Education

Ph.D. English, Rhetoric and Writing. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg. May 2011.
   Graduate Certificate: Future Professoriate
Dissertation: Disciplinary Participation and Genre Acquisition of Graduate Teaching Assistants in Composition. Chair: Katrina Powell 

M.A. English, Rhetoric and Composition. North Carolina State University, Raleigh.      May 2005.
Thesis: Tabletop Role-Playing Games: Perspectives from Narrative, Genre, and Rhetorical Theory. Co-chairs: David Herman, David Reider.

B.S. English Education. University of South Dakota, Vermillion. May 1998.