College-Level Teaching
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Undergraduate Courses
Professional Uses of Social Media (ENGCOMP 1112). Fall 2022.
Graduate Courses
Digital Rhetorics (ENGLIT 2665). Spring 2023.
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
Graduate Courses
Writing Workshop (WRA 853). Spring 2022, 2018, and 2017.
Cultural Rhetorics (WRA 848). Spring 2021.
Research Colloquium (WRA 885). Fall 2020 and 2014.
Contemporary Theories of Rhetoric (WRA 882). Spring 2020 and 2019.
Histories and Theories of Rhetorics (WRA 805). Fall 2016.
Academic Memoirs Across Media (WRA 891). Fall 2015.
Undergraduate Courses
Introduction to Documentary Filmmaking (MI/FLM/JRN/WRA 311). Spring 2022 and 2021.
Digital Rhetoric (WRA 415). Fall 2021.
Rhetoric, Leadership, and Innovation (WRA 401). Fall 2020.
Documentary History and Theory (MI/FLM/JRN/WRA 211). Fall 2019, 2018, and 2016.
Visual Rhetoric (WRA 360). Spring 2016, Fall 2015.
Rhetoric, Persuasion, and Culture (WRA 260). Spring 2015, Fall 2013.
Women in America (WRA 140). Spring 2015.
Introduction to Multimedia Writing: Digital Video Composing (WRA 225). Fall 2014 and 2013.
Major Topics in American Thought (WRA 195H). Spring 2014.
Graduate Independent Studies
Documentary Filmmaking Independent Study with Ernesto Juarez (FLM 855). Spring 2022.
Grant Writing, Editing, and Digital Publishing Independent Study with Jessica Gibbons (WRA 890). Fall 2018.
Digital Marketing Strategies Independent Study with Allie McLary (WRA 890). Fall 2018.
Teaching Documentary Film History and Theory Internship with Anne von Petersdorff (WRA 890). Fall 2016.
Feminist Film Theory and Feminist Film and Video Production Independent Study with Shewonda Leger (WRA 893B). Fall 2016.
Teaching Visual Rhetoric Internship with Naomi Sweo (WRA 893B). Spring 2016.
Online Courses
“Getting Your Film Off the Ground: Funding, Marketing, and Creating an Audience for Your Film.” Four-week online course on Coursera. Launched in September 2019.
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
First-Year Composition (English 106)—Pop Culture Approach, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Summer 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013. Class Themes: Digital Cultural Ecologies, Otherness, Utopias and Dystopias, and Heroes, Superheroes, and Antiheroes.
First-Year Composition (English 108)—Service Learning, Spring 2010, Fall 2011. Class Theme: Memoirs
Film Studies (English 286—The Movies). Fall 2009, Fall 2010.
The University of Akron
Akron, Ohio
Honors First-Year Composition (English 112). Spring 2008.
First-Year Composition (English 112). Fall 2007, Spring 2008.
First-Year Composition (English 111). Fall 2007, Spring 2008.
First-Year Composition for Basic Writers (English 111). Fall 2007, Spring 2008.
Naropa University
Boulder, Colorado
Creative Writing Workshop (B.A. Discussion). Summer 2003.
Graduate Supervisory Committees
Doctoral Committee Chair
Sojin Cho. January 2023-present. Critical and Cultural Studies—Composition Concentration. University of Pittsburgh.
Suban Nur Cooley. October 2016 – June 2018. Rhetoric & Writing. Michigan State University.
Shewonda Leger. October 2015 – August 2017. Rhetoric & Writing. Michigan State University.
Masters Committee Chair
Mitch Carr. November 2020-May 2022. Successfully completed portfolio option for graduation. Rhetoric and Professional Writing. Michigan State University.
Jared Milburn. (Co-Chair with Ben Lauren). January 2019-August 2020. “I.M. Myself: A Progression Aesthetically in Hip Hop.” Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing. Michigan State University.
Analisa Skeen. February 2017 – May 2018. “Rhetorics of the Wild: Land Relations in the National Park Service.” Critical Studies in Literacy and Pedagogy. Michigan State University.
