Chair of the English department at Washington State University
Selected publications include:
Bootstraps: From an American Academic of Color
Editor, Cross-Talk in Comp Theory: A Reader
Co-editor, Language Diversity in the Classroom: From Intention to Practice (Studies in Writing and Rhetoric)
"On the Rhetoric and Precedents of Racism," Trends and Issues in Postsecondary English Studies (2000)
1999 chair of the NCTE's Conference on College Composition and Communication
1994 winner of NCTE's Richard A. Meade Award, given to given to recognize published research that investigates English/Language Arts teacher development