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- (940) 397 4931
- Title
- Writing Program Director
- Department
- English
- Location
- Bea Wood Hall
- Room
- 234
Other Positions
Institution | Degree | Graduation Date |
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Texas A&M University-Commerce | PhD in Rhetoric and Composition | 2016 |
Northwestern State University | Masters of English | 2005 |
Northwestern State University | Bachelors in History and English | 2003 |
Employer | Position | Start Date | End Date |
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MSU Texas | Associate Professor and Writing Program Director | 08/15/2022 | |
MSU Texas | Assistant Professor of Business and Technical Writing | 08/01/2017 | |
Arkansas State | Visiting Assistant Professor | ||
The Pennsylvania State University | Lecturer | ||
Western Michigan University | Assistant Professor |
Research, Presentations, and Service
Book Chapters
- "Victimless Leather: Toward a New Materialist Ethics of Invention" in Reinviting (with) Theory in Rhetoric and Writing Studies: Essays in Honor of Sharon Crowley. Eds. Ryan Skinnell, Judy Holiday, Kendell Gerdes. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press. July 2019..
- "Sustainable Audiences: Navigating Literacies through Penn State's Sustaintability Project, Business Writing, and Community Outreach" in Writing, Democracy, and Activism: The Political Turn in the Trump Era. Eds. Deborah Mutnick, Jess Pauzeck, Steve Parks, Shannon Carter. Routledge. Aug. 2019.
- "Beyond Hearts and Minds: Posthumanism, Kairos, and Technical Communication in US Army Field Manual 3-24, Counterinsurgency" in Posthuman Praxis in Technical Communication. Eds. Kristen R. Moore & Daniel P. Richards. New York: Routledge. 2018.
Journal Articles (peer reviewed)
- "Programmatic Outcomes in Undergraduate Technical and Professional Communication Programsâ w/ Lisa Meloncon, Jessica Laurer, Johanna Phelps. Submitted to Technical Communication Quarterly. 2022.
- Contributor: âWhere We Are.â Composition Studies 47.1 (2019): 175-180.
- Jill Bradbury, Geoffrey Clegg, Stephanie L. Kerschbaum, Pamela Kincheloe, Tonya Stremlau. (2018). âResponse to Carol L. Robinson, âGo Ask Alisoun: Geoffrey Chaucer and Deafland (deafness as authority)â. Literature Compass. 2018; e12503. https://doi.org/10.1111/lic3.12503
- Geoffrey M. Clegg. (2018). Unheard Complaints: Integrating Captioning Into Business and Professional Communication Presentations. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 81(1), 100â122. https://doi.org/10.1177/2329490617748710
- Geoffrey Clegg. âCiceroâs Rhetorical Invention and Its Relationship to Modern Theory: How Rhetoric, Hermeneutics, and Externalism Contribute to Understanding Invention.â Louisiana English Journal 28 (2009): 26-29.
Book Reviews
- Rev. of Rhetoric Inc.: Fordâs Filmmaking and the Rise of Corporatism by Timothy Johnson. Community Literacy Journal, Winter 2023.
- Rev. of Employment and Disability: Issues, Innovations, and Opportunities by Susanne Bruyere. Disability Studies Quarterly, March 2021. https://dsq-sds.org/article/view/7926
- Rev. of Exploding Technical Communication: Workplace Literacy Hierarchies and Their Implications for Literacy Sponsorship by Dirk Remley. Programmatic Perspectives, Fall 2016.
Workshops
- Facilitator. "Archiving for Life: Anticipating Histories to Preserve the Past and Craft Hopeful Futures." Conference on College Composition and Communications. Workshop. Chicago, IL. February 2023.
- Facilitator. âMutality and Equity through Intergenerational Exchange.â Conference on College Composition and Communications. Workshop. Chicago, IL. March 2022.
- Facilitator. âMind Mapping Across Cultural Rhetorics: Innovating Commonplaces for Intersectional Knowledge-Making.â Conference on College Composition and Communication. Workshop. Milwaukee, WI. March 2020.
National Conferences
- Why Are We Here? Refractive Visual Rhetorics 4 Social Justice. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. March 2022. Virtual.
- Workplace Writing Special Interest Group. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. March 2022. Virtual.
- Labor Caucus Standing Group. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. March 2022. Virtual.
