TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Low-Residency Faculty
- Wilkes University (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
- Courses: Final Project/Nonfiction Thesis • Drafting MA Project in Nonfiction • Genre & Context in Nonfiction • Writing Creative Nonfiction
- Wilkes University (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
- Assistant Teaching Professor
- Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
- Courses: Studies in Creative Nonfiction • Writing through Health, Wellness, and Illness • Writing Culture: Introduction to Creative Nonfiction • Critical Research & Writing • Practices of Academic Writing
- Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
- TESOL Intern
- Athens City School District
- Adjunct Faculty in English Composition
- Roosevelt University (Chicago, IL)
- Part Time Lecturer
- City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College
EDUCATION
- Ohio University. Athens, OH. PhD, Rhetoric & Composition.
- Graduate Certificate in TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language).
- Examination fields: Rhetoric & Composition; History & Criticism of the Essay.
- Columbia College Chicago. MFA, Nonfiction.
- Columbia College Chicago. BA, Interdisciplinary Arts: Fiction Writing & Film.
- Heartland Community College. Normal, IL. AA, Psychology.
TEACHING & RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Writing Studies (including Creative Writing Studies)
- Health Humanities
- Creative Nonfiction
- Trauma-Informed Educational Practice (TIEP)
- English as a Foreign/Second Language (EFL/ESL)