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Montgomery, Alabama, United States

Manage training and curricular development, including co-designing and delivering professional development training sessions for new and returning writing instructors. Assists with design, collection, and analysis of data for annual program assessment. Mentors new and returning adjunct and GTA instructors for writing courses. Researcher and co-author of executive white paper calling for adoption of co-curricular composition course English C1010 / C1011. Proposal approved and successfully implemented in Summer 2023, bringing our curriculum into alignment with current theory and practices of the field. Regular collaboration with Director for scholarly and curriculum projects. Serves on task force committee for curriculum and learning outcomes redesign for both First-Year Writing and the Department of English & Philosophy programs.

Montgomery, Alabama, United States

Lead instructor for both first-year and upper-division writing courses, with a 4/4 course load of both in-person and online courses. Co-editor and contributing writer for in-house program textbooks, editions 2012-2018. Position required frequent collaboration with publisher, other writers, and editing team to ensure quality and on-time delivery. Online Educational Textbook Design Team member (2018-present): Open Educational Textbook project funded by a grant from the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. Results shared as open-source publication and is currently undergoing revision. Maintains current certification in Online Teaching from University Faculty Development Institute. Liaison to and Instructor for high school dual enrollment composition program.

Montgomery, Alabama, United States

Designed and implemented Writing Center’s first online web resource site for Writing Center using WebCT platform. Created, published, and maintained reference materials for clients of Center, including tips on all phases of the Writing Process. Designed and posted materials for online tutor training class for Writing Center. Material included discussion forum and prompts, bulletin board space for tutor exchanges, as well as tutorials for new staff members. Consultant to Writing Center Director regarding online theory and practical application of OWL technology / theory.

Montgomery, Alabama, United States

Contract Writing Coach for 200+ professional, graduate-level students. The Center for Writing Excellence assists students and faculty at the Air War College (AWC) to improve student and faculty writing. Prior to its opening, worked collaboratively with co-tutor and AWC staff to build on existing Writing Center Theory and Research to design best practices and administrative procedures to meet the needs of the college and its faculty- student population. Applied professional tutoring theory and best practices based on Writing Center Theory and adult-learning theory, professional writing scholarship, and other theoretical frameworks adapted to meet the research and writing needs of professional military graduate students. Mission also included presentations to faculty and staff to provide operational and theoretical overview of the Center’s mission and practices. Collaborated with AWC Assessment Team to devise appropriate tools (survey and interview questions) for gathering qualitative and quantitative data for future operations and research.

Montgomery, Alabama, United States

Managed and administrated daily operations of Corporate Office in fast-paced, multinational manufacturing firm. Served as direct liaison between Corporate Chief Executive Officers and all business units, managing and directing corporate-level relations with office staff and vendors. Designed, edited, and produced multimedia presentations for Executive Staff in MS PowerPoint, Excel, and Word. Effectively and consistently applied professional organizational, public relations, and communication skills, as well as independently managed all faces of maintaining Corporate Office. Planned and coordinated Corporate meetings / events, including training, presentations, and travel.

Columbia, South Carolina, United States

Edited and proofread manuscripts for publication in a leading academic business journal. Independently managed daily operations of the journal, corresponded with authors, processed manuscripts, co-designed and maintained journal’s customized computer database, all within tight publication deadlines. Consistently applied excellent organizational and writing skills, as well as a broad knowledge and application of diverse style manuals, including MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE, and Turabian.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Technical writer and editor of technical documents for Navy defense systems. Position required high-level security clearance to facilitate close reading of classified documentation to ensure accuracy and consistency of grammar, style, format, and content to meet government specifications. Supervised and managed part-time production staff for on-site publication.

Langley, Virginia

Intern position: writer, editor, and proofreader of varied technical and non-fiction book publications. Reviewed and edited military publications to ensure accuracy and consistency of grammar, style, format, and content to meet government specifications. Invited to return for next summer internship.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Digital Rhetoric And Composition, Cognitive Science And Education

Master Of Arts - Ma, English Language And Literature, General

Focus on Rhetoric,Literature