last updated 01.19.26
Education
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2017
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PhD in English (Rhetoric; Technical Communication)
Certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Fall 2015 Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL Dissertation: Memes and 4chan and Haters, Oh My! Rhetoric, Identity, and Online Aggression Committee: Jessica Reyman (chair); Michael Day; Kristen Myers |
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2011
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MA in English
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO |
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2008
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BA in English
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL |
Academic Appointments
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2022 - Present
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Illinois State University, Associate Professor of Digital Rhetorics and Technical Communication
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2017 - 2022
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Illinois State University, Assistant Professor of Digital Rhetorics and Technical Communication
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Administrative Roles
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August 2023 - Present
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Associate Chair
Department of English, Illinois State University |
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August 2022 - May 2023
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Interim Associate Chair
Department of English, Illinois State University |
Publications
ORCID ID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1790-3831Single Author Monographs
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2023
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Sparby, Derek M. Memetic rhetorics: Building a rhetorical toolkit for ethical meming. University of Michigan Press, Sweetland DRC Series
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Edited Collections
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In Progress
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Sparby, Derek M. The Memes That Make Us: Rhetorical Approaches to Meme Studies. Under advanced contract with Utah State University Press.
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2020
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Reyman, Jessica & Sparby, Derek M. (Eds.). Digital ethics: Rhetoric and responsibility in online aggression. Routledge.
Winner of the 2019 Computers and Composition Distinguished Book Award |
Special Issues
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2025
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Tekobbe, Cindy & Sparby, Derek M (Eds.). Symposium on Bisexual Digital Rhetorics, Rhetoric Review, 44(4), pp. 255-330.
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Peer Reviewed Articles
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2024
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Sparby, Derek M. A memetic pandemic: COVID-19 memes as tactical risk communication. Technical Communication Quarterly, 34(2), 153-168.
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2022
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Sparby, Derek M. Meming the party divide: Representation of gender in political memes. enculturation, 33.
Cox, Courtney & Sparby, Derek M. Investigating disembodied risk in university crisis communications during COVID-19. Communication Design Quarterly, 10(1), 4-13. |
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2021
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Bishop, Tiffany, Capan, Emily, Larsen, Brittany, Preston, Raven, & Sparby, Derek M. Tactical risk communication: Observations from teaching and learning about risk communication during COVID-19. Technical Communication Quarterly, 31(2), 175-189.
Sparby, Derek M. Reading mean comments to subvert gendered hate on YouTube: Toward a spectrum of digital aggression response. Enculturation, 34. |
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2017
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Sparby, Derek M. Digital social media and aggression: Memetic Rhetoric in 4chan’s Collective Identity. Computers and Composition, 45, pp. 85-97.
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Peer Reviewed Book Chapters
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In Progress
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Sparby, Derek M. Memetic Rhetoric in Technical Communication. Invited contribution in Elena Kalodner-Martin, Michael Trice, and Jordan Frith (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Social Media and Technical and Professional Communication. Routledge.
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Under Review
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Sparby, Derek M. Afterword: Privacy, surveillance, and digital aggression. Invited contribution in Charles Woods and Gavin Johnson (Eds.) Privacy Rhetorics. Under consideration with WAC Clearinghouse.
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2025
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Sparby, Derek M. Feminist ethics. In Ross, Derek (Ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Ethics in Technical and Professional Communication.
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2022
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Sparby, Derek M. Toward a feminist ethic of self-care and protection when researching digital aggression. In Crystal VanKooten & Victor del Hierro (Eds.) Methods and Methodologies for Research in Digital Writing and Rhetoric. WAC Clearinghouse.
