Assistant Professor
English
Contact
kilfoilc@ccsu.edu
Office
Willard-DiLoreto Hall
401-34
Monday
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Tuesday
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Wednesday
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Thursday
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Or by appointment
Education
Ph.D.--English Rhetoric and Composition
University of Louisville
2014
MA--British Literature
University of Kentucky
2005
BA--English Literature/History
Miami University
2002
Professional Diploma--Digital Learning Design
The Digital Learning Institute/Glasgow Caledonian University
2024
W.B. Yeats International Summer School
2003
Areas of Expertise

Rhetoric and Composition, Translingual and transnational writing, Second Language Writing, Teacher training, Online writing instruction

Publications, Research & Presentations

Translingual and Transnational Graduate Education in Rhetoric and Composition. Co-edited with Nancy Bou Ayash. Utah State University Press: 2023.

“The Postmonolingual Condition and the Rhetoric and Composition Ph.D: Norming Language Difference in a Doctoral Program” Composition Forum 40 (Fall 2018) <https://compositionforum.com/issue/40/postmonolingual.php>

“The Linguistic Memory of Composition and the Rhetoric and Composition Ph.D.: Forgetting (and Remembering) Language and Language Difference in Doctoral Curricula” Composition Studies 42.2 (2017): 130-150.

“Beyond the ‘Foreign’ Language Requirement: From a Monolingual to a Translingual Ideology in Rhetoric and Composition Graduate Education.” Rhetoric Review 34.4 (2015): 426-444.

“Beyond ‘English-Only’ in U.S. Writing Instruction: Fostering Translingual Dispositions in Writing Teacher Education” with Bruce Horner. Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education: From Theory to Practice. Eds. Robert Wilkinson and Mary Louise Walsh. Peter Lang, 2015: 149-160.

“The Nature and Value of Work in Rhetoric and Composition” JAC 32.3-4 (2012): 731-7.

Courses Taught

WRT 100 Basic Writing

WRT 105 Enhanced Introduction to College Writing

WRT 110 Introduction to College Writing