Associate Professor, English, University of Houston

PhD, Syracuse University, 2008; M.A., English with a Certificate in Teaching Composition at the College Level, CSU Sacramento, 2002; B.A., English with an emphasis in Teaching English at the Secondary Level, CSU Sacramento, 2000

Branded Bodies, Rhetoric, and the Neoliberal Nation-State (Lexington Books 2013)

Research Interests: 20th Century Rhetorical Theory, Transnational Feminist Theory, Cultural Studies, and Materialist Theories of Teaching English in the Corporate Universit.

Dissertation Title: Figuring Others: Toward a Transnational Feminist Rhetorical Analytic