Keywords: Community Colleges, Pedagogy, Rural, Critical, Student-Centered. Dr. Sharon Mitchler is a professor of English and humanities at Centralia College, a small, rural community college. She teaches a range of undergraduate courses in composition, literature, humanities, ethics and film. Her current research focuses on critical rural pedagogy and teaching for transfer. She is a frequent presenter at 4Cs, TYCA-PNW, and TYCA-National. Her scholarship has been published in Teaching English in the Two-Year College and Composition Studies. She is a former national chair of the Two-Year College English Association. Follow @thebigrhet and visit www.thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com for more information on TBR Podcast.