Educator
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Experience
Morehead State University (KY) 2001-Present
- College Readiness (Developmental Education) Coordinator
- Writing Project Site Director
- Instructor of English
Eastern Kentucky University (KY) 1999-2001
- Instructor of English
- Graduate Assistant
- Developmental writing Summer Boot Camp leader
- Classroom instructor
- Writing center tutor
Teaching Experience:
- Writing Project Summer Institute (2 graduate-level courses) at MSU
- Professional Writing at MSU
- First Year Seminar at MSU
- Technical composition at MSU
- Creative writing at MSU
- Writing II at MSU & EKU
- Writing I at MSU & EKU
- Developmental writing at MSU & EKU
- Writing center tutor at EKU
- Reading and writing tutor at Mapleton Elementary (Grades 1-5)
- G.E.D. instructor for Fayette (KY) County Schools & Williamson (NY) Central Schools
- High school English teacher for Ansonia (CT) High School
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Technical Communication & Rhetoric, Texas Tech University, 2011
Committee: Dr. Brian Still (Chair), Dr. Fred Kemp and Dr. Rebecca Rickly
Dissertation: Fostering Agency and Writing Self-Efficacy: The Making of a Writer
Master of Arts in English, Eastern Kentucky University, Specialization in Rhetoric, Creative Writing, and American Literature
Master of Science in Secondary Education/English, University of Bridgeport, CT
Bachelor of Arts in English, SUNY College at Plattsburgh, Specialization in Writing and Journalism