Writer. Mentor. Editor. Recovering academic. Reader of books.
Currently, I work as a full-time writer, freelance editor, and writing coach and mentor. I am also a member of the National Coalition of Independent Scholars, and the Associate Editor of Physician Family Magazine, a national publication of the American Medical Association Alliance.
My background includes over 25 years of teaching, mentoring, and administrative experience in higher education. As an undergraduate and during my MA program, I worked in the Writing Center as first a peer tutor and later as a graduate assistant. After I completed my MA, I began teaching as an adjunct at my alma mater, The University of Central Arkansas. After a year of working as an adjunct and outside of academia as a character trainer and proofreader for Edge Infobase/Acxiom, I relocated to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to pursue a PhD in 1995. My first work assignment as a graduate assistant played on my tutoring experience. As a Writing Fellow for the Honors College I conducted small group sessions and individual sessions with freshman Honors College students. Beginning my second year of study, I taught in the English Department, teaching both writing and literature survey courses. In 1999, I took a full-time position with the English Department at Auburn University until I transitioned from on-ground teaching to online instruction in 2004.
From 2004 until I retired from teaching in 2017, I focused solely on online instruction, teaching a wide variety of general education courses. In addition, I regularly mentored both new and veteran faculty. For the last 18 months of my teaching career, I was fortunate to serve as Program Director for Interdisciplinary Studies for Baker College Online.
My academic credentials include a PhD in American Literature from the University of Southern Mississippi, as well as a BA and MA in English from the University of Central Arkansas.
You might also learn a thing or two about me in this interview with Brandi Granett from awhile back: Go for it: An Interview with author Angelic Rodgers. Also see my contributions to Brandi's "Six pieces of writing advice from first-time writers over 40".
My background includes over 25 years of teaching, mentoring, and administrative experience in higher education. As an undergraduate and during my MA program, I worked in the Writing Center as first a peer tutor and later as a graduate assistant. After I completed my MA, I began teaching as an adjunct at my alma mater, The University of Central Arkansas. After a year of working as an adjunct and outside of academia as a character trainer and proofreader for Edge Infobase/Acxiom, I relocated to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to pursue a PhD in 1995. My first work assignment as a graduate assistant played on my tutoring experience. As a Writing Fellow for the Honors College I conducted small group sessions and individual sessions with freshman Honors College students. Beginning my second year of study, I taught in the English Department, teaching both writing and literature survey courses. In 1999, I took a full-time position with the English Department at Auburn University until I transitioned from on-ground teaching to online instruction in 2004.
From 2004 until I retired from teaching in 2017, I focused solely on online instruction, teaching a wide variety of general education courses. In addition, I regularly mentored both new and veteran faculty. For the last 18 months of my teaching career, I was fortunate to serve as Program Director for Interdisciplinary Studies for Baker College Online.
My academic credentials include a PhD in American Literature from the University of Southern Mississippi, as well as a BA and MA in English from the University of Central Arkansas.
You might also learn a thing or two about me in this interview with Brandi Granett from awhile back: Go for it: An Interview with author Angelic Rodgers. Also see my contributions to Brandi's "Six pieces of writing advice from first-time writers over 40".