Naomi Sweo. November 2016 – May 2017. “Webbed Space: Online Feminist Discourse in the Fourth Wave.” May 2017. Critical Studies in Literacy and Pedagogy. Michigan State University.
Doctoral Committee Member
Alex Jennings. March 2023-present. Critical and Cultural Studies—Composition Concentration. University of Pittsburgh.
Lindsey Williams. March 2023-present. Critical and Cultural Studies—Composition Concentration. University of Pittsburgh.
Claire Oldham. March 2021-present. Rhetoric & Writing. Michigan State University.
Roland Dumavor. March 2021-present. Rhetoric & Writing. Michigan State University.
Jeanetta Mohlke-Hill. January 2021-present. Rhetoric & Writing. Michigan State University.
Vee Lawson. April 2020-present. Rhetoric & Writing. Michigan State University.
Ernesto Juárez. January 2021-November 2022. Hispanic Cultural Studies. Michigan State University.
Stephie Kang. March 2020-November 2022. Rhetoric & Writing. Michigan State University.
Tania de Sostoa-McCue. January 2017-May 2022. Rhetoric & Writing. “(de)(anti)(intra): Queer Self-Storying as Embodied, Community, and Theory-building Processes.” Michigan State University.
Cat Jennings. January 2017-May 2020. Rhetoric & Writing. “From Arrows to Archives: Gathering Oklahoma Stories.” Michigan State University.
Les Hutchinson. September 2016-May 2018. Rhetoric & Writing. Michigan State University.
Erin Alvarez. November 2015-May 2017. Chicano/Latino Studies. Michigan State University.
Eric Rodriguez. January 2017-September 2018. Rhetoric & Writing. Michigan State University.
Jaquetta Shade. October 2016-May 2018. “Wishi Stories: Rhetorical Strategies of Survivance and Continuance in Oklahoma Cherokee Foodways.” Rhetoric & Writing. Michigan State University.
Anne von Petersdorff. November 2015-May 2018. “Unexpected Journeys: At the Crossroads of Collaborative Filmmaking and Feminist Scholarship.” German Studies/Digital Humanities. Michigan State University.
Lami Fofana. October 2015-May 2016. “Uncommon Standard American English Accents, Like Bodies, Still Matter.” Rhetoric & Writing. Michigan State University.
Laura Gonzales. October 2014-May 2016. “Sites of Translation: What Multilinguals Can Teach Us About Writing, Rhetoric, and Technology.” Rhetoric & Writing. Michigan State University.
Masters Committee Member
Sarah Hamilton. February 2021-present. Successfully completed portfolio option for graduation. Critical Studies in Literacy and Pedagogy. Michigan State University.
Allie McLary. February 2018-April 2020. Successfully completed portfolio option for graduation. Rhetoric & Professional Writing. Michigan State University.
Jessica Gibbons. February 2018-May 2019. Successfully completed portfolio option for graduation. Rhetoric & Professional Writing. Michigan State University.
Garrett Colón. February 2017-May 2018. “Rewriting the Narrative: Conversations on Failure, Success, and Community Identities in a Puerto Rican Detroit.” Critical Studies in Literacy and Pedagogy. Michigan State University.
Beth Martin. February 2017-July 2017. “At the End of a War Story.” Rhetoric & Professional Writing. Michigan State University.
Autumn Laws. February 2017-July 2017. Critical Studies in Literacy and Pedagogy. Michigan State University.
Primary and Secondary School Teaching
Jean Moulin And Lyautay Elementary Schools
La Roche-sur-Yon and Le Mans, France.
English as a Second Language, Fall 2005-Spring 2007.
Family Learning Center
Boulder, Colorado
Creative Writing Workshop (Project Outreach), Spring 2003.
Athens High School
Athens, Ohio
Creative Writing Workshop, Fall 1999, Spring 2000.
Alexander Middle School
Athens, Ohio
Creative Writing Workshop (Tag Tutoring Program), Spring 1999.