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EDUCATION
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
Master of Arts, Appalachian Studies, 2012
Areas of Focus: Cultural mixing influences of Native American, European, and African peoples on Appalachian history, culture, and identity. Thesis: “Dear Johnny Depp: Will You Please Buy the State of West Virginia? Autoethnography of an Appalachian Woman”
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
Master of Arts, English Literature
Areas of Focus: Rhetoric and Composition, Restoration/Eighteenth-Century British Literature, American Literature 1900-1950. Thesis: “A Curriculum for Appalachian Studies: Merging Ideologies of Humanities and Social Science”
Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, minor Psychology, 2009
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Coastal Carolina University Department of English, Conway, South Carolina
Teaching Associate, 2017-2020, 2021-present
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Literature and Culture
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Composition and Critical Reading
Appalachian State University Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Adjunct, 2022
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Appalachian Literature
Appalachian State University Rhetoric and Composition Program
Lecturer, 2013-2016
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Introduction to Expository Writing
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Introduction to Writing across the Curriculum
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - TRAININGS
Coastal Carolina University
Quality Matters “Applying the QM Rubric.” Continuing Education and Online Quality Assurance, 2023 – Present
“How Bad Can It Be? Developing Your Own Trauma-Informed Educational Pedagogy” SCCITL (South Carolina Conference on Innovations in Teaching and Learning) Conference, Office of Professional Development, July 2023
“Culturally Responsive Teaching- What it is and what it isn't.,” SCCITL (South Carolina Conference on Innovations in Teaching and Learning) Conference, Office of Professional Development, July 2023
“Using the National Archives DocsTeach Program to Support Historical Thinking.” SCCITL (South Carolina Conference on Innovations in Teaching and Learning) Conference, Office of Professional Development, July 2023
“Building Student Self-Image and Facilitating Self-Compassion,” SCCITL (South Carolina Conference on Innovations in Teaching and Learning) Conference, Office of Professional Development, July 2023
“Connect the Dots: Trauma-Informed Practices and You,” SCCITL (South Carolina Conference on Innovations in Teaching and Learning) Conference, Office of Professional Development, July 2023
“Thriving on Challenge: Unlocking Student Potential Through Risk-Tolerant Learning Environments,” SCCITL (South Carolina Conference on Innovations in Teaching and Learning) Conference, Office of Professional Development, 2023
“AI - What is Chat GPT?” Office of Professional Development, June 2023
“Implementing Inclusive Teaching Practices,” Center for Professional Development and Academic Technology, November 2022
“Becoming an Authentic LGBTQIA+ Ally,” Center for Professional Development and Academic Technology, October 2022
“Faculty Mobile iPad Technology Training Course.” Coastal Office of Online Learning, August 2020
“EHS 2065 Covid-19 Public Health Practices,” August 2020
“COOL Moodle Tools for Faculty.” Coastal Office of Online Learning, August 2020
“Best Practices for Digital Learning.” Coastal Office of Online Learning, July 2020
“Part II Integration of Open Educational Resources (OERs) into your Online, Hybrid, and Traditional Classes.” Coastal Office of Online Learning, September 2019
“Creating a Stress-Free Moodle Gradebook” (Live Webinar) Coastal Office of Online Learning, May 2020
“Advanced Moodle Training - Tier 2,” Coastal Office of Online Learning, May 2019
“Effective Teaching: Integrating Instructional Technology,” Coastal Office of Online Learning, May 2019
“Effective Teaching: Course Design and Preparation,” Coastal Office of Online Learning, Coastal Carolina University, May 2019
“10 Principles of Effective Online Teaching,” Coastal Office of Online Learning, April 2019
”Establishing an Online Instructor Presence (Live Webinar),” Coastal Office of Online Learning, April 2019
“Personal Lecture Capture for Online/Hybrid Classes,” Coastal Office of Online Learning, April 2019
“Using Best Practices to Update Your Online Learning Course,” Coastal Office of Online Learning, April 2019
“Academic Integrity and Best Practices in Digital Learning,” Coastal Office of Online Learning, March 2019
“Integration of Accessible Assignments and Activities into your Online, Hybrid and Flex Classes,” Coastal Office of Online Learning, February 2019
“Quality Assurance Inventory Online,” Coastal Office of Online Learning, February 2019
Appalachian State University
“MAPS-Works Training,” College STAR, July 2014
“Workplace Woes: Addressing Bullying and Violence,” National Association of College and University Attorneys, July 2014
