Research, Conferences and Publications

❂ 2014 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, MD

Presentation Topic: Messy work: An autoethnography examining tensions in support of preservice teachers for in-service longevity: Teachers’ work spanning a career.

NCTE Volunteer Work: Media Correspondent

❂ 2014 LLC GSO Graduate Student Conference Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Education

Presentation Topic: An Intrinsic Case Study: Multimodal Media Literary Analysis and Intertextual Meaning Making

UMass Amherst College of Ed. Volunteer Work: Media Coordinator and Correspondent

❂ 2014 35th Ethnography in Education Research Forum at The Center for Urban Ethnography (CUE) at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education

Presented on Practitioner Inquiry Day

Presentation Topic: Go Ahead– Mess Up My Work: An Autoethnography Examining Tensions in Support of Pre-service Teachers for In-service Longevity

❂ 2014 LinkedIn Forums: The American Educational Research Association (AERA)

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)

TESOL International Association Group Digest

The Education Consultants Network

Publication Topic: BYOD: When Students Own Wearables – Writing Your Own Policy

❂ 2013 LinkedIn Forums: The International Higher Education Teaching and Learning (HETL) Association

Publication Topic: Infographic of learning theories provides foundation for teacher reflection

Publication Topic: Why I flip-flopped on the flipped classroom, Experimentation and Attribution (Re)Training

Publication Topic: Should education ever be flat in a world of difference?: Major players in the MOOC Universe

❂ 2013 103rd National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 2013 Annual Convention: '(Re) Invent Your Future'

Presentation Topic: MMLA: From Tradition to Transactional Meaning Making

❂ 2013 Conference on English Education (CEE) a Division of the NCTE– Moving Forward: Possibilities in English Teacher Education at Colorado State University

Presentation Topic: Multimodal Media Literary Analysis (MMLA): From Tradition to Transactional Meaning Making

❂ 2013 LLC GSO Graduate Student Conference Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Education [Organized and facilitated conference.]

Outstanding Service & Leadership Award, Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Education, 2013

Presentation Topic: Go Ahead– Mess Up My Work: An Autoethnography Examining Tensions in Support of Preservice Teachers for In-service Longevity

❂ 2012 The Annual LLC Graduate Student Conference Language, Literacy and Culture concentration in the Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Education

Presentation Topic: Themes in American Literature: A Multimodal Production for Liberated Voices in the High School Classroom

❂ 2012 The 2nd Forum of the Social Justice in Education Initiative– Expanding Conversations about Social Justice in Education: Exploring Possibilities and Tensions

Presentation Topic: Themes in American Literature: A Multimodal Production for Liberated Voices in the High School Classroom

❂ 2008 National Writing Project Consultant for Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Presentation Topic: Teach Essay Content and Structure using Five-step Guide & Questionnaire