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RESUME summary

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Skillsets
  • Dynamic educator with extensive experience in public, high school, and higher education settings

  • Organized and effective problem solver that encourages students to become critically thinking agents in an increasingly global and diverse workforce 

  • Integrates innovative technology into the classroom experience

  • Demonstrates a dedication to equity and inclusivity 

  • Committed to supporting students in the realm of information literacy including the ability to locate, critically evaluate, and effectively use information 

  • 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
  • Serves as faculty mentor to graduate students across multiple genres
  • 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  
  • Served on First Year Cabinet Committee 
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Nerinx Hall, Department of English
Instructor 
​2017 - 2018
 
  • ​Taught Advanced Creative Writing (Senior Level Course), American Literature Honors (College Credit Course), AP Literature (College Credit Course)
  • Served as Faculty Advisor for the Literary Magazine Inklings
 
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Temple University, Department of English 
Undergraduate Instructor 
​2009 - 2012
 
  • Taught undergraduate level course, "Analytical Reading & Writing", in the English Department's First Year Writing Program
    • Responsibilities included: 
      • Course design​
      • Conducting weekly lectures including multimedia presentations
      • Preparing and grading writing intensive assignments
      • Holding office hours
      • Submitting grade reports
  • 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"
  • 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
 
  • Assisted with undergraduate participant recruitment and assessing of applications
  • Offered grant proposal consulting and admissions advisement 
  • Responsible for program coordination as well as management
  • Provided writing and editing consultation services while managing office hours for administrative and student contact
  • Oversaw student mentoring and preparation for graduate level academic demands  
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American Poetry Museum
Museum Educator 
​2008 - 2009
 
  • Coordinated and administered literacy outreach programs for public schools
  • 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
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Work
Experience
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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

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