Hi! I'm Tiffany.

The path to a Ph.D. is rarely linear. My journey included several deliberate chapters before landing at Georgia State University to study rhetoric and writing—a background that ultimately enriches my approach to both research and teaching. My foundational experience as an educator, former dancer and current Pilates instructor, and community advocate deeply informs my understanding of embodied rhetoric and the diverse motivations behind human composition.

 

Since arriving at GSU, I have immersed myself in scholarship that emphasizes individual identity and rhetorical agency to understand how we use different "available means" to accomplish acts of writing. Utilizing archival methodologies that examine the repertoire of performative actions, my research investigates the physical, embodied labor of archival work, recovering underrepresented historical practices and bringing women's historical rhetoric to light. I bridge this historical work with modern digital engagement by analyzing how institutional and individual digital archives both amplify and complicate our understanding of identity. 

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To understand digital engagement in this current technological moment of artificial intelligence, I also design and incorporate cutting-edge curricula for my courses that ask students to critically evaluate ethical AI frameworks that position generative tools not merely as shortcuts, but as potential collaborative writing partners. As the 2026-2027 AI Pedagogy Specialist for GSU's First-Year Writing Program, I provide departmental leadership and mentorship grounded in "generative revision" models for incorporating AI into the writing classroom. Mirroring my approach to archival methodologies, I guide students to analyze their performed labor in AI spaces, fostering critical awareness of individual AI practices. 

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In my final year as a PhD candidate, I have three primary goals I plan to accomplish:

• Completing my Dissertation: (Re)Conceptualizing Archival Research Through Performances of Repertoire: Unsettling the Digital Conduit in Rhetoric and Composition

• Advancing AI Scholarship: Submitting three academic papers for publication addressing "generative revision" and ethical AI integration into the first-year writing classroom

• Expanding Archival Recovery: Submitting a journal article on "communal mothering" that pairs 19th-century LDS polygamous shared-mothering practices with modern rhetorical frameworks of collaborative child-rearing.

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Ultimately, my research agenda, publication trajectory, and innovative curriculum design demonstrate a consistent commitment to bridging archival histories with digital writing innovations—a dual expertise I look forward to bringing to a faculty role.