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research, service, resources, and bio, please visit those pages of my site.
Main sections
of my hypertextual curriculum vitae include:
contact
information
education
academic appointments
honors & awards
grants
publications
presentations
teaching & tutoring experience
administration & consulting
other professional experience
service & outreach
professional memberships
references
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Amy
C. Kimme Hea |
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5233 South Richard
Ashley Circle |
University of
Arizona |
Tucson, Arizona
85747 |
445 Modern Languages
Department, #67 |
520.663.3500 |
P.O. Box 210067 |
kimmehea@u.arizona.edu |
Tucson, Arizona
85721.0067 |
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Ph.D., Purdue
University, 2001
Primary Area: Rhetoric
and Composition
Secondary Areas: Technical
and Professional Writing & Rhetoric,
Technology, and Digital Writing
Dissertation: Entanglements: Re-articulating Discourses
and Practices of Web-based Teaching and Learning
Dissertation Committee: Johndan Johnson-Eilola (Co-chair), Irwin Weiser
(Co-chair), Patricia Sullivan, and David Blakesley
M.A., Southern
Illinois University at Edwardsville, 1995
Primary Area: Teaching of Writing
Thesis: A Teacher’s Search: Finding Ways to the Liberatory Classroom
Thesis Committee: Isaiah Smithson (Chair), Jeffrey
Skoblow, and Dickie Spurgeon
B.A.,
Southern Illinois University
at Edwardsville, 1992
Major: Literature
Minor: Business Administration |
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University
of Arizona
Associate Professor in Rhetoric, Composition, & Teaching of English
Program
2007-present
English Coordinator
in the New Start Program
2006-present
Associate Director
in The Writing Program
2005-present
Assistant Professor
in Rhetoric, Composition, & Teaching of English Program
2001-present
Business & Technical Writing Course Director
2003-present
Business Writing Course Director
2002-2003
Business Writing Course Director Advisor
2001-2002
Purdue University
Graduate Teaching Instructor
1996-2001
Computers & Composition Mentor
1998-2001
Professional Writing Mentor
2000-2001
Southern Illinois University
Lecturer
1995-1996
Graduate Teaching Assistant
1994-1995
Writing Tutor
1994-1995
ITT Technical
College
Instructor
1995-1996 |
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2008 |
Provost’s
Author Support Fund, University of Arizona. |
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2007
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Student
Mortar Board Teacher Honor, University of Arizona. |
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2006 |
GPSA
Outstanding Mentor of Graduate/Professional Students, Honorable Mention,
University of Arizona. |
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2005 |
GPSA
Outstanding Faculty Member Award, University of Arizona. |
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2003 |
Distinguished
Achievement in Humanities Educational Outreach Award, University of
Arizona.
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College of Humanities
Career Development Fund, University of Arizona. |
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2001
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Alpha
Delta Pi Outstanding Educator Award, University of Arizona.
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Nominated for
the Kairos/Lore Award for Computer Composition Teaching. |
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2000 |
Purdue University
Excellence in Teaching Award. |
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1999
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Kneale Award,
2nd place competitive pedagogy award for materials entitled, “Portfolio
of Web-authoring Materials for English 102C.” |
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1998 |
Student-nominated
and listed in Who's Who Among American Teachers.
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Kneale Award,
1st place competitive pedagogy award for materials entitled, “Portfolio
of Web-based Research Materials for English 101C.” |
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2009 |
Tohono O’odham Nation 12% Grant, $409,000. (Awaiting Results,
PI).
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2008 |
Office of the
Vice President for Student Affairs Student/Faculty Interaction Program
Grant, $250. (100%, PI). |
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2005 |
Alltel Fund for
the Arts Grant to host svr, spatial and visual rhetorics installation
show, $960. (100%, PI). |
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2004 |
Council of Graduate
Schools Award to Assess the Feasibility for a Professional Master’s
Program in the Technical Communication & Professional Writing,
$11,500.00. (100%, PI). |
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2003 |
New
Learning Environment and Instructional Technologies Grant, $50,000.00.
(50%, Co-PI with Professor Roxanne Mountford). |
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Multimedia Instructional Certificate Grant, $3,452.20. (100%, PI). |
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2001
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Student-Faculty
Interaction Grant to host event, “Meeting of the Minds: Student-Faculty-Community
Member Connections through Business Writing,” $250.00. (100%,
PI). |
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Purdue University Graduate Student Travel Award for Promising Research,
$500.00. (100%, PI). |
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2000
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Purdue Research
Foundation Summer Research Grant for support of dissertation research,
$2,200.00. (100%, PI). |
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Graduate Student Travel Award for Promising Research, $500.00. (100%,
PI). |
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Edited
Scholarly Book |
Going
Wireless: A Critical Exploration of Wireless and Mobile Technologies for
Composition Teachers and Researchers. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2009.
