MEMBER BIOS
Co-Presidents
Current Program:
PhD in Rhetoric and Composition
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MA in English, Sacramento State University
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BA in Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Research Interests: Feminist rhetorics, intersectionality, rhetorical circulation, critical literacy, composition theory and pedagogy.
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Alison Moore
A. Eric Lehman
Current Program:
PhD in Rhetoric and Composition
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MA in English (Composition), California State University, Sacramento
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BA in English, University of California, Davis
Research Interests: Rhetorics of transition and access, literacy studies, institutional critique, community engagement, WAC.
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Secretary
Alexandra Drozdoff
Current Program:
MA in Rhetoric and Writing Studies
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BA in Rhetoric and Composition, Pepperdine University
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Research Interests: Rhetoric of health and disability, materiality, embodiment, high school to college transition for English students
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Treasurer
Edward Mendez
Current Program:
MA in Public Engagement
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BA in English, University of Nevada, Reno
Research Interests: Critical studies of race and gender in American literature and film, literary theory and pedagogy, social movements, social media, cultural studies, archival research, and cinema & media studies.
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Members
Current Program:
PhD in Rhetoric and Composition
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MA in American Studies, Utah State
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BA in English, Utah State
Research Interest: Contingent labor studies; writing program administration; composition theory and pedagogy; definitions and iterations of expertise in composition studies.
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Brady Edwards
Owen Bryant
Current Program:
MA Public Engagement
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B.A. in English - Writing, University of Nevada, Reno
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A.A. in General Studies, TMCC
Research Interests: Arts and Humanities advocacy, Alternative Activism, Writing Across the Curriculum, Community Literacy, Critical Pedagogy, Rhetorical pedagogy, Sociolinguistics, International Education.
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Current Program:
M.A. Public Engagement
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B.A. in English, TCU
Research Interests: Transformative Learning, Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement, Community Literacy, K-12 Curricula, Critical and Public Pedagogy.
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Jonathan Crocker
Blake Watson
Current Program:
PhD in Rhetoric and Composition
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Background:
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MA in Writing, University of Nevada, Reno
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BA in English Literature, Millsaps College
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Research Interests: Design & Composition, The Rhetoric of Science and Technology, Narrative, Object-oriented Rhetorics, and Animal Rhetorics.
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Current Program:
PhD in Rhetoric and Composition
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MA in English, Eastern Illinois University
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BA in English, Eastern Illinois University
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Research Interest:
The rhetoric of political campaigns and media hype.
Luke Kingery
Current Program:
PhD in Rhetoric and Composition
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Background:
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MA in English (Composition), Sacramento State University
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BA in English, Sacramento State University
Research Interests:
Feminist and disability rhetorics, composition theory and pedagogy
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Leslie Anglesey
Current Program:
MA in English - Public Engagement
Background:
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BA in English -Writing, University of Nevada, Reno
Research Interests: Intersections between first-year composition pedagogy and mindfulness practices, critical pedagogy, and writing centers.
Jon Watkins
Dan Reno
Current Program:
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PhD in Rhetoric and Composition
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MA in English, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
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BA in English, American Public University
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BS in Criminal Justice, Sacramento State University
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U.S. Army, Human Intelligence, April 2010—August 2015, Discharged as Sergeant (E5), Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA.
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Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), 2012-2013, Logar Province, Afghanistan
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Academic Interests: Veterans/Military Studies, spatial rhetoric & composition, first-year writing, transgressive pedagogy, power theory, western philosophy.
Alumni
Jaquelyn Davis
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MA in English - Writing, University of Nevada, Reno
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BA in English at Saint Mary's College of California
Research Interests: Ecological composition theory and pedagogy, writing program administration, service-learning, place-based education, and writing centers
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Background:
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PhD Rhetoric and Composition, University of Nevada, Reno
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MA in Writing, University of Nevada, Reno
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BA in English (Linguistics focus), University of Nevada, Reno
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BS in Political Science, University of Nevada, Reno
Research Interests: The intersection of linguistic, rhetorical, and pedagogical theory and the ways they shape the language and goals of institutions.
