Teaching & Scholarship

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
Assistant Instructor of Teaching of English, 2021-present
Courses include composition for English language learners, English composition, American characterization, dramatic literature, advanced playwriting, and creative writing senior project.
Faculty advisor for Black Student Association and Taiwanese Student Association.

NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY LOS ANGELES
Associate Chair of Liberal Arts and Sciences (2016-2017) & Adjunct Faculty (2010-2016)
Courses included English composition, dramatic literature, comparative literature, cultures and encounters, art culture and society, and an August Wilson special topics course.

THE AUGUST WILSON SOCIETY
Researcher and Writer, 2023-2024
Composing a collection of essays on collaborators of the late playwright August Wilson for the Black Seed Project through engagement with the University of Pittsburgh Library’s August Wilson Archive.
Education

MFA in Dramatic writing
USC school of Dramatic Arts, 2009
Thesis play: Tether
Advisors: Velina Hasu Houston, Oliver Mayer, and Luis Alfaro

ba in creative writing
Pepperdine University, 2006
Minor: Spanish
Emphasis: Sociology

TESOL certification
Global Leadership College, 2013
180-hour certification in Teaching English to Students of Other Languages.