Teaching Experience
Advanced Fiction Workshop Instructor, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY: Spring, 2024 - Present.
Created syllabus and conducted workshop for upper-level undergraduate student writers.
Facilitated a safe, respectful, nurturing and dynamic environment for an eclectic array of students.
Invented original in-class writing assignments dealing with voice, escalation, character, synesthesia, etc.
Provided in-depth aural and written feedback for students’ work.
Writing Instructor, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY: Fall, 2023 - Present.
Create syllabi and teach Writing 105: Practices of Academic Writing and Writing 205: Critical Research and Writing.
Writing Instructor, Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY: Fall, 2022 - Present.
Create syllabi and teach COM 157 — Electronic Media Writing and ENG 103 — Freshman Composition and Literature.
Creative Writing Instructor, Downtown Writers Center, Syracuse, NY: Winter, 2022 - Present.
Create syllabi and teach various creative writing courses, in-person and online, for the Syracuse YMCA Downtown Writers Center.
Instructor, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY; 2019 - 2020.
Created syllabus and taught ENG 107: Living Writers, an introduction to visiting writers and their work.
Writing Instructor, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY; Fall, 2018 - Spring, 2019.
Created syllabus and taught Writing 105: Practices of Academic Writing, a freshman-level studio course that addresses writing with sources.
Created Syllabus and taught Writing 205: Critical Research and Writing, a sophomore-level studio course that studies and practices critical, research-based writing.
Writing Consultant, Syracuse University Writing Center, Syracuse, NY: Fall, 2018.
One-on-one consultations with students from various academic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds on a wide array of writing projects.
Drama Program Specialist, Lenox Hill Camp, Bantam, CT; 1979-1984.
Initiated, developed, and directed ongoing theatrical workshops for inner-city children, ages 8-13, at sleep-away summer camp.
Natural Science Counselor, Lenox Hill Camp, Bantam, CT; 1984.
Assisted science specialist at winter sleep-away camp for sixth-grade classes from New York City Public Schools.
Institutional Services
Prose Fiction Reader, Salt Hill Journal, Fall, 2017.
Undergraduate Teaching Evaluator, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY; 2016.
Analyzed and critically reported on seven years of one professor’s accumulated student evaluations as per the tenure process at Syracuse University.
Research History
Distinction in English and Textual Studies, Syracuse University English Department, 2017.
Extensive research, critical analysis, and writing towards completion of Senior Thesis Project concerning feminist content in ostensibly non-feminist mainstream Victorian-era women’s periodicals.
Norse Settlement in North America, 2015 to Present.
Thorough textual research into “Viking” contact with Native Americans for ongoing historical-fiction book project.
Texts include Icelandic Sagas and historical recordings by Europeans and Beothuk peoples.
Educational Travel
L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, 2016.
Drove through Newfoundland to L’Anse aux Meadows, UNESCO World Heritage Site, to experience the only verified archeological site of Norse settlement in North America.
Work Experience
(just the tip of the iceberg)
Chef/Owner at Napoleon Cafe in Oneida, NY; 2001 to 2013.
Flourishing upscale restaurant and catering company.
Open kitchen.
Many friends.