Composition theory; literacy theory and literate practices, especially in relation to personal and social change; composition pedagogy; qualitative research methods and methodology.
B.A., English, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, 1988 M.A., English, University of Pittsburgh, 1992 Ph.D., English, University of Pittsburgh, 1998
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
The Language of Experience: Literate Practices and Social Change. Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture. U of Pittsburgh P, 2005.
"Shifting Figures: Rhetorical Ethnography." Ethnography Unbound: From Theory Shock to Critical Praxis. Ed. Stephen G. Brown and Sidney I. Dobrin. SUNY P, 2004. 73-97.
"Making Contact: Experience, Representation, and Difference." JAC 23.3 (2003): 397-427.
"Redefining Resistance: Rereading Critical Pedagogy." Reader: A Journal of Reader-Oriented Theory, Criticism, and Pedagogy. 48 (2003): 51-86.
"Ghosts: Liberal Education and Negotiated Authority." College English 64 (2002): 302-25.
"Writing Awareness." Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning. Vol. 6. (Winter 2000-01): 29-39.
COURSES TAUGHT
Graduate Studies in Composition Theory (ENG 7020) Survey of Research in Writing (ENG 7030) Teaching of Writing (ENG 7040) Seminar in Critical Problems (ENG 8050)
Undergraduate Introduction to College Writing (ENG 1020) Freshman Honors English (ENG 1050) Intermediate Writing (ENG 3010) Advanced Expository Writing (ENG 5010) Writing Theory (ENG 5790)
DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES
*with Professor Ruth Ray, coordinating department's community-based courses and activities.
AWARDS
WSU President's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2006. Michigan Campus Compact Faculty/Staff Community Service-Learning Award, for work at Wayne State University, 2005.
