ABOUT

Pedagogy  

Innovating with popular culture, digital and visual rhetorics is paramount to shaping the writing skills and experience of twenty-first-writers in and beyond the classroom.

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My pedagogy blends pop culture, art and design, with composition skills in analyzing and composing an array of texts. My experience ranges from reading and writing basic skills to advanced composition and rhetorical theory courses.

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You can find my discussion about these concepts available for download via The Write Mode Podcast: a writing and multimodal podcast addressing first-year college composition.

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Education

M.A. Rhetoric + Composition, summa cum laude

B.A. English, International Literature, magna cum laude

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A digital Curriculum Vitae is available.

Experience + Consulting

I have seven years of teaching experience as a full-time Instructional Specialist in the Department of Writing Studies at Montclair State University.

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I also teach courses in Critical Reading, Writing, Pop Culture & Sociology, and the Psychology of Careers and Life at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Madison. I previously taught courses in English Basic Skills at Bergen Community College and Foundations of Communication at Eastwick College-Ramsey.

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I currently serve as a Literacy + Writing Consultant for Lawrence High School, working alongside administrators and educators from grades 9-12. 

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My company, Arcurio Consulting, provides assignment and curriculum design as well as professional development services for K-12 school districts in New Jersey.