Teaching

University Courses Designed and Taught

  1. ENGL1020 – Core Composition I (First-Year Writing)
  2. ENGL2030 – Core Composition II (First-Year Writing)
  3. ENGL3084 – Multimedia Composition (Junior and senior English majors + upper-division students from other disciplines)
  4. ENGL3154 – Technical Writing (English majors + upper division students from other disciplines)
  5. ENGL3170 – Business Writing (Business School students + English Writing majors)
  6. ENGL3405 – Special Topics in Writing: Writing Personal Essay (Open to all majors)
  7. ENGL4190 – Senior Seminar in Writing (English majors)

When I’m not teaching university writing courses, I work with communities of writers around the country. Below is a list of workshops I have designed and delivered.*

Community Writing Workshops Designed and Taught

  • “Teaching Literary Nonfiction to Meet Learning Objectives in Dual Enrollment English Courses.” CU Succeed Conference. Denver, CO. August 6, 2022.
  • “Inclusive Classroom Practices.” Pedagogy workshop for dual-enrollment teachers. CU Succeed. Denver, CO. July 31, 2021.
  • “A Day in the Life: Framing Narrative.” All-levels creative nonfiction workshop. Denver Writing Project Summer Institute. Denver, CO. June 9, 2021.
  • “Presence in Online Teaching and Learning Environments.” CU Succeed. Denver, CO. July 25, 2020.
  • “Exhibits, Inventories, and Experiments in Creative Nonfiction.” All-levels creative nonfiction workshop. Denver Writing Project Summer Institute. Denver, CO. June 9, 2020.
  • “Playing with Words.” All-levels nonfiction and poetry workshop. Engadine, MI. July 17, 2019.
  • “Iterative Intertextuality in Creative Nonfiction Storytelling.” Denver Writing Project Summer Institute. Denver, CO. June 12, 2019.
  • “Imagination and Speculation in Creative Nonfiction.” Engadine, Michigan. July 11 & 18, 2018.
  • “Overcoming the Limitations of Memory in Creative Nonfiction.” Denver Writing Project Summer Institute. June 12, 2018.
  • “Overcoming the Limitations of Memory.” Bloomingdale Writers Connection, Valrico, Florida. March 7, 2018.
  • “Place as Character: Writing/Living History.” Engadine, Michigan. July 2017.
  • “Writing Short: Teaching Short Nonfiction to Youth.” Denver, Colorado. June 2017.
  • “Writing Short: Apologies in < 500 Words. “Denver, Colorado. June 2017.
  • “Writing the Northern Life.” Engadine, Michigan. July 2016.

*If you are interested in having me present a writing workshop for your community group, please reach out using the contact form on this website.

One-on-One Mentoring

To learn more about one-on-one writing consultations and manuscript editing, please reach out via the contact page. I can customize my services to meet your needs.

Sample projects:

  • Developmental editing (book and essay manuscripts)
  • Resume and cover letter developmental editing and copyediting
  • General copyediting
  • Business writing and editing
  • Instructional design