Cox, Courtney & Sparby, Derek M. Toward an audience-centered approach: Rhetorical analysis of university crisis communication emails. In Samuel Stinson & Mary Le Rouge (Eds.) Embodied Environmental Risk in Technical Communication: Problems and Solutions Toward Social Sustainability. Routledge. |
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2020
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Reyman, Jessica & Sparby, Derek M. Introduction: Toward an ethic of responsibility in digital aggression. In Jessica Reyman & Derek M. Sparby (Eds.) Digital ethics: Rhetoric and responsibility in online aggression (pp. 1-15). New York: Routledge
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2016
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Lukowski, Alison & Sparby, Derek M. Breastfeeding, authority, and genre: Women’s ethos in Wikipedia and blogs. In Establishing and Evaluating Digital Ethos and Online Credibility, pp. 329-347.
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Editorially Reviewed Articles
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2025
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Tekobbe, Cindy & Sparby, Derek M. Bisexual digital rhetorics: Why bi and why now? Rhetoric Review, 44(4), pp. 255-253.
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Other Contributions
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2019
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Adams, Megan, Chen, Chen, Condis, Megan, Gelms, Bridget, Gonzales, Laura, Gruwell, Leigh, Manivannan, Vyshali, Osorio, Ruth, Richardson, Flourice, & Sparby, Derek. TechnoFeminism: (Re)generations and intersectional futures: Resources. Computers and Composition, 51.
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Media Appearances
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Forthcoming
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Ways of Knowing and Doing in Digital Rhetoric: Hope in Digital Rhetoric. Interviewed by Rory Lee, Matthew G. Davis, and Stephen J. McElroy at the 2023 Conference on College Composition and Communication. Publication date forthcoming.
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2 May 2023
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The Big Rhetorical Podcast. Interviewed by Charles Woods about Memetic Rhetorics.
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24 March 2022
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Ways of Knowing and Doing in Digital Rhetoric: Digital Rhetoric & Post Truth Politics. Interviewed by Rory Lee, Matthew G. Davis, and Stephen J. McElroy at the Digital Rhetoric/Digital Media in the Post-Truth Age Symposium. Published in Enculturation.
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Awards and Grants
National
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2022
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Nominated for 2021 CCCC Best in Technical and Scientific Communication Awards for “Tactical Risk Communication: Observations from Teaching and Learning about Risk Communication during COVID-19,” published in Technical Communication Quarterly (2021, with Tiffany Bishop, Emily Capan, Brittany Larsen, and Raven Preston)
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2020
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2019 Distinguished Book Award, Computers and Composition
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2018
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2017 Hugh Burns Best Dissertation Award, Computers and Composition
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2016
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Gloria Anzaldúa Rhetorician Award, Conference on College Composition and Communication
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Institutional
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2025
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Nominated by the DFSC (English Department) for the Outstanding University Researcher Award, ISU
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2024
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Ellen T. Blaney Humanities Prize, ISU
Outstanding University Teaching Award, ISU Faculty Research Award, ISU CAS Outstanding College Researcher Award, ISU |
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2021
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Alice and Fannie Fell Trust (with Ela Przybylo), ISU, to fund “Zine-making Toward Social Change: Activism, Rhetoric, and Minoritarian Cultures"
Sage Fund (with Ela Przybylo), ISU, to fund “Zine-Making Toward Social Change: Activism, Rhetoric, and Publishing Minoritarian Cultures” Nominated for ISU Research Initiative Award, ISU |
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2020
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Alice and Fannie Fell Trust (with Ela Przybylo), ISU, to fund “Podcasting Toward Social Change: Sound-Based Pedagogy and Scholarship”
Sage Fund (with Ela Przybylo), ISU, to fund “Podcasting Toward Social Change: Sound-Based Pedagogy and Scholarship” Teaching Innovation Grant (with Ela Przybylo), CTLT/ISU, to fund “Developing Anti-Racist Pedagogies at ISU” Nominated for the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching by a Pre-Tenured Faculty Member, ISU |
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2019
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Sigma Tau Delta Outstanding Faculty Member Award, ISU
Exceptional Teacher of the Year Award—Assistant Professor, ISU English department Pre-Tenure Faculty Initiative Grant, ISU 2017-2018 Outstanding Dissertation Award in Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, NIU Nominated for the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching by a Pre-Tenured Faculty Member, ISU |
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2018
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New Faculty Initiative Grant, ISU
Nominated for the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching by a Pre-Tenured Faculty Member, ISU |
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2017
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New Faculty Startup Support, ISU
Outstanding Women Student Award, NIU’s Presidential Commission on the Status of Women |
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2016
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Dr. Mary Sue Schriber Junior Scholar in Women’s Literature and Language Scholarship, NIU
Director's Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award for Excellence in Teaching First-Year Composition, NIU |
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2015
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Arnold B. Fox Graduate Research Writing Award (second place), NIU
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2014, 2015, 2016
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Graduate Student Travel Grant, NIU
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Presentations
National and International Conferences
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2025
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Przybyło, Ela & Sparby, Derek M. Ace Gaze: On Asexual Ways of Looking and Knowing. Paper presented at On Asexualities: Crossdisciplinary Perspectives. Berlin, Germany.
