UMass Boston

writing studies, literacy studies, composition pedagogy, age studies

PhD in English (writing studies), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MA in English, University of Maine

• “Assessing Age Inclusivity in Higher Education: Introducing the Inventory and Campus Climate Surveys (ICCS).” The Gerontologist vol. 62, no. 1, 2022, pp. e48–e61. With Nina Silverstein, Susan K. Whitbourne, Taylor Jansen, and Joann Montepare.
• “Disciplinary Lifecycling: A Generative Framework for Career Trajectories in Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing Studies.” Composition Studies, vol. 49, no. 1, 2021, pp. 16-41. With Laurie A. Pinkert.
• “Identities Developed, Identities Denied: Examining the Disciplinary Activities and Disciplinary Positioning of Retirees in Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing Studies.” College Composition and Communication, vol. 72, no. 2, Dec. 2020. With Laurie A. Pinkert.
• “Literacy Tours and Material Matters: Principles for Studying the Literate Lives of Older Adults.” In Approaches to Lifespan Writing Research: Generating an Actionable Coherence, edited by Ryan J. Dippre and Talinn Phillips. WAC Clearinghouse / Colorado State University Press, 2020, pp. 111-125.
• "Age Identity and Literacy." Enculturation, vol. 31, 2020.
• "Teaching for Transfer and the Design of a Tutor Education Course." With Matt Davis. In Transfer of Learning in the Writing Center: A WLN Digital Edited Collection, edited by Dana Lynn Driscoll and Bonnie Devet, 2020.
• “Developing an Age-Friendly University Audit: A Pilot Study.” Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2019, pp. 1-18. With Nina Silverstein, Meghan Hedricksen, Andrea J. Fonte Weaver, and Susan Krauss Whitbourne.
• “Composing a Further Life.” Literacy in Composition Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2018.
• “The Limits of Hacking Composition Pedagogy.” Computers and Composition, vol. 74, 2017, pp. 1-14.
• “Community Engagement in a Graduate-Level Community Literacy Course.” Community Literacy Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, 2014, pp. 20 – 40. With Kirsti Arko, Joel Beatty, Cynthia Delaney, Isidore Dorpenyo, Laura Möller, Elsa Roberts, and John Velat.
• “The Literacy Narrative of Chadwick’s The First Grader.” Age, Culture, Humanities, vol. 1, no. 1, 2014, pp. 63 – 95.
• “The ‘New Discourse City’ of Older Writers: Aging and Disability as Assets to Collaborative Learning.” Service-Learning and Writing: Paving the Way for Literacy(ies) Through Community Engagement, edited by Isabel Baca, Brill, 2012, pp. 219 – 240. With Suzanne Kesler, Ruth E. Ray, Lauren Marshall Bowen, and Donora Hillard.
• “Beyond Repair: Literacy, Technology, and a Curriculum of Aging.” College English, vol. 74, no. 5, 2012, pp. 437 – 457.
• “Resisting Age Bias in Digital Literacy Research.” College Composition and Communication, vol. 62, no. 4, 2011, pp. 586 – 607.

Courses Taught:

ENGL 101: Composition I

ENGL 102: Composition II

ENGL 101/102H: Honors Composition

ENGL 448: Perspectives on Literacy

ENGL 459/667: Seminar for Tutors

ENGL 610: The Teaching of Composition

ENGL 668: Perspectives on Composition

ENGL 674: Writing and Community

ENGL 698: Intern Seminar