2021, May. Master of Arts in English, Composition and Rhetoric – University of Nebraska - Kearney. Thesis: Building Bridges and Roads: A Phenomenological Exploration of Feedback’s Role in Writing Knowledge Transfer. 

2018, December. Bachelor of Arts in Education, English 7-12 – University of Nebraska - Kearney.

Teaching Experience

2024, August – Present. Adjunct English Instructor: Southeast Community College, Lincoln, Nebraska. 

2019, January – Present. Integrated English Instructor: The Career Academy, Lincoln, Nebraska. 

2018, August – 2018, December. Student Teaching Practicum: Lincoln Northeast High School, Lincoln, Nebraska 

Professional and Extracurricular Appointments

2024, August – Present. Education Practicum Supervisor: Southeast Community College, Lincoln, Nebraska. 

2023, May – Present. English Department Chair: The Career Academy, Lincoln, Nebraska. 

2022, October – Present. K-12 Education Liaison: Global Society of Online Literacy Educators.

2022, June – 2024, July. At-Large Executive Board Member: Global Society of Online Literacy Educators. 

2020, August – Present. School Improvement Co-Chair: The Career Academy, Lincoln, Nebraska. 

Publications and Professional Appearances

Under contract 2025. “Feedback.” Encyclopedia of Threshold Concepts for Learning Transfer and Teaching Writing, WAC Clearinghouse – University of Colorado Press. 

2025, August 6. “Generative AI and Teaching Writing.” Presenter. ELA 7-12 Professional Learning, Lincoln Public Schools, Lincoln, Nebraska. 

2024, April 5. “An Abundance of Online Writing Pedagogy: Distinguishing between Residual Effects of Emergency Remote Instruction and OWI Practices.” Panelist. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Spokane, Washington. 

2023, June 11 – July 15. “Centering Youth Agency in the Civil Rights Movement.” Summer Scholar. National Endowment for the Humanities, Children’s Defense Fund, Clinton, Tennessee. 

2023. “Review of Teaching Online for Kindergarten and Primary Teachers: Get Ready for Your Next Online Class (Routledge, 2022), by Gregory Michael Adam Macur.” Online Literacies Open Resource, Global Society of Online Literacy Educators. gsole.org/olor/reviews/2023.08.28.

2021. “‘Where Is They?’: The Globalization of English and Gender-Inclusive Language.” The English Languages: History, Diaspora, Culture, Vol. 7: 10–21. jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/elhdc/article/view/37914. 

2021. “The Mothers and Daughters of Proto-Feminism in the Romantic Era.” The Carillon, Vol. 36, University of Nebraska - Kearney. 

2021, July 12-16. “Frederick Douglass and Literary Crossroads.” Summer Scholar. National Endowment for the Humanities, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville. Virtual. 

2021, April 16. “Teaching for Transfer in the First-Year Composition Course.” Presenter. Student Language and Literature Conference, University of Nebraska - Kearney. Virtual.

2021, April 7-10. “Experiencing High School—Experiencing College: Writing the Collaborative Gap.” Panelist. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Virtual. 

2020, June 30. “Contract Grading in the Secondary Classroom.” Guest Speaker. ENG 899 – Global Englishes, Amanda Sladek. University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska. 

2018, March 28. “Singular Generic They, or the True Comeback Kid.” Presenter. UNK Student Research Conference, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska. 

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