EDUCATION

Ph.D. (candidate) Rhetoric and Composition, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. Expected Graduation Date: May 2011

M.S.  Administration of Justice, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. Graduation Date:  May 2002.

M.A.  Sociology, Ohio University, Athens, OH. Graduation Date:  May 2000.

B.S.  Administration of Justice, University of Louisville, KY. Graduation Date:  1996.

MULTI- AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH INTERESTS

Rhetorics of Sexuality, Science, and Popular Culture

Cultural Studies

Social Theory (emphasis on Intersectional, Postmodern and Poststructural Social Theories)

Construction and Proclamation of Social Identities

Social Research Methods

Rhetorics of Justice and Correctional Rehabilitation

Social Inequalities (racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, ethnocentrism, etc.)

Social Activism and Social Responsibility

Social Media