Teaching PortfolioEducation
- Purdue University: Fall 2007-Present Earning Master of Science in Education
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: 2003-2007
- Mahomet-Seymour High School, Mahomet, IL: 1999-2003
Minor, Secondary Education
- English Teacher, North White Middle School, Monon, IN: Fall 2007-Present 8th grade English, 8th grade Communications, 9th grade English, 9th grade Advanced English
- Instructor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN: Fall 2007-Present English 106: Freshman Composition, Fall 2007 - Spring 2008
- Student Teacher, Centennial High School, Champaign, IL: Spring 2007 3 12th-grade Advanced Composition classes, 1 Minority Literature class
- Student Teacher, Mahomet-Seymour Junior High, Mahomet, IL: Spring 2007 3 8th-grade English classes
- Tutor and Writing Fellow, Champaign Central High School: 2004-2005 In correlation with “Preparing Future Teachers of English for Culturally Diverse Student Bodies and Curricula: A Partnership to Support African American Academic Achievement” funded by a Community-Based Learning Grant from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Public Engagement and Institutional Relations at UIUC.
- Instructor, University of Illinois Ice Arena: 2003-2007 Learn-to-skate instructor: 2003-2007
Curriculum and Instruction 309 & 309A: Reading in Middle and Secondary Schools, Fall 2008 - Present
Kinesiology 104 head instructor and small group instructor: 2004-2007
Private Coach: 2005-2007
- Indiana Teachers of Writing Conference, Indianapolis, IN: October 11, 2008
"Keeping Place in Mind: Relocating the Writing Curriculum in a Local Environment"
- Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society member: Spring 2007-Present
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society member: Fall 2006-2007
- Golden Key Honor Society member: Fall 2005-2007
- Dean’s List Qualifier: Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2007
- National Society of Collegiate Scholars member: Fall 2004-2007