Kristen Neumann is a PhD student in Rhetoric and Professional Communication. She graduated from Southwest Minnesota State University with a BA in Secondary English and Communication Education. Since then, she has taught in several Minnesota high schools and is excited to continue in her passion for English and Communication Education. Her research interests include Writing Center practices and the teaching of writing, the overlap between education and technical writing, and instructional design. Kristen enjoys spending time outside camping, hiking, and canoeing, specifically in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Northern Minnesota. She is also a self-proclaimed coffee connoisseur wannabe.