Administrative and Professional Experience

University of Oklahoma | Director of Technical Writing 2024-present

At the University of Oklahoma, I direct the Technical Writing service course. As Director, I train new technical writing instructors, mentor and support technical writing instructional staff, and teach the graduate assistant teaching technical writing seminar. I am in the process of reviewing and conducting a large-scale revision our curriculum using user-experience design methods to reflect the embodied experiences of previous teachers and students of the course and to address the localized needs of our department, university, and local community.

Arizona State University | Graduate Teaching Seminar Instructor | 2018-2020

While at Arizona State University, I taught ENG 594: Teaching First-Year Writing, which is the seminar for new graduate Teaching Associates teaching First-Year Composition in the English Department. Through this experience, I gained important insight in tactics for training, supporting, and mentoring graduate teaching assistants who may be either new to teaching, or simply new to a particular department’s expectations. While teaching this course, I acted as an Instructor of Record, leading full-class and small-group sessions, grading student work and conducting observations of teaching assistants in their own classrooms. I likewise supported the professional development of teaching assistants by guiding them through professional development projects such as developing syllabi for courses in their area of interests, composing teaching philosophies, and conducting qualitative research studies on students in their courses. Such projects helped graduate students recognize the potential connections between their teaching and research interests. This experience was invaluable to me, as it allowed me the opportunity to collaborate with a diverse group of teachers and to reflect upon and develop further my own pedagogical values and tactics.

Kean University | Program Assistant for Educational Services | 2012-2016

From 2012-2016, I worked full-time with Kean University’s Office of Residential Student Services running a tutoring, mentoring, and academic workshop program particularly geared towards residential students. While in this position, I was tasked with a range of administrative duties including restructuring the program’s design, hiring, training, and ongoing evaluations of all undergraduate and graduate student staff; the management of the program budget; the construction of all educational materials and curriculum; the marketing of all workshops and events across social media and university platforms; the creation of a workshop series for residential students on topics to support their academic and professional development; the mentoring of students enrolled in the program; and the ongoing assessment of all programs.

As the manager of this particular program, I gained strong administrative skills, particularly in relation to hiring and supporting the professional development of a student staff in tutoring and mentoring. Our tutoring program specifically offered support related to English, Math, Science and Social Science content, writing, and study skills to support students’ academic success. Through this experience, I gained a passion for student leadership development and cultivated opportunities for undergraduate and graduate student staff to take part in administrative and training efforts. I also had the opportunity to collaborate with a range of faculty, staff, and student members of the Kean Community in developing a range of academic and professional workshops on topics such as stress management, study skills, resume writing, and interviewing skills. In addition, I was heavily involved in managing the assessment efforts across the larger department.

In designing this program, my goal was to support all aspects of student development, recognizing that many factors outside of the classroom often contribute to a student’s academic and professional success. Through this position, I gained important insight into how universities might be (re)designed to celebrate and support the diversity represented by the range of student embodiments admitted across their programs. This experience directly informs my pedagogical approach and research agenda.