Education
- PhD in Rhetoric, Writing, and Cultural Studies, Department of English, LSU
- Doctoral Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies, LSU
- Doctoral Minors in Communication Studies, and Curriculum & Assessment, LSU
- Graduate Certificate in User Centered Design, Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering, UW
Awards
- Cascadia College Excellence in Teaching, Award Recipient
- Women in Leadership, Cascadia’s Faculty/Staff Award Recipient
Selected Publications
- “The Chaos of Kairos: Discourses of Timing and Choice” in Staging Women's Lives in Academia: Performing Life Stages in Language and Literature Workplaces. Michelle Masse and Nan Bauer-Maglin, Eds. SUNY Press. 2017.
- “Techno-Mob Movements: Public Performances and the Collective Voices of Outsiders” in Agency in the Margins: Stories of Outsider Rhetoric. Anne Stockdell-Giesler, Ed. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. January 2010.
- “Subvert this Image. Negotiating Multiple Literacies & Deconstructing Consumerism through Photoshop” in Teaching in the Pop Culture Zone: Using Popular Culture in the Writing Classroom. Allison Smith, Ed. Thompson Wadsworth Press, 2008, 109-119.
Community & Professional Engagement
- Seattle Children’s Hospital Celiac Program Community Advisory Board Member, Present
- Co-Lead (UX) for Cascadia’s Guided Pathways, 2020-2021
- WA State Board CTC Bridge to College English Course Trainer, 2016-2018
Presentations
Jessica regularly hosts faculty workshops on inclusive design, equity, and designing for belonging; AI and writing; and interaction design & online learning.
Hobbies
Outside of work I have an arts-rich life, writing and revising essays and poems alongside my writing group which was birthed from Orcas Island’s biannual Write Doe Bay retreat, making mixed media art (clay & textiles & encaustic painting), and songwriting with my partner.
I volunteer for the Shoreline School District (DEI and arts education), Urban Craft Uprising, and KEXP radio. I also volunteer as a mentor for families newly diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac disease, and am an outspoken community advocate for increasing awareness of, and access to, allergen-free foods.