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Chapters in
Scholarly Books & Monographs |
“A
Tale of Two Tech Chicks: Negotiating Gendered Assumptions about Program
Administration and Technology” forthcoming in Feminism and Administration
in Rhetoric and Composition Studies. Ed. Rebecca Rickly & Krista
Ratcliffe. (with Melinda Turnley, 50% of contribution). “Refiguring
the Interface Agent: An Exploration of Productive Tensions in New Media
Composing” forthcoming in RAW: Reading and Writing in New Media.
Ed. Cheryl Ball & Jim Kalmbach. (with Melinda Turnley, 50% of contribution).
“Transformative
Mentoring: Thinking Critically about the Transition from Graduate Student
to Faculty through a Graduate-Level Teaching Experience Program.”
Stories on Mentoring: Theory and Praxis. Ed. Michelle Eble and
Lynée Lewis Gaillet. West Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press, 2008. 207-221.
(with Susan Smith, 50% contribution).
“Introduction.”
Going Wireless: A Critical Exploration of Wireless and Mobile Technologies
for Composition Teachers and Researchers. Ed. Amy C. Kimme Hea. Cresskill,
NJ: Hampton Press.
“Perpetual Contact:
Articulating The Anywhere, Anytime Pedagogical Model of Mobile and Wireless
Composing.” Going Wireless: A Critical Exploration of Wireless
and Mobile Technologies for Composition Teachers and Researchers.
Ed. Amy C. Kimme Hea. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
“Riding the Wave: Articulating a Critical Methodology for WWW Research
Practices in Computers & Composition.” Digital Writing Research:
Technologies, Methodologies, and Ethical Issues. Ed. Dànielle
DeVoss & Heidi McKee. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2007. 269-86.
“Articulating
(Re)visions of the Web: Exploring Links Among Corporate and Academic Web
Sites.” Images and Words: New Steps in an Old Dance. Ed.
Nancy Allen. Greenwich, CT: Ablex, 2002. 231-255. |
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Referred Journal
Articles |
“Developing
Stakeholder Relationships: What’s at Stake?” Reflections: A
Journal of Writing, Service-Learning, and Community Literacy 4.2 (Winter
2005): 54-76. PDF
of article draft.
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“After Hypertext:
20 Years of Hypertext Theory & Practice.” Computers &
Composition 20th Anniversary Issue 20 (2003): 415-425. (with Professor
Johndan Johnson-Eilola). PDF
of article.
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“Rearticulating
E-dentities in the Web-based Classroom: One Technoresearcher’s Exploration
of Power & the WWW.” Computers & Composition 19.3
(2002): 331-346. PDF
of article.
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“Exploring Articulation
as a Methodology: An Articulation of the Corporate Presence in Relationship
to Scholarship.” Educare/Educere 5.7 (2000): 41-52. PDF
of article. |
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Journal Articles
(Invited) |
“Destabilizing
the Categories of New Media Research: A Response to Jeff Rice’s ‘Folksono(me).’”
jac forthcoming. |
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Peer-Reviewed
Electronic Publication |
“A Making: The
Job Search & Our Work as Computer Compositionists.” Kairos
9.1 (2004). <http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/9.1/binder.html?praxis/kimmehea/making.htm>.
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“Exploring and
Evaluating Non-Program Teacher Training.” Kairos 7.3 (2002).
<http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/7.3/response/techteach/amy/index.htm>.
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“Assessing Issues
of Computer Lab Configurations.” Kairos 7.3 (2002). <http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/7.3/binder.html?response/techteach/index.htm>.
(with David Menchaca).
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“Analyzing Professional
Contexts Project.” Professional Writing On-line, electronic
textbook. Eds. James Porter, Patricia Sullivan, and Johndan Johnson-Eilola.
Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 2000 (with Professor Melinda Turnley).
<http://www.ablongman.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0321160150,00.html>.
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Scholarly Reviews |
Review of Robert D.
Putnam’s “Bowling Alone: America’s Declining Social Capital”
and K. Edward Spiezio’s “Pedagogy and Political (Dis)Engagement.”
Technical Communication Quarterly (Summer 2004): 358-364.
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Review of Deborah Holdstein
and David Bleich’s Personal Effects: The Social Character of Scholarly
Writing. Writing Program Administration (Fall/Winter 2002):
74-76.
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Review of Tharon Howard’s
A Rhetoric of Electronic Writing Communities. IEEE Transactions
on Professional Communication 42.3 (1999): 200-202. PDF
of review. |
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Conference
Proceedings |
“Teaching as
a Conduit: An Interrogation of the Educative Function of the Untenured,
Sole Professional Writing Faculty Member.” EServer TC Library. Proceeds
from the 2003 Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication.
http://tc.eserver.org/23368.html.
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“Technology Programs
or The Technologically Programmed? Hopes of Ending Decontextualized TechnoTraining
for Composition Teachers.” ERIC Database. #ED464340. (invited).
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“Countering Deterministic
Tools: A Critical Approach to Computers and Composition.” ERIC Database.
