PhD - Humanities
University of Texas at Dallas - 2016
Professional Preparation
MA - Art History
Southern Methodist University - 2008
Southern Methodist University - 2008
BA - Art History
Southern Methodist University - 2002
Southern Methodist University - 2002
Research Areas
War Literature and War Studies
Memorial Architecture
Literary Analysis
Non-Fiction and Narrative Essay Writing
American and World Literature
Writing in the Arts and Humanities
COURSES TAUGHT
- LIT 4329: Single Author: Hemingway
- LIT 3319: Contexts: American War Literature
- LIT 3337: Comparisons: Literature and Art of World War I
- LIT 3339: Writing Literary Studies
- LIT 3300: Western Literary Tradition
- RHET 2302: Intermediate Composition and Rhetoric
- LIT 2341: Literary Analysis
- RHET 1302, CV Honors: Rhetoric and Composition
Awards
Victor Worsfold Outstanding Teaching Award - Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology. [2023]
Appointments
Associate Professor of Instruction
Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology [2024–Present]
Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology [2024–Present]
Assistant Professor of Instruction
School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology [2019–2024]
School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology [2019–2024]
Teaching Fellow
School of Arts and Humanities [2017–2019]
School of Arts and Humanities [2017–2019]
Presentations
“World War II as Memorial"
2012/04 Graduate Seminar Guest Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Arts & Humanities, The University of Texas at Dallas“Collecting Memory: Examining the Sixth Floor Museum’s Memory Books”
2008/04 Huber Symposium, Southern Methodist UniversityAdditional Information
Improving Your Online Course Certification
June 2021Quality Matters
ACUE Certification
May 2021Certificate in Effective College Instruction, Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), American Council on Education
Online Teaching Certification,
Spring 2019The University of Texas at Dallas
Activities
Committee on Effective Teaching
2024-2025, Chair2022-2023
Bass School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology
Committee on Faculty Mentoring
2024-PresentUniversity Senate
Undergraduate Curriculum Assessment Committee
2022-PresentLiterature Department
Committee on Effective Teaching
2022- 2024University Senate
Executive Committee
2022-2023Bass School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology
CORE Writing Committee
2021-PresentLiterature Track