I approach my classroom as a collaborative, proto-public space for guided inquiry.
In my teaching, I help students connect rhetorical theory with practice, specifically providing the rhetorical footing for students to take action in their professional and local communities. I am especially interested in experimenting with how the rhetoric classroom can support new modes of public engagement, such as non-profit consulting and Community Think Tanks. My teaching style is active, discussion-based, and regularly includes workshops in which students practice making their writing publicly visible for different audiences.
In 2015 I was the recipient of Carnegie Mellon University’s English Department Graduate Student Teaching Award.
In 2022 I was the recipient of Virginia Tech’s Certificate of Teaching Excellence Award.
GRADUATE-LEVEL COURSES TAUGHT
Virginia Tech
- Classical Rhetoric
- Modern Western Rhetoric
- Critical Theory
Carnegie Mellon University
- Nonprofit Advocacy: Genres, Methods, Issues
- Rhetorical Grammar
- Style
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT
Virginia Tech
- Acts of Interpretation
- Technical Editing and Style
- Writing from Research
Carnegie Mellon University
- Writing for the Professions
- Interpretation and Argument: What is Education For?
- Interpretation and Argument: The Politics of Genocide
- Composition and Introduction to Literature: Identity in America