Expected Levels of Performance in Service

I have also created documentation to help systematize the operation of the graduate program and worked with Admissions to develop publicity materials. In the development of EN208: Digital Approaches to Literature, I worked with my colleagues within the department to understand the needs of our students and with the members of UCIC and LAC to effectively pass this new course proposal into the Liberal Arts Core. I work with FMB Advertising to publicize our events, and I have designed almost all of our departmentally- and school-hosted event posters. Here is an email chain regarding a departmental meeting that indicates some of these activities.

I serve on a number of committees and volunteer for a number of on-campus programs, including the following:

• • Rank and Tenure Committee (2015-2017)

  • Faculty Employment and Benefits Committee (2016-present)

  • Learning over Lunch/First Year Experience: Use Microsoft Word Like a Pro (March 2016)

  • Ad Hoc Liberal Studies Committee (2015-2016)

  • Online Learning Strategic Taskforce (Spring 2015-2016)

  • Graduate Program in English and Humanities (2011-2015; various program titles)

  • Graduate Studies Committee (2012-2014)

  • Liberal Arts Core Assessment (2010, 2014, 2015, 2016)

• blueink Literary Arts Faculty Reader (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)

  • Grad School Night Faculty Representative (2013)

  • Hiring Committee Co-Chair, English Department, Americanist Position (2013)

  • IT Services Director Faculty Hiring Representative (2013-2014)

  • Graduate Assistant Supervisor (2010-2015)

  • Ethics Committee (2009-present)

  • Faculty Commencement Marshal (2012, 2013, 2014)

Accommodation of the university’s scheduling needs

I accommodate the university's scheduling needs in several ways. Though I live just beyond the eastern side of Washington, D.C., I am available for all 9 or 10AM departmental meetings and routinely teach evening courses from 6:30-9:15PM. I have also taught overloads and summer courses to serve our students, my department, and the university. When a course I am scheduled to teach does not make for enrollment, I quickly shift gears to develop syllabi for other courses to teach in its stead.

Completion of assigned administrative tasks

I complete all assigned administrative tasks, which in our department and graduate program typically include participating in assessment annually, gathering/submitting curricular materials for accreditation or other administrative purposes, fulfilling transfer advising duties, and participating in open houses, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. I work with colleagues to help pull off our annual English Night celebration, whether this meant speaking as graduate program director, awarding the Ludlow Prize, or taking photos. In 2016, I was asked by Rosemary Hubbard, then interim dean of Arts & Sciences, to help craft a vision for our Liberal Studies program and discuss the program's strengths and weaknesses with outgoing director Lucille Guss, and I continue to advise in that program as noted below. Provision of appropriate and reasonable access to advising for students

During the regular terms, I am on campus typically 4 days a week both to teach and hold advising hours. However, I am well aware that our students have often surprising schedules, and so distribute my cell phone number to students and advisees for conference calls at other hours. I am also active on email and respond in a timely fashion to all inquiries or questions. I also use Starfish to help simplify the process of making appointments. Effective advising which includes familiarity with academic requirements, advising tools, and campus resources for students that result in completion of graduation requirements

As graduate program director for English & Humanities, I advised all our students both full and part time to ensure timely progress to degree. Here is a procedural document I crafted to help faculty in the graduate program when dealing with thesis direction, practicum mentorship, or independent study requests. I currently advise in the English program and in our Liberal Studies program, and I am familiar with academic requirements published annually in the Catalog, advising approximately 11 students per term. When an advisee has a problem or a question I cannot answer, I turn to my chair, the Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, or the director of the Liberal Studies program. According to the two most recent advising surveys--which have, unfortunately, a very low response rate--I am a highly effective advisor (2016 and 2015).

Attendance at Commencement and recognition ceremonies, academic convocations, and university assemblies, as well as participation in university governance, including university, Faculty Council, school, and department meetings

As described above, I participate in our system of shared governance actively--this is an important part of our lives as faculty, and we cannot take it lightly. I attend all Commencement ceremonies, honors ceremonies, convocations, and university assemblies (where all the most interesting information is to be had!). I frequently serve as a faculty marshal for commencement activities, as the email chain to the right, as well as my CV, indicates. Involvement outside the classroom through attendance at curriculum-related or extracurricular events that promote the well-being of Marymount University and its students

I participate in curricular and extracurricular events that promote the well-being of Marymount and its students. I distinctly remember enjoying the crisp pistachio-ness of the baklava available at the Culture Fair and Fun day, part of the 17th annual International Week this past year. In November of 2016, I began participating in the "MU Not out to Lunch" meetings of faculty and staff interested in learning how best we in academia can respond to student needs in the current political climate, and helped draft and circulate the Faculty Council affirmative resolution on social justice. I attend performances by Marymount Actors' Guild, take students to theater events, attend campus talks and English Night events, participate in Ethics Week festivities, organize film screenings and curricular events open to the campus community, and more.

Expertise sharing with the university, the profession, or the community

I regularly share my expertise with my colleagues both within and beyond Marymount University. I serve informally as tech support, including helping colleagues with Canvas and Starfish. When we first implemented Starfish, I served as a "power user" for Arts & Sciences, and I was an early adopter of Canvas, piloting it in several classes before university-wide implementation. I shared my experience with the new content management system in a talk titled “Minimalist Course Development in Canvas" at Innovations in Teaching and Scholarship (2015). I also help maintain our departmental communications platforms, particularly our Facebook account, Twitter handle, blog, Flickr account, and university web presence, making updates and training other faculty on the platforms. Given my experience chairing faculty search committees in the department, I have also made myself available as a sounding board for colleagues at the American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies, in "The Doctor Is In," a mentoring program now in its fourth year. As a member of the Faculty Employment and Benefits committee, I specifically shared my writing expertise. I also regularly share my expertise at regional, national, and international conferences.

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