“Applying Research-Based Strategies to Motivate Students,” College STAR grant, the Oak Foundation/the Glaxo/Smith/Kline Foundation, Faculty and Academic Development, August 2014
“Learning Communities Leadership Institute,” Faculty & Academic Development, May 2014
“Nancy Sommers,” Bedford/St Martin's Publishing, September 2013
“First Fridays: Depression in Appalachia,” November 2012
“Writing a Teaching Philosophy,” March 24, 2011
“Lisa Eade’s Rhetoric Roundtable,” Composition Program, March 2011
“Service Learning Classrooms,” Faculty & Academic Development, September 2010
“The Use of Social Media by Students and Employees,” National Association of College and University Attorneys, Washington, District of Columbia, April 2010
“Dr. Curtis Ryan, Talk on Islam,” Department of Religion, August 2013
“AsULearn Web Conferencing Tool,” Learning Technology Services, August 2010
“Drupal Software Calendar Tool Workshop,” Learning Technology Services, July 2010
“AsULearn Content Tools,” Learning Technology Services, June 2010
“AsULearn Online Quizzes Part 11,” Learning Technology Services, June 2010
“AsULearn Gradebook,” Learning Technology Services, June 2010
“Select Survey Training,” Learning Technology Services, April 2015
“Introduction to Free & Open-Source Software Applications,” Learning Technology Services, November 2009
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS
Coastal Carolina University
“Classroom Best Practices.” Composition Workshop, April 2024
“Professional Development Grants,” Composition Workshop, March 2024
“Academic Integrity Officer at CCU and University's AI Task Force,” Composition Workshop, February 2024
“Marguerite O'Brien from the LiveWell Office,“ Composition Workshop, March 2024
“Abnormal Norming Session to return to our SLOs,” Composition Workshop, November 2023
“Shannon Stewart and Anna Mukamal assignment swap, of sorts - trends in best practices post-Covid,” Composition Workshop, October 2023
“Annual Review of Assessment Results from AY 22-23,” Composition Workshop, September 2023
“Composition workshop on AI and Writing.” Composition Workshop, April 2023
“Methods for Large-scale Grading.” Composition Workshop, February 2023
“Marguerite O’Brien, LiveWell Office.” Composition Workshop, December 2022
“Assignment Swap featuring Jess Hylton, Krystin Santos, and Joshua Cross.” Composition Workshop, November 2022
“Beacon and Student Advocacy, Madison Rahner, Academic Coaching and Assessment.” Composition Workshop, September 2022
“Remote Teaching with Jean Bennett.” Composition Workshop, April 2020
“Generating Pedagogical Moves to Invite Students into the Classrooms.” Composition Workshop, January 2020
Appalachian State University
“Interpersonal Violence Training,” Appalachian State University, September 2015
“Andrea Lunsford, Speaker,” Rhetoric and Composition, Writing across the Curriculum, August 2015
“Rubrics and Marking Guides in AsULearn,” Learning Technology Services, August 2015
“5 Useful Tools and Features in AsULearn,” Learning Technology Services, August 2015
“APortfolio Institute,” Digication/Appalachian State University, May 2015
“Incorporating Food Justice Systems in the Composition Classroom,” Writing across the Curriculum, April 2015
“Writing across Media,” Writing across the Curriculum, April 2015
“How can we reconcile our need to be intellectually engaged with the processes of designing, developing, and delivering the curricula of our own classes with our students' need for recognizable similarities and consistencies across multiple sections of the same course?” Department of English, April 2015
Dr. Shirley Rose, “Discovering teachers' shared values in student writing”,” Department of English, April 2015
“APortfolio,” Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning, Writing across the Curriculum, March 2015
“Composition Workshop with Beverly Moss,” Writing across the Curriculum, June 2014
“Banner Fundamentals Training,” Registrar, June 2014
“E-Portfolio,” Writing across the Curriculum, November 2014
“Using Writershelpcom,” Bedford/St Martin's Publishing, August 2013
“What's new in Moodle2? Online Webinar,” Learning Technology Services, June 2013
“Summer Reading Leaders: American Dervish,” Appalachian State University, June 2013
“How to Assign More Writing and Grade Less,” Writing Across the Curriculum, January 2012
“Frank Farmer’s Celebration of Writing Workshop,” Composition Program, April 2011
AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
Coastal Carolina University
Nomination, Apple Core Award, student nomination, 2024
Nomination, Distinguished Professor of the Year, Student Government Association, 2024
Teaching Enhancement Grant (TEG), “Exploration of the Use of Autoethnography in Composition Classrooms: Practices Old and New,” 2024
CORE Grant Award, 2023
Nomination, Apple Core Award, student nomination, 2023
Nomination, Apple Core Award, student nomination, 2022
COOL Course Development Grant, Development of a hybrid English Literature & Culture course, Cohort 8, Coastal Office of Online Learning, 2019
Appalachian State University
Favorite Faculty, Student Selected by Campus Christian Club, for accessibility and helpfulness, 2015-2016.
