Teaching

RHET105: ​“Writing and Research” (In person: Fall 2016, one section | Spring 2017, one section | Fall 2017, two sections | Spring 2018, one section | Fall 2018, one section | Spring 2019, one section)

Instructor of Record. Focused on best practices for research and writing processes. Blackboard and technology elements, employs online and library research. Designed course to emphasize a range of writers from Virginia Woolf to Kiki Petrosino to Martin Luther King and multimodal projects. Enrollment: 18

CW106: “​Introductory Poetry Writing,” (In person: Spring 2018, one section)

Instructor of Record. Focuses on free verse and form in a workshop setting where students work to develop their own personal style. Blackboard and technology elements.. Designed course to include a range of voices from Rickey Laurentiis to Ada Limón to Mary Ruefle. Enrollment: 12

CW202: “​Advanced Topics in Creative Writing,” (In person: Fall 2018, one section) Enrollment: 12

Instructor of Record. Focuses on an introduction to screenwriting. Blackboard and technology elements. Films studied included Get Out by Jordan Peele and The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos.

Resume & Cover Letter Workshop via USM’s Office of Compliance and Ethics, (September 2022)

This one-hour workshop covers best practices for crafting a strong cover letter and resume, including but not limited to design elements, required and optional sections for each genre, and brief analysis of sample documents. Enrollment: varied

Business Communications Workshop via USM’s Office of Compliance and Ethics, (November 2022)

This one-hour workshop covers genres in business practices and technical writing processes that can make these genres more accessible including but not limited to design elements and direct, succinct diction and syntax. Enrollment: varied

Get Lit! Literary Festival Docupoetics Workshop, (April 2023)

In this hybrid craft-talk workshop, attendees will investigate and generate ideas for exploring artifact, archive, and document as a means to explore a past, current, and future centered on a common theme, conflict, or concern relevant to the poet's interests. While general, this broad nature intends for this talk to apply to a variety of archives and subjects poets could seek to explore after attending and participating in this craft talk/workshop; however, I will root these generalities in the project I am currently developing. Enrollment: varied

Belle Point Press’s Workshop Series “Memorialization, Grief, and Intergenerational Trauma, (TBA 2023)

This generative poetry workshop invites attendees to investigate questions like how do we digest previous generations’ trauma? Preserve them without cannibalizing? How do we grieve for this trauma that may be mitigated by generational distance or transformed across generations? How can consider memorialization beyond praise, elegy, or eulogy and what does that mode look like? This workshop invites attendees to engage with work from Tiana Clark, Paul Tran, and Fariha Roisin’s work to inform their own work investigating these concerns. Enrollment: varied

ENG 333: “Technical Writing” (Online asynchronous: Summer 2022, one section | Spring 2023, two sections)

Instructor of Record. Focuses on workplace genre like resumes, cover letters, and more. Canvas elements. Most recent iterations include a focus on gender and disability in the workplace. Enrollment: 21

ENG 101: “Composition One” (Online hybrid: Fall 2021, two sections | Online asynchronous: Spring 2022, two sections)

Instructor of Record. Focuses on developing an awareness and ability to implement rhetorical strategies and consciousness of the writing practice. Enrollment: 21

ENG 102: “Composition Two” (Online asynchronous: Fall 2022, two sections)

Instructor of Record. Focuses on developing research and organization skills and incorporating them into the writing practice. Enrollment: 21

Educators: Michael Madonick, William Logan, Janice Harrington, Dr. Corey Van Landingham, Dr. Adam Clay, Dr. Angela Ball, Dr. Emily Stanback, Dr. Nicolle Jordan, Dr. Ery Shin, Michael Hofmann, Dr. Shane Wood, Dr. Kristi McDuffie

Peers: Jess, Nick, Aumaine, Mary, John, Liz, Marnie, Emily, Allen, Tyler, Apoorva, Keri, Crystal, Hannah, David