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Academic Appointments: San Jacinto College, Chair, Liberal Arts Department, 2021 to present Lone Star College, Associate Dean for Student Learning & Dual Credit, 2015 to present Adjunct English faculty, 2000 to 2021 DeVry University, Associate Professor/Faculty Chair, 2013 to 2015 Academic Affairs Specialist, 2012 to 2013 Assistant Professor/English Chair, 2010 to 2012 Prairie View A&M University, English Lecturer, 2009 to 2010 Houston Community College, adjunct English faculty, 2008 to 2009 University of Houston, Director of Student Affairs, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, 2000 Education: University of Houston, Doctorate of Philosophy, English and American Literature DeVry University School of Education, Higher Education Leadership Certificate K-12 Educational Leadership Graduate Certificate Keller School of Management, E-Commerce Management Graduate Certificate Houston Baptist University, Master of Liberal Arts University of Houston, Bachelor of Business Administration Non-degreed Education: Inclusive Teaching for Equitable Learning Micro-credential -Association of College & University Educators, 2022 Religion, Conflict, & Peace - Harvard The Science of Religion - University of British Columbia First Year Experience: Student Success Course Professional Development Certificate (Lone Star College) Myers Briggs Type Indicator Type, “Ask an Expert: Is Professional Networking Just for Extraverts?” (National Board for Certified Counselors) Myers Briggs Type Indicator Type, Learning Style, and Student Retention Training (National Board for Certified Counselors) Myers Briggs Type Indicator Type and Stress Training (National Board for Certified Counselors) Active Learning Techniques – Level I – DeVry University Learning Styles Certificate – etools4Education Learner-Centered Concepts Certificate – etools4Education Learning Theory Certificate – etools4Education Differentiated Instruction Certificate – etools4Education Development and Learning Certificate – etools4Education Cognitive Processing Certificate – etools4Education Structure of Disciplines Certificate – etools4Education Special Education for the Regular Classroom Teacher – etools4Education Fundraising 101 (Association for Fundraising Professionals) – Rice University Public Relations Writing Certification – University of Houston Dissertation: Pearl Cleage’s Hollering Herstoricist Migrations: Defining Her Selves and Telling Her Stories – Chairs: Drs. Elizabeth Brown-Guillory and Maria Gonzalez. Committee Members: Drs. Paul Guajardo, Peter Gingiss, and Irving Rothman Courses taught: DRAM 2366 Film Appreciation EDUC525 Education Program Evaluation EDUC531 Higher Education Leadership EDUC555 Faculty Development in Higher Education ENGL112 Freshman Composition ENGL135 Advanced Composition ENGL227 Professional Writing ENGL510 Foundations of Communication GM410 Foundations of Business Communications GOVT 2305 Federal Government GOVT 2306 Texas Government HUMN303 Intro to Humanities HUMN420 Contemporary Literature HUMN422 Film and Literature LAS432 Technology, Society, and Culture Online course design: EDUC1300 FYE College Student Success ENGL1301 Freshman Composition ENGL1302 Advanced Composition HUMN303 Intro to Humanities University/College service: San Jacinto College, Dissertation Chair - Doctoral Candidate at Ferris State University San Jacinto College Dual Credit Operating Scholarship San Jacinto College First Generation Club Lone Star Sabbatical Committee Lone Star College Doctoral Scholarship Committee Packet Editor for Clinical Laboratory Science Program Accrediting Committee Chair of DeVry First Year Initiatives Committee Math pass rates moved from 45% to 90% within first semester of this initiative First year English classes moved to laboratory classrooms Faculty Lead with DeVry Innovations Committee (Google Docs project) Co–chair of DeVry Soft Skills Committee Chair of DeVry Live Well – Millionaire Mindset Committee Founder of DeVry Senior Project/Capstone Prep Workshops Founder of DeVry