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Assistant Professor of EnglishResearch and teaching interests
Composition theory and pedagogy; "basic writing" theory and praxis; scientific writing instruction; ethnographic writing; rhetorical theory
Education
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 2004
M.A., University of Illinois, 1997
B.A., University of Illinois, 1995
Publications
Essays
"Literary Crisis and Color-Blindness: The Problematic Racial Dynamics of Mid-70s Language and Literacy Instruction for 'High-Risk' Minority Students." College Composition and Communication, forthcoming
“‘What’s in a Name?’: Institutional Critique, Writing Program Archives, and the Problem of Administrator Identity.” College English 71.4 (2009): 385-410.
“Language, Literacy, and the Institutional Dynamics of Racism: Late-1960s Writing Instruction for ‘High-Risk’ African American College Students at One Predominantly-White University.” College Composition and Communication 60.1 (2008): 46-81.
“Basic Writing, CUNY, and 'Mainstreaming': (De)Racialization Reconsidered.” Journal of Basic Writing 19 (2000): 22-43
Current projects
In the Interest(s) of Opportunity: Race, Racism, and University-Level Writing
Instruction in the Post-Civil Rights Era. (book)
“Following the Paper Trail: Citation Issues within the Hidden Archive.” For
Pragmatics, Problematics, and Possibilities: Reflections on Contemporary Writing
Research. Eds. Lee Nickoson-Massey and Mary Sheridan-Rabideau (book chapter)