Przybyło, Ela & Sparby, Derek M. Ace Gaze. Paper presented at Digital Intimacies, Young People and Everyday Life Conference. Padova, Italy. Sparby, Derek M. You’re Worth the Time It Takes to Learn Something New”: Mercury Stardust’s Compassionate DIY as Rhetorical Care Practice. Paper accepted to Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference. Durham, NH. Gonzales, Laura; Haas, Angela M.; Korankye, Eric; Moore, Chamelia; Shivers-McNair, Ann; Smyser-Fauble, Barbi; & Sparby, Derek M. Proposing Alternative Rhetorics for Social Justice and Advocacy in/with TPC in Anti-DEI Socio-Political Environments. Plenary panel presented at the Association for the Teachers of Technical Writing Conference. Rolla, MO. Sparby, Derek M.; Levesque DeCamp, Abbie; Mainaly, Shiva; Lukowksi, Alison A.; and Quijano, Johanssen. Memes and Rhetorical Identity. Panel organized for contributors to Memes and Rhetorical Identity for Computers and Writing. Athens, GA. Tekobbe, Cindy; Sparby, Derek M.; Ryerson, Rachael; and Fitzgerald, Devon. Bisexual Digital Rhetorics. Panel organized for contributors to the Rhetoric Review Symposium issue on Bisexual Digital Rhetorics for Computers and Writing. Athens, GA. |
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2024
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Sparby, Derek M. Critical Queer Feminist Autoethnography: A Methodology for Studying Memes. Paper Presented at Computers and Writing. Fort Worth, TX.
Sparby, Derek M. Compassionate DIY – Mercury Stardust as a Model of Trans Technical Communication. Paper Presented at the Association for the Teachers of Technical Writing Conference. Online. |
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2023
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Przybyło, Ela & Sparby, Derek M. Identifying an Ace Gaze through Memetic Screens on TikTok. Paper presented at Computers and Writing. Online.
Sparby, Derek M. Toward University Policies to Protect Teachers and Researchers from Digital Aggression. Paper presented at Computers and Writing. Online. Policy and Protection: On the Urgency of Developing Digital Aggression Policies at Our Home Institutions. Paper presented at the Association for Teachers of Technical Writing Conference. Online. |
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2022
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Przybyło, Ela & Sparby, Derek M. Ace gaze: Asexuality on TikTok. Paper presented during the sponsored panel Reclaiming Asexualities from Within and Without at the National Women’s Studies Association 42nd Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN.
