curriculum vitae

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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  
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
  520.621.1057
 
 
 
education
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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

 
 
 
academic appointments
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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

 
 
 
2008 Provost’s Author Support Fund, University of Arizona.
   
2007 Student Mortar Board Teacher Honor, University of Arizona.
   
2006 GPSA Outstanding Mentor of Graduate/Professional Students, Honorable Mention, University of Arizona.
   
2005 GPSA Outstanding Faculty Member Award, University of Arizona.
   
2003 Distinguished Achievement in Humanities Educational Outreach Award, University of Arizona.

  College of Humanities Career Development Fund, University of Arizona.
   
2001 Alpha Delta Pi Outstanding Educator Award, University of Arizona.

  Nominated for the Kairos/Lore Award for Computer Composition Teaching.
   
2000 Purdue University Excellence in Teaching Award.
   
1999 Kneale Award, 2nd place competitive pedagogy award for materials entitled, “Portfolio of Web-authoring Materials for English 102C.”
   
1998 Student-nominated and listed in Who's Who Among American Teachers.

  Kneale Award, 1st place competitive pedagogy award for materials entitled, “Portfolio of Web-based Research Materials for English 101C.”
 
 
 
grants
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2009 Tohono O’odham Nation 12% Grant, $409,000. (Awaiting Results, PI).


   
2008 Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs Student/Faculty Interaction Program Grant, $250. (100%, PI).
   
2005 Alltel Fund for the Arts Grant to host svr, spatial and visual rhetorics installation show, $960. (100%, PI).
   
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).
   
2003 New Learning Environment and Instructional Technologies Grant, $50,000.00. (50%, Co-PI with Professor Roxanne Mountford).
 
Multimedia Instructional Certificate Grant, $3,452.20. (100%, PI).
   
2001 Student-Faculty Interaction Grant to host event, “Meeting of the Minds: Student-Faculty-Community Member Connections through Business Writing,” $250.00. (100%, PI).
 
Purdue University Graduate Student Travel Award for Promising Research, $500.00. (100%, PI).
   
2000 Purdue Research Foundation Summer Research Grant for support of dissertation research, $2,200.00. (100%, PI).
