About

Kristen holds a double concentration Master’s in English Composition and Teaching English as a Second Language from California State University, San Bernardino.

Kristen has taught college composition classes for over seven years at both her alma mater and the University of La Verne. She has spent most of her adult life in a classroom professionally from being an aide in a Special Needs class to teaching upper-division writing classes to native and second language speakers of English. She has taught conversational English to Japanese students via Zoom and tutored everything from basic understanding of prompts to applied Mathematics graduate theses.

Kristen has extensive experience working both in person and online. During the pandemic, she adopted all of her class materials into online formats successfully. She has published about her teaching practices and has written extensively for fun in her personal life.

A recent California transplant to Las Vegas, she enjoys the game Dungeons and Dragons online with her friends, playing many video games, running her fantasy football league, listening to K-Pop, drinking a good, inexpensive cabernet sauvignon, and spending time with her boyfriend and all her pets!

EDUCATION

M.A. English Composition, 2014
California State University, San Bernardino

B.A. English Linguistics, 2010 California State University, San Bernardino

A.A. General Education, 2006
Riverside Community College

PUBLICATION

“Modes of Meaning, Modes of Engagement: Pragmatic Intersections of Adaptation Theory and Multimodal Composition”, 2018
The Routledge Handbook of Digital Writing and Rhetoric, Eds. Jonathan Alexander and Jacqueline Rhodes

WORK EXPERIENCE

Instructor, 2014-2021
California State University, San Bernardino

Instructor, 2014-2016
University of La Verne

Teaching Associate. 2012-2013
California State University, San Bernardino

Writing Center Tutor, 2011-2014
California State University, San Bernardino

English Conversation Tutor, 2011-2013
Hello English! Online English School

Substitute Teacher, 2010-2012
San Bernardino City Unified School District

Instructional Aide- Special Day Class, 2004-2010
Warm Springs Elementary School, San Bernardino

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2016
“We ARE The Walking Dead: Critically Engaging The Walking Dead with FYC Students”

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, 2014
“Achievement Unlocked!: The Gamification of First Year Composition”

Southern California Writing Center Association Tutor Conference, 2014
“Informed Consent: The Hands-Off Approach in Non-Native Speaker Tutoring Sessions”

Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, 2013
“Gaming for Everyone!: An Inclusive Pedagogy of Gaming in the Composition Classroom”

International Writing Association Conference, 2012
“Transcending Our Communities of Practice as Tutors: A Study in Vignette”

International Writing Center Association Collaborative at the Conference for College Composition and Communication, 2012
“The Activist Tutor: A Tutor in Conflict”