Publications

Journal Articles

“Donation Bag Programs as Multimodal Permission Structures: Selling Climate-Positive Consumerism through Digital Marketing.” Technical Communication and Social Justice, vol. 3, no. 2, 2025, pp. 93-122.

“Imagination, Identification, Intensification: Rhetorical Strategies for Climate Fiction on Television.” Environmental Communication, vol. 18, no. 7, 2024, pp. 967-986.

“Responding to Cultural Crises through Social Media Research and Student-Faculty Collaboration.” Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, vol. 29, no. 1, 2024.

“Points of Contact between Activism, Populism, and Fandom on Social Media.” Media and Communication, vol. 10, no. 4, 2022.

“Students’ Social Media Disclosures: Reconsidering the Rhetorics of Whistleblowing.” Rhetoric Review, vol. 41, no. 4, 2022.

“Strangers Holding Space: An Online Carework Experiment between Pre-Tenure Writing Program Administrators.” Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics, vol. 6, no. 2, 2022. With Ashanka Kumari.

“Affective Spamming on Twitch: Rhetorics of an Emote-Only Audience in a Presidential Inauguration Livestream.” Computers and Composition, vol. 64, June 2022. With Rich Shivener.

“Deliberative Drifting: A Rhetorical Field Method for Audience Studies on Social Media.” Computers and Composition, vol. 54, December 2019.

Book Chapters

“Practicing Strategic Misuse Prepares Students for Responsible Social Media Communication.” Digital Literacies for Human Connection, edited by David T. Coad, Amber M. Buck, Anuj Gupta, and Rich Shivener. NCTE. In Press.

“Deliberative Drifting Over Time: A Critical Reflection on Designing Social Media Methods for Longevity.” Learning from the Mess: Method/ological Praxis in Rhetoric and Writing Studies, edited by Ashley J. Holmes and Elise Versoza Hurley. Perspectives on Writing Series with the WAC Clearinghouse, 2024.

“The Ideograph and the #Pussyhat: The Multimodal Rhetorics of Brevity in the Women’s March.” Hashtag Activism Interrogated and Embodied: Case Studies on Social Justice Movements, edited by Melissa Ames and Kristi McDuffie. University Press of Colorado and Utah University Press, 2023.

“Defend and Survive: Dissertating during a Pandemic.” Recollections from an Uncommon Time: 4C20 Documentarian Tales, edited by Julie Lindquist, Bump Halbritter, and Bree Straayer-Gannon. NCTE, 2023.

Book Reviews

“Update Culture and the Afterlife of Digital Writing.” Rhetoric Society Quarterly, vol. 53, no. 2, 2023.

Public Digital Scholarship

“Prelude to a Remix: Damon Lindelof’s Instagram Letter to Watchmen‘s Wary Audience.” In Media Res, 16 September 2020.

“Workshopping Antiracism in the Writing Center.” Axis. 4 Sept. 2018.

“Drawing the Compositional Lines in Consultations.” Axis. 23 Oct.2017.

“Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality and Future Reality, Oh My!” Digital Writing & Research Lab. 5 Oct. 2016.

“The New View-Master Takes On Augmented Reality; Should We Take It Into the Classroom?” Digital Writing & Research Lab. 12 July 2016.

“Augmented Reality Has Arrived and It’s Ready to Be Analyzed! Well, Almost.” Digital Writing & Research Lab. 21 Apr. 2016.

“Experimenting in the Digital Humanities.” Digital Writing & Research Lab. 13 Apr. 2016.

“Augmented Reality and Smartphones: Friends or Foes?” Digital Writing & Research Lab. 21 Mar. 2016.

“Reflections on Racist Comedy in the Classroom.” Blogging Pedagogy. 9 June 2015.

“Discussing Stereotypes in the Classroom.” Blogging Pedagogy. 26 February 2015.

Scholarly Podcast Episodes

“Writing after Writing: An Interview with John Gallagher.” Rhetoricity. Interviewer. 6 Apr. 2021.

“How We Write for the Big Screen.” How We Write. Interviewer and Producer. May 2019.

“Food Trucking.” Zeugma. Interviewer and Producer. April 2015.

Digital Literacies and Editorial Work

Assistant Editor, The Best of Journals in Rhetoric and Composition: 2023. 2024.

Copy Editor, Living Digital Media by Rich Shivener, Computers and Composition Digital Press (forthcoming).

