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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Education

The University of Kansas - Lawrence, KS                                         May 2025

Doctor of Philosophy, English, Rhetoric & Composition                             

GPA: 4.0/4.0

 

The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL                                    May 2020

Bachelor of Arts, English,

Minor in Interdisciplinary Linguistics, Creative Writing                                     GPA: 3.99/4.0, summa cum laude

 

American University of Rome – Rome, Italy                                 Spring 2019

International Study Abroad Program

GPA: 4.0/4.0

Selected Publications

“Happy Hour,” Daydreamer, Urban Ivy, [UPCOMING].
“A Writing Center Love Letter,” Student Writing Tutors in Their Own Words, Routledge, June 2022, p. 108-114.

Selected Grants, Honors, and Awards

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Stephen F. Evans Award | May 2024

Outstanding Instructor Award | May 2024

Selden Lincoln Whitcomb Fellowship | May 2024

Lauer Award, RSA | April 2024

Outstanding Instructor Award | May 2023

Digital Jumpstart Funding, Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities | December 2022

Selden Lincoln Whitcomb Fellowship | May 2022

Applied Humanities Boot Camp, Hall Center for the Humanities | May 2021

GTA Flex and Online Teaching Program | August 2020

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

University of Alabama English Departmental Honors Program | May 2020    
University of Alabama Honors College | May 2020        
Community Resident Advisor of the Year – Presidential Village II | May 2020
President’s List | Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Spring 2020
Dean’s List | Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018
Frank Cosby Memorial Scholarship | May 2019        
Russell Memorial Scholarship | May 2018        
Ethel C. and William T. Hardy Scholarship | August 2016    
Presidential Scholarship | August 2016

Selected Conferences and Presentations

“‘It’s Just a Feeling I Had There’: Re-Placing Geographic Rhetorics in Community- and Justice-Oriented First-Year Composition Courses,” Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Denver, CO, May 2024.


“Digital Archiving in the Composition Classroom: Omeka and Literacies of Lawrence,” KU Center for Teaching Excellence, Lawrence, KS, April 2024.


“‘On a Dark and Stormy Night’: Crafting the Campfire Story,” Haunting Humanities (Hall Center for the Humanities), Lawrence, KS, October 2023.


“Literacies of Lawrence: Composing Communities,” Conference on College Composition & Communication (CCCC), Chicago, IL, February 2023.


“Revisiting the Doorway: Spatial Orientations of Justice in Alabama Higher Education,” College English Association (CEA), Birmingham, AL, March 2022.


“Belonging in Academia: A Pedagogical Approach to World Englishes,” Conference on College Composition & Communication (CCCC), Virtual, March 2022.


“Navigating Anxiety in Writing Center Communities During the Pandemic,” International Writing Centers Association (IWCA), Virtual, October 2021.


“Spotted! Problematic Tendencies in Gossip Girl and Potential Resolutions,” Midwestern Pop Culture Association (MPCA), Minneapolis, MN, October 2021.


“HOCs and LOCs,” Greater Kansas City Writing Center Project, Virtual, August 2021.


“Reconciling Hiring Pedagogy: Uniting Literacy, Discourse, and Embodiment,” Big 12 Teaching & Learning Conference, Virtual, June 2021.

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“Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.”

-Stephen King

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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