Research Interests
Rhetorical history and theory; professional and technical
communication; user experience and usability theory and methods; participatory
culture and media; digital humanities; rhetoric of science and technology. Much
of my research focuses on rhetorical and discursive practices emerging around a
“sharing economy,” especially in online and digital environments.
Courses Recently Taught
- Digital Platforms and Rhetorical Culture
- Writing Censorship
- Discourse and Style
- Document Design
Recent Scholarship
- "Platform Utopianism after Democracy." In Platforms, Protests, and the Challenge of Networked Democracy, Ed. John Jones and Michael Trice. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. 17-37. (with Jeff Pruchnic)
- "The Boulevardier: Craft, Industrialism, and the Nostalgic Origin in Cocktail Culture." In The Shaken and the Stirred: The Year's Work in Cocktail Culture. Ed. Stephen Schneider and Craig N. Owens. Indiana University Press, 2020. 37-57.
Committees
- Academic Integrity Board (Chair)
- Faculty Council (LAS Alternate)