Research Interests
Early Medieval English Literature, Writing Center Studies, Collaborative Writing, Hagiography, Medieval Scribal Practices, women writers and their networks, teaching the Middle Ages, Early Medieval education, asynchronous writing communities, Critical Fabulation (See the work of Saidiya Hartman), Critical Imagination (See the work of Jaqueline Jones Royster), feminist rhetorical practices, thing theory
Education
M.A. Rhetoric and Technical Communication, Eastern Washington University, 2016
Certificate in the Teaching of Writing, Eastern Washington University, 2016
M.A. English - Texts and Contexts: Medieval to Renaissance, University College Cork, 2013
B.A. English Literature, Whitman College, 2010
Awards and Honors
2020 Rhetoric Program Award for Teaching Excellence
Courses Taught
INFO/WRIT 303, Writing Across Media (UIUC, Instructor)
ENGL 218, Introduction to Shakespeare (UIUC, Instructor)
ENGL 202/CWL 253/MDVL 201, Medieval Literature and Culture (UIUC, Instructor)
ENGL 109, Introduction to Fiction - Advanced Composition (UIUC, Instructor)
ENGL 209, British Literature to 1800 (UIUC, Teaching Assistant)
ENGL 216, Legends of King Arthur (UIUC, Instructor)
RHET 102, Principles of Research (UIUC, Instructor)
RHET 101, Principles of Writing (UIUC, Instructor)
RHET 105, Writing and Research (UIUC, Instructor)
ENGL 201, College Composition: Analysis, Research, and Documentation (EWU, Instructor)
TCOM 205, Introduction to Technical Communication (EWU, Instructor)
ENGL 101, College Composition: Exposition and Argumentation (EWU, Instructor)
Additional Campus Affiliations
Writers Workshop
UIUC Program in Medieval Studies