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Ph.D. in English (emphasis in Rhetoric), In Progress

University of Texas at Austin, TX

M.A. in English (emphasis in Rhetoric), 2011

University of Texas at Austin, TX

B.A. in English with Honors, 2009

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

• Women's and Gender Studies Certificate
• LGBT Studies Certificate
• Barrett Honors College, Undergraduate Thesis: "Queer/Community: A Theorization of the Rhetorical Strategies Important to Creating Queer Community"

Coursework

Rhetorical Invention in the Age of Multimedia, Spring 2012, Justin Hodgson.

Rhetoric and the Animal, Fall 2011, Diane Davis.

Rhetorics and Psychoanalysis, Fall 2011, Joshua Gunn.

The Subject, Spring 2011, Joshua Gunn.

Queer of Color Theory, Spring 2011, Eric Pritchard.

Intercultural Rhetoric, Fall 2010, Rasha Diab.

Rhetoric and Ideology, Fall 2010, Dana Cloud.

Performative Rhetorics, Fall 2010, Diane Davis.

Rhetoric and Poetics, Ancient and Modern, Spring 2010, Jeff Walker.

Composition Theory, Spring 2010, Davida Charney.

History of English Studies, Spring 2010, Linda Ferreira-Buckley.

New Directions in Queer Studies, Fall 2009, Ann Cvetkovich.

Public Sphere Theory, Fall 2009, Patricia Roberts-Miller.

Digital Media Theory, Fall 2009, Lester Faigley.

Research Interests

ancient rhetorics, older sophists, post-modern rhetorics, difference and identity, community, public sphere theory, political theory, democratic theory, agonism, agonistic pluralism, queer theory, affect, rhetorics of american feminisms, rhetorics of conspiracy theory and fundamentalism

Women's and Gender Studies Certificate

LGBT Studies Certificate

Graduate-Level Coursework

Rhetorics of American Feminisms, Fall 2007, Sharon Crowley.

Ancient Rhetorics, Spring 2008, Sharon Crowley.

Rhetorics of Conspiracy Theory, Spring 2008, Sharon Crowley.

In four years at ASU, I completed my B.A. in English with a concentration in Rhetoric. I excelled in four graduate seminars during my third year at ASU, including three courses in Rhetoric and one College of Law class, in all of which I scored A or better. I maintained the merit-based Provost Scholarship and graduated Magna Cum Laude. I completed an undergraduate thesis in the Barrett Honors College and earned certificates in Women and Gender Studies and LGBT Studies.

The LGBTQ Coalition at Arizona State University is a central planning committee for all LGBTQ-related student organizations. I assisted with planning and putting on an event for Transgender Day of Remembrance in November of 2007, and in the spring I helped with Coalition strategy and co-authored a proposal for the establishment of an LGBTQ center on campus.

In the fall of 2008, I became the Coalition's Co-Director. I led the Coalition in revising the organization's constitution to create ten elected officer positions. I directed the planning of or participation in events and special projects including: classroom panel discussions, Fall Welcome, Midnight Games, AIDS Walk, National Coming Out Day, Gayzertag, an open dialogue about Prop 102 (AZ's marriage amendment), screenings of the film Milk, Prop 8 protests, Transgender Day of Remembrance, and World AIDS Day.

In the spring of 2009, our events included Spring Welcome, Holocaust Symposium showing the film Paragraph 175, Body Pride Week, Clinton Global Initiative University, Trans Action Day, Local to Global Justice Teach-In, a 3-month Trans Film Series, a lecture by Jeanne White on the legacy of her son Ryan, Queer Prom, National Day of Silence/Night of Noise, Phoenix Pride, and a Queer Graduation dinner. I took a central role in the completion, submission, and advocacy of the proposal to establish an LGBTQ center at ASU, a goal that resulted in the university employing me as LGBTQ Community Programming Assistant and the eventual hiring of a new full-time staff position, LGBTQ Specialist.

My honors degree represents the pursuit of academic rigor and investment above and beyond the average undergraduate requirement. My completed undergraduate thesis is entitled "Queer/Community: A Theorization of the Rhetorical Strategies Important to Creating Queer Community".

I was responsible for leading veteran debaters and teaching new members of the team. As early as my first year in high school, I created, graded, and taught a unit on policy debate in the Beginning Speech class. In the summer of 2004, I organized and directed a one-week institute for incoming debaters. I was the lead lecturer and acting coach.