Education
Ph.D. in English: Rhetoric & Composition 2021
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Dissertation: Programmed Literacies
Committee: Dr. Debra Hawhee, Dr. Stuart Selber, Dr. Cheryl Glenn, and Dr. Suresh Canagarajah
M.A. in English: Rhetoric & Composition 2017
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Certificate in Editing & Publishing
Thesis: Radio Rhetor: The Rhetorical Practices of Mary Margaret McBride
Committee: Dr. Kristie Fleckenstein, Dr. Kathleen Yancey, Dr. Tarez Graban
B.A. in English & Economics 2015
Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas
Summa Cum Laude, Departmental Honors, University Honors
Thesis: Attention in the Digitally Networked Economy
Committee: Dr. Jason Helms, Dr. Rob Garnett, Dr. Dan Williams
Research Interests
Feminist rhetorics and technologies; literacy studies; contemplative writing pedagogies.
Publications
Manuscripts in Progress
“Feminist Platforms & Feminine Practices: Mary Margaret McBride’s Radio Rhetoric” forthcoming in Widening the View: Essays on Feminist Historiography, Ephemeral Archives, and Rhetorical Education.
“Platform Rhetoric in the Digitally Networked Sharing Economy,” to be submitted fall 2019.
Conference Presentations
“Gendered Ecologies of Programming Education” 2020
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Milwaukee, WI
“Transnational Feminism and the Rhetoric of Women’s Coding Literacy Movements” 2019
Feminisms & Rhetorics Conference, Harrisonburg, VA
“Radio Rhetoric: Mary Margaret McBride and Archival Listening” 2019
International Society for the History of Rhetoric Conference, New Orleans, LA
“Counter-Performance in the Archives” 2019
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Pittsburgh, PA
“Towards an Ethics of Haptic Technology” 2018
Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning, Estes Park, Colorado
“Invoking the Body: Touch and Making Meaning” 2017
Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, Dayton, OH
“Contemplative Writing & Digital Composition” 2017
Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning Conference, Estes Park, CO
“Cultivating an Ear for Difference: Listening as Sonic Archival Practice” 2017
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Portland, OR
“What It Means to Compose for the Web” 2016
Computers and Writing Conference, Rochester, NY
“Digital Contemplative Composition: A Feminist Approach to Inquiry” 2016
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Houston, TX
“Vegication: A Commercial Xeriscaping Plan for Fort Worth” 2015
Add-Ran College Undergraduate Research Festival, Fort Worth, TX
Awarded 1st Place for Poster Presentations
“Attention Economics in Online Sharing Communities” 2014
Add-Ran College Undergraduate Research Festival, Fort Worth, TX
Awarded 1st place for Economics Research
Teaching Experience
Pennsylvania State University
Rhetoric and Composition (2 sections)
Instructor of Record
Florida State University
Research, Genre, and Context (4 sections)
Instructor of Record
Upward Bound
English Capstone (1 section)
Instructor of Record
Tutoring Experience
Pennsylvania State University
Digital Studio Consultant 2019-2020
Writing Center Tutor 2018-2019
Florida State University
Digital Studio Consultant 2015-2017
Proficient in: Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, Audacity, SPSS,
HTML, CSS, Javascript
Reading & Writing Center Tutor 2015-2016
Texas Christian University
Economics Department Tutor 2013-2015
Research Experience
John V. Roach Honors College
Research Assistant 2013-2015
Served as an intern at the TCU Press; assisted with acquisitions; copy-edited and helped revise works for publication; conducted archival research and assisted with class materials.
Service
Departmental Service
PSU Mentoring Program Mentor & Coordinator 2018-2020
Arnold-Ebbitt Interdisciplinary Rhetoricians Technology Coordinator 2018-2019
PSU English Graduate Organization Webmaster 2018-2019
FSU College Composition Committee 2016-2017
FSU Reading Writing Center Committee 2016-2017
Community Involvement & Outreach
Mid-State Literacy ESL Teacher 2017-2019
Global Connections Conversation Partner 2017-2019
Literacy Volunteers of Leon County ESOL Tutor 2017
Grace Mission Middle School Reading Tutor 2017
Catholic Charities ESL Tutor 2014-2015
Awards & Honors
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Nominee 2017
Excellence in Teaching Composition Award Nominee 2016
Margaret Rose-Marek Multimedia Writing Award Honorable Mention 2015
The Lilla Thomas Award for an Interpretive or Critical Essay on Feminist
Writers or Feminist Issues 2015
Economics Department Senior Scholar 2015
Lane Smutz Economics Award 2015
Phi Beta Kappa 2014
Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society 2013
TCU Scholar 2012-2015
Dean’s Scholar 2011-2015
Scholarships
English Graduate Organization Travel Grant 2017-2018
PSU Enhanced Graduate Scholar Fellowship 2017-2018
TCU Mission Statement Scholarship Finalist 2014
TCU Dean’s Scholarship 2010-2015
Professional Affiliations
International Society for History of Rhetoric 2019
Rhetoric Society of America 2018-2019
Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition 2017-2020
Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning 2017-2019
College Composition and Communication 2016-2020
Relevant Coursework
Professional Writing; Ethnic Rhetorics; Feminist Rhetorics; Rhetorics and Technologies; Language Socialization Across Contexts, Rhetoric, Archives, Information; Rhetoric’s Sensorium; Theories of Rhetoric and Composition; Platform, Software, and Code Studies; Histories and Historiographies of Rhetoric; Embodied Rhetorics; Digital Revolutions & Convergence Culture; Global Rhetorics; Composition Theory; Issues in Literary and Cultural Studies; Rhetoric & Poetics; Digital Rhetorics.