Professional Employment Experience: University/College
2023-present – eFaculty Coach, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Perform Quality Assurance of Courses for the College and recommend measures to ensure compliance with SACCOC and Federal Regulations.
  • Serve as a Non-Evaluative Reviewer and Coach for Faculty.
  • Deliver Professional Development Opportunities to improve faculty performance and the student experience.
  • Collaborate with sister campuses to bring the coaching model to their campus.
  • Design review schedules, forms for collecting and disseminating data, and processes for onboarding new coaches.
  • Collaborate in the design of Peer Developed Courses.
  • Archive Program Data to ensure continuity.
  • Perform internal Quality Matters pre-reviews with feedback designed to help courses meet the standard during a live review.


2023-present – Master and Peer Reviewer, Quality Matters

  • Review Courses for Compliance with Quality Matter Standards.
  • Lead teams of faculty, course representatives, and coordinators to complete reviews in a timely manner.


2010-present – Instructor, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Teach Freshman and Sophomore-level courses including Introduction to Argument, Introduction to Fiction, and Film Analysis.
  • Develop and teach industry focused composition modalities.
  • Participate in program evaluation and development. 


2003-present – Instructor, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Taught Freshman and Sophomore-level courses including Composition, Literature, and Technical Writing.
  • Taught Dual Enrollment: embedded and non-embedded.
  • Participated in program evaluation and development. 
  • Drafted Curriculum for Peer Developed Courses.
  • Developed Peer Developed Courses to help improve the student experience while meeting state and federal standards.


2011-2012 – Course Mentor, Western Governor’s University, Salt Lake City, Utah.

  • Provided mentoring services for students in the Presentation and Composition courses.
  • Developed curriculum as a Subject Matter Expert.
  • Recruited students through commercial development.


2003-2011 – Instructor, Brookhaven College, Farmer’s Branch, Texas

  • Taught Freshman and Sophomore-level courses.
  • Participated in program evaluation and development. 


2004-2006 – Instructor, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.

  • Taught Freshman and Sophomore-level courses.
  • Participated in program evaluation and development. 


2003-2004 – Instructor/GTA, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas

2001-2001 – Lecturer of English, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas

Professional Employment Experience: K-12 Education
2016-present – AP Capstone Reader, College Board, New York City, New York

  • Scored for AP Seminar and AP English Language.
  • Presented at the Annual Conference frequently to help build support for AP Capstone.


2012-2023 – English Teacher, Eagle Mountain Saginaw ISD, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Taught AP Literature, Language, and Capstone courses with a passing rate in each area well-above the national average.
  • Wrote and developed curriculum for use in my own courses and other areas to align with the Capstone philosophy.
  • Administrator on Duty during events or when leadership was not present.
  • Dual Enrollment Teacher and Assisted the College and Career Readiness Counselor with planning and dissemination of information to dual enrollment students.


2007-2010 – High School Teacher, Irving Independent School District, Irving, Texas

  • Taught Dual English, Senior English, and ESL courses.


Education

  • Ph.D. Rhetoric (May 2010), Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas Research: New Media Rhetoric, Composition Studies, Medieval Literature, Children’s Literature, Milton, and Professional Writing.  Dissertation Topic: New Media Symbiosis: An Analysis and Remediation of Voyeurism as a Rhetorical Tool in Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball Z.  Dissertation Director: Hugh Burns, Ph.D.
  • M.A. English (2001), Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas.  Research: College Composition, Medieval Rhetorics, and Literary Theories.  Program Director: Bill Bridges, Ph.D.
  • B.A. English (2000), University of Houston, Houston, Texas. Research: American and British Literature, Milton, and Folklore. Program Director: Carl Lindahl, Ph.D.
  • A.G.S. General (2000), Brazosport College, Lake Jackson, Texas


Teaching  Experience
Undergraduate Courses

  • Composition I/II; British Literature I/II; American Literature I/II; World Literature I/II; Introduction to Argument I/II: Popular Culture Focus, Intro to Fiction, Intro to Film, Online-Composition, and Online-Presentation. Dual Enrollment offerings.


High School Courses

  • English I, II, III, IV – On-Level, ESL, Pre-AP, and AP-Levels.  AP Capstone.  Debate. Professional Development Sessions focused on Mentoring New and Developing English Teachers in Best Practices.


Skills

  • Quality Matters Master and Peer Reviewer
  • Quality Assurance
  • Faculty Coaching
  • SACSCOC Accreditation Measures
  • Student Performance and Retention
  • Dual Enrollment Performance
  • K-16 Partnerships
  • Course Design
  • Curriculum Development
  • Communication
  • Data and Analytics
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Research
  • Appraisals
  • Program Development


 Conference Presentations and Publications
 

  • “Coach Me, Don’t Evaluate Me” [2025, Instructional Technology Council Conference, Charleston, South Carolina]
  •  “e-Faculty Coaching: Quality Assurance through Collaboration” [2024, Journal of the Instructional Technology Council, Volume 6. Issue 1]
  • “e-Faculty Coaching: Quality Assurance through Collaboration” [2024, Instructional Technology Council Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada]
  •  “Growing Pains: Building an AP Capstone Program” [2019, AP Annual Conference, Buena Vista, Florida]
  •  “Preparing Students for AP Success and College Writing” [2018, AP Annual Conference, Houston, Texas]
  • “Special Session: An Interdisciplinary Dungeon Crawl” [2018, SWPACA, Albuquerque, New Mexico]
  • “Lament of the Highborne No More” [2017, PCA, San Diego, California]
  •  “Developing Engaging, Successful, Relevant Courses in an Online Environment” [April 2016, Tarrant County College - Student Learning and Success Council, Fort Worth, Texas]
  •  “Super Saiyan Ascension the Signs Of A Hero” [2011, PCA/SWPCA, San Antonio, Texas]
  • “Redemption of the Fallen: The Voyeur’s Quest for Atonement” [2011, SCRS, Pueblo, Colorado]
  • “Remediation of Voyeurism in Dragon Ball Z” [2010, North Texas Rhetoric Federation Symposium - Rhetoric 2.0: Continuity and Change: from the Oral Tradition to the Digital Age, Denton, Texas]
  • “A Playable Tale” [2006, South Central Modern Language Association, Dallas, Texas]
  • “Playable Art” [2006, Computers and Writing, Lubbock, Texas]
  •  “Robert Louis Stevenson: Inventor of the “Mad” Man: An Analysis of Victorian Schizophrenia” [2004, Council of College Teachers of English, Beaumont, Texas]
  •  “Satanic Remorse: Aristotelian Emotion in John Milton’s Paradise Lost” [2004, International Milton Congress, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]
  •  “Satanic Fury: Aristotelian Emotion in John Milton’s Paradise Lost”[2004, North Texas Rhetoric Federation Symposium – Rhetoric of Change, Denton, Texas]
  •  “My Mamaw’s Folklore” [2001, University of Houston Folklore Project]


Certifications

  • Quality Matters Master Reviewer
  • Quality Matters Certified Peer Reviewer (Higher Education and K-12)
  • English Language Arts and Reading 8-12
  • GT Supplemental 8-12
  • ESL Supplemental 8-12
  • Principal EC-12
  • Superintendent EC-12

 
Service/Professional Activities

  • Member, Instructional Technology Council
  • Teacher of the Year: Chisholm Trail High School – 2014
  • Member, Phi Kappa Phi,
  • Member, Golden Key Honor Society
  • Former-Fellow, Schoenecke Leadership Institute for the Southwest Popular Culture Association, 2017-2018