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Education

 

Ph.D. in Progress University of California, Davis

M.A. English Literature, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

B.A. English Literature, University of California, Berkeley 

A.A. English, College of Marin

 

Work Experience


University of California, Davi- English Instructor

Solano Community College - Adjunct English Professor

 

Sonoma Academy - Humanities Teacher 

 San Jacinto College - Adjunct English Professor

Huntington Learning Center - SAT/ACT Preparation Teacher

 

University of Alaska, Fairbanks - English Instructor

Drink Me Magazine  - Writer

Tobacco Valley News - Journalist

 

 

Awards

 

Solano Community College Student Athlete Teaching Award

 

E.L. Bartlett Prize in Literary Criticism 

 

University of Alaska College of Liberal Arts Scholarship 

 

2nd Place Northern Lights Essay Contest

 

 

Professional Memberships

 

Modern Language Association
California Teachers of English as a Second Language

North American Society for the Study of Romanticism
North American Victorian Studies Association

Indigenous Literary Studies Association
Association for Scottish Literary Studies

James Hogg Society

Accomplishments

Presentations

 

"UC COVID Town Hall" hosted by UCSA (2022)

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"Disaster Pedagogy: The Classroom at the End of the World" ASLE (2021)

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Nostos Literary Journal, Copperfield's Bookstore San Rafael (2017)

Night of the Poets, San Anselmo Public Library (2017)

 

James Hogg Society Conference, University of Glasgow (2012)
 

Pacific Rim Conference, University of Alaska (2012)

 


Freelance Writing & Editing
 

Financial Literacy Curriculum at San Quentin State Prison - F.E.E.L. Program
 

"First Buck For 'Bones'" by Allen Jaster, Texas Trophy Hunters Magazine


"The Wrong Side of Heaven" by Tony Storey - featured in ZPT Magazine


Alaska Journal of Dispute Resolution

 


Poetry
 

"Nuomenon" & "During the Drought"  - Nostos

"Time" -  Educe Literary Journal


"A Broken Vase" - Psychological Poems: A Journal of Outsider Poetry


Scholarly/Textbook
 

Writing and Critical Thinking Through Literature Libretexts/ASCCC (2020)

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James Hogg, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Romantic Anachronism - University of Alaska (2013)
 

Reviews

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"Review of Punchline and Interview with Nick Courtright" - Permafrost Magazine (2012)

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Podcast

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"Root U: Blossoming at the University" through the Digital Humanities Center and National Humanities Center

 

In the News

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Yan, Sunny. "A Lesson in Solidarity." The Nation. 18 March 2022.

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Salanga, Janelle. "UC Davis students are back in classrooms, but some remain concerned about health and safety" capradio, 17 Feb 2022

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"Transgender community holds rally at Montrose" Houston Chronicle, 7 Nov 2015.

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