Language & Literacy
University of South Carolina
This site houses some information and artifacts from my graduate studies at the University of South Carolina in the Language and Literacy Program in the College of Education, as well as from my experience teaching high school students at Gaffney High School.
I am currently teaching in the English department at Spartanburg Methodist College in Spartanburg, SC.
Table of Contents
HOME - Introduction & samples of my work
ABOUT - CV for my professional experience
PROJECT PAGE - Details about my PhD internships & dissertation
RESOURCES - Resources and conference materials
SCCTE Conference, Kiawah Island, SC, February 1, 2025
Presenting at the SC Environmental Educators Association Conference at USC Upstate, Spartanburg, SC, June 20, 2024
Roundtable presentation of research sponsored by teacher research grant, NCTE Convention, Boston, MA, November 22, 2024
Presenting at Teachers 2 Teachers Conference at UNC Charlotte on February 28, 2023
Presentation at AERA 2023, Chicago on Saturday, April 15, 2023
"Outdoor Capital..." - Distinguished Paper from SCEPUR
Presenting my paper, "Outdoor Capital: A Call for Outdoor Literacy Classes for Adolescents" at SCEPUR Conference, February 24, 2023
Five-minute segment from NCTE Convention, November 2022, Anaheim, CA: "Let the Sunshine In...."
Encountering New Perspectives: Reactions & Revelations from Student Writing in Response to Multicultural Texts, NCTE On-Demand Presentation, Fall, 2021
Trail Connectors - Adding a Blaze with a Marker of Intersectionality, NCTE On-Demand Panel Presentation, Fall, 2021
Take a Hike Together - SCCTE, January 29, 2022, Myrtle Beach, SC
Introduction to Disciplinary Literacy - video made from teaching internship, Fall, 2021
Academic Language - video made from teaching internship, Fall, 2021
Writing the Lesson Plan - video made to assist instruction for EDRD 500, Spring 2022, Literacy in the Disciplines.
Scenes from our String Journal / Nature Writing Adventures
AP English Language & Composition, Fall 2021
Scenes from my time at the Key West Literary Seminar, January, 2022, attended as a result of being selected as a scholarship winner for teachers and librarians
Here is a link to a review I wrote for the Judy Blume talk during the Key West Literary Seminar. Scholarship winners selected a segment to cover for the Seminar, which meant we wrote a quick review of the segment, which was posted on the Key West Literary Seminar website:
Scenes from our Outdoor Classroom Adventures, Spring 2022
English III CP