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Resume

Work
Experience

April 2023 — Present

Instructional Design Specialist, Oregon State University Ecampus, Corvallis, OR 

  • Partnering with other designers and faculty to innovate and develop a broad range of university courses in the humanities.

  • Supporting faculty in online course development and redevelopment trainings.

  • Serving on the Oregon State University Open Educational Resources Unit editorial board.

August 2022 — April 2023

Program Specialist II, Teaching and Learning Center, Clark College, Vancouver, WA 

  • Designing, coordinating, marketing, and assessing outcomes of professional development for faculty. 

  • Developing and co-facilitating online, remote, and HyFlex trainings, orientations, and learning communities. 

  • Responsible for annual budget projection, tracking, and reporting along with co-management of part-time staff.

October 2015 — August 2022

Professor of English, Clark College, Vancouver, WA 

  • Designed Canvas shells for composition and literature courses in multiple modalities, with emphasis on writing transfer. 

  • Taught full credit load as affiliate faculty member specializing in composition and contemporary American lit. 

  • Regular participation and leadership in working groups, professional development, and related scholarship. 

  • Completed team project developing and adapting OER resources as research essay textbook (Winter 2018). 

August 2015 — December 2019

Student Media Advisor, Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA 

  • Advised editors and staff of The VanCougar (biweekly newsmagazine), Salmon Creek Journal (annual), and KOUG Radio (online station) in keeping with College Media Association’s Code of Ethical Behavior. 

  • Oversaw budget, hiring, training, purchasing, event planning, and governing board. 

  • Managed technical training, professional development, and conference travel.

June 2004 — May 2008

Assistant Producer, Production Assistant, & Intern, NPR, Washington, DC 

  • Produced hundreds of news features and host interviews with various personalities. 

  • Edited and produced regular book reviews by author and editor Alan Cheuse (1940-2015). 

  • Drafted copy for All Things Considered segments as well as host interviews, news features, obits, and NPR.org

Education

2011 — 2020

Ph.D. in English | Creative Writing

University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD

2008 — 2011

M.A. in English | Creative Nonfiction

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

2003 — 2005

M.A. in Communication | Qualitative Analysis

Washington State University, Pullman, WA

1999 — 2003

B.A. in Rhetoric & Media Studies

Willamette University, Salem, OR

Skills
& Expertise

  • Fluency in QM, UDL, & Canvas LMS fundamentals

  • Transparent, accessible, culturally inclusive course development

  • Equitable learning outcomes & TILT assignment framework

  • Project planning & management

  • Employee training development

  • Qualitative analysis & research methods

  • Public media production

  • Copywriting & editing

Training & Certifications

  • Applying the QM Rubric, Sixth Edition | Summer 2022

  • QM Peer Reviewer Course | Winter 2023

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