#ED432756. (invited). PDF
of eric file. |
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Invited
Responses |
“Computers &
Writing Community Voices” response. Computers and Writing: The
Cyborg Era by James Inman. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004. 136.
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“Looking to the
Future: A Place to ‘Hyper’ the Essays of World Literature Today.”
World Literature Today. (June 2000). Ed. Robert Con Davis-Undiano.
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma. PDF
of response. |
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In Progress |
Book
Version 2.0: A History of Computers and Composition from 1995-2006 proposal
accepted by Dr. Gail E. Hawisher & Dr. Cynthia L. Selfe, editors of
New Directions in Computers and Composition series with Hampton Press (with
Melinda Turnley). (project under consideration; research begun May 2006;
manuscript to be completed spring 2007).
Referred Journal Articles
“The Silent Partners: Theorizing Client Roles in Technical and Business
Communication Service-Learning Pedagogies” for submission to Technical
Communication Quarterly. (Received revise and resubmit notification October
2005; 27 manuscript pages; revision to be resubmitted 2009).
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Conferences |
2008 |
“Integrating
Technologies in New Media Composition Courses: A Programmatic View”
Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco,
CA.
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2007 |
“ IT
& Me: A Technorhetorician’s Role in the ‘Making’
of an All-wireless Campus”
Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, NY.
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2006 |
“Understanding
the Client Perspective: A Discussion of Client Motivations for Working
with Business & Technical Writing Students in Service-Learning
Projects”
To be presented at Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Convention,
Tucson, Arizona.
“Making
History: The Computers & Composition Video Story Booth”
2006 Computers and Writing Conference, Lubbock, Texas.
“Anywhere,
Anytime Technologies: The Implications of Wireless and Mobile Teaching
& Learning for Compositionists”
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, Illinois.
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2005 |
“Going
Wireless: Implications of Wireless Technologies for Teachers and Scholars”
Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco,
California.
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2004 |
“Invisible
Threads: Implications of Wireless Networks for Computer Compositionists”
2004 Computers and Writing, Honolulu, Hawaii. (submitted).
“What’s at Stake? Strategies for Developing Stakeholder
Relationships for Teachers, Students, & Community Members in
Service-Learning Projects”
Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio,
Texas (submitted).
“The Silent Partners: Theorizing Client Roles in Professional
and Technical Communication Service-Learning Pedagogies”
Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, San Antonio, Texas
(submitted).
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2003 |
“Teaching
as a Conduit: An Interrogation of the Educative Function of the Untenured,
Sole Professional Writing Faculty Member”
2003 Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication,
Potsdam, New York. (submitted).
“Rhetorical Hybridity in Digital Media: Considerations for Teaching
and Research”
2003 Computers and Writing, Lafayette, Indiana. (submitted).
“Making it Real, Keeping it Sane: Reflections on the Teaching
of ‘Real World’ Professional Writing Projects”
Alliance for Teachers of Technical Writing, New York, New York. (submitted).
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2002 |
“Computer
Technology Professionalization Considerations & Practices for
Future Job Seekers”
2002 Computers and Writing, Normal, Illinois. (invited).
“How to Develop Effective & Ongoing Technology Teacher
Training for Your Composition Program”
2002 Computers and Writing, Normal, Illinois. (submitted).
“An Articulation
Project of Democratic Proportions: Exploring the Role of the E-Rhetor
in ‘Defenders of Internet Freedom’ Campaigns”
Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. (submitted).
“Re-figuring
Space(s): Critical Considerations of Technologies with-in/out the
Composition Course” Conference on College Composition and
Communication, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (submitted).
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1999 |
“Negotiating
Institutional Constraints: Reflections on Graduate Student Co-Mentoring”
Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, West Lafayette,
Indiana. (submitted).
“Power,
Professional Development, and the Apprentice WPA”
Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, West Lafayette,
Indiana. (submitted).
“Countering Deterministic Tools: A Critical Theory Approach
to Computers & Composition”
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, Georgia.
(submitted).
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1998
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“Educational
Experts: Negotiating Critical Engagements with Student and Teacher
Academic Experiences and Expectations”
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, Illinois.
(submitted).
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1997 |
“Beyond
a Tool: Computer Technology as a Challenge to Traditional Text”
Midwest Modern Language Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
(submitted).
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1996 |
“Rethinking
Team Teaching: Displacing the Power Roles in an Emancipatory Classroom”
Pedagogy of the Oppressed Conference, Omaha, Nebraska. (submitted).
“A Feminist Collaborative Classroom: Speaking Out from the Boundaries”
Graduate Student Conference, Missoula, Montana. (submitted).
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1995 |
“The
Collaborative Classroom: Reevaluating the Processes”
Graduate Student Conference, Columbia, Missouri. (submitted).
“A
Feminist Approach to First-Year Composition: Exploring the Potentials
of Hypertext”
Conference of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language,
and Gender, Gainesville, Florida. (submitted).
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1994 |
“Searching
for the Alternative Text”
Midwest Feminist Graduate Student Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio. (submitted).
