Academic Service and PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

Disciplinary Service

Editorial Board, Women’s Studies in Communication

Ad-Hoc Reviewer:
Feminist Pedagogy (2024)
Critical Studies in Media Communication
(2023 x2)
Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies (2023 x2)
Journal of Intercultural Communication Research (2020)
Women’s Studies in Communication (2020)
Journal of Communication Inquiry (2019)

Feminist Teacher Mentor Award Selection Committee Member, Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender (2024)

Conference Reviewer, Southern States Communication Association
Rhetoric and Public Address Division (2024)
Gender Studies Division (2024)

Book Award Committee Member, Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender (2021) 

Conference Reviewer, National Communication Association
Feminist and Gender Studies Division (2014-2015, 2018-2019, 2021-23)
Rhetoric and Communication Theory Division (2020-23)
Short Courses (2021)
Critical/Cultural Studies Division (2019)

Conference Reviewer, Rhetorical Theory and Criticism Division, Central States Communication Association (2020-21)

Judge/Reviewer, Indiana Forensics Association Scholarly Essay Competition (2020)

Graduate Student Representative, Feminist and Women's Studies Division, National Communication Association (2014, 2019)

Co-Organizer, Midwest Winter Workshop, Regional Graduate Student Workshop Hosted at the University of Iowa (2017)

 Conference Reviewer, Graduate Student Caucus, Central States Communication Association (2013)


University Service and Leadership

Search Committee Member, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Cincinnati (2024)

Search Committee Chair, School of Communication, Film, and Media Studies, University of Cincinnati (2023)

Steering Committee, School of Communication, Film, and Media Studies, University of Cincinnati (2022-Present)

Curriculum Committee, School of Communication, Film, and Media Studies, University of Cincinnati (2022-Present)

Governance Committee, Department of Interdisciplinary and Communication Studies, Miami University – Hamilton (2021-2022)

Scholarship Committee, Department of Interdisciplinary and Communication Studies, Miami University – Hamilton (2021-2022)

Graduate Student Representative, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Iowa (2017-2019)

 Graduate Student Representative, Social Justice and Diversity Committee: Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa (2017-2018)

 President, Bruce Gronbeck Rhetoric Society: Rhetoric Society of America Student Chapter, University of Iowa (2017-2019; Member 2014-2020)

Ball State Speech Team Alumni Board Member, Ball State University (2017-2019)

 Rhetoric and Public Advocacy Representative, Graduate Student Advisory Committee: Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa (2015-2016)

 Chair, Graduate Assistant Service Learning Committee, Department of Communication Studies, Ball State University (2013-2014)

 Graduate Student Assistant, US State Department Study of the US Institute, Summer Program in Journalism for Indonesian and Malaysian Undergraduate Students, Ball State University (2013)


Mentoring and Advising

Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Miami University - Hamilton (In training - 2021)

First Year Student Mentor, Graduate Student Advisory Committee, University of Iowa (2016-2018)

Peer Mentor for First Year Graduate Students, Communication Studies Graduate Program and Teaching Assistantship, Ball State University (2013)

Freshman Academic Advisor, Ball State University (Summer 2014)


Continued Education: Workshops and Seminars

Summer Book Club: The Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching, CET+L, University of Cincinnati (2024)

Critical Pedagogy Reading Group, Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning (CET+L), University of Cincinnati (2023)

Online Video Lectures Institute, CET+L, University of Cincinnati (2023)

Summer Book Club: Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Social Marginalization, CET+L, University of Cincinnati (2023)

Adult Learning Institute, University of Cincinnati Online (2022)

Inclusive Pedagogy: Howe Writing Center Semester Workshop Series, Miami University, (Fall 2021)

“Engaging Critical Horizons of 21st-Century Feminisms and Rhetorical Studies” with Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz, Krista Ratcliffe, and Stacey Sowards, Participant, Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute Workshop, Syracuse University, Virtual (2021)

Xavier University Center for Teaching Excellence, Spring Semester Book Discussion Group on Sara Ahmed’s On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life (2020)

“What is Survival?” National Communication Association Preconference, Baltimore, MD (2019)

“Revising the Playbook: Decolonizing the Core Communication Curriculum,” National Communication Association Preconference, Salt Lake City, UT (2018)

National Communication Association Doctoral Honors Seminar on “Communicating Intersections,” Participant, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (2018)

Summer Doctoral Seminar on “Feminist Complications: Rethinking Dominant Rhetorical Narratives” with Bonnie J. Dow, Participant, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (2018)

Midwestern Winter Workshop, Regional Rhetoric Graduate Student Workshop, Participant, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (2018)

“The Rest of the World: Recognizing Non-Western Rhetorical Traditions” with Arabella Lyon and Lu Ming Mao, Participant, Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute Workshop, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (2017)

Midwest Winter Workshop, Regional Rhetoric Graduate Student Workshop, Participant and Co-Organizer, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (2017)

 “Subalternity” and “Transnational Literacy”: The Significance of Gayatrti Spivak’s Scholarship for Rhetoric and Communication Studies with Raka Shome, Participant, Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute Workshop, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (2015)

 “Elemental: Sexual Assault Protection Program,” Research program to develop inclusive programming for the prevention of campus sexual assault, Virginia Ball Center for Creative Inquiry, Ball State University (2011)


Professional Memberships

Rhetoric Society of America

National Communication Association

Association for Middle East Women’s Studies

Central States Communication Association

Organization for the Study of Communication, Language & Gender


Related Experience

Arabic (Modern Standard) Coursework (Beginning/Intermediate Level)

Online Grader, OnRamps Dual Credit, University of Texas at Austin (2017-2018)

Exam Scorer, Pearson Testing Services (2016-2017)

Exam Scorer, University Writing Proficiency Exam, Ball State University (2012-2013)