My teaching and research focus on writing as a performance of linguistic and technical knowledge. I am interested in how our writing both reveals social past and impacts social present and future.
Applications for competitive opportunities
Theses and dissertations
Research articles, proposals, posters, and presentations
Product manuals
Work instructions and standard operating procedures
Databases
Document management systems
Language corpora and language research technologies (e.g., NVivo)
Plagiarism detection
Multimodal production (word processors, video editors, web developing, AI assistance)
Natural language processing
Acoustic analysis (Praat)
Digital accessibility (Digital A11y)
American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)/International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA)
United States Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Administrators (USETDA)
Center for Communication Excellence, Iowa State University Graduate College
Senior Program Specialist for Graduate Scholarly Activities (April 2024 - present)
Graduate Student Services Specialist (January 2022 - March 2024)
Graduate Assistant (2017 - 2021)
Iowa State University Department of English
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Vante, Inc. (division of Machine Solutions)
Quality Assurance Specialist
MSI (division of Machine Solutions)
Technical Writer (January 2013 - April 2014)
Receptionist (July 2011 - January 2013)
Manager Trainee
Northland Hospice and Palliative Care
Human Resources Generalist
Brandy's Restaurant and Bakery
Baker
Iowa State University
Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics and Technology
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University