I am an associate professor and Director of First-Year Composition in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Central Florida. I teach first-year writing and a graduate course in composition theory. My teaching and research interests include writing assessment, multimodality, and writing program administration. I am also the Communications Editor for Composition Forum, a journal of pedagogical theory in rhetoric and composition. I received my B.A. in English Literature at Western Kentucky University, M.A. in Composition Theory at California State University, Fresno, and PhD in Rhetoric and Composition at the University of Kansas.
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Teachers Talking Writing is a collection of conversations about the theory and teaching of writing in postsecondary contexts. It might also be considered a composition anthology focused on practices and pedagogies in the 21st century. Interconnected with Pedagogue, a podcast about teaching writing, the book offers 52 perspectives on composition and rhetoric across institutions and positions. The conversations are grouped into three sections: Places, Pedagogies, and Programs. 
+ Places talks about where the teaching of writing happens, such as two-year colleges, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Hispanic-Serving Institutions. 
+ Pedagogies offers conversations about different practices and approaches to teaching writing, including classroom writing assessment, multimodality, social justice, disability studies, and community literacies. 
​+ Programs focuses on conversations around different writing programs and administrative positions, including basic writing, second-language writing, writing across the curriculum, and writing centers.
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Pedagogue has 120,000+ streams in 50+ countries, 1,000+ Apple and Spotify subscribers, and has won two national awards—2021 Kairos John Lovas Award and 2019 Computers and Composition Michelle Kendrick Outstanding Digital Production Award.