Education
- M.A. English Education, Appalachian State University
- B.A. Middle Grades Education, Appalachian State University
Areas of Interest
- Composition Theory and Pedagogy
- Inquiry – Guided Learning
- Student – Centered Classrooms
- Portfolio Assessment
- Food Rhetoric
Courses Taught
- 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
Professional Appointments
University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies Department
- Senior Lecturer, Spring 2017-present
- Member, Department Review Committee, August 2020-present
- Co-chair, Public Events Committee, August 2018- May 2020
- Member, Advisory Committee, August 2016-May 2017
- Chair, Faculty Development Committee, August 2012-May 2013; January 2015-May 2016
- Co-Coordinator, Writing Resources Center, July 2013-August 2014
- Lecturer, August 2011-Spring 2017
- Adjunct Instructor, 2008-2010
Central Piedmont Community College, Adjunct Instructor, 2008-2011
Piedmont Middle School, Grade 8 Language Arts Teacher, 2010-2011
Appalachian State University
- Adjunct Instructor, 2007-2008
- Teaching Assistant, 2006-2007