Faculty Writing Group Founder of DeVry Performance Troupe Continuing Student Review Committee member Academic Success Center faculty volunteer Faculty Development Committee member and presenter Learning Differences Negotiation in the Classroom APA faculty consultant WRAP (English Norming Committee) volunteer P-16 Initiatives volunteer Writing Initiative pilot program (ENGL112) New Student Orientation volunteer Graduation volunteer (singer and Master of Ceremonies) Persistence Committee member – assisted in placing campus 23rd in nation Net Promoter Score committee member – assisted in placing campus 4th in nation Marketing Committee volunteer Community outreach faculty volunteer TEACH awards ceremony volunteer Yates High School Bridge Initiative volunteer Career Services volunteer Publications: Collected Essays & Plays “Issacharites: One of the Teaching Tribes”. One Love Caribbean. September 2013 “Reubenites: One of the Warrior Tribes”. One Love Caribbean. August 2013 “Which Prophet Are You?” One Love Caribbean. July 2013 “(Re)membering the Pieces of Her Selves from the plays of Pearl Cleage and August Wilson” (in progress) “The Twelve Tribes Personality Assessment” (in progress) “Lana’s Wings” – for Children, 2013 (looking for a publisher) “Lana’s Wings” (in progress) “Widowed” in Pearl Cleage’s Hollering Herstoricist Migrations: Defining Her Selves and Telling Her Stories, Proquest, 2010. “Spaces and Boundaries in Zulu Sofola’s Song of a Maiden” in Urbanization and African Cultures, Ed. Toyin Falola and Steven J. Salm. Carolina Academic Press, 2005, pp. 41-50 “Zulu Sofola and Feminist Consciousness” in Nigeria in the Twentieth Century, Ed. Toyin Falola. Carolina Academic Press, 2002, pp. 847-855 Letters, Notes and Reviews “Knock Me a Kiss” Theatre Review. One Love Caribbean. February 2013 “The Mountaintop” Theatre Review. One Love Caribbean. February 2013 “Cinderella” Theatre Review. One Love Caribbean. January 2013 “Ralph Esquire”. Script Supervisor. 2009. ▪ Reviews of Dialogue with Realism and Sentimental Fiction Mothers and Daughters in the Twentieth Century: A Literary Anthology Is it Really Mommie Dearest? Daughter-Mother Narratives in Young Adult Fiction. NWSA Journal, 14.2 (2002) 216-219 ▪ Biographical entry of Myrtle Smith Livingston, Black Drama Biographies online, Alexander Street Press (forthcoming) ▪ Biographical entry of Hilary Holladay, The Ann Petry Encyclopedia. Ed. Hazel Arnett Ervin. Greenwood Press, 2002. ▪ Biographical entries on Adrienne Kennedy and Shay Youngblood, Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature. Ed. Wilfred Samuels. Facts on File. 2007 Citations Cited by Christine J. Farnum O’Leary in Motherhood: Portrayals in American Literature. Proquest. 2008. Intellectual supervision: Consultant, Doctoral Dissertation: Joshua Lo, DeVry University Professor Reader, Master’s Thesis: Davis Monroe. Morgan State University Awards and Honors: DeVry, I Teach Award, 2013 DeVry Golden Gloves Award, 2012 DeVry University Employee of the Semester, 2011 DeVry University TEACH Award, 2011 DeVry University Ron Taylor Excellence in Performance Award, 2011 UH Staff Council Scholarship, 2004-06 Miller Theatre Advisory Board Grant, “Flutations” July, 2003 UH Committee on the Status of Women Scholarship, 2000 (for graduate studies) Selected Presentations: "Stress and Emotional Intelligence". Lone Star College. Katy, TX. September 2018 "A Kink and a Prayer in 'Da Kink in My Hair". The Ensemble Theatre. Houston, TX. September 2018 "Surviving Survivor's Remorse with Magic in The First Noel". The Ensemble Theatre. Houston, TX. October 2016 "Deconstructing a Diaspora Deferred: Teaching the Diaspora to the Millennial Student". College Language Association. Houston, TX April 2016 "Once Upon a Wife Time: War Games in a Pan-Africanist Fairy Tale" dramaturgical presentation. Texas Southern University. Houston, TX. March 2016 "The Learning Commons & Tutoring Center Department: A Radical Change Agent in Navigating Educational Resources". DREAM 2016. Atlanta, GA. February 2016 “Plátanos & Collard Greens: Deconstructing a Drapetomanic Pigmentocracy” dramaturgical presentation. The Ensemble Theatre, Houston, TX, August 2015 “Family Wounds, Realistic Characterization, and History in Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog” dramaturgical presentation. Texas Southern University, Houston, TX, January 2014 “The South as Mecca: Pearl Cleage’s Freedom Plays.” College Language Association, New Orleans, LA, March 2014 “Long Time Since Yesterday” dramaturgical presentation. Texas Southern University, Houston, TX, January 2013 “Women of Color: Open Topics.” Panel Chair. South Central Modern Language Association, San Antonio, TX, October 2012 “Business Communication and Etiquette” presentation for WalMart Corporation. Houston, TX, February 2012 “Pearl Cleage’s Inspiration for “Chain”.” South Central Modern Language Association, Hot Springs, Arkansas. October 2011 “Business Etiquette” Presentation. Fort Bend County Annex. Richmond, TX. September 2011 “Bessie Coleman and Independence Heights” Presentation for Mercer Corporation. Houston, TX. February 2011 “Sirens’ Songs” Dramaturgical presentation. Texas Southern University, Houston, TX, February 2011 “Exodusters in Flight: Pearl Cleage’s Wandering Women in Flyin’ West.” South Central Modern Language Association, Fort Worth, Texas. October 2010 “Waiting to be Invited” Dramaturgical presentation. Ensemble Theatre. Houston, Texas, February 2007 “A Tribute to August Wilson” Presentation funded by CACHH. Ensemble Theatre. February 2006 “Color Me Dark” A Migration Series Presentation. Ensemble Theatre. January 2006 “Twentieth-Century Black Women Playwrights.” Chairperson. Modern Language Association, Washington D.C., December 2005 “Widowed.” Staged at Midtown Arts Center. (Including original music- The Goodness of the Lord, Fresh Meat, He’s Alright With Me, Make Me Whole). Houston, Texas. June 2005 “Widowed.” The Miranda Project. Houston, Texas. May 2005 “Primary Care.” On The Edges: Extreme Caregiving, Transforming Ourselves, Transforming Practice Conference. University of Texas Houston School of Nursing. February 2005 “Drums of Sweetwater.” Dramaturgical presentation. Texas Southern University, February 2005 “In Search of a Thirdspace in Judith Alexa Jackson’s WOMBmanWARs.” College Language Association, Howard University, April 2003 “Spaces and Boundaries in Zulu Sofola’s Song of a Maiden.” Conference on Nigeria in the Twentieth Century. African Urban Spaces: History and Culture, University of Texas, March 2003 “Womanish Madwomen in Ama Ata Aidoo’s Anowa and Adrienne Kennedy’s Funnyhouse of a Negro.” South Central Modern Language Association, Austin, TX, October 2002 “Modern Drama – Open Topic.” Chairperson. South Central Modern Language Association, Austin, TX, October 2002 “Postmodern ‘Travelin Men’ and ‘Stayin Women’ of Suzan-Lori Parks’ The America Play.” College Language Association, LeMoyne-Owen College, April 2002 “An African Feminist Consciousness within Zulu Sofola’s Memories in the Moonlight and King Emene.” Conference on Nigeria in the Twentieth Century, University of Texas, March 2002 “Jokers and Jokes in Ntozake Shange’s Spell #7.” South Central Modern Language Association ,Tulsa, OK , November 2001 “La Bakaire performance.” College Language Association, New Orleans, LA, April 2001 “Humanities and Healing – Student Perspectives,” Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Program, Houston, Texas, October 1999 Dramaturgical Presentations on plays - Johnnie B Goode, Two Trains Running, Black Eagles, Once On This Island, The Ensemble Theatre, Houston, TX, 1997-98 Memberships: Modern Language Association College Language Association South Central Modern Language Association The Ensemble Theatre Acting Company University of Houston CEO Group Public Service: The Dignity in Direction Group – Founder Stage Whisper Playhouse – Advisory Volunteer Junior Achievement – Success Skills Volunteer Fort Bend I.S.D. Extended Day Program - Advisory Board Member American Cancer Society – Public Relations Committee |
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