Teaching Experience

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University of Texas at El Paso | Faculty Lecturer

Department of English

2019

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University of Texas at El Paso | Faculty Lecturer

Department of English

2018

Rhetoric and Composition II, University of Texas at El Paso, Spring 2019. (4 sections)

 

Rhetoric and Composition II, University of Texas at El Paso, Fall 2018. (3 sections)

 

Rhetoric and Composition I, University of Texas at El Paso, Fall 2018. (1 section

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Rhetoric and Composition II, University of Texas at El Paso, Spring 2018. (4 sections)

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South West University | Guest Lecturer

Department of General Education

Summer 2017

Business Communication, Department of Allied Health, Southwest University, El Paso, TX, Summer 2017.

 

Technical Writing, Department of Allied Health, Southwest University, El Paso, TX, Summer 2017. (2 sections)

 

Reading Comprehension, Department of Allied Health, Southwest University, El Paso, TX, Summer 2017. (2 sections)

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University of Texas at El Paso | Adjunct Lecturer

Department of English

2017.

Rhetoric and Composition II. Fall. (2 sections)

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Rhetoric and Composition II. Fall. (2 sections)

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Rhetoric and Composition II [Special Topic: The Animal Turn], (24 students). Spring (3 sections)

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University of Texas at El Paso | Adjunct Lecturer

Department of English

2016.

 

Rhetoric and Composition II, (19 students).Fall.

 

Rhetoric and Composition I, (23 students).Fall.

 

Introduction to American Literature, (20 students). Fall.

 

British Literature, from 1700 to the Present, (21 students). Fall.

 

Rhetoric and Composition II, 2 sections taught (23 and 20 students respectively). Spring (2 sections)

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University of Texas at El Paso | Adjunct Lecturer

Department of English

2015.

 

British Literature, from 1700 to the Present, (34 students), University of Texas at El Paso, Fall 2015.

Create UTEP and department compliant syllabi, with 16 week calendar. Seek and assign appropriate course material to promote learning and foster critical conversation.

• Plan and instruct a sophomore British literature survey for students of all disciplines.

• Taught literature with an emphasis on close reading, critical analysis and explication.

• Covered a range of popular and important literary and artistic works, with a focus on colonialism, Marxism and gender issues.

• Instituted a multimodal pedagogy through the use of various web sources, comparative readings, graphic novels, films and the option to complete the final research project in the form of a modern film adaptation, documentary or public service announcement.

 

Developmental Reading & Writing, 2 sections taught (24 and 21 students respectively), University of Texas at El Paso, Fall 2015.

• Instruct students in the basics involved in the reading and writing processes.

• Equip students with the tools to read closely, think critically and write effectively.

• Introduce students to discussion, flipped-class and group based class meetings.

• Extensive instruction in writing grammar and mechanics.

• Worked one-on-one with students in the Writing Lab to help students negotiate reading, writing or campus-life related issues.

• Used a combination of focused free writing, reading projects, exams, essays and reflections to reinforce student learning.

 

Rhetoric and Composition I, 2 sections taught (23 and 24 students respectively), University of Texas at El Paso, Fall 2015. (2 sections)

• Introduced students to key rhetorical terms and effective composition in various genres.

• Followed programmatic course structure; taught composition strategies by utilizing essay and multimodal assignments.

• Introduced students to interdisciplinary topics and concepts; guided them through developing a proposal, annotated bibliography and research paper on their chosen topic; and encouraged students to seek out complicating, opposing and counter perspectives.

• Guided students in conducting primary research

 

University of Texas at El Paso | Instructor on Record

Department of English, Spring 2015.

Rhetoric and Composition II, 2 hybrid sections taught (13 and 20 students respectively), University of

Texas at El Paso, Spring 2015.

• Held face-to-face and virtual class meetings.

• Personalized the programmatic curriculum and planned lessons and led discussions with an emphasis on alternate narratives and/or opposing viewpoints.

• Organized conference-style presentations.

• Used technology in the classroom to scaffold and execute the documentary assignment, and to access the virtual classroom, via Blackboard.

 

University of Texas at El Paso | Instructor on Record

Department of English, Fall2014.

Rhetoric and Composition I, 2 sections taught (24 and 21 students respectively), University of Texas at El Paso, Fall 2014.

• Introduced students to key rhetorical terms and effective composition in various genres.

• Followed programmatic course structure; taught composition strategies by utilizing essay and multimodal assignments.

• Organized “flipped classroom” group assignments in which groups taught their peers how to execute the upcoming assignment.

 

University of Texas at El Paso |Teaching Assistant

Department of English,2013-2015.

• Attended a rigorous, accelerated rhetoric and composition summer course.

• Trained to grade, based on programmatic standard, during bi-monthly “norming” sessions.

• Observed three seasoned instructors over the course of a semester.

• Fulfilled weekly six-hour commitment tutoring in the University Writing Center.