RESUME summary
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Skillsets
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Dynamic educator with extensive experience in public, high school, and higher education settings
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Organized and effective problem solver that encourages students to become critically thinking agents in an increasingly global and diverse workforce
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Integrates innovative technology into the classroom experience
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Demonstrates a dedication to equity and inclusivity
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Committed to supporting students in the realm of information literacy including the ability to locate, critically evaluate, and effectively use information
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Specializes in creative writing education and workshop-based learning
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Assistant Professor, English Department
2023 - Present​
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Pacific Northwest College of Art
Lead Faculty, Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing Program
2020 - Present
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Serves as faculty mentor to graduate students across multiple genres
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Supports curricular and programmatic development of the Low-Residency MFA
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Colorado College
Visiting Assistant Professor, English Department
2020 - 2021
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Taught "Imagining Slaves and Robots in Contemporary American Literature and Film", "African-American Women Writers and Literary Tradition", Advanced Poetry Workshop, Intro to Creative Writing, "Myth, Memory, Meaning-Making", "Black Environmental Literature"
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Lecturer, Writing Department
2018 -2019
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Taught Contemporary Practices: Intro to Writing as Art
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Served on First Year Cabinet Committee
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Nerinx Hall, Department of English
Instructor
​2017 - 2018
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​Taught Advanced Creative Writing (Senior Level Course), American Literature Honors (College Credit Course), AP Literature (College Credit Course)
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Served as Faculty Advisor for the Literary Magazine Inklings
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Temple University, Department of English
Undergraduate Instructor
​2009 - 2012
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Taught undergraduate level course, "Analytical Reading & Writing", in the English Department's First Year Writing Program
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Responsibilities included:
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Course design​
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Conducting weekly lectures including multimedia presentations
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Preparing and grading writing intensive assignments
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Holding office hours
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Submitting grade reports
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Provided teaching support by serving as a graduate teaching assistant for large enrollment undergraduate level survey courses (100+ students) including "English Literature I: 1600-1900" and "American Literature I: 1600-1900"
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Developed question and answer based pedagogy approaches while responding to the overall needs of students and senior faculty
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Wheaton College, Department of English
Graduate Assistant Director for Summer Institute for Literacy and Cultural Studies
​2012 - 2012
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Assisted with undergraduate participant recruitment and assessing of applications
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Offered grant proposal consulting and admissions advisement
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Responsible for program coordination as well as management
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Provided writing and editing consultation services while managing office hours for administrative and student contact
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Oversaw student mentoring and preparation for graduate level academic demands
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American Poetry Museum
Museum Educator
​2008 - 2009
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Coordinated and administered literacy outreach programs for public schools
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Traveled to various Washington, DC and Maryland public schools to lead poetry workshops as a means of raising literacy levels and encouraging creative writing as a form of positive stress management
Work
Experience
Education
Brown University, MFA
2021-2023
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Master of Fine Arts
Literary Arts Department, Poetry Track
Effective Performance Certificate (Spring 2022)
Awarded by the Graduate School of Brown University
and Trinity Repertory Company
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MLIS
​2016 - 2017
​Master of Library and Information Science
Beta Phi Mu, Alpha Chapter/Anne M. Boyd Award
4.0 GPA
Howard University, BS
​2005 - 2009
Bachelor of Science in Psychology with Minor in English
Summa Cum Laude & Phi Beta Kappa
3.8 GPA