Editor, WPI Wikipedia Editing Community. 2021 – 2022.

Associate Editor (Copy Editing), enculturation: a journal of rhetoric, writing, and culture. University of South Carolina. 2020.

Managing Editor, Praxis: A Writing Center Journal. University of Texas at Austin. 2017 – 2019.

Managing Editor, Axis: The Blog. University of Texas at Austin. 2017 – 2019.

Copy Editor, enculturation: a journal of rhetoric, writing, and culture. University of South Carolina. 2016 – Present.

Assistant Editor, The End of Austin, American Studies Department. University of Texas at Austin. 2016.

Editor, E3W Review of Books. Department of English. University of Texas at Austin. 2015 –2016.

Digital Learning Specialist and Project Member, Digital Writing & Research Lab (DWRL). 2014 – 2016.

Augmented Reality Project Group: designed website as a research resource for scholars of augmented reality and locative media.

Zeugma: developed and produced podcasts related to the series’ theme of the intersection of rhetoric and technology.

Copy Editor and Pagebuilder, Blackbird Literary Journal. Virginia Commonwealth University. 2011.

Reviewer Work

Reviewer, Environmental Communication. 2024 – Present.

Reviewer, Peitho. 2023 – Present.

Reviewer, Enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture. 2023 – Present.

Reviewer, Rhetoric Society Quarterly. 2021 – Present.

Reviewer, Rhetoric Society of America Conference. 2021 – Present.

Reviewer, Praxis: A Writing Center Journal. 2019 – Present.

Reviewer, Writing Center Journal. 2019.

Conference Presentations

“Investigating Virtual Reality and Immersive Writing Across the Disciplines.” International Writing across the Curriculum. Panelist. Fort Collins, Colorado. Presented 19 July 2025.

“Alternative Grading and Motivation Structures at a STEM Institute.” The Grading Conference. Chair. Virtual. 13 June 2025.

“Recommendations for Researching and Teaching with Immersive Technologies and Virtual Reality.” Computers & Writing. Panelist. Athens, GA. Presented May 16, 2025.

“Developing Capstone Experiences in Rhetoric and Writing Curricula.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Panelist. Baltimore, MD. 11 Apr 2025.

“Rhetoric and Uncertainty in the Age of Climate Change.” Rhetoric Society of America. Invited Panelist. Denver, Colorado. 25 May 2024.

“Aca(diy)mia: Making Zines, Remaking Worlds.” Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. Collaborator. Remote. Collaborative work took place 7-9 March 2024, presented on 9 March 2024.

“Developing an App to Support Ungrading: Making Non-Traditional Grading Easier with a Standalone Web Application.” Collaborator. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. Remote. Collaborative work took place 27 -29 February 2024, presented on 29 February 2024.

“Points of Contact between Activism, Populism, and Fandom on Social Media.” Rhetoric Society of America. Paper Presenter. Baltimore, Maryland. 27 May 2022.

“Strategically Misusing Social Media in the Classroom.” Rhetoric Society of America. Paper Presenter. Baltimore, Maryland.  27 May 2022. 

“Soliciting and Publishing Multimodal Mess as Digital Activism.” Computers & Writing.  Invited Panelist. Virtual. 20 May 2022.

“Taking Conspiracy Theories to School: Transforming Pedagogies for a Post-truth World.” National Communication Association. 19 Nov 2021.

“The Infrastructural Rhetorics of Facebook.” National Communication Association. Virtual. 19 Nov 2020.

“Race, Gender, and (In)civility: Activist Audiences on Social Media.” Rhetoric Society of America. Portland, Oregon. A research paper accepted for presentation at the 19th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Portland, OR, May 2020. Conference subsequently canceled due to COVID–19 pandemic.

“Technology & Trauma: Surviving the Disruptions of a Technocratic World.” National Communication Association. Baltimore, Maryland. November 2019. 

“Stretching to Support Where We Really Are: Effective Management in the Neurodiverse Writing Center.” South Central Writing Centers Association. Belton, Texas. 22 February 2019. Workshop Co-Organizer and Co-Leader.

“Managing the Neurodiverse Citenzry of the Writing Center.” International Writing Centers Association. Atlanta, Georgia. 13 October 2018. Workshop Co-Organizer and Co-Leader.

“Writing Center Publications Editors Roundtable.” International Writing Centers Association. Atlanta, Georgia. 11 October 2018.

