EDUCATION
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition (completed May 2021)
Graduate Certificate in Women and Gender Studies
Graduate Certificate in New Media Composing & Teaching (portfolio here)
Baylor University, Waco, TX
M.A. in English Literature and Language (completed August 2015)
Concentration: Rhetoric/Composition
George Fox University, Newberg, OR
B.A. in Writing and Literature, summa cum laude (completed December 2009)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Feminist rhetorics, composition pedagogy, genre studies, religious rhetoric, creative nonfiction, contemporary women's writing, online/digital composition, popular culture studies, higher education
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Associate Director of English 100, English Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022-present
Assistant Director of Composition, English Department, Texas Christian University, 2019-2020
Lead Consultant/Administrator, Academic Resource Center, George Fox University, 2008-2009
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
ENGL 100 Introduction to College Composition (in-person)
ENGL 100 Introduction to College Composition (online)
ENGL 400 Advanced Composition
ENGL 401 Race, Sex, and Texts
Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, AL
ENGL 0103 Introduction to Composition
ENGL 1010 Composition I
ENGL 1020 Composition II
ENGL 4040/6040/COMM 3300 Creative Nonfiction Workshop
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
ENGL 10803 Writing as Inquiry
ENGL 10803T Food for Thought: Inquiring into What We Eat (online themed)
ENGL 10803T TL;DR: Writing for Online Communities (in-person themed)
ENGL 20803 Writing as Argument
WRIT 40283 Editing and Publishing (co-taught with Dr. Ann George)
George Fox University, Portland/Newberg, OR
ASPD 215/MGOL 260 Personal and Professional Assessment (online)
LACC 102/202 Writing for Adults II (online)
LACC 101/201 Writing for Adults I (online)
WRIT 110 College Writing (online hybrid)
Baylor University, Waco, TX
ENG 3303 Advanced Expository Writing
ENG 3300 Technical and Professional Writing
ENG 1304 Thinking, Writing, & Research
ENG 1302 Thinking and Writing
McLennan Community College, Waco, TX
ENGL 1301 Composition I
ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC WRITING
“Watson Session C.13: Digital Futures: Media, Twitter, and Digital Afterlives,” Watson Session Review, Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative (November 2018)
“Self-Care for Graduate Students,” CCC Committee on the Status of Graduate Students Blog (February 2017)
“Justice in the Classroom: Professor Seth Sikkema and a Select Group of Accounting Students Investigate Fraud Cases for Victims in Need,” George Fox Journal (Summer 2015)
“Speaking Truth: After Being Silenced for Years by Depression, MBA Alumna Gayathri Ramprasad Found Her Voice,” George Fox Journal (Spring 2014)
“Friendsview Fanatics: These Loyal Fans Support their Players On and Off the Court,” George Fox Journal (Spring 2012)
AWARDS & CERTIFICATES
Graduate Instructor of the Year, English Department, Texas Christian University, 2019-2020
AddRan College of Liberal Arts Three Minute Thesis Competition Winner ($1,000), Texas Christian University, February 2020
Global Outlooks on Education (GO) Institute Fellowship ($800 travel grant), Texas Christian University, Spring 2019
Special Event Funding for the Winifred B. Horner Rhetoric Society ($500), Rhetoric Society of America, Spring 2019
Radford Fellow ($21,000), Texas Christian University, 2016-2017
Graduate Teacher of Record Award Invited Candidate, Baylor University, 2015
Graduate Student Travel Award ($250), South Central Writing Center Association, 2014
Richter Scholar ($1,000 travel grant), George Fox University, 2009
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
(see full CV for more presentations)
“The Politics of Professionalism: Hillary Clinton’s Ethos-Building in Her Professional Memoirs,” Rhetoric Society of America Conference (May 2022)
“You Are What You Eat: Teaching Positionality through Food Inquiry,” Conference on College Composition and Communication (March 2022)
"Composition Andragogy at a Distance: Navigating Adult Students’ Needs in an Online Environment," Conference on College Composition and Communication (April 2021 - accepted)
"Funny Girls, Hysterical Women: Ethos Construction in the Contemporary Memoirs of Women Comedians," Rhetoric Society of America Conference (May 2020 - conference canceled due to COVID-19)
"Join the [Multi-Level Marketing] Movement: Women, Leggings, and the Corporate Mythology of LuLaRoe", Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference (November 2019)
