Recent
Courses
2009-2013
| Assistant Professor
English Department, Montclair State University
- 601: African American Poetry and Poetics (graduate seminar)
- 412: Advanced
Poetry Workshop
- 312: Intermediate Poetry Workshop:
Form and Technique
- 325: American
Poetry: WWII to the Present
- 364: Contemporary
American Poetry
- 365: Poetry and Performance
- 250: Special Topics in English
- 212: Introduction
to Writing Poetry
- 200: Introduction
to Creative Writing (Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Drama)
2008-2009
| Visiting Writer and Lecturer
English Department, The University of Texas at Austin
- 341L: Advanced Poetry Workshop (senior/graduate
level)
- 376M: African American Poetry
and Poetics (cross-listed
with Afro-American Studies)
- 379S: Senior Seminar: Poetry and Performance
- 379M: Sylvia Plath’s Poetry and Prose
- 391L: Independent
Study in Creative Writing (graduate level)
2006-2007
| Visiting Artist
Center for the Arts in Society, Carnegie Mellon University
- 64-401/76-401/76-701: Contemporary
American Poetry, Poetics, and Publics (senior/graduate seminar)
- 64-301/76-211: Poetry and Performance
2004-2006 | Visiting
Assistant Professor
English Department, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- 461: Contemporary American Poetry and Poetics
(senior/graduate level)
-
460: Feminism and the African American Literary Tradition (senior/graduate
level). Cross-listed with Women’s Studies and Afro-American
Studies.
- 274:
Poetry and Performance, Spring 2005.
1998-2002
| Assistant Instructor
English Department, The University of Texas at Austin
- 318L:
Poetry and Performance (introductory creative writing)
- 318L:
Gender and the Writing of Poetry (introductory creative writing).
Cross-listed with Women’s Studies.
- 309K
: Race, Gender, and the Image in Black Culture. Taught course
as part of the Gateway Program for retention students; cross-listed
with African American Studies.
- 306:
First-Year Rhetoric and Composition
1996-1998
| Teaching Assistant
English Department, The University of Texas at Austin
- CHE
333T: Technical Writing
- 316K:
Masterworks of American Literature
-
316K: Masterworks of British Literature
- 324:
Modern British Fiction
2001-2003
| Instructor and Guest Artist, Grrl Action
Coached a diverse group of girls, ages 12-15, in a month-long
autobiography and performance workshop. Grrl Action is a non-profit
community outreach project sponsored by the Rude
Mechanicals Theater Company.
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