Research Interests
Feminist rhetorics; history of rhetoric; public memory; writing pedagogy; digital portfolios; writing center pedagogy
Courses Recently Taught
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WRD 103 & 104:
Composition and Rhetoric I and II
- WRD 203: Style for Writers
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WRD 300: Composition and Style
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WRD 306: Rhetorical Traditions
- WRD 361: Chicago Women Rhetors
- WRD 500: Proseminar
Selected Scholarship
- “Grace Trout" and “Louise DeKoven Bowen." Wikipedia
- “Inventing the Lady Manager: Rhetorically Constructing the “Working-Woman." Peitho. Journal of the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition, 21.1 (2018): 1–23
- “Teaching and Inventing Public Memory: Chicago Women Rhetors." Pedagogies of Public Memory: Teaching Writing and Rhetoric at Museums, Archives, and Memorials. Ed. Jane Greer and Laurie Grobman. NY: Routledge, 2016. 147-159
- “Reading and Writing Sor Juana's Arch: Rhetorics of Belonging, Criollo Identity, and Feminist Histories." Rhetoric Society Quarterly 42.2 (2012): 144-163
- “Sor Juana's Rhetoric of Silence." Rhetoric Review 25.1 (2006): 5-21
Select Professional Activity
- Fulbright Campus Committee
- Wiki Scholar, National Archives and Records Administration/Wiki Education, Summer 2019
- Public Voices Thought Leadership Fellowship, DePaul OpEd Project, 2016
- Inter/National Coalition on E-Portfolio Research Cohort VII, 2012-2015
- Dammrich Faculty Innovation Award, 2014-15
- Director, DePaul First-Year Writing Program, 2012-2018
- Director, DePaul Writing Centers, 2001-2004
Committees
- Combined BA/BS to MA in Secondary Education TEACH Program Coordinating Committee
- Committee on Contingent Faculty