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I am a college writing instructor. While my primary focus has been on working with multilingual writers to develop academic writing skills, I have also worked with writers who first language is English in both academic and business settings. I have contributed to World Bank writing style guides, consulted on an individual basis with professionals at United Airlines, and worked as an abstractor of medical papers. With degrees in biology, English literature and linguistics, I understand the needs placed on writers in diverse genres and writing situations. As a researcher in writing studies, I examine the convergence of rhetorical & linguistic structures (rhetorical grammar) and linguistic justice with the purpose of helping writers develop effective texts in diverse settings and genres using their own voices. I'm a life-long learner who holds a BS in Biological Sciences with a concentration in anatomy and physiology and a minor in English from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo; an MA in English with a concentration in 20th Century American & British Literature and Linguistics from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo; an MA in Linguistics with a focus on acoustic phonetics and cognitive science – natural language processing from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana; and a PhD in Writing & Rhetoric from George Mason University.

Listed skills include Teaching, Higher Education, Curriculum Design, Instructional Technology, and 46 others.