Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric. 2009 – present
Syracuse University
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. in Rhetoric, Scientific & Technical Communication, 2009
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Dissertation: Textual Curators and Writing Machines: Authorial Agency in Encyclopedias, Print to Digital
Committee: Laura Gurak (co-chair), John Logie (co-chair), Richard Graff, and Michael Hancher.
Master of Arts, Professional and Technical Writing, 2004
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Bachelor of Arts, Professional and Technical Writing, 2002
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Bachelor of Arts, 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.” $500. 2009.
James I. Brown Teaching Excellence Award, UMN Department of Rhetoric. $500. 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. $2,000. 2004-2005.
UALR Teaching With Technology Award. (University-wide.) Category: Best Practices. With Charles Anderson. $1,500. 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.
Tutor, University Writing Center. UALR, Summer – Fall 2002.
Intern, Little Rock Writing Project. UALR, Summer 2002.
Industry Consulting and Nonacademic Positions
Digital Texts Consultant, Intuit Innovation Lab, September 2008.
- Provided platform recommendations, assessment, and textual resources for The Contribution Revolution wiki, companion site to the Harvard Business Review article of the same name by Scott Cook.
Writing and Editing Consultant, Pearson Longman Education, Jan. – March 2006
- Developed revision planning for companion website to A Concise Guide to Technical Communication, Third Edition, by Laura J. Gurak and John M. Lannon.
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.
Additional Training
Moodle: Creating Basic Course Web Sites 11/6/07
Public Jobs/Private Data Training 11/06
HIPAA Certification 2/16/06
Interactive Distributed Learning Certification 1/25-3/25/04
STaR Audio/Video Institute (Impatica OnCue) 5/12-5/16/03
PowerPoint: From Classroom Lecture to Virtual Lecture 1/24/03
Introduction to WebCT (Faculty Fridays) 9/12-10/28/02
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