ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

 

Associate Professor of English

The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona College, Altoona, Pennsylvania (July 2004 - present)

Assistant Professor of English

The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona College, Altoona, Pennsylvania (August 1998 - June 2004)

 

       Assistant Professor of English and Associate Director of Composition

       Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas (August 1996 - July 1998)

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetoric and Technical Communication

       Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, May 1996

 

Dissertation Title: The Politics of Teaching Assistant Education in Rhetoric and Composition Studies. 

 

Dissertation Committee: Cynthia L. Selfe (chair), Marilyn Cooper, Diana George

 

Master of Science in Rhetoric and Technical Communication

       Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, May 1992

 

Bachelor of Arts in English, Cum Laude

       Minor: Secondary Education

       College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota, May 1990

 

Standard Secondary Education License in English/Language Arts

       Licensed by the State of Minnesota, June 1990

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Book Under Contract

Intersections: Reading and Writing about Identity and Culture. Under contract with Bedford/St. Martin's Press.

 

Edited Collection

The Dissertation and the Discipline: Reinventing Composition Studies. Co-edited with Nancy Welch, Cindy Moore, and Sheila Carter-Tod. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Heinemann, 2002.

 

Articles and Book Chapters

"Technical and Professional Communication Programs and the Small College Setting: Opportunities and Challenges." The Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 33.4 (2003): 319-335.

 

"Defining Roles for Graduate Students in Writing Program Administration: Balancing Pragmatic Needs with a Postmodern Ethics of Action."  WPA: Journal of the Council of Writing Program Administrators 27.1/2 (Fall/Winter 2003): In press.

 

"Dissertation Writing and Advising in a Postmodern Age." with Cynthia L. Selfe. The Dissertation and the Discipline: Reinventing Composition Studies.  Eds. Nancy Welch, Catherine Latterell, Cindy Moore, and Sheila Carter-Tod. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook, Heinemann. 2002. 45-54.

 

"Re-Experiencing the Ordinary: Assignments that Map Technology's Impact on Everyday Life." Practice in Context: Situating the Work of Writing Teachers.  Eds. Cindy Moore and Peggy O'Neil.  Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. 2002. 12-21.

 

"Challenging Tradition: A Conversation about Re-imagining the Dissertation in Rhetoric and Composition." with Fred Arroyo, Devan Cook, Alys Culhane, Darrell Fike, Janis E. Haswell, Cindy Moore, Cynthia L. Selfe, Tonya M. Stremlau, Nancy Welch, Peggy Woods.  College Composition and Communication 52:3 (Feb. 2001): 441-454.

 

"De-Centering Student-Centeredness: Rethinking Tutor Authority in Writing Centers." Stories from the Center: Connecting Narrative and Theory in the Writing Center. Eds. Meg Woolbright and Lynn Briggs. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 2000. 104-120.

 

"Training the Workforce: An Overview of GTA Education Curricula." WPA: Journal of the Council of Writing Program Administrators 19.3 (Spring 1996): 7-23.

  

Reprint

"Training the Workforce: An Overview of GTA Education Curricula." The Allyn & Bacon Sourcebook for Writing Program Administrators. Eds. Irene Ward and William J. Carpenter.  New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2001. 139-155.

  

Refereed Proceedings

"Multidisciplinary Multilevel Functionally-Managed Student Design" (with Andy Vavreck and Michael Lucas).  The Proceedings of the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education.  Session 2325.  http://www.asee.org/conferences/search also CD Rom publication.

 

Book Review

A Guide to Composition Pedagogies. In College Composition and Communication 54:3 (Feb. 2003): 502-505.

 

Instructional Module and Instructor's Guide

Vavreck, Andrew N., Sohail Anwar, Shamsa Anwar, and Catherine G. Latterell.  Module L: Electronic Controls: Student Guide.  Edison, NJ: New Jersey Center for Advanced Technological Education (2001).  161 pages.  Secondary contribution.

