Teaching
Courses Taught
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Assistant Professor
Department of English, Technical Communication and Rhetoric program, 2017-Present
Graduate
ENGL 5390: Writing for Publication (online, 1 section)
ENGL 5366: Teaching Technical and Professional Writing (online, 1 section)
ENGL 5389: Field Methods of Research (hybrid, 1 section)
ENGL 5381: Global Technical Communication (hybrid, 2 sections)
ENGL 5377: Special topics--Tactical Technical Communication (synchronous online, 1 section)
Special topics graduate course exploring Kimball's (2006, 2017) concept of "tactical technical communication," its implications for technical communicators and researchers of technical communication as a discipline and profession.
Undergraduate
ENGL 4367: Developing Instructional Materials (synchronous online, 1 section)
ENGL 2311: Introduction to Technical Writing (1 section)
ENGL 2312: Texts & Technologies that Connect the world (hybrid, 3 sections)
New course developed for TTU English’s Technical and Communication Rhetoric (TCR) program. Course invites students to develop cultural usability design skills. Challenges students to consider how culture impacts and is impacted by text and technology use. Course fulfills TTU multicultural requirement.
ENGL 3365: Professional Report Writing (6 sections, including 2 100% asynchronous online)
Guide students through the process of drafting, revising, and editing professional reports, from informal emails, to professional recommendation reports. Students are encouraged as writers to think “rhetorically” about the reporting they do, considering the goals and objectives of their reporting, the audience for their writing, audience expectations for writing, and so on. Throughout the course we consider the larger socio-cultural, political, and ethical concerns that confront us as we write reports in professional settings.
Assistant Professor
Department of English, Technical Communication and Rhetoric program, 2017-Present
Graduate
ENGL 5390: Writing for Publication (online, 1 section)
ENGL 5366: Teaching Technical and Professional Writing (online, 1 section)
ENGL 5389: Field Methods of Research (hybrid, 1 section)
ENGL 5381: Global Technical Communication (hybrid, 2 sections)
ENGL 5377: Special topics--Tactical Technical Communication (synchronous online, 1 section)
Special topics graduate course exploring Kimball's (2006, 2017) concept of "tactical technical communication," its implications for technical communicators and researchers of technical communication as a discipline and profession.
Undergraduate
ENGL 4367: Developing Instructional Materials (synchronous online, 1 section)
ENGL 2311: Introduction to Technical Writing (1 section)
ENGL 2312: Texts & Technologies that Connect the world (hybrid, 3 sections)
New course developed for TTU English’s Technical and Communication Rhetoric (TCR) program. Course invites students to develop cultural usability design skills. Challenges students to consider how culture impacts and is impacted by text and technology use. Course fulfills TTU multicultural requirement.
ENGL 3365: Professional Report Writing (6 sections, including 2 100% asynchronous online)
Guide students through the process of drafting, revising, and editing professional reports, from informal emails, to professional recommendation reports. Students are encouraged as writers to think “rhetorically” about the reporting they do, considering the goals and objectives of their reporting, the audience for their writing, audience expectations for writing, and so on. Throughout the course we consider the larger socio-cultural, political, and ethical concerns that confront us as we write reports in professional settings.