Category Archives: Academic
Technicolor Third Space: Developing the AutoEthnographer Literary & Arts Magazine
“In this brief, animated autoethnography, I utilize the concept of a sociocultural third space to consider why evocative autoethnography can benefit from its own literary and arts journal.”
How Autoethnography Is Being Utilized to Support Learner Development
This manuscript – a duoethnography – seeks to examine the rationale for the increased use of autoethnography as a tool to promote/support language learner autonomy.
Project Coordinator & Writer, The Smithsonian
“In an on-going effort to challenge stereotyping, and correct the current nature of education concerning American Indians, the NMAI will devote the required scholarship to inform and assess these permanent visual statements.”
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION Interested in creative expression and psychological development, I began my education with a focus on counseling and expressive arts therapies. After some years working in public health and then international English education, I decided to pursue an interdisciplinary degree in English. One highlight of this doctoral program was the dual focus on language and…
Disrupting the MA English Thesis: Autoethnography in Advanced Literary Studies
“We will explore why and how an MA thesis director introduces autoethnography as an alternative research discourse to MA English thesis students, and examine student responses. Pedagogical implications, teaching resources, and thesis examples will be presented in order to highlight the myriad creative possibilities for using autoethnography to both celebrate and interrogate literature, literacy, and language.”
Keynote Speaker: Professional Development Opportunities for Online Students, Tiffin University
Presentations from the 1st Annual Graduate Research Conference, Tiffin University, Ohio: Keynote, “Creating Opportunities for Student Professional Development in Online Programs”; March, 2019
“He Was the One Teacher That Pushed Me the Most During My Stay Here at SNHU”
“Then came my final capstone class again. Learning from past experiences, I requested Dr. Marlen Harrison as a capstone mentor, whom I felt was the best professor I ever had at SNHU. He was the one teacher that pushed me the most during my stay here at SNHU. I knew if I worked hard and could earn a good grade for him, that it was a grade well deserved.”
Student Testimonials
A vital part of my teaching pedagogy involves metacognition and reflective writing. The following are excerpts from mid-course and final reflective letters, as well as emails and Facebook posts, written by students around the world who have taken my courses. Click the course title to view its syllabus; click the students’ names to visit their…
Philosophy of Teaching
PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHING “To love what you do and feel that it matters, what could be more fun?” In the classroom, I employ a humanizing, student-centered pedagogy where all learners’ voices are valid, and where practice, exploration and reflection are more important than perfection. My goal is to nurture a critical learning environment that honors…
Bridging Passion and Profession: Supporting Agency and Investment in Multilingual University Writers
“The authors sought to look back at the trajectory of their experiences in a second language communication and composition course in order to more deeply understand the roles of agency and investment in their own and fellow classmates’ learning.”