Scholar · Teacher · Writer
Centering literacy as liberation — examining how adult, developmental, and non-traditional learners navigate time, language, and identity within institutional spaces.
I am a college educator and scholar with more than twenty years of experience teaching writing and composition in urban and multicultural CUNY and community college environments.
My work centers on adult, developmental, and non-traditional learners. My teaching philosophy is grounded in the belief that all students — particularly those navigating developmental and basic writing courses — are capable of rigorous intellectual work.
Drawing on frameworks from Basic Writing Theory, critical literacy, and Adult Education, I approach every classroom as a site of possibility, where high expectations, creativity, and collaborative inquiry drive student growth.
Assistant Program Director, Adult Literacy & Workforce Development
BronxWorks
Adjunct Associate Professor
Pace University
Adjunct Lecturer
The City College of New York (CUNY)
Adjunct Lecturer
Medgar Evers College (CUNY)
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Examining pedagogical frameworks and innovation to build rigorous academic spaces for developmental writers.
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Investigating metric time, institutional acceleration, and their direct impact on the jagged lives of corequisite and non-traditional students.
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Integrating evidence-based instructional strategies across community, workforce, and higher education programs.
"Metric Time and Jagged Lives: Corequisite Education, Chrononormativity, and the Politics of Acceleration at CUNY"
This project examines how systemic shifts toward corequisite education and standardized accelerated learning impact non-traditional, adult, and multilingual student bodies across urban educational frameworks like the City University of New York. Drawing on translingualism and chrononormativity as theoretical lenses, it argues that institutional timelines function as gatekeeping mechanisms for the students most in need of support.
2026
"Teaching and Learning in Three Institutional Contexts"
2023
"Linguistic Instrumentalism"
2018
"Forming Adult Educators: The CCNY MA in Language and Literacy"
2020
"Teaching Academic Writing Through the Lens of History and Biography"
2018
"Teaching Cultural Competence in College Writing Courses"
Adjunct Lecturer (Fall 2022 – present)
Adjunct Lecturer & Former Full-time Substitute Lecturer
Adjunct Associate Professor (Fall 2021 – present)
Adjunct Lecturer (Fall 2007 – Fall 2019)
Adjunct Instructor (Spring 2012 – Fall 2015)
Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize Conference
Co-Chair (2027)Organizing the upcoming conference — themed "Errors in Our Expectations" — at the City College of New York, alongside Missy Watson.
Modern Language Association
Chair, Global English ForumServing as Chair and Executive Committee Member of the MLA Global English Forum, facilitating scholarship and advocacy at the intersection of global Englishes, translingualism, and writing pedagogy.
Council on Basic Writing
Executive Board MemberContributing strategic oversight to national research and pedagogical support for developmental writing programs.
I welcome opportunities for professional academic collaboration, panel inquiries, and discussions about basic writing program models, adult literacy, and equity-centered pedagogy.
"The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility in the academy."— bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress