CURRICULUM VITAE
CV
My official CV:
(revised 8/2019)
Skills
Courses
Taught
Teaching Assistant,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Fall 2019
ENG 101 - Intro to College Writing
English Instructor,
Central Georgia Technical College, Milledgeville, GA
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Summer 2019
ENGL 1101 - Composition and Rhetoric (online)
ENGL 1101 - Composition and Rhetoric (telepresenced)
ENGL 1102 - Literature and Composition (online)
ENGL 2130 - American Literature (online)
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Spring 2019
ENGL 1101 (dual enrollment)
ENGL 1102 (dual enrollment)
ENGL 2130 (dual enrollment, two sections)
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Fall 2018
ENGL 1101 (dual enrollment, two sections)
ENGL 1102 (dual enrollment, two sections)
ENGL 2130 (dual enrollment)
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Summer 2018
ENGL 1101 - Composition and Rhetoric (online)
ENGL 1101 - Composition and Rhetoric (telepresenced)
ENGL 1102 - Literature and Composition (online)
ENGL 2130 - American Literature (online)
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Spring 2018
ENGL 1101 (dual enrollment)
ENGL 1102 (dual enrollment)
ENGL 2130 (dual enrollment, two sections)
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Fall 2017
ENGL 1010 (online)
ENGL 1101 (dual enrollment, two sections)
ENGL 1102 (dual enrollment, two sections)
ENGL 1102 (online)
ENGL 2130 (dual enrollment)
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Summer 2017
ENGL 1010 (online)
ENGL 1101 (online, two sections)
ENGL 1101 (telepresenced)
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Spring 2017
ENGL 1101 (dual enrollment)
ENGL 1101 (online)
ENGL 1101 (telepresenced)
ENGL 1102 (dual enrollment)
ENGL 2130 (dual enrollment)
ENGL 2130 (online)
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English Adjunct Instructor,
Central Georgia Technical College, Milledgeville, GA
Fall 2016
ENGL 0090 (Mini-semester course, October-December)
ENGL 0098 (Full semester class)
ENGL 1010 (Mini-semester courses, two sections)
Summer 2016
ENGL 0090 & ENGL 0098 - Learning Support English / English III (stacked class)
ENGL 1010 - Fundamentals of English I
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Spring 2016
ENGL 0090 & ENGL 0098 - Learning Support English / English III (stacked class)
ENGL 0098 - English III
ENGL 1010 - Fundamentals of English I
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Teaching Assistant,
Georgia College, Milledgeville, GA
Fall 2016​
ENGL 1101 - English Composition
Teaching
Research
Writing
Proofreading
Customer Service
Presentations
Languages
English
Reading fluency in Spanish
Non-Teaching Employment
Standardized Testing Scorer, Pearson
Spring - current (seasonal)
I am employed seasonally by Pearson, where I score the Reading section of the SAT remotely.
Assistant to Dr. Bruce Gentry
Spring - Summer 2016
I edited the Flannery O'Connor Review (vol. 14, August 2016) and completed clerical work for the NEH Institute at Georgia College.
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Non-Fiction Editor
May 2015 - May 2016
I served as the Non-Fiction Editor for The Peacock's Feet, the Georgia College Student Literary Journal for a year during my MA program.
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Assistant Researcher to Dr. Robin O. Harris
Spring - Summer 2016
I updated the Julia A. Flisch Collection located in the Georgia College Special Collections. I was aided this professor with personal research for her upcoming book.
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Standardized Testing Rater, Educational Testing Service
December 2015 - current
I am currently working as an online standardized test rater for Educational Testing Service. I was hired in December of 2015 and then again in March of 2016 to rate the Texas STAAR standardized test. My duties include assessing students' short answer responses for the following: the use of evidence and a deeper understanding of the text (beyond a literal reading).
Graduate Assistant, Special Collections, Georgia College & State University
February 2015 - May 2016
I was the Graduate Assistant at Special Collections in the Ina Dillard Russell Library in Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, Georgia for three semesters. My duties included assisting students, faculty, and other researchers to find materials they are searching for, archiving and cataloguing collections, organizing collections, and so on. Our Special Collections is most known for the Flannery O'Connor collection, including many of the author's manuscripts and letters and her own personal library.
Front of House Manager, Amici Food Group
​July 2012 - November 2015
I was hired at Amici Milledgeville in July 2012 and worked for Amici until November of 2015, but I was the Front of House Manager from 2014 to 2015. My duties included making the schedules for the front of house staff, ensuring the employees were both on time and efficient in their own duties, ensuring customer satisfaction during every shift, etc. I handled most of the social media for Amici during this year as well.
