Recent and Current Campus Activities

Teach Composition I, Composition II, The Literature of American Popular Music, Honors Creative Writing, Latino Literature, American Literature, Masterpieces of Cinema, Introduction to Fiction, and Introduction to Literature as well as various Honors Forum classes and a yearly Honors Seminar.

Work on Assessment Committee Reviewing Sample Papers from Revolving Samples of All Sections of Composition I and II

Chair Peer Review Panel for Health and Wellness Assistant Professor Shannon Baisden

Serve in a Three-Year Capacity as Honors Faculty Fellow, Developing the Honors Program, Co-leading Professional Learning Days Workshops, Teaching Honors Seminars and Classes, and Writing a History of Honors at JCCC, Represented Our School in 2024 National Collegiate Honors Council Luncheon

Serve as Secretary for the Faculty Association

Work as an Advisor to the Student Media Center

Serve on the English Program Elections Committee

Volunteering with Spring 2025 Cavalier Conference, Including a Panel with Greg Luthi, Sam Bell, and Bob Sykora on the Importance of Storytelling

 

Past Activities–

Served as an Unofficial Advisor to the Cav Mag Effort in Spring 2024, which led to my current Student Media Center Work

Worked with English for Academic Purposes Hiring Committees

Judged Publications Award, 2024

Judged Honors Symposium, 2024

Participated in Employee Engagement Focus Group

Participated in Individual Classes for an Honors American Studies Course on Hamilton

Member of Campus-wide Cultural Competency Council Discussion Group

Co-chair of Campus-wide Joint Workload Committee for 5 years

Peer Review Committee for Communication Studies Professors Ashley Vasquez and Justin Stanley, EAP Professor Kate Austin, and Journalism Professor Michael Price

In Collaboration with the JCCC Foundation, Hosted Austin Singer-Songwriter Darden Smith for Student Writing Workshops, October 2015

Advisor to Latinos United Now and Always (LUNA) for 5 years

Worked as an Interim Advisor for the JCCC Black Student Union for 2 Semesters

In 2010, Worked with Author Sam Quinones on Writing Workshops with My Students Launching the Website, Tell Your True Talehttp://tellyourtruetale.com/

Diversity Fellow and Diversity Program Director from 2009–2011, Continue to Advise Campus Diversity Initiatives

Have Consistently Attended Multiple PLD Sessions During In-Service Days as well as Throughout Each Semester, Including Various Workshops, Talks, Beg, Borrow & Steal Sessions, Assessment Sessions, and Center for Teaching and Learning Activities