His research interests have shifted in the past few years from the history of writing instruction to the future of writing instruction, with a particular interest in the ways in which genres are being remediated via new media. He maintains a site called TeachingBlog and has been published in JAC, Rhetoric Review, Composition Studies, Pedagogy, and other journals. He is beginning a project on reconsidering the relevance of Marshall McLuhan's work for teachers and scholars in rhetoric and composition.