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Qualifications Summary

Teaching/Media/Library professional experienced working in environments demanding strong instructional, technical, and organizational skills. Knowledgable, experienced, and solution-oriented; committed to creating superior educational opportunities. Ability to communicate and listen to colleagues and students in various settings. Capabilities include:

* Teaching Literature Courses
* Teaching Writing Courses
* Teaching  and Developing Web Design
* Teaching and Producing Video Projects
* Planning and Managing Library Facilities

Actvities and Awards

Pulling Apart, collection of poems published, 2010

Poetry Northwest, Associate Editor, 2009

House-Painting on Liberty Road, book of poems published 2008

Spoon River Poetry ReviewSpring Contest 2007, honorable mention

October Queen, book of poems published 2007

N.C. State University Poetry Contest 2007, semi-finalist

National Endowment for the Humanities scholarship to study Irish literature at the University of Galway, Ireland, Summer 2003

Fulbright Memorial Fund participant in Japan, Fall 2002
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National Board Certification in Library-Media earned, Fall 2002

Guilford County Schools Academic Allstars Summer Program Instructor, Summer 2002

Council of PTA’s Middle School Educator of the Year for Guilford County, Spring 2002

NC Middle School Association Conference presenter, Spring 2001

Published Vintage Paperback Sources: A Bibliographic Guide. New York: Gryphon Publications, 2000
 
Poems published in Greensboro Review, Cold Mountain Review, Coastal Plains Poetry, ArtsLine, Crucible, Wayah Review, Graffitti, Mt. Olive Review, Spoon River PoetryReview

Liberty School Technology Teacher of the Year,
1997-1998

Director, Liberty School Summer Computer Camp,
1996-2000

Committee Member, Randolph County Schools,
Middle School Writing Task Force, 1995-1996

Recipient, Randolph County Schools Bright Ideas Award for teaching project, 1992

President, Randolph Community College Faculty Association, 1987

Project Director, Medicine and Society Grant, Duke Endowment and NC Humanities Committee at Randolph Community College, 1986-1987

Excellence Fellow, UNC-Greensboro Excellence Fellowship for Graduate Study, 1983

Experience Highlights

Teacher

* Taught American, British, and Comparative literature courses at the college and high school levels
* Taught rhetoric and composition courses that included argumentation and research skills


Media Specialist

* ....Provided technology and media support for large school faculty
* Served as webmaster for large school
* Taught students various types of media production in large school


Librarian

* Planned for and managed large school library
* Provided research instruction for large school


Employment History

Full-Time and Adjunct Instructor, Randolph Community College, Alamance Community College, Greensboro College in North Carolina

Full-Time Media Specialist and Librarian,Randolph County Schools, Guilford County Schools in North Carolina


Education and Training

MLIS, Master's Degree in Library and Information Studies, UNC-Greensboro, North Carolina (1999)

MA, Master's Degree in English Studies, UNC-Greensboro, North Carolina (1983)