About
In fall 2018, I begin a position as Assistant Professor of Writing & Rhetoric at the University of Mississippi. I am also affiliated faculty with the Gender Studies and Community Engaged Leadership programs.
Formerly, I was an Assistant Professor of Writing & Rhetoric at St. Edward's University in Austin, TX, where I taught courses in professional and technical communication, digital rhetorics and multimedia production, and rhetorical theory. I was also the Faculty Fellow for Community Engaged Teaching & Learning with St. Edward's Center for Teaching Excellence, which means that I worked with faculty across the university who incorporate community engagement and service-learning in their curricula.
In my scholarship, I employ qualitative research methods--such as autoethnography, mapping, story, and archival research, to investigate how various communities use writing to survive and thrive, including Black Mississippians, LGBTQ+ academics and their allies, and comics and zine creators, among others.
Through my teaching, I connect students to local groups in order to contribute to the organization's ongoing work and to provide these students with a perspective of what writing can do that goes beyond academia and industry. Recent partnerships include the Marks Project and Oxford to the Ballot Box.
About this site
Much of this website serves as a professional portfolio. For details about my work, check out my CV. The research page describes my dissertation and current projects. The teaching page addresses my philosophy and curricula, as well as examples of student work, which I've published or linked here with their permission.
If you have questions about my work, or if you're student interested in learning more about one of the courses I'm teaching, feel free to contact me.
Formerly, I was an Assistant Professor of Writing & Rhetoric at St. Edward's University in Austin, TX, where I taught courses in professional and technical communication, digital rhetorics and multimedia production, and rhetorical theory. I was also the Faculty Fellow for Community Engaged Teaching & Learning with St. Edward's Center for Teaching Excellence, which means that I worked with faculty across the university who incorporate community engagement and service-learning in their curricula.
In my scholarship, I employ qualitative research methods--such as autoethnography, mapping, story, and archival research, to investigate how various communities use writing to survive and thrive, including Black Mississippians, LGBTQ+ academics and their allies, and comics and zine creators, among others.
Through my teaching, I connect students to local groups in order to contribute to the organization's ongoing work and to provide these students with a perspective of what writing can do that goes beyond academia and industry. Recent partnerships include the Marks Project and Oxford to the Ballot Box.
About this site
Much of this website serves as a professional portfolio. For details about my work, check out my CV. The research page describes my dissertation and current projects. The teaching page addresses my philosophy and curricula, as well as examples of student work, which I've published or linked here with their permission.
If you have questions about my work, or if you're student interested in learning more about one of the courses I'm teaching, feel free to contact me.
