Building Bridges, Changing the World

Teaching

I am a passionate educator, teaching composition and creative writing with a focus on amplifying marginalized voices and inspiring social change through impactful written and multimodal communication.

Selected Courses

ESL Workshop

Teaching academic English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), specializing in helping international students adjust to U.S. college writing styles, while enhancing their own unique voices. Major assignments include a Childhood Memoir, Translation Literacy Narrative, and Researched Essay. (University of Pittsburgh)

Reading and Writing for Academic Success

Working with first generation, non-traditional, and other students on the basics of college reading and writing, to set them up for success. Major assignments include a Reading Response, Place Profile, and Final Reflective Essay. (Utah Tech University)

Introduction to Writing

Teaching First Year Composition with a focus on multimodal, public, and impactful communication for college and beyond. Major Assignments include a Literacy Narrative, Research Paper, Zine Remix, and Artist Statement. (Utah Tech University)

Seminar in Composition: Gender Studies

Tailoring a FYC course for students interested in women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. Major assignments include a Rhetorical Analysis, Researched Essay, Manifesto, and Final Zine Remix. (University of Pittsburgh)

Writing Pedagogy

Co-teaching a graduate-level course on writing pedagogy, including an overview of pedagogical theories and hands-on teaching opportunities for future first-year writing instructors and writing center tutors. (Naropa University)

Interpretation and Argument

Teaching a one-semester FYC course focused on rhetorical and genre moves as well as proposing, conducting, and writing about research. Major Assignments include a Comparative Genre Analysis, Research Proposal, and Researched Contribution. (Carnegie Mellon University)

Poetic Curation and Archive

Community course for poets, writers, and artists on the practices of curating and archiving with a polytemporal framework. Workshop members worked on their own projects based on generative prompts in this one-week, fully only and asynchronous course. (collective.aporia)

Writing Arguments

Upper level course in Public and Professional Writing program. Major Assignments include a Multimodal Rhetorical Analysis using Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), Exploratory Essay drawing upon invitational or collaborative rhetorical strategies, Op Ed, and Personal Statement or Cover Letter. (University of Pittsburgh)

Zine Workshop

Facilitating a workshop for 25 high school students from immigrant and refugee backgrounds about zines, in which participants learned how to make zines, created content off of daily prompts, and curated and bound their own zines. (ARYSE)

Testimonials

  • "I really enjoyed all of the exercises you guided us through and found them to be really useful when it came to my own writing/manuscript. Your enthusiasm and passion for writing was very contagious and you definitely inspired me to be more excited about my own work. Thank you again!"

    Guest Teaching Workshop Participant, Poetic Curation and Archive at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

  • "I feel much more comfortable now with archives and exploring different areas of my manuscript! It was a pleasure to speak with you, thank you again for such an inspirational visit!!!"

    Guest Teaching Workshop Participant, Poetic Curation and Archive at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

  • "Thank you for your feedback that you gave me in class, I used your idea in this week's prompt and I’m very happy with the poem that was produced. Thank you again, for your presentation and coming to our class."

    Guest Teaching Workshop Participant, Poetic Curation and Archive at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

  • "It is clear you have quite a love for what you do, thank you for sharing that with us."

    Guest Teaching Workshop Participant, Poetic Curation and Archive at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

  • "Your comments and presentation on archives and how we, as writers, handle archives was extremely insightful and I appreciate you taking the time to talk about it with us. The free writes were thought provoking and made me look at my manuscript through a new lens, and got me thinking on how I could possibly use archives in it. I’m excited to experiment with a few things for it."

    Guest Teaching Workshop Participant, Poetic Curation and Archive at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

  • "Megan teaches with compassion and a fierce dedication to holding an inclusive learning space. She fostered a learning environment that was engaging, warm, and encouraged curiosity.”

    Marie, collective.aporia Poetic Curation and Archive Workshop Participant

  • "Megan’s poetic approach to teaching bridges the personal, the social, and the energetic. Her ability to foster a sense of openness and trust, as well as her passion for helping others seek, see, and engage with their unique genius, helped make our co-taught class on home and belonging a joyful success."

    Dani Ferrara, Host and Co-Instructor for a Guest Teaching opportunity on the Poetics of Displacement at Metropolitan State University

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