Sparby, Derek M. Tactical Meming. Workshop given at the Association for Teachers of Technical Writing Conference. Online. Butler, Janine; Craig, Todd; Del Hierro, Victor; Lauren, Ben; Sparby, Derek M.; & VanKooten, Crystal. Methods and Methodologies for Research in Digital Rhetoric: What We’ve Learned through Sharing How and Why We Do Digital Research – Part 2. Roundtable at Computers and Writing. Greenville, NC and online. |
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2021
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Sparby, Derek M. Memetic Critical Power Tools: Teaching an Ethic of Privacy and Identity for Memes in the Technical Communication Classroom. Paper presented at the Association for Teachers of Technical Writing Conference. Online. (Rescheduled from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
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2020
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Sparby, Derek M. Ethically Engaging with Digital Activism and Digital Media. Roundtable accepted to Computers and Writing, Greenville, NC. (Conference was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
Sparby, Derek M. YouTube, Haters, and Reading Mean Comments: Testing a Rhetorical-Ethical Approach to Studying Online Aggression. Paper accepted to Conference on College Composition and Communication, Milwaukee, WI. (Conference was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic) |
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2019
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Sparby, Derek M. Toward a Theory of Digital Aggression and Memetic Screens. Paper presented at Computers and Writing, June 2019, East Lansing, MI.
Sparby, Derek M. Toward an Ethic of Self-Care and Protection When Researching Digital Aggression. Paper presented as part of a co-organized panel on “New Ethical Frameworks for Researching Digital Aggression” at Computers and Writing, June 2019, East Lansing, MI. Sparby, Derek M. Political Memes and the Party Divide: A Case Study of Kim Davis and Hillary Clinton Memes. Paper presented at the Digital Rhetoric/Digital Media in the Post-Truth Age symposium, March 2019, Tuscaloosa, AL. |
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2018
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Sparby, Derek M. Toward a Theory of Memetic Screens. Paper accepted to the Rhetoric Society of America Conference, June 2018, Minneapolis, MN. (Accepted but was unable to attend because of family emergency)
Blackmon, Sam; Blair, Kris; DeLuca, Katherine; Sparby, Derek M.; Sullivan, Rachael; & Weaver, Stephanie. Behind the Scenes of Digital Aggression Research: Identity, Method, Action, and Self-Care. Roundtable at Computers and Writing, May 2018, Fairfax, VA. Sparby, Derek M. When Trolls Become Technical Communicators: A Case Study of iOS8 and Wave. Paper presented at the Association for the Teachers of Technical Writing Conference, March 2018, Kansas City, KS. Blackmon, Sam; Blair, Kris; DeLuca, Katherine; Sparby, Derek M.; Sullivan, Rachael; & Weaver, Stephanie. Ethics, identity/ies, and hidden labor in digital rhetorical studies. Organized roundtable accepted to the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Kansas City, MO. (Declined participation and cancelled the roundtable as part of the boycott of the decision to remain in Missouri after the NAACP issued a travel warning) |
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2017
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Sparby, Derek M. Meming/Counter-Meming: Remixing Negative Memes to Deconstruct Stereotypes. Paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 2017. Portland, OR.
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2016
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Sparby, Derek M. Fake Geek Girl, Remixed: Resisting Negative Stereotypes through Counter-Memes. Paper presented at Cultural Rhetorics, October 2016. East Lansing, MI.
Sparby, Derek M. Anonymity, Design, and Identification: The Rhetorical Construction of Identity on Digital Social Media. Paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, April 2016. Houston, TX. |
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2015
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Day, Michael; Lukowski, Alison; Marquis, Dustin; & Sparby, Derek M. Digitizing Analog Networks to Share and Reflect on Student Writing. Paper presented at Computers and Writing, May 2015. Menomonie, WI.
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2014
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Lukowksi, Alison & Sparby, Derek M. Where Do Women Work? Wikipedia, Blogs, and the Space of Authority. Paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication Feminisms Workshop, April 2014. Indianapolis, IN.
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Invited Speaker
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2025
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Sparby, Derek M. On Being Out and Supporting Queer Students in Today’s Political Climate. Invited talk for the Northern Illinois University Department of English, co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality and Academic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Sparby, Derek M. Establishing Your Classroom as an Inclusive Space on Day 1. Invited workshop for the Northern Illinois University Department of English, co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality and Academic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. |
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2020
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Digital aggression: Research, experience, and policy. Invited participant for Leveled: Gendered online aggression and the move toward equality in the digital workplace, hosted by the University of Michigan IRWG program.
