John’s University. She earned her B.A. in English from Albion College, M.A. in TESOL from the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with a specialization in Language and Literacy from Michigan State University. As a former U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer she taught English in China for two years. Her research interests include issues in literacy education and social justice, including LGBTQ inclusion, critical whiteness studies, and intersectionality. She also explores aspects of multimodal literacies, popular culture, and disciplinary literacy.