Experience

• Norfolk State University

  English Instructor/Director of ENFL Writing Center

  COURSES TAUGHT:
  
  COMMUNICATION SKILLS I & II
  • (1) Experiences in multiple draft writing of expository themes through the writing process approach. Focus on thesis analysis & development, and analyses of audience, purpose, tone, style, & diction.
  • (2) Development of critical and analytical skills in communication which provides experience in
  argumentative reading and writing and in techniques of research.
  
  PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL WRITING
  • Emphasis on the requirements of the professional & technical workplace, including résumés, technical reports, proposals, and web sites. Specific guidelines for defining objectives, organizing & planning, recognizing the needs of the audience, drafting visual elements, and designing pages for various types of communication.
  
  BASIC JOURNALISM
  • Introduction to writing for all mass media, including intensive study of basic journalistic composition elements (grammar, punctuation, spelling) in preparation for professional reporting, writing, and editing courses.
  
  TECHNIQUES OF VOCABULARY BUILDING
  • Introduction to the study of language with emphasis on processes of vocabulary building and some techniques of vocabulary expansion.
  
  AMERICAN LITERATURE I & II
  • Survey of American Literature from the Civil War to the present.
  • Survey of American Literature from the Colonial Period to the Civil War.
  
  WORLD LITERATURE
  • Close attention to works selected from world literature for their exemplary literary qualities and their bearing upon our cultural heritage.
  
  AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE
  • Survey of African-American literature, including selected African-American writers from slavery to the present time.
  
  ADVANCED COMPOSITION
  • Principles and techniques of grammar, rhetoric and logic with emphasis on writing about literature and the nature and function of the English language.
  
  INTRODUCTION TO FILM AND BROADCAST CRITICISM
  • Analysis of the historical, aesthetic, and critical aspects of broadcast programs and motion pictures.

• Old Dominion University

  Prof. of English

  Taught courses in First- and Second-year Composition, American literature and journalism.