Education
Currently Enrolled: Ph.D. English
Comprehensive exams passed with high honors, Fall 2008.
Penn State, University Park, Pennsylvania
M.A. English, May 2007
Penn State, University Park, Pennsylvania
B.A. English, December 2004
Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois
Publications
"Rhetorical Iconoclasm: The Heresy of Lollard Plain Style." Rhetoric Review 27.2 (2008): 131-146.
"Teaching with Wikis: Toward a Networked Pedagogy."Computers and Composition. 25 (2008): 432-448.
Awards and Certificates
Teaching Support Grant from Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, 2008-2009
Inter-Departmental M.A. Teaching Award, 2007
Teaching with Technology Certificate, 2007
Presentations
"Developing Learner-Centered Undergraduate Internships"
International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning. Philadelphia, PA 2009
"Vernacular Rhetoric as Nation Building: Thomas Wilson's Stylistic Instruction"
Rhetoric Society of America. Seattle, WA 2008
"Invoking the Examinations of Anne Askew"
Conference on College Composition and Communication. New Orleans, LA 2008
"Designing Multimodal Teaching Portfolios" With Stuart Selber.
E-WAVE Workshop. Conference on College Composition and Communication. New Orleans, LA 2008
"The Laptop Myth: Technological Determinism and Humanitarian Aid"
Rhetorics and Technologies Conference. University Park, PA 2007
"Laptop Programs and Educator Responsibility"
Awards Ceremony for Pennsylvania's Outstanding Student Writers.
State College, PA 2007
"Linguistic Iconoclasm: The Heresy of the Lollard Plain Style"
Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, NY 2007
Academic Service
Affiliate Member CLGBTE, Summer 2009-Present
Invited Member of Bedford/St. Martin's T.A. Advisory Group, Summer 2009
Public Writing Initiative Co-Coordinator, Summer 2008-Summer 2009
Research Assistant to Stuart Selber, Fall 2006-Spring 2009
Research Assistant to Cheryl Glenn, Summer 2007-Summer 2009
Public Writing Initiative Member, Fall 2007-Summer 2009
Writing Assistant to Cheryl Glenn, "Online Writing" chapter of The Writer's Harbrace Handbook 4e, Spring 2008
Rhetorics and Technologies Conference Committee Member, Spring 2007
Teaching Assistant for Writing in HDFS 312W, Spring 2007