September 2016 - Present | Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ English and Technical Communication | |
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Present | Co-Director of Tech Com Programs, Missouri University of Science and Technology | |
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Present | Faculty Researcher, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Center for Science, Technology, and Society (CSTS) | |
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September 2021 - May 2022 | Vice Provost of Academic Support, Missouri University of Science and Technology | |
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February 2020 - September 2021 | Interim Vice Provost of Academic Support, Missouri University of Science and Technology | |
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August 2010 - August 2016 | Associate Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ English and Technical Communication | |
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August 2004 - July 2010 | Assistant Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ English and Technical Communication | |
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2000 - 2004 | Faculty Member, Texas Tech University | |
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1995 - 1997 | Faculty Member, Colorado State University ‐ English | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- Co-Recipient with co-editor Eva Brumberger, “Best Original Collection of Essays in Technical or Scientific Communication”, for Designing Texts: Teaching Visual Communication, Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2015
- Missouri S&T Faculty Teaching Award, 2013
- Missouri S&T Outstanding Teaching Award, 2012
- Missouri S&T Commendation Letter (From Outstanding Teaching Awards Committee) 2011
- Missouri S&T Service Learning Award, 2010
- UM President’s Leadership Development Program, 2010-2011
- University of Missouri Research Board Grant, Fall 2006, ($10,000)
- Phi Kappa Phi inductee, 2005
- TTU English Department, “Outstanding Instructor at the PhD Level,” 2004
- TTU William Bryan Gates Graduate Award in English, 2003-04
- TTU Summer Dissertation Award, 2003, ($2,000)
- TTU William Bryan Gates Graduate Award in English, 2002-03
- TTU English Department, “Outstanding Instructor at the PhD Level,” 2002
- CSU “Distinction” honor for Master’s degree comprehensive exam, 1995
- CSU English Department, Ann Osborn Zimdahl Memorial Scholarship, 1994-95
- Missouri S&T Faculty Excellence Award, 2017
- Missouri S&T’s 2018 Woman of the Year
2004 | Ph. D., Texas Tech University ‐ Technical Communication and Rhetoric | |
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1995 | M.A., Colorado State University ‐ Teaching English as a Second Language | |
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1986 | B.A., Western State College of Colorado ‐ English | |
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Contact Information
Missouri University of Science and Technology
216 Humanities-Social Sciences
Rolla, MO 65409
573-341-6498
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