Serve a worldwide audience ranging from elementary students to college freshman to life-long learners
Built web pages, handouts, presentations, and videos with HTML5, CSS, Microsoft Expression Web, Microsoft Office, Hot Potatoes, Audacity, Photoshop, iMovie, and Windows Movie Maker
Acknowledged as one of the 101 Best Websites for Writers by Writer's Digest (2011 and 2013)
Market with social media including Canvas Commons, Twitter, and YouTube
Offer these materials free of charge so that students have one place with quality content and no distracting advertising
Operated a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) long before the term was coined
Teach and assess students in Freshman Composition I and II (classroom, online, hybrid, and LinC), Developmental Writing I and II, Developmental Reading I, Composition for Non-native Speakers, Intro to Humanities, Greek and Roman Humanities, and Mythology
Maintain blogs for each class where students can find homework, handouts, PowerPoint presentations, and links to reading/viewing assignments (Currently, ENC 1101 Online and ENC 1102 Online)
To reduce student expense and our carbon footprint, made classroom sections paperless
Mentor tenure-track faculty through their Individualized Learning Plans (ILPs) and portfolios
Assess the teaching of adjunct faculty during both classroom and online observations
Serve on committees to hire faculty, librarians, and senior administrators
Evaluated online courses with Quality Matters standards
Contributed essays to Valencia College publications: Got MOOC? and Students Network Via Twitter During Global Peace Week
Designed and maintain The Kirkman Reader, a collection of free readings for composition students
Designed and maintained the website for the West Campus Communications Division (1996 - 2009)
Designed and maintained the website for The Valencia Forum for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
Designed and produced 5 editions of These Essays Don't Stink!, an in-house collection of student samples for developmental writing students
Hired and supervised the staff for the college-wide Reader-Grader Program (1992 - 1994)
Received the 2012 John & Suanne Roueche Excellence Award from the League for Innovation in the Community College
Awarded a sabbatical for Spring 2016
Contributed items, passages, essays, and writing assignments to several college textbooks
Founded the first Valencia College writing center and established its operating policies
Served thousands of cross-discipline students with all types of writing: essays, research papers, scholarship applications, résumés, etc.
Marketed writing center services in person, in print, and online
Hired, trained, supervised, and, when necessary, fired staff of 10
Developed the contract system for students who failed department-graded exams in composition, developmental writing, and English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
Coordinated and hosted the biannual, all-evening Cram for the CLAST (College Level Academic Skills Test) for AA students mandated to take this exit exam
Operated within budget
Helped students prepare for essays and grammar tests during their mandatory time in the English Lab
Taught 1 - 3 developmental writing/composition courses per semester as an adjunct
Trained to create accessible, consistent multiple-choice items that address learning outcomes
Wrote items and passages for both the writing and reading sections of the Florida College Basic Skills Exit Test
Validated items and passages for the writing section
Bachelor of Arts, 1985
Algernon Sidney Sullivan Scholar
Master of Liberal Studies, 1994
Thesis: Sailing Past the Siren Song of Censorship: An Evaluation of Plato's Complaints Against Homer