SCHOLARSHIP

My current scholarship focuses primarily on the intersection of rhetorical theory, complexity theory, and ideology to account for how persuasion (and the products of persuasion - texts, identities, cultures, etc.) emerge in a posthumanist world.

 

My areas of interest more generally are:

Rhetorical Theory and History
Contemporary Theories of Subjectivity & Identity

Feminist Theories (Gender, Sexuality, Discourse)
Critical Theory and Cultural Studies

Composition Theory and Pedagogy

Post-structuralist Psychoanalytic Theory

 

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Articles

"Learning to Lean on Each Other: Peer Mentoring for Teacher Development."
        FormaMente: International Research Journal of Digital Future.
        2.3-4 (2007): 231-7. Co-authored with Alexis Ramsey.

 

"Enthymematic Rhetoric and Student Resistance to Critical Pedagogies."

        Rhetoric Review 25.4 (2006): 427-443.

 

Invited Pedagogical Publications

"MLA Overview and Workshop." The OWL at Purdue. Ed. Allen Brizee. 18 July 2007.
        Purdue Online Writing Lab.

 

"APA Overview and Workshop." The OWL at Purdue. Ed. Dana Driscoll. 17 May 2007.
        Purdue Online Writing Lab.

 

"Learning to Lean on Each Other: Peer Mentoring for Teacher Development."
        Online Module & Listserv Moderation. May 2007. Teaching Composition Listserv.
        Co-authored with Alexis Ramsey.

 

 

Recent Conference Presentations

"Hailing the Single Female Voter: Civic Obligation v. Individual Freedom." Feminisms and
        Rhetorics Conference . Lansing , MI. October 2009.

 

"What the Tech? : The Promises and Perils of Teaching with Blogs." Carolinas Communication
        Conference . Wilmington , NC . September 2009.

 

"Ripple Effect: A New Perspective on Rhetorical Agency." Conference on College

        Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA — March 2009.

 

"The Ideological Invitation of Enthymeme and the Rhetorical Constitution of Subjects."

        Rhetorical Society of America Conference. Seattle, WA — May 2008.

 

"Bound by the Normative Net: Feminist Persuasion in Magazines for Women." Feminisms

        and Rhetorics Conference. Little Rock, AR. — October 2007.

 

"Making Assumptions, Assuming Identities: Subjecting Students in the Composition

        Classroom." Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL —

        March 2007.