Experience

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  Auburn university

  Jan 1996 - May 2000

  Taught composition courses Tutored Auburn University athletes in English and Philosophy.

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Aug 1998 - May 2000

  • Certified Tutor/Student Assistant

    Jan 1996 - Jan 1999
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  G.e.d

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  Adult education instructor

  Started a state program to teach GED classes in two drug rehab facilitiesHandled diverse teaching responsibilities, including basic literacy and college prep

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  Colegio bilingüe new horizons in

  Aug 2000 - Jun 2001

  English language coordinator/ high school language arts instructor

  Taught 10th-12th grade English and literatureCoordinated the high school English language curriculum

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  Opelika-auburn (ala.) news

  Aug 2001 - Dec 2001

  Staff writer

  Feature Editor/ Columnist

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  Southern union state community college

  Aug 2001 - Dec 2001

  Adjunct literature/composition instructor

  Taught two sections of Freshman Composition and one section of World Literature

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  Brunswick news

  Jan 2002 - Sept 2002

  Education reporter

  The Brunswick (Ga.) NewsCreated a project that explored options for Glynn County's failing School systemAnalyzed national trends in education as they played out in local classrooms

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  Opelika-auburn (ala.) news

  Oct 2002 - Jul 2005

  Feature writer and columnist

  Wrote feature stories, an award-winning weekly column and covered the arts

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  Auburn university

  Jan 2004 - May 2005

  Adjunct journalism instructor

  Taught two sections of JRNL 2210 (News Writing)Organized Web CT Course material and interactive online course content

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  Spokane falls community college

  Aug 2005 - now

  Tenured journalism instructor/ student publication adviser

  Helped develop Communicator Online, a web-based student news outlet, winner of the 2009 Associated Collegiate Press Online Pacemaker.Developed and taught two new courses: Multimedia Journalism and Advanced News Reporting. Also teach Introduction to Newswriting, Mass Media, College News Production, English Composition and Introduction to Literature.Co-creator of the A.A.S.T. transfer degree in Digital Media Production. Worked with faculty and administrators to secure funding and space for a Student Media Lab, a converged newsroom bringing together students from journalism, photography, graphic design and web design to work collaboratively on student publications. Adviser for The Communicator, SFCC's bi-weekly student newspaper and Communicator Online. Since 2005, the ACP has consistently ranked the paper one of the nation's best.Assist students with production using Adobe CS4, Final Cut Pro and Audacity. Responsible for the financial stability and advertising revenue for the newspaper.Under my leadership, the journalism department has shown significant and steady growth in FTE's and has achieved financial stability. Show less