Teaching Experience

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Courses Taught:

• ENG 1301: Written Argument and Research 1
• ENG 1302: Written Argument and Research 2
• ENG 100: Introduction to College Reading and Writing

Courses Designed/Taught:

• ENG 122: College Composition - This course is described in the catalogue as "extensive practice in writing clear and effective academic prose with special attention to purpose, audience, organization, and style. Instruction in critical analysis and revision."  Although certain assignments were mandated by the university department, I had freedom to tailor this course and its readings. My version of this course focused on critical literacy and identity. Students  engaged with many academic texts, as well as multimodal texts such as graphic novels, short films, and music. Students demonstrated their understanding of the subject matter by writing five essays on various aspects of identity, language, and society from a personal perspective and connecting it to in-class discussions and readings.
• ENG 123: Writing and Research Methods - This course is described in the catalogue as "Instruction in research writing techniques and processes." I had complete freedom to design the course however I pleased, provided students produced some type of academic research project. Using all OER and free materials, I designed this course to teach students how to engage in academic research, as well as practicing methods such as literature reviews, rhetorical analysis of sources, and gathering/analyzing data. Each student chose their own unique topic, and all semester, performed assignments that scaffolded one another, ultimately producing one 10-12 page research paper.

Courses Taught:

• ENG 1301: Written Argument and Research 1
• ENG 1302: Written Argument and Research 2
• ENG 100: Introduction to College Reading and Writing

Courses Independently Designed and Taught:

• ENG 333: Honors Writing Nonfiction - Created the theme "Writing You," in which students engaged with multiple types of memoirs (written, video, music, photography, podcast, webtexts, etc.). Throughout the semester, students kept a personal blog, responding to the readings and experimenting with writing their own stories. This culminated in a large final project in which students chose one style of writing or multimodal composing in order to share their personal stories.
• ENG 406: Adolescent Literature - Focused on North American and Canadian Indigenous literature written for children/young adults. Students focused on critical reading, performing research, and forming their own unique connections and ideas between the two, ultimately resulting in a conference presentation.

Courses Assisted:

• ENG 697 (Rhetoric of Mister Rogers) - Assisted Dr. Shannon Carter in designing this Graduate Level course studying the rhetoric of Fred Rogers and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Offered as May-mini course 2021.

Courses Taught:

• ENG 3313: Children's Literature - A  children's literature survey course offered to English and Elementary Education majors. Although the materials were predetermined, I did create unique lectures, assignments, and course activities. 
• ENG 3363: Creative Writing - An upper-level creative writing course where students read and experiment with writing across multiple genres. In this course, the assignments were predetermined, but I chose and organized the course materials.

In private, one-on-one settings, I worked with students in reading, writing, and language skills with students of all ages, ranging from college students writing essays to elementary-aged children learning to read.

As an undergraduate student, I assisted two long-time and experienced English professors, Dr. Danny Alexander and Dr. Amy Alexander, with their courses. I managed grades, assignments, and records for multiple classes. I communicated with faculty, staff, and students on their behalf, worked one-on-one with students who needed assistance, and picked up valuable teaching skills. Although not a teacher myself at the time, Drs. Danny and Amy Alexander both personally shared their wisdom and teaching experience and laid the foundation for what would become my personal teaching philosophy.