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Background

Areas of Interest

Specialization: Rhetoric and technology

Interests: Theories of rhetoric, digital media studies, information studies, and intellectual property

Education

(in progress) Ph.D. in English: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Emphasis: Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy
Honors: Graduate Fellow (2005/2006); DMAC Fellow (2008/2009)

Master of Arts in English: California State University, Long Beach, California, 2005
Emphasis: Rhetoric and Composition
Honors: Outstanding Graduate in the Department of English

Bachelor of Arts in English: California State University, Long Beach, California, 2002
Emphasis: Rhetoric and Literacy
Honors: Cum Laude; Distinguished Student in the College of Liberal Arts

Associate of Arts: Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California, 2000
General Education
Honors: various scholarships and awards

Teaching

English 100: First-Year Writing, CSULB

English 109: Intensive Reading and Writing, OSU

English 110: First-Year Writing, OSU

English 276: Introduction to Rhetoric, OSU

English 304: Business and Professional Writing, OSU

English 367: The American Experience (digital media and documentary film), OSU

Services

Co-Founder, Editor: Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion
Spring 2007 to present

DMP Assistant: The Digital Meida Project
Fall 2008 to Spring 2009

Co-Editor: Praxis section of Kairos: Technology, Pedagogy, Rhetoric
Autumn 2007 to Autumn 2009

Assistant Coordinator: Student Technology Consultants Program
Autumn 2007 to Summer 2008

Associate Editor: Computers and Composition: An International Journal
Summer 2006 to Summer 2007

Assistant Editor, Web Developer: Computers and Composition: An International Journal
Fall 2005 to Spring 2006

Conference and University Presentations

CCCC -- The Remix: Revisit, Rethink, Revise, Renew (2010)
"The Evolving Look of Rhetorical Power: Social Media and New Rhetorical Agents." Conference on College Composition and Communication. May 2008, Athens, Georgia. (Upcoming) Spring 2010, Louisville, Kentucky.

Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) -- Enabling Complexities: Communities/Writing/Rhetoric (2009)
"Rhetorical Agency in an Interactive Digital Age." Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s). October 2009, East Lansing, Michigan.

Computers and Writing 2008 -- Open Source as Technology and Concept (2008)
"Open Source-Supported Publishing in the University." Computers & Writing. May 2008, Athens, Georgia. (Co-presenters: Ben McCorkle, Dickie Selfe, and Scott DeWitt)

CCCC -- Writing Realities, Changing Realities (2008)
"Old Rhetoric for New(ish) Media: From Gutenberg to Web 2.0." Conference on College Composition and Communication. April 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana. (Co-presenters: Ben McCorkle and Jason Palmeri)

Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) -- Civic Discourse (2007)
"Delivering Harlot." Session title: Harlot: Turning Popular Audiences On to Rhetoric. The 6th Biennial Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s). October 2007, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Graduate Literacy Studies Seminar (LiteracyStudies@OSU) (2007)
"Delivering Harlot." Session topic: Introducing Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion. September 2007, Columbus.

Graduate Literacy Studies Seminar (LiteracyStudies@OSU) (2007)
"Using Copyright Law to Teach Plagiarism." Session topic: Composition, Technology, and Copyright. April 2007, Columbus, Ohio.

CCCC -- The Research Network Forum (2007)
"Interfaces, Techné, and Web 2.0: Where Tactics and Strategies Intermingle." Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 2007, New York, New York.

Graduate Literacy Studies Seminar (LiteracyStudies@OSU) (2007)
"Teaching Multimodal Composing." Session topic: TAs Teaching English. January 2007, Columbus, Ohio.

New Voices 2004: Readings, Writings, and Rhetorics (2004)
"Context in Audience and Orality in Text." Humanities Graduate Conference, September 2004, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia.

Liminality in the Humanities: An Interdisciplinary Exchange (2004)
"Absent Context in the Absent Reader." The 5th Annual International Graduate Conference in Language, Literature, and Discourse Studies, September 2004, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Panels/Roundtables

"Motivating Students to Write: Creating Online Venues for Student Work." Faculty and TA Development (FTAD) and Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) workshop, The Ohio State University, Winter 2008.

"Reasonable Wiki Projects: OSU Wiki space development for teaching, administration, and research." The Ohio State University, Spring 2007.

"Beyond the “Pedia”: Wikis as Collaborative Writing Tools." Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC), The Ohio State University, Fall 2006

Professional Memberships

Organizations: NCTE, CCCC
Listservs: H-rhetor, WPA-L, WAC-L, Techrhet, Digirhet