CV

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• STEM Writing in the Disciplines Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2016-present
• UMass Amherst Junior Year Writing Program Coordinator, 2016-2018
• Assistant Director of Writing Across the Curriculum, UMass Amherst Writing Center, 2015-2016
• Head Writing Fellow for Political Science 111 and Writing Center, 2014
• Assistant Director, UMass Amherst Writing Center, 2014-2016
• First Year Writing Placement Test Reader, UMass Amherst Writing Program, 2012-2013
• First Year Writing and Basic Writing Instructor, UMass Amherst Writing Program, 2010-2013

EDUCATION

• PhD Candidate in English, Composition and Rhetoric Program, University of Massachusetts, May 2020
• MA in English, Composition and Rhetoric Program, University of Massachusetts, May 2013
• BA in English, University of Massachusetts, May 2008

PUBLICATIONS

“‘Discursive Heirlooms in Immigrant Literacy History Narratives,” Material Culture of Writing, edited by Cydney Alexis and Hannah Rule. Utah State University Press (slated for publication in Spring 2020).  

“Review: Other People’s English: Code-Meshing, Code-Switching, and African American Literacy, by Vershawn Ashanti Young, Rusty Barrett, Y’Shanda Young-Rivera, and Kim Brian Lovejoy.” Composition Studies, 43.2 (Fall 2015).

FELLOWSHIPS and GRANTS

• Summer Dissertation Fellowship, UMass Amherst Department of English 2017
• Dissertation Research Grant, UMass Amherst Graduate School, $1000, 2016

SELECTED INVITED WORKSHOPS and TALKS

• “Teaching Peer Review in Writing-Intensive Courses,” for the University of Massachusetts Writing Program, February 2018.
• “Advice From Outstanding Students in the Humanities and the Fine Arts,” for the University of Massachusetts Amherst Graduate Student Orientation, September 2016/2017.
• “Rhetorical Grammar: How to Teach Sentence-Level Revision to Students,” for the University of Massachusetts Writing Program, March 2017.
• “Assessing Student Writing,” for the Institute of Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development, March 2016.
• “Writing Abstracts for Scientific Journals,” for the College of Natural Sciences, November 2015.
• “From Analysis to Thesis,” for the Department of Sociology, November 2015.
• “Writing for a Variety of Audiences,” for the Office of Professional Development, October 2015.
• “Supporting Multilingual Writers in Basic Writing,” for the University of Massachusetts Writing Program, October 2015.
• “Giving Effective Feedback to Student Writers,” for the University of Massachusetts Amherst Graduate Student Orientation, September 2015.
• “Purposes and Methods of Citation,” for the Department of Mideast and Judaic Studies, October 2014.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• “Familial Adaptive Literacies: Literacy Exchange through Transnational Migration.” Modern Language Association Convention. Seattle, WA. January 2020. 
• “Immigrant Literacy Heritage.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Portland, OR. March 2017.
• “Passing the Rodnoy Yazik: Immigrant Family Literacy Across Time and Space.” Exploring Contingencies of Migrant Mobility Literacies: Time, Space, and the Affective. Watson Conference. Louisville, KY. October 2016. 
• “‘Modern Democratic Friendship’ and the Exigence of Teaching Facebook.” Bridging the Gap: Integrating Social Media into the College Writing Classroom. Northeast Modern Language Association. Harrisburg, PA. April 2014.
• “The ‘Marketable’ Student-Citizen: Complicating Institutional Narratives Through Urban Writing Initiatives.” Knowledge, Capital, Critique: The University and the Humanities in the Ongoing Transformation of Capitalism. American Comparative Literature Association. New York City, NY. March 2014.
• “Discourses of Displacement: Jewish-American Autobiographies as Nodes of Access in Literacy Studies.” University of Massachusetts English Graduate Organization Conference. Amherst, MA. April 2012.
• “Dialogue in the Blog: Re-Animating Dialogic Relations by Tracing Digital Genres.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Las Vegas, NV. March 2012.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• New England Writing Across the Curriculum Consortium, Keene, NH, November 2017.
• Qualitative Research Network, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Portland, OR, March 2017.

• Symposium on Methods in the Humanities: New Approaches in Black, Postcolonial, and Queer Studies, “Methods in Postcolonial Studies,” Workshop Participant, UMass Amherst, April 2016.
• New England Writing Across the Curriculum Consortium, Boston, MA, November 2015.
• Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute, “Transnational Feminist Rhetoric,” Workshop Participant, Madison, WI, June 2015. 

