Education B.A. University of Cincinnati – English Literature M.A. California State University, Stanislaus – English Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University – Cultural Studies Dissertation: Eden's Animals: Living with Wild "Life" through the Anthropocene
Teaching Experience Professor of English: Mt San Antonio College 2015-Current English Instructor: Fullerton College 2013-2016 English Instructor: Lake Washington Institute of Technology 2011 Teaching Associate: CSU Stanislaus 2009-2010
Service English Department Chair 2021- 2023 AB 705 Coordinator 2017- 2022 Data Equity Coach 2021-Current BSI Grant Project Manager: Minding the Gap 2016-2019
Peer-Reviewed Publications
"The Silence of Wild Things," Brushfire Literary and Arts Journal, Spring 2024.
“Saving the Lahontan,” Backcountry Journal, April 2024.
“Hickory Chickens,” Still: The Journal, Summer 2023, (creative nonfiction)
“Blue Sky and Britches,” The Write Launch, September, 2022, (creative nonfiction)
“The Smell of Death and Excrement: Mapping Southern California Trash Communities.” Configurations: A Journal for Literature, Science, and Technology. Spring 2017.
“Reading Wild Noise: Peacocks and Politics in Palos Verdes.” Senses and the Urban Experience. Fall 2017.
"Towards Re-Thinking Ecology: Investigating the Influence of Behavioral Economics on Ecological Thought," LUX: A Journal of Transdisciplinary Writing and Research from Claremont Graduate University: 2:1 (2013).
“Constructing Identities through Campus Diversity in Post-Racial America.” Making Connections: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cultural Diversity. 11.1 (2009): 11-20.
“It Is Time to Designate Southern Steelhead as Endangered,” Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. September, 2022
Presentations
“Equity-Minded Grading Practices,” Mt. San Antonio HSS Community of Practice, 2021
“Staying Woke in the Classroom: Equity-Minded Teaching Practices that Promote Equity,” Mt. San Antonio College Flex Day, 2020.
“Touching to Be: Embodied Conversations with Granite.” Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Conference. 2016.
“Cultivating a Growth Mindset in the Classroom.” Mt. San Antonio College Flex Day. 2017.
“Reading Wild Noise: Peacocks and Politics in Palos Verdes.” Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Conference. 2015.
“Trash Communities of the LA River: A Brief Interspecies History of the LA River.” Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Conference. 2014.
“On Love and Horses: The Role of Love in Therapeutic Riding.” Funny Love Conference: University of California, Berkeley. 2013.
“The Eye of the Horse: Discussing the Cultural Impact of Popular Horse Films.” California American Studies Association Conference. San Diego State University. 2013.
“Imagining Horse-Horsemen Power Relations in a Post-Human Age.” Natures: Interdisciplinary Humanities Conference. 2013.
“Economics, Irrationality, and the Ecological Thought.” Natures: Interdisciplinary Humanities Conference. La Sierra University. 2012.
“Voices in Conversation: Localizing Assessment with Student Collaborators.” College English Association Conference, San Antonio. 2010.
“Making Things in College: A Theory and Practice Workshop.” Northern California Writing Centers Conference. 2009.
“Assessing Campus Diversity through Students’ Perspectives.” CSU System-Wide Student Research Competition. 2009.
Awards and Grants Slippery Elm Prose Contest, Finalist 2024 Annie Dillard Creative NonFiction Award (runner-up) 2022 Burning Bright College Champion Award 2019 BSI Leadership Grant 2016-2019 CGU Travel Award 2013-2014 CGU Graduate Fellowship 2011-2015 CGU Hillcrest Transdisciplinary Award 2012-2014 CSU Stanislaus Research Competition: First Place 2009 CSU Stanislaus Graduate Fellowship 2008
