University

  Southwestern Oklahoma State University

  Penn State Abington

  I taught first-year composition classes with an attention to rhetorical strategies

  beginning with narrative and culminating an an argumentative research project.

  Penn State Abington

  Blackwood

  NJ

  I worked as an instructor of both basic composition and writing skills courses.

  Adjunct

  Camden County College

  Weatherford

  OK

  My primary responsibility was teaching. I taught first-year composition as well as literature courses like Introduction to Literature and Early World Literature

  as well as a course on video game narratives. I also engaged in several research projects intended for presentation and publication

  with topics ranging from U.S. modernism and contemporary Irish fiction to popular music.\n\nIn addition to my teaching and scholarship

  I am a faculty chair for SWOSU's League of Legends club and serve on several departmental and university-wide committees with tasks ranging from curriculum change and development to general education assessment.

  Assistant Professor

  Southwestern Oklahoma State University

  Delhi

  New York

  I am an assistant professor in the Liberal Arts and Sciences Division at SUNY Delhi

  where I am currently teaching literature

  fiction

  and composition.

  Assistant Professor

  SUNY Delhi

  I taught first-year composition and literature

  including courses on comics and Irish women's literature. I also mentored students as needed and served on the Williams Prize committee to recognize and reward outstanding first-year writing.

  Lehigh University

  Rutgers University

  Camden

  NJ

  I taught two sections of first-year composition each semester

  including several honors sections. The courses included an introductory first semester that developed argumentative skills and a second semester devoted to research writing. I also co-chaired the 2008-9 Ralph B. Allen Prize committee

  a group of teaching assistants who evaluated and selected the best example of first-year writing from the academic year.

  Teaching Assistant

  American Conference for Irish Studies

• 2007

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  I was the recipient of two Teaching Assistantships and the Sanderson Award for Graduate Writing. My major examination fields were Twentieth-Century Literature and Romantic/Victorian.

  English

  Ralph B. Allen Award Committee

  Co-Chair

  Rutgers

  The State University of New Jersey-Camden

• 2002

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  I majored in English with a particular emphasis on medieval literature and film studies

  and I also minored in Theatre.

  English

  Alpha Psi Omega\nPhilomathes Society\nWriting Center\nResidence Life Staff

  Bridgewater College

• I volunteer at the Food and Resource Center in Weatherford

  Oklahoma

  where my primary responsibilities include sorting food arrivals and shelving to provide a convenient and dignified food bank experience for in-need community members.

  Weatherford Food and Resource Center

  Fifth Quarter Preparation

  I help set up for Fifth Quarter at the First United Methodist Church in Weatherford. Fifth Quarter provides high school students with an alternative to partying after football games

  thereby creating a fun

  safe space and reducing their risk of dangerous activity.

  First United Methodist Church of Weatherford

  OK

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