professional service activities

• Judging Keats Sparrow Writing Awards submissions In conjunction with Tracy Morse, Director of Writing Foundations, and Amy Curtis, Joyner Library Assistant Professor, read, reviewed, evaluated 43 essays submitted for W. Keats Sparrow Writing Award which recognizes excellence in research and writing by students in East Carolina University's English 1100 and 2201 composition classes.Three cash prizes awarded annually to winners; winning essays published in Pirate Papers, a departmentally published textbook and in Building Bridges,English 2201 custom textbook. 2019
• Seventh Annual James Applewhite Poetry Invitational Attended Seventh Annual James Applewhite Poetry Invitational, co-sponsored by North Carolina Literary Review. 2017
• Writing Foundations Meeting Participated in University mandated assessment of English 1100, ; including calibration sessions, training on Blackboard Outcomes, reading and assessing portfolios with muliple submissions, and meeting with assessment partner to review scores and reach consensus on scores, and input scores in Outcomes. 2016 - 2017
• English Department Service Award's Committee Serve on Service Award Committe: reviews nomination materials for and select faculty nominated for fixed term faculty/tenure-track service award and tenured faculty service award. 2016
• Support Freshmen Writing Assessment Participated in Composition Program assessment required by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools for ECU's accreditationd. 2010