Faculty Development
I work to democratize digital creativity by mobilizing accessible design technologies so that students and teachers can realize their creative potential and narrativize their knowledge, passion, and impact dynamically and intentionally across digital platforms.
My faculty development work lies at the intersection of digital literacy, instructional leadership, & career management.
As a specialist in digital composition and instructional storytelling, I partner with units including
IUB’s Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs and professional organizations such as the POD Network to develop programs that empower educators to craft intentional, values-driven teaching brands that resonate across academic and digital spaces. I believe that teachers deserve quality professional development that helps them leverage technology to elevate their instructional practice and manage their careers.
How did I get here?
My investment in faculty development and instructional coaching emerged during my time as Associate Director of Undergraduate Teaching in the Department of English at IUB. In this role, I trained and supported graduate student and post-doctoral instructors teaching digital composition and intensive writing courses and preparing for the job market.
While serving as a Mentor Gardener in IU’s Digital Gardener Faculty Fellows program, I began facilitating regular invited sessions on developing portfolio websites. This work, in addition to the scholarly teaching programming and resources I co-developed with my colleague Miranda Rodak, led to the creation of Branding Your Teaching Excellence, a faculty development framework that drives much of my service supporting teaching excellence on the IUB campus and beyond.
How does my work in the classroom intersect with my faculty development work?
Branding Your Teaching Excellence
A Bit on BYTE :
I am the co-founder & co-creator of BYTE, a faculty development initiative serving current & future teaching professionals nationwide.
At BYTE, we believe teaching excellence deserves more than checklists—it deserves strategic storytelling, evidence-driven reflection, and authentic professional alignment. As longtime educators and faculty developers, we’ve built BYTE to help teaching-focused professionals articulate and advance their distinctive brand of teaching excellence in ways that elevate and support their career.
Workshops & Talks
I have given talks & facilitated faculty development workshops at a variety of venues, including:
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention
Professional & Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education
Conference on College Composition and Communication
Modern Language Association
… and more!
Event Schedule
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Leveraging Creative Design Tools to Tell the Story of Your Teaching Philosophy (half-day workshop), Conference on College Composition & Communication, Mar. 2026.
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Transforming Your Teaching Philosophy Statement with Creative Technologies, IU Center of Excellence for Women & Technology’s Women & Technology Summit, March 7
Digital Portfolios: Professional & Pedagogical Strategies, Digital Gardener Initiative, April 17 & 18
Branding Your Teaching Excellence (BYTE) Future Faculty Development Series, POD Network, July 21-25
Active Learning Sessions Guest Speaker, IUB New Faculty Orientation, August 14
Branding Your Teaching Excellence (BYTE) Faculty Development Series, IUB Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs (VPFAA), Sept. 5, Oct. 3, & Nov. 7
Creativity as Literacy: The Art of Reading & Responding to Fiction with Digital Design Tools, National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Nov. 2025
From Goals to Graphics: Using Creative Tools to Visualize Curricular Trajectories for Students (half-day workshop), National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Nov. 2025
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“Crafting Strategic Teaching CVs.” Teaching Faculty Professional Development Series, IUB Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning, March 20
Digital Portfolios: Professional & Pedagogical Strategies, Digital Gardener Initiative, April 21 & 22
Active Learning Sessions Guest Speaker, IUB New Faculty Orientation, August 14
Digital Portfolios: Professional & Pedagogical Strategies, Digital Gardener Initiative, November 17 & 18