Curriculum Vitae
Education
2009 Master of Arts, English Brigham Young University
2001 Bachelor of Arts, English Brigham Young University
1999 Associate of Arts, English Dixie State College
Work Experience
2009 to Present: Part-time Faculty, English Department, Brigham Young University
• Conduct classroom activities, including lesson plans and grading
• Introduce theories of rhetoric and argument for students to implement in their writing
• Teach enthymeme and logical syllogisms to help students generate arguments
• Mentor graduate instructors and teach methods of teaching advanced writing
2007 to 2009: Graduate Instructor, English Department, Brigham Young University
• Conduct classroom activities, including lesson plans and grading
• Introduce theories of rhetoric and argument for students to implement in their writing
• Teach enthymeme and logical syllogisms to help students generate arguments
• Create and teach experimental service learning sections focused on the interaction between academia and community discourses
2005 to 2007: English Learning Manager, TRiO Student Support Services, Gulf Coast Community College
• Professional tutor in English and composition
• English instructor for Summer Bridge program for incoming freshmen
• Facilitator for English grammar, punctuation, and composition workshops
2005: Counselor, Salvation Army Domestic Violence & Rape Crisis Program
• Professional counselor for victims of domestic violence
• Crisis intervention
2001-2003: Volunteer Center, Assistant Director, United Way of Utah County
• Manager of the Information & Referral and Volunteer Center
• Manager of the AmeriCorps Promise Fellow grant for the State of Utah
• Coordinator of the Sub for Santa and Angel Tree programs
Academic Honors
2008-09 Brigham Young University English Department Broadbent Scholarship
2000 Brigham Young University Spring & Summer Academic Scholarships
2000 Brigham Young University Study Abroad Scholarship
1999 Dixie College Humanities Student of the Semester, Spring
1999 2nd Place, Annie Atkin Tanner Poetry Competition at Dixie College
Presentations & Publications
2017 "Unwilling" in Moth and Rust: Mormon Encounters with Death, Signature Books
2015 "Mormon Lit Blitz Introduction" Dialogue, vol. 48, no. 1, spring 2015
2015 “‘You Wouldn’t Shoot Your Fellow Jews’: Nostalgia and Jewish Identity in Joann Sfar’s Klezmer” (collaboration with James Goldberg) in Visualizing Jewish Narrative, Purdue University Press
2010 “‘You Wouldn’t Shoot Your Fellow Jews’: Nostalgia and Jewish Identity in Joann Sfar’s Klezmer” (collaboration with James Goldberg) in Shofar, special issue on Jewish Comics
2009 Jewish American and Holocaust Literature Symposium presentation of collaborative work (with James Goldberg), “The Wild East: Nostalgia in Joan Sfar’s Klezmer”
2009 North American Levinas Society Conference presentation, “Inhabiting History: Exploring Jonathan Rosen’s Autoethnography The Talmud and the Internet”
2008 Jewish American and Holocaust Literature Symposium presentation, “Inhabiting History: Exploring Jonathan Rosen’s Autoethnography The Talmud and the Internet”
2006 Hamlet filmography (collaboration with Dr. Ace Pilkington) for Michael Flachmann's Shakespeare, From Page to Stage
2002 Twelfth Night review for the Utah Shakespeare Festival magazine, The Bard
2002 I Hate Hamlet review (collaboration with Dr. Ace Pilkington) for the Utah Shakespeare Festival magazine, The Bard
1998-1999 Contributor and assistant editor for Dixie College’s literary magazine, The Southern Quill
Service and Extracurricular Activities
2012-Present Co-editor, Mormon Lit Blitz writing contest
2008-2009 Volunteer, Brigham Young University English Graduate Conference
2008-2009 Instructor and Coordinator, first-year writing service-learning courses at Brigham Young University
2006-2007 Coordinator, Gulf Coast Community College Black History Month Essay Contest
2006-2007 Instructor, English and writing workshops for the ACT and SAT
2001-2003 CASA (Court-appointed Special Advocate), Fourth Judicial District, Utah
2001-2003 Member, Utah Mentor Network, Utah County
2000-2001 AmeriCorps Promise Fellow
2000-2001 Advisor, Utah County Youth Service Council
