Favorite Poets:
Langston Hughes & Emily Dickinson
Favorite Novelist:
Zora Neale Hurston
Favorite Short Story Writer:
Edgar Allan Poe
Favorite Pastries to Bake:
Red-Velvet Cupcakes, Sour Cream Pound Cake, & Sweet Potato Pie
Favorite Flower in My Garden:
Gerbera Daisies
My hobbies include creative writing both lyrical poetry and prose such as essays, reading both fiction and non-fiction, flower gardening, baking pastries, and volunteering in my local community.
About Me
I am a seasoned English educator who has enjoyed teaching since 1997. I have taught at the secondary level and at the post-secondary level at a community college, several liberal arts colleges, and a proprietary university. I currently teach courses in composition, literature, and communications.
Favorite Young Adult Novelist:
Judy Blume
Favorite Autobiography:
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
Favorite Essayist
James Baldwin
Favorite Charities:
Alzheimer's Association, National Cancer Institute, St. Jude Children's Research Hospitals, United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
RESEARCH INTERESTS
1995 -1996
The Ohio State University
M. A. Educational Studies
Concentration: English
The Impact of Literacy Narratives on Students in First-Year Composition
1990 - 1995
Voorhees College
B. A. English
Minor: Sociology
1997 - 1998
Lander University
* Additional Graduate Study--24 credits
Master of Arts in Teaching Program
Understanding the Resistant Writer
The Composing Processes of Students