Education
Ph.D. in English (emphasis in Rhetoric and Writing), The University of Texas at Austin, expected May 2022.
Dissertation: “Outraged Speech: Digital Publics, Networked Trolling, and Rhetorical Ethics.” Committee: Casey Boyle (Co-Chair), Mark Longaker (Co-Chair), Diane Davis, Patricia Roberts-Miller, and James Brown Jr.
M.A. in Rhetoric and Writing Studies (specialization in Teaching Writing), San Diego State University, 2015.
Thesis: “Nietzsche’s ‘On Truth and Lie’: A Tropological Response to Kant’s First Critique.” Committee: Glen McClish (Chair), Ellen Quandahl, and Steven Barbone.
B.A. in Politics with Honors (emphasis in Political Theory), University of California, Santa Cruz, 1998.
Publications
“Ethical Repetitions: Rhetorical Imitation and/as Algorithmic Judgment.” Philosophy & Rhetoric, vol. 54, no. 4, 2021, pp. 348-73.
“Review of Kennerly and Pfister’s Ancient Rhetorics and Digital Networks.” Enculturation: a Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture. 11 May 2020. http://enculturation.net/review_ancient_networks
Conference Presentations
“Access and Multimodal Assignment Design.” Re/Turning to Less Commonplaces: Questioning Assumptions and Ethical Design for Multimodality roundtable. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Virtual, April 2021.
“Inhospitable Interpellation: ‘Alt-Right’ Trolling’s Constituting of SJWs,” a research paper accepted for presentation at the 19th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Portland, OR, May 2020. Conference subsequently canceled due to COVID–19 pandemic.
“Writing with Trolls: Composing Practices within Problematic Social Worlds,” a research paper accepted for presentation at the 2020 Conference on College Composition & Communication, Milwaukee, WI, March 2020. Conference subsequently canceled due to COVID–19 pandemic.
“‘I Learned it by Watching You’: The (Rhetorical) Education of Tay AI.” Education, Dark Reboot panel. Digital Frontiers Conference, Austin, TX, September 2019.
“#YouToo: Leslie Jones and the Effects of Tu Quoque Trolling.” Rhetorical Futures: Invention and Ethics through Social Media panel. Thomas R. Watson Biannual Conference, Louisville, KY, October 2018.
“Nietzsche’s Affirmative Envy in ‘Homer’s Contest.’” Rhetoric Society of America Biannual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, May 2018.
“How to Say Things with Action: Perlocutionary Effects of Promising and Forgiving in Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition.” Rhetoric Society of America Biannual Conference, Atlanta, GA, May 2016.
“Nietzsche’s ‘On Truth and Lie’: A Critique of Kant’s Epistemic Imperative.” Rethinking Immanuel Kant: On Language, Style, and Dialogue panel. Rhetoric Society of America Biannual Conference, San Antonio, TX, May 2014.
Administrative Appointments
Assistant Director, Digital Writing and Research Lab, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin, Summer 2018–Summer 2020.
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- Mentored graduate students with independent research projects, developing digital skills, and implementing multimodal pedagogy.
- Developed and led in-class digital skills workshops for faculty, instructors, and students.
- Co-organized and co-led two, annual weeklong Digital Field Methods Institutes for scholars at various career-stages.
Assistant Director (WPA), Lower-Division Writing Committee, Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies, San Diego State University, Spring 2014–Spring 2015.
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- Trained and supervised graduate student instructors.
- Developed and revised first-year writing curriculum.
- Co-taught RWS 796A, a weekly supervised teaching internship for new graduate instructors.
- Implemented programmatic assessment.
Courses Taught (Instructor of Record)
RHE 309S: Critical Reading and Persuasive Writing, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2022.
A sophomore-level writing course reserved for Natural Sciences Dean’s Scholars and designed to teach technical communication, advanced rhetorical analysis, and advocacy on public issues that focuses on how scientists work to persuade one another, the general public, and the institutions that invest in and fund further research.
