EDUCATION
Ph.D., Composition and Rhetoric
University of Kansas, 2017
Dissertation: Drawing the Lines: Indigenous American Ledger Drawings and the Decolonization of Rhetorical Knowledge Spaces (Honors Distinction)
B.A. in English, Minor Professional Writing, Magna Cum Laude
Kennesaw State University, 2012
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Director of the Writing Lab and Senior Lecturer
Department of English
Clemson University
August 2019 – Present
Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Literature, Media, and Communication
Georgia Institute of Technology
August 2017 – August 2019
PUBLICATIONS
“BTS (방탄소년단) in an English Composition Course”
TECHStyle. Ed. Nick Strum and Aaron Colton. 27 February 2019. Click here to access the article.
“Ledger Art as Transrhetorical Presence and Continuance” in “Decolonizing Projects: Creating Pluriversal Possibilities in Rhetoric.”
with Ellen Cushman, David Grant, Rachel Jackson, Amanda Moulder, Annie Laurie Nichols, and Courtney Rivard. Rhetoric Review, vol. 38, no.1, 2019. Click here to access the article.
“‘Conversations Beyond Those We Hear’ in 16 Brittain Fellows Write About the Archives They Love.” TECHStyle. Ed. Nick Strum. 12 November 2018. Click here to access the article.
“Making Fanfic: The (Academic) Tensions of Fan Fiction as Self-Publication.”
Community Literacy Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017. Click here to access the article.
“Ledger Art, Tradition, and Media.”
Becoming a College Writer: Readings to Write By. Ed. Lynee Gaillet. Fountainhead Press, 2017.
Selected PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Reflection and Relationality: AI in Writing Support
Clemson Teaching Excellence Conference 2026 (Clemson, SC)
Indigenous Hallucinations: AI, Making It Up, and Writing Support
College Composition and Communication Conference 2025 (Baltimore, MD)
“It Will Happen”: Community, the Ashes, and the Writing Center
Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference RESCHEDULED, 2026 (Florence, AL)
Strengthening the Writing Center’s Online Presence: Creating Online Writing Resources with MacKenzie Croley
International Writing Center Association Conference 2024 (Online)
Storying Burnout: Using Story to Navigate Burnout in Writing Centers
Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference 2024 (Atlanta, GA)
Navigating Anxiety and Activity: Generative AI and Writing Support
Clemson Teaching Excellence Conference 2024 (Clemson, SC)
The Writing Center Variance Authority’s Strategic Planning Workshop
International Writing Center Association Conference 2023 (Baltimore, MD)
Submerged Stories: Legibility, Public Memory, and the Writing Center
Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference 2023 (Illness, unable to attend)
Commonwaters: Public Memory, Sustainability, and Embodied Presence
College Composition and Communication Conference 2021 (Virtual)
4Rs at the Center: Relations in Writing Center Praxis
International Writing Center Association Collaborative 2021 (Virtual)
Can We Collaborate?: Similarities and Differences in Writing Center and Communication Center Tutor Training
National Association of Communication Centers 2020 (Clemson, SC)
Visible Silences: Indigenous Presence/Relation on Campus and Beyond
Rhetoric Society of America Conference 2020 (Portland, OR) Conference canceled.
Standing Peachtree and Storying Places
College Composition and Communication Conference 2020 (Milwaukee, WI) Conference canceled.
