Leadership Experience
USC Upstate
Director of Transformative and Inclusive Pedagogy
Center for Academic Innovation and Faculty Support
Academic Affairs
Fall 2023-present
Piedmont University
Department Chair, Elementary Education
College of Education
Fall 2020-Summer 2023
Co-Founder, CURE (Cultivating Understanding and Responsive Educators)
Fall 2021-Summer 2023
USC Aiken
Program Coordinator, Elementary Education
College of Education
Fall 2017-Spring 2019
Post-Secondary Teaching Experience
USC Upstate
Fall 2023-
I designed and teach the credit for prior learning course UNIV U210 Prior Learning Portfolio Development. This course aims to support adult, nontraditional students in aligning their work experience with college course outcomes and assembling a portfolio of professional artifacts reflecting their achievement of the outcomes. This course was designed using CAEL recommendations.
Piedmont University
Fall 2020-Summer 2023
I taught in Piedmont undergraduate and graduate education programs in elementary, middle, and secondary initial and advanced certification programs. The undergraduate student population was comprised of traditional and nontraditional undergraduate students and also teaching paraprofessionals and provisional educators.
Associate Professor
#Denotes online
*Denotes hybrid
^Denotes face to face
+Denotes doctoral program
Education Courses
EDEM 3332*^ Language Arts Methods - Elementary
EDSE 3332^ Language Arts Methods - Secondary
EDUC 4497* Classroom Management
EDUC 4498* Senior Seminar
EDUC 4479# Internship I
EDUC 4499# Internship II
EDUC 2250* Media and Technology for Educators
EDUC 4405# Reading Environments
Graduate Courses
EDUC 6632#^ Language Arts Methods (elementary and secondary)
EDUC 6639# Reading Environments
EDEM 6629# Children's Literature and Integrated Arts
EDEM 6601# Interdisciplinary Teaching in Diverse Elementary Schools
EDEM 6603# Teaching For Joy: Play, Movement, and the Imagination in the Elementary Classroom
EDD 9908+# Dissertation
EDD 9927+# Applied Research
Dissertation Projects, Chair
Perrer, M. (2021). Alternative seating in the classroom from an intermediate teacher's perspective (Doctoral dissertation). https://tinyurl.com/2p9y7rf4
Hanley, C. (2023). Mathematics Workshop for Parents: The Conceptual Understanding and Language of Mathematics (Doctoral dissertation).
USC Upstate
Director of Transformative and Inclusive Pedagogy
Center for Academic Innovation and Faculty Support
Academic Affairs
Fall 2023-present
Piedmont University
Department Chair, Elementary Education
College of Education
Fall 2020-Summer 2023
Co-Founder, CURE (Cultivating Understanding and Responsive Educators)
Fall 2021-Summer 2023
USC Aiken
Program Coordinator, Elementary Education
College of Education
Fall 2017-Spring 2019
Post-Secondary Teaching Experience
USC Upstate
Fall 2023-
I designed and teach the credit for prior learning course UNIV U210 Prior Learning Portfolio Development. This course aims to support adult, nontraditional students in aligning their work experience with college course outcomes and assembling a portfolio of professional artifacts reflecting their achievement of the outcomes. This course was designed using CAEL recommendations.
Piedmont University
Fall 2020-Summer 2023
I taught in Piedmont undergraduate and graduate education programs in elementary, middle, and secondary initial and advanced certification programs. The undergraduate student population was comprised of traditional and nontraditional undergraduate students and also teaching paraprofessionals and provisional educators.
