He received his PhD in English studies, specializing in computers and literacy, from Illinois State University in 1998. His teaching highlights emergent pedagogies. His research focuses on how writing remediates other forms of communication. He is currently an executive council member for The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) and serves as the publications review editor for Teaching English in the Two-Year College (TETYC), a quarterly journal for English instruction. Strasma teaches writing courses in the classroom as well as online.