E D U C A T I O N
Teaching License Secondary English, University of Colorado Denver 2011
Passed Praxis II Received a Recognition of Excellence for top score ETS, November 2010
M.A. English State University of New York at Buffalo 2005
B.A. English Cum Laude, State University of New York at Fredonia 2000
E X P E R I E N C E
Teacher Candidate, Aurora Central High School 2010
Aurora South Middle School 2011
*11th grade English, English 11 Co-op, ELD5, ELL, 7th grade English, and 8th grade Co-op.
*Readers/Writers Workshop, direct and indirect instruction, co-teaching with a SPED teacher.
*Standards based grading using Infinite Campus.
Technical Director, Great Education Colorado 2007-2011
*Oversaw all technology endeavors and related communication.
Ontologist, Local Matters, Inc. 2005-2007
*Manipulated and categorized large amounts of linguistic data.
Faculty, D’Youville College Fall 2004
*Taught critical thinking course, “The Language of Protest and Social Reform.”
*Examined how humans function amid webs of information that shape the way we live & die.
Faculty, Buffalo State College Fall 2004
*Taught English 101: Composition.
*Emphasized the writing process, revision, and student conferences.
Faculty, State University of New York at Buffalo 2003-2004
*Taught advanced composition
*Independently designed and instructed course around the theme of the American dream.
Faculty, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, P.R. China, 2001-2002
*Taught high school and college ESL courses.
*Recorded audio for the college English test.
R E C E N T P R E S E N T A T I O N S
Google Apps for the Middle Schooler, Professional Development, Aurora South Middle School, Aurora,
Colorado, March, 2011.
Te(a)ch-nology in the Urban Language Arts Classroom, National Council of Teachers of English Annual
Convention, November, 2011 (forthcoming).
L A N G U A G E S S P O K E N
Spanish
Mandarin Chinese
C OM MU N I T Y S E R V I C E
Volunteer, Backpack for Kids Program, Aurora South Middle School 2011
Cofounded with my cohort of teacher candidates and the family liaison, I pick up food on
a weekly basis from the Food Bank of the Rockies to be distributed to families in need.
Mentor, Daniel’s Fund Scholarship, Aurora Central High School 2010
Mentored a high school senior through the year long process of applying for
the Daniel’s Fund Scholarship, a scholarship that provides full tuition and a
stipend to a university in the US. Student is currently a semi-finalist.
Advisor / Editor, University of Colorado Denver Medical School Students 2008-2009
Advised on, and edited, content for university students’ Statement of Purposes
for medical school, and personal statements for medical residency and medical
fellowships.
Director, summer reading group, affiliated with the Graduate Americanist Group 2003
Mark Twain defines a classic as, “something that everybody wants to have read and
nobody has read.” We chose to study Melville’s Moby Dick
Organizer, “Howl and other poems” 2003
Poetry in the park to commemorate the Beat poet and Berkeley professor Allen Ginsberg
in an outdoor, group reading of “Howl”
P R O F E S S I O N A L A F F I L I A T I O N S
National Council of Teachers of English
Colorado Language Arts Society
C OM P U T E R
Infinite Campus, Moodle, Google Apps (docs), Smart Boards, WordPress, Blogger, Photoshop, Blackboard,
Windows, OSx, Linux
R E F E R E N C E S
Available