Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric. 2009 – present
Syracuse University

  • Core faculty, The Writing Major
  • Core faculty, Composition & Cultural Rhetorics PhD Program

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Writing Studies. 2004 – 2009
University of Minnesota

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Rhetoric and Writing. 2002 – 2004
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Education

Ph.D., Rhetoric, Scientific & Technical Communication, 2009
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

M.A., Professional and Technical Writing, 2004
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

B.A., Professional and Technical Writing, 2002
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

B.A., English, 2002
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Awards and Honors

Kairos Graduate and Adjunct Award for Research. National award “given to a person whose research and scholarship is already excellent and/or also shows future promise for having an impact on the field of digital rhetoric.” 2009.

James I. Brown Teaching Excellence Award, UMN Department of Rhetoric. 2006-2007.

Gerard A. Hauser Graduate Scholarship, 2006 Rhetoric Society of America Conference. May 2006.

Veritas Software Fellowship, Industrial Affiliates Program, UMN Department of Rhetoric. 2004-2005.

UALR Teaching With Technology Award. (University-wide.) Category: Best Practices. With Charles Anderson. Nov. 7, 2003.

First Place, Editing for Usage and Style, UALR Department of Rhetoric and Writing, Annual Departmental Competition. 2002.

First Place, Expository Writing, UALR Department of Rhetoric and Writing, Annual Departmental Competition. 2001.

Related Work Experience

Digital Texts Consultant and Interim Project Manager, “The Efficacy of Proactive Personal Email Support as an Addition to Minnesota’s Quitplan.com Stop-Smoking Website.” Principle Investigator: Larry An, UMN Medical School, Division of General Internal Medicine. MPAAT (Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco) Grant, $340,000 over three years. 2006.

Research Assistant to Laura Gurak. UMN, 2004 – 2005.

Industry Consulting and Nonacademic Positions

Digital Texts Consultant, Intuit Innovation Lab, 2008.

Writing and Editing Consultant, Pearson Longman Education, 2006.

Editing Consultant. The Papal “No”: A Comprehensive Guide to the Vatican’s Refusal of Women’s Ordination by Deborah Halter, Department of Religious Studies, Loyola University, New Orleans. Crossroad Publishing Company, October 2004. First Place, Gender Issues, 2005 Catholic Press Awards.

Business Development Associate, United Parcel Service, MidSouth District, 1995 – 2002

  • Produced memos, presentations, technical reports and interdepartmental publications at department, district, region and corporate levels.
  • Managed annual business plan of $11 – $16 million.
  • Provided personal point-of-contact for customers who generated $5 million+ in annual revenue.
  • Coordinated district initiatives involving 40+ Account Executives in three states.
  • Acted as District Liaison to Attorney General’s Office, Better Business Bureau, and corporate legal offices.

Professional Affiliations

  • Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, 2008 – present
  • National Council of Teachers of English, 2003 – present
  • Rhetoric Society of America, 2006 – present
  • Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, 2007 – present
  • Society for the History of Technology, 2011-present