Professor of English; Co-Director, Campus Writing and Speaking Program, NC State University (2023–present)
Lead faculty development initiatives across disciplines; co-direct WEC/WID programming; teach graduate courses in rhetoric and composition theory, multimodal writing, and WPA.

Professor of English, Minnesota State University (2018–2023)
Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in rhetorical theory, literary theory, and composition. Promoted from Assistant Professor (2008) to Associate (2013) to Full Professor (2018).

Director, Writing Across the Curriculum, Minnesota State University (2013–2016)
Implemented campus-wide writing assessment, chaired first WAC committee, created online clearinghouse, led faculty development workshops.

• Ph.D. in English (Rhetoric, Composition, and Literature), Arizona State University, 2008

• Graduate Certificate in Medical Writing and Editing, University of Chicago, 2021

• Graduate Certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies, Arizona State University, 2008

• B.A. in English, magna cum laude, University of Montana, Missoula, 2001

Books and Edited Collections (selected):

• A Faculty Guidebook for Effective Shared Governance and Service (Routledge, 2023)

• Refiguring Motherhood Beyond Biology (Routledge, 2023)

• Transformations (Utah State UP, 2021)

• Surviving Sexism in Academia (Routledge, 2017)

• Feminist Challenges or Feminist Rhetorics? (Cambridge Scholars, 2014)

Refereed Articles (selected):

• “’Evil is Part of the Territory’: Inventing the Stepmother in Self-Help Books.” (Women’s Studies in Communication, 2019)

• “The Activist Syllabus as Technical Communication” (Technical Communication Quarterly, 2019)

• “‘It’s Like She’s Eager to be Verbally Abused’” (Feminist Media Studies, 2015)

Chapters (selected):

• “Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Digital Rhetoric, Misinformation, and Trust” (Waxmann Verlag, 2024)

• “Creating Collaborative Conditions” in Reimagining Graduate Education (Routledge, 2025/26)

• “Feminist Comedy’s Blond Badass: Amy Schumer” (Peter Lang, 2018)es here

• IWAC 2025: “Revitalizing Writing Enriched Curriculum” and “Writing, Research, and Resilience”

• CCCC 2025: “Where Policy Meets Position,” with Holly Hassel

• ICGR 2024 (Spain): “Kamala Harris and Repositioning Stepmotherhood”

• EARLI SIG Writing 2024 (Paris): “Cognitive Models of Writing and AI,” with Chris Anson

• NCA, RSA, Watson, and Rhetoric in Society: Recurring presentations on feminist rhetoric, AI, motherhood, and institutional labor

• AWAC 2024 Exemplary Enduring WAC Program (CWSP, NC State)

• CHASS Wellness Mini-Grant, NC State (2024)

• Faculty Research Grants, Minnesota State University (2020, 2012)

• Nominee, Winifred Bryan Horner Outstanding Book Award, CFSHRC (2018)

• Nadine B. Andreas Scholar, Minnesota State University (2015)

National Service:

• Co-author, AWAC Statement on AI Writing Tools (2025)

• Editorial Board: Peitho, Composition Studies, Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning

• Chair, Feminisms & Rhetorics Conference (2011)

Institutional Service (NC State & MSU):

• Committees: CRDM Program, Evaluation of Teaching, RTP

• Former President: Commission on the Status of Women, MSU

• Co-Director: Campus Writing and Speaking Program, NCSU (2023-present)

• Director: Writing Across the Curriculum, MSU (2013–2016)

• IFO Faculty Union Rep, Anti-Racism & Anti-Bullying Initiatives, MSU