Associate Professor, The Writing and Rhetoric Program, Department of English, University of Virginia

PhD, Syracuse University, 2010. MA, English with a concentration in Writing and Rhetoric, Virginia Commonwealth University 2003; B.A. in English with a minor in Writing, 2000.

Research Interests: African American Rhetorics and Literacies, Black Feminist Rhetorics, Theories and Pedagogies, Contemporary Rhetorical Theory, Multicultural Composition Pedagogy, Popular Culture, and First Year Writing.

Dissertation Title: Vision, Voice, and Rhetorics of Healing: Towards a Black Feminist Rhetorical Analysis