Associate Director of Work-Based Learning Experiences
Year Started at JMU: 2016
john28am@jmu.edu
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Pronouns: she/her

From studio art major to mom, from textile artist to textbook writer, my career journey has meandered along a winding road that was more about the experiences and traveling companions than the destination. I got my MFA in Creative Writing from Vermont College of Fine Art in 2012. After a decade of teaching first-year writing, I decided to focus on communicating the special value of higher education by taking on a role in the University Career Center, where we demonstrate the alignment between what students learn and how they can use it outside of the classroom. This is what work-based education is all about!

3 words that describe me:

• Creative
• Compassionate
• Curious

Some fun facts about me:

• I love gardening for pollinators and other wild creatures
• My husband and I bought 11 acres of floodplain along the Shenandoah North Fork just to let wild animals and plants live there.
• I almost always prefer vintage things to new ones.