Molly.

I’m Molly Ryan, a PhD student in Rhetoric and Writing at Virginia Tech. My background is in Student Affairs administration, including technical writing and editing, report composition, data analysis, and communicative design. Broadly, I am drawn to composition pedagogy and queer composition pedagogy as they diverge and intersect, critical composition praxis, methods of care, pronoia/metanoia, as well as queerness in higher education rhetoric. Specifically, I am curious about queer curriculum design, the rhetoric, villainy, and possibilities of DEI/DEIB initiatives; and how the experiences of underserved and underrepresented students in the first-year composition classroom reflect institutional power imbalances. I currently teach First Year Writing: Introduction to College Composition and Writing from Research. I have presented my work internationally and nationally and published in books, edited collections, journals, and elsewhere.