Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

Associate Professor, Department of Rhetoric and Language, University of San Francisco

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Academic Appointments

University of San Francisco

  • Co-Director, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), Fall 2025–Present
  • Writing Area Director, Rhetoric and Language Department, Fall 2022–Spring 2026
  • AI Faculty Advisory Board Lead
  • Associate Professor, Fall 2015–Present
  • Gerardo Marin Dissertation Fellow, Fall 2014–Spring 2015
  • California State University, Fresno — Instructor, Summer Bridge (2014); TA Writing Instructor (2007–2009); English Prep Instructor, Fast Forward to Academic Success, Title V (2007)
  • Syracuse University — Editor, Graduate Editing Center (2013–2014); Consultant, Writing Center (2011–2013); TA Writing Instructor (2009–2013)
  • Fresno City College — Adjunct Faculty (2009)

Education

  • Ph.D., Composition and Cultural Rhetoric, Syracuse University, 2016. Dissertation: La Pasionaria—Ethos Formation, Dolores Huerta, and the United Farm Workers. Committee: Lois Agnew (Chair), Rebecca Moore Howard, Tony Scott, Gwen Pough.
  • M.A., English (Composition Theory), California State University, Fresno, 2009. Thesis: The Emancipation of Composition: (Re)Structuring the University to Promote Student Success. Advisor: Rick Hansen.
  • B.A., English Literature and Language, University of Southern California, 1996.

Awards & Recognition

  • College of Arts and Sciences Full-Time Faculty Award, University of San Francisco, 2025
  • Rhetorician of the Year, Young Rhetorician Conference, 2024

Fellowships & Research Grants

  • Interdisciplinary Action Group Grant (CRASE), USF, Spring 2026 — “Students in AI Research-to-Policy Pipeline: A Pilot Fellowship Program.”
  • Interdisciplinary Action Group Grant (CRASE), USF, Spring 2025 — “Implications of Generative Artificial Intelligence.”
  • Jesuit Foundation Grant, USF, Spring 2025 — “Humanizing Teaching: How to Teach Writing and How to Teach with Writing in the Age of AI.”
  • Ignatian Teaching and Research Fellow, 2019–2020
  • Ethnic Minority Dissertation Fellow, USF, 2014–2015
  • Citation Project, Contributing Researcher, 2009

Research & Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  • “Implications of AI in Higher Education and Faculty Development.” Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship, vol. 10, 2026.
  • “Embracing the Perpetual ‘But’ in Raciolinguistic Justice Work: When Idealism Meets Practice.” Composition Forum, 44 (2020).
  • “Speaking from and About Brown Bodies: Sharing Identities, Changing Identities.” Composition Studies, 45.2 (2017).
  • “Practicing Liberatory Pedagogy.” Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, April 2012.

Book Reviews & Editorial Work

  • Review of Rethinking Ethos: A Feminist Ecological Approach to Rhetoric, eds. Kathleen J. Ryan, Nancy Meyers, and Rebecca Jones. Peitho 20.2 (2018): 420–27.
  • Editorial Assistant, Listening to Our Elders: Working and Writing for Change. Utah State University Press, 2011.

Selected Conference Presentations

  • “Pushing Back on Language Oppression in the Age of AI.” Conference on Race, Racialization, and Resistance, April 2025.
  • “AI as B-side: Four Creative Takes on AI and First-Year Writing.” CCCC, April 2025.
  • “Bucking the Normative Model: Grading Contracts and Universal Design for Learning.” CCCC Digital, April 2021.
  • “If Not Me, Who? If Not Now, When?” CCCC, March 2019.
  • “Writing Assessment and Race: The Politics of Classroom Management and Grading Practices.” CCCC, March 2017.
  • “Constructing Ethos: Dolores Huerta and Ethos Formation.” CCCC, March 2014.

Teaching Experience

University of San Francisco (2015–present), with prior appointments at CSU Fresno, Syracuse University, and Fresno City College.

  • Writing in Psychology (RHET 203)
  • Public Speaking (RHET 103), including online/asynchronous sections
  • Written Communication I (Intensive) & II (RHET 110N, 120)
  • First Year Seminars: Identity Rhetorics; Language and Power; Youth and the City (FYS/RHET 195, FYS/CDS 195)
  • Honors College: Style and Self-Expression (HONC 390)
  • Critical Diversity Studies Capstone (CDS 400)
  • Applied Professional Communication (MBA 649 / MSOD 699), graduate
  • Academic Writing, Transfer Student pilot course (RHET 250)

Service & Leadership

University Service

  • Co-Director, The Tracy Seeley Center for Teaching Excellence (current)
  • Core Redesign Implementation Taskforce (current)
  • AI Faculty and Staff Advisory Committee Lead (current)
  • Chair, Mellon Scholar Transfer Student Support Faculty Advisory Board (2025–present)
  • Center for Teaching Excellence Peer Coach (2019–present)
  • Mellon Scholar Coordinator (2016–2025)

Department Service

  • Composition Area Director (2022–2026)
  • Antiracist Pedagogy Curriculum Subcommittee (2020–present)
  • Curriculum Committee (2016–present); Assessment Committee (2015–present)

Research Interests

Rhetoric and Composition · Antiracist Pedagogy · Raciolinguistics and Language Justice · Universal Design for Learning · AI and Writing Pedagogy