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Colloquia |
2008 |
“Developing
an Electronic Scholarly Presence”
Guest Speaker for RCTE Colloquium on Scholarly Materials, University
of Arizona. |
2006 |
“Conference
Presentations in Rhetoric and Composition”
Guest Speaker for RCTE Colloquium on Conference Presentations, University
of Arizona.
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2005 |
“Preparing
for the Job Search”
Guest Speaker for RCTE Colloquium on the Job Market, University of
Arizona.
“Poster Session Participation”
Guest Speaker for RCTE Colloquium on Poster Presentation Creation,
University of Arizona.
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2003 |
“Creating
Job Search E-Portfolios”
Guest Speaker for Literature Colloquium on Professionalization, University
of Arizona. (invited). “Developing
Web-based Teaching Portfolios”
Guest Speaker for Rhetoric, Composition, and Teaching of English Colloquium
on Professionalization, University of Arizona. (invited).
“Creating a Teaching History: Graduate Student Teaching Portfolios”
Guest Speaker for the Teaching Advisors of the University of Arizona
Writing Program (invited). |
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2002 |
"Print-
& Web-based Teaching Portfolios”
Guest Speaker for Literature Colloquium on Professionalization, University
of Arizona. (invited).
"MLA
Mock Interviews”
Participant for Rhetoric, Composition, and Teaching of English Colloquium
on Professionalization, University of Arizona. (invited).
“Creating
Web-based Teaching Portfolio”
Guest Speaker for Rhetoric, Composition, and Teaching of English Colloquium
on Professionalization, University of Arizona. (invited). |
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2001
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“Job
Market CV’s & Cover Letters”
Guest Speaker for Rhetoric, Composition, and Teaching of English Colloquium
on Professionalization, University of Arizona. (invited).
“Creating
Web-based Teaching Portfolio”
Guest Speaker for Rhetoric, Composition, and Teaching of English Colloquium
on Professionalization, University of Arizona. (invited). |
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Seminars |
2006 |
“Research
Roundtable”
Workshop Consultant for Graduate Research Network at 2006 Computers
and Writing Conference, Lubbock, Texas.
“Computers & Writing Job Market”
Workshop Consultant for Graduate Research Network at 2006 Computers
and Writing Conference, Lubbock, Texas.
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2005 |
“Computers
& Writing Job Market”
Workshop Consultant for Graduate Research Network at 2005 Computers
and Writing Conference, Palo Alto, California. (submitted)
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2004 |
“A
Rhetorical Approach to Planning Web Design Projects”
Workshop Facilitator with Melinda Turnley for SIG of Association of
Teachers of Technical Writing, San Antonio, TX. (submitted).
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2003 |
“New
Instructor Forum”
2003 Computers and Writing, Lafayette, Indiana. (invited).
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2002 |
“Computer
Technology Professionalization”
Guest Speaker for College of Humanities Instructional Computing Series,
University of Arizona. (invited).
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2001
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“Role
of Technology in Composition Research”
Guest Lecturer for Professor Ed White’s English 597R: Writing
Research course, University of Arizona. (invited).
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2000 |
“HTML
and Dreamweaver Workshop”
Guest Lecturer for Associate Professor Johndan Johnson-Eilola’s
English 626: Composition and Postmodernism course, Purdue University.
(invited).
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1999 |
“Design
Interface and Interaction Workshop”
Guest Lecturer for Associate Professor Johndan Johnson-Eilola’s
English 424: Writing for the Computer Industry course, Purdue University.
(invited).
“Tutorial Design Memo Workshop”
Guest Lecturer for Associate Professor Johndan Johnson-Eilola’s
English 424: Writing for the Computer Industry course, Purdue University.
(invited).
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University
of Arizona, August 2001 - present |
Graduate-Level
Courses |
English
597r: Research Methodologies in Rhetoric & Composition (1 section)
Spring 2009: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/597r/597r.htm
English 510: Teaching
of Composition (2 sections)
Fall 2006: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/engl510/510.htm
Fall 2004: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/510/510.htm
English 696E: Spatial & Visual Rhetorics (3 sections)
Fall 2008:
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/svr/696.htm
Spring 2005: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/svrhetorics/696.htm
Spring 2003: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/svrhet/svrhet.htm
English 696E: Computers & Writing Theory (1 section)
Fall 2002: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/cct/cct.htm
English 696E: Professional Writing Theory & Practice (3 sections)
Fall 2005: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/pw696/pw696.htm
Spring 2004: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/696/pw696.htm
Spring 2002: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/pw/pw_theory_practice.htm
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Undergraduate Upper-Level Courses |
English 414: Writing
for the Computer Industry (1 section, computer-mediated)
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/html/414.htm
English 307: Business Writing (8 sections, computer-mediated)
Course design adopted by UA Writing Program as curriculum guide
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/spring07/syllabus.htm
(most recent course website)
English 308: Technical
Writing (1 section, computer-meidated, compressed schedule)
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/summer07/syllabus.htm
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Undergraduate Lower-Division Courses |
Honors 200: Thinking
Critically about New Media (1 section, compressed schedule)
http://honors200.ning.com/
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Graduate Student Committees |
Comprehensive Exam
Chair for Jennifer Haley, Denise Burgess, Jenna Vinson, Jennifer Heckler,
Dalyn Luedke, Georgianna Miller, Leta Sharp, Susan Smith, & Kristen
Welch.
