CURRICULUM VITAE
(Short Version)
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, Literature: June 2004.
M.A., University of Tennessee at Knoxville, English Literature: May 1997.
B.A., Indiana-Purdue University at Fort Wayne, English: May 1994.
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
Summer Program for Academic Research and Cultural Knowledge (sub-grant), Summer and Fall 2025.
Russian Youth Environmental Program (sub-grant), project oversight, Summer 2022 and 2023 (online) and 2024 (on campus).
Fulbright Specialist Fellowship, visiting lecturer at Universidad de Jaén, Spain, Sept. 10-Oct. 16, 2014.
Australia Endeavour Executive Fellowship, professional development in Brisbane, Melbourne, Rockhampton, and Sydney; hosted by CQUniversity, June 14-July 31, 2014.
U.S. Department of State, 1-year grant to develop an American Studies Center in Changsha, China; Sept. 2012-Sept. 2013, extended to Sept. 2014.
TEACHING
Instructor of multiple courses (SUU) at all levels in British Literature, Literary Theory, Composition, Experiential Learning, and Global Studies, 2001-present.
Instructor of Literature, Communication, and Political Science courses (Harlaxton College, UK), Fall 2025.
Invited lecturer on Hemingway, Cummings, and Intercultural Communication (University of Debrecen [Hungary]), April 2025.
Invited lecturer (SUU) in Communication, History, Sociology, Women & Gender Studies, and English classes.
Directed and taught multiple courses on study abroad programs (SUU) in eight countries, 2007-present.
Lecturer on American Culture, 3-week module (Universidad de Jaén [Spain]), Fall 2014.
Invited lecturer on British Literature (Hunan Normal University [China]), Dec. 2010.
ADMINISTRATION
Director of Learning Abroad (SUU), 2010-present.
Director of the SUU Peace Corps Prep Program, 2025-present.
Director of the Global Studies Minor program (SUU), 2020-present.
Executive Director of the American Studies Center (Northwest University), Xi’an, China, 2021-2023.
Executive Director of the American Studies Center (Hunan Normal University), Changsha, China, 2014-2020.
Editor-in-Chief, Experiential Learning & Teaching in Higher Education, 2016-2018.
Chair of the English Department (SUU), 2008-2010.
PRESENTATIONS (most recent)
"International Exchange Collaboration with NSE Members," with Zoe Prettyman, National Student Exchange Conference, Birmingham AL, Oct. 2023.
"Teaching & Learning on Study Abroad," SUU Learning & Development Event, Aug. 2023.
"How to Create and Sustain a Semester Internship Abroad Across a Variety of Majors," with Jennifer Gay (Intern Abroad HQ), International Internship Conference, Indianapolis, June 2023.
"Writing Essays in U.S. Universities," Education USA Russia, St. Petersburg and Moscow, Feb. 2020.
"Globally Engaged Learning (Very) Locally," Experiential Learning Leadership Institute Conference, Flagstaff, June 2018.
"Cultures of London," with multiple students, SUU Festival of Excellence, April 2017 & 2018.
"Increasing Study Abroad Participation through Innovation and Diversification," with Karina Carter and Tessa Douglas, UBIE Annual Conference, March 2018.
"Opening More Doors: Keys to Successful Faculty-led Study Abroad for Graduate Students," with Patrick Clarke, Pat Keehley, and Karen Peterson. CIEE Annual Conf., Los Angeles, Nov. 2016.
"All Hands on Deck: The Institutional Impact of Implementing an Experiential Learning Graduation Requirement," with Patrick Clarke, Jeb Branin, Earl Mulderink, and Todd Petersen, NSEE Annual Conference, San Antonio, Sept. 2016.
"Helen Foster Snow and Friendship," Symposium on Edgar & Helen Snow, Northwest University, Xi’an, China, Sept. 2016.
SERVICE
Marshall Scholarship Institutional Advisor, 2025-present.
Education Ambassador, Council on Foreign Relations, 2024-2025.
Fulbright Student Program Advisor, 2021-present.
Fulbright Scholar Liaison, 2010-present.
Proposal Reviewer, Fulbright National Screening Committee, U.S. Student Program 2021, 2020, 2019.
Proposal Reviewer, NAFSA 2015 Conference, Fall 2014.
Editorial Reviewer, The Grove: Working Papers on English Studies, Fall 2014.