EDUCATION
ABD,
Wayne State University, Prospectus Exam in December 2007
Master
of Arts in English, The University of Toledo, May 2000
Bachelor
of Arts in English, magna cum laude, Adrian
College, May 1998
PUBLICATION
“Women Alone: Carmilla and ‘Goblin Market’” in Victorian Sensations: Essays on “Extravagant
and Unnatural” Fiction. Ed Richard Fantina and Kimberly Harrison. Columbus : Ohio State
CONFERENCES
“The Politics of Home
in Robin McKinley’s Damar Fiction” 17 November 2007 at the Fantasy Matters
Conference in Minneapolis, MN.
“‘I Would Have Her
Branded on the Face’: Rosa Dartle's Misplaced Anger in David Copperfield” 25
September 2005 at the Midwest Conference on British Studies, South Bend, IN.
“If Only for a Moment:
The Fleeting Power of Women in Zofloya and
Zastrozzi” 13 August 2005 at the
International Gothic Association, Montreal ,
Quebec
“Women Alone: Carmilla and ‘Goblin Market’” 6
March 2004 at the Northeast Modern Language Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
“‘And not take me with
you?’: Marginality and Belonging in Eliot’s Daniel
Deronda” 7 November 2003 at the
Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, IL.
TEACHING AND RESEARCH
POSITIONS
Adjunct Instructor,
Monroe County Community College, 2012 to present
Part-time Instructor,
Wayne State University, 2002-2003, 2006 to present
Graduate Teaching
Assistant, Wayne State University, 2003-2006
Research Assistant to
Cannon Schmitt, Wayne State University, 2002-2003
Adjunct Instructor,
Jackson Community College, 2000-2002
Adjunct Instructor,
University of Toledo, 2000-2002
Teaching Assistant,
University of Toledo, 1998-2000
COURSES TAUGHT
Monroe County Community
College
Basic Writing
Students
are placed into this coursed based upon their COMPASS scores. The class is designed to help them develop
strong sentences and paragraphs, with a short paper as the culmination of the
course. The paper is graded by peers
within the department, and the class is a pass/fail.
English Composition I
Structured
around the idea that this may be the only writing class students at MCCC take,
the students write six papers in variety of rhetorical genres in order to
master the skills they will need in other classes.
English Composition II
This
class teaches students the requirements of academic research. Students complete two research papers.
Wayne State University
Introduction to Writing
A
General Education Basic Composition requirement designed to help students
master the requirements of college level writing.
Basic Writing
This
class is designed for students who are not yet writing at the college level; it
is taught as a pass/fail.
Intermediate Writing
Meets
the General Education Intermediate Composition requirement; students read essays
and other non-fiction writing to work as a basis for their analytical writing.
Fiction: Literature and
Writing
This
class also met the General Education Intermediate Composition requirement;
students studied literature and used it as the basis for analytical writing.
English Literature:
1700 to the Present
A
survey course split between a lecture section led by Cannon Schmitt and smaller
discussion sessions which I led.
Jackson
Community College
Introduction to Writing
Worked
with basic writers to bring their writing up to college level. (January-May
2001)
Reading
Essentials/College Reading
Course
designed to help students with reading problems reach a college reading level,
as determined by a standardized test at the end of the semester.
Writing Essentials I
The
college’s required first year writing course.
Writing Essentials
II
The
college’s second semester writing course.
American Literature,
19th Century
A
survey course focusing on 19th-century American literature.
American Literature,
20th Century
A
condensed version of the 20th-century survey course taught during a
summer semester.
University
of Toledo
College Composition I
A
first year college composition course, using various texts as determined by the
department.
College Composition
II: Books and Ideas
A
second semester writing course where the instructor designed all aspects of the
syllabus. One syllabus relied on modern retellings of fairy tales and one made
use of philosophical essays. Both courses
were created to encourage students to write about the underlying ideas within
given texts.
SERVICE
Undergraduate
Committee, Wayne State University (August 2004-May 2005)
GRADUATE COURSEWORK
Wayne State University:
ENG 7250: Studies in
Romantic Literature: The Shelley Circle
ENG 7590: Topics in
English and American Literature: Victorian Imperialism
ENG
7260: Studies in Victorian Literature: The Occult and Strange Journeys
ENG
7400: Studies in American Literature, 19th Century: The Home
ENG
7040: Teaching of Writing
ENG
8390: Seminar English Literature: Romantic Women Writers
ENG
7550: Studies in Comparative Literature: The Gothic
ENG
8050: Critical Problems: Ethnographic Studies
The
University of Toledo:
ENGL
5230: British Fiction Later 19th century
ENGL
5790: Research in English
ENGL
5860: Studies in an American Author: Edith Wharton
ENGL
6010: Seminar: English Instruction of Composition
ENGL
5540: 20th century British Literature
ENGL
5750: History of Literary Criticism
ENGL
5980: Hispanic American Literature
ENGL
6980: European Realism
ENGL
5090: Current Writing Theory
ENGL
5500: British Romantic Literature
ENGL
5860: Studies in an American Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
ENGL
6460: Seminar: Restoration and 18th century Literature
ENGL
5620: American Literary Romanticism
ENGL
5780: Contemporary Literary Theories
ENGL
6990: Independent Study: Shakespeare
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