Comprehensive Exam
Member for Jim Bowman, Amy Dayton, Jennifer DeWinter, Jennifer Jacovich,
Tammie Kennedy, Andrew Kopp, Nathalie Kuroiwa-Lewis, Claire Lauer, Holly
Mandes, Jill McCracken, Georgie Miller, Charles McKenzie, Vivette Milson-Whyte,
David Menchaca, Ryan Moeller, Tracy Morse, Kelly Myers, Sung Ohm, David
Reamer, Dalyn Luedtke, Margaret Smith, Jillian Toomey, Bobby Vasquez,
Amanda Wray, Anita Furtner, & Nick White.
Dissertation Chair
for Deb Harris, Dalyn Luedtke, Sue Smith, Stephanie Vie, Leta Sharp, &
David Reamer.
Dissertation Member for Georgie Miller, Jennifer Heckler, Nathalie Kuroiwa-Lewis,
Claire Lauer, Andrew Kopp, Jill McCracken, Susan Meyers, Sami Lyons, Ron
Lorette, Becca Richards, & Kristen Welch. |
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Purdue University,
August 1996 - May 2001 |
Graduate-Level
Courses
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English
505M: Practicum in Professional Writing (1 section, computer-mediated, team
taught)
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/purdue/505/index.html*
English 502I: Practicum in Computers and Composition (4 sections, computer-mediated,
team taught)
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/purdue/502/fall00mentoring.htm* |
Undergraduate Upper-Level Courses |
English
306: Introduction to Professional Writing (1 section, computer-mediated)
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/purdue/306/syllabus.htm*
English 421C: Technical Writing (2 sections, computer-mediated, distance
education)
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/purdue/421/syllabus.htm*
English 421: Technical Writing (4 sections— 2 sections team taught,
computer-mediated)
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First-Year Composition Courses |
English
102: Introductory Composition II (2 sections)
English 101C: Introductory Composition I (1 section, computer-mediated)
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~kimmehea/purdue/101/101cfall97syllabus.htm*
English 101: Introductory Composition I (2 sections) |
*These
course websites are posted, but the pages have not been updated since the
classes were taught.
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Southern Illinois
University, August 1994 - May 1996 |
First-Year
Composition Courses |
English 102: Research
Writing (6 sections)
English 101: Expository Writing (6 sections) |
Writing
Tutor |
Tutored undergraduate
and graduate students with questions about rhetoric and grammar. |
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ITT Technical
College, April 1995 - May 1996 |
Undergraduate
Upper-Level Courses |
Technical Communications
II (1 section, computer-mediated)
Technical Communications I (2 sections, computer-mediated) |
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New Start English
Coordinator, University of Arizona, February 2006-present
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- Attend weekly meetings
with the Planning Team.
- Hire, train, supervise,
and mentor composition teachers for New Start summer session.
- Coordinate type,
number, staffing, and other resources for composition courses.
- Assist in the
hiring and preparation of program tutors.
- Hold regular office
hours to consult with instructors, tutors, and other members of New
Start.
- Consult with Awards,
Academic Challenge, and other subcommittees of New Start.
- Schedule guest
speakers for New Start.
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Associate Director
of the Writing Program, University of Arizona, July 2005-present
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- Coordinate with
Hale Thomas and Mark Bryant on business and technical writing technology
training.
- Chair the Difference
& Inequality committee in the Writing Program.
- Help plan and attend
all WRIPAC monthly meetings.
- Attend all Course
Director monthly meetings.
- Meet twice weekly
(and more if necessary) with the Director of the Writing Program.
- Act as Faculty
Advisor to the Writing Center.
- Review all 80+
technology requests from writing program instructors.
- Oversee the Writing
Program’s computer classroom and coordinate with CCIT staff to
ensure training of teachers.
- Serve as Course
Director for English 307 and 308.
Initiatives developed:
- Coordinate study
of D2L integration in the first-year writing preceptorship program.
- Established Difference
& Inequality working group to establish web site resources.
- Developed English
313 and 340.
- Created two new
pedagogical models for 307 and 308 an 8-week compressed course in
the regular semester and a Saturday-morning course. Both courses are
being piloted this spring with evening and weekend university.
- Established training
program for summer business and technical writing teachers.
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Technical and
Business Writing Course Director, University of Arizona, Fall 2003 - present
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- Review the instruction,
curricula, assessment, and texts for technical and business writing
courses.
- Check all course
syllabi, work with GATs on matters of pedagogy.