MAPWorks Award, Student Selected, for most helpful faculty, 2013-2014.
Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year, 2011
Cabbell Scholarship, Center for Appalachian Studies, 2010
Individual
Novello Award for Short Story, Charlotte/Mecklenburg Library in Conjunction with UNCC Charlotte, North Carolina, 1991
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, Appalachian Studies Association, 2023 - Present
Member, Appalachian Studies Association, December 2009 – 2016
Secretary/Treasurer, Folklore, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, November 2011 - November 2012
SERVICE
Coastal Carolina University
Appointed to President’s Advisory Council on Community Engagement (PACCE), Office of the President, Coastal Carolina University, 2024 – 2026
Elected Associate Faculty representative, Faculty Development Standing Committee, 2023-2026
Moderator, “Using the National Archives Docs Teach Program to Support Historical Thinking, “SCCITL (South Carolina) Conference on Innovations in Teaching and Learning) Conference, Office of Professional Development, July 2023
“Can We Put the Human Back into the Humanities?” Module developed for Level Up UNIV 154, 2020
Edwards College of Fine Arts & Humanities, Coastal Carolina University
Developed English 102 course for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Course Requirement, Spring 2023
Member, Committee for Contingent Support for Vital Support & Development (VITAL), 2020-2023
English Department, Coastal Carolina University
Assessment reader for Composition, May 2024
Best Essay Contest reader for Composition, April 2024
Contributed Rhetorical Analysis activity to Composition Moodle site, April 2024
Presenter at the March Composition Workshop on Professional Development Grants, March 2024
Taught overload for ENGL 102, Fall 2023
Assessment reader for Composition, May 2023
Shared PowerPoint, “Autoethnography as a Window to DEI,” to Composition Resources Moodle site and provided link during Composition Workshop, March 2023
Shared PowerPoint, “Inclusive Teaching Practices,” to Composition Resources Moodle site, February 2023
Taught Honors Section of English 102, Fall 2022
Secured digitalized version of the novel, Hawk’s Nest, by Hubert Skidmore from the University Press of Tennessee at Knoxville for student accessibility and affordability, August 2019
English Department, Appalachian State University
Faculty Mentor, APortfolio Implementation, May 2015 - May 2018
Individual Assignment. Welcome dinner for Dr. Shirley Rose, hostess, farewell luncheon for, April 2015
Faculty Assignment, candidate Bret Zawilski's teaching presentation, January 2015
Member, Assessment Committee, July 2014 - June 2015
Member, English Advisory Committee, July 2014 - June 2015
Chair, Handbook Committee, July 2014 - June 2015
Chair, Non-tenure Track Interests Committee, July 2014 - June 2015
Chair, Composition Program Handbook Committee, August 2013 - May 2015
Faculty Mentor, Welcome & Contact Person, July 2014 - December 2014
Member, Non-tenure Track Interests Committee, December 2013 - June 2014
Member, Peer Mentors, September 2013 - June 2014
Member, Handbook Committee, July 2013 - June 2014
Participant, Strategic Planning Workshop, September 2013
Faculty Mentor, MAPWorks, August 2014 – June 2016
Member, Early Academic Performance Reporting, April 2014 – June 2016
Member, Non-tenure Track Faculty Committee, September 2014 - August 2017
Faculty Mentor, Faculty/Student Exchange, August 2015
Faculty Mentor, Summer Reading Discussion Leader, August 2015
Faculty Mentor, Faculty/Student Exchange, August 2014
Faculty Mentor, Summer Reading Discussion Leader, August 2014
Faculty Mentor, Faculty/Student Exchange, August 2014
Faculty Mentor, Summer Reading Discussion Leader, August 2013
“Celebration of the Humanities,” Humanities Council, April 2015
Center for Appalachian Studies, Appalachian State University
Volunteer, Rough-cut Screening, Moving Mountains: A Story of Tragedy, Faith, and Triumph, Citizen’s Center, Mooresville, North Carolina, April 2013
“Quality Education Plan, 'Seeking Higher Ground: Creating Citizen Scholars & Integrating Knowledge with Changing Communities’.” Panel Participant, January 2011
Task Force, Member, QEP Focus Group for Appalachian Studies, “Seeking Higher Ground: Creating Citizen Scholars & Integrating Knowledge with Changing Communities,” January 2011
The Black Banjo Gathering Reunion. Information and Production Assistant, March 2010
“Historic Ties between Appalachia and Wales.” Discussant for Ron Lewis, Appalachia/and Wales: Coal and After Coal Symposium, October 2010.
