Publications:  Sinister Wisdom (July 2011), Smart Tart (2010), The Walrus (2007), High Desert Voices: A Poetry Slam Anthology (2005)


Featured Reader, Modern Times Benefit Show                                                  September 2010

Lambda Literary Foundation Emerging Writers Retreat and Workshop       Aug 2010

Mad Love:  Icarus Project Cabaret in Celebration of a Radical Valentine’s Day

Co-Organizer and featured performer                                              Feb 2010

Regular blogger on www.geekgirlonthestreet.com                              2010

Bilicious Productions at NQAF, featured performer                                        June 2009

“Shoot the Moon” one-woman show at Rockland Studios                          Aug 2008

Bilicious Productions at NQAF, featured performer                                    June 2008

Identified Queer Objects Ensemble Theater, writer/performer:

            Women on the Way Festival 2008                                                   NQAF 2007                                                                                    FoolsFury Ensemble Theater Festival 2007

Earned MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College                                    2007

Workshop with Diane DiPrima                                                                         2006

Featured Performer at Women Writers Conference First Annual  

“Women’s Gypsy Poetry Slam”                                                                           2006

“Shoot the Moon” one-woman show at Mills College                                     2005

Member of Berkeley Poetry Slam Team, ranked 7th in the nation            2005

Co-Poetry Slam Champion of San Francisco, and SF Team Member            2004

Objective Overruled: The Life and Words of Mumia Abu-Jamal given staged reading with Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco                                                            2004

Community Outreach for Theater for Social Change Conference             2004

“Airtight Security” performed through PCSF as part of San Francisco Fringe Festival   2003

                                                                                                               
Membership Outreach Director, Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco   2003-2004

Runner-up for the Princess Fellowship in Playwriting                                    2002

Featured poet at: Mental Graffiti in Chicago, Boise Poetry Slam, Berkeley High School, San Ramon High School, Los Angeles Community College, Las Positas Community College, Alameda Middle School, Watershed Poetry Festival, Pride Stage 2005, The Ill List Modesto Invitational 2004, Berkeley Poetry Slam (three times)

SUMMARY: Spirited, responsible and talented teacher, writer, and performer.

 

EDUCATION

 

Mills College, MFA English and Creative Writing                                                      May 2007

Vassar College, BA American Culture, Cum Laude                                                          May 2002

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Chabot College, English Instructor, Hayward, CA                                                Jan 2010-present

 

Currently teaching:  Critical Reading and Composition (1A), Reading, Reasoning, and Writing, Accelerated (102)

 

Have taught: Composition and Reading and Critical Thinking and Developmental Reading and Writing; have taught rhetoric, and literary analysis; have selected interesting and relevant course material and designed rigorous yet accessible syllabi; have analyzed, edited, and proofread papers for grammar and argument/logic; lectured and led class discussions in response to non-fiction and fiction; have held weekly office hours.

 

Merritt College, English Instructor, Oakland, CA                                             Aug 2008- Dec 2009

 

Taught:  Reading and Composition (1A), Critical Thinking (5) and the Learning Center based, student-paced English 270 and 280, Writing Lab Instructor for English 252 A and 252B

 

Have taught: Composition and Reading and Critical Thinking; have taught sentence-level composition, rhetoric, and literary analysis; have selected interesting and relevant course material and designed rigorous yet accessible syllabi; have analyzed, edited, and proofread papers for grammar and argument/logic; lectured and led class discussions in response to non-fiction and fiction; have held weekly office hours; also tutored the student-paced courses at the Learning Center.

 

Diablo Valley College, English Instructor, Pleasant Hill, CA                                Aug 2007-present

Taught: Freshman Composition (122), Critical Thinking (126), College Reading and Development (116), Short Story Writing (223), College Writing Development (118) (and 116), Currently Teaching: Critical Thinking: Composition and Literature (123)

Have taught: Composition, Critical Thinking, Short Story Writing, and Developmental Reading and Writing; have taught sentence-level composition, rhetoric, and literary analysis; have selected interesting and relevant course material and designed rigorous yet accessible syllabi; have analyzed, edited, and proofread papers for grammar and argument/logic; have responded sensitively and incisively to creative submissions; have lectured and led class discussions in response to non-fiction and fiction; have held weekly office hours.

