Erin Todey is a Ph.D. student in the Applied Linguistics and Technology Program. She holds an M.A. in TESL/Applied Linguistics from Iowa State University and a B.A. in French and International Studies from the University of Iowa. She currently works as the Peer Review Group Coordinator and Facilitator for the Center for Communication Excellence, co-Assistant Director of the ISUComm Foundation Courses, and as a statement of purpose advisor for the ISU McNair Scholars Program. Erin is also a co-editor for the TESL-EJ Media Reviews. Her research interests include English for Specific Purposes, discourse analysis (specifically Swalesian move analysis and corpus linguistics), academic and self-promotional genres, and writing center administration. Erin has taught English in France and Turkey in addition to first-year composition, technical writing, and intensive English courses at ISU.