Prefer online tutoring.
Tenured professor. I am currently in my 20th year of teaching. I began my writing career at 18, covering county events for a daily newspaper. I also began a column, and in 2003 won "Best Weekly Column" for a publication under 20,000 in the California Newspaper Publisher's Association.
At UC Davis, I studied Shakespearean drama, graduating with highest honors. I earned my Master's in English at UC Irvine, continuing study in what is sometimes referred to as the...
Prefer online tutoring.
Tenured professor. I am currently in my 20th year of teaching. I began my writing career at 18, covering county events for a daily newspaper. I also began a column, and in 2003 won "Best Weekly Column" for a publication under 20,000 in the California Newspaper Publisher's Association.
At UC Davis, I studied Shakespearean drama, graduating with highest honors. I earned my Master's in English at UC Irvine, continuing study in what is sometimes referred to as the Early Modern era (e.g., Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton). I completed several years of post-graduate study by taking (and subsequently teaching) courses in rhetoric and composition at UCI.
I was hired as a full-time lecturer at UC Irvine as well as a full-time lecturer at CSU Long Beach. At the latter institution, I was one of two faculty members who developed a new undergraduate writing course for criminology majors (still in use today!) We eventually co-authored the curriculum for a supplemental capstone writing course as well. I also taught part time at area community colleges in Orange County, CA.
In 2013 I began working full-time as a writing specialist at the Center for Excellent in Writing and Communication at UC Irvine. (I still continued to teach at area community colleges). There, I tutored UCI students in all subjects for the next three years, while also developing writing workshops for undergraduates to attend on a weekly basis. During the summers, I worked with students one-on-one who were pursuing prestigious scholarships (e.g., Fulbright, Gates Cambridge, Rhodes, etc.)
In 2016, I was hired back in Northern California. I serve as our college's vice president of the academic senate and teach college writing, research, creative writing, literature, and more. I was also the first subcommittee chair for our college's Dual Enrollment subcommittee; I enjoy working with dual enrolled students as they discover their own writing voices and talents.
I live with my wife, 3 dogs, and toddler daughter.
