She became the Director of Lower Division Studies in 2015. Her areas of scholarly interest include New Media Theory, Technology and Culture, Technical Communication, Digital and Hybrid Pedagogy, and Empirical Research Methods. She received her Bachelor’s degree in English with an emphasis in Rhetoric and Professional Writing from Miami University and her Master’s and PhD degrees from Purdue University with a primary specialty in Rhetoric and Composition and secondary emphasis on Professional and Technical Writing and Linguistics.