Faculty Member
I completed my doctoral work at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. I hold a PhD in English, Composition and Rhetoric, a Masters in English, Composition and Rhetoric and a Masters of Humanities. My research interests include, first year composition theory and pedagogy, project-based learning, community based research, posthuman theory; rhetorical ethnography, community rhetorics. My current projects include a book length project_ Owning Your Project Based Learning_ The College Students Guide to Design Thinking, Problem Selection, and Assessment. (Publication 2024, Routledge) My most recent publications include_ The Write Project, A Concise Rhetoric for the Writing Classroom. An article in College, Composition, and Communication, "Project(ing) Literacy_ Writing to Assemble in a Postcomposition FYW Classroom," chapters in two separate texts_ Writing Architecture and Class in the Composition Classroom, and a monograph_ Becoming Pedagogy_ Practicing Posthuman in the Composition Classroom. In my free time, my husband, Brad, and I love to hike and camp. On weekends and breaks you're likely to find us in the desert or in the mountains.
Major: Instructional Design - Learner Centered
Major: English - Rhetoric and Composition
Major: English - Composition And Rhetoric
Major: Humanities
Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC, Spring 2024
Literacies and Composition Across Contexts CC, Spring 2024
$1800 grant to support Writing For Social and Digital Media, a Community Writing Workshop. This workshop, open to the local and wider community happened in the context of an English 0990 course, presenting an opportunity for students to apply burgeoning rhetorical knowledge and writing skills.
$8500 grant to support research on Project-Based Approaches to Teaching Composition. Results from this research are reported in an article published in College, Composition, and Communication and presented at numerous national conferences including, Western States Conference of Rhetoric and Literacy and Annual Conference on College, Composition, and Communication
$2500 grant to begin research on Project-Based Approaches to Teaching Composition. Results from this research are reported in an article published in College, Composition, and Communication and presented at numerous national conferences including, Western States Conference of Rhetoric and Literacy and Annual Conference on College, Composition, and Communication
