Academic Teaching Experience
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer), Department of Game Design, Uppsala University Campus Gotland, September 2021-present.
Teach on campus sections of Game Design Master’s courses, including:
Applied Game Design Research
Game Design 5: Theory and Method
Degree Project 15 cr.
Advanced Game Design Research Methods
Master’s Degree Project 15 cr. and 30 cr.
Developing and coordinating curriculum for online courses for the Transformative Game Design Certificate Track and Master’s Programme, including:
Introduction to Transformative Game Design
Transformative Game Design I
Transformative Game Design II
Cultivating Transformational Communities
Adjunct Faculty, Philosophy, Religion, and Humanities, Austin Community College, Fall 2015-present.
Teach online and on campus sections of Humanities courses, including:
HUMA 1301: Humanities: Prehistory to Renaissance
HUMA 1301: Humanities: Prehistory to Renaissance: Great Questions Seminar
HUMA 1301: Prehistory to Renaissance: Peace & Conflict Studies
HUMA 1301: Prehistory to Renaissance: Global Studies
HUMA 1301: Prehistory to Renaissance: Global Studies — Great Question Seminar
HUMA 1302: Renaissance to Present
HUMA 1302: Renaissance to Present: Peace & Conflict Studies
HUMA 1302: Renaissance to Present: Global Studies
HUMA 1302: Honors Renaissance to Present: Give Peace a Chance
HUMA 1315: The Arts in Contemporary Society: Popular Culture
Past Academic Teaching
Associate Faculty, English and Communication, Ashford University, Spring 2009 – 2022.
Teach online sections of English and Communication courses, including:
ENG 121: English Composition I
ENG 122: English Composition II
ENG 225: Introduction to Film
ENG 125: Introduction to Literature
JRN 337: News Reporting & Writing
JRN 410: Journalism Law
JRN 497: Journalism & Mass Communication Capstone
SOC 315: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
COM 323: Persuasion & Argumentation
COM 325: Communication & Conflict
COM 345: Media Writing for Communications
COM 360: Advanced Communications in Society
GEN 499: General Education Capstone
Adjunct Faculty, World Languages and Cultures, Richland College, Fall 2008 – Spring 2020.
Taught online sections of English courses from 2012-2020. Taught on campus from 2008-2012. Courses taught:
ENGL 1301: Composition I
ENGL 1302: Composition II
ENGL 2311: Technical and Business Writing
ENGL 2321: British Literature
ENGL 2322: British Literature 1
ENGL 2327: American Literature
ENGL 2332: World Literature
Adjunct Faculty, Arts and Humanities, The University of Texas at Dallas, Spring 2008 – Summer 2015.
Taught sections for the Arts and Technology program on campus and online. Course taught:
ATEC 3325: Computer Mediated Communication
Adjunct Faculty, Communications, Brookhaven College, Fall 2008 – Fall 2011.
Taught on campus for the Communications department. Courses taught:
ENGL 1301: Composition I
ENGL 1302: Composition II
Teaching Assistant, Arts and Humanities, The University of Texas at Dallas, Fall 2003 – Fall 2007.
Taught eleven semesters of Rhetoric for the Arts and Humanities department on a 2-1 course load. Course taught:
RHET 1302
Teaching Assistant, Radio-TV-Film, The University of Texas at Austin, Summer 2002.
Assisted Allucquere Rosanne Stone in instruction of Postmodern Gothicism, a New Media class offered through UT Austin’s Actlab.
Teaching Assistant, Radio-TV-Film, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2002.
Assisted Mary Kearney in instruction of Women and Media Culture.
Research Assistant, Radio-TV-Film, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2002.
Assisted Steve Jennings for the class Broadcast and Cable Selling.
Research Assistant, Radio-TV-Film, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2002.
Assisted Dick Oppenheimer for the class Radio Station Management.
Academic Research Positions
Researcher, Department of Game Design, Uppsala University Campus Gotland, February 2021-August 2021.
Writing research papers, designing curricular materials, planning events, and writing grants for the Transformative Play Initiative.
Tutoring
English Tutor: Online English Corner, Richland College, Spring 2018.
English Tutor: Learning Lab, Northridge Campus, Austin Community College, January 2017.
Learning Lab, Rio Grande Campus, Austin Community College, September 2012-2017.
Independent Private Tutor: January 2004-present.
In-Home Tutor: Tutoring Direct, November 2007-August 2011.
Teaching Certificates
Academic Teacher Training, Uppsala University, Fall 2022.
Supervising Doctoral Students, Uppsala University, Spring 2023.
