Administrative Positions
Chair, Department of English & Comparative Literature, San José State University, Fall 2026-present
Director, CSU + Adobe for All Center of Excellence, San José State University, Fall 2026-present
Director, First-Year Writing Programs, San José State University, Fall 2023-present
Interim Director, First-Year Writing Program, San José State University, Fall 2022
Assistant Writing Program Administrator, San José State University, 2015-2023
Assistant Director of Writing Programs, Arizona State University, 2009-2011
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
Strategic Initiatives
“Digital Literacy Initiative.” Dir. w/ Amanda Smith, SJSU First-Year Writing Program and Adobe Systems, Spring 2024-Spring 2025
- Faculty Mentor Training
- Digital Literacy Summer Faculty Symposium
- First-Year Writing Program’s Digital Literacy Student Showcase
“Supported Pathways, Round II.” Dir. w/ Amanda Smith, SJSU First-Year Writing Program, Fall 2023-Summer 2024.
- Equitable Pedagogy Microlessons
- Equitable Pedagogy Trainers
- Council of Writing Program Administrators’ Consultant-Evaluator visit
“Supported Pathways, Round I.” Dir. w/ Amanda Smith, SJSU First-Year Writing Program, Summer 2023-Spring 2024.
- Writing Pedagogy & Community-Building Faculty Summer Seminar
- Supported Pathways: Successes, Challenges, & Future Plans,” half-day follow-up workshop
- Dynamic Activities for FYW Workshop
Faculty Learning Communities
“Meeting Students Where They Go: Towards Equitable Pedagogy.” Dir. w/ Amanda Smith, SJSU First-Year Writing Program, Spring 2024
“Critical Pedagogy Working Group.” Dir. w/ Maite Urcaregui, SJSU Department of English, Spring 2024
Faculty Seminars
“Practicing the Civic Arts in Public: Academic Freedom & Public Scholarship.” Dir. w/ Jennifer Mercieca. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute, June 2025.
“Rhetoric in Dark Times.” Dir. w/ Patricia Roberts-Miller. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute, May 24-28, 2021.
“What We Talk About When We Talk About Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum.” 5-week seminar about writing pedagogy & best practices for teaching writing in the disciplines for SJSU’s Writing Across the Curriculum Program. Fall 2017; Spring 2018
“Writing for Publication,” US Dept. of State Public Diplomacy Programs, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan, Jun. 9-20, 2014
Related Activities
Co-Chair, CSU + Adobe for All Digital Literacy Summit, Adobe World HQ & SJSU
Senator, Academic Senate, San José State University
Member, University Library Board, SJSU
Elected Member, Rhetoric Society of America Board of Directors
Chair, Finance Committee, Rhetoric Society of America
Member, GE Transfer Curriculum Committee, English Composition, UC-CSU-CCC Senates
Member, University Writing Committee, SJSU
Search Committee, Provost & Senior VP for Academic Affairs, SJSU
Strategic Planning Taskforce, SJSU
Co-Chair, 2nd Annual Education for Liberation Conference, SJSU
Co-Chair, CCCC@SJSU, CCCC Regional Summer Conference, SJSU
Deans’ Leadership Academy, SJSU
Academic Affairs Leadership Discovery Group, SJSU
Elected Member, CCCC Executive Committee
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