“Designing for Collaborative Writing in the Digital Classroom.” Trends in Teaching College Composition. McKinney, Texas. 5 October 2018.

“Re-inventing Audience through Thorubos Today.” Winner of the Gerard A. Hauser Research Award. Rhetoric Society of America. Minneapolis, Minnesota. May 2018.

Campus Talks and Workshops

“Alternative Assessment in Biomedical Engineering Education.” Department of Biomedical Engineering. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 7 Jan 2025. Speaker.

“Alternative Grading.” Panel. Food for Thought Series. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 4 Dec 2024. Facilitator.

“Research Ethics at WPI.” Food for Thought Series. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 7 Feb 2023. Facilitator.

“Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month.” Workshop with WPI Wikipedia Editing Community. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 2 Nov 2022. Facilitator.

“Celebrating Women’s History Month.” Workshop with WPI Wikipedia Editing Community. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 29 Mar 2022. Facilitator.

“Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month.” Workshop with WPI Wikipedia Editing Community. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 30 Nov 2021. Facilitator.

“Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Association for Women in Mathematics.” Workshop with WPI Wikipedia Editing Community. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 26 Oct 2021. Facilitator.

“Shedding Light on the Contributions of Marginalized Folks in Arts & Sciences.” Workshop with WPI Wikipedia Editing Community. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 28 Sep 2021. Facilitator.

“Researching Rhetoric & Writing on Social Media.” Invited talk for Junior Faculty Meeting. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 8 Feb. 2021.

“Deliberative Drifting in Social Media Research.” Invited talk for IMGD 5600. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 18 Nov. 2020.

“Learning by Copy-Editing.” Workshop for enculturation, 1 Jul. 2020.

“Promoting Mindfulness about Racial Justice in Tutor Training.” Invited workshop for RHE 369C. University of Texas at Austin. 21 February 2018. 22 March 2018.

“What is Rhetoric?: Fundamentals for Teaching First-Year Rhetoric.” Invited talk for RHE 398T. University of Texas at Austin. 21 August 2018.

“Lower-Division Rhetoric Courses at UT Austin: A Guide for Writing Center Consultants.” Invited talk for RHE369C. University of Texas at Austin. 29 March 2018.

“Responding to Journal Submissions.” Invited talk for the Texas Undergraduate Research Journal. University of Texas at Austin. 6 February 2018.

“Editing Audio with Audacity and Garageband.” Invited workshop for Digital Writing & Research Lab. University of Texas at Austin. 17 October 2014.

Awards, Fellowships, and Grants

“Investigating Virtual Reality and Immersive Composing Across the Disciplines.” Research Grant, Association for Writing Across the Curriculum. (With R. Shivener [PI], J. Tham, and E. Caravella). 2024-2025. $1250.

“Alternative Assessment.” Peer Mentor and Facilitator. Teaching Innovation Grant, Morgan Teaching and Learning Center, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 2024-2025. $2000.

Research Course Release. Department of Humanities & Arts, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Fall 2024. Equivalent to $5000.

Research Travel Award, Department of Humanities & Arts, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Awarded multiple times. 2021-2024.

“Ethics in Social Media Research.” Teaching Innovation Grant, Morgan Teaching and Learning Center, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Part of Research Ethics: Integrating IRB and Ethics Pedagogy for Emergent and Applied Research Areas.” (With Y. Telliel [facilitator], S. Bhada, R. McKeogh, G. Smith, S. Stanlick). 2022-2023. $3000.

Young Investigator’s Fellowship, Women’s Impact Network and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 2021-2022. $1500.

COVID-19 Recovery Grant, Women’s Impact Network and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 2021-2022. $4000.

Excellence Fellowship, Department of English, University of Texas at Austin. 2019 – 2020.

Research Travel Grant, Department of English, University of Texas at Austin. Awarded multiple times. 2017-2019.

OpenCon Travel Scholarship, University of Texas Libraries. 2018. (Declined)

Gerard A. Hauser Research Award. Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2018. Awarded to best paper from a graduate student.

Summer Excellence Fellowship, Department of English, University of Texas at Austin. Summer 2016 and 2017.

Arthur Terry Postgraduate Essay Award, Third Place. British Comparative Literature Association. A national competition in the United Kingdom. 2014.

