Teaching

Wesley College, Dover, Delaware – Tenured Associate Professor of English & Religion

English & Composition Courses

  • Basic Writing
  • College Writing
  • College Writing II
  • Literature for Composition
  • Literature and Theory
  • Contemporary World Literature
  • Empire & Identity – a History in Literature
  • Writing Freedom – The Empowered Self & World Literature

Religion & Philosophy Courses

  • Paul & the Early Church
  • Prophets and Social Justice
  • Sacred Stories: Myth & Scripture
  • Religion & Sports
  • World Religions
  • Eastern Religious Traditions
  • Western Religious Traditions
  • Religion in America
  • Religion in Film & Literature
  • Literature of the Old Testament
  • Literature of the New Testament
  • Introduction to Philosophy
  • Introduction to Ethics
  • Business Ethics

Honors Courses

  • The Nature of Knowledge
  • The Good Life
  • The Research Process/Senior Honors Thesis

Humanities Courses

  • Mystics, Poets, & Downright Weirdoes
  • Women in the Bible
  • Introduction to the Humanities

Other Teaching Experience

Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia – Adjunct Instructor

  • Religion & Literature

Piedmont Community College, Charlottesville, Virginia – Adjunct Instructor

  • New Testament and Early Christianity
  • Religions of the World

Committees and Advisory Work

Wesley College, Dover, Delaware

  • Faculty Parliamentarian: Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
  • Coronavirus Action Group: May 2020 – June 2021
  • Enrollment Management and Retention Committee: January 2020 – May 2021
  • Partnership Advisory Group: November 2019 – May 2021
  • Academic Affairs Committee: September 2019 – May 2021
  • Faculty Search Committee: Spring 2015, Spring 2018
  • Core Curriculum Committee: Fall 2014 – Spring 2018; Chair: Fall 2016 – Spring 2018
  • Scholars Day (Undergraduate Research Conference) Moderator: Spring 2012, Spring 2019; Assessor: Spring 2013, Spring 2016-2018
  • Faculty Services Committee: Spring 2016
  • Legislative Fellows Search Committee: 2014 – 2016
  • Annie Jump Cannon Historical Marker Committee: 2015-2016
  • Scholars Day Committee Member and Chair: Fall 2014 – Spring 2016
  • Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity Faculty Co-Advisor: Spring 2013 – Fall 2016
  • Evening and Off-Campus Studies Committee: Fall 2011 – Spring 2014