- Make recommendations
to Writing Program on revisions to courses and policies.
- Meet monthly with
the Director of Writing Program to discuss courses and the assessment
and revision of the curricula, instruction, assessment, and the selection
of instructors.
- Maintain Professional
Writing listserv for interested instructors.
Initiatives developed:
- Facilitated the
creation of pre-semester technology orientation for all instructors.
- Established monthly
instructor meetings to encourage pedagogical innovation.
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Business Writing Course Director, University of Arizona, Fall 2002 - Fall
2003 |
- Oversaw the instruction,
curriculum, assessment, and texts for business writing courses.
- Reviewed all course
syllabi, work with GATs on matters of pedagogy.
- Made recommendations
to CPAC on revisions in courses and policies.
- Met monthly with
the Director to oversee courses and the assessment and revision of the
curriculum, instruction, assessment, and the selection of instructors.
Initiatives
developed:
- Supervised the
creation of the Professional Writing Teaching Goals Statement.
- Advised Professional
Writing Pedagogical Workshops Committee.
- Established Professional
Writing listserv for interested instructors.
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Business Writing Course Director Advisor, University of Arizona, Fall 2001-
Fall 2002 |
- Responded to inquiries
about the development of business writing pedagogy.
- Reviewed all course
syllabi, work with GATs on matters of pedagogy.
Initiatives developed:
- Created the Professional
Writing Textbook Evaluation Committee to research, review, and catalogue
professional writing course textbooks.
- Established Professional
Writing Pedagogical Workshops Committee.
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Co-Mentor Computers and Composition, Purdue University, May 1998 - May 2001
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- Taught English
502I: Practicum in Computers and Composition.
- Designed and maintained
web syllabus and schedule for mentoring class.
- Developed computer-8217;
orientation to campus technologies.
- Maintained staff
records, syllabi, and schedules.
- Acted as liaison
between staff and Purdue University Computing Center.
- Consulted with
the Director of Introductory Writing on Computers and Composition Program.
Initiatives developed:
- Archived suggested
theoretical and practical readings on the incorporation of computer
technologies into writing pedagogies.
- Designed course
web syllabi templates for faculty and staff teaching in the Computers
and Composition Program.
- Designed, developed,
and maintained Computers and Composition Program website which includes
computer documentation, staff information, computers and composition
resources, and mentoring information.
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Co-Mentor of Professional Writing, Purdue University, May 2000 - May 2001 |
- Taught English
505M: Practicum in Professional Writing.
- Designed and maintained
web syllabus and schedule for mentoring class.
- Observed and reviewed,
with the Director of Professional Writing, all new T.A.s twice per year.
- Coordinated peer
observations of professional writing teaching.
- Provided teaching
evaluations of mentor group members to Director of Professional Writing.
- Coordinated new
staff development of curricular materials.
- Developed and archived
curricular materials.
- Participated in
the hiring process for new instructors and Post-Doctoral Candidates
in the Professional Writing Program.
Initiatives developed:
- Designed course
web syllabi templates for faculty and staff teaching in the Professional
Writing Program.
- Collaborated with
the Technology Coordinator and Professional Development Coordinator
on technology and professionalization curriculum for mentoring group.
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Consultant
with Wadsworth/Thomson Higher Education
Karen Smith, Associate
Development Editor, English
- Provided feedback
on visual rhetoric textbooks.
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Consultant with Bedford/St. Martin's New Media Division
Katie Schooling, New Media Director, March 2004 - March 2005
- Advised on web
redesign.
- Performed usability
testing to revised web sites.
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Consultant with Arizona Department of Transportation
Reza Karimvand, Regional Traffic Director, May 2003
- Consulted with
Regional Traffic Director on technical writing requirements for Traffic
Analysts.
- Created potential
interview questions concerning writing for Traffic Analyst interviewees.
- Proposed portfolio
assessment method for Traffic Analysts job candidates.
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Consultant with Professional
Writing Online (PWO)
Allyn & Bacon, October 1999- May 2001
- Coded HTML professional
writing materials for Professional Writing Online electronic
textbook.
- Proofread and edited
existing materials for PWO.
- Contributed “Analyzing
Professional Contexts” project to PWO.
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Consultant with ViEW (Virtual Environments for Writing)
Purdue University, May 1999 - June 2000
- Developed professional
writing projects for distance education teaching environment.
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- Responded on-line
and via telephone to customer and train crew requests.
- Researched and
resolved customer inquires through railroad problem-solving process.
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Service |
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National/International
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2009
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Computers
& Composition Award Judge
Evaluated submissions for the 2009 Computers & Composition Award.
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2008
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Proposal
Reviewer for Tenure Case
Evaluated a case for promotion and tenure of colleague to associate.
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2007-2008
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Proposal
Reviewer for SIGDOC conference
Reviewed proposals for the conference.
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2006-2007 |
Coordinator
of SIGDOC conference
Reviewed proposals and helped to promote the conference.
