EDUCATION
Ph.D. in English (emphasis in Rhetoric), University of Texas at Austin, TX, In Progress
M.A. in English (emphasis in Rhetoric), University of Texas at Austin, TX, 2011
B.A. in English with Honors, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2009
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Director, Digital Writing and Research Lab, University of Texas at Austin, 2013 – Present.
Assistant Instructor, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, University of Texas at Austin, 2011 – Present.
PUBLICATIONS
“Performativity.” Postposttranssexual: Key Concepts for a Twenty-first Century Transgender Studies. Spec. issue of Transgender Studies Quarterly. Eds. Susan Stryker and Paisley Currah. 1.1/1.2 (Spring 2014): 148-150.
“Animal Autobiography.” Interstitial: A Journal of Modern Culture and Events. Flash Theory (2014).
“The Mt. Oread Manifesto on Rhetorical Education.”* Rhetoric Society Quarterly 44.1 (2014): 1-5. (*cited in publication as a contributor)
Rev. of Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender, and the End of Normal by J. Jack Halberstam (2012). E3W Review of Books Vol. 13 (Spring 2013): 79-80.
With Scott Nelson, et al. “Crossing Battle Lines: Teaching Multimodal Literacies Through Alternate Reality Games.” Multimodal Research Within/Across/Without Borders. Spec. issue of Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy. Ed. Karen Lundsford. 17.3 (2013).
“The Visual (After)life of Infinite Jest.” viz.: Visual Rhetoric – Visual Culture – Pedagogy. The Digital Writing and Research Lab. 5 April 2012.
PRESENTATIONS
“Fluid Masculinity: The Rhetoric of Sweat.” Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts. Dallas, TX. October 2014.
“Radical Passivity: Rhetoric and (Queer) Femininity.” Rhetoric Society of America. San Antonio, TX. May 2014.
“Rhetorical Theory, High and Low.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Indianapolis, IN. March 2014.
“Connect Four: Ethics, Rhetoric, Queer Theory, and Feminism.” National Communication Association. Washington, DC. November 2013.
“Power Failure: The Queer Ethics of Rhetoric.” Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference. Milwaukee, WI. February 2013.
“Butch(er)ing Subjectivity: Between Masculinity and Misogyny.” Rice University English Symposium. Houston, TX. September 2012.
“Habit-Forming: Identity-Addiction and the Rhetoric of Humility.” Rhetoric Society of America. Philadelphia, PA. May 2012.
“Epistemological Humility: What’s Queer About Queer Studies Now?” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA. April 2011.
“Queer and Present Danger.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA. March 2009.
“The Personal is Political versus the Political is Personal: or Feminist Stagnation.” Federation Rhetoric Symposium. Denton, TX. February 2008.
AWARDS
Kairos Best Webtext Award for “Crossing Battle Lines: Teaching Multimodal Literacies through Alternate Reality Games,” 2014.
Maxine Hairston Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, University of Texas at Austin, 2013-2014.
Gloria Anzaldúa Rhetorician Award, Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2014.
ACTIVE MEMBERSHIPS
Rhetoric Society of America
National Council of Teachers of English
National Communication Association
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Rhetoric Society of America, Student Chapter President, 2014 – Present.
Reviewer for TheJUMP: The Journal of Undergraduate Multimedia Projects, 2014.
Reviewer for Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2014.
Reviewer for Rhetoric Society of America Conference, 2013.
Rhetoric Society of America Governing Board, 2012 – 2013.