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PhD, Writing Studies – New Media and Digital Activism, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater  

MA, American Literature, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah OK

BA, English, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah OK

 

Areas of Interest & Expertise

• New Media

• Digital Activism

• Hate Speech

• Moral Panics

• Cults

• Counterpublics/movements

Recent Courses Taught

• English 1313: Honors Composition: Propaganda, Cults, Moral Panic

• English 3302: Advanced Composition: Activism, Writing, and Pedagogy

• English 3323: Tech Writing: Document Design and Collaborative Writing

• English 1113: Composition One: Genres of Writing

• English 1213: Composition Two: Archives and Arguments

Selected Publications

• "Cyber Creeps: The Alt-right and the evolution of social media hatemakers" in: Platforms, Protests, and the Challenge of Networked Democracy, Palgrave MacMillan, 2020

Selected Conference Presentations

• Round Table: The Changing Legitimacy of Fact and Truth in a Trumpian Digital Age. Rhetoric Society of America, 2020.

• “Ask me about my free-speech agenda: how comicsgate memes inoculate their audience.” Conference on College, Composition, and Communication, 2020.

• ““#metoo: Resistance as a mode of Attunement.” Computers & Writing,2018.

• “Tolerate THIS!: Concept Creep and Rhetorical Tricks of the Alt-right.” Rhetoric Society of America, 2018.

• “Hacking the Multitude with Style: Anonymous, Affinity, and the Guy Fawkes Mask.” Rhetoric Society of America, 2016.

Professional Memberships or Professional Service

• • President: OSU Chapter of Rhetoric Society of America

  • Planning Committee: Skype with an Author! Featuring Trish Roberts-Miller

  • Planning Committee: The Rhet Room