Date
09/05/2025
Position Information
Position desired: Other Position, Teacher
Subjects you can teach: 7-12 Humanities Teacher, 7-12 Literature Teacher, 7-12 Philosophy Teacher, Rhetoric Teacher
Willing to relocate to: Anywhere in US, International, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, West
Summary:
815 E Grande
Tyler, Texas 75703 United States
Home Phone: (626) 483-6477
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Email: [email protected]
CV or Resume
Website
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Highest Level of Education: Doctoral or Professional Degree
Institutions Attended:
| Institution Name | Degree Earned (i.e., BA in English) | Date Graduated | Emphasis |
|---|---|---|---|
| UT Dallas | Ph.D. Literature | 2024 | Russian/19th century lit |
| UT Dallas | M.A. Literature | 2021 | Russian/19th century lit |
| Azusa Pacific University | M.A. English | 2020 | 19th century British/American |
| Azusa Pacific University | B.S. Psychology/Honors Humanities | 2019 |
Employment History:
| Position | Employer | Dates of Service | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor of English | Tyler Junior College | 2024- | Full time |
| TA of Literature (World) | UT Dallas | 2023-2024 | part time |
| TA of Rhetoric/Comp | UT Dallas | 2020-2023 | part time |
Additional Qualifications: Regular participant in conferences, regularly publishes academic articles. For full list of both things, please see my CV.
Additional Experience with CCE: I was in an Honors Humanities program (great works) for 4 years in undergraduate. In my master’s, I also TA’d for those same courses.
Hobbies, Interests, and Family: Aspiring competitive strongman, plant-based diet/nutrition, fishing. Currently single. Family (mother, father, sister) lives in Houston.
Top 5 Books: The Brothers Karamazov, by F. Dostoevsky
The Idiot, by F. Dostoevsky
Fear and Trembling, by S. Kierkegaard
Phaedo/Crito/Apology/Euthyphro, by Plato
Faust, by Goethe
Runners up:
Paradise Lost, by Milton
The Divine Comedy, by Dante
Top 3 Books: How Not to Die, by Dr. Michael Greger. The topic of preventative and plant-based nutrition excites me. It has occurred to me, in the years that I have studied nutrition alongside my literary pursuits, that a great deal of our health issues in America can be prevented with proper diet. I do not neglect the health of the body in my academic pursuits–which is why I take my strongman training, outdoor survival, and nutrition very seriously.
Moby Dick, by Melville. Read for the second (or third?) time. Read it while I was drifting aimlessly in a kayak in the middle of one of the largest lakes in Texas. It was January, and I developed hypothermia on that same trip. I read it purely for pleasure, after having hosted a conference in Boston on the same novel.
The Stranger, by Camus. Read for the fourth time. Something keeps drawing me back to this book. As an existentialist at heart, Camus can never be too far away.
Most Influential Books: The Brothers Karamazov, by F. Dostoevsky
The Idiot, by F. Dostoevsky
The Metamorphosis, by Kafka
Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Nietzsche
The Genealogy of Morals, by Nietzsche
Dr. Faustus, by Marlowe
Various works of Edgar Allan Poe
Fear and Trembling, by S. Kierkegaard
Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle
The Republic, by Plato
Phaedo/Crito/Apology/Euthyphro, by Plato
Faust, by Goethe
The Stranger, by Camus
Summa Theoligica, by Aquinas
A Confession, by Tolstoy
The Kingdom of God is Within You, by Tolstoy
Preferred Denomination Type: Eastern Orthodox
Current Church:
Current Church Denomination:
Current Church Membership: Church has no membership
Current Church Attendance: Weekly
Support of Traditional Marriage: Yes
Theology: I was born to a non-denominational Christian family with some Pentecostal/Baptist influence. I attended a small Bible church for the first 20 years of my life—a tiny church called “Cornerstone Bible Church”—which was non-denominational. I attended Azusa Pacific University which, though formally founded upon Wesleyan tradition, was a bit of a melting pot of Christian followings—Baptist, Anglican, Evangelical, Catholic, and Orthodox.
As for my own position within the Church, I take Christ seriously when he says that “wherever two or more gather in my name, I am there.” I reject the idea of denominationalism–I see Protestantism, Catholicism, and Eastern Orthodoxy as all lending a part of a larger piece of the invisible church, but not as having a monopoly on faith or salvation individually. I see them each with their own unique contribution to the whole–a whole which, in a perfect world, would be able to understand our differences without becoming fractured and separated. I see Christ
Belief in the inerrancy of Scripture?: Yes
Notes on Scripture:
Additional classical training: Honors humanities undergraduate education, 4 years. Master’s and Ph.D.
Why I want to teach at a classical school: To whom much is given, much will be expected. I have been given so many opportunities as a student, scholar, and athlete. I would like to put what I’ve been given to good use.
Final thoughts: Thank you for your consideration.