Teaching

As a teacher of literature, folklore, and the environmental and public humanities, I work with students to explore the intersections of place, environment, and social life as seen through a diverse range of perspectives. I have taught courses in composition, folklore, ethnography, Appalachian culture, Southern studies, American studies, speculative fiction, and interdisciplinary approaches to environmental storytelling. I am also interested in working with students to create interdisciplinary public and/or digital humanities projects.

A newspaper clipping about flash floods in West Virginia from the Appalachian Collection at Belk Library at Appalachian State University
A newspaper clipping about a barbershop reopening after a flood in Wyoming County, West Virginia. From the Belk Library Appalachian Collection at Appalachian State University.