Ph.D., English (Rhetoric & Culture), Louisiana State University
Doctoral Minor, Women’s and Gender and Sexuality Studies, Louisiana State University
Graduate Certificate, User Centered Design, University of Washington
B.A. (dual degrees), English and French Language and Literature, Louisiana State University

• BWRIT 132/133 Composition Stretch
• BWRIT 134 Composition
• BWRIT 135 Research Writing

A writing class might seem straightforward, but to write is to discover your thinking, to attempt to capture it and make it visible, and that’s difficult work. In my classes, we examine the craft of language, the ways that writing shapes representation, and how communication both reflects and creates reality. One of my primary goals in writing instruction is to help students build confidence in their voices and adaptive fluency across a variety of discursive contexts.

My scholarly work has drawn on methods of critical discourse analysis and participatory qualitative research to examine health and medical rhetorics, technology use/UX, inclusive design practices, and activist narratives. I am broadly interested in how individual people negotiate language, power, and representation within larger institutions.

I write and publish creative nonfiction, including braided essays, hybrid memoir, autotheory, flash and micro nonfiction. I also make mixed media objects, working with clay, felt, and lino/block prints.

Selected Publications

• “Dependent” (nonfiction essay), The Lincoln Review, Spring 2025 Issue
• “The Chaos of Kairos: Discourses of Timing and Choice” in Staging Women’s Lives in Academia: Performing Life Stages in Language and Literature Workplaces. Michelle Masse and Nan Bauer-Maglin, Eds. SUNY Press. 2017.
• “Techno-Mob Movements: Public Performances and the Collective Voices of Outsiders” in Agency in the Margins: Stories of Outsider Rhetoric. Anne Stockdell-Giesler, Ed. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. January 2010.
• “Subvert this Image. Negotiating Multiple Literacies & Deconstructing Consumerism through Photoshop” in Teaching in the Pop Culture Zone: Using Popular Culture in the Writing Classroom. Allison Smith, Ed. Thompson Wadsworth Press, 2008, 109-119.

Recent Presentations

• “Crafting Countercurrents: Handmade Pedagogies to Resist Optimization Culture,” TYCA Pacific Northwest Conference, Portland, OR, October 2026.
• “Understanding Community College Instructors’ Perceptions of Corpus-Informed Writing Instruction,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Cleveland, OH, March 2026.
• “Cryfest/Joyfest: Inviting Full Spectrum Emotions in the Classroom as Democracy Crumbles,” Teaching & Learning Academy Annual Institute, Cascadia College, January 2026.

Recent Awards

• 2026 Best of the Net Nominee for “Dependent” (nonfiction essay)
• “Eviction Notice” (nonfiction essay), Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction Finalist, The Bellingham Review, 2025

Public Engagement

• Ambassador, The Op-Ed Project, Present
• CROW Faculty Fellow (University of Arizona grant-sponsored study) pilot project with Writing Center Tutors at Cascadia College, 2025-2026
• Seattle Children’s Hospital Celiac Program Community Advisory Board Member, 2020-2024