Office Schedule
Monday - Thursday
| Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
9:00 am - 10:30 am Seminole, TL 11312:45 pm - 2:45 pm Seminole, TL 113 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Seminole, TL 113 | 9:00 am - 10:30 am Seminole, TL 11312:45 pm - 1:45 pm Seminole, TL 113 |
Biography
A graduate of St. Petersburg Jr. College, I continued on to receive a B.A. in Language & Literature/Education from the University of South Florida, a M.A. in Arts & Letters/Education from the University of South Florida and a Certificate of Community College Executive Leadership from the University of Florida. My career began as a high school English teacher for Pinellas County schools. Twelve years later, I decided it was time to move on to a new challenge, and I began teaching Composition and literature classes for SPC Clearwater campus. In the year 2000, I made the move to the Seminole campus and again taught Composition and literature.
During eight of my years at the Seminole Campus, I served as the Seminole/eCampus Academic Chair for Communications . However, because of my love for teaching, I decided to go back to the classroom as a full-time professor. My philosophy is for students to be active participants in the learning process and to be provided skills they can take with them throughout their academic careers and beyond!
Subjects Taught
English Language & Literature, Film, Mass Communication
Course Schedule

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| 0470 Summer Term 2013 |
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AML 2020 AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM 1865 TO PRESENT
| 481 | SEM | Online | May 13 2013 | Jul 19 2013 |
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"G" Prerequisite: (IDS 1101H or ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H) and (REA 0017 or EAP 1695) or appropriate score on the placement test. This is a course designed to survey American literature from 1865 to the present. Included are selected works of major writers such as Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Henry James, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, T. S. Eliot, E. E. Cummings, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Norman Mailer, Bernard Malamud, Flannery O'Connor, James Baldwin, James Dickey, and Sylvia Plath. This course also stresses methods of library research and emphasizes writing of the research paper and the paper of literary interpretation. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. American Literature to 1865 is not necessarily a prerequisite to this course. Credit is not given for both AML 2020 and AML 2020H. 47 contact hours. |
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ENC 1102 COMPOSITION II
| 1574 | SEM | Online | May 13 2013 | Jul 19 2013 |
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3 |
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Prerequisite: (ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H) and (REA 0017 or EAP 1695) or appropriate scores on the English and Reading placement test. This course builds upon the skills developed in Composition I. It provides further instruction in the planning, organization, and writing of essays. It stresses methods of library research including information retrieval from electronic sources, and emphasizes writing of the research paper and the paper of literary interpretation. The reading includes selections from at least two forms of literature. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. Credit is not given for both ENC 1102 and ENC 1122H. 47 contact hours. |
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ENC 1102 COMPOSITION II
| 572 | SEM | In Class | May 13 2013 | Jul 19 2013 |
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3 |
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Prerequisite: (ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H) and (REA 0017 or EAP 1695) or appropriate scores on the English and Reading placement test. This course builds upon the skills developed in Composition I. It provides further instruction in the planning, organization, and writing of essays. It stresses methods of library research including information retrieval from electronic sources, and emphasizes writing of the research paper and the paper of literary interpretation. The reading includes selections from at least two forms of literature. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. Credit is not given for both ENC 1102 and ENC 1122H. 47 contact hours. |
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| 0465 Spring Term 2013 |
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AML 2020 AMERICAN LITERATURE FROM 1865 TO PRESENT
| 4432 | SEM | Online | Jan 7 2013 | May 3 2013 |
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3 |
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"G" Prerequisite: (IDS 1101H or ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H) and (REA 0017 or EAP 1695) or appropriate score on the placement test. This is a course designed to survey American literature from 1865 to the present. Included are selected works of major writers such as Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Henry James, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, T. S. Eliot, E. E. Cummings, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Norman Mailer, Bernard Malamud, Flannery O'Connor, James Baldwin, James Dickey, and Sylvia Plath. This course also stresses methods of library research and emphasizes writing of the research paper and the paper of literary interpretation. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. American Literature to 1865 is not necessarily a prerequisite to this course. Credit is not given for both AML 2020 and AML 2020H. 47 contact hours. |
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ENC 1102 COMPOSITION II
| 1233 | SEM | In Class | Jan 7 2013 | May 3 2013 |
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3 |
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Prerequisite: (ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H) and (REA 0017 or EAP 1695) or appropriate scores on the English and Reading placement test. This course builds upon the skills developed in Composition I. It provides further instruction in the planning, organization, and writing of essays. It stresses methods of library research including information retrieval from electronic sources, and emphasizes writing of the research paper and the paper of literary interpretation. The reading includes selections from at least two forms of literature. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. Credit is not given for both ENC 1102 and ENC 1122H. 47 contact hours. |
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ENC 1102 COMPOSITION II
| 1584 | SEM | Online | Jan 7 2013 | May 3 2013 |
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3 |
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Prerequisite: (ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H) and (REA 0017 or EAP 1695) or appropriate scores on the English and Reading placement test. This course builds upon the skills developed in Composition I. It provides further instruction in the planning, organization, and writing of essays. It stresses methods of library research including information retrieval from electronic sources, and emphasizes writing of the research paper and the paper of literary interpretation. The reading includes selections from at least two forms of literature. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. Credit is not given for both ENC 1102 and ENC 1122H. 47 contact hours. |
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ENC 1102 COMPOSITION II
| 2281 | SEM | In Class | Feb 4 2013 | May 3 2013 |
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3 |
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Prerequisite: (ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H) and (REA 0017 or EAP 1695) or appropriate scores on the English and Reading placement test. This course builds upon the skills developed in Composition I. It provides further instruction in the planning, organization, and writing of essays. It stresses methods of library research including information retrieval from electronic sources, and emphasizes writing of the research paper and the paper of literary interpretation. The reading includes selections from at least two forms of literature. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. Credit is not given for both ENC 1102 and ENC 1122H. 47 contact hours. |
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FIL 2030 FILM HISTORY
| 3081 | SEM | In Class | Jan 7 2013 | May 3 2013 |
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3 |
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Prerequisite: ENC 0025 or EAP 1695 or appropriate score on the SPC placement test. This is a survey course designed to help students gain an in-depth knowledge of the history of motion pictures and to understand the development of film and its influences over time. Students will view films ranging from silent masterpieces through current classics. The course will introduce technological developments as well as cultural and thematic developments in mass culture over time. This course has a substantial writing requirement. 47 contact hours. |
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