I received my B.A. from Princeton University and my M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington. I joined the English Department here at Case in Fall 2003. Within Rhetoric and Composition, my research foucses on medical rhetoric, especially contemporary linguistic and rhetorical constructions of (mental) health and illness.

Within the English Department's Writing History and Theory (WHiT) program, I teach a variety of courses, including the History of the English Language, Language and Gender, Rhetorics of Health and Illness, and the Rhetoric and Teaching of Writing.

Our Center for the Study of Writing (CSW) has launched new programs this academic year, including a Faculty Writing Fellows seminar and a Post-Doctoral Humanities Colloquium. In Spring 2005, I was asked to create the Writing@Case website for faculty and graduate student instructors teaching writing at Case; since its creation, the site has expanded to include a wiki that accepts pedagogical contributions from all of our writing faculty.