Ph.D. English, Wayne State
University, Detroit, MI
Dissertation Defended: March 30, 2011
Rhetoric and
Composition
Exam Areas: Rhetorical and Critical Theory, Digital Media,
History of
Rhetoric and Memory Studies
Dissertation: Making Memory: Techne,
Technology, and the Refashioning of Contemporary Memory
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My dissertation answers two questions:
Does the tension between interactive technologies and rhetoric re-shape
the nature and relevance of the canon of memory? Do interactive
technologies affect the ways we remember and persuade? I argue that my
interpretation of techne suggests possibilities for the creation
and production of new types of memory in combination with digital media.
To interrogate this connection, I suggest three interpretations of the
Greek concept, techne: as a process that is inherently
productive; as a force that renegotiates contemporary sources of social
power; and as a skill that balances expert knowledge with
instrumentality. I explore the creative possibilities of "making
memory" in several examples such as digital archives, photo
manipulation, and digital collaborative pedagogy.
Dissertation Committee: Dr. Richard Marback (Director), Dr. Jeff Pruchnic, Dr. Frances Ranney, Dr. Richard Doyle (Penn State)
May 2003
Honors College
Thesis: A Taste of Anger: Shelagh Delaney and John Osborne’s
Utilization
of the Pregnant Female Body
Academic Appointments
Instructor of English, Saginaw Valley State University, 2011-present
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Wayne State University, 2005-2011
For
course details, please visit the teaching section of this website.
Saginaw Valley State University
ENGL 212 - Topics in Critical Writing (4 sections)
ENGL 111 - Composition I (2 sections)
ENGL 080 - Writing Skills (2 sections)
Wayne State University
ENG
3060 – Technical Communication II: Writing and Speaking (3 sections)
ENG 3050 – Technical Communication I: Report Writing (3 sections)
ENG
3010 – Intermediate Writing (8 sections)
ENG
1020 – Introduction to College Writing (9 sections)
Journal Articles
“Viva Whenever: Suspended and Expanded Bodies in Time." Journal of Evolution and Technology. 41.1 (2011): 73-80.
"The
Future of Forgetting: Rhetoric, Memory, Affect." Co-written with Jeff
Pruchnic. Rhetoric Society Quarterly. 41.5: (2011) 472-494.
Book Chapters
"Tricks
of the Trade or Trading Off?: The Cost of Professionalizing." What
We Wish We'd Known: Negotiating Graduate School. (Under Contract):
Fountainhead Press. Forthcoming.
Book Reviews
"Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace." The Information Society. Forthcoming.
"Reticulations:
Jean-Luc
Nancy
and the Networks of the Political" The Information
Society. 27.4 (July 2011): 272-273.
Conference Reviews
Computers and Writing 2009 Individual Session Reviews: A2, B7, D1, E7. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy. 14.2 (Spring 2010): n. pag. Web.
"Memory:
Techne,
Technology, and Remembering." Conference on College Composition and
"Decoding
Kryptos
and the Failure of Human/Machine Interaction." Society for
Panel
Chair. "Decoding
Use: Broken and Failed, Localized and Expansive." Society
for Literature, Science, and the Arts, Atlanta, Georgia. November
2009.
"Viva Whenever: Suspended and Expanded Bodies in Time." Computers and Writing, Davis, California, June 2009.
"Investigating
Suspension:
Body
Expansion and Time
Creation." Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, Charlotte,
North Carolina, November 2008.
"A Page of One’s Own: Investigating Hyper-Gendered Blogging." Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender, Nashville, Tennessee, October 2008.
“Linking Up: Blogging and Ethical Self-Consciousness.” Rhetoric Society of America, Seattle, Washington, May 2008.
“Blogging Butler: Digital Sex Versus Digital Gender.” Computers and Writing, Detroit, Michigan, May 2007.
“The Future of Computers and Writing.” Roundtable Participant. Computers and Writing, Detroit, Michigan, May 2007.
“Facilitating
Peer-Review
Across
the Curriculum.” Tutor Institute, Detroit, Michigan,
April 2006.
"Reply All: Writing
Networks, Writing Memory." Saginaw Valley State University's English
Department Colloquia Series. Scheduled March 30, 2012.
"New Digital Horizons in Humanities: Wayne State University HASTAC Scholars." Wayne State University's Humanities Center. Scheduled March 20, 2012.
Guru
Magazine, World's only all digital, completely crowdsourced, lifestyle science magazine. Regular Contributor as the Mind Guru. 2011-
National
HASTAC Scholar (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory), 2009-11
Textbook
Reviewer,
Everything's A Text, Pearson Education, 2010
Textbook
Reviewer,
Writing Selves/Reading Culture, Pearson Education,
2009
Invited
Proposal Reviewer, Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, 2009
Computers
and
Writing,
Host School Organizer, 2007
University
Leadership in Content Area Literacy Coach, SVSU, 2011-12
LEAD Mentor, SVSU, 2011-12
Library
Committee, WSU, 2010-11
Composition
Sub-Committee:
Common
Syllabus Development, WSU, 2009-10
Composition
Committee, WSU,
2008-09
Policy Committee, WSU, 2007-08
McNair Scholars Program, GRE English Tutor, WSU, Summer 2006
Tutor, University Writing Center, WSU, 2005-06
Paper Reviewer, XChanges Journal, 2005
Graduate
Summer Dissertation Fellowship, WSU Graduate School, 2010
Graduate Employees Organizing Committee Travel Award, 2010
CCCC Professional Equity Project Grant, 2010
HASTAC Scholar Fellowship, 2009, 2010
Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Travel Subsidy, 2009, 2010
Humanities Center Travel Award, 2009
Graduate Student Travel Award, 2008,
2011
Graduate School Ph.D. Grant, 2007-2008
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, 2005-2011
Undergraduate
Ann and Jim Nicholson Stipend, 2002
Donald Hildum Scholarship, 2000
Tennant Company Annual
Scholarship, 1998-2003
Academic Commendation, 1998-2003
Languages: French (Moderate speaking, writing, and reading comprehension skills)
Conference on College Composition and Communication
Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC)
Modern
Language Association
National Council of Teachers of English
Rhetoric Society of America
Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts