Welcome to this digital space—a space where you can learn a little bit about my professional work. I am an Associate Professor and Program Director of the Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication program as well as Director of the First-Year Seminar program at Transylvania University in Lexington, KY where I teach classes such as Digital Rhetoric, Feminist Rhetorics, Writing for/with Nonprofits, Business Writing, and First-Year Seminar courses.

My research follows two primary trajectories: (1) connecting the subfields of Digital Rhetoric and Feminist Rhetorics, and (2) Writing Program Administration (WPA) work focused especially on digital writing and institutional ecologies of professional development. In both my teaching and research, I am interested in conceptions of community/belonging and social justice—and especially in the ways writing and languaging (and assumptions about them) mediate community engagement and social justice work. One of my proudest accomplishments in teaching is having formed and sustained a more-than-decade-long relationship with the Community Action Council for Lexington-Fayette, Bourbon, Harrison, and Nicholas Counties, Inc.—a local nonprofit working to create “pathways to prosperity by helping hardworking Kentuckians achieve economic independence that equips them for sustained success.”

Previously, I have served as one of the founders and co-directors of Transylvania’s Digital Liberal Arts initiative, mentored new faculty and graduate teaching assistants, assisted the director and Placement Coordinator in Bowling Green State University’s General Studies Writing program, and worked in writing centers (both face-to-face and online).

My pronouns are she/her.