"Becoming Ethical Researchers: Graduate Students on the Messiness of Learning Research Methodologies," Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition (October 2018)
“The Values of Resist!ance: Comics Newspaper Resist! as Feminist Epideictic Rhetoric,” Rhetoric Society of America Conference (June 2018)
ACADEMIC AND WRITING CENTER EXPERIENCE
Creative Nonfiction Editor, THAT Literary Review, 2022-present
Grant Copyeditor and Writer, Writing Home, Dr. Sarah Robbins, Texas Christian University, Summer 2017
Feature Writer, George Fox University Journal, George Fox University, 2010-2016
Assistant Newsletter Editor, South Central Writing Center Association, 2013-2015
Writing Assessment Evaluator, Adult Degree Program, George Fox University, 2011-2014
Long-Distance Writing Center Tutor, George Fox University, 2014
Writing Center Tutor (Athletic Writing Center and Main Campus Writing Center), Baylor University, 2013-2014
SELECTED SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(see full CV for more service and professional development)
Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute, Life Writing session, 2021
Composition Committee, English Department, Texas Christian University, 2019-2020, 2017-2018
Winifred B. Horner Rhetoric Society, English Department, Texas Christian University, 2016-2020
President, 2018-2019; Secretary/Technical Supervisor, 2016-2018
ENGL 10803/20803 Program Revision Committees, Texas Christian University, 2017-2019
Graduate Student Senate, Texas Christian University, 2017-2018
Vice-President of Logistics (elected)
English Graduate Student Association, Baylor University, 2014–2015
Chair, Fundraising Committee (elected), 2014-2015
First-Year Representative (elected), 2013-2014
SELECTED RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
(see full CV for more professional experience)
Advanced Placement Language Exam Reader, College Board, 2016–2021
Creative Writing (Fiction and Poetry) Summer Camp Teacher, Center for Digital Expression, Texas Christian University, July 2019
Teaching Assistant, Dr. Layne Craig, Texas Christian University, Spring 2019
Co-writer of Original Play, In the Family of Things, Valley Repertory Theatre, 2013
Enrollment Specialist for the Dept. of Professional Studies, Office of the Registrar, George Fox University, 2010-2013
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition (completed May 2021)
Graduate Certificate in Women and Gender Studies
Graduate Certificate in New Media Composing & Teaching (portfolio here)
Baylor University, Waco, TX
M.A. in English Literature and Language (completed August 2015)
Concentration: Rhetoric/Composition
George Fox University, Newberg, OR
B.A. in Writing and Literature, summa cum laude (completed December 2009)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Feminist rhetorics, composition pedagogy, genre studies, religious rhetoric, creative nonfiction, contemporary women's writing, online/digital composition, popular culture studies, higher education
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Associate Director of English 100, English Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022-present
Assistant Director of Composition, English Department, Texas Christian University, 2019-2020
Lead Consultant/Administrator, Academic Resource Center, George Fox University, 2008-2009
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
ENGL 100 Introduction to College Composition (in-person)
ENGL 100 Introduction to College Composition (online)
ENGL 400 Advanced Composition
ENGL 401 Race, Sex, and Texts
Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, AL
ENGL 0103 Introduction to Composition
ENGL 1010 Composition I
ENGL 1020 Composition II
ENGL 4040/6040/COMM 3300 Creative Nonfiction Workshop
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
ENGL 10803 Writing as Inquiry
ENGL 10803T Food for Thought: Inquiring into What We Eat (online themed)
ENGL 10803T TL;DR: Writing for Online Communities (in-person themed)
ENGL 20803 Writing as Argument
WRIT 40283 Editing and Publishing (co-taught with Dr. Ann George)
George Fox University, Portland/Newberg, OR
ASPD 215/MGOL 260 Personal and Professional Assessment (online)
LACC 102/202 Writing for Adults II (online)
LACC 101/201 Writing for Adults I (online)
WRIT 110 College Writing (online hybrid)
Baylor University, Waco, TX
ENG 3303 Advanced Expository Writing
ENG 3300 Technical and Professional Writing
ENG 1304 Thinking, Writing, & Research
ENG 1302 Thinking and Writing
McLennan Community College, Waco, TX
ENGL 1301 Composition I
ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC WRITING
