He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on a wide range of rhetorical topics, focusing primarily on writing, digital writing, and invention. Believing in the power of writing to change lives and communities, Dr. Brooks specializes in helping all of his students learn to think of themselves as writers and has recently launched a community engagement project titled Writing Oklahoma Now, a project that aims to reach out to the community to help people develop their stories. His research interests in rhetoric and writing have led him to study and write about diverse topics, such as pinball, robotics, television opera, and food reality shows. His primary hope is that he can help students see how writing connects to all of the things they love.