Ashley Beardsley, PhD

@ambeardsley.bsky.social

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Assist. Prof. of English. Writing Center Director. Food Rhetorics, Social Media, Feminism, Editing/Publishing, & Sourdough

A vegan molass cookie on a yellow plate.
What can I move written in hot cocoa powder on white graph paper.
Jeff, a brindle greyhound, sleeping with his head in his favorite hooman's lap.
Title slide for Dr. Ashley M. Beardsley's presentation, #SourdoughRhetoric: Multisensory Media Traces That Are Good Enough to Eat
A large cup of coffee topped with red and green sprinkles in a purple Western Illinois University mug.
An infinity pool on a balcony overlooking the main pools at a resort in Mexico.
A long table with doughnuts, coffee, and tea set up in the University Writing Center at Western Illinois University.
Jeff, a brindle greyhound, waiting for pets.
D'Wayne, a black greyhound, snuggled under a Nightmare Before Christmas blanket in a white chair.
A brownie on a white dessert plate.
Dr. B's spring 2024 schedule lists the times she's in the UWC, student hours, and when she teaches.
A laptop with a blue screen and a sad face announcing that the device ran into a problem and will restart.
A RGB mechanical keyboard, laptop, and purple mouse.
An article draft saved as a Microsoft Word document that is not responding.
A receipt for macaroni and cheese, stewed tomatoes, milk, water, ambrosia salad, and decaf coffee.
A homemade burrito bowl with spinach, guac, vegan chicken strips, pinto beans, and salsa.
A box of ten garlic knots and a large seitan Buffalo-style pizza.
A bowl of shrimp scampi, sourdough bread, and Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs.
A slice of chocolate peanut butter and jelly cake on a white plate.
A laptop is sitting on the kitchen counter next to a gas range. A bowl of pancake mix is next to a cast iron cooking a pumpkin chocolate chip pancake.
Feminisms and Rhetorics 2023 Deconference, V.5 title slide for Whose past are we protecting? Interrogating the Junior League of Denver's (JLD) community cookbooks as memory texts. The cover of the JLD's cookbook, Centennial Celebrations, shows a picnic in the back of a pickup truck at Red Rocks Amphitheater.
A loaf of sliced pumpkin quick bread on a wooden cutting board.
Hot air balloons lighting up a soccer field.
A chocolate chip cornflake cookie, cut in half, sitting on a piece of parchment paper.
8/21/23 – 9/6/23 (pulled @ 6:00 PM on 9/5) vs. This time last year (8/21/22 – 9/6/22) Appointments Face-to-face: 49 with 10 walk-ins; 20 with 5 walk-ins. etutoring: 27; 21 Online: 7; 12 Total: 83, 53 Interesting Stats New client registrations: 196; 49 Most popular day of the week: Tuesday Starting time: 2 PM; 9 AM; 2:30 PM; 5 PM Length: 30 min Major: English; Law Enforcement and Justice Administration (LEJA) Academic standing: Freshman Course prefix: ENG UWC consultants: Ethan & Mary (tied at 7 appts. each); Logan (10 appts.) Dr. B's initial reaction: we are busy, y'all, but dang. This is great!
A brindle greyhound looking cozy with his head resting on the floor instead of the dog bed
Cutout cookies with UWC and WIU written in yellow icing
Sourdough loaf with a large ear.
A large brindle greyhound snuggling a white faux fur pillow while he sleeps on a grey couch.
A cooked lobster sitting on a plate.
Two sourdough loaves on a wooden cutting board.
Jefferson, a brindle greyhound, cuddles his human while she reads.
Ashley, smiling while wearing a full beekeeping suit
A glass jar of active sourdough starter.
A loaf of sourdough bread with a large, crusty ear.
A muffin, cup of blueberries, and laptop on a metal table.