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2019
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Ethical meming—How can we meme inclusively? Invited keynote presentation at 2019 LangRhet Conference (University of Michigan). Ann Arbor, MI.
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Workshops and Working Groups
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2019
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Digital Aggression Working Group, Computers and Writing, June 2019. East Lansing, MI.
Indigenous Working Group, Rhetoric Society of America Project in Power, Place, and Publics, May 2019. Reno, NV. |
Local Speaking Invitations
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2023
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Panelist about veganism as part of the Green Screen Film Series at the Normal Theater.
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2019
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Digital rhetorics and an ethic of responsibility in online aggression. ISU English Department’s faculty speaker series.
Online Aggression and What We Can Do About It (with Jessica Reyman), NIU STEM Cafe. |
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2018
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Presentation on methods and methodology used in my dissertation, for Bob Broad’s ENG 497 Research Methods in Composition Studies course at ISU.
Panelist at a roundtable about the first-year faculty experience, for ISU’s Graduate School. |
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2017
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Meme/Counter-Meme: Remixing Negative Memes to Deconstruct Stereotypes, for the ISU Sigma Tau Delta initiation ceremony.
Panelist at the “Navigating the Writing Process” workshop, for ISU’s Graduate School. Panelist at the “Preparing for the Job Market” workshop, for NIU’s English department. Panelist at the “How do I get published?” workshop, for NIU’s Graduate School and Office of Research Compliance. Methods and Methodology in Rhetoric, for Courtney Gallaher's WOMS 630 Feminist Research course at NIU. |
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2016
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Methods and Methodology in Rhetoric, for Courtney Gallaher's WOMS 630 Feminist Research course at NIU.
Design, Ethos, and Identification: Memetic Identity Performance on Digital Social Media, for Jessica Reyman's ENGL 703 Seminar in Digital Rhetoric at NIU. |
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2015
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Eportfolio Integration, for First Friday Professional Development with NIU's First-Year Composition Program.
FYComp Writing in the Domains (with Kelsey Williams), for NIU's First-Year Composition Retention Summit. |
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2014
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"Integrating ePortfolios in the FYC Classroom." For First Friday Professional Development with NIU's First-Year Composition Program.
"Using Blogs in the Classroom." For First Friday Professional Development with NIU's First-Year Composition Program. |
Professional Activities
Organizational Membership
Digital Aggression Working Group (DigitAggro) (Co-Founder)
Association for Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW)
Society of Technical Communication (STC)
Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
National Council of Teachers of English (NTCE)
Rhetoric Society of America (RSA)
National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
Association for Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW)
Society of Technical Communication (STC)
Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
National Council of Teachers of English (NTCE)
Rhetoric Society of America (RSA)
National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
Organized Workshops and Events
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February 2022
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With Ela Przybyło. Zine-making Toward Social Change: Activism, Rhetoric, and Publishing Minoritarian Cultures. Event featuring Adela C. Licona, Aleksandra Kamińska and Agata Barbara Wnuk (Girls* to the Front) and Yingchen Kwok and Ying Tong (an aromantic manifesto).
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February and March 2021
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With Ela Przybyło. Podcasting Toward Social Change: Sound-Based Pedagogy and Scholarship During COVID-19. Speaker series featuring Joi Adams, Ada Jaarsma, and Hannah McGregor.
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December 2020
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With Ela Przybyło and Raven Preston. (December 2020). Antiracist Pedagogies Workshop. This workshop featured student specialists (Nina Hanee Jang, Chamelia Moore, and Eric Korankye) who gave antiracist pedagogical feedback to teachers in the English Department.
