Teaching

Teaching Experience

Instructor, Bard Prison Initiative, Bard College, Jan. 2023-Present

Teaching Assistant, Department of Global Gender Studies, University at Buffalo, Aug. 2019-Present

Lecturer, Buffalo State College, College Writing Program, Department of English, Aug. 2018-May 2019; Aug. 2021-Feb 2022

Teaching Artist, Just Buffalo Literary Center, Mar. 2017-May 2017

Substitute Teacher, Futures Academy, Buffalo Public Schools, Jan. 2017-May 2017

Part-time Instructor, Depts. of English and Communication, Spoon River College, Aug. 2015-May 2016

Adjunct Instructor, Dept. of Fine Arts & Humanities, Carl Sandburg College, Aug. 2015-May 2016

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of English and Journalism, Western Illinois University, Aug. 2012-May 2014

Teaching Support Assistant, University Writing Center, Western Illinois University, May 2013-July 2013

Writing Consultant, University Writing Center, Western Illinois University, Aug. 2012-May 2014

Courses

GGS 360: Women and Health: Problems and Practices; University at Buffalo; Fall 2023

Complaints and Disorders: The Politics of Health and Illness; Bard College; Bard Prison Initiative; Fall 2023 (course named after Barbara Ehrenreich’s and Deidre English’s 1973 publication)

GGS 109: Introduction to Sexuality Studies; University at Buffalo; Spring 2023

GRS: Grammar, Rhetoric, and Style; Bard Prison Initiative; Bard College; Spring 2023

GGS 228: Introduction to Feminist Theory; University at Buffalo; Spring 2022 and Fall 2022

GGS 265: Sexuality and Cultures; University at Buffalo; Fall 2021 and Fall 2022

GGS 560: Women and Public Policy / Women’s Studies Internship; UB; Spring 2021 – * Note: In Partnership with the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women; University at Buffalo

GGS 379: Sex: Gender, and Popular Culture; University at Buffalo; Fall 2019 – Spring 2020

CWP 102: Research and Argumentation; Buffalo State College; Spring 2019

CWP 101: College Writing I; Buffalo State College; Fall 2018 – Present

COMM 103: Introduction to Public Speaking; Spoon River College; Spring 2016

ENG 101: Composition I; Spoon River College, Fall 2015

ENG 102: Composition II; Carl Sandburg College; Spring 2016

ENG 101: Composition I; Carl Sandburg College; Fall 2015 – Spring 2016

ENG 180: Composition I; Western Illinois University; Fall 2012 – Spring 2014

Workshops Taught

“Memoirs to (Re)Imagine Mental Healthcare.” Herstory Writers Workshop in partnership with the Coalition for Community Writing and Madwomen in the Attic, Ongoing, Spring 2021 – Present.

“(Re)defining and (Re)imagining through Memoir: A Story-Shaping Workshop,” 2021 Bi-County Empowerment Conference, Hands Across Long Island, Workshop, Forthcoming, October 2021.

“Combat of Words.” Just Buffalo Literary Center, Spring 2020.

“Gender Education for Educators: Pedagogies of Inquiry and Inclusion.” NYSEC, October 2019.

“(Re-/Un-)Writing the Identity.” Just Buffalo Literary Center, Spring 2017.