Graduating with her PhD in 2008, Kirsti is currently working on two edited collections, and a textbook in rhetoric and culture. She is also in process of writing a comprehensive study of the Feminist Workshop from 1991 to 2011. She is the co-author of "Feminist Social Projects: Building Bridges between Communities and Universities," which appeared in College English in 2007, as well as "(Post)Modern Psychoanalysis: A Re-vis(ion)ing of Poe," (2008). She has also co-edited a collection for thirdspace, an online feminist journal. Her research area focuses on the rhetoric of women's activism and as a part of her service as Co-Chair of the Feminist Workshop for the Cs in 2008 and 2010. She was one of the Keynote speakers for the 2011 Workshop. She has served as a member of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession for the Cs since 2006.