Engaging, inspiring, and empowering students through a pedagogy that offers meaningful learning experiences with an emphasis on personal development as a transformative dynamic in their academic learning and career success.
Engaging, inspiring, and empowering students through a pedagogy that offers meaningful learning experiences with an emphasis on personal development as a transformative dynamic in their academic learning and career success.
Capturing and communicating the human experience through multiple genres while exploring how and what we learn, articulating business challenges and solutions, and offering pathways for personal, professional, and organizational development.
About Me
Coach. Educator. Writer.She brings her devotion to individual transformation to the classroom where she teaches University Writing and Research at Wingate University, not only as an academic discipline but also as a vehicle for transformative learning. As a modern educator, Krystal seeks to create an environment where critical reflection and questioning norms are encouraged and supported.
DOWNLOAD CVIn her classroom, she utilizes a pedagogy that offers relevant course content designed to engage students, draw out the skills they already have, and leverage the things they already do. Her focus is to inspire and teach students how to harness those things and learn the rhetorical strategies necessary for effective writing and communication.Krystal is also a writer and speaker that focuses on the relationship between how and what we learn and who we perceive ourselves to be. Her work hones in on how our perception–the stories we construct for ourselves– impact the work we choose (or do not choose) and how we communicate it to the world around us.Some of her work has been published in journals such as Educational Psychology: An Application of Critical Constructivism, Educational Psychology Reader: The Art and Science of How People Learn, Cultural Collusion and Collision: Reflections on Hip-Hop Culture, Liberator Magazine, and others.
Education
“Education in its inception was understood as a process of harnessing the inner potential that was yet unexpressed and bringing it “out” or “up” into consciousness.” – Na’im Akbar
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
2009 – 2012
Bachelor of Science
2000 – 2004
TEFL Certification
The first function of education is to provide identity…the consciousness of our true nature – Na’im Akbar
Experience
Currently teaching University Writing and Research with emphasis on expository essay writing, research, discursive prose, and lessons and discussions on diverse texts related to popular culture to promote strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
Taught pre-intermediate and intermediate English-language courses for groups of 10-15 students from diverse backgrounds and with varying proficiency levels.
Taught Freshman English Composition course, overseeing all facets of curriculum planning, syllabus preparation, assessments, and grading.
Served as advisor and mentor for students to support academic goals. Additionally, advised college poetry team, and planned all performance and special events.
Published Work
Cultural Collision and Collusion, Look at Me, Poem
Contributor Educational Psychology, Look at Me, Poem
Contributor Educational Psychology Reader, Look at Me, Poem
In With The New, Eric Thomas advocates for more original music, Atlanta INtown Paper
I Bet You Thought Her Life Was About You, Liberator Magazine, Essay