RHE 309K: Rhetoric of Viral Media, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2020, Fall 2021.
A lower-division writing course designed to teach rhetorical analysis, research practices, and the creation of multimodal texts that focuses on viral media’s histories, analysis of social media platforms, and how viral media genres initiate, respond to, and extend public events, social movements, and other cultural phenomena.
RHE 312: Writing in Digital Environments, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2018.
A lower-division writing course designed to teach critical engagement with emerging technologies and the use of digital tools for textual analysis and multimodal production that focuses on how the circulation of real and fake news media online is rhetorically constructed and distributed across social media platforms.
RHE 309K: Rhetoric of Internet Trolling, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin, Summer 2016, Fall 2016.
A lower-division writing course designed to teach rhetorical analysis, research practices, and the writing and revision of thoughtful and well-organized college-level papers that focuses on analysis of online discourses, digital literacy, and community safety.
RHE 306: Rhetoric and Writing (Race and Criminal Justice), Department of Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2015, Spring 2015.
An introductory writing course designed to teach practical reasoning, rhetorical principles, and the writing and revision of thoughtful and well-organized college-level papers that focuses on the public controversies surrounding race and criminal justice in the contemporary United States.
RWS 200: Rhetoric of Written Argument in Context, Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies, San Diego State University, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
A second-semester writing course in a two-semester sequence designed to provide further practice in writing, reading, and critical thinking that focuses on the context of written arguments.
RWS 100: Rhetoric of Written Argument, Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies, San Diego State University, Fall 2014.
A first-semester writing course in a two-semester sequence designed to teach writing and reading as critical inquiry, locate rhetorical strategies, and evaluate strengths and weaknesses of written arguments.
Service
Production Editor, Enculturation: a Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, Fall 2019–Present.
Tier-Two Technology Support, Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2020.
Committee Member, Lower-Division Curriculum Committee, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2019–Spring 2020.
Co-President, Eunoia Society, Rhetoric Society of America, Graduate Student Chapter, The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2018–Spring 2020.
Co-Organizer, Digital Field Methods Institute: Sensing Methods, Digital Writing and Research Lab, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin, Summer 2019.
Co-Organizer, Digital Field Methods Institute: Sonic Methods, Digital Writing and Research Lab, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin, Summer 2018.
Digital Learning Specialist, Digital Writing and Research Lab, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2017–Spring 2018.
Undergraduate Writing Consultant, University Writing Center, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2017.
Committee Member, Lower-Division Curriculum Committee, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2016–Spring 2017.
Committee Member, First-Year Forum Selection Committee, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2015–Spring 2016.
Co-Director, Rhetoric Society of America, Graduate Student Chapter, San Diego State University, Fall 2013–Spring 2014.
Adult Literacy Tutor, READ/San Diego, San Diego Public Library Adult Literacy Program, 2010–2013.
Invited Workshops and Presentations
“Intro to Arduino.” Workshop for graduate course “E 388M: Digital Publics: Online Communities, Social Media, & Smart Cities,” The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2019.
“University Writing Center Website and Presentations Accessibility, Usability, and Design Workshop.” Workshop for The University Writing Center, The University of Texas at Austin, co-led with Justin Hatch, Fall 2019.
“Making Sense with Arduino.” Three-day workshop for Digital Field Methods Institute: Sensing Methods, The University of Texas at Austin, co-led with KJ Schaeffner and Cindy-Lou Holland, Summer 2019.
“Digital Peer Review.” Workshop for graduate course “RHE 398T: Supervised Teaching in Rhetoric and Writing,” The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2018.
“Alternative Fields, Part 2: Electromagnetic and Contact Microphones.” Workshop for Digital Field Methods Institute: Sonic Methods, The University of Texas at Austin, Summer 2018.
