About

As a professor who has chosen to teach first-year students for the past decade, my goal is to put writing in context, so that students reflect on their identities as scholars and citizens, develop habits of critical and situational thinking, and link what they are learning to larger issues and specific communities. We do this through community-engaged learning; we explore writing by working with community organizations across Washington, DC, noting how they shape the world through their language, and considering what worlds we want to create or challenge with our own writing choices.
My scholarship focuses on antiracism, rhetorics... [more]

Boards & Commissions

Life Pieces to Masterpieces
Board Secretary
April 2020

Research Interests

Arts & Culture Culture Education Social Justice

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Groups

  • Courses

  • George Washington University

  • engageDC

  • Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service

  • GWSB Community Engaged Business Students

  • Black Lives Matter Faculty Learning Community

  • 826DC

  • Life Pieces to Masterpieces

  • US Dream Academy

  • Community Engaged Scholarship

  • Health Equity

  • Performance, the Arts, and Design for Social Change

  • Teaching Community Engaged Scholarship

  • Little Friends for Peace (LFFP)

  • Higher Achievement

    • Impacts

    Deepening Partnerships: Youth Development

    This Impact is private

    This Impact is private