 

Vavreck, Andrew N., Sohail Anwar, Shamsa Anwar, and Catherine G. Latterell.  Module L: Electronic Controls: Instructor's Guide.  Edison, NJ: New Jersey Center for Advanced Technological Education (2001).  66 pages.  Secondary contribution.

  

Work in Progress

"Beyond Rhetorical Analysis: Alternative Projects for a Postmodern Classroom."

 

Guest Editor. WPA: Journal of the Council of Writing Program Administrators, Special Issue: Graduate Students Write about Program Administration. Planning is on-going as the editorial home of the journal shifts in 2004.

 

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

"Advocating for a Writing Major in a Small College Setting." Paper and panel proposed for Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio, Texas. April, 2004.

 

"So You're the 'Writing Person': Three Keys to Understanding the Values & Cultures of Small School Contexts." Paper proposed for Annual Conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Potsdam, New York. October, 2003.

 

"Developing Technical Communication Degree Options in an Arts and Humanities Setting." Annual Conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Logan, Utah. October, 2002.

 

"(Dis)Connecting Technology and its Role in Everyday Life." Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, Illinois. April, 2002.

 

"Integrating Technical Communication in an Arts and Humanities Setting." Annual Conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October, 2001.

 

"Multidisciplinary Multilevel Functionally-Managed Student Design." (with Andy Vavreck and Michael Lucas).  ASEE Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May, 2001. To view the essay: The Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. August 7, 2001. <http://www.asee.org/conferences/search>

 

"A Portrait of Graduate Students as WPAs:  Re-imagining the Future of Writing Program Administration."  Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, Minneapolis, Minnesota. April, 2000.

 

"Reforming WPA Work: Examining Local Effects and Global Flows." Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, Georgia. March, 1999.

 

"Lessons Learned: Reflecting on the Intellectual and Political Insights Graduate Student WPAs Take with Them." Annual Conference of the Council of Writing Program Administrators, Houghton, Michigan. July, 1997.

 

"Resituating WPA Work as a Critical Practice at the Site of TA Education." Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, Phoenix, Arizona. March, 1997.

 

"Listening in the Spaces Left: Fostering Critical Literacy within Writing Center Pedagogy." Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, Washington, DC. March, 1995.

 

"Writing Myself into the Picture, Picturing Myself in the Writing: The Literacies of Dissertation Writing." Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, Washington, DC. March, 1995.

 

"Designing a Technical Communication Curriculum: Balancing Pedagogical Issues with Practical Demands." Society for Technical Communication Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota. May, 1994.

 

"Decentering Student-Centeredness: Negotiating Power in the Writing Center Conference." Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, Nashville, Tennessee. March, 1994.

 

"Revising Our Roles: Writing Center Coaches Talk about Their Roles." Annual Midwest Writing Centers Association Conference, St. Louis, Missouri. October, 1993.

 

"Drawing on Feminist Pedagogy within Writing Center Research." Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Diego, California. March, 1993.

 

"Working Together: GTAs Supporting Communities of Reflective Practice." Annual National Council of Teachers of English Conference, Louisville, Kentucky. November, 1992.

 

"Writing Centers as Spaces for Negotiating Difference: Feminist Theory and Writing Center Pedagogy." Annual Midwest Writing Centers Association Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota. October, 1992.

 

"Examining Collaboration Through Case Studies: Preparing Students to Meet Industry's Challenge" (with S. Selber and B. Pedell). Society for Technical Communication Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. May, 1992.

 

"New Directions in Technical Communication Case Studies: Looking Beyond the Case." (with S. Selber and B. Pedell). Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, Cincinnati, Ohio. March, 1992.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS AND ROUNDTABLES

 

Chair and Respondent, Half-Day Workshop, "What Does it Mean to Write? English Studies, Technological Activism, and Sustainable Distance Education." Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, New York. March 2003.

