Experience

• Baylor University

  Director of Content

  Supported the Assistant Vice President for Internet Services by designing and managing all online content associated with Baylor University's student life website: the Baylor Information Network (BIN). Worked with graphic design and information technology specialists to keep the BIN updated, secure, and user-friendly. Hired and directed a staff of six writing interns (who were tasked with providing weekly online content) and edited all submissions prior to publication.

• University of South Carolina

  Teaching Assistant, Department of English

  Taught students how to read carefully, think critically, and develop effective arguments. Worked alongside faculty instructors to ensure that students understood course material, prepared for quizzes and exams, and wrote compelling academic essays.

• University of South Carolina

  Assistant Director, Writing Center

  Trained and supervised twelve writing consultants and an administrative assistant. Marketed writing center services to university and community constituents to maximize foot traffic. Increased Writing Center consultations by 94% (from 800 consultations in 2006 to nearly 1,600 in 2007) and opened four satellite centers that made these services more accessible to USC students.
  

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  Director, Quality Enhancement Plan & Orbit Initiative

  J.D. worked at The University of Texas at Dallas as a Director, Quality Enhancement Plan & Orbit Initiative

• Rutgers University

  Lead Administrator and Project Coordinator, Center for Cultural Analysis (CCA)

  Responsible for enlarging the scope and influence of the Center for Cultural Analysis (CCA)—a humanities center devoted to interdisciplinary research—and for the administration and oversight of two related organizations, the Rutgers British Studies Center (RBSC) and the Rutgers English Diversity Institute (REDI).
  
  Additional Responsibilities:
  • Oversaw 11 faculty and graduate student working groups, helping them plan and implement their programs and develop grant proposals for national foundations.
  • Managed budgets totaling more than $350,000 for the CCA, RBSC, and REDI.
  • Developed a wide range of marketing materials—from a complete overhaul of cca.rutgers.edu to posters, programs, and brochures for dozens of events per year—to enhance the CCA's reputation on campus and across the tri-state area.
  • Designed and coordinated a development campaign to bolster the CCA's annual budget, expand its support staff, and deepen its ties to national foundations, regional corporations, and community partners.
  Planned the RBSC's yearly programs—from guest lectures to faculty workshops to multi-day conferences—and oversaw the REDI summer program, from the selection of fellows to the recruitment of faculty participants.

• Rutgers University

  Assistant Dean, School of Graduate Studies

  Oversee internal and external communications for the School of Graduate Studies (SGS), collaborating with faculty and staff across more than 90 doctoral, master’s, and dual-degree programs in the humanities, social sciences, engineering, life sciences, physical and mathematical sciences, and biomedical sciences. Promote the programs, events, and achievements of the School of Graduate Studies across the university and externally.
  
  Additional Responsibilities:
  • Work with senior leadership to develop strategic planning initiatives, create new fundraising opportunities, and increase student, faculty, staff, and alumni awareness and engagement.
  • Oversee all competitions for SGS academic awards and fellowships, chairing faculty awards committees, communicating with Rutgers stakeholders, and selecting and notifying student finalists and runners-up.
  • Create and distribute print and digital content through websites, social media accounts and other communication channels, supervising 3 full- and part-time staff members (Program Coordinator, Photographer, and Graphic Designer) who assist with content creation and distribution.
  • Collaborate with web design, UX, IT, brand development, and graphic design professionals to redesign and optimize SGS websites, streamlining front- and back-end systems to increase brand recognition and communicate more effectively with prospective and current students, faculty and staff, alumni, and potential donors.
  • Identify and pursue external grants and funding streams to expand academic and professional development opportunities. Research and assemble technical and background materials as needed for special projects, fundraising initiatives, internal and external reports, and grant applications.

• Rutgers University

  Lecturer, Department of English

  Responsible for teaching students to read carefully and write effectively, training them to value peer review and practice careful revision, and assessing more than thirty pages of written coursework per student. Counseled students in one-on-one meetings and group appointments to help them understand curricular requirements, set short- and long-term goals for academic success, overcome anxieties related to college coursework, and correct common writing errors.
  

• Rutgers University

  Graduate Coordinator of New Student Programs, Office of Academic Engagement & Programming

  Developed, planned, and implemented 75 First-Year Interest Group Seminars (FIGS), a ten-week program designed to introduce incoming students to field-specific majors and to university resources. Partnered with colleagues across five New Brunswick campuses to advertise FIGS programs to a wide range of university and community stakeholders.
  
  Additional Responsibilities:
  • Oversaw recruitment efforts for new Peer Instructors (from managing print and social media campaigns to participating in 50+ individual interviews) and organized annual training retreats to prepare them to teach accredited Rutgers courses.
  • Partnered with graphic design interns and IT specialists to redesign the FIGS website (figs.rutgers.edu) and to create visually striking marketing materials—newsletters, catalogs, posters, and infographics—to promote FIGS courses to incoming students and their parents.

• Rutgers University

  Instructor & Course Assistant, Department of English

  Trained college students to communicate effectively to a wide range of target audiences. Worked with faculty and administrators to ensure that students achieved all outcome-based learning objectives. Awarded more than $60k in grants and fellowships from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Huntington Library, and other professional organizations.