- Roundtable on Technology in the Classroom. Association for Business Communication. Tampa, FL. October 2021. Virtual.
- Workplace Writing Special Interest Group. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Virtual, March 2021.
- Labor Caucus Standing Group. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Virtual, March 2021.
- Outside the Business College: Non-Tenure Track, Tenure Track, and Adjunct Issues in Business Communication. Association of Business Communication. San Diego. October 28, 2020.
- Using Programmatic Outcomes in TPC Programs More Effectively. Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC). West Chester, PA, October 2019.
- Review and Discussion of First Workplace Writing SIG at the CCCCâs. Association of Business Communication. Detroit, MI, October 2019.
- Workplace Writing Special Interest Group. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Special Interest Group proposal for business and professional writing scholars. Pittsburgh, PA, March 2019.
- Uncovering Ethiopiaâs Lost Rhetorical Heritage: Performance of Ethos in Zera Yacobâs Treatise. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Pittsburgh, PA, March 2019.
- Platform Capitalism and Coding Campus: Promises Unfilled. American Studies Association. Atlanta, GA, Nov. 2018.
- Placing Writing Systems Scholarship within the English Studies Curriculum. South Atlantic MLA. San Antonio, TX, Oct. 2018.
- Demagogue in Demand: Exploring Certainty and Truth in Jordan Petersonâs Dissent to Bill C-16. Rhetoric Society of America. Minneapolis, MN, May 2018.
- Always On the Boundaries: Community Engagement, Activism, and Labor Outside of the Classroom. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Labor Caucus Panel. Kansas City, MO, March 2018.
- Digital Possibilities for Writing About Writing Pedagogies.â Conference on College Composition and Communication. Labor Caucus Panel. Kansas City, MO, March 2018.
- Reflecting Rhetoric: World Hijab Day and the Extensions of Rhetorical Performance and Community Literacy.â Conference on College Composition and Communication. Portland, OR, April 2017.
- Unheard Complaints: Negotiating Spaces of Students' Perceptions of the Disabled Professional Writing Instructor. Association for Business Communication. Albuquerque, NM. Oct. 2016.
- Creating Codes of Ethics/Conducts Statements. My Favorite Assignment Presentation. Association for Business Communication. Albuquerque, NM. Oct. 2016.
- Where Business Majors Fear to Tread: Writing About Writing, Difference, and Inclusion in a WID Course.â International Writing Across the Curriculum. Ann Arbor, MI. June 2016.
- The Echoes of Graduate Instruction: Tracing Rhetorical Power from a Rural Sphere. Rhetoric Society of America. Atlanta, GA, May 2016.
- Can Writing About Writing Aid STEM Majors?: A Look at Genre Theory, Threshold Concepts, and the FYC Classroom. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Houston, TX, April 2016.
- Sustainable Audiences/Renewable Products: Penn Stateâs Sustainability Project, Technical and Professional Writing, and Community Outreach.â Poster Presentation for Writing Democracy Workshop. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Houston, TX, April 2016.
- Beyond the Digital Professional Presence: Teaching Writing for and about Facebook in Business/Professional Writing Courses.â Association for Business Communication Conference. Seattle, WA, October 2015.
- âDisruptions, Pauses, and Restarts: How Feminist Historiography Can Blur the Lines between Rural and Urban in the History of Composition and Rhetoric. Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language, and Media. DeKalb, IL, March 2015.
- Articulating Risk: Overcoming Writing About Writingâs Monolingual Bias in a Korean Immersion Program. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Tampa, FL. March 2015.
- Converging Histories: The Need for Researching Rural Technical Communication Programs and Writing Programs (1970-1990). Convergences Composition Conference, University of Central Arkansas/University of Arkansas Little Rock. Conway, AR. March 2015.
- 15 Years Of Feedback And Second Language Writing: What The Past Can Say About The Future. South Central Modern Language Association. Austin, TX. November 2014.
- Connecting Irving to the Other: Using Tales of the Alhambra and Mahomet and His Successors as Cultural Analytics. American Literature Association. Washington Irving Society. Washington D.C. May 2014.
- Quantum Echoes: How the Archives, Interdisciplinary Composition, and a Forward Thinking Professor Reshaped Graduate Level Writing. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Indianapolis, IN. April 2014.
- I Forgot The Title Of This Paper: Working Memory In 20th Century Linguistics.South Central Modern Language Association. New Orleans, LA. November 2013.
