Ph.D. Department of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Composition and Rhetoric, with Special Emphasis in Writing Studies. May, 2005. Dissertation: Mapping Critical Connections: Tracing Undergraduates’ Literate Lives. [Prof. Gail Hawisher (Chair); Prof. Paul Prior; Prof. Peter Mortensen; Prof. Catherine Prendergast.]

M.A. Department of English, University of Alabama at Birmingham. English and American Literature. May, 1997.

B. A.Department of English, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Major in English and American Literature; minor in Biology. May, 1994.