ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS (While at Montco)

"Reality Horror: Saw, Hostel, and Wolf Creek as Pacifier against Real Violence"
November 2007: Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

"'All this has happened before, and will happen again': The Cycle of Conflict and Reconciliation in the Reimagined Battlestar Galactica"
April 2009 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference in New Orleans, LA.

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Mid-Atlantic Writing Center Association Conference Co-director (2007 and 2008)

Mid-Atlantic Writing Center Association Webmaster (2006-current)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

CTL English Discussion Group
Ongoing Fall 2007

I participated in a pedagogy discussion group for English faculty that met multiple times during the semester.

CTL Workshop Leader: Writing Across the Curriculum
November 30, 2007

This workshop was designed to discuss the current best practices of a  Writing in the Disciplines approach.  Nobody came, unfortunately.

CTL Conference Organizer/Attendee Credit
April 2008

I helped to organize and attended the 2008 Mid-Atlantic Writing Center Association Conference in Philadelphia, PA.

CTL Service Learning Group
Ongoing Fall 2008

I participated in discussion group on integrating service learning into our courses that met multiple times during the semester.

CTL Cultural Event: Michael Cunningham Talk
November 2008

I attended Michael Cunningham's keynote address at the MCCC Writers Conference.

CTL Cultural Event: MCCC Writers Conference Saturday Workshops.
November 2008

I attended the daylong series of workshops at the MCCC Writers Conference.

CTL Credit: Conference Presentation
April 2009

I presented "'All this has happened before, and will happen again': The Cycle of Conflict and Reconciliation in the Reimagined Battlestar Galactica" at the April 2009 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference in New Orleans, LA.

CTL Cultural Event: Maxine Hong Kingston Talk
November 2009

I coordinated and attended Maxine Hong Kingston's keynote address at the MCCC Writers Conference.

CTL Cultural Event: MCCC Writers Conference Saturday Workshops.
November 2009

I coordinated and attended the day-long series of workshops at the MCCC Writers Conference.

CTL Workshop Participant: Working with Deaf Students
January 27, 2010

I participated in a discussion of working with deaf students at Montco.

CTL Workhsop Leader: Library Discussion of Persepolis
February 22, 2010

As part of the One Book, One Philadelphia initiative, I volunteered to lead a discussion for the MCCC Library on Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis.

Digital Campus Academy (DCA)
Summer 2010

I participated in an intensive 9-day version of the DCA to learn how to develop multimedia resources for my classes.  My final project was a podcast on MS Word survival skills for writing students.

CTL Cultural Event: Michael Chabon Talk
November 2010

I coordinated and attended Michael Chabon's keynote address at the MCCC Writers Conference.

CTL Cultural Event: MCCC Writers Conference Saturday Workshops.
November 2010

I coordinated and attended the day-long series of workshops at the MCCC Writers Conference.

CTL Workshop Participant: Promotion Workshop
January 13, 2011

I participated in a workshop on promotion portfolio construction.

CTL Workshop Participant: Soul Catcher Discussion
February 4, 2011

I participated in a discussion of Charles Johnson's Soul Catcher as part of the Faculty First Fridays series associated with the 2011 Presidential Symposium.

CTL Workshop Leader: Middle Passage Discussion
March 4, 2011

I lead a discussion on Charles Johnson's Middle Passage as part of the Faculty First Fridays series associated with the 2011 Presidential Symposium.