• National Society of Arts & Letters nominee, Spring 2016
• Arts & Letters Advisory Board Graduate Student Grant Recipient, Florida Atlantic University, Fall 2015
• 2nd Place—A3 Review Quarterly Shortlist, Fall 2015
• AWP Intro Journals nominee, Nonfiction, Spring 2015
• Swann Travel Grant Recipient, Florida Atlantic University, Summer 2015

• C0-create curriculum and syllabus including guided reading and writing exercises, workshop guidelines, and supplemental reading course packet.
• Prepare and deliver large group lectures on topics such as creative nonfiction, hybrid forms, workshopping, etc.
• Critique and comment on student’s creative work
• Facilitate small group class discussion on assigned readings, peer workshopping and writing exercises
• Plan, evaluate and revise course content, workshop guidelines, assigned writing exercises and methods of instruction.

 ENC 4930: Literary Editing and Publishing

• Co-created student job descriptions and coursework for running the undergraduate literary magazine Coastlines
• Assigned, facilitated and evaluated student-run blog posts and group presentations.
• Utilized social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Trello, Blogspot, WordPress) to teach and mentor undergraduates about online branding and maximizing their reach/audience.

ENC 1101 & 1102: College Composition I & II

• Create curriculum and assignments to promote critical thinking and writing skills
• Prepare and deliver lectures on topics such as writing an expository essay, avoiding plagiarism, MLA formatting and citation, and basic textual and/or cultural analysis.
• Evaluate and grade students’ classwork, peer workshopping and multi-phase papers.
• Plan, evaluate and revise curricula, course content, course materials and methods of instruction
• Utilize technology in the classroom, including PowerPoint, YouTube, and WordPress.

 Creative Nonfiction/Memoir