My scholarship is focused on histories of rhetorical theory and pedagogy, the conflict between rhetoric and philosophy, and the practice of rhetorical and ontological inquiry, its implementation in the development of curricula, and the role such inquiry plays in transforming understanding of the self and world. My scholarship, especially regarding rhetorical and ontological inquiry, directly impacts my approach to teaching writing, which approach is directed by my commitment to impact students constructing themselves as writers within the various arenas of their lives, from the personal to the professional and civic.