Literary Citizenship

Recent Professional Presentations and Events

Book Review for Journal of Writing Assessment's Reading List

“Teaching Rhetoric Without a License” in Threshold Conscripts: Rhetoric and Composition TAships

Published a review of Jessica Nastal, Mya Poe, and Christie Toth’s book, Writing Placement in Two-Year Colleges: The Pursuit of Equity in Postsecondary Education, which was published in the Journal of Writing Assessment's Reading List.

“Teaching Rhetoric Without a License” in Threshold Conscripts: Rhetoric and Composition TAships

Short narrative focused on experience as a new teaching associate and how being vulnerable with students led to empathy and engagement in the course

Cal Open Educational Resources 2023 Conference

Attended sessions focused on OER efforts and impact across California's three public higher education systems, the California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California

Online Teaching Conference 2023

Cal Open Educational Resources 2023 Conference

Participated in various sessions and talks focused around online teaching practices, creating equitable and accesible online classes, and the use of AI in the college writing classroom

Professional Presentations and Events

Orange County School of the Arts Career Expo - Careers in Education Panel

March 24th, 2023

Spoke on a panel at OCSA Career Expo, as both a college professor and a high school creative writing instructor, highlighting both the triumphs and tribulations of the field

Orange County School of the Arts Faculty Open Mic Night

Orange County School of the Arts Career Expo - Careers in Education Panel

March 21st, 2023

Crafted and presented a spoken word poem titled “Word Nerd” in front of an audience of creative writing colleagues and students

National Council of Teachers of English 2022 Annual Convention

Orange County School of the Arts Career Expo - Careers in Education Panel

National Council of Teachers of English 2022 Annual Convention

Participated in various sessions across three days focused on topics such as pedagogy in diverse classrooms, trigger warnings, and creating better open education resources

UCSD Literature Alumni Panel

Conference on College Composition and Communication 2022 Convention Presentation

National Council of Teachers of English 2022 Annual Convention

May 9th, 2022

Invited by the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the UCSD Literature department to speak to current students about post-graduate life and advice on potential career paths

Conference on the American Short Story

Conference on College Composition and Communication 2022 Convention Presentation

April 19th, 2022

Celebrated the reading and writing of short fiction in the United States and encouraged conversations about how stories make sense of the world and what it means to be human

Conference on College Composition and Communication 2022 Convention Presentation

Presented paper, “Fanfiction as Community Space,” under the Social Justice Pedagogies panel of the 2022 CCCC convention

Chapman University 2021 Three Minute Thesis Competition

Conference on College Composition and Communication 2021 Convention

Presented my English MA thesis in a three-minute video format in which I effectively explained my research in a language appropriate to an audience unfamiliar with the topic

Conference on College Composition and Communication 2021 Convention

Attended sessions on a variety of topics pertaining to teaching composition at multiple levels within the university

Two-Year College English Association National Conference 2021

Conference on College Composition and Communication 2021 Convention

Association of Writers and Writing Programs 2021 and 2020 Conferences

Attended sessions on teaching in a community college classroom

Association of Writers and Writing Programs 2021 and 2020 Conferences

Southern California Writing Centers Association 2019 Tutor Conference Presentation

Association of Writers and Writing Programs 2021 and 2020 Conferences

Attended sessions on topics pertaining to both writing and the publishing industry

Southern California Writing Centers Association 2019 Tutor Conference Presentation

Project: “Negotiating Tutoring Personas in Response to Students’ Signaled Needs”

Southern California Writing Centers Association 2018 Tutor Conference Presentation

Southern California Writing Centers Association 2019 Tutor Conference Presentation

Project: “Connecting with English Language Learners Through Shared Linguistic Backgrounds”

Professional Organization Memberships

Electronic Literature Organization

The Electronic Literature Organization is dedicated to facilitating and promoting the writing, publishing, and reading of literature in electronic media

Joined: 2022

Modern Language Association

The Modern Language Association is an organization that promotes the study and teaching of language and literature

Joined: 2021

National Council of Teachers of English

The National Council of Teachers of English is an organization that brings together English educators of all levels in a community to provide support and resources

Joined: 2021

Association of Writers and Writing Programs

The Association of Writers & Writing Programs is a literary organization that provides support, advocacy, resources, and community to writers and creative writing programs

Joined: 2019