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