- Resisting the Singular, Acting Plural: Incorporating Dynamic Theoretical Approaches to the Composition Classroom. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Research Network Forum. Las Vegas,NV. April 2013.
- Directed and Undirected Resolution in Absurd and Nonsensical Humor. Third North East Texas Humor Research Conference. Dallas, TX. Feb. 2013.
- Making Western Conceits Public: Bridging Intercultural Writing, Rhetoric, and the International Student in the Composition Classroom.â Student Success in Writing Conference. Savannah, GA. Feb. 2013.
- The Function of Stance Markers in the Workplace: Comparison of Two Workplace Corpora in New Zealand and the United States. American Association of Applied Linguistics. Dallas, TX. April 2013.
- Seoul Searching:Transitioning Basic Writers within the TAMU-Commerce/Konkuk University Frontiers Project.â TAMU-C Conference on Globalization and the Humanities. Commerce, TX. November 2012.
- Permeable Boundaries: Rhetoric and Resistance in Emerson's 'The Lord's Supper' Speech. South Central Modern Language Association. San Antonio, TX. November 2012.
- Those That Came Before: Reviving Sarah Egertonâs 17th Century Polemic The Female Advocate.â Federation of Rhetoric Symposium, Women and Rhetoric: Influence, Inspiration, Inclusion. Denton, TX. April 2012.
- In (Lip) Service to Diversity: Preparing Graduate Students for the Community College Classroom. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Research Network Forum. St. Louis, MO. April 2012.
- Irving's Ghishawah: Religious Blindness, Translation, and Ideology in Washington Irving's Mahomet and His Successors. 9th Annual Texas A&M University Pathways Symposium. College Station, TX. November 2011.
- Toxic Discourse: The Summonerâs Tale and the Disfigured Soul.â Midwestern Conference on Language, Literature, and Media. DeKalb, IL. March 2011.
- Defying the Self: Episolarity, Confidence, Gendered Action in Samuel Richardonâs Pamela. South Central Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Salt Lake City, Utah. February 2010.
- Place as Authenticity: An Examination of the Sentimental Locus in Samuel Richardsonâs Clarissa.â Southeastern Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Johnson City, TN. February 2010.
- Homo Compositius: Towards a Systemic Governance of Environment in Technical Writing. Louisiana Association for College Composition. Monroe, LA. November 2009.
- The Agonistic Relationship between Developmental English and the University: Need, Structure, and Resistance. Arkansas Philological Association. Eureka Springs, AR. October 2009.
- Vitalism, Philology, and Spatial Dynamics: How Composition is Informed by Complexity.â Louisiana Association of College Composition. Alexandria, LA. November 2008.
- Uncomfortable Silence: Race and Rhetoric in the Freshman Composition Classroom. Louisiana Council of Teachers of English. Baton Rouge, LA. October 2008.
- Accessing the Classroom: Composing the Modern University by Locating the Material Culture of Students. Conference on College Composition and Communications. Research Network Forum. San Francisco, CA. March 2005.
- What Do You Mean By That? Pedagogy, Online Discourse, and Hermeneutics. South Atlantic Modern Language Association. Roanoke, VA. November 2004.
- Modern Serfdom and the Present Student: A Pedagogical Look at Consumer Culture and the Myth of Difference. Pop Culture Association of the South. New Orleans, LA. October 2004.
- Blogginâ Molly. Conference on College Composition and Communications. Research Network Forum. San Antonio, TX. March 2004.
- Vacancy and Visual Literacy: A Study of T.S. Eliot and Edvard Munch. Northwestern State University. Sigma Tau Delta Graduate Conference. Natchitoches, LA. December 2003.