Writing Relations: Storying Constellations in the Writing Center
Southeastern Writing Center Conference 2020 (Birmingham, AL)
BTS Transmedia: English Composition and Participatory Culture / The BTS Transmedia Escape Room (Presentation / Workshop)
BTS: A Global Interdisciplinary Conference 2020 (London, UK)
Spirits Supporting Inquiry: Indigenous Video Games in Composition Classrooms
National Council of Teachers in English Annual Conference 2019 (Baltimore, MD)
Remaking the Center: Exhibitions, Space, Art, and Community
International Writing Center Association Conference 2019 (Columbus, OH)
Standing Peachtree: Indigenous Atlanta
Wxmen in Environmental Justice Summit 2019 (Atlanta, GA)
Performing Past the Polar Bear: Indigenous Video Games in a First-Year English Classroom
Conference on College Composition and Communication 2019 (Pittsburgh, PA)
Selected GUEST LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
Dental and Medical School Personal Statements
Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, recurring
Writing Lab Reports
Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, recurring
Overcoming Writing Resistance
Graduate School, Clemson University, recurring
Navigating Anxiety and Activity: Generative AI and Writing Support
Clemson Teaching Excellence Conference 2024: Teaching in the Age of AI, Spring 2024
Writing a Scholarly Article in 12 Weeks (co-led with David Blakesley and Jordan Frith)
Graduate School, Clemson University, Spring 2020
The Communication Center as Makerspace (Workshop/Presentation)
Southern Writing Center Association Conference 2018 (Richmond, VA)
Handcrafted Rhetorics: DIY and the Public Power of Made Things (Workshop)
Conference on College Composition and Communication 2017 (Portland, OR)
Indigenous American Expressions of Visual Literacy in Keystone XL Ledger Drawings (Guest Lecture)
ECUR 498 Teaching Visual Literacy to Develop Higher Order Thinking
Gail MacKay, University of Saskatchewan (May 9, 2016)
Handcrafted Rhetorics: DIY and the Public Power of Made Things (Workshop)
Conference on College Composition and Communication 2015 (Tampa, FL)
WRITING CENTER WORKSHOPS
- Personal Statement Bootcamp (Undergraduate)
- Lab Report Writing (Undergraduate)
- Welcome to College Writing (Undergraduate)
- Conducting Responsible Research (Undergraduate)
- Dissertation Bootcamp (Graduate)
- Personal Statements (Graduate)
- Visual Rhetoric (Graduate)
- 3-Minute Thesis (Graduate)
- Distilling Your Message (Graduate)
- Teaching Statements (Graduate)
- Proposal Writing (Undergraduate/Graduate)
- Oral Presentations (Undergraduate/Graduate)
- Poster Design (Undergraduate/Graduate)
- Creating a Communication Process (Undergraduate/Graduate)
- Pitching Your Work to the Public (Undergraduate/Graduate)
- APA 7th Edition (Undergraduate/Graduate/Faculty)
- MLA 9th Edition (Undergraduate/Graduate/Faculty)
- Working with IEEE (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Selected Academic and UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Southeastern Writing Center Association Executive Board, Archivist, 2022-2026
TEACH-AI Leadership Team, Clemson University, 2025-present
AAC&U AI Institute, Clemson University Team, 2024-2025
Pearce Center for Professional Development Faculty Advisory Board (Clemson University)
Decolonize Clemson (Clemson University)
AWARDS & Fellowships
Dean’s Outstanding Lecturer Award, May 2024
College of Arts and Humanities, Clemson University
Holman Teaching Award, February 2024
English Department, Clemson University
Center Acknowledgement and Recognition of Excellence, August 2023
Southeastern Writing Center Association
Teagle Foundation Fellowship, May 2023 – May 2024
Clemson University
Helen H. Naugle Professional Tutor of the Year Award, April 2019
Communication Center, Georgia Institute of Technology
Outstanding Alumna Award, English Department, October 2017
College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kennesaw State University
Richard and Jeanette Sias Fellowship in the Humanities, AY 2016 – 2017
Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas
Outstanding Instructor Award, May 2016
Department of English, University of Kansas
James A. Gowen Memorial Award, May 2016
Department of English, University of Kansas
The William Albrecht Memorial Scholarship, May 2016
Department of English, University of Kansas
Angela Jones Award, March 2015, September 2016
Department of English, University of Kansas
First and Second Year English (FSE) Project Grant, May 2013, May 2015
Department of English, University of Kansas
Chelsea J. Murdock, PhD 