2009 Master of Arts, English Brigham Young University
2001 Bachelor of Arts, English Brigham Young University
1999 Associate of Arts, English Dixie State College
Work Experience
2009 to Present: Part-time Faculty, English Department, Brigham Young University
• Conduct classroom activities, including lesson plans and grading
• Introduce theories of rhetoric and argument for students to implement in their writing
• Teach enthymeme and logical syllogisms to help students generate arguments
• Mentor graduate instructors and teach methods of teaching advanced writing
2007 to 2009: Graduate Instructor, English Department, Brigham Young University
• Conduct classroom activities, including lesson plans and grading
• Introduce theories of rhetoric and argument for students to implement in their writing
• Teach enthymeme and logical syllogisms to help students generate arguments
• Create and teach experimental service learning sections focused on the interaction between academia and community discourses
2005 to 2007: English Learning Manager, TRiO Student Support Services, Gulf Coast Community College
• Professional tutor in English and composition
• English instructor for Summer Bridge program for incoming freshmen
• Facilitator for English grammar, punctuation, and composition workshops
2005: Counselor, Salvation Army Domestic Violence & Rape Crisis Program
• Professional counselor for victims of domestic violence
• Crisis intervention
2001-2003: Volunteer Center, Assistant Director, United Way of Utah County
• Manager of the Information & Referral and Volunteer Center
• Manager of the AmeriCorps Promise Fellow grant for the State of Utah
• Coordinator of the Sub for Santa and Angel Tree programs
Academic Honors
2008-09 Brigham Young University English Department Broadbent Scholarship
2000 Brigham Young University Spring & Summer Academic Scholarships
2000 Brigham Young University Study Abroad Scholarship
1999 Dixie College Humanities Student of the Semester, Spring
1999 2nd Place, Annie Atkin Tanner Poetry Competition at Dixie College
Presentations & Publications
2017 "Unwilling" in Moth and Rust: Mormon Encounters with Death, Signature Books
2015 "Mormon Lit Blitz Introduction" Dialogue, vol. 48, no. 1, spring 2015
2015 “‘You Wouldn’t Shoot Your Fellow Jews’: Nostalgia and Jewish Identity in Joann Sfar’s Klezmer” (collaboration with James Goldberg) in Visualizing Jewish Narrative, Purdue University Press
2010 “‘You Wouldn’t Shoot Your Fellow Jews’: Nostalgia and Jewish Identity in Joann Sfar’s Klezmer” (collaboration with James Goldberg) in Shofar, special issue on Jewish Comics
2009 Jewish American and Holocaust Literature Symposium presentation of collaborative work (with James Goldberg), “The Wild East: Nostalgia in Joan Sfar’s Klezmer”
2009 North American Levinas Society Conference presentation, “Inhabiting History: Exploring Jonathan Rosen’s Autoethnography The Talmud and the Internet”
2008 Jewish American and Holocaust Literature Symposium presentation, “Inhabiting History: Exploring Jonathan Rosen’s Autoethnography The Talmud and the Internet”
2006 Hamlet filmography (collaboration with Dr. Ace Pilkington) for Michael Flachmann's Shakespeare, From Page to Stage
2002 Twelfth Night review for the Utah Shakespeare Festival magazine, The Bard
2002 I Hate Hamlet review (collaboration with Dr. Ace Pilkington) for the Utah Shakespeare Festival magazine, The Bard
1998-1999 Contributor and assistant editor for Dixie College’s literary magazine, The Southern Quill
Service and Extracurricular Activities
2012-Present Co-editor, Mormon Lit Blitz writing contest
2008-2009 Volunteer, Brigham Young University English Graduate Conference
2008-2009 Instructor and Coordinator, first-year writing service-learning courses at Brigham Young University
2006-2007 Coordinator, Gulf Coast Community College Black History Month Essay Contest
2006-2007 Instructor, English and writing workshops for the ACT and SAT
2001-2003 CASA (Court-appointed Special Advocate), Fourth Judicial District, Utah
2001-2003 Member, Utah Mentor Network, Utah County
2000-2001 AmeriCorps Promise Fellow
2000-2001 Advisor, Utah County Youth Service Council