Students

Current students in the Composition, Rhetoric, and English Studies (CRES) program at the University of Alabama are working towards either M.A. or Ph.D. degrees. We have come from different parts of the country and the globe, and we are engaged in a range of projects. CRES Alumni are employed in academic positions in community colleges, four-year institutions, universities, and law schools in many different states.

Kedra James
Hometown: Itta Bena, Mississippi; B.A.: Tougaloo College; M.A. Kansas State University; Ph.D.; The University of Alabama (expected 2013); Areas of interest: composition pedagogy, basic and developmental writing, literacy studies, technology and writing, African American English, and technical writing; Dissertation title: First-Year Writing Programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
CONGRATULATIONS Kedra James, Ph.D.! Dissertation successfully defended: March 12, 2013.
Joining the tenure-track faculty at North Carolina Wesleyan College as Assistant Professor of English.

Amanda Stevens
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio; B.A. The College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio; M.A.: The University of Alabama (2010); Ph.D.; The University of Alabama (expected 2014); Areas of interest: Visual rhetoric, rhetorical theory, cultural studies, and composition pedagogy

Erin Chandler
Hometown: Jemison, Alabama; B.A. Auburn University; M.A.: The University of Alabama; Ph.D.: The University of Alabama (expected 2014); Areas of interest: Historiography, religious rhetoric (especially in the South), social movements, cultural studies (especially imprisonment and punishment discourse), and technical and professional communication

Syreeta Lyons-Burns
Hometown: Eunice, Louisiana; B.A. Wiley College, Marshall, TX; M.A. Clark-Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA; Ph.D.: The University of Alabama (expected 2015); Areas of interest: Technological pedagogy, composition pedagogy, writing centers, basic and developmental writing, and ESL writing

Michael Johnson
Hometown: West Salem, OH; B.A. Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH; M.A.: The University of Alabama (2012); Areas of interest: first-year and advanced instruction, writing centers, composition pedagogy
CONGRATULATIONS MICHAEL JOHNSON, M.A.! M.A. successfully completed: May 2012.
Joining the Ph.D. program in Rhetoric and Composition at Ohio University (Athens, OH), fall 2012

Jennie Vaughn
Hometown: Jacksonville, AL; B.A. Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL; M.S.Ed., Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL; Ph.D., The University of Alabama (expected 2015); Areas of interest: composition pedagogy, technology and writing, writing centers

Allen Harrell
Hometown: Jackson, AL; B.A. University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; M.A. The University of Alabama (2012); Areas of interest: community-colleges and the non-traditional student, composition pedagogy, and rhetorical theory environment
CONGRATULATIONS ALLAN HARRELL, M.A.! M.A. successfully completed: April 2012.

Mary Payne
Hometown: Ozark, AL; B.A.: Troy University, Dothan, AL; M.A. The University of Alabama; Ph.D.; The University of Alabama (expected 2016); Areas of interest: composition pedagogy, community colleges and non-traditional students, professional and technical writing

Andy Currie
Hometown: Fayette, AL; B.A.: Mississippi University for Women; M.A. The University of Alabama (expected 2013); Areas of interest: community literacy, regional linguistics, portable technology and literacy/reading habits

Collyn Warner
Hometown: Shelby, NC; B.A.: Gardner-Webb University, Boiling Springs, NC; M.A. The University of Alabama (expected 2013); Areas of interest: feminist rhetoric, gender studies, global rhetoric, political rhetoric, cultural studies, literacy inequalities, and professional writing

Stephanie Parker
Hometown: Decatur, AL; B.A. Auburn University, Auburn, AL; M.A. The University of Alabama; Ph.D. The University of Alabama (expected 2017); Areas of interest: composition pedagogy, writing centers, basic and developmental writing, repetition in literature, rhetoric and philosophy, and aesthetics

Donna Branyon
Hometown: Berry, AL; B.A.: The University of Alabama; M.A. The University of Alabama (expected 2014); Areas of interest: freshman composition, writing centers, and technical writing

Khirsten Echols
Hometown: Memphis, TN; B.A.: Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS; M.A. The University of Alabama (expected 2014); Areas of interest: language, literacy and culture studies; African-American literature and language; and composition pedagogy

Joseph Santoli
Hometown: Kansas City, MO; B.A.: Truman State University, Kirksville, MO; M.A. The University of Alabama (expected 2014); Areas of interest: composition pedagogy, technical writing, and rhetorical theory

Margaret Holloway
Hometown: Mobile, AL; B.A.: The University of Alabama; M.A. The University of Alabama (expected 2014); Areas of interest: composition pedagogy, technical writing, writing and technology, and social identity communication

Heather Johnson
Hometown: Dothan, AL; B.A.: Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL; M.A. The University of Alabama (expected 2014); Areas of interest: the rhetoric of suffering in autobiographical narratives and composition pedagogy