Here are links to items from my professional dossier:

Teaching Philosophy - A two-page statement about my personal teaching philosophy. Using an example from an early course that I taught on postmodernism, I discuss how connecting my research and teaching is at the core of my perspective on teaching.

Dissertation Abstract - A one-page description of my dissertation, focusing on the overall structure, what is at stake in the questions being asked within it, and what I hope to do with it in the future.

Writing Sample: Smith - An early version of an essay that went on to be published in Zadie Smith: Critical Essays. In it, I discuss the tension between the postmodernist ideas in Smith's fiction and the modernist structures through which she presents them.

Writing Sample: Joyce - A revision of a dissertation chapter in which I discuss Joyce's involvement in the initial publication of Ulysses.

Sample Literature Syllabus - An early syllabus from a literature course. These sample syllabi are from my teaching at SIU Carbondale; syllabi and assignments from my Georgia Tech courses can be found in the "Courses" link.

Sample Composition Syllabus - An early syllabus from a composition course. These sample syllabi are from my teaching at SIU Carbondale; syllabi and assignments from my Georgia Tech courses can be found in the "Courses" link.