CERTIFICATIONS
Applying the QM Rubric (badge). Quality Matters, Continuing Education and Online Quality Assurance, Coastal Carolina University, December 2023
Digital Learning Institute Coastal Office of Online Learning, Coastal Carolina University, April 2020
Awareness and Prevention of Interpersonal Violence. Appalachian State University 2015
Rhetoric and Composition, Appalachian State University, 2013
Suicide. Ask a Question, Save a Life. Counseling Center (APPS Cares Network Certification), Appalachian State University, 2010
Design and Web Graphics, Mitchell Community College, Mooresville, North Carolina, 2004
PUBLICATIONS
Review of The Book of the Dead, by Muriel Rukeyser. Appalachian Journal. Spring 2020
“Whatever Should Not Be Forgotten.” Kaleidoscope. 75. Web.
“Fighting Dragons (Or Witches): Western NC Mountain Tradition-Bearers of Seventeenth Century British Broadside Ballads.” Journal of the Vernacular Music Center. 22:1. Web.
Unchained Religion. CreateSpace, 2015. Print.
Southern Toughened Angels over St. John’s Pass. CreateSpace, 2015. Print.
“Opening Segment of Your Introduction to the Fifth World.” Still: The Journal. 22: Fall. Web.
“Review: Talking Appalachian: Voice, Identify, and Community.” Eds. Amy D. Clark, and Nancy M. Hayward. 2013. West Virginia History: A Journal of Regional Studies. 8 92-94. Print.
Beaver, Patricia D, and Judith Jenkins, Eds., Donna Corriher, Proofreader. Helen Lewis: Living Social Justice in Appalachia. Lexington, Kentucky: UP of Kentucky, 2012. Print.
“Review: Moving Mountains: How One Woman and Her Community Won Justice from Big Coal by Penny Loeb.” Appalachian Journal 38. 119-122. Print.
“Margaret Miller.” In Sandra L. Ballard and Patricia D. Beaver (Eds.), Voices from the Headwaters: Stories from Meat Camp, Tamarack (Pottertown), & Sutherland, NC. Boone, NC: Center for Appalachian Studies. 2013. 78-82. Print.
“Mary Norris.” In Sandra L. Ballard and Patricia D. Beaver (Eds.), Voices from the Headwaters: Stories from Meat Camp, Tamarack (Pottertown), & Sutherland, NC. Boone, NC: Center for Appalachian Studies, 2013. 84-87. Print.
“Maggie and Buck: Coal Camps, Cabbage Rolls, and Community.” Appalachia Southern Cultures 20:2. 90-99. Print.
Corriher, Donna T., Ashley Brewer, Jesse Edgerton, Hannah Furgiuele, Coty Hogue, Blaze Pappas, Shannon Perry, and Patricia D. Beaver. “Grooves in the Record: An Interview with Crystal Wilkinson.” Appalachian Journal 39:1. 108-124. Print.
Corriher, Donna T., Ashley Brewer, Jesse Edgerton, Hannah Furgiuele, Coty Hogue, Blaze Pappas, Shannon Perry, and Patricia D. Beaver. “’Do What Lights Your Fire’: An Interview with Ron Lewis.” Appalachian Journal 39:1-2. 36-55. Print.
Photographs of Mary Norris. In Sandra L. Ballard and Patricia D. Beaver (Eds.) Voices from the Headwaters: Stories from Meat Camp, Tamarack (Pottertown), & Sutherland, NC. Boone, NC: Center for Appalachian Studies. 84-87. Print.
“Lament.” Open Cut Summer Broadside: Iodine Poetry Journal. Summer 2002.
