Autumn’s teaching, speaking, and leadership experience

Autumn presenting at the H5P Conference in Melbourne

Conference Presentations & Professional Leadership

  • “Get Zen, Embrace the Complicated: Leadership in Times of New Adversities.” Texas Junior College Student Government Association Meeting, 2021
  • “Simple Questions for Smarter Students: Re-Envisioning Higher-Order Thinking with H5P Tools.” H5P Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2018
  • “Mind the GAP: Backward Planning in the College Composition Classroom.” Practicum in Composition Studies, Texas State University, 2014
  • “Half by Half: Tension, Exploration, and String in Memoir and Personal Narrative Writing.” Fall Writing Festival, Writers in the Schools, 2014
  • “Using Student Portfolios in Every Classroom.” Teach for America, 2005

Guest Lectures

Led college-level poetry workshops at University of Houston Central Campus and Texas State University

Literature and interdisciplinary seminars for mentor Cyrus Cassells at Texas State University

Work Experience

  • Full-Time Instructor, English. Houston Community College, 2019 – present
  • Writer-in-Residence. Writers in the Schools, 2009-present
  • Assistant Director, Writing Center (Senior Lecturer). Texas State University, 2018 – 2019
  • Lecturer. Texas State University, 2016 – 2018
  • TA Assistant to Director of Lower-Division Studies. Texas State University, 2015 – 2016
  • Curriculum Specialist. Teach for America, 2009
  • Program Coordinator. Sunflower County Freedom Project, 2006-2009
  • 7th & 8th Grade ELA Teacher and Track Coach, Leland School Park, 2004-2006

Honors & Awards

Pushcart Prize Nomination: “On Them,” 2018.

Fellow: Round Top Poetry Festival, 2016.

C.D. Marshall Scholar: Texas State University, 2015.

Graduate College Scholar: Texas State University, 2015.

Ralph and Francys Houston Scholar: Texas State University Department of English, 2015.

Servant Leadership

  • Volunteer, Blodgett Urban Gardens, March 2021  – present
  • Member, Board of Directors, Public Poetry, 2019 – 2020
  • Judge, Auditions. The PM Show: Poets and Musicians at Night, 2017
  • Profiles Speaker, Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center, 2014 – 2015
  • Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Hotline Advocate, Houston Area Women’s Center, 2012 – 2013

Languages

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