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Portfolio Introduction
Welcome to my professional portfolio. I work as an Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Humanities at Macon State College. I successfully defended my dissertation in the fall of 2001 and earned my Ph.D. from the University of South Florida in May 2002. I also have my Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts from the same institution. My areas of interest include digital storytelling, new media, issues in technoculture, contemporary literature and theory, computer-assisted pedagogy, and epic poetry.
Required as a condition of employment, tenure, and promotion for Macon State College, this portfolio will highlight my professional life at the college: my teaching, service, projects, and other activities that contribute to the college and community at large. The major sections can be conveniently accessed from the menu at the top of the page.
This site also serves as my blog — a place to test ideas, communicate with friends, and to show off my photography in an informal daily journal. These ostensibly random postings might lead to something more one day, or might remain as public fragments. I include lecture notes, readings of texts, and other snippets of information that I found interesting or useful on the Humanities Index mainly for student use.
My curriculum vitae is available as one document, but really this whole site details my activities relating to my professional life: teaching, professional service, research, education, and past, current, and future projects. My teaching philosophy considers my use of technology in the classroom, my active-learning approach, and other philosophical positions that influence my pedagogy. The technology section showcases my interest in technology as it aids in teaching, service, and research. I also provide a statement on the importance of technology in higher education. I should have a section that addresses my students: their evaluations of me, their writing, their projects, and my reactions to them.
Thanks for your interest. Please contact me for any additional information about this web site. For more information about me, please see my short professional biography or find me online. This site is continuously under construction, so I apologize for any broken links. I should get to them all soon enough.