Education:

Ph.D. English, University of Kentucky, 2004

M.S. Instructional Technology, Bloomsburg University, 2014-Present

M.A. English, Clark Atlanta University, 1997

B.A. English, Brooklyn College, 1993

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

8/2002 – Present, Clarion University, English Department

Assistant Professor

Teaching:

• Develop lesson plans using research and scholarly publications.

• Teach courses in literature and writing with a focus on improving skills in writing, research, and analysis.

• Promote diversity through teaching, co-curricular programming, and interpersonal relationships.

• Promote rapport in order to create a constructive learning environment and effective classroom management.

• Knowledge of assessment tools and measurements for student placement and development and to improve teaching strategies.

• Teach SAT and GRE test-taking strategies.

Publication:

• Conduct historical, literary, cultural, and sociopolitical research from an interdisciplinary perspective in order to strengthen teaching expertise, subject content knowledge, complete research and publications.

• Manage and edit online publications and conduct research agenda.

• Experience in grant writing.

• Participation in academic fellowships.

• Attendance of interdisciplinary conferences in order to remain current on issues and trends in education and student development.

Mentoring

• Promote participation in co-curricular events in order to strengthen retention.

• Promote successful course matriculation in order to strengthen retention.

• Encourage student development through promoting skill building exercises and graduate school placement.

• Evaluation of student transcripts and curricular activities.

Management:

• Management of operating expenses and production of academic journals.

• Management of committees to promote productivity and task-orientation.

• Implementation of effective mentoring practices through evaluation, skill building,  and networking.

• Management of the organization and implementation of academic conferences.

2010-2012, Educational Testing Service, Inc.

External Auditor, ETS, Spring 2011-Spring 2012, SAT Item Writer, ETS, Summer 2010

Publication: Developed SAT test items, created policies to promote effective foreign language testing.

 

ASSOCIATIONS: National Council of Teachers of English, Southern Regional Education Board, College English Association

Association of Black Women in Higher Education, PASSHE Frederick Douglass Institute Collaborative

COMMUNITY SERVICE: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., New Voices Pittsburgh, National Council of Negro Women

PUBLICATIONS: Iola: The Journal of Black Women’s History and Activism

Athena: The Journal of Black Greek Letter Organizations’ History and Progress

Making Connections: A Journal for Teachers of Cultural Diversity

From the Darkness Cometh the Light: Lucy Delaney’s 1892 Slave Narrative, Manifest Destiny, and Democracy, November 2015, Linus Publications

 

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