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University of Alaska Southeast,
Juneau Campus
Visiting
Assistant Professor of English (Spring 2006 - Present)
Adjunct
Instructor, via distance (Fall 2002 – Fall 2005)
Visiting Assistant Professor of English (Fall 200 - Summer 2002)
Adjunct Instructor (Spring 1997 - Spring 2000)
Creative Writing Courses
Intermediate/Advanced
Creative Writing Workshop (EN 461) (13 semesters)
Multi-genre workshop class in which students study advanced editing
techniques. May be repeated for credit so textual theme is changed each
semester.
Beginning
Creative Writing Workshop(EN 261) (10 semesters)
Multi-genre workshop for beginning writers, focusing on form, technique, and
creative reading skills. Students are introduced to critical reading as
well.
Independent Study (EN 493) (9 semesters)
Worked closely with creative writing students who wanted to focus intensively
on individual projects.
Bachelor
of Liberal Arts Thesis (EN 499) (5 semesters)
Worked closely with advanced students to help them create a chapbook-length
book of poems or stories. Several of them have used this work to submit
as a portfolio for M.F.A. programs.
Composition Courses
Advanced
Composition (EN 311) (2 semesters) (taught via distance)
This course explores the genres of creative non-fiction and discusses
advanced prose techniques such as voice, tone, the use of 1st person, and
primary research methods.
Intermediate
Composition with Modes of Literature (EN 211) (7 semesters)
(taught on campus and via distance)
A hybrid course of intermediate composition and introduction to literature.
This course is required for all bachelor's students.
Methods
of Written Communication (EN 111) (3 semesters) (taught on campus and
via distance)
The basic “freshman composition.” In this course they write four
major essays including a persuasive/research essay and two analytical
essays.
Introduction
to College Writing (EN 110) (2 semesters)
This is a basic writing course that covers a variety of modes of
essays. A unique aspect to this course is its portfolio. Students
must “pass” the portfolio in order to pass the course.
Research Writing (EN 414) (7semesters)
Worked closely with students from writing independent research papers that
ranged from 60-100 pages.
Portfolio
Writing (EN 395) (3 semesters) (taught via distance)
This course students prepare for the Junior BLA portfolio; the class is
designed to teach students advanced editing and rhetorical analysis skills.
Literature Courses
Canadian
Literature (EN 418) (1 semester) (taught via distance)
A senior-level course taught via distance that surveys a multicultural
selection of Canadian Literature written in the 20th century.
Shakespeare:
A 21st Century Perspective (EN 430) (1 semester) ( taught via
distance)
A senior-level course taught via distance that focuses on modern political
perspectives of Shakespeare’s plays. Postcolonial, Feminist and
Eco-critical criticism are used as methods of interpretation.
Literature
of the Environment: Reading the World Around Us (EN 418) (1 semester)
(taught via distance)
A senior-level course taught via distance. This course focused on
American environmental writers; two Alaskan writers “visited” the
class via the internet.
Contemporary
American Poetry
(directed study) (EN 418ds) (1 semester)
For this summer course with a small enrollment, I created an Oxford-style
tutorial class. I met with students once a week, and during that time
they presented 3-5 page analytical research papers on the book we had read
during the week. These essays formed the basis of discussion
Literature
of Alaska: Native & Non-native Perspectives (EN 293/393) (1 semester)
I invited local storytellers and members of the community to guest lecture on
current Native issues and the oral tradition. This class focused an
Alaskan environmental, political and community issues as a way to
contextualize these very modern texts.
Native
American Literature (EN 270/370) (1 semester)
A survey class beginning with oral Tlingit texts, and culminating with
Sherman Alexie's film Smoke Signals. These texts were used as a basis
for discussion of racism, community values, modern interpretation of ancient
stories, and perspectives of minority cultures. Guest speakers included
N. Scott Momaday and Paul Berg, who was involved in the Pine Ridge incident.
Survey
of British Literature I (EN 223/323) (1 semester)
A survey class covering writers from Chaucer up through Swift. Special
emphasis was placed on early feminist writers and on Shakespeare’s
Othello and the study of mixed-race marriages.
University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Sessional
Lecturer (Fall
2002 - Fall 2006)
Sessional Lecturer positions in Canada are akin to our
term positions. They are full time (6
classes a year), salaried positions renewable by year. After the third year of teaching and a
faculty evaluation, this position advances into a “Continuing Sessional
Lecturer” position which affords some seniority and more job security. I obtained Continuing status this
year. These positions come with full
retirement and insurance benefits and a shared office. Sessional Lecturers typically teach 1-2
writing courses a semester and 1-2 courses in specialty areas.
Recipient
of the Ian Fairclough Prize for Teaching 2005
This
annual prize is awarded to the English Department Sessional Lecturer with the
highest teaching evaluation scores.
The English department regularly employs 35-40 Sessional Lecturers.
Literature Courses
Poetry (EN 225) (1 semester)
A second year course introducing poetry. Instructors have full freedom
to choose the reading and theoretical approaches.
Introduction to
Literature (EN
110) (2 semesters)
A first year course designed to introduce students to literature.
Critical reading theories are introduced.
Composition Courses
Strategies for University Writing (EN 112) (2 semesters)
A first year English course that focuses on rhetorical strategies and
analytical thinking.
Technical Writing (EN 301) (2 semesters)
An upper level English course that teaches the theory and practice of
technical writing.
Pima Community College, Tucson Arizona
Adjunct Instructor (Fall 1995 - Spring 1996)
Composition Courses
Writing Fundamentals (WRT 100) (1 semester)
A basic composition class in which students began writing paragraphs and
worked up to writing a five-paragraph essay. Many of the students were
ESL students and a few had acute learning disabilities.
Writing 1 (WRT 101) (1
semester)
A composition course in which students studied various forms of the
five-paragraph essay and worked up to a small research paper.
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