Associate Professor
#Denotes online
*Denotes hybrid
^Denotes face to face
+Denotes doctoral program
Education Courses
EDEM 3332*^ Language Arts Methods - Elementary
EDSE 3332^ Language Arts Methods - Secondary
EDUC 4497* Classroom Management
EDUC 4498* Senior Seminar
EDUC 4479# Internship I
EDUC 4499# Internship II
EDUC 2250* Media and Technology for Educators
EDUC 4405# Reading Environments
Graduate Courses
EDUC 6632#^ Language Arts Methods (elementary and secondary)
EDUC 6639# Reading Environments
EDEM 6629# Children's Literature and Integrated Arts
EDEM 6601# Interdisciplinary Teaching in Diverse Elementary Schools
EDEM 6603# Teaching For Joy: Play, Movement, and the Imagination in the Elementary Classroom
EDD 9908+# Dissertation
EDD 9927+# Applied Research
Dissertation Projects, Chair
Perrer, M. (2021). Alternative seating in the classroom from an intermediate teacher's perspective (Doctoral dissertation). https://tinyurl.com/2p9y7rf4
Hanley, C. (2023). Mathematics Workshop for Parents: The Conceptual Understanding and Language of Mathematics (Doctoral dissertation).
USC Aiken
Fall 2016-Spring 2020
I primarily taught reading and literacy courses across USC Aiken's undergraduate programs in elementary, middle level, and secondary education. I also taught at the USC Salkahatchie campus in Allendale, SC, where students have access to a partnership that allows them to complete their first two years at Salk and then transfer to USCA to complete their degree in elementary education.
Assistant Professor
*Denotes Read to Succeed
+Denotes Taught at USC Salkahatchie Campus and USC Aiken
#Denotes Online
Elementary Education Courses
EDRD 430*+ Foundations in Reading and Special Education
EDRD 430*+# Foundations in Reading and Special Education
EDRD 421*+ Reading Assessment for Elementary Education
EDRD 422*+ Instructional Practices in Elementary School Literacy and Creative Arts
EDRD 422*+# Instructional Practices in Elementary School Literacy and Creative Arts
EDRD 218# Children's Literature
EDEL 445 Classroom Assessment
Middle and Secondary Education Courses
EDRD 318*# Foundations in Reading and Assessment
EDRD 518*# Content Area Reading and Writing
Graduate Courses
EDUC 632# Diversity in Education (ESOL Certification Core)
EDUC 632# Diversity in Education (Educational Leadership Core)
Allen University
Fall 2014-Spring 2016
Assistant Professor of English
English Courses
ENG 101 Composition I
ENG 102 Composition II
ENG 105 Public Speaking
ENG 200 Introduction to Literature
ENG 314 New Media Writing
ENG 326 Advanced Composition
ENG 417 Senior Seminar
SC Technical College System
2006-2008; 2013
Adjunct English Instructor
ENG 100 Introduction to Composition
ENG 101 English Composition
ENG 102 English Composition II
Fall 2016-Spring 2020
I primarily taught reading and literacy courses across USC Aiken's undergraduate programs in elementary, middle level, and secondary education. I also taught at the USC Salkahatchie campus in Allendale, SC, where students have access to a partnership that allows them to complete their first two years at Salk and then transfer to USCA to complete their degree in elementary education.
Assistant Professor
*Denotes Read to Succeed
+Denotes Taught at USC Salkahatchie Campus and USC Aiken
#Denotes Online
Elementary Education Courses
EDRD 430*+ Foundations in Reading and Special Education
EDRD 430*+# Foundations in Reading and Special Education
EDRD 421*+ Reading Assessment for Elementary Education
EDRD 422*+ Instructional Practices in Elementary School Literacy and Creative Arts
EDRD 422*+# Instructional Practices in Elementary School Literacy and Creative Arts
EDRD 218# Children's Literature
EDEL 445 Classroom Assessment
Middle and Secondary Education Courses
EDRD 318*# Foundations in Reading and Assessment
EDRD 518*# Content Area Reading and Writing
Graduate Courses
EDUC 632# Diversity in Education (ESOL Certification Core)
EDUC 632# Diversity in Education (Educational Leadership Core)
Allen University
Fall 2014-Spring 2016
Assistant Professor of English
English Courses
ENG 101 Composition I
ENG 102 Composition II
ENG 105 Public Speaking
ENG 200 Introduction to Literature
ENG 314 New Media Writing
ENG 326 Advanced Composition
ENG 417 Senior Seminar
SC Technical College System
2006-2008; 2013
Adjunct English Instructor
ENG 100 Introduction to Composition
ENG 101 English Composition
ENG 102 English Composition II