Teaching
Courses Taught at Midwestern State University
Undergraduate
- ENGL 1143: Academic Writing & Research
- ENGL 2203: Introduction to Professional Writing
- ENGL 2113: Intermediate Composition and Grammar
- ENGL 2223: Professional Writing for Business (online and face-to-face)
- ENGL 3505: Advanced Grammar
- ENGL 3513: Technical Writing
Undergraduate/Graduate
- ENGL 4523/5523: Introduction to Linguistics (online)
- ENGL 4503/5503: Technical and Professional Editing (online)
Courses Taught at Western Michigan University
- BCM 3700: Business Communications
Courses Taught at Pennsylvania State UniversityâUniversity Park
- ENG 202D: Business Writing
- ENG 202D: Business Writing (In partnership with the Penn State Student Farm Initiative)(SP16)
- ENG 202D: Business Writing for International Students (pilot section)
Courses Taught at Arkansas State University
Undergraduate
- ENGL 1003: Composition and Rhetoric I
- ENGL 1013: Composition and Rhetoric II
- ENGL 3013: Practical Writing (WID for Social Work majors)
- ENGL 3043: Technical Writing
Graduate
- ENG 5711: Preceptorship in Writing Studies
Texas A&M University Commerce
- ENG 1301: College Reading and Writing
- ENG 1301/100: College Reading and Writing w/ Lab Section (Korean Immersion Program)
- ENG 1301/100: College Reading and Writing w/ Lab Section (Co-Requisite)
Louisiana State University Alexandria
- ENGL 0092: Developmental Writing
- ENGL 1001: Rhetoric and Composition I
- ENGL 1002: Rhetoric and Composition II
- ENGL 2002: Professional Writing (online and face-to-face)
- ENGL 2052: Introduction to Fiction
- ENGL 3002: Technical Writing (online and face-to-face)
Northwestern State University
- ENGL 0920: Developmental English
- ENGL 2060: American Literature Survey
Northern Illinois University
- ARTH 291: Art History Survey I: ca. to 1400
- ARTH 292: Art History Survey II: 1400âPresent
SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT
Midwestern State University
- English Education/Adolescent Literature Search Committee, Chair, 2021-22
- Technical Writing Search Committee, member, 2021-22
- Curriculum Committee, Chair, 2020â
- Composition Committee, 2017â
- Online Teaching Committee, 2020â
- Composition Search Committee, 2019-2020
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY
Midwestern State University
- Retention Taskforce, 2021-2022
- EAB Committee, 2020â
- 504/ADA Grievance Committee, 2019â
- Student Allocations Committee, 2019â
- College Research Committee, 2019-2021
- Publications Board, 2018-2020
- American Democracy Project, 2018-2020
In-service: Dillard College of Business, âCurrent and Future Directions of Business Communication in the Classroom.â 11/16/2018.
Liaison: Dillard College of Business Administration
Pennsylvania State University
- Program on Writing and Rhetoric Seminar: Working with International Undergraduates
- Created a standalone section of ENGL 202D: Business Writing for international students
Arkansas State University
English and Philosophy Department Service
- Reviewer: MA Exam Reading List in Composition and Rhetoric
- Co-Faculty Sponsor of Sigma Tau Delta (w/ Drs. Kristi Costello & Kate Kreuger)
- ESL Liaison for the English Department
- In-service Presentations for astAteâs Composition Boot Camp:
- âPeer Review Best Practices,â
- "Discourse Analysis,â
- âWriting About Writing Curricular Integrationâ
- Faculty Mentor: Leslie Malland (2014-2015, ENGL 1003)
- Technical Writing Committee
- Composition Committee
- Freshman Textbook Selection Committee
Arkansas State University Service
- ESL and Business Writing Presentation for the Department of Business: Co-presenter (w/ Dr. Kristi Costello)
- ESL Portfolio Reviewer for Entering MBA Students
- ITTC Faculty Seminar Speaker: âEntering New Beneficial Spaces: Working with International Students.â Feb. 2015
Texas A&M University Commerce
- English Graduates for Academic Development, Vice-President 2011-2012
- JUNTO Member, 2011-2014
- AVID Committee Member, 2012
- Writer, ENG 1301 âWriting Assignments Explanationâ Video, 2012
- Judge, Celebration of Student Writing, 2013
Louisiana State University Alexandria
- QEP Committee for Arts, English, and Humanities 2008-2009
- Advisor for the student newspaper, The Sentry 2008-2009
- Developmental Writing Committee Fall 2008-2010
- English Department Writing Task Force 2008-2010
- Dual Enrollment Program 2008-2010; 2012-2013
- Writing Competency Trainer, Department of Education 2008-2010
- Internet Technology Advisory Committee member 2009-2010
- Continuing Education Committee member 2009-2010
- Continuing Education Hiring Committee member 2009-2010
- General Education Committee member 2008-2009
Northwestern State University
- Writing Competency Reviewer 2003-2005
- FYC Textbook Adoption Committee 2003-2004
- Graduate Student Representative, Student Government Association 2003
SERVICE TO DISCIPLINE
Rhetoric Society of America
- Digital Communications Officer, 2020â2024
- Social Media Director: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn
- RSA Remote
- Rhetoricsociety.org webmaster
- Archivist Search Committee, 2021-2022
- 2023 Rhetoric Society Biennial Institute Planning Committee
- 2021 Rhetoric Society Biennial Institute Planning Committee
- Planning, working with virtual conference hosting, social media promotion, etc.
