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“It truly was one of the most engaging experiences my students have had this year, and I feel absolutely confident in saying that the experience created some life-long writers.”

-Amy Buss, Warren County Public Schools

How Can I Help You?

I usually volunteer for writing centers, writing programs, or general education programs, but I also have a background in K12, experiential/service learning, curriculum design/redesign, assessment, university administration, first and second year experience, prison education, conference/event planning, and university/program accreditation. I also lead norming sessions for K12 programs, new teachers, university departments or programs, and teacher preparation programs.

“Some of the attendees were in their first year and the guidelines you provided them (both in the group and the individual sessions) were excellent. I especially could relate to the astonishment of the faculty member who realized you had given him a way to improve the quality of the student’s writing as opposed to increasing the quantity of writing.”

Julia Truitt Poynter, Ph.D. Transylvania University

Sample Topics

Writing Centers

  • Community engagement
  • Accessibility
  • Mission and vision statements
  • Student Learning Outcomes
  • Online Writing Centers
  • Branding and PR
  • Undergraduate research
  • Developing community
  • Conference and event planning
  • Building regional WC associations

Writing Center Administration

  • Budgeting
  • Training and observations
  • Developing courses
  • Advisory boards
  • Hiring and payroll
  • Scheduling
  • Policy design
  • Virtual presence
  • Publishing
  • Finding community

Assessment

  • Assessment plans
  • Assessment reports
  • Norming sessions
  • Writing program assessment
  • Writing center assessment
  • Assessing writing across the disciplines
  • Student Learning Outcomes
  • Accreditation and QEPs (SACSCOC)
  • Writing or revising rubrics

University Administration

  • General Education design/redesign
  • Program design/redesign
  • Faculty Learning Outcomes
  • Prison education
  • Service learning
  • Global learning pedagogy
  • Mentoring program design
  • First and second-year experience
  • Undergraduate research

K12/University Classes

  • Assessing writing across the disciplines
  • Teaching film to young adults
  • Film/TV history
  • Food literature
  • Lightening the paper load
  • Creating a high school writing center
  • Young adult poetry workshops
  • Radical revision
  • Southern lit
  • Writing assignment design
To see my background in these areas, check out my CV page.

Selected Previous Experience

  • March 2019: Anonymous University SACSCOC 10-year Re-Accreditation Visit, QEP Outside Reviewer
  • January 2019: Transylvania University Faculty Workshop, Lexington, KY: “Writing Across the Curriculum”
  • October 2016: Blackman High School, Murfreesboro, TN, “College-level Writing Expectations”
  • August 2016: Tennessee Department of Education, TCAP State Standards Review, Reading/Language Arts
  • March 2015: Transylvania University Faculty Workshop, Lexington, KY: “Developing and Assessing Writing Assignments”

“It was a great presentation, certainly one of the most effective we’ve ever had in the history of Seminar workshops. I really enjoyed the conversations your ideas provoked and the positive tone of the comments and questions the profs offered. The faculty have been unanimous in their praise for what they considered to be a most helpful presentation.”

Steve Prewitt, Lipscomb University
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