"I hold a Doctor of Arts in English Pedagogy & Technology, with earlier graduate and undergraduate study in English literature, composition, and creative writing. My training blends classical rhetoric with contemporary digital literacy, so I’m as comfortable guiding a close reading of a poem as I am teaching source evaluation, citation, and clear, audience-aware prose. This background lets me support students across academic writing, creative writing, rhetoric, and literary analysis, as well as practical skills like research methods, MLA/APA formatting, and professional materials.

For more than fifteen years I’ve taught and tutored writers in a range of settings: undergraduate classrooms, fully online courses, small workshops, and one-on-one conferences. My students have included late-teen undergraduates, working adults returning to school, first-generation learners, and multilingual writers. I rely on a workshop approach—modeling, short targeted practice, and immediate, actionable feedback—paired with scaffolding, backward design, and clear rubrics so learners always know what “good” looks like. I build in low-stakes writing, Socratic questioning, and peer review to strengthen critical thinking, and I use UDL-informed strategies to keep materials accessible and inclusive.

Beyond the classroom, I’ve provided individualized tutoring and editorial support as a freelance writer-editor, which has sharpened my skill at diagnosing issues quickly—thesis clarity, paragraph cohesion, evidence integration, or voice—and giving step-by-step revisions that students can apply right away. Whether we’re meeting live in Zoom, trading drafts asynchronously, or sitting down for a focused conference, my aim is the same: to meet students where they are, develop personalized plans, and help them produce clearer, more confident writing they can sustain across courses and careers." less...