Assistant Teaching Professor of English
Send a job offer directly to this candidate
I love talking about writing and considerating the nuances and beauty of language, so I pursued a PhD in English. I've served as a writing center tutor and peer writing consultant--helping others clarify their arguments and express their ideas in a supportive, encouraging way.
Currently, I teach at Penn State, where I teach first-year composition courses to eager, inquisitive students. My favorite part of teaching is helping others find their voice through pre-writing strategies, conferencing, peer review, collaborative editing, and self-reflection. I thrive in fast-paced, self-motivated environments where I can exercise my creative problem-solving skills.
Department of English, The Pennsylvania State University
Department of English, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of North Carolina Wilmington
University of North Carolina Wilmington
University of North Carolina Wilmington
PhD, English (May 2022)
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Dissertation: “Writing the Body: Sentimental Rhetoric in Nineteenth-Century Southern Women Writers’ Fiction”
Committee: Nancy Myers, Scott Romine, Maria Carla Sanchez (chair), Anne Wallace
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (May 2020)
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
MA, English (May 2017)
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Thesis Papers: “‘A Disembodied Listener’: Hawthorne’s Mesmeric Narrator in The House of the Seven Gables” and “Man-Made Menopause and Architectural Embodiment in Herman Melville’s ‘I and My Chimney’”
BA, English (May 2015)
The University of North Carolina Wilmington
Honors Thesis: “‘Many a Mighty Birth’: Maternal Imagery and the Male-Authored Womb in Moby-Dick, Edgar Huntly, and Dracula.”
