My writing — scholarly and otherwise — is driven by an interest in public interaction, unexpected adaptation, and writing that lives outside the lines of school and work.

Below is a list of my scholarly publications and other writings (with links where possible).

“A Public Humanities Experiment: DC/Adapters, 2013-Present,” Routledge Companion to Publicly Engaged Humanities Scholarship. Eds. Michelle May Curry and Daniel Fisher-Livne. Routledge (2024). 

 “A Taxonomy of Life Writing: Exploring the Functions of Meaningful Self-Sponsored Writing in Everyday Life,” Written Communication. With Heather Lindeman, Dana Driscoll, Andrea Efthymiou, and Jennifer Reid (2024). 

 “Writing to Learn Beyond the University,” Writing Beyond the University: Preparing Lifelong Learners for Lifewide Writing. Eds. Julia Bleakney, Jessie Moore, and Paula Rosinski. Center for Engaged Learning’s Open Access Book Series at Elon University (North Carolina). With Dana Driscoll, Andrea Efthymiou, Heather Lindeman, and Jennifer Reid (2022).

“Failing Forward: Writing, Design, and Organic Curricular Change at Georgetown University,” Redesigning Liberal Education: Innovative Design for a Twenty-First Century Undergraduate Education. Eds. William Moner, Philip Motley, and Rebecca Pope-Ruark. Johns Hopkins U.P. With Margaret Debelius and Sherry Lee Linkon (2020). 

 “Learning as Coordination: Postpedagogy + Design,” enculturation. With Steph Ceraso (2019). 

 “An Affordance Approach to WAC Sustainability and Development,” The WAC Journal 26 (Fall 2015): 22-35. With Sherry Lee Linkon.  

Field Notes on Activist Objects,” Technoculture 4 (2014). 

Reflecting on the Liberal Reflex: Rhetoric and the Politics of Acknowledgement in Basic Writing,” Journal of Basic Writing 30.2 (2011): 84-109. 

Not if, But How.” Blog post for the National Humanities Alliance on the state of the public humanities. Edited by Kath Burton. Spring 2022.  

 

“Converging on Impactful, Reciprocal Collaborations.” Blog post for the Red House website. Spring 2021. 

 

Teaching with Humanities for All (Even Online!).” Blog post on the National Humanities Alliance’s Humanities for All blog. Spring 2020. 

 

Writing in the Wild.” Blog post on the Georgetown University Writing Program website. Fall 2019.

The Design Studio Approach to Teaching Writing.” Blog post on the Georgetown University Writing Program website. Fall 2020

“For More Than Display: D.C.’s Adaptable Flag,” Washington History: A Publication of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. 30.2 (Fall 2018).