Teaching

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Undergraduate

Rhetoric and Popular Culture, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Spring 2024 (Indep. Study)

Rhetorical Theory, Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023

Creative Writing, Summer 2025

Rhetoric of Comics, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022

Social Media Communication, Spring 2022

Hashtag Activism, Spring 2022

Visual Rhetoric, Fall 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022

Writing about Social Media, Spring 2021

Introduction to Rhetoric, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2021

Writing about Science and Technology, Spring 2024 (2 sections), Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2020

Elements of Style, Fall 2020

University of Texas at Austin

Undergraduate

Rhetoric of Freaks and Geeks, Spring 2019, Fall 2015.

Writing in Digital Environments, Fall 2018

Rhetoric & Writing, Spring 2015, Fall 2014.

Students Partnering for Undergraduate Rhetoric Success (SPURS), Spring 2015, Fall 2014.

Graduate

Supervised Teaching in Writing, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, co-designed and co-taught with Dr. Clay Spinuzzi

Other Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant. DC Greens “Cooking with Kids” Program. Washington, D.C. March 2014 – June 2014.

Substitute Teacher and Instructional Assistant. Fairfax County Public Schools. Fairfax County, Virginia. March 2014 – June 2014.

Lead English Tutor. Action Tutoring. London, England. January 2013 – April 2013.

English as a Second Language (ESL) Instructor. Sacred Heart Center. Richmond, Virginia. September 2011 – December 2011.

Teaching Assistant. Elkhardt Middle School. Richmond, Virginia. February 2010 – May 2010.

Administration and Leadership

Pedagogy Champion, Morgan Center for Teaching & Learning, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 2025 – Present.

Peer Mentor, Morgan Center for Teaching & Learning, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 2024 – 2025.

Director, Professional Writing Program, Department of Humanities and Arts, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. 2020 – 2022.

Assistant Director of Lower-Division Writing, Department of Rhetoric & Writing, University of Texas at Austin. 2016 –2018.

Administrative Team Member and Writing Consultant, University Writing Center, University of Texas at Austin. 2015 – 2019.

On-Site Program Coordinator at University of Edinburgh, McCombs Business School BBA International Programs, University of Texas at Austin. 2015 – 2020.

Service

National

Member, Career Development Committee, Rhetoric Society of America, 2023 – Present.

Facilitator, CFSHRC. March 2022.

Documentarian, Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2020 – May 2020. Role revised to take place online amidst conference cancellation.

Texas Representative, Executive Board of South Central Writing Centers Association. February 2018 – March 2020.

Member, Scholarship Committee. South Central Writing Centers Association. February 2018 – March 2020.

Interviewer, RSA Oral History Project. Rhetoric Society of America. Minneapolis. May 2018.

University and Departmental – WPI

Member, Marketing & Publicity Committee. Department of Humanities and Arts, 2025 – Present.

Member, Committee on Academic Policy. May 2025 – Present.

Chair, 1879 Awards Committee. Department of Humanities and Arts, 2024 – 2025.

Member, Reassigned Time Committee. Department of Humanities and Arts, 2024 – 2025.

Member, Hiring Committee. Professional Writing Program. Department of Humanities and Arts. 2024.

Member, 1979 Awards Committee. Department of Humanities and Arts. 2023 – 2024.

Member, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. Department of Humanities and Arts. 2021 – 2023.

Reviewer, IQP President’s Award. WPI Global School. Fall 2021.

Editor and Facilitator, WPI Wikipedia Editing Community. 2021 – 2022.

Co-Chair, Branding and Marketing Committee. College of Arts & Sciences. 2021 – 2022.

Chair, Hiring Committee. Professional Writing Program. Department of Humanities and Arts. 2021 – 2021.

Coordinator, Project Presentation Day and Awards. Professional Writing Program. Department of Humanities and Arts. 2021.

Coordinator, Salisbury Awards. Professional Writing Program. Department of Humanities and Arts. 2021.

Member, Marketing & Outreach Committee. College of Arts & Sciences. 2021 – 2021.

Chair, Program Review Committee. Professional Writing Program. 2020 – 2021.

Advising Coordinator. Professional Writing Program. 2020 – 2021.

Advisor. Professional Writing Program. 2020 – Present.

University and Departmental – University of Texas at Austin

Member, Hiring Committee. University Writing Center. 2018 – 2019.

Chair, First-Year Forum Committee. Department of Rhetoric & Writing. University of Texas at Austin. 2018.

