My research, teaching, and tutoring experiences focus on the social and political impact of learning to read, write, and think critically as a lifelong process. I am invested in exploring how the college setting refines, challenges, and supports individual literate practices that students bring to classrooms, and particularly to cosmopolitan campuses. 

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EDUCATION 

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Ph.D. in English with a focus on African American Literature, English Language-Learning theory, and First Year Writing

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     “Students’ Right to their Own Literacies: Using Models of Literacy in  African American Literacy Narratives for First Year Writing”

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Master’s in English from Villanova University

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     "‘Look Where Your Hands Are. Now.’ Morrison's Encounters with Textual Traditions and Re-Membering the Past,” defended with                          Honors. 

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Bachelor’s In English and French (Double Major)

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      Study Abroad-Université Laval-Intensive immersion program in Quebec City, Canada. 

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TUTORING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

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Interim Assistant Director for Learning Services at Jefferson University, East Falls Campus

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Interim Assistant Director for Writing Services at Jefferson University, East Falls Campus

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Graduate Assistant to Writing Center’s Conversation Partners Program at Temple University

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Professional Writing Tutor at Jefferson, East Falls, formerly Philadelphia University)

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Graduate Assistant to the First Year Writing Director at Temple University