Writing Instruction

Brittany supports writers of all ages as they find, hone, and share their stories. She has worked with middle, high school, undergraduate, and graduate students — with particular emphases on personal narrative/memoir, creative nonfiction, education journalism, and opinion writing — and has consulted with adult writers on independent projects. Please see a list of select courses and workshops taught, organized by educational institution/organization, below.

  • Columbia University

    • Public Writing (undergraduate students, taught 2022)

    • Writing the College Essay (high school, taught five times 2022-24)

  • Harvard Graduate School of Education

    • Creative Nonfiction Writers’ Workshop (graduate students across schools, taught 2022; graduate students in the Online Master’s in Educational Leadership, taught 2024)

  • Boston University

    • Designed and facilitated interactive programming regarding the art of rubric-based editing and curation for undergraduate student-leaders of on-campus publications (taught 2021).

  • Smith College

    • Designed and facilitated presentations and interactive writing workshops on opinion and public writing for undergraduate senior education majors, as well as writing and disability studies for students, staff, faculty, and admins (facilitated 2019, 2020, 2022).

  • Write the World, Inc. 

    • Regularly design and facilitate writing workshops for middle and high school students in the following genres: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, personal narrative, opinion writing, scifi/fantasy, the writing process, writing for publication, and more (taught 2020-present). Oversee afterschool “Writing as Changemaking” program in partnership with Boys and Girls Club Boston (see digital showcase of student work here).

  • Race Project Kansas City, Cultivating Writers Program

    • Co-designed and co-facilitated writing workshops for middle and high school students centering equity, identity, and personal storytelling across poetry, personal narrative, and opinion genres (taught two seasons, 2021-2022).

  • School Crisis Recovery & Renewal, National Child Traumatic Stress Network

    • Designed and facilitated professional development writing workshops regarding grief-responsive, trauma-informed teaching practice, utilizing freewriting and personal narrative as a crisis recovery tool for educators (for more, see grief, trauma, and SEL programming here) (taught two seasons, 2022-2023).