About

Hi. I'm Kyle. I'm a husband, father, and a scholar.

I've landed, after a series of fortunate events, as a PhD candidate at the University of Waterloo, where I work and teach in the Department of English Language and Literature. If I'd followed my original scheme, I would be teaching high school English right now, but thankfully "the best-laid schemes o' mice an' men" do often go awry. 

At Waterloo I'm working under the supervision of Dr. Randy A. Harris, and have the added bonus of assisting in research for Dr. Marcel O'Gorman. The diverse range and application of their work - as with the entire department - creates a fertile landscape for my own research and teaching. 

My research uses the methods of Kenneth Burke and Jean Fahnestock to explore how rhetorical figures shape attitudes and actions. In particular, I research the literary landscape of North American Mennonites, and examine how rhetorical figures repeated in that landscape create a unique and radical attitude towards forgiveness.

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