Research

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

Research in Rhetoric and Composition 

• Community-Engaged Writing in First-Year Composition
• Service Learning in First-Year Composition
• The Effectiveness of Silence as a Rhetorical Device
• Benefits of The Writing Workshop
• Extracurricular Writing in the Writing Center

Research in Poetry 

• Harlem Renaissance Poetry
• Black Arts Movement Poetry
• African American Women Poets
• The Importance of Place in Poetry

Research in Fiction 

• Representation of Native American Boarding Schools in American Fiction
• Linear Time, Flashback, and Storytelling as Technique in American Fiction 

Service Learning

• Addressing Housing Insecurity in our Community