Ph.D. in English, emphasis in Rhetoric and Composition, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas. Dissertation: Defining Eloquence for a People: The Lyceum Impulse in the Old Dominion. Director: Richard Leo Enos. May 2003.
M.A. in English, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 1990. Thesis: Biblical Motifs and Stowe’s Prophetic Voices in Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
B.A. in English, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, 1983.
GESOLE Certification Program in Online Teaching:
I have also completed a year-long certification program in online teaching through the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators–https://gsole.org/certification.
Badge Awarded: https://api.badgr.io/public/assertions/hW6UkfOdR9aBj6BfvrbtTg
| Course 1: Foundation of Online Literacy Education & Digital Pedagogies The first course introduces online writing instructors and tutors—also known as the certificate participants—to online literacy education and to GSOLE’s Online Literacy Instruction (OLI) principles, as well as gives them opportunities to explore and understand more deeply the contexts in which they work and the ways that digital technologies do and can affect writing pedagogies. Course 2: Online Literacy Pedagogies The second course specifically focuses on the assignment and activity design for online writing courses, one-to-one instruction and tutoring, strategies for assessing those online courses and experiences, and being able to justify one’s pedagogical approaches based upon OLI research. |
Completion of Rare Book School Course H-135c: “Key Moments in the History of the Book in the Antebellum United States”–June 14-18, 2021. Taught by James N. Green and Michael Winship. ” https://rarebookschool.org/
Rare Book School (RBS) provides continuing-education opportunities for students
from all disciplines and levels to study the history of written, printed, and digital
materials with leading scholars and professionals in the field. Founded in 1983,
RBS moved to its present home at the University of Virginia in 1992.” Six total hours over three days.