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Judge
for Society of Technical Communicators Media Awards
Judged online materials for the regional STC award.
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2006-
present
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Editorial
Board Member for Kairos
Review submissions for possible publication in Kairos, an online
peer-reviewed journal devoted to computers and composition research.
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2001-present |
Editorial
Board Reviewer for The Writing Instructor
Review submissions for possible publication in The Writing Instructor,
an online peer-reviewed journal devoted to composition research
and teaching.
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2006-2007 |
2006 Travel Funding Committee
Award grants to graduate students and instructors traveling to 2006
Computers and Writing Conference.
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2006
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Textbook
Reviewer Bedford/St. Martin’s Publishers
Reviewed the 5th edition of The Business Writer's Companion
by Gerald J. Alred, Charles T. Brusaw, and Walter E. Oliu.
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Textbook Manuscript Reviewer with Bedford/St. Martin’s
Publishers
Reviewed two textbook manuscripts.
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2005-
2006 |
Travel
Funding Committee
present Award grants to graduate students and instructors traveling
to 2006 Computers and Writing Conference.
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2005
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Scholarly
Manuscript Reviewer Hampton Press
Reviewed scholarly manuscript for New Directions in Computers &
Composition Series.
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Computers
and Composition Distinguished Book Award
Evaluated nominated book-length publications and made the award.
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2004
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Session
Chair 2004 Computers and Writing Conference
Chaired session entitled, “Professional Issues in Computers
and Writing.”
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2004-
2005 |
Travel
Funding Committee
2005 Awarded grants to graduate students and instructors traveling
to 2005 Computers and Writing Conference. The committee raised and
awarded more than $3,000.
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2003
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Diversity
Committee of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific
Communication
Develop initiatives to attract and support diversity in the organization.
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Textbook
Reviewer Bedford/St. Martin’s Publishers
Reviewed the 3rd edition of The Business Writer's Companion
by Gerald J. Alred, Charles T. Brusaw, and Walter E. Oliu.
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Program
Committee for 2003 Computers and Writing Conference
Proposed guest speakers and speaker forums for conference, developed
conference schedule and program, and created review process for proposals.
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Proposal Reviewer 2003 Computers and Writing Conference
Reviewed conference proposals for possible inclusion in the 2003
Computers and Writing Conference.
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2003-2004
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Chair
2004 Online Auction for Travel Support Subcommittee
Organized, coordinated, and supervised online auction to support graduate
student and instructor travel to 2004 Computers and Writing Conference.
The auction raised more than $3,000.
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2004 |
Travel
Funding Committee
Coordinated fundraising opportunities to support graduate student
and instructor travel to 2004 Computers and Writing Conference. The
committee raised more than $6,000.
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Proposal
Reviewer 2004 Computers and Writing Conference
Reviewed conference proposals for possible inclusion in the 2004 Computers
and Writing Conference.
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2002
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Participant
Computers in Writing Intensive Classrooms at Michigan Technological
University
Developed new media projects.
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2001
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Contributor
Computers and Composition Resource Committee
Purdue University
Provided documentation to support the integration of computer technologies
in the first-year writing curricula.
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2000-
present |
Reviewer
for The Writing Instructor
Review submissions for possible publication in The Writing Instructor.
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2000-2001 |
WPA:
Writing Program Administration (Editorial Assistant)
Copy edited articles for publication in WPA’s December
2000 issue.
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2000 |
College
Composition and Communication (Co-Reviewer with Professor Johndan
Johnson-Eilola)
Reviewed essay for possible publication in CCC ’s April
2000 issue.
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1999 |
Journal
of Business and Technical Communication (Reviewer)
Reviewed essay for possible publication in JBTC’s special
issue, The Social Realms of Technology.
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Local
Arrangements Committee for Council of Writing Program
Administrator's Conference (Member)
Purdue University
Staffed a computer session to assist with computer questions, designed
and developed layout for conference program, organized social outing
to Wolf Park for conference participants, and helped with welcome
dinner for conference participants.
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1998 |
Paulo
Freire Memorial Presentation at Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Organizer)
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Organized and participated in a forum to eulogize Paulo Freire.
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Women's
INterVENTIONS in Science, Art, and Technology Symposium (Volunteer)
Purdue University
Staffed information booth for conference.
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Departmental
Committees |
2006
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Johnnie
Rae Harper & Ruth Gardner Awards Committee
Judge application files for these two Writing Program teaching awards.
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2005-
present |
Chair
Difference & Inequality Committee
Implement new initiatives to foster a diverse, equitable environment
in our Writing Program.
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2005
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Guest
Participant RCTE Mock Interviews
Participated in mock interviews with RCTE job candidates.
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Guest
Participant Literature Mock Interviews
Participated in phone and f2f mock interviews with literature job
candidates.
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RCTE
Patrick Dissertation Awards Committee
Judged applications and made recommendations for this departmental
research award.