Radio Performance of Award Winning Short Story “Sidewalk Café” NPR, 1991.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES
“’Emigrant, Immigrant, Local, Homed In’”: A Reading on Paths to Appalachia/n.” Paper presented with Victoria Lozano, Jeffrey Garrison, and Matthew Prater. Appalachian Studies Association Annual Conference, Appalachian Studies Association, Boone, NC, March 2013
“Merging Ideologies of Humanities and Social Science.” Paper presented with Travis Rountree. Appalachian Studies Association Annual Conference, Appalachian Studies Association, Boone, NC, March 2013
“Pearl Buck: Appalachian Environmentalist and Humanist Before It Was 'Cool'.” Paper presented. South Atlantic Modern Language Association Annual Conference (SAML0), Durham, NC, November 2012
“Autoethnography and Self-Discovery in the Classroom for Appalachian Studies” Paper presented. South Atlantic Modern Language Association Annual Conference, SAMLA, Durham, NC, November 2012
“Superstition or Biblical Instruction? Grandma had it All Figured Out.” Paper presented. South Atlantic Modern Language Association Annual Conference (SAMLA), Atlanta, Georgia, November 2011
”Authoethnography: Radical Methodology, Radical Pedagogy.” Paper presented with Shannon Perry. Appalachian Studies Association Conference, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Virginia, March 2011
“EKCHO Communities: View from the 1930s, Shaping the 2010s.” Presentation with Taylor Kirkland, Ashley Brewer, Kehren Barbour, Anne Chesky, Hannah Furgiuele, Tracy Jerrell, Shannon Perry. Imagining the Blue Ridge Parkway for the 21st Century: History, Scenery, Conservation, and Community Conference, Appalachian State University, 2010
“Appalachian State University and EKCHO Communities: View from the 1930s, Shaping the 2010s.” Presentation with Taylor Kirkland, Ashley Brewer, Kehren Barbour, Anne Chesky, Hannah Furgiuele, Tracy Jerrell, Shannon Perry. Appalachian Studies Association Conference, Dahlonega, Georgia, March 2010
“Documenting Community—Elk Knob Community Heritage Organization.” Paper presented. Appalachian Teaching Project Conference Hosted by the Appalachian Regional Commission with the Consortium of Appalachian Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC, December 2009
Guest Lecturer, Appalachian State University Center for Appalachian Studies, April 2015
Guest Lecturer, Appalachian State University Academic Affairs/MAPworks, November 2014
“Composing Global Learners through Writing.” Presentation with Katie Adams, Andrew Hill, Hailie Bryant, and Crystal Hendricks. Appalachian Global Symposium, Office of International Education and Development, Appalachian State University, November 2014
SPONSORED RESEARCH
“Merging Ideologies of Humanities and Social Science,” and “'Emigrant, Immigrant, Local, Homed In': A Reading on Paths to Appalachia/n.” Conference participation sponsored by the Appalachian Studies Association, March 2013
“SAMLA Conference Participation.” Sponsored by the Graduate Student Association Senate, Appalachian State University, September 2012
“Superstition or Biblical Instruction: Grandma Had It All Figured Out.” Sponsored by the Office of Student Research, Appalachian State University, September 2011
“Cherokee Visitor Appreciation Day & Interview with Cherokee Elder Walker Calhoun.” Research and travel sponsored by the Office of Student Research, Appalachian State University, May 2011
“ASA Conference Participation.” Sponsored by the Office of Student Research, Appalachian State University, January 2011
“Imagining the Blue Ridge Parkway for the 21st Century: History, Scenery, Conservation, and Community.” Conference participation sponsored by the Office of Student Research, Appalachian State University, April 2010
“Dear Johnny Depp: Will You Please Buy the State of West Virginia? An Autoethnography of an Appalachian Woman.” Research sponsored by the Graduate Student Association Senate, Appalachian State University, March 2010
“ASA Conference Participation.” Sponsored by the Office of Student Research, Appalachian State University, February 2010
“Travel to Appalachian Teaching Project Conference.” Sponsored by the Office of Student Research, Appalachian State University, November 2009
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Rhetoric and Composition
Autoethnography as a teaching pedagogy
Transglobal/autoethnographic authorship
Global concentricity as a teaching pedagogy
Multi-media and digital composition
Folklore and folk traditions of Appalachia
Cherokee society
Creative Writing
Appalachian Studies
American Literature (1900-1950)
LANGUAGES
English
French (can read with dictionary)