teaching
Sep-2014
Over the last fifteen years as a college writing instructor, I’ve come to approach teaching as an act of collaborative inquiry, a pedagogical movement wherein I work with students to compose critical-analytical texts. Classical rhetorical principles have long guided my pedagogy; however, as my research and teaching foci have shifted toward technical writing and professional communication, I’ve integrated a variety of approaches that emphasize rhetorical situation, design, ethos and relationality, inviting students to create texts and textual objects that are user-oriented. Whether teaching an introductory core writing course or an advanced course on documentation, my pedagogical practice reliably offers students opportunities to mature as thinkers, writers, workers and citizens.
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Division of Social Sciences and Humanities, Olympic College (Spring 2022 – Present)
ENGL101: Composition I
ENGL102: Composition II
ENGL235: Technical Writing
Department of English, Western Washington University (Fall 2019 – Spring 2022, Fall 2023 – Present)
ENGL102: Freshman Composition
ENGL302: Technical Communication
ENGL462: Special Topics in Technical Communication: Rhetoric as User Experience Design (UXD)
Department of English, Virginia Tech (Fall 2016 – Spring 2018, Spring 2021-Spring 2023)
ENGL1105: First Year Composition
ENGL1106: Academic Writing for Research
ENGL3104: Professional Communication
ENGL3764: Technical Communication
ENGL3834: Intercultural Issues in Professional Communication
ENGL3844: Writing for Digital Media: Introduction to UXD
ENGL6344: Rhetoric in Digital Environments: UXD & Qualitative User Research
Department of English, University of Nevada, Reno (Fall 2015 – Fall 2016)
CWP101: Introduction to College Writing: Digital Intellectual Properties
ENG730: The Craft of Writing: UXD
ENG401B/601B: Advanced Non-Fiction: Rhetorical Genres & Academic Publication
Writing Center Tutor
English, Writing, and Linguistics, Western Oregon University (Fall 2013 – Spring 2015)
WR135: College Writing II: Critical Analysis and Researched Argumentation
WR323: Intermediate Exposition: Collaborative Writing for Industry
WR414: Advanced Composition: Technical Communication
WR430: Historical Studies in Rhetoric and Composition: Rhetorical Theory and the History of Composition
WR496/596: Special Topics in Digital Writing
Writing Center Tutor
The Writing Program, Syracuse University (Fall 2009 – Spring 2012)
WRT105 : Practices of Academic Writing
WRT200 : Introduction to Digital Writing (pilot)
WRT205 : Critical Inquiry and Research Writing
Writing Center Tutor
Department of English, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Spring 2006 – Spring 2009)
ENGL100 : Developmental Writing I
ENGL113 : Western Humanities I (World Lit pre-1600)
ENGL115 : Western Humanities II (World Lit post-1600)
ENGL121 : Rhetoric and Composition I
ENGL122 : Rhetoric and Composition II
ESL201 : Conversational English I
Writing Center Tutor
Department of English, Northwest Whitfield High School (Fall 2004 – Spring 2006)
Freshman & Sophomore English
SUCCESS (1/2 day intensive course for traditionally underserved student populations)
Department of English & Social Studies, Calhoun County High School (Fall 2003-Spring 2004)
Economics
World History
Sophomore English
Civics