About
Dr. Poole joined the faculty in 2020 after earning her BA from McNeese State University, MA from Texas Christian University, and PhD in English with a concentration in Rhetoric and Composition from Penn State University. Her interdisciplinary research and teaching centers on rhetorical theory, science studies, and technical writing, particularly focusing on how rhetorics of science can make science more accessible for public audiences.
Her current book project examines feminist epistemologies in the biological sciences that resist traditional reason-based approaches to scientific knowledge making. This project is based on her dissertation that was awarded the 2021 Rhetoric Society of America Dissertation Award. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Western Journal of Communication, Journal for the History of Rhetoric, and Quarterly Journal of Speech, among other venues.
Dr. Poole is also part of the Environmental Health Literacy Group, a coalition of community leaders, grassroots activists, and academic scholars focused on making the science of air pollution more accessible for residents in South and West Louisville, an area that borders Rubbertown. Their "Air Justice" project has been awarded nearly $353,000 in grants from The Humana Foundation, UofL's Health Equity Innovation Hub, the Gheens Foundation, and UofL's Office of Community Engagement.
Research
Rhetorics of Science
Technical Writing
Rhetorical Theory
Teaching
ENGL 303 | Science and Technical Writing
ENGL 310 | Introduction to Public and Professional Writing
ENGL 405 | Edit, Design, Advocate
ENGL 407 | Writing for Social Change