Position Title
Continuing Lecturer
Biography:
I completed my Ph.D. in English at UC Davis in 2009, and began my career as a writing lecturer in 2011. Since then I've taught 13 different writing courses, but my focus in recent years has been on writing in science and environmental writing. In all of my courses, I emphasize the idea that writing is a form of action and a method of producing new knowledge. I've also taught 4 different first year seminars, most recently I offered one on LGBTQIA+ memoirs. I'm currently working on a project that curates recent research on campus climate for LGBTQIA+ students.
Research Areas:
Writing pedagogy, visual rhetoric, queer rhetoric, inclusive practices for LGBTQIA+ students, teaching for global awareness.
Teaching Areas:
Upper division writing courses, with an emphasis on environmental writing, science writing, and writing in the health professions.
Education:
Ph.D., English, 2009, University of California, Davis.
M.F.A., Creative Writing, 1994, University of Pittsburgh.
B.A., English, 1990, University of Pittsburgh.
Awards:
Academic Federation Professional Development Award, Fall 2025
Aggie Open Fellowship, Shields Library, Spring 2025
Academic Federation Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, 2022
Non-Senate Faculty Professional Development Award, 2018.
Non-Senate Faculty Professional Development Award, 2016.
Publications:
Books
Who’s Your Source?: A Writer’s Guide to Effectively and Ethically Using Resources, co-authored with Karma Waltonen. Broadview Press, 2019.
Contested Commemoration in U.S. History: Diverging Public Interpretations, co-edited with Klara Stephanie Szlezák, Routledge Series in Global Public Histories, Routledge, 2019.
Twenty Writing Assignments in Context: An Instructor’s Resource for the Composition Classroom, co-edited with Karma Waltonen. McFarland, 2017.
Refereed Journal Articles
“Narrative Discussions to Support Social Work Competence,” co-authored with Sarah Reed and Julie Berrett-Abebe. Social Work Education, vol. 43, no. 5, March 2023.
“Dysfunctional Family Values: U.S. Memoir in the Neoliberal Age.” The Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 51, no. 2, April 2018.