Education
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Ph.D., Education (Language and Literacy), University of California, Santa Barbara (2015)
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M.F.A., English (Fiction), University of California, Irvine (2004)
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M.A., English, Iowa State University (2002)
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B.A., English, Wittenberg University (1998)
Recent Publications
- In press: “An Oasis of Civic Engagement? Questioning the Transferability of Critical Dispositions Developed Within the American University in Cairo.” In Civic Engagement in Global Contexts: International Education, Community Partnerships, and Higher Education (Eds. James Bowman, Jennifer deWinter), Utah State UP.
- 2017 "Little Mister Utah." Short story. Chariton Review 39(2)
- 2017 "Expanding Transnational Frames into Composition Studies: Revising the Rhetoric and Writing Minor at the American University in Cairo." Academic book chapter. In Emerging Writing Research From the Middle East-North Africa Region. Eds. Lisa Arnold, Anne Nebel, Lynne Ronesi. WAC Clearinghouse/University Press of Colorado.
Research Interests
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Literacy studies
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Transnational composition studies
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Writing development
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Middle East-North Africa (MENA)
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Fiction writing