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Maricopa 2000-present

Currently a member of English Department Faculty (OYO) at Mesa Community College and full time Instructor at Arizona State University.

Have taught English, English Humanities, Humanities, and Reading in the Maricopa Community College District at Scottsdale Community College Fall 2000 through Fall 2005 (Traditional, Blackboard-Enhanced; ENG 071, 101, 102; Business Grammar, Workforce Development) and Mesa Community College Spring 2006 to present (Traditional, WebCT-Enhanced, Online; ENG 081, 091, 101, 102; ENH 254), while also teaching first at Rio Salado College in 2001 (Distance; ENG 101, HUM 210) then at GateWay Community College Summer 2003 through Spring 2006 (Traditional, Blackboard-Enhanced; RDG 081, 091, ENG 071, 101, 102).

Previously worked for KJZZ-KBAQ (Rio Salado College) from 2001 to 2011, first in the Development Department (2001-2004 as Newsletter Editor and On-Staff Writer), then in Programming (2004 to 2011 as Production Assistant for "Those Lowdown Blues").

Other Teaching Experience

Instructor, Department of English, Arizona State University Fall 2005 through Spring 2010 (Traditional, Online, Hybrid; WAC 101, Stretch 101; ENG 101, 102, 105, 301, 302)

English Faculty, Paralegal Program, Long Technical College, East Valley 2004-2005 (Comp I, Comp II)

English Instructor, Vietnam Volunteers of Arizona in collaboration with the Refugee Resettlement Program, International Rescue Committee, Catholic Social Services, and the Lutheran Social Ministry of the Southwest 2001-2002 (Traditional; ESL Level 1)

Faculty Training and Student Tutoring

Teaching Fellow, Center for Teaching and Learning, Mesa Community College, Fall 2007-present (Plagiarism and Turnitin.com Workshops)

Writing Tutor, Writing Center, Mesa Community College, Summer 2006, 2007, 2008, Spring 2009

Faculty Training Instructor, Center for Teaching and Learning, GateWay Community College, Spring 2005 through Spring 2006 (Turnitin.com Workshops)

Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Collaboration between English Dept and Radiography Dept, GateWay Community College, 2004-2005

Current Committees

College: Developmental Education Committee, E-Learning Committee, Student Success Committee, Women's Studies/Women's History Month Committee

Department: Developmental Education Committee, Composition Committee, Humanities Committee

Previous Committees and Service Work

Judge, MCC All-Academic Team, 2007, 2008, 2010

MCC Representative, Adjunct Faculty Association Board, Fall 2006 through Summer 2010

Writing Programs Self-Study Committee, ASU, 2009-2010

Faculty Associate Representative, Writing Programs Committee, ASU, 2008-2010

College Leadership Team, MCC, 2008-2010

International Film Festival Committee, MCC, 2007-2010

Teaching & Learning With Technology Committee, MCC, 2008

Student Outcomes Committee, MCC, 2008

Humanities Faculty Professional Learning Community, MCC, 2007-2008

ENG101 Textbook Committee, SCC, 2005

ENG101 Assessment Committee, SCC, 2004-2005

Turnitin.com Research & Implementation Project, GWCC, 2004-2005

ENG102 Assessment Committee, SCC, 2004-2005

Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society Vice-President, MCC, 1995-1996

Associate Editor, Fiction, Hayden's Ferry Review, ASU, 1994-1996

Literacy Outreach Vice President, Co-Founder, ASU 1994-1995

Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society Treasurer, MCC, 1994-1995

Mesa Community College Parent's Association President, MCC, 1992-1993

Master of Arts, English, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, Thesis: “’Kaleidoscopic’ Historiography: Time and Reference in the Novels of Penelope Lively”

Bachelor of Arts, English (Humanities Minor), Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 1997

Associate of Arts, Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona, 1993