I have been honored with two major teaching awards:

The James Madison University General Education Distinguished Teaching Award (2025, also nominated 2009), and The University of Kansas Carlin Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching (2006).

Working continuously since 2003, I have taught the following courses at the college level : 

  • College Composition I and II
  • Technology and Literature
  • Introduction to Literature (Fiction, Poetry & Drama)
  • Survey of British Literature I – Beowulf to 1798
  • Survey of British Literature II – 1798 to present
  • The American Short Story
  • Literature of Trauma, Healing, and Resilience
  • Effective Writing I – first-year college composition, part 1
  • Effective Writing II – first-year college composition, part 2
  • Technical Communication for Computer Science 
  • Introduction to Gender Studies (Honors Seminar)
  • Analytical Writing for Intelligence Analysis
  • Gender and Literature 
  • Shakespeare and the Actor
  • Women in American Film
  • Writing for the Sciences
  • Writing About Music 
  • Appreciating Poetry
  • Critical Thinking for the Liberal Arts, freshman level 
  • Critical Thinking for the Liberal Arts, senior level capstone
  • Oral Communication 
  • Writing with Power