Post-Doctoral Studies in Curriculum and Instruction, Louisiana State University, 2012-2014 

Ph.D. in Theatre History and Dramatic Literature, Theory and Criticism, Louisiana State University, 2011

Master of Liberal Arts in English Literature, St. Edward’s University, 2004

B.A. in Theatre, St. Edward’s University, 1999

Composition I & II

British Literature I & II 

American Literature I

Mexican American Literature

Western Humanities II 

Introduction to Theatre

Acting I

Introduction to Dramatic Literature

Special Topics in Performance

“Schrödinger’s Craft” (short story). NonBinary Review #36: Heredity, Zoetic Press, June 2024.

“Schrödinger’s Craft” (play). Perfect Glitch, Script Works, 2021.

“Review: The Methuen Drama Anthology of American Women Playwrights: 1970-2020, edited by Wesley Brown and Aimée K. Michel." Early College Folio, vol. 1, no. 2, 2022, article 11.

Coauthored with Beverly Van Note and Kimberly George.“Time’s Up! Confronting Toxic Masculinity in British Literature I,” Two-Year College English Association Southwest Region Newsletter, Fall 2020.

Challenging Common Core Language Arts Lessons: Activities and Extensions for Gifted and Advanced Learners in Grade 6. Advance Curriculum from the Center for Gifted Education at William and Mary, Routledge, 2017.

“Session 13: Wormhole 56C.” Cricket Radio: Ten Short Plays for Broadcast. Script Works, 2006.

“Schrödinger’s Craft” (recording of short story). Alphanumeric Podcast, Zoetic Press, May 15, 2024.

“Schrödinger’s Craft: An Unboxing Video” (film), Austin Playfest, Austin Playhouse, Nov. 11-15, 2021.

“Schrödinger’s Craft” (multi-platform production) Out of Ink 2021: Perfect Glitch, Script Works, May 6-9, 2021.

“Soundtrack for the End of the World” and “Everything Old Is New Again.” The 3rd Austin One-Minute Play Festival, Austin Playhouse Theatre, Austin, TX, August 22-24, 2016.

“The Right to Bear” and “Lewis and Clark Ride the White Horses.” The 2nd Austin One-Minute Play Festival, Ground Floor Theatre, Austin, TX, August 17-19, 2015.

Coauthored with Gretchen Stein, Derek Mudd, and Todd Henry. The Planet Earth Show, Playmakers of Baton Rouge, The Louisiana Environmental Education Commission, Spring Tour, Central and Southern Louisiana, February 27- April 19, 2015.

The Tragical, Comical, Historical Adventures of Pinocchio. Patti Pace Performance Festival, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, February 1, 2013.

“Donne with Death.” The D World Book Encyclopedia of 1959, Hopkins Black Box, Baton Rouge, LA, April 24-29, 2012.

The Tragical, Comical, Historical Adventures of Pinocchio. Playmakers of Baton Rouge, Reilly Theatre, Baton Rouge, LA, March 1-4, 2012.

The Jelly Jam Cycle. Mi Casa Es Su Teatro, Austin, TX, FronteraFest, 2005.

“Radio Warp: Destination.” SlamInternational, Howl Festival, New York, NY, August 21-26, 2005.

Jenny! A Musical. Theatre Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, Bombsemble, 2004.

“I Love Lysistrata.” Austin Against War Benefit Performance, Public Idiot Theatre, Penn Field, Austin, TX, Spring, 2003.

Flannery, the Undertaker, and the Resurrection. ScriptWorks Salon, Austin, TX, Fall 2002.

“Consumers.” Shard Live Performance Collective, Vortex Theater, Austin, TX, August 8-18, 2002.

Psychodramatherapy (awarded “Best of Fest Wild Card”). Short Fringe Festival, Austin, TX, FronteraFest, 2001.

Limerick Plays. Short Fringe Festival, Hyde Park Theatre, Austin, TX, FronteraFest, 2001.

Lipsynch. Anakreontic Theatre Lab, John Henry Faulk Theater, Austin, TX, MOMFest, 2000.