COURSES DESIGNED AND TAUGHT

• POLSCI 111: Intro to Comparative Politics, UMass Amherst, Head Writing Fellow, Summer 2014
• ENG 298H: Writing Center Tutoring—Race, Class, and Gender, UMass Amherst, Instructor, Spring 2014
• ENG 329H: Tutoring Writing: Theory and Practice, UMass Amherst, Teaching Assistant, Fall 2013
• ENG 111: Basic Writing—Literacy and Power, UMass Amherst, Instructor, 2012-2013
• ENG 112: College Writing— Literacy Communities and Identity, UMass Amherst, Instructor, Instructor, 2010-2012
• English Conversation—Public high school, grades 9-12, Budapest, Hungary, 2009-2010

WRITING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

STEM Writing in the Disciplines Fellow, Biochemistry and Molec. Biology Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2016-Present

• Piloted the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Writing Fellow program from the ground up, including producing professional documents for Fellows’ workflow and projected pedagogical goals
• Support biochemistry faculty members in teaching multiple writing-intensive BMB courses by editing and sequencing assignments
• Plan and teach workshops, grade and give revision feedback; tutor students on writing assignments
• Help writing pedagogy for STEM communication and correspond with faculty and department chair throughout and between semesters
• Create Writing Fellow Program self-assessment tools and evaluation documents to chairs and faculty every year
• Develop professional documents with BMB undergraduates for their Culminating Portfolios (including grants, cover letters, and CVs); lead workshops on public speaking and presenting at academic conferences; help students develop their Honors Thesis “Elevator Talks”

Junior Year Writing Program Coordinator, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2016-2018

• Consulted with faculty on teaching with writing (designing assignments, giving feedback, sequencing assignments, developing writing-intensive courses), and collaborate with the University Writing Committee to develop and lead faculty workshops
• Collaborated with various university faculty support resources to develop and lead workshops; liaised with department chairs about course management and curricula
• Collaborated with the University Writing Program to develop online sourcebook for JYW instructors on a new Drupal platform-based website
• Completed 5-year review of Junior Year Writing Program; prepared materials and minutes for the University Writing Committee, and liaised between University Writing Committee and Faculty Senate

Assistant Director of Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015-2016

• Consulted with faculty on teaching with writing (designing assignments, giving feedback, sequencing assignments, developing writing-intensive courses), and collaboratively plan classroom workshops and co-teach sessions
• Wrote grant to the Office of Professional Development to fund a Summer Writing Series for graduate students
• Coordinated writing center outreach activities including class visits, tabling, and departmental outreach; design publicity materials about writing center services and tutor recruitment
• Facilitated dissertation writing retreats for doctoral students during winter and summer breaks; organize interdisciplinary graduate writing group
• Collaborated with the Graduate School to develop and lead workshops.

Head Writing Fellow, PolSci111, Political Science Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2014

• Wrote a grant with the Writing Center Director to pilot a Writing Fellows program in a 6-week summer course in the Political Science department, designed specifically to support the mostly-international first-year student enrollment of the class.
• Worked with PolSci111 instructor to mesh theory/history content module with writing development module
• Advised instructor on syllabus and assignment modifications
• Collaborated with instructor on teaching methods best suited for the course.

Assistant Director of Writing Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2014-2016

• Assisted the Director in supervising staff of 40-50 undergraduate and graduate writing tutors;
• Trained 18 tutor-interns: evaluated tutors during semester observations; planned and led staff meetings and development workshops;
• Led inquiry-based professional development groups on topics like multilingual writing, reflective tutoring, and race and racism in the Writing Center
• Created staff schedule and manage shift changes, maintained payroll records; assessed writing center evaluation data for long-term planning and staff development; represented Writing Center at campus events
• Tutored campus students and faculty; consulted with faculty and TAs on teaching with writing (designing & sequencing assignments, giving feedback), and collaborated with the Graduate School and the Institute for Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development to create and lead workshops

First Year Writing Placement Test Reader, Writing Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2012-2013

• Read the placement essays of the incoming first-year UMass students to determine placement in Basic and College Writing.

ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Research Assistant, 2016

• Dr. Rebecca Dingo, Assc. Professor of English, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  • Collected and taxonomized scholarship in literacy studies for Dr. Dingo.

Research Assistant, 2016

• Dr. Rebecca Lorimer Leonard, Assc. Professor of English, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Edited manuscripts and citation references for Dr. Leonard’s two book projects.

Research Assistant, 2014-2015

• Dr. Rebecca Lorimer Leonard, Assc. Professor of English, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  • Analyzed quantitative and qualitative data and conducted focus group interviews and follow-up interviews with individual participants for a comparative study.

Peter Elbow Summer Symposium Coordinator, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2014-2015

• Helped organize the logistics of the annual Summer Symposium in Composition and Rhetoric at UMass Amherst.

High School Writing Center Advisor, 2013

• Springfield Renaissance School, Springfield ,MA
  • Acted as a faculty co-advisor for a writing center pilot program in a public high school.

SERVICE

• Basic Writing Curriculum Committee, Member 2018
  University of Massachusetts Amherst Writing Program
• University Writing Committee, Ex Officio Member 2016-2018
  University of Massachusetts Amherst Faculty Senate
• Graduate Student Senate, English Department Senator 2014-2016
  University of Massachusetts Amherst Graduate Student Senate
• Mentor to Undergraduate English Majors 2013-2016
  University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of English
• English Graduate Organization, Co-Chair 2012-2014
  University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of English
• Writing Program Textbook Committee, Member 2012-2013
  University of Massachusetts Amherst Writing Program
• English Graduate Organization Conference, Wiki and Web Space Officer 2011-2012
  University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of English
• English Graduate Organization Conference, Co-Chair 2011-2012
  University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of English
• Diversity Committee 2010-2011
  University of Massachusetts Amherst Writing Program

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Conference on College Composition and Communication / National Council of Teachers of English (CCCC / NCTE)
• Literacy Research Association (LRA)
• Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA)
• Modern Language Association (MLA)