Izzy Alexander is a second-year MA student in the Rhetoric, Writing, & Linguistics program. She earned her Bachelor’s in English from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and graduated as one of ten Torchbearers—seniors awarded Tennessee’s highest undergraduate honor for their exemplary leadership and service to the campus and community. Her current research explores the rhetoric of storytelling when women’s rugby players explore the relationship between being injured and returning to play. She was recently published on cringe theory and hospitable tutoring practices by Another Word, the acclaimed Writing Center blog at the University of Wisconsin.   

Izzy is a consultant and coach at the Judith Anderson Herbert Writing Center and a Teaching Associate for mandatory undergraduate first-year composition courses. When she’s not on campus or stuck with her nose in journal articles on feminist sports theory, Izzy plays rugby with the Knoxville Minx and two select teams representing the Southeast United States both nationally and internationally. She also enjoys watching and talking about women’s motorsport and all things Jane Austen.