(link to pdf version here)Education
Doctor of Philosophy, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, expected Spring 2013
Master of Arts, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Rhetoric & Composition, May 2009
Areas of research: issues of power and agency in digital technologies, identity construction in social networking sites, surveillance technology.
Bachelor of Arts, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Digital Technology & Culture, May 2007

Teaching Experience
Instructor of Record, NCSU, Academic Writing & Research — Fall 2009 - Present
Responsible for designing daily lesson plans, lecturing, assigning papers, and grading for English 101.Teaching Assistant, WSU, General Education 110 — Spring 2009
Responsible for grading exams and providing academic assistance for students enrolled in GenEd 110.
Instructor of Record, WSU, English 101 — Spring 2008 - Fall 2008
Responsible for designing daily lesson plans, lecturing, assigning papers, and grading for Introductory Writing.
In class, students discussed rhetorics of race, class, sexuality, gender, and cultural stereotypes in mass media and political media, as well as the rhetoric of topics that affect college campuses. I frequently used print media and video clips in order to facilitate discussion of the rhetorical appeals of mass media and digital technologies.
Participated in the Freshman Focus First-Year Experience Program - Fall 2008
Tutor, WSU, English 102 — Fall 2007
Responsible for providing composition assistance and facilitating small groups of students enrolled in Writing Tutorial.
Instructor, WSU, English 300 — Fall 2006 - Spring 2009
Responsible for teaching various computer programs to small classes, including Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, iMovie, and InDesign.

Related Experience
Consultant, WSU, Avery Microcomputer Lab — Fall 2006 - Spring 2009
Responsible for providing technological assistance and maintaining hardware on iMac computers, printers, and scanners.
President, WSU, Digital Technology & Culture Club — Spring 2007
Responsible for scheduling meetings, planning events, and recruiting members.Conference Presentations
“Virtual Embodiment and Construction of Identity in Online Social Networks.” To be presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Louisville, KY, March 2010.
“The Virtually Commodified: Women's Cultural Representations of Self in Online Social Spaces.” To be presented at the Gender, Bodies, and Technology Conference in Roanoke, VA, April 2010.Creative Works
Sign Design, College Hill Historic District, Pullman WA — Spring 2007
Worked on a team to create a sign identifying the Historic District in Pullman.
Met one-on-one with College Hill co-chair to redesign final version of sign.Logo Design, English Graduate Organization, WSU — Spring 2009
Created the logo for the English Graduate Organization for use on the website as well as for products sold to raise money within the organization.

Technical Skills
Design Software: Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, and Flash, iMovie
Documentation Software: iWork, Microsoft Office
Operating Systems: Windows 98/XP/Vista, Macintosh OS XLanguages
English: native language
Spanish: reading, speaking, and writing proficiency.Relevant Graduate Coursework
North Carolina State University
History and Theory of Communication Technology — Fall 2009
Course studies the evolution of communication systems and of essential historical, theoretical, and critical accounts of such systems and their implications.
Rhetoric and Digital Media — Fall 2009
Course studies conceptual vocabulary of rhetoric and its application to digital communication and digital media.
Washington State University
Bureaucracy, Technology, and Agency — Spring 2009
Course analyzed bureaucratic and technocratic systems and what makes them work.
Research: Explored the MMOG Club Penguin as a disciplining institution for children, focusing on topics of embodiment and agency, and instances of pastoral education within the site.
Embodiment and Space in the Digital Age — Fall 2008
Course focused on topics of spatiality and embodiment in digital technologies and environments, as well as the ways in which the material world informs, and is informed by, the digital world.
Research: The social network Facebook as a Panoptic environment, and notions of privacy within that environment.
Feminist Rhetorics — Fall 2008
Course focused on women’s place within rhetoric from a historical standpoint, the ways historical rhetoric has informed contemporary rhetoric, and the issues and topics that contribute to the construction of a feminist rhetoric.
Research: The creation of a feminist identity in online social networks, specifically Facebook.
Teaching with Technology — Spring 2008
Course focused on the integration of various digital technologies into the classroom and how those technologies can be incorporated into a pedagogy. Additionally, focus was placed on how digital technologies impact notions of literacy, and how power and identity is effected by those technologies used for teaching.
Research: Designed a college course titled Composing for the Web and wrote a syllabus and four lesson plans, incorporating my own philosophy for teaching with technology.
Contemporary Theories of Composition — Spring 2008
Course focused on types of composition theory, the ways they inform composition studies, and the theorists and rhetors that most greatly influence those various composition theories.
Research: Focused on feminist theory and formalist theory and their effects on composition.
Methodology of Composition — Fall 2007
Course introduced new graduate students to teaching Introductory Writing to undergraduates. Relevant research and exercises were conducted to prepare for teaching college English. Significant focus was placed on discussing and understanding how issues of race, class, and gender affect the college classroom.
Research: Worked with a colleague to create a writing sequence comprised of assignments, lesson plans, and a syllabus to use for teaching Introductory Writing. Topics of culture, experience, and contemporary mass media greatly influenced this writing sequence.
Introduction to Graduate Study — Fall 2007
Course prepared new graduate students for graduate-level work as well as discussing conference proposals, publishing, and meeting goals for a career in academia.
Research: Discussed ways in which blogs can enhance a pedagogy and how blogs can be used for student interaction and as a unique form for students to draft assignments and conduct peer review.