Jenny! A Musical (awarded “Best of Fest Audience Pick”). Hyde Park Theatre, Austin, TX, FronteraFest, 2000.

Copresented with Heather Chandler, Kim George, and Bev Van Note.“The Very Model of Modern Media: Experimenting with Models of Media During COVID-19 to Maximize Student Engagement and Success Online." Two-Year College English Virtual Conference, TYCA-SW, Oct. 22, 2021.

“Confronting the Male Gaze in The Way of the World.” Time’s Up: Confronting Toxic Masculinity in British Literature I through Active Learning, Two-Year College English Association Southwest Annual Conference, Conroe, TX, October 24-26, 2019.

Literature and Composition Assignment Swap (chair). TCCTA Annual Convention, Houston, TX February 2, 2019.

Making the Co-requisite Model Work (chair). TCCTA Annual Convention, Houston, TX February 2, 2019.

Copresented with Derek Mudd. “Edwin Forrest and the ‘Art of Manliness,.” Words Made Flesh: The Body as Cross-Cultural Text, South Central Modern Language Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, October 11-14, 2018.

Spectacular Transgressions (co-chair with John Fletcher). Multidisciplinary Roundtable, Association for Theatre in Higher Education Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV, August 3-6, 2017.

“Challenging Secondary Gifted Students: Developing a Sense of Self through English Language Arts.” Summer Institute, Center for Gifted Education, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, June 27-28, 2016.

Collaborative Pedagogy (chair). Southern States Communication Association Annual Conference, Austin, TX, April 6-10, 2016.

“Developing a Sense of Self through Reading and Analysis.” Texas Association for Gifted Teachers Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, December 2-4, 2015.

Performative Pedagogy (co-chair with Lisa Flanagan). Roundtable, Southern States Communication Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 3-6, 2014.

Transformative Pedagogy (roundtable participant). Southern States Communication Association, Louisville, KY, April 10-14, 2013.

“A Market of Transgression.” LGBTQ Focus Group, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Chicago, IL, August 11-14, 2011.

Alive and Kicking (Back): Current Trends in LGBT and Q Research (co-chair with Brent Stansell). LGBTQ Focus Group, Association for Theatre in Higher Education Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, August 1-6, 2010.

“Staging Children’s Literature.” Baton Rouge Community College, Baton Rouge, LA, October 2, 2009.

Border Crossings/Crossers (chair). Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, South Central Modern Language Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, November 6-8, 2008.

Being Apart, Acting Together: Difficult Dialogues at the Intersections of Identities (roundtable participant). Association for Theatre in Higher Education, Denver, CO, July 28- August 3, 2008.

“A Stage of Infinite Possibility.” Mid-America Theatre Conference, Kansas City, MO, February 28- March 2, 2008.

Exploring Culture and Identity on Stage (chair). Special Session, South Central Modern Language Association Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, October 26-28, 2006.

Copresented with Derek Mudd. “Passion in the Letters of Rupert Brooke and Jim Strachey." Special Session, South Central Modern Language Association, Memphis, TN, November 1-3, 2007.

“Teaching, Performing, and Thinking Theatre at Louisiana State University Post-Katrina.” Theory and Criticism Focus Group, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, New Orleans, LA, July 24-29, 2007.

[How] Does Activist Performance Work? (roundtable participant). American Society for Theatre Research, Phoenix, AZ, November 15-18, 2007.

LGBTQ Research Working Group (roundtable participant). American Society for Theatre Research, Toronto, Canada, November 10-13.

“Illusions of Utopia in Harry Kondoleon’s Saved or Destroyed.” Gay and Lesbian Caucus, South Central Modern Language Association, Houston, TX, October 27-29, 2005.

Performing the City (roundtable participant). LGBTQ Focus Group Pre-conference, Association for Theatre in Higher Education, New York, NY, July 30, 2003.

Claudia and W.T. Barnhart Teacher of the Year Award, 2023.

NISOD Excellence Award, National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, 2023.

Caring Campus Faculty Member, Institute for Evidence Based Change, August 26, 2022.

NISOD Excellence Award, National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, 2017.

Board of Regents Fellow, Louisiana State University, 2004-2008.