“Watson Session C.13: Digital Futures: Media, Twitter, and Digital Afterlives,” Watson Session Review, Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative (November 2018)
“Self-Care for Graduate Students,” CCC Committee on the Status of Graduate Students Blog (February 2017)
“Justice in the Classroom: Professor Seth Sikkema and a Select Group of Accounting Students Investigate Fraud Cases for Victims in Need,” George Fox Journal (Summer 2015)
“Speaking Truth: After Being Silenced for Years by Depression, MBA Alumna Gayathri Ramprasad Found Her Voice,” George Fox Journal (Spring 2014)
“Friendsview Fanatics: These Loyal Fans Support their Players On and Off the Court,” George Fox Journal (Spring 2012)
AWARDS & CERTIFICATES
Graduate Instructor of the Year, English Department, Texas Christian University, 2019-2020
AddRan College of Liberal Arts Three Minute Thesis Competition Winner ($1,000), Texas Christian University, February 2020
Global Outlooks on Education (GO) Institute Fellowship ($800 travel grant), Texas Christian University, Spring 2019
Special Event Funding for the Winifred B. Horner Rhetoric Society ($500), Rhetoric Society of America, Spring 2019
Radford Fellow ($21,000), Texas Christian University, 2016-2017
Graduate Teacher of Record Award Invited Candidate, Baylor University, 2015
Graduate Student Travel Award ($250), South Central Writing Center Association, 2014
Richter Scholar ($1,000 travel grant), George Fox University, 2009
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
(see full CV for more presentations)
“The Politics of Professionalism: Hillary Clinton’s Ethos-Building in Her Professional Memoirs,” Rhetoric Society of America Conference (May 2022)
“You Are What You Eat: Teaching Positionality through Food Inquiry,” Conference on College Composition and Communication (March 2022)
"Composition Andragogy at a Distance: Navigating Adult Students’ Needs in an Online Environment," Conference on College Composition and Communication (April 2021 - accepted)
"Funny Girls, Hysterical Women: Ethos Construction in the Contemporary Memoirs of Women Comedians," Rhetoric Society of America Conference (May 2020 - conference canceled due to COVID-19)
"Join the [Multi-Level Marketing] Movement: Women, Leggings, and the Corporate Mythology of LuLaRoe", Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference (November 2019)
"Becoming Ethical Researchers: Graduate Students on the Messiness of Learning Research Methodologies," Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition (October 2018)
“The Values of Resist!ance: Comics Newspaper Resist! as Feminist Epideictic Rhetoric,” Rhetoric Society of America Conference (June 2018)
ACADEMIC AND WRITING CENTER EXPERIENCE
Creative Nonfiction Editor, THAT Literary Review, 2022-present
Grant Copyeditor and Writer, Writing Home, Dr. Sarah Robbins, Texas Christian University, Summer 2017
Feature Writer, George Fox University Journal, George Fox University, 2010-2016
Assistant Newsletter Editor, South Central Writing Center Association, 2013-2015
Writing Assessment Evaluator, Adult Degree Program, George Fox University, 2011-2014
Long-Distance Writing Center Tutor, George Fox University, 2014
Writing Center Tutor (Athletic Writing Center and Main Campus Writing Center), Baylor University, 2013-2014
SELECTED SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(see full CV for more service and professional development)
Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute, Life Writing session, 2021
Composition Committee, English Department, Texas Christian University, 2019-2020, 2017-2018
Winifred B. Horner Rhetoric Society, English Department, Texas Christian University, 2016-2020
President, 2018-2019; Secretary/Technical Supervisor, 2016-2018
ENGL 10803/20803 Program Revision Committees, Texas Christian University, 2017-2019
Graduate Student Senate, Texas Christian University, 2017-2018
Vice-President of Logistics (elected)
English Graduate Student Association, Baylor University, 2014–2015
Chair, Fundraising Committee (elected), 2014-2015
First-Year Representative (elected), 2013-2014
SELECTED RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
(see full CV for more professional experience)
Advanced Placement Language Exam Reader, College Board, 2016–2021
Creative Writing (Fiction and Poetry) Summer Camp Teacher, Center for Digital Expression, Texas Christian University, July 2019
Teaching Assistant, Dr. Layne Craig, Texas Christian University, Spring 2019
Co-writer of Original Play, In the Family of Things, Valley Repertory Theatre, 2013
Enrollment Specialist for the Dept. of Professional Studies, Office of the Registrar, George Fox University, 2010-2013