 

 

Online Writing Lab Tutor, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA                   Jan-Aug 2008

·       Supported students’ writing process from varied disciplines and language backgrounds

·       Learned about the special needs of ELL students and worked with them one-on-one           

 

Lindamood-Bell Tutor, Berkeley, CA                                                                             June-Aug 2007

·       Taught reading and writing skills to learning disabled youth through a specialized symbol imagery program.

 

Writing Center Tutor, Mills College, Oakland, CA                                                      Jan-May 2007

·       Edited, proofread documents from varied disciplines and language backgrounds

·       Learned about the special needs of ELL students and worked with them one-on-one.

 

Mary Elizabeth Inn, Transitional Housing Facility, San Francisco                         Feb-Apr 2007

·       Taught creative writing and literature to adult women.

 

Instructor, English Five                                                                                            Aug-Dec 2006  

·       Taught the basics of composition, including grammar and rhetoric

·       Taught critical thinking and reading

·       Analyzed, edited, and proofread papers for grammar and argument/logic

·       Lectured and led class discussions.

 

Teaching Assistant, English One                                                                                   Aug-Dec 2006

·       Lectured and led class discussions

·       Weekly one-on-one tutorials

 

Playwriting Instructor, Each One Reach One,

San Francisco Youth Guidance Center                                                                 May 2006

·       Mentored incarcerated youth

·       Taught basics of dramatic writing

 

ArtGate Theater/Poetry Teacher, Richmond and Oakland                                          Sep 2004-Jun 2005

·       Taught the basics of improvisation, dramatic scriptbuilding, and poetic composition to at-risk students at an alternative high school

·       Developed collaboration skills

 

Young Performers’ Theater, Preschool Teacher, San Francisco                             Sep 2004-Jun 2005

·       Taught literacy through creative play

 

Kids Take the Stage Theater Director, Alameda                                                   May 2004-Sep 2005

·       Directed stage productions of children’s musicals

·       Taught theater to elementary and middle school aged youth

·       Developed collaboration skills

 

Edgewood Center for Children and Families,

Tutor/Mentor, Portrero Hill Campus, San Francisco                                        Feb 2003-Apr 2004

·       Mentored and taught at-risk elementary and middle school aged children

 



COMMITTEE, VOLUNTEER WORK, and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 

Workshop Presenter on Spoken Word Poetry in the Community College English Classroom,

            ECCTYC Conference, Pasadena                                                                                    Oct 2009

Co-Presenter on “Slam and the Academy,” Individual World Poetry Slam                        Oct 2009

Best Practices Committee, DiabloValley College                                                                        Oct 2009-present

Organizer and participant, roundtable on “Critical Thinking in English 123,”  DVC            Nov 2009

Co-Presenter on “The Uses of Pop Culture in the English Classroom,” DVC                        Dec 2009

Part-Time Concerns Committee, Diablo Valley College                                                          Oct 2008-Dec 2009

College Success Workshop presenter, Diablo Valley College                                      Fall 2008, Spring 2009           

Reading Across the Curriculum presenter, Diablo Valley College                                 Spring 2009

People’s Hurricane Relief Fund of New Orleans, grantwriter                                           March 2006           

Theater for Social Change Conference, Outreach Committee                                                  Spring 2004

Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco, Membership Outreach Director                                2003-2004

Unbound: Vassar Political Theater, co-founder and co-director                                                 2000-2001

 

SKILLS

·       Up-to-date approach to the teaching of college reading and writing 

·       Integrated use of WebCT/Blackboard with classroom curriculum

·       Excellent written and oral communication skills

·       Ability to write and edit in a variety of formats  

·       Strong interpersonal/people skills 

·       Performer with a sense of humor

·       Innovative approaches to teaching