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Illinois State University
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2020 - Present
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Member, Queer Coalition
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2020 - 2022
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Co-Faculty Advisor, Rhetoric Society of America, ISU Chapter
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2019-2020
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Faculty Advisor, Rhetoric Society of America, ISU Chapter
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2018 - 2022
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Faculty Advisor, Nintendo Appreciation Club, ISU
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2018 - 2019
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Co-Faculty Advisor, Rhetoric Society of America, ISU Chapter
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2017 - Present
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Faculty member, Rhetoric Society of America, ISU Chapter
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Northern Illinois University
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Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
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Member, Digital Humanities Initiative
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Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
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Founding Member, Rhetoric Research Forum
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2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
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Panel Moderator, Midwest Conference on Language, Literature, and Media, NIU
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2012
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First-Year Composition pedagogical training
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2011
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Editorial Staff for Style, Volume 46, Issues 3 and 4 (Fall/Winter 2012)
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University of Colorado
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2010
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Certificate in College Teaching
Certification through the Graduate Teacher Program (now Center for Teaching and Learning) of 20+ hours of pedagogy workshops, one semester of weekly pedagogy seminars, two video-taped consultations, and two recommendation letters of teaching excellence from home department |
Teaching Experience
See Courses Taught
Graduate Mentorship
PhD Dissertations Directed
Shafiq Islam, TBD (Proposal in progress)
Alyssa Herman, “Collaboration Between Faculty Subject Matter Experts & Instructional Designers in Higher Ed: Working Toward a Co-Design Model” (ABD, Technical Communication)
Tiffany Bishop, “Digital Research Methodologies for Social Justice and Ethics Considerations Since COVID-19’s Onset: An Overview and Heuristic” (ABD, Technical Communication)
Charles Woods, “Interrogating Privacy Rhetorics on Genealogy Websites” (Digital Rhetorics, defended Summer 2021)
Alyssa Herman, “Collaboration Between Faculty Subject Matter Experts & Instructional Designers in Higher Ed: Working Toward a Co-Design Model” (ABD, Technical Communication)
- Proposal defended, left program for nonacademic career in instructional design
Tiffany Bishop, “Digital Research Methodologies for Social Justice and Ethics Considerations Since COVID-19’s Onset: An Overview and Heuristic” (ABD, Technical Communication)
- Proposal defended, left program, for nonacademic career in technical communication
Charles Woods, “Interrogating Privacy Rhetorics on Genealogy Websites” (Digital Rhetorics, defended Summer 2021)
MA/MS Theses and Portfolios Directed
AJ Abad, “Transgender Representation in Japanese Videogames & Perceptions in Surrounding Fandoms” (MA Thesis, in progress)
Xan Daggett, “Digital Safe Spaces: Nonbinary Community Building on TikTok” (MS Thesis, defended Spring 2024)
Dorothy Stone, "Anti-Racist Pedagogy with Asian American Rhetorics" (MA Thesis, defended Fall 2022)
Sydney Klem, "Toward a Theory of Procedural Rhetorical Systems - How Players Take up and Subvert the Rhetoric of Video Games” (MA Thesis, defended Fall 2019)
Timothy Wyland, “A User Centered Participatory Framework for Marketing" (MS Portfolio, defended Fall 2019)
Brittany Larsen, “Gatekeeping Remix: Fandom Spaces and Identity Politics” (MA Thesis, defended Summer 2019)
