Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA
• Professor. Department of English, 2020-Current
• Associate Professor. Department of English, 2017-20
• Assistant Professor. Department of English, 2014-17
Courses Usually Taught
• ENG 101: Composition I
• ENG 102: Composition II
• ENG 116: Technical Writing
• ENG 255: Multiethnic American Literature
• HON 298K: Deconstructing Whiteness in America
• HUM 148H: 1960s in the US
• LAR 101: Introduction to Liberal Arts
• LAR 285: Liberal Arts Capstone
Recent Conference Presentations
• “The Racism of the American Dream: Neoliberalism, Individualism, and the Foundational Racism of American Ideology.” Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA) Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, February 22-26, 2023
• “Developing Holistic Infrastructure for Student Success at a Rural Community College” with Laurie Gordy & Adam Klepetar. National Recourse Center for First-Year Experience and Students in Transition National Conference on Students in Transition, Virtually Held, October 2021
• “Race, Education, and Pedagogy: Towards a More Inclusive Classroom” with Kelly Mulcahy Kemp. Massachusetts Community Colleges Teaching, Learning & Student Development Conference, Pittsfield, MA, April 2018
Publications
• “Building Trust, Confidence, and Relationships from Afar: Teaching Web-Based Developmental Writing in a Pandemic,” Double Helix 8 (2020), https://doi.org/10.37514/DBH-J.2020.8.1.02
• “A Poor Man from a Poor Country: Nam June Paik’s Techno-Orientalism and Representations of Asia.” In Techno-Orientalism: Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media. Edited by David Roh, Betsy Huang, and Greta Niu. Rutgers University Press, 2015
Awards & Honors
• Course of Distinction (COD) Award. Massachusetts Colleges Online, 2022
Innovative Features – Tech Wizard: Online Technical Writing
• Course of Distinction (COD) Award. Massachusetts Colleges Online, 2018
Exemplary Course Design and Practices: Online Composition II
Education
PhD American Studies ~ Purdue University
MA English ~ California State University, Long Beach
BA Speech Communications ~ California State University, Long Beach