Committees
Departmental Committees:
- Composition Steering Committee, Member
- Literature Committee, Chair
Division Committees:
- Liberal Arts Division Curriculum Committee, Member
College-wide Committees:
- Great Read Series, Chair
- Essai (Student Academic Research) Committee, Member
- Digital archive of past issues: https://dc.cod.edu/essai/
- Inclusive Pedagogy Community of Practice, Member
Faculty Senate, Senator (2025-Present)
Professional Development
Completely re-designed and re-structured the faculty composition resource website:
Built the ENGLI 1101 and ENGLI 1102 Resources and Guidebook alongside Aleisha Balestri.
Assisted in creating the Composition Mission Statement, including Resources: Found Here
Organized and Hosted Workshops For Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty
- Linguistic Diversity in Student Writing: Equitable Response and Assignment Design, Spring 2024 (In partner with WRSA)
- View Google Slides here
- Alternative Grading Practices, Spring 2024 (In partner with Jill Grauman)
- Teaching Graphic Narratives, Fall 2023 (panel through the COD Library)
- Inclusive Syllabus Policies, Fall 2023 (In partner with Jill Grauman)
- Understanding the Course Outcomes: Developing a Guidebook, Spring 2023 (In partner with Aleisha Balestri)
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