CEA EXECUTIVE BOARD

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I am a Professor of English at Tarleton State University with a Ph.D. from the University of North Texas and an  M.A. in Biblical Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. I see myself as a teacher, scholar, and community servant. I edit two journals and a book series. My poetry collection, Migratory Words, appeared in 2016. I have received the international South Asian Literary Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the College English Association Professional Achievement Award, and the Frances Hernández Teacher-Scholar Award by the Conference of College Teachers of English. I was recently awarded Tarleton’s College of Liberal and Fine Arts “Engaged Faculty” Award. 

My other passion is music. In my spare time, I am a professional musician, and I host a weekly radio show, “The Beatles and Beyond,” which airs live on Wednesdays from 1:06-3 pm (CST), with an encore presentation on Tuesday nights from 8:06-10 pm (CST). You can listen to me live here:  www.ktrl.org. Just click the “Listen Live” button and then click “play.”

I have been a member of CEA since 2012 and have served on the Board of Directors since 2020. In addition to my role as CEA's  Second Vice President, I am also the president of the Georgia and Carolinas College English Association. A native of the Detroit area, I now serve as  the Coordinator of Composition and an Assistant Professor at Geogia College & State University in Milledgveille, GA. where I live with my husband, Dr. Andrew Pucker, and our three dogs 

 My association with the CEA goes back to 1996, when I was pushed toward the organization's annual conference by my doctoral advisor, Dr. John Shawcross. Call his guidance a decisive check on the positive side of my life's ledger. Since then, I've attended just about every conference, and I eventually got involved with The CEA Critic as an editor, a position I continue to fill in my status as emeritus faculty with the University of Colorado/Boulder's Program for Writing and Rhetoric. It's not all reading and writing for me, though: the photo here is from Arapahoe Basin, a place I hope to continue skiing for many years to come.

I am an associate professor at Saint Leo University. I earned my PhD in the digital humanities from the University of Central Florida. My interests lie at the crossroads of journalism and African American literature and history. I've has been a member of the Florida CEA (FCEA) and CEA for more than a decade. I've held a variety of positions in both associations:  for FCEA I was vice president for three years and conference coordinator for two of them, followed by two years as president, and one year as past president, and I've been a CEA board member for three years, 

I joined the CEA in 2010, the same year I completed my PhD at the University of Arkansas. I have taught composition and literature courses for many years and have published essays on Ernest Hemingway, M. Scott Momaday, and Edgar Allan Poe that all began as CEA conference papers. In 2020, the Year of Infamy, I began my role as Chair of the Technology Committee for CEA. I have taught at Colorado State University since 2018 and live in Fort Collins, CO with my wife, Sally, and a very spoiled dog. 

I teach courses in composition, rhetoric, and genre fiction at Arcadia University and Montgomery County Community College, both located in Greater Philadelphia. My research interests include feminist criticism, fatness studies, American literature, and antiracist pedagogy. When joining CEA in 2024, I felt warmly welcomed into a community of teacher-scholars who are eager to build connections and share their work cooperatively, rather than competitively. Now, I serve as a Director of the CEA's Social Media Committee--don't forget to tag us on socials before, during, and after our yearly conference! #CEA25