Current Position

As part of my regular duties as Director of First-Year Writing, I

  • Interview, hire, and supervise part-time instructors
  • Conduct teaching observations of grad students, adjuncts, post-docs, and full-time faculty
  • Teach the graduate Writing Pedagogy course and mentor graduate students in the teaching of writing
  • Consult with the Associate Chair on staffing writing courses
  • Serve on the hiring committee for post-doctoral fellows
  • Plan and offer pre-semester professional development meetings for the program
  • Plan and offer smaller professional development activities throughout the year
  • Plan and offer workshops and consultations with faculty across campus on how best to bring writing into their classrooms
  • Develop transfer agreements between UD and other institutions
  • Supervise exemption requests by transfer students
  • Mediate disagreements and concerns between students and faculty
  • Supervise the selection of Honors sections of ENGL 110 with the Honors Program
  • Supervise and contribute to choosing the Innovative Teaching Award, Arak Award, and publication of the Arak Anthology
  • Represent the writing program at New Student Orientation and recruiting events

Previous Administrative Positions

When I served as Associate Director of the Writing Centers, my regular duties included

  • Managed the day-to-day operations of the writing center, including developing and maintaining the tutoring schedule
  • Taught the Tutor-Preparation course, ENGL 392: Teaching Writing One-to-One
  • Led professional development meetings almost every week
  • Recruited faculty, trained students, and assigned faculty and tutors for the Writing Across the Curriculum Writing Fellows Program
  • Attended promotional events for the center
  • Assisted with advertising and managing the First-Year Experience Essay contest
  • Supported tutors and receptionists with questions during daily operations;
  • Communicated with faculty and administrators across campus about the writing center

When I served as Associate Directot of the Writing Program, my regular duties included

  • Assist with classroom observations of new adjuncts and graduate student teachers of composition courses
  • Assist with the mentoring program for first-year MA students
  • Liaise with area high schools and teachers participating in Dual Enrollment ENGL 110
  • Evaluate possible exemption from ENGL 110 for transfer students who have taken
  • similar writing courses at other institutions
  • Assist in coordinating teaching support initiatives.
  • Coordinate efforts to promote undergraduate writing supported by funds from the Arak
  • endowment through managing and editing the Arak Journal.
  • Assist with in-service meetings for composition faculty
  • Coordinate Honors E110 sections with the Honors Program