Resume

• 2005

  Annual beach clean-up in Manzanita

  Oregon

  SOLV

  Lead Volunteer

  Lead volunteer for the SAT Workshop for at-risk high school students in Portland

  and lead volunteer for the Scholarship Writing Workshops held on a quarterly basis on different college campuses in the Portland area.

  Black United Fund of Oregon

  Volunteer

  Read to and with elementary school students in Seattle Public Schools on a weekly basis

  forming trusting relationships and celebrating the joys of reading with young people.

  Reading Partners

  Volunteer

  Plant trees

  eradicate non-native species

  litter clean-up

  Friends of Trees

  Immigration Rules for International Students (F-1 visa holders)

  British and American Literature

  Academic Advising

  Knowledgeable with SEVIS database

  Admissions

  Lesson Planning

  Logic and Argumentation

  Teaching

  Editing

  Academic Integrity

  Adult Education

  Distance Learning Design and Delivery

  Curriculum Design

  Literature

  Staff Development

  Career Counseling

  Writing Tutoring

  Higher Education

  International Education

  Composition and Rhetoric

  Talbot

  South Seattle College

  Warner Pacific University

  Portland Community College

  University of Colorado

  Portland English Language Academy

  Business Wire

  Master of Arts (M.A.)

  English

  University of Colorado at Denver

• 1999

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  English

  Lewis and Clark College

• 099

  Seattle

  WA

  Teaching: all levels of pre-college English and college English. ENGL 097

  &101

  &102

  and 231 (Children’s Literature). Teach in all modalities: F2F

  hybrid

  and online. Quality Matters qualified. \n\nEngaged in program and curriculum redesign: Member of the SBCTC-sponsored ENGL&101 re-envisioning and shared-outcome creation (Problematizing ENGL&101). Co-leader of the Seattle Colleges (South

  North

  and Central) English Pathways Redesign

  which won the Innovation Project of the Year from League for Innovation

  2017. Co-creator of new Humanities course: HUM101: Issues in the Humanities. \n\nPlacement Reform: On leading team for Directed Self-Placement (DSP) initiative that will replace traditional high-stakes English placement test (at South Seattle College Fall 2019; sister campuses Winter 2020). Member of the SBCTC-sponsored Placement Reform team (Placement 360). Instituting cutting-edge placement redesign in the classroom with flexible enrollment in Bucket English course. \n\nAcademic I-BEST: Piloted and taught the first academic I-BEST English course with Communication Dept. and ESL/ABE Dept. for 2017-18 academic year.\n\nFrequent attendee and speaker at national and regional conferences--CCCC

  TYCA

  ATL

  Reading Apprenticeship.

  Tenured English Faculty

  South Seattle College

  Portland

  Oregon

  Taught College Composition and Introduction to Literature classes. Used Learning Teams as the foundation for all classes to ensure collaborative learning and ownership of one’s education. Developed and maintained online Moodle course site to complement and support the physical classroom environment.

  Adjunct English Faculty

  Warner Pacific University

  Denver

  CO

  Edited and disseminated press releases to domestic and global media using Associated Press format. Conducted continuous checks and updates of editing format style when new rules were enacted. Worked closely with various types of companies to maintain communication in a fast-paced industry.

  Newsroom Editor

  Business Wire

  Portland

  OR

  Taught Composition courses face-to-face and online (using Desire2Learn LMS). Worked as a writing consultant for the Rock Creek Campus Writing Center for the 2011-2012 academic year. Nominated as a \"PCC Woman of Distinction Award\" for 2011. Certified as an Online Course Peer Reviewer for Quality Matters. Member of the Rock Creek Campus Diversity Council; Developmental English Task Force; Educational Advisory Council (EAC); and the Project ACCEPT Task Force (Addressing the Collective Climate and Experience of Part-Timers at PCC). Awarded Staff Development Grant in Dec. 2012 for CCCC conference held in Las Vegas mid-March 2013.

  Part-Time Writing Faculty

  Portland Community College

  Portland

  OR

  Provided international students with academic and career advising. Initiated and completed the entire student visa applications (mostly for F-1 visas). Proctored placement tests and conducted new-student orientations. Traveled to Asia on an annual basis to recruit students. Formed close ties with students from a variety of international backgrounds.

  Director of Admissions

  Portland English Language Academy

  Independently taught two 100- and/or 200-level composition courses per term. Created entire course curriculum

  fashioned lesson plans to keep up with students’ writing development

  and conducted one-on-one conferences.

  University of Colorado

  Portland Community College’s Educational Advisory Council

  Membership on the EAC is a Board-appointed position

  which oversees and recommends college-wide courses

  learning standards

  policies and practices.

  Member

  Member

  Community College Humanities Association

  This taskforce was approved by PCC's EAC (Educational Advisory Council). Project ACCEPT works to explore and examine issues surrounding part-timer faculty and staff and how the current system affects the educational experience at PCC. This taskforce is an information-driven

  exploratory taskforce that focuses on both positives and tension points:\nhttps://www.pcc.edu/resources/academic/eac/ACCEPTTaskforce.html

  Founding member

  Project ACCEPT (Addressing the Collective Climate and Experience of Part-Timers) Taskforce at Portland Community College

  Member

  Conference on College Composition and Communication

  PEP=Professional Equity Program for the Conference on College Composition and Communication

  Certified as Peer Reviewer for Quality Matters (QM) Course Review for Higher Education Online Courses

  Completed the QM Applying the Rubric Workshop in October 2012

  and subsequently completed the Peer Review Course Certification Training January 2013. Currently certified as QM Peer Reviewer for Higher Education Online Courses.

  Quality Matters Program

  Staff Development Grant Award

  Awarded Staff Development Grant to attend the CCCC conference in Las Vegas mid-March 2013

  Portland Community College

  Faculty and Staff Development Department

  Nominated as the 2011 Woman of Distinction by Portland Community College’s Women’s Resource Center

  Portland Community College