I am an Associate Professor of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies and direct the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment at the University of Kentucky. I collaborate with scientific and environmental organizations to put engaged rhetoric to work in the world.
My research focuses on overlaps among digital rhetorics, research ethics, and scientific, environmental, and technical communication, frequently in collaboration with local and regional environmental and technical practitioners such as the Kentucky Division for Air Quality, the Kentucky Geological Survey, the UK Recycling Program, and The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky. My teaching includes courses on scientific, environmental, and technical communication, and I am affiliate faculty with the University of Kentucky Environmental and Sustainability Studies and Appalachian Studies programs.
Outside of the university, I am the co-founder and Director of the Kentucky Climate Consortium, a multi-institutional network of climate teachers and researchers in Kentucky higher education. I am also a member of the Kentucky Humanities Speakers Bureau.