Project

University Teaching and Student Support

Writing consultation, large-lecture teaching support, and student-centered pedagogy grounded in real learning bottlenecks.

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Teaching in the classroom — student-centered instruction and writing support.
My role, areas & skills
  • Role

    Graduate Writing Consultant and Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Areas

    Teaching & Learning / Public Scholarship

  • Skills

    Writing pedagogy, Tutoring, Student support, Instructional design

The objective

Help students navigate course material and writing assignments with clear expectations, useful feedback, and individualized support.

What I did

  • Supported instruction, grading, and student advising in NC State’s 80-student PS 331 course across multiple semesters.
  • Provided one-on-one writing consultations through the Academic Success Center, helping students interpret prompts, structure arguments, and organize evidence.
  • Adapted feedback to each writer’s assignment and stage of revision.

Deliverables

  • Course assessment and instructional support.
  • Individual writing consultations and assignment-specific revision guidance.

Result

Provided recurring support in both a lecture course and a writing center, backed by CRLA Level III certification.

Overview

Students rarely arrive with a generic writing problem. They arrive with mismatched assumptions, unclear assignments, uneven confidence, and real constraints on time and attention.

This body of work treats teaching support as situated problem-solving rather than the delivery of canned study skills.

What to notice

The work centers on diagnosis: prompts, arguments, structure, evidence, and the moment a writer loses momentum.

At NC State, that meant graduate writing consultations and repeated teaching support in an 80-student U.S. Foreign Policy course.

Why it matters

The most important outcome is a repeatable practice of helping people move from uncertainty to agency in classrooms, writing centers, and any setting where explanation has to meet a real person at the point of need.

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