University of Tulsa

Grad. May 2005

MA in English

Master's project: “The Habit of Building: How Flannery O’Connor’s Short Stories Built Her Novels”

Northeastern State University

Grad. May 2002 (Summa Cum Laude)

BA in English

Capstone: “Teaching Composition 1 in the College Classroom”

Minor: Theater (note: until my Senior year, Speech and Theater were combined minors. Most of my minor work was in speech communication, such as Argumentation and Rhetoric.)

Rogers State University (2012-2021)

Title:

Developmental Studies Coordinator/Assistant Professor

Classes taught:

Co-requisite Composition 1 (Lead instructor/Course developer)

-On-ground and online

Composition 1 Supplement (Lead instructor/Course developer)

-On-ground and online

Basic Writing (Lead instructor)

-On-ground and online

College Strategies (Lead instructor)

-On-ground and online

Foundations of World Languages (Lead instructor)

-On-ground and online

Composition 1

-On-ground and online

Composition 2

-On-ground and online

Committees:

Faculty Professional Development Committee (2018-present)

First Year Experience Exploratory Committee (2017-present)

Hiring Committee Lead (2016)

Hiring Committee Member (2016)

Research Committee for COMPASS Test Replacement (2015-2016)

Investigative Committee for Co-requisite Course Exploration (2016-present)

Other duties:

Quality Matters certification

Head of Developmental Studies, English and Reading

English and Reading co-requisite transition team leader

Student advisement

Adjunct training, Developmental Studies

Coordinator for embedded tutors in Composition 1 Supplement

Booker T. Washington High School (2005-2008)Title:

Title:

Teacher

Classes taught:

Freshman English

Pre-AP English

Dramatic Literature

Committees:

BTdubU (professional development committee)

Tulsa Classroom Teachers Association representative

University of Tulsa (part time)

Titles:

Tutor, Head Tutor, Graduate Assistant, Adjunct Instructor

Classes taught:

Composition 1

Zero-level Composition (assistant)

Writing for the Professions

MBA Business Communications (Lead Instructor/Course Designer)

Tulsa Community College (part time)

Title:

Adjunct Instructor

Classes taught:

Composition 1

Composition 2

Global Medical Response, Inc.

Title:

Writer I

Duties:

Read and analyze proposals for readability and clarity; write proposals tailored to specific markets; create graphics for relevant information; research statistical information for proposals

TEDC Creative Capital (2021-Present)

Title:

Education and Communications Consultant

Duties:

Analyze and update education programs; conduct workshops on communication, conflict resolution, professionalism, etc.; facilitate documentation processes; create online classroom structures for education programs

RCRI, Inc (now Covance) (2017-2018)

Title:

Project-based consultant

Duties:

Found and read academic articles, scholarly reports, and other scientific material about specific medical devices in order to create a report that analyzes and synthesizes data over the use, efficacy, best practices, and safety of the devices for global clients. This required database search skills, Excel skills, very strict formatting, extensive attention to detail, and the ability to learn about complex subject matter very quickly.

Simon Estes Educational Foundation (defunct) (2010-2012)

Title:

Director of Development

Duties:

Grant writing; donation solicitation via ad, print, face-to-face meetings, social media, and phone; event planning from concept through execution including finding vendors and donors, securing city permits, creating all advertising design and copy, analyzing ROI, securing board and committee approvals, securing accommodations for guests and celebrity presenters, and calendar management; budget analysis; and volunteer coordination.

Resonance Center for Women (2008-2010)

Title:

Development Assistant

Duties:

Assist the development director in all areas, including grant writing, grant editing, donation solicitation via ad, print, face-to-face meetings, social media, and phone; event planning from concept through execution including finding vendors and donors, securing city permits, creating all advertising design and copy, analyzing ROI, securing board and committee approvals, securing accommodations for guests and celebrity presenters, and calendar management; budget analysis; and volunteer coordination. Create and publish monthly newsletter. Update website.

Textbook

How We Write: An Essentials-Only Guide to Composition, Fountainhead Press.

Creative Fiction

“This Magic City” Tulsa People/Nimrod Flash Fiction Contest.

Journal Articles

“Going Off the Grid: Re-Examining Technology in the Basic Writing Classroom.” New York College Learning Skills Association. Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, v31 n2 p20-25 Spr 2015.

“Low Spoon Teaching: Labor, Gender, and Self-Accomodation in Academia.” Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature. University of Tulsa Press.

“The Necessary Labor of Naming and Respecting Chronic Anger.” Chronically Academic. 10 Dec. 2019

Book Contribution

“A Work No One Hero Could Create Alone.” Children's and YA Books in the College Classroom: Essays on Instructional Methods. Emily Dial-Driver (Author, Editor), Jim Ford (Editor), Sara N. Beam (Editor). McFarland: 2015.

Invited Talk

“Writing Companions – The Joy of Minds Creating Together” (with Dr. Sara Beam). Nimrod Conference for Readers and Writers, Tulsa, OK, 2019

Presentations

“Substitute History: Use of MASH in In-Country.” University of Tulsa Conference, 2006. Tulsa, OK

“The Longest Wait: Teaching Waiting for Godot to High School Students.” University of Tulsa Conference, 2007. Tulsa, OK

“Going off the Grid: Re-Examining the Use of Technology in the Basic Writing Classroom.” National Association for Developmental Educators (NADE), 2014. Dallas, TX

“A Work No One Hero Could Create Alone.” American Popular Culture Association, 2015. New Orleans, LA

“Master of One: Skills Based Peer Mentorship in the Developmental Classroom.” NADE, 2016. Anaheim, CA.

“Low Spoon Teaching: Accommodating Our Disabled Selves as Educators.” NADE 2017. Oklahoma City, OK.

“Process > Terror: Teaching Students to Believe in the Writing Process Through Example.” NADE 2018. National Harbor, MA.

“Ready or Not! How We Went Coreq All at Once” Oklahoma Association for Developmental Educators, 2018. Tulsa, OK

“Ready or Not! How We Went Coreq All at Once” National Association for Developmental Education, 2018. Atlanta, GA

Awards:

Teaching Assistant, University of Tulsa (2003-2005)

Chapman travel grant, University of Tulsa (2004)

Tutor of the Year, University of Tulsa (2004)

Travel grant, Rogers State University (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)

Community Involvement:

Past Representative for Booker T. Washington High School, Tulsa Classroom Teachers Association

Past Board Member, Oklahomans for Equality

Campaign team, Mykey Arthrell for City Council

Volunteer, Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma

Volunteer, Lori Decter-Wright for City Council

Memberships:

Alpha Omicron Pi Fraternity

Order of Omega Honors Society

Sigma Tau Delta Honors Society

National Organization for Student Success

Oklahoma Association for Developmental Educators

Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma

Order of the Eastern Star

Oklahomans for Equality

Special Skills:

Grant writing

Public relations

Technical writing

Business writing

Business etiquette and communications

Newsletter design, writing, and layout

Instructional design

Curriculum development

Google Suite

Jenzabar

Blackboard

Canvas

Microsoft Suite

InDesign

DreamWeaver