- Archives Committee, 2020â2022
Conference on College Composition and Communications
- 2023 Technical and Professional Writing Best Dissertation Award Selection Committee, 2022-2023
- 2022 CCCC Stages 1 and 2 Reviewer, 2021
- 2021 CCCC Stages 1 and 2 Reviewer, 2020
- 2020 CCCC James Berlin Dissertation Award Selection Committee, 2019-2020
- Research Network Forum, Executive Board Member, 2017-2018
- CCCC Stage 1 Proposal Reviewer, 2017-2020
- Technical and Scientific Communication Awards Selection Committee, 2018- 2019
- Best of the Journals in Rhetoric and Composition 2017-2018 Committee, 2017- 2018
- Disability Travel Award Committee, 2017-2018
- CCCC@SJSU proposal reviewer, 2017
- Roundtable Leader, Research Network Forum: 2015â
- Newcomers Booth Volunteer: 2015-2018
- Session Chair: 2014-2018
- CCCC Local Committee Volunteer: 2016, 2017
Disabilities Standing Group (CCCC)
- Member, 2016â
- Mentor, 2017â
- Mentored Manako Yabe through transition from PhD to job market, 2017-2019
Writing About Writing Standing Group (CCCC)
- Webmaster team, 2016â
- Updates website and maintains listserv.
- At-large member, 2015-2016
Labor Caucus (CCCC)
- Secretary, 2021â2023
- Steering Committee, 2018-2021
- At-large member, 2015-2017
Workplace Writing ABC/CCCC Joint Special Interest Group
- Founding member, 2018â
- Co-chair, 2018â
- Listserv and Web Admin, 2018â
Council for Writing Program Administrators
- Newcomers Committee member, 2015-2018
Council for Technical Professional and Scientific Communication
- White Paper Committee member, 2017â
- Outcomes Project member, 2017â
- Assessment Committee member, 2017â
Association for Business Communication
- Teaching Committee Member, 2015â
- Teaching with Technology Committee, 2017-2019
- Pearson Teaching with Technology Award Committee, 2017-2018
- Chair of ABC Marketing Committeeâs CCCC Special Interest Group, 2018â
- ABC Conference Proposal Reviewer, 2017â
Journal Editorial Staff and Peer Reviews
- Chapter Reviewer, TPC Book Series, University of Colorado Press, 2020â
- Article Reviewer, IEEE Transactions, 2020â
- Article Reviewer, Rhetoric of Health & Medicine, 2020â
- English Coordinator, E-JournaALL, EuroAmerican e-Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages, 2018â
- English Language Reviewer, 2013-2018
- Book Review Editor for English, E-JournALL, 2014â
- Article Reviewer, Association of Business Communication Western Bulletin, 2019â
- Article Reviewer, Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments, 2018â
- Article Reviewer, Social Inclusion, 2018â
- Article Reviewer, The CEA Forum, 2018â
South Central Modern Language Association
- Chair, âAmerican Dialect Society,â 2014-2015
- Chair, âRhetoric and Composition,â 2014 SCMLA Conference, Austin, TX
- Secretary, âGeneral Linguistics,â 2014â2015
- Secretary, âRhetoric and Composition,â 2013 SCMLA Conference, New Orleans, LA
Various
- Session Chair, âProfession,â North East Texas Humor Research Conference, 2013. Dallas, TX.
- Executive Council Member, Louisiana Council of Teachers of English, 2008 -2010.
- Executive Council Member, Louisiana Association of College Composition, 2008.
- Solicitations Editor, Louisiana English Journal, 2009-2010.
Professional Memberships
- Association for Business Communication
- National Council of Teachers of English
- Council of Writing Program Administration
- Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication
- College Composition and Communications
- Rhetoric Society of America
- South Central Modern Language Association
- Association of Teachers of Technical Writing