 

Chair and Respondent.  Roundtable session, "Using Common Sense Cleverly: Forging Community at a Small Liberal Arts Writing Center." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Denver, Colorado. March 2001.

 

Discussion Leader.  Roundtable session, "How Will New Technologies Change Composition Studies?" Composition Studies in the 21st Century: Rereading the Past - Rewriting the Future. Annual Conference of the Council of Writing Program Administrators. Oxford, Ohio. October 2001.

 

Chair and Respondent. Panel session, "The Borders and Margins of Rhetorical Education." The Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition.  University Park, Pennsylvania.  July 1999.

 

Speaker, Roundtable Session, "Responding On (Off)-Line to Two Works in Progress: ‘Redesigning Academic Identity Kits’ & ‘No Apology: A Fiction Writer's Challenge to the Story of Composition.’" Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, Illinois. March, 1998

 

Organizer and speaker, Roundtable Session, "Administrating as Women: Developing Alternative Models of WPA Work." Conference on College Composition and Communication, Phoenix, Arizona. March, 1997.

 

Facilitator, Half-Day Workshop, "Reinterpreting the Dissertation: Problems, Process, Possibilities." Conference on College Composition and Communication, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. March, 1996.

 

Facilitator, Focus Group Session, "Planning the Education of Technical Communicators During the Next Ten Years." Society for Technical Communication Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota. May, 1994.

 

Facilitator, Catalyst Session, "Writing Centers as Research Communities." National Writing Center Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. April, 1994.

 

Organizer and Chair, Annual Writing Centers as Research Centers panel, "Writing Centers as Research Centers: Critical Conversation about Research in a Complex World." Conference on College Composition and Communication, Nashville, Tennessee. March, 1994.

 

Facilitator, All-Day Workshop, "New Directions in Writing Center Research: Creating Agendas for Action." Conference on College Composition and Communication, Nashville, Tennessee. March, 1994.

 

 

TEACHING

 

Undergraduate Courses Taught at Penn State Altoona (fall 1999-spring 2003)

Rhetoric and Composition: 5 sections

Technical Writing: 11 sections

Advanced Business Writing: 3 sections

The Editorial Process: 3 sections

English Language Analysis: 6 sections

Issues in Rhetoric and Composition: Rhetoric and Technology: 1 section

Engineering Report Writing (special topics 1 credit course): 5 sections

 

Graduate Courses Taught at Texas Tech University (fall 1996-spring 1998)

Studies in Composition: Composition, Postmodernism, and Cultural Studies (1 section)

Independent Studies in Composition and Cultural Studies (2 sections, 1 student/section)

 

Undergraduate Courses Taught at Texas Tech University (fall 1996-spring 1998)

Essentials of College Rhetoric (3 sections)

Advanced College Rhetoric (2 sections)

Technical Writing (2 sections)

 

 

ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE

 

National

Chair, The Hugh Burns Dissertation Award Committee Sponsored by the Alliance for Computers and Writing, 2003.

 

Editorial Board Member, Computers and Composition: An International Journal for Teachers of Writing, 2001-present.

 

Editorial Board Member, WPA:  Journal of the Council of Writing Program Administrators, 2001-present.

 

Manuscript Reviewer, College Composition and Communication (3 manuscripts); and JAC: Journal of Advanced Composition (2 manuscripts), on-going.

 

Participant, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois. March 2002.

 

Participant, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Annual Conference, New York, NY. March 2003.

 

Workshop Participant, "Defining and Developing Critical Technological Literacy Practices," Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, Minneapolis MN, April 2000.

 

Workshop Participant, WPA Summer Workshop for Writing Program Administrators, Houghton, Michigan, July 14-17, 1997.

 

Textbook Reviewer, HarperCollins, Longman Publishers, and Bedford/St. Martins Press, on-going.

 

Editorial Assistant, The Writing Center Journal, 1990 - 1994.

