Public engagement

Scholarship beyond the journal article

My work moves between research, policy, professional learning, editorial leadership, and public conversation. I am interested in scholarship that matters beyond the academy and in forms of communication that help ideas travel.

Speaking and workshops

I speak to research, professional, and public audiences about literacy assessment, writing expertise, ethics, justice, AI-mediated feedback, and the consequences of assessment policy.

Invited keynote and seminar presentations
Half-day and full-day professional learning sessions
Research symposia and conference talks
Teacher-facing workshops on classroom assessment and writing instruction

Selected venues in recent years include AERA, NCME, Literacy Research Association, Writing Research Across Borders, teacher conventions, and international seminars on writing and assessment.

Policy and partnership work

I have led or advised projects with school systems, governments, testing organisations, and professional associations.

Alberta Education
Educational Testing Service
Hawaii Department of Education
International Literacy Association
National Council of Teachers of English
SSHRC leadership and research community roles

Editorial leadership

Editorial work is one of the main ways I contribute to the field beyond my own publications. As Co-Editor-in-Chief of Assessing Writing, I help shape conversations about writing assessment internationally. I am also leading work on the forthcoming Handbook of Writing Assessment: Current Complexities, Future Directions.

I value editorial work as a form of field-building: setting agendas, mentoring emerging scholars, and helping the profession think more clearly about where it needs to go next.

Topics I regularly discuss

These are the recurring themes that connect my research and public-facing work.

Justice-oriented literacy assessment

How assessment can expand access to learning and democratic participation rather than reproduce inequity.

Ethics, fairness, and validity

Why technically sound assessment is not enough if the consequences of use remain unexamined.

AI, feedback, and writing expertise

How digital and AI-mediated environments are changing what writers do and how assessment should respond.

Large-scale testing and public policy

What governments and systems need to understand about the social consequences of assessment design.

Teacher-designed assessment

How educators can build more meaningful and publicly defensible assessment practices in classrooms and programs.

Writing assessment futures

Emerging questions in writing assessment, field-building, and graduate training.

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