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2005-2006
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Annual
Performance Review Committee
Evaluated faculty annual performance reviews.
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2004
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Guest Participant RCTE Job Group
Provided job market information to job candidates and participated
in mock interviews.
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2004-2005
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Member, RCTE subcommittee, Academic Program Review
Researched and advised on the RCTE program subcommittee.
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Member,
Technology subcommittee, Academic Program Review
Researched and advised on the technology subcommittee.
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English
Department Speaker Series Committee
Determined upcoming guest speakers and hosted guests.
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Writing
Program Advisory Committee
Oversaw the curriculum, assessment, and instruction in composition
courses; developed policies, procedures, and program assessment; and
supported diversity issues.
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Writing
Program Technology Subcommittee
Developed plans to procure and integrate technology into Writing Program
curricula.
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2003
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Guest
Participant Job Search Committee
Participated in mock interviews with job candidates.
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Participant
RCTE Professional Publication Workshop
Evaluated graduate student writing in publication workshop.
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2003-2004
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RCTE
Subcommittee on Professional Writing
Examined business and technical writing courses for potential curricular
revisions.
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2002
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Chair
Professional Writing Teaching Goals Statement Revision Committee
Researched and revised Professional Writing Teaching Goals Statement
to guide business and technical writing course development.
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English
Department Scholarships Committee
Reviewed and ranked applicants for English Department Scholarships.
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Session
Chair English Department Spring Conference
Chaired session, “Innovative Approaches to Teaching with Technology.”
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Judge
A Student's Guide to First-Year Composition Essay Contest
Reviewed and ranked submitted first-year student essays.
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Composition
Program Hiring Committee for Placement Advisors
Reviewed and ranked applications for Composition Program’s Placement
Advisors.
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Consultant
RCTE Professional Publication Workshop
Evaluated graduate student writing in publication workshop.
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2002-2003
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RCTE
Subcommittee on Advanced Composition
Assessed current advanced composition courses and articulated professional
writing courses for English major.
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English
Department Council (Elected)
Evaluated issues surrounding curricula, faculty recruitment, department
policy, faculty promotion and tenure, and the department constitution.
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Chair
Spring Conference Poster Session Committee
Created and coordinated electronic and traditional poster session
for conference.
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2001
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Guest
Participant Job Search Committee
Participated in mock interviews with job candidates.
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Chair
Professional Writing Textbook Evaluation Committee
Prepared business and technical writing textbook reviews.
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2000 |
On-line
Teaching Showcase (Co-Coordinator)
Purdue University
Organized forum for On-line Teaching Showcase and developed promotional
and scheduling materials to coordinate participants’ presentations
of on-line teaching materials.
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1999 |
Introductory
Writing Program (IWP) Newsletter (Contributor)
Purdue University
Contributed column on the Computers and Composition Program at Purdue
to the IWP newsletter.
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Writing
at the Interface—MOO Conference (Moderator)
Purdue University
Chaired session entitled, “Communication and Community.”
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1998-1999 |
First-Year
Composition Computer Introduction Workshop (Facilitator)
Purdue University
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University
Committees |
2006-
present |
Network Master Plan Communication Initiative
Produce communications to explain network master plan to university
community.
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University
Committee on Corporate Relations
Make recommendations to the President of the University on relationships
between the University of Arizona and businesses or corporations.
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2005 |
Consultant
University of Arizona Library Web Site Focus Group
Offered feedback on revised web design of library site.
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Outreach |
2005 |
Coordinated and
hosted Spatial & Visual Rhetorics Installation Show. Drew more
than 100 participants from campus and local communities to engage
graduate student installation projects. |
2004 |
Redesigned volunteer
brochure for Mobile Meals of Tucson.
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2001- present |
Through
on-going service-learning projects, facilitate the production of more
than 90 documents for non-profit agencies, University of Arizona organizations,
College of Humanities instructional computing, and UA Writing Program
instructors.
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Nov. ‘99-
Jan. ‘01 |
Westminster Village
Retirement Community (Volunteer Interviewer)
West Lafayette, Indiana
Interviewed residents; recorded life stories; and wrote and revised
residents’ stories to be shared with their families.
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Association
for Teachers of Technical Writing
Conference on College Composition and Communication
Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication
Council of Writing Program Administrators
National Council of Teachers of English
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Professor Johndan Johnson-Eilola,
Director of Center for Excellence in Communication
Box 5762
Department of Technical Communications
Clarkson University
Potsdam, New York 13699-5762
315.268.6488
fax: 315.268.2335
email: johndan@clarkson.edu
home page: http://www.clarkson.edu/~johndan/datacloud/
Professor Irwin Weiser, Department Head
Department of English
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1356
765.494.3736
email: iweiser@purdue.edu
home page: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~iweiser/index.html.htm
Professor David Blakesley, Director of Professional Writing Program
Department of English
1356 Heavilon Hall
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1356
765.494.3772
email: blakesle@purdue.edu
home page: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~blakesle/index.html
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