“Video Editing.” Workshop for undergraduate courses “RHE 309K: Rhetoric of the iPhone,” Spring 2017, and “RHE 309K: Rhetoric of Horror,” Spring 2018.
“Infographics.” Workshop for undergraduate course “RHE 306: Rhetoric and Writing,” The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2017, Spring 2018.
“Screencasting and Audio Recording.” Workshop for undergraduate course “RHE 330C: Women in the Digital Archive,” The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2017.
Professional Development
Seminar: “Rhetoric, Culture, and Technology.” Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute, Virtual, May 2021. Seminar Leaders Adam Banks and Damien Pfister.
Workshop: “Digital Exclusions.” Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute, Virtual, June 2021. Workshop Leaders Casey Boyle, Jim Brown, and Jennifer Sano-Franchini.
Course: “Intro to Processing for 3D Sensors.” Dadageek: Austin’s School for Expressive Technology, Austin, TX, Winter 2020. Course Instructor Sandy Miller.
Seminar: “Code Switching: Race and Digital Rhetoric.” Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute, College Park, MD, June 2019. Seminar Leaders Catherine Knight Steele and Jim Brown.
Course: “Electrify Your Art: Intro to Arduino for Artists.” Dadageek: Austin’s School for Expressive Technology, Austin, TX, Spring 2019. Course Instructor Kyle Evans.
Course: “Help! I’m a Humanist!—Programming for Humanists with Python.” Humanities Intensive Learning and Teaching (HILT), Austin, TX, June 2017. Course Instructors Brandon Walsh and Ethan Reed.
Workshop: “Invention and (Post/Anti/Trans/Non)Humanism.” Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute, Bloomington, IN, May 2017. Workshop Leaders John Muckelbauer and Kendall Phillips.
Seminar: “Quintilian and Declamation.” RSA/ISHR Seminar in Classical Rhetoric, Atlanta, GA, May 2016. Seminar Leaders Bé Breij and Lawrence Green.
Seminar: “Argumentation.” Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute, Lawrence, KS, June 2013. Seminar Leaders David Zarefsky, Robert C. Rowland, Jean Goodwin, Jeanne Fahnestock, and Frans H. van Eemeren.
Workshop: “History of Rhetoric and Rhetorical Theory Research Forum.” The Southern California Rhetoric and Composition Research Symposium, Irvine, CA, May 2013. Workshop Leaders Susan Jarrett and Daniel Gross.
Scholarships & Awards
James L. Kinneavy Prize for Scholarship in Rhetoric and Composition, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2021. This award honors excellent scholarship from graduate students who study and teach rhetoric and composition.
John Slatin Prize for Electronic Media in Education, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2021. The Slatin Prize recognizes graduate instructors who have designed accessible and inventive digital teaching and learning activities.
Professional Development Award, Office of Graduate Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2021.
E. Bagby Atwood Memorial Graduate Scholarship in English, Department of English, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2019.
Adele Steiner Burleson Scholarship Fund for English Students, Department of English, The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2018.
Summer Excellence Fellowship, Department of English, The University of Texas at Austin, Summer 2018.
James F. Parker Endowed Scholarship in English, Department of English, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2018.
Summer Excellence Fellowship, Department of English, The University of Texas at Austin, Summer 2017.
Adele Steiner Burleson Scholarship Fund for English Students. Department of English, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2017.
Professional Development Award, Office of Graduate Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Summer 2016.
Rebecca E. Lytle Tutor of the Year Award, READ/San Diego, San Diego Public Library Adult Literacy Program, February 2013.
Technical Proficiencies
Video: Adobe Premiere, iMovie, Panopto, Zoom
Audio: Adobe Audition, Audacity, GarageBand
Web Design: WordPress, Drupal, HTML/CSS
Programming: Processing, Arduino IDE
CMS and Collaboration Tools: Canvas, Trello, Slack, Discord, GitHub
Professional Organizations
Rhetoric Society of America
Conference of College Composition and Communication
National Council of Teachers of English