Chair, University Writing Center Editorial Committee. University of Texas at Austin. 2017 – 2019.

Co-President and Co-Founder, UWC Morale Team, University Writing Center, University of Texas at Austin. 2017 – 2019.

Consultant, Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, University of Texas at Austin, 2016.

Co-President, Eunoia Society. University of Texas at Austin. 2015 – 2017.

Co-President, Rhetoric Society of America Student Chapter. University of Texas at Austin. 2015 – 2016.

Member, Lower-Division Curriculum Committee. Department of Rhetoric & Writing. University of Texas at Austin. 2016 – 2018.

Presenter, University Writing Center Presentations Committee. University of Texas at Austin. 2016 – 2019.

Member, First-Year Forum Committee. Department of Rhetoric & Writing. University of Texas at Austin. 2015 – 2018.

Selected Professional Development

Digital Marketing Certificate. HubSpot Academy. June 2025.

“TV Rhetoric.” Workshop led by Dr. Sarah Kornfield and Dr. Kristen Hoerl. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. Virtual. 6-9 June 2025.

“Rhetorical Education with the World on Fire.” Workshop led by Dr. Roxanne Mountford, Dr. Michael Steudeman, and Dr. Amy Wan. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. State College, PA. May 2023.

“Poieses of the Future: The Transdisciplinarity of Climate Change, Migration, and Land-Based Ethics.” Seminar led by Dr. Ralph Cintron, Dr. Michelle Hall Kells, and Dr. Donnie J. Sackey. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. State College, PA. May 2023.*

“Graphic Health and Medicine: Comics Workshop.” Workshop led by Dr. J. Blake Scott and Dr. Catherine Gouge. Rhetoric of Health and Medicine. Remote 16 Nov. 2022.

“Rhetoric, Culture, & Technology.” Seminar led by Dr. Adam J. Banks and Dr. Damien Pfister. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. Virtual. May 2021.*

“At the Crossroads of Data Analysis: CuDA Provides Analytic Options.” Short course led by Dr. Michaela R. Winchatz and Dr. Michelle Scollo. Presenters: Dr. Donal A. Carbaugh, Dr. Trudy Milburn, and Dr. Brion van Over. National Communication Association. Remote. 20 Nov. 2020.

Advanced Teacher Preparation. Faculty Innovation Center. University of Texas at Austin. 18 December 2019.

Advanced ELL Student Support. University Writing Center. University of Texas at Austin. 30 September 2019.

“Becoming Human in Anti-Racist Social Protest in Digital & Embodied Publics.” Seminar led by Dr. Armond L. Towns and Dr. Kristan Poirot. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. College Park, Maryland. June 2019.*

disABILITY Advocate Certificate. Services for Students with Disabilities. University of Texas at Austin. 21 March 2018.

Teacher Preparation Certificate. Sanger Learning Center and Faculty Innovation Center. University of Texas at Austin. 27 October 2017.

LQBTQA+ Ally Certificate. Gender and Sexuality Center. University of Texas at Austin. 12 May 2017.

Inclusive Classrooms Leadership Certificate. Office for Inclusion and Equity (OIE) within the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement (DDCE). University of Texas at Austin. 4 May 2016.

“Invention and (Post/Anti/Trans/Non)Humanism.” Workshop led by Dr. John Muckelbauer and Dr. Kendall Phillips. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. Bloomington, Indiana. May 2017.*

*Participants selected from competitive pool.

Professional Affiliations

North East Writing Across the Curriculum, since 2020

National Communication Association, since 2019

International Writing Centers Association, since 2018

South Central Writing Centers Association, 2018-2020

Rhetoric Society of America, since 2017

Languages

English (fluent), Spanish (B2), Chinese (A1), French (A1), German (A1)

Technological Proficiencies

Web Design: Atavist, WordPress, Drupal, Squarespace, MAMP, Atom, HTML, CSS, Javascript

Graphic and UX/UI Design: Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Canva

Audio: Garageband, Audacity, Audition

Video: Adobe Premiere Pro, Wondershare Filmora Scrn, iMovie, QuickTime

Social Network Analysis: Gephi, NodeXL

Topic Modeling: Voyant

Archival: Tropy, Zotero, Omeka, Evernote

Presentational: PowerPoint, Prezi, Storify, Zoom, Jamboard, FlipGrid

Project Management: Asana, Trello