Teaching and Writing CV

Education

Master of Arts: Creative Writing, Antioch University, Yellow Springs, OH, 2005

Bachelor of Liberal Arts: Mass Communications, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 2000

Associate of Fine Arts: Communications, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH, 1997

Qualifications

• Diverse professional and creative writing and editing background
• Academic background studying, writing about, and teaching English, literature, politics, and American and Native American history
• Research, citing sources, editing, and proofreading knowledge
• Knowledge and use of not only Microsoft applications, but Mac and Google as well, in addition to content and learning management systems and research databases
• Community involvement, volunteering, and interest in arts, culture, and community issues 

Writing and Publication Experience and Achievements

• Currently working on several writing/editing projects including a novel and poetry submissions, blog research and writing, including recent work as a freelance writer and copyeditor
• Locally published in Mock Turtle Zine six times since 2015
• Published online in 2016 with US News and World Report for a profile on the city of Dayton
• Published in Sinclair Community College’s Flights journal in 2015 and in 2018
• First and second place short story winner in Antioch Writers’ Workshop competition in 2014 and 2015 (with stories that later appeared in anthologies)
• Dayton Metro Library Poetry Competition first place winner in 2014
• From 2009 to 2011, freelance writer and photographer for The Bugle, Pontiac IL and placement in other competitions and misc. blog/freelance writing
• Honorable mention in 2009 for the 78th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition
• Reporter for Pontiac Daily Leader, 2004-2005, paginated Lifestyle pages using PageMaker, wrote a weekly column and news articles, took accompanying photos
• Business writing and marketing from previous employment over the years, including the creation of business documents and projects, marketing fliers and letters, and training manuals
• Antioch Writers’ Workshop attendee and scholarship winner, 2014; workfellow, 2004 and 2005

Graduate Program Studies

• Self-designed program with a focus on numerous fiction authors, American and Native American history, and politics
• In-depth study of writing, editing, and proofreading
• Researched and wrote about 100 academic papers, including a trip across the country
• Wrote several short stories, a travel piece, and a novel (thesis)

Related Teaching Experience

Present: Sinclair Community College and Clark State Community College, English Adjunct Instructor for first and second year English Composition

• Edit and proofread student essays, providing nurturing feedback that fosters retention 
• Create interesting and engaging learning activities to increase student awareness on the finer points of academic and composition writing so they can master different writing genres
• Encourage students to employ best grammar and mechanical practices in any and all writing
• Demonstrate good practices with finding sources and citing in text
• Challenge students to effectively think outside the box to expand their creativity as well as their analytical and critical thinking skills
• Observing high school instructors teaching CC+ classes for Clark State Community College
• Knowledge and use of several different classroom technologies, computer applications, and learning management systems
• Served as a Champion City Scholars volunteer and on the Adjunct Committee at CSCC

Summer 2015: Antioch College, Adjunct Instructor for a course titled Native American History and Literature

• Created engaging course material that introduced students to various genres of writing targeted at Native American history and culture, but not necessarily written by Native Americans.
• Successfully educated students not only on the social and political obstacles endured by Native Americans in the United States, but the impact and lack of documented first hand accounts over the course of this country’s history by focusing on poems, autobiographical essays, short stories, and documented historical readings surrounding the Shawnee Indians, the Navajo Code Talkers, Cherokee myths, legends, and the Trail of Tears, and the Sioux Indians (the Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee)

2000-2002 School Year: Frontier Learning Center (Educational Services of America), Co-Teacher

• Worked with at-risk youth to create diverse, engaging lesson plans with a focus on American history, English, and literature
• Assisted the front office with the creation of training materials including a staff and protocol handbook, teacher-parent correspondence