Associate Professor of English
Office: Fretwell 276B
Phone: 704.687.2300
Email:
Education
- Ph.D., University of Louisville
- M.A., Appalachian State University
- B.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Areas of Interest
- Labor, Literacy and Composition
- Computers and Writing
- Writing Assessment
- Technical Writing
Current Project
Current book project, Dangerous Writing: Understanding the Political Economy of Composition (under contract with Utah State University Press), examines the relationship between day-to-day writing pedagogy and the professional cultures created within educational institutions. Positioned at the intersection of Composition, English Education and Cultural Studies, the book explores how the assumptions that shape teaching and students' writing are built into institutional architectures: i.e. through assessment, curricular mandates, and an increasingly pervasive managerialism that shifts power and professional agency from teachers to administration.
Selected Publications and Presentations
(2007) “The Cart, the Horse, and the Road they are Driving Down: Thinking Ecologically about a New Writing Major.” Composition Studies 35.1, 81-95.
(2006) “Work, Technology and Pedagogy in the Era of Late Capitalism.” Computer and Composition 23, 228-243.
(2005) “Consensus Through Accountability? The Benefits and Drawbacks of Building ‘Community' with Accountability.” Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. 48-59.
(2005) “Creating the Subject of Portfolios: Reflective Writing and the Conveyance of Institutional Prerogatives.” Written Communication . 22.1, 3-35.
(2004) “Teaching the Ideology of Assessment.” Radical Teacher 71, 30-36.
(2004) Tenured Bosses and Disposable Teachers: Writing Instruction in the Managed University. Eds. Marc Bousquet, Tony Scott, and Leo Parascondola. Carbondale : Southern Illinois UP. “Managing Labor, Managing Literacy: the Future of Work in Composition.” In Tenured Bosses and Disposable Teachers, 153-165.
Courses Taught
Undergraduate Courses
- English 1101 First Year Composition
- English 1103 Accelerated College Writing (Honors)
- English 2116 Introduction to Technical Writing
- English 3050 Advanced Research Writing
Undergraduate/Graduate Combination Courses
- English 4104/5104 Expository Writing
- English 4050/5050 Networked Writing (created course)
- English 4181/5181Writing User Documents
- English 4180/5180 Theories of Technical Communication
Graduate Courses
- English 6008 Theory and Practice in Electronic Communications (created course)
- English 6166 Rhetorical Theory
- English 5180 Introduction to Technical Communication
- National Writing Project Summer Institute
Professional Appointments
Faculty Appointment
Administrative Appointments
- Director of Rhetoric and Writing Program, since 2007
|
