scholar, editor, and designer
Research
As stated previously, my research interests span writing center and digital studio studies, embodied rhetorics, public writing, social movements, and visual rhetoric's intersection with design—all informed by the lenses of inclusivity and intersectional queer and critical race theory. This space, then, is to present my research projects as they are published, presented, and/or enacted in the field. This space will continually evolve as my academic career does, so please, check often. I look forward to sharing my work with you, and if any of the above interests you—whether theoretically, or enacted in spaces such as writing centers—please feel free to contact me so that we might collaborate!
Honors Thesis/SWCA 2019
The adjacent PDF includes my undergraduate honors thesis, encouraging undergraduate or otherwise beginner tutors to explore qualitative methodologies in their research. This thesis project also exists as a survey of the field, cataloguing various research trends and topics. These findings are grounded through interviews with writing center professionals and extensive an extensive literature review. This paper is being adapted for an accepted conference proposal at SWCA 2019 focusing specifically on research methodologies that map onto writing center scholarship. Tailored for the same audience, this presentation not only introduce participants to the above, but the process of developing research questions/selecting methodologies, too.
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IWCA 2017
This project was proposed for and accepted to the 2017 International Writing Centers Association Conference in Chicago, IL. The abstract can be read below:
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Often, writing centers are places where students’ vulnerabilities as writers arise during sessions. Tutors, then, become sympathy sleuths, gauging the support our clients need. These responses, however, can be difficult to find; typically, little training is given to consultants concerning emotional support. Therefore, in order to better serve writers and tutors, this discussion hopes to open a dialogue regarding writing center emotional labor. In exploring our secret mission as tutors, this roundtable will open with a series of vignettes of emotional labor moments, followed by small and large group discussion on how to prepare tutors for this kind of work.
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