Peer Writing Consultant, Georgia College & State University
​January 2015 - May 2015
I was hired as a Peer Writing Consultant through the Writing Center at Georgia College. My duties included editing the papers of both undergraduate and graduate students per their request. I edited for grammar, content, continuity, and organization.
Education
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
August 2019 - tbd
Studying 20th and 21st century American literature and ecocriticism.
Minerva Scholar
Moore Fellowship recipient
Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
​January 2015 - December 2016
Master of Arts in English literature and language.
4.0 GPA.
Master's thesis entitled "'In Case His Vision Should Ever Become Dim': Annie Lee Jackson’s Wise Blood." Successfully defended.
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Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA
August 2010 - December 2013
Graduated with Honors in English in three and a half years. Minor in Spanish language.
3.89 major GPA.
Undergraduate thesis entitled "'The Weight of Centuries Lies on Children': A Study of Flannery O'Connor's Children." 2013.
Conference Presentations
Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment Biennial Conference
June 2019, University of California at Davis, will present a paper entitled "Sea as M(other): Deep Ecology in Whitman's "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking."
Society for the Study of Southern Literature 50th Biennial Conference
February 2018, University of Texas at Austin, presented a paper entitled "Place, Self, and Time in S-Town: An Ecocritical Approach to the Investigative Journalism Podcast."
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Women's and Gender Studies Symposium
April 2017, Georgia College, presented a paper entitled "Feminine Trees in Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood."
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College English Association 48th Annual Conference
April 2017, Hilton Head, South Carolina, presented a paper entitled "Hoi Toide on Ocracoke: An Ecocritical Approach to the Island's Brogue."
Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900
February 2017, University of Louisville, Kentucky, presented a paper entitled "'There's no place like home': Region and Place in O'Connor's and Huston's Versions of Wise Blood."
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South Atlantic Modern Language Association Annual Conference
November 2016, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Jacksonville, Florida, presented paper entitled, "'The misery he had was a longing for home': Flannery O'Connor and Hazel Motes."
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American Literature Association Annual Conference
May 2016, American Literature Association, San Francisco, California, presented paper entitled “Erasing Annie Lee Jackson: O’Connor in Iowa."
Student Research Conference
April 2016, Georgia College & State University, presented paper entitled “‘Where You Come From is Gone’: Hazel Motes’s Mother in John Huston’s Wise Blood."
Women’s Studies Student Symposium
March 2016, Georgia College & State University, presented paper entitled “Erasing Annie Lee Jackson: O’Connor in Iowa."
Flannery O’Connor and Other Southern Women Writers: A Celebration and Scholarly Conference
September 2015, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA, presented paper entitled "Annie Lee Jackson in the Wise Blood Manuscripts."
Student Research Conference
April 2015, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA, presented a section from “‘The Weight of Centuries Lies on Children’: A Study of Flannery O’Connor’s Children,” Undergraduate Thesis.
Honors, Scholarship, & Membership
Honors & Scholarship
Minerva Scholar, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Summer 2019
Moore Fellowship Recipient, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Summer 2019
Sarah Gordon Award, Flannery O’Connor Review, November 2016
Phi Kappa Phi, International Honor Society, March 2016-current
Sigma Tau Delta, International English Honor Society, 2013-current
Scholarship Recipient, Frances Ross Hicks Scholarship, Georgia College, Fall 2016
Scholarship Recipient, Jessie O. Smith Endowed Scholarship, Georgia College, Fall 2016
Grant Recipient, Spring 2016, English & Rhetoric Department, Georgia College
Grant Recipient, Fall 2016, Student Government Association, Georgia College
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Membership
Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, April 2017-present
College English Association, April 2017-present
Society for the Study of Southern Literature, October 2016-current
Flannery O’Connor Society, September 2016-current
National Council of Teachers of English, September 2016-current
Modern Language Association of America, August 2016-current
South Atlantic Modern Language Association, August 2016-current
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References
Bruce Gentry, Professor of English, Thesis Director, Georgia College, bruce.gentry@gcsu.edu, 478-445-6928
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Katie Simon, Associate Professor of English, Georgia College, katie.simon@gcsu.edu, 478-445-5564
Jennifer Flaherty, Associate Professor of English, Georgia College, jennifer.flaherty@gcsu.edu, 478-445-3180
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Scott Hughes, Division Head - Language Arts/Humanities, Central Georgia Technical College, 478-757-2564, shughes@centralgatech.edu
Ryan Horadan, Instructor and Student Success Coach, Central Georgia Technical College, 478-445-2324, rhoradan@centralgatech.edu