Boston College
PhD, English (Rhetoric and Composition), 2009
- Dissertation: "Place Blogging: Local Economies of Attention in the Network"
- Major Exam: Composition and Rhetoric. Passed with Distinction, December 2002
- Minor Exams: Nature Writing and Ecocriticism, Slavery and the American Renaissance, Blogging and Place-Based Pedagogy
Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
B.A. English, 1996
Other
CIWIC: Computers in Writing-Intensive Classrooms, Michigan Technological University, June 1-14, 2005. New Media Workshop
Awards and Fellowships
Woodrow Wilson Practicum Grant recipient, 2000
University Fellow, Boston College, 1998-2003
Pew Younger Scholars Program participant, Summer 1995
Lowell-Grabell Essay Contest winner, 1996
