Research Interests
Broadly, my research interests lie in the history of rhetoric and the teaching of writing. For my dissertation, I focus on the origins of English-language writing instruction during the English Renaissance. Drawing on rhetorical and literary historiography, I examine the development of the English language, particularly as the teaching of English rhetoric reflected a growing sense of English national identity.
Graduate Seminars
Spring 2010
Foundations of Academic Advising - Linda Higginson and Eric White
Spring 2008
Shakespeare - Garrett Sullivan
Philosophy of Rhetoric - Ryan Stark
Fall 2007
Historicisms - Robert D. Hume
Women's Rhetoric - Cheryl Glenn
Theory and Teaching of Composition - Xiaoye You
Spring 2007
English Online - Stuart Selber
Theories and Concepts of Literacy - Elaine Richardson
Fall 2006
Resistance Prose and Egalitarianism - Linda Woodbridge
Rhetoric, Writing, and Identity - Cheryl Glenn
20th Century American Literature - Deb Clarke
Spring 2006
Literacy Technologies - Stuart Selber
Renaissance Revenge - Linda Woodbridge
Creditable Women - Deb Clarke
Fall 2005
Histories and Historiographies of Rhetoric - Cheryl Glenn
Early Modern Literary Fashions - Marcy North
Introduction to Research Methods - Paul Youngquist