Xan Daggett, “Digital Safe Spaces: Nonbinary Community Building on TikTok” (MS Thesis, defended Spring 2024)
- Nominated for the ISU Fisher Thesis Award, won at the College level
Dorothy Stone, "Anti-Racist Pedagogy with Asian American Rhetorics" (MA Thesis, defended Fall 2022)
- Mentoring for this project was started by Dr. Angela Haas
Sydney Klem, "Toward a Theory of Procedural Rhetorical Systems - How Players Take up and Subvert the Rhetoric of Video Games” (MA Thesis, defended Fall 2019)
Timothy Wyland, “A User Centered Participatory Framework for Marketing" (MS Portfolio, defended Fall 2019)
Brittany Larsen, “Gatekeeping Remix: Fandom Spaces and Identity Politics” (MA Thesis, defended Summer 2019)
Service
United Faculty of Illinois State University (UFISU), Labor Union
- At-Large Representative on the Executive Board for the College of Arts and Sciences (Elected) (2025- Present)
- Communications Team Lead (Appointed) (2025 - Present)
- Member: Bargaining Team, Big Bargaining Group, Contract Action Team, and Strike Action Squad (2024 - 2025)
- Social Media Coordinator (2024 - 2025)
Community Service
- Website manager and content developer, Duque Institute of Martial Arts (Ottawa, IL) (Feb 2018 - Feb 2022)
Professional Service
- Book Review Editor for Communication Design Quarterly (Fall 2021 - Fall 2023)
Book Proposal and Manuscript Peer Reviews
- The University of Pittsburgh Press, 2025
- MIT Press, 2020 and 2025
- SUNY Press, 2023
- Bedford St. Martin's, 2013
Journal Article Peer Reviews
- Rhetoric Review, Oct 2018 – Present
- Computers and Composition Proceedings, July 2023, July 2025
- Enculturation, June 2023, Dec 2024, February 2025
- New Media & Society, May 2022, July 2024
- Technical Communication Quarterly, Feb 2022, June 2024
- Computers and Composition, Aug 2018, June 2020, July 2020, Nov 2021
Conference Proposal Reviews
- Feminisms and Rhetorics (biannual conference), 2023, 2025
- ATTW, 2018, 2019, 2020/1, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
- Computers and Writing, 2019, 2020, 2024, 2025
Grant Proposal and Award Reviews
- Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, 2025
- Hugh Burns Best Dissertation Award, Spring 2019
Institutional Service
- University Continuity Program, Department of English Continuity Planner, ISU (Fall 2025 - Present)
- Search committee member for Dean of College of Engineering, ISU (Spring 2022 - Fall 2022)
- Worked with Diane Zosky (CAS Dean) and Cassie Herbert (Assistant Professor, Philosophy) to develop a statement that would support ISU teaching faculty who receive threats of online aggression and harassment, ISU (Fall 2020 - Spring 2022)
- Member, Presidential Commission on the Status of Women, NIU (2015 - 2017)
- Media Intern, Spring 2015
- Participant in Illinois Regional Eportfolio Partnership (IREP), NIU (Spring 2015)
- IREP was an initiative to connect surrounding community colleges with NIU through a shared eportfolio system to allow students to easily transfer among colleges and to NIU
Department Service (Excluding Administrative)
- Department Council, ISU (Elected) (August 2021 - May 2022)
- Department Faculty Status Committee, ISU (Elected) (August 2020 - May 2021)
- Graduate Studies Committee, ISU (August 2019 - May 2020)
- Department Council, ISU (Elected) (August 2018 - May 2019)
- Professional Growth Committee, ISU (August 2017 - May 2018)
- Curriculum and course development for ENG 351, ISU (Fall 2017 - Spring 2018)
- First-Year Composition Committee, NIU (2013 - 2017)
- Assessment Subcommittee, 2013 – 2017
- Textbook Subcommittee, 2013 – 2017
- Eportfolio Assessment Leader, 2013 - 2017
- Handbook Subcommittee, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017
- Working Conditions Subcommittee Chair, 2014 – 2017
- Eportfolio Coordinator, 2014 – 2016
- Showcase of Student Writing Subcommittee, 2013 – 2014, 2015 – 2017
- Graduate Student Advisor for Sigma Tau Delta, Xi Delta, NIU (2012 - 2013)
- MA student-faculty liaison, University of Colorado (2009 - 2010)
Student Organization Advising
- Faculty Advisor, Nintendo Club, ISU (2018 – 2022)
- Co-Faculty Advisor, Rhetoric Society of America, ISU Chapter (2020 – 2022)
- Faculty Advisor, Rhetoric Society of America, ISU Chapter (2019 – 2020)
- Co-Faculty Advisor, Rhetoric Society of America, ISU Chapter (2018 – 2019)
- Graduate Student Advisor for Sigma Tau Delta, Xi Delta, NIU (2012 – 2013)
- Graduate Student Advisor for Sigma Tau Delta, Alpha Iota Sigma, CU Boulder (Reactivated the chapter) (2008 – 201