Curriculum Vita

Education

PhD, Rhetoric and Professional Communication | 2009

MA, Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication | 2006

BA, Philosophy | 2003

Publications

Mode, Medium, and Genre: A Case Study in New Media Design Decisions. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 22(1), 65-91.(With Brandon Whalen).

Book Review: Rhetoric and Incommensurability edited by Randy Allen Harris. Rhetoric Society Quarterly(forthcoming).

Conference Presentations

The Rhetoric of √-1: The Discourse of Imaginary Numbers and the Rhetoric of Mathematics (With David Niedergeses). National Communications Association. San Diego. November 2008.

Negotiating Pain: Managing Pain and Managing the Different Discourses of Pain Management. Rhetoric Society of America. Seattle. May 2008. (with Carl G. Herndl).

Typogracy: Seven Essential Principles of Typographic Literacy. Poster Presentation. Association for Business Communication. Washington DC. October 2007. (With Quinn Warnick).

Agency and the Steam-Engine: 19th Century Human Boundary Objects and 21st Century Wiki-Clusters. Canadian Association for Teachers of Technical Writing. Saskatoon, SK. May 2007.

A Pedagogy of Dissonance: Social Networking Sites as Models of Multimodal Dialogism. Great Plains Alliance for Computers and Writing. Mankato, MN. November 2006. (Review).

The Rhetoric of Discovery: The Abductive Inference and the Kairos of Paradigm Shifts. Canadian Association for Teachers of Technical Writing. Toronto, ON. April 2006.

Genre, Medium, & Mode: Web Design & Flash Gaming. Association for Teachers of Technical Writing. Chicago, IL. March 2006.

Work In Progress

The Rhetoric of √-1: The Discourse of Imaginary Numbers and the Rhetoric of Mathematics Presentation/Article Manuscript. (With David Niedergeses).

Typogracy: Seven Essential Principles of Typographic Literacy. Book Chapter Manuscraipt (With Quinn Warnick).

The Rhetorical Semiotics of Agency in the Discourse of Pain Medicine. Article Manuscript.

Talking Off Label: A Nonmodern Science of Pain in the Medical-Industrial Complex Ethnography of interdisciplinary pain management healthcare providers. (with Carl G. Herndl)(under review)

The Abductive Inference: A Rhetoric for Paradigm Revolutions. Article manuscript

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record) | Iowa State University, Ames, IA | 2005-Present

Adjunct Instructor | Grandview College, Des Moines, IA | Spring 2007

E-Portfolio Consultant | Dept. of Ag and Biosystems Engineering, ISU | 2005-2006

Writing Center Consultant | Writing and Media Help Center, ISU | 2004-2006

Awards and Honors

W. Paul Jones Scholarship for Scholarly Writing | Iowa State University | 2008

Critical Writing Award | Iowa State University | 2008

Debating Science Scholarship | U of Montana Center for Ethics/ NSF Graduate Education Workshop | Aug 2007

Freda Hunke Fellowship for Pedagogical Development | Iowa State University | 2006-2007

Aubrey Galyon Award for Academic Excellence | Iowa State University | 2006

Richard R. Wright Award for Expository Writing | Iowa State University | 2006

$20,000 Award in Writing Excellence | Eckerd College | 1999-2003

Service

Program Assistant | ISUComm Foundations (WAC/CAC) | 2007-Present

Collection Editor | Philosophy Collection | Eserver.org | 2006-Present

E-Portfolios in FYC | Pedagogical Development Workshop Presentation | Iowa State University | Aug 1, 2006

Dreamweaver in FYC | Pedagogical Development Workshop Presentation | Iowa State University | Mar 9, 2006

Technology Coordinator | Writing and Media Help Center | Iowa State University | 2004-2005