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

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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Director of the Writing Lab and 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

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EMPLOYMENT

Director, Writing Lab & Lecturer, Department of English
Clemson University
August 2019 – Present

Assistant Director, Communication Center
Georgia Institute of Technology
August 2018 – August 2019

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of English
University of Kansas
August 2012 – May 2017

Online Course Reviser/Developer, Department of English
University of Kansas
June 2013 – August 2013; June 2015 – August 2015
June 2016 – August 2016

Marketing Coordinator, KU Writing Center
University of Kansas
July 2015 – June 2016

Graduate Writing Consultant, KU Writing Center
University of Kansas
January 2013 – May 2015

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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 article.

“Ledger Art, Tradition, and Media.”
Becoming a College Writer: Readings to Write By. Ed. Lynee Gaillet. Fountainhead Press, 2017.

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PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Reflections and (Re)Visions: Our Past and Our Future in Names and Narratives
Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference 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 (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)

Talking Through: Podcasts as Decolonial Potential in First-Year Composition
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference 2018 (Houston, TX)

Citizen Storytelling and Active Centership
International Writing Center Association Conference 2018 (Atlanta, GA)

Painting the Black Snake: Native Water Protectors, Ledger Art, and Rhetorical Labor
Conference on College Composition and Communication 2018 (Kansas City, MO)

Decolonizing the Conversation and “The New Eden” Exhibit
Conference on College Composition and Communication 2017 (Portland, OR)

Placenames and Public Memory: A Case Study of Etowah and Hightower
2016 Cultural Rhetorics Conference (East Lansing, MI)

Drawing the Lines: Observing Space, Limitation, and Action in Ledger Art
Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference 2016 (Atlanta, GA)

Indigenous American Genres of Creative Protest: A Case Study of Keystone XL Ledger Art
Conference on College Composition and Communication 2016 (Houston, TX)

Writing Captain Kirk and the Digital Frontier: Fan Fiction in the (Online) Composition Classroom
Conference on College Composition and Communication 2015 (Tampa, FL)

Never Alone in the Classroom: An Exploration of Gameplay as Storytelling
Native American Literature Symposium 2015 (Albuquerque, NM)

Two Guys and a Girl Step into a Hot Tub with Katie Elliot
Symposium, Southern Writing Center Association 2014 (Atlanta, GA)

Native to English: Observing Language Contact in Placenames
Eighth Studies in the History of the English Language Conference 2014 (SHEL-8) (Provo, UT)

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GUEST LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS

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WRITING CENTER WORKSHOPS

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Selected Academic and UNIVERSITY SERVICE

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AWARDS & Fellowships

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 – Present
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

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TECH PROFICIENCIES

Operating Systems: Windows, Mac OS

Multimedia Software: Photoshop, PowerPoint, ScreenCast, InDesign, FinalCut, Canva, Camtasia

Content Management Systems [CMS]: Cascade, Drupal, WordPress, Blackboard