Director of First-Year Writing & Senior Lecturer
Areas of Interest
- Composition Theory and Pedagogy
- Inquiry-Guided Learning
- Student-Centered Classrooms
- Portfolio Assessment
- Food and Animal Rhetorics
- Animal Activism
- Community-Engaged Teaching
Currently Teaching
- First-Year Writing (WRDS 1103/1104): Writing and Inquiry in Academic Contexts I and II
- CTCM 2530: Critical Thinking & Communication—The (un)Happy Pig: The Rhetoric of Farm Animal Activism
Administrative Appointments
- Director, First-Year Writing (FYW) Program, Department of Writing, Rhetoric & Digital Studies, UNC Charlotte (July 1, 2024-present)
- Co-Coordinator, Writing Resources Center, University Writing Program, UNC Charlotte (July 2013 – August 2014)
Leadership & Professional Service
- Chair, First-Year Writing Committee, Fall 2024-present
- Ex officio Member, University College Faculty Council, Fall 2024-present
- Scorer, Charlotte Core Communication SLO Assessment, Summer 2024
- Trainee, First-Year Writing Diretor, Spring 2024
- Member, First-Year Writing Committee, Fall 2022-Spring 2024
- Member, Department Review Committee, Fall 2020-Spring 2022
- Faculty Mentor, Communication Across the Curriculum Communication Consultants, Spring 2020 & Fall 2023
- Co-chair, Public Events Committee, Spring and Fall 2019; Member, Spring 2020
- TA Mentor, Spring 2018
- Lecturer Mentor, Fall 2015-Spring 2016; Fall 2016-Spring 2017
- Member, Advisory Committee, Fall 2016-Spring 2017
- Adjunct Observer/Mentor, Fall 2012; Spring 2013; Spring 2014; Fall 2015; Spring 2016; Fall 2016
- Chair, Faculty Development Committee, Fall 2012 – Spring 2013; January 2015-May 2016
- Chair, Ad-hoc Committee: Department Committee Organization, Fall 2016
- Member, Faculty Development Committee, Fall 2013 – January 2015
- Organizer, Peer-Group Pilot, Spring 2012