Positions Associate Professor and Director of Composition, The University of Kentucky, Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies Lexington, Kentucky (2014-present) Assistant Professor and Director of Composition, The University of Kentucky, Division of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies Lexington, Kentucky (2011-2014) Assistant Professor, The University of Missouri, Department of English Columbia, Missouri (2007-2011) Assistant Professor, Penn State University, Department of English University Park, Pennsylvania (2005-2007) Education PhD, English (Rhetoric), The University of Texas at Austin (2005) MA, English, The University of Texas at Arlington (2001)
BA, English, The University of Texas at Arlington (1997)
Publications Books Distant Publics: Development Rhetoric and the Subject of Crisis. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2012. Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles“Claims to Fame: Rhetorical Legitimacy and Argumentative Writing.” Pre/Text 20 (2009).
“About Face/Stuttering Discipline” (co-authored with Josh Gunn). Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies 6.2 (2009): 215-219. “Rhetoric’s Mechanics: Retooling the Equipment of Writing Production.” CCC 60.2 (2008). 366-387. “Meta/Physical Graffiti: ‘Getting Up’ as Affective Writing Model.” JAC. 25.1 (2005). 131-160. “Unframing Models of Public Distribution: From Rhetorical Situation to Rhetorical Ecologies.” Rhetoric Society Quarterly 35.4 (2005). 5-25.
“Executive Overspill: Affective Bodies, Intensity, and Bush-in-Relation.” Postmodern Culture 15.1 (2004). (N.p. Online.)
“Big Time Sensuality: Affective Literacies and Texts That Matter.” Composition Forum 13.1 and 13.2 (2002). 23-37. Edited Journal Issues Pre/Text: Special Issue on Food Theory. Forthcoming 2012.
Rhetoric Society Quarterly: Special Issue on Regional Rhetorics. Summer 2012. Responses and Book Reviews
Review of City of Rhetoric: Revitalizing the Public Sphere in Metropolitan America by David Fleming. Quarterly Journal of Speech 96.1 (2010). 103-106.
“The New New: Making the Case for Critical Affect Studies.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 94.2 (2008). 200-212.
“Energies and Outbursts: A Response to Laura Micciche.” JAC 26.1 (2006). 286-298. “Contraction, Expansion, and Civic Discourse: A Review of Sharon Crowley’s Toward a Civil Discourse.” JAC 26.3 (2006). 701-712.
Review of Moving Beyond Academic Discourse by Christian Weisser. The Review of Communication 3.2 (April 2003). (N.p. Online.)
Review of Internet Invention by Greg Ulmer. Enculturation 4.2 (Fall 2002). (N.p. Online.)
Review of Literacy with an Attitude by Patrick Finn. Rhetoric Society Quarterly 32.3 (Summer 2002). 104-107. Book Chapters “Artifacts.” How to Publish an Undergraduate Research Journal. Ed. Alexis Hart. Council of Undergraduate Research. Forthcoming.
“The Ecology of the Question: Reading Austin’s Public Housing Debates, 1937-1938.” Ecology, Writing Theory, and New Media: Writing Ecology. Ed. Sid Dobrin. Routledge (2012). 180-194.
“Overhearing: The Intimate Life of Cell Phones.” Small Tech: The Culture of Digital Tools. Eds. Byron Hawk and David Rieder. University of Minnesota Press (2008). 95-97. Additional Scholarly Activities
Invited Workshops Seminar Leader, “Critical Regionalism,” RSA Summer Institute 2013
“Teaching Writing for/with/as Local Community.” University of Houston. Martha Gano Houston Visiting Scholar. March 5, 2010. Presentations
Invited Presentations
“Stasis and Space in Local Rhetorics.” University of Kansas Communication Studies Colloquium. January 27, 2010.
“Public Rhetoric and the Topos of Democracy.” University of Illinois, Center for Writing Studies Colloquium. November 5, 2009.
“Rhetoric and the Amateur.” Department of Rhetoric and Writing Speaker Series. The University of Texas. March 6, 2008.
“Passages of Power: Mapping Locality at the End of Cultural Studies.” CUPPA-English Speaker Series. University of Illinois-Chicago, March 3, 2005.
“Documentary as Hodos: A Public Counterpedagogy.” Visual and Digital Rhetorics. Syracuse University. November 2005.
