As an educator & teaching artist, I . . .
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prioritize student engagement
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encourage creativity and personal buy-in with course material and assignments
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focus on making connections between course material and real life applications
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bring joy and play into the classroom
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approach tricky situations as a compassion-forward leader
TA for THEA 223: Directing 1
Higher Education Work & Courses Taught
Mary Baldwin University (2024-2026)
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Instructor - ENG 102: Composition (graduate teaching fellowship - Fall 2025, Spring 2026)*
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*Was honored as the runner up for the The Mary Hill Cole Graduate Teaching Fellow Award for my work in this class
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Teaching Assistant - REN 695: Thesis Symposium, taught by Dr. Pete Kirwan (Summer 2026)
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Teaching Assistant - THEA 223: Directing I, taught by Molly Seremet (Spring 2025)
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Teaching Assistant - REN 560: Stage Combat Performance Essentials, taught by JP Scheidler (Fall 2024)
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (2021-2023)
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Academic Advisor - Art, Music & Theatre (2022-2023)
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Admissions Counselor - (2021-2022)
Teaching Artist:
American Shakespeare Center Theatre Camp
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RDA Team Captain & Production Manager (Summer 2026)
Constellation Shakespeare Collective (2025-2026)
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Educational Tour Actor - Macbeth
Workshops, Presentations, and Guest Lectures:
Mary Baldwin University
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Presenter - Shakespeare and Performance MFA Thesis Festival - "Inside Intentionality: Making Art That Knows What It Wants To Be" (2026)
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Festival Coordinator & Panel Chair - Shakespeare and Performance MFA Thesis Festival (2026)
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Guest Speaker - Websites, Social Media, and Personal Branding (2026) w/ Kailey Potter
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Panel Chair - Shakespeare and Performance MLitt Thesis Festival (2025)
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Presenter - Shakespeare and Performance MLitt Thesis Festival - "'Help me, dear sister' Contextualizing Shakespearean sister-pairs for contemporary performance" (2024)
Writ in the Margins Podcast
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Podcast Host (w/ Megan Parlett) - "The Courage to Right a Woman's Wrongs: Don Juan Demystified" (2024)
Publications:
Research Assistant for - Guerin, Amy. "Boal in Space: Using Forum Theatre to Improve NASA Engineering" Etudes. Vol.7 No.1 December 2021. http://www.etudesonline.com/dec2021guerin.html
Additional Experience, Training & Development:
Stage Comabt
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Single Sword - JP Scheidler, Amie Root
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Quarterstaff - Amie Root
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Knife, Unarmed, Rapier & Dagger, Small Sword - D. Granke
Mental Health First Aid
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Certification with MHFA
Awards & Honors
Mary Baldwin University
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The Ariel Service Award for the Outstanding Contribution to Our Community (2026)
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Runner-up: The Mary Hill Cole Graduate Teaching Fellow Award (2026)
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Honorable Mention: The Andrew J. Gurr Outstanding Thesis Award (2026)
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Honorable Mention: The Ralph Alan Cohen Ampersand Award (2024)
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
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Outstanding Theatre Student Award (2021)