 

Co-Managing Editor, Society for Technical Communication Research, Education, and Training Professional Interest Committee Newsletter, 1993.

 

Proposal Reviewer, Annual Society for Technical Communication Conference, 1994.

 

Local (Penn State Altoona) Committee Work

Member, Search Committee for full-time position in Rhetoric and Composition, September 2002-February 2003.

 

Chair, Faculty Advisory Committee, for the Division of Arts and Humanities September 2001-May 2003.  Member of the FAC from September 2000-May 2001.

 

Senator, Faculty Senate, September 2001-May 2003.

 

Member, Campus-wide Academic Affairs Committee, September 2002-May 2003.

 

Member, Search Committee for full-time position in Creative Writing (poetry), September 2001-February 2002.

 

Member, Campus-wide Information Technology Committee, September 2001-May 2002.

 

Member, Search Committee for full-time position in Creative Writing (fiction), September 1999-February 2000.

 

Member, Campus-wide Retention Committee, April 1999-August 2000.

 

Altoona College Representative, Inter-College English Committee, September 1999-April 2000.

 

Other Campus-wide Activities

Discussion Leader. "Strategies for Grading Papers." Brown Bag Lunch Series sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Consortium. March 5, 2003.

 

Participant and Co-planner. "Wordplay: Penn State Altoona Workshops in Writing and Literature," a 1-day workshop for area high school students that English faculty developed as a recruitment event. April 12, 2003.

 

Developer. Curriculum Review for the English unit's composition program. Summer 2001-May 2002.

 

Organizer and Discussion Leader. "Teaching English 15."  Brown bag lunch meeting for English faculty to share assignments for English 15, Rhetoric and Composition. March 2002.

 

Panelist. "Teaching Business and Technical Writing,"  Penn State University Fall English Conference, September 2002.

 

Organizer and Discussion Leader. Composition Symposium for English Faculty. All-day Saturday meeting for full-time and part-time English faculty at Penn State Altoona. October 20, 2001.

 

Participatant. Penn State University Fall English Conference, September 2001.

 

Participatant. Penn State University Fall English Conference, September 2000.

 

Attendant. English Major Recruitment Dinner. December 6, 2000.

 

Speaker. "Responding to Calls for Literacy in Technology Education."  Faculty Research Colloquium sponsored by the Division of Arts and Humanities. November 22, 1999.

 

Co-organizer. English Major Recruitment Dinner, Fall 1999.

 

Panelist. "Rhetoric and Composition," Penn State University Fall English Conference, September 1998.

 

 

CONSULTING

 

Consultant, Initiatives in Composition Research. One of nine compositionists invited to a 2-day meeting with St. Martin's Press' executive editors, led by Chuck Christenson and Joan Fienberg. June 2002.

 

 

ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS

 

Council of Writing Program Administrators (1995-present)

 

Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (1998-present)

 

Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (1998-present)

 

National Council of Teachers of English (1990-present)

 

Conference on College Composition and Communication (1990-present)

 

Modern Language Association (1995-present)

 

 

AWARDS

 

Altoona College Project Empower V Grant. "Computer Applications in English Composition," Laptop computer. (2000)

 

Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship, Michigan Tech University, $1,000 (1995 - 1996)

 

Graduate School Fellowship, Michigan Tech University, $12,200.00  (1994-1995)

 

Academic Women's Caucus Grant, Michigan Tech University, $300.00 (1996)

 

Matching Grant, Dept. of Humanities, Michigan Tech University, $300.00 (1996)

 

Department of Humanities Travel Grant, Michigan Tech University, $200.00 (1994)

 

Academic Women's Caucus Grant, Michigan Tech University, $300.00 (1993)

 

Matching Grant, Dept. of Humanities, Michigan Tech University, $200.00 (1993)

 

Graduate Student Council Travel Grant, Michigan Tech University, $250.00 (1993)