Teaching Philosophy and Materials
The Pluralist Imagination from East to West in American Literature. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. In Press. Forthcoming Fall 2014.
"From Professional Presence to Political Power: The Activist Writings of Gertrude Bonnin, Charles Alexander Eastman, and Carlos Montezuma." Click here for abstract as PDF.
Recent Publications
"A Prescription for Freedom: Carlos Montezuma, Wassaja, and the Society of American Indians." Studies in American Indian Literatures. 25.2 (Summer 2013): 139-158
Review of Native Historians Write Back by Susan A. Miller and James Riding In. Studies in American Indian Literatures. 25.4 (Winter 2013).
"Writers Among Engineers and Scientists: New Mexico Tech's Bachelor of Science in Technical Communication." With Julie Ford Rosario Durao. Undergraduate Writing Majors: Nineteen Program Profiles. Eds. Greg Giberson, Jim Nugent, and Lori Ostergaard. Utah State University Press. In Press. Forthcoming, Spring 2014.
Recent Presentations
"An Ejournal as TC-program Client Project: Assessing Value to Former Students in their Current Workplace Settings." Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW) Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. March 2013.
"Editors' Roundtable" member at Research Network Forum (RNF) at Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCCs) Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. March 2013.
Panelist and chair. "The Bonnins in Washington D.C.: Claims to Political Place through the National Council of American Indians." Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) Annual Meeting. Saskatoon, SK, Canada. June 2013. International Conference.
Panel chair: "Education and Development." Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) Annual Meeting. Saskatoon, SK, Canada. June 2013. International Conference.
Panelist and chair. "D. H. Lawrence and Networks: Digital, Textual, Personal in the Past and Present." South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. November 2013.
Competitive Research Awards
Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University, 2014
Charles Redd Visiting Scholar Fellowship Award (period in residence: February-March 2014)
Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University, 2009
Charles Redd Visiting Scholar Fellowship Award (period in residence: February-May 2009)
The Newberry Library/South Central Modern Language Association Fellowship, 2006