Scholarly Presentations
“Music Without Love, Writing Without Duration.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2012. “Regionalism as Adjacent Identity.” Modern Language Association. January 2012. “Regional Rhetoric: A Roundtable Discussion.” National Communication Association. November 2011. “The Amarillo Aristotle.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. April 2011. “Remixing Remedy: Lisa Ede’s ‘Slough of Despond’ (1977),” Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2010. “Writing Rhetorical Biographies of Place: An Experiment in the Archive,” Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2009. “The Digital City.” Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. October 2008.
“Robbing Peter: Public Archives and Critical Emotion Studies.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference. May 2008. “Audio Technology and the Progress Narratives, 1965-1985.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. April 2008.
“Dense Places: The Metonymy of Place.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2007.
“Public Rhetoric and Dead Malls: Documentary as Method for Rhetorical Inquiry.” Rhetoric Society of America. May 2006.
“On Foot Composition.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2006.
“Writing Austin: Documentary as Street (Re)Search.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2005.
“Everyday Banality and the WPA.” Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. October 2004.
“Affect, Persuasion, and the Ethical Moment of Passionate Bodies.” Rhetoric Society of America. May 2004.
“Finding Rhetoric Outside Rhet-Comp.” (Special Roundtable: “Bridging Disciplinary Gaps Among Graduate Students in Rhetoric.”) Rhetoric Society of America. May 2004.
“Am I on Pause? The Writing Classroom in Trance.” NCTE Annual Convention. November 2003.
“Exodus: Notes on Leaving.” Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. July 2003.
“Wake to Intensity: The Affective Life of Small Tech.” Computers and Writing. May 2003.
“In through the Out Door: Seriousness, Certitude, and Public Identity.” Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. October 2002.
“Making Ourselves at Home: Rhetoric Graduate Students and the Problem of Fragmented Disciplinarity.” Rhetoric Society of America. May 2002.
“’Now that we’re in the Rhetoric business’: Teaching Civic Engagement.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2002. Courses Taught
University of Kentucky WRD 110: Composition and Communication English 771: The Public and its Problems
University of Missouri English 8040: Rhetorics and Poetics English 4970: Senior Capstone Course: Contemporary Rhetorical Theory English 4045: Rhetorics of the Midwest English 3010: Advanced Composition: Documenting Y/our Worlds English 2010: Intermediate Writing: Digital Documentary English 2000: Topics in English Studies: Writing and Sound Penn State University, 2005-2007 English 200: Critical Theories of Reading English 421: Documenting Pennsylvania English 470: Rhetorics of Place English 502: Histories of Rhetoric and Composition English 601: Business Writing Practicum Awards and Honors
University of Missouri, Arts and Science Faculty Grant. 2009. ($1500)
University of Missouri, Arts and Science Alumni Faculty Incentive Grant. 2008. ($1000)
University of Missouri, Big 12 Faculty Fellowship. 2007. ($2500)
The University of Texas, English Department Dissertation Fellowship. May 2004. Service
Professional Service Editorial Board Member, Rhetoric Society Quarterly Review Board Member, WAC Clearinghouse Publications Editor, Artifacts online journal for undergraduate writing, 2008-2011 Advisory Board Member, Blogging Pedagogy Stage 1 Proposal Reviewer for CCCC 2008 Online Coach for CCCC 2007 Proposals Member, Rhetoric Society of America Website Committee (2005-2007) Reviewer, College English Reviewer, Composition Forum Reviewer, JAC
University Service University of Kentucky General Education Oversight Committee WRD Steering Committee
University of Missouri Workshop Organizer, “How (and Why) to Teach with iMovie in Your Composition Class” Workshop Leader, “Delivering Conference Presentations,” Graduate Development Seminar Member, PhD Committee, Maggie McDermott Member, MA Committee, Patricia Jones Member, Composition Committee Member, Graduate Studies Committee Member, Technology Committee Facilitator, College of Arts and Science Faculty Discussion Group
Penn State University Member, PhD Committee, Elizabeth Mazzolini Member, PhD Committee, Trey Connor Member, Senior Honors Thesis Committee, Sarah Kane Faculty Awards Committee member
Community Service Board Member, Mizzou Hillel (2008-2011) Faculty Advisor, Sigma Alpha Epsilon (2009-2011)