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SUMMARY
Instructor and trainer with 11 years of experience developing and revising curricula in collaboration with faculty, administration, and subject matter experts in higher education. Designs and delivers face-to-face and online learning modules that employ best practices for accessibility, clarity, and concision. Produces a variety of audience-centered instructional materials, including print, video, infographics, and podcasts. Possesses finely tuned writing and editing skills as well as foundational knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Organizes, authors, and independently manages multiple projects within a deadline-driven environment.
SKILLS
EMPLOYMENT
Assistant Professor of Writing and Communication
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, GA
Aug. 2018-present
Freelance Editor
“editorr,” LLC., Remote
May 2020-present
Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Aug. 2015-Jul. 2018
English Graduate Instructor
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Aug. 2012-May 2014
English Graduate Instructor
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Aug. 2009-May 2011
SELECTED SCHOLARSHIP
EDUCATION
Ph.D., English
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Aug. 2011-Aug. 2015
Dissertation: “The Domestic Fantastic: Postwar American Fiction from Bradbury to Plath”
M.A., English
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Aug. 2009-May 2011
B.A., English
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Aug. 2005-May 2009
Summa Cum Laude, with Honors from the South Carolina Honors College
Minor: Linguistics
CERTIFICATES
Instructor and trainer with 11 years of experience developing and revising curricula in collaboration with faculty, administration, and subject matter experts in higher education. Designs and delivers face-to-face and online learning modules that employ best practices for accessibility, clarity, and concision. Produces a variety of audience-centered instructional materials, including print, video, infographics, and podcasts. Possesses finely tuned writing and editing skills as well as foundational knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Organizes, authors, and independently manages multiple projects within a deadline-driven environment.
SKILLS
- Education: Curriculum design, program assessment, multimodal communication, instructional material development, Universal Design for Learning
- Learning management systems: Canvas, Blackboard, Brightspace by D2L, T-Square, SCORM Cloud
- Multimedia authoring: Adobe Captivate, Canva, Piktochart, Kaltura Capture, Screencast-O-Matic, WordPress, Weebly, Wix, iMovie, Audacity, Anchor
- Virtual collaboration: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Skype
- Software: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint), Google Suite, MadCap Flare
- Web Services and Programming: HTML, CSS, basic JavaScript
EMPLOYMENT
Assistant Professor of Writing and Communication
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, GA
Aug. 2018-present
- Create and manage asynchronous online instruction modules for 100 students
- Develop SharePoint knowledge base of programmatic course materials
- Assess first-year writing program to determine course alignment with learning outcomes
- Instruct 150 students each year in professional writing, technical communication, and composition
Freelance Editor
“editorr,” LLC., Remote
May 2020-present
- Edit up to 50 documents daily, including professional emails, blog posts, and press releases
- Identify and fix spelling, grammar, punctuation, and contextual writing errors
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary team to respond to on-demand customer requests in real time
Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Aug. 2015-Jul. 2018
- Developed curriculum for the Effective Team Dynamics Project in partnership with subject matter experts in CliftonStrengths
- Edited updated edition of WOVENText, Georgia Tech’s textbook for first-year composition
- Directed assessment of first-year writing program to develop best practice recommendations
- Developed training curricula for and mentored postdoctoral fellows
- Taught 250 students about multimedia production, rhetoric, and literary analysis
English Graduate Instructor
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Aug. 2012-May 2014
- Planned annual graduate conference and managed English Graduate Organization budget
- Taught 100 undergraduates about writing through media
English Graduate Instructor
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Aug. 2009-May 2011
- Consulted and tutored in the university writing center
- Taught 100 students about first-year composition and world literature
SELECTED SCHOLARSHIP
- "Worth a Thousand Words: Assessing Infographics and Measuring Multimodal Competencies." 50th Northeast Modern Language Association Conference. Washington, DC. Mar. 2019.
- “Collaboration and Crowdsourcing: Reflecting on Group Work in the Multimodal Classroom.” 133rd Modern Language Association Annual Convention. New York, NY. Jan. 2018.
- “Assessment on a Shoestring.” Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference. Knoxville, TN. Jul. 2017.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., English
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Aug. 2011-Aug. 2015
Dissertation: “The Domestic Fantastic: Postwar American Fiction from Bradbury to Plath”
M.A., English
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Aug. 2009-May 2011
B.A., English
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Aug. 2005-May 2009
Summa Cum Laude, with Honors from the South Carolina Honors College
Minor: Linguistics
CERTIFICATES
- Adobe Captivate Fundamentals (via Udemy), May 2020
- Managing an Agile Team, University of Virginia (via Coursera), Nov. 2019
- Programming Foundations with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, Duke University (via Coursera), Sep. 2019