As a highly qualified professional educator of English for the past twenty-seven years, I have been successfully teaching literature and writing courses at the advanced level building engaging lesson plans to foster student comprehension of complex literary texts. At present, I am the early enrollment teacher for an eleventh grade advanced English class at Exeter West Greenwich High School demonstrating experience with teaching college level courses. My lessons are designed to focus on interactive and student-centered learning creating comprehensive lesson plans tailored to diverse student needs using complex literary texts to debate the complexities of the human condition. I utilize a variety of teaching methodologies to enhance student engagement and understanding such as Socratic seminars, close reading discussions, connecting literature to real world issues, and using multiple modalities to demonstrate student performance. Furthermore, I believe in fostering a collaborative learning environment with my students to explore intricate literary themes in order to provide a rich literary experience.
I possess a strong expertise in curriculum development and classroom management establishing clear expectations and encouraging class participation through engaging lessons unique to the many social issues young people experience today. My expertise also lies in fostering critical thinking and effective communication with students to help them adapt to their evolving academic needs, ensuring consistent, high-quality results in this ever changing global world. Moreover, I integrate technology into my lessons, fostering an engaging learning environment in order to meet every student’s diverse needs.
I recently graduated with my second master's degree in English with a 4.0 GPA. My dissertation titled, Social Media and The Simulation of Truth: The Uprising of Political Propaganda in Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm was one of my proudest accomplishments. Through an Orwellian lens and Jean Baudrillard's theory of the simulacra, my thesis examines how we have entered an online digital dystopia or present-day Orwellian dystopia where our political and social experiences transpire through simulations of transplanted realities casting us into the hyperreal. Within this hyperreal state, social media experiences distort the lines between the real and the fabricated. Furthermore, my thesis examines the adverse effects of social media platforms, particularly in how they create illusions of truth on the political spectrum, as this eventually leads to polarization and extremist views.