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Experience

Pierce Mortuary Colleges

Funeral Service Instructor | January 2022 – Present
  • Courses taught: Embalming Principles, Restorative Art Theory, Funeral Service Counseling, Funeral Directing, Funeral Service Merchandising, Funeral Service Marketing and Operations, Sociology for Funeral Service, Cremation and Burial Alternatives, Hospitality and Event Planning for Funeral Service, and Changing Landscapes in Green Funeral Services (certification course)

Freelance

Writer/columnist/Public speaker | October 2016 – Present
  • Guest Columnist for The Chicago Tribune, The Commercial Appeal, The Daily Memphian, and The Memphis Flyer
  • Contributor of short humor for the The Weekly Humorist, Points in Case, The Second City Network, and others

Bluff City Liars

Writer/performer | February 2020 – PResent
  1. Perform improv comedy in monthly, quarterly, and special shows
  2. Write both live and pre-recorded comedy sketches

Education

Master of Arts in Journalism and Strategic Media

University of Memphis – Memphis, Tennessee | Current

Bachelor of Arts in English

Freed-Hardeman University – Henderson, Tennessee | May 2004

Associate of arts in Mortuary Science

John A. Gupton College – Nashville, Tennessee | November 2002
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