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Kat Lambrecht
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MA in English, SUNY Oswego
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BA in English (Creative Writing concentration), SUNY New Paltz
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Research Interest: Publics theory, citizenship, and the University, their points of intersection and how they are influenced by neoliberal capitalism in the 21st Century.
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Phillip Goodwin
Erin Goldin
Background:
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PhD in Rhetoric and Composition, University of Nevada, Reno
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MA in Rhetoric and Composition, Colorado State University
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BA in English, Creative Writing, Sonoma State University
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Research Interest: Dispositions of successful student writers, theories of knowledge transfer, writing program administration, and writing centers.
Merrilyne Lundahl
Current Position:
Lecturer at Southern Oregon University
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Background:
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PhD in Rhetoric and Composition, University of Nevada, Reno
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MS in Environmental Writing, University of Montana
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BS in American Studies & Biology, Utah State University
Research Interest: The roles of place, risk, and novelty in outdoor and literacy education; rhetorical training in environmental education programming; pedagogies for saving the world.
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Phillip Lovas
Current Position:
Lecturer at University of Nevada, Reno
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Background:
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MA Writing, University of Nevada, Reno
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Secondary Education Teaching Credential, English and Business, California State University, San Marcos
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BS in Business Administration, Human Resource Management; Minor in English, Sonoma State University
Research Interest: Professional communication, social connections between academic writing and workplace writing, and related composition pedagogies.
Current Position:
Assistant Professor at University of Texas San Antonio
Dissertation: Rhetorics of Risk in American Homeownership
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Crystal Colombini
Amanda Pratt
Current Program:
PhD in Rhetoric and Composition at The University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Background:
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MA in Writing University of Nevada, Reno
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Secondary Education Teaching Credential, English and Business, California State University, San Marcos
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BS in Business Administration, Human Resource Management; Minor in English, Sonoma State University
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Current Position:
Assistant Professor, IUP
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Background:
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PhD in Rhetoric and Composition, University of Nevada, Reno
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MA in English (Composition), Sacramento State University
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BA in English, Sacramento State University
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Katie Miller
Current Position:
Communications Manager at Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa
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Background:
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Rhetoric and Composition, University of Nevada, Reno
Thesis: Genetically Modified Organisms and Food Labeling: An Analysis of Proposition 37 Debates in California
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Savannah Thompson
Current Position:
Assistant Professor at Saint Mary's College of California
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Background:
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PhD in Rhetoric and Composition, University of Nevada, Reno
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Meghan Sweeney
Jason Ludden
Current Position:
Continuing Lecturer at University of Nevada, Reno
Background:
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PhD in Rhetoric and Composition, University of Nevada, Reno
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MFA in fiction, Oregon State University
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BA in English, Oregon State University
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BS in Forestry, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Research Interest: The ways environmental policy decisions are made and communicated, with specific emphasis to the U.S. Forest Service and the uses of narrative.
Current Position:
Instructor at Spokane Falls Community College
Background:
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PhD in Rhetoric and Composition, University of Nevada, Reno
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Zach Bankston
Ellyn Morrill
Current Position:
Marketing and Communications at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
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Background:
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MA in Public Engagement, University of Nevada, Reno
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BA in English - Writing, University of Nevada, Reno
Research Interest: I am interested in the dissemination of information, specifically popularization from the technical to the popular (expert to layman). I am particularly interested in how this works in relation to social issues. Additionally, with a background in public relations, I am interested in larger theoretical issue of the place of PR in rhet/comp and public engagement.
Matt McKinney
Current Program:
Lecturer at Texas A&M University
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PhD in Rhetoric and Composition, University of Nevada, Reno
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MA in English and American Lit., University of Houston
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BA in Corporate Communications and Creative Writing, University of Houston
Research Interest: the role of empathy in the composition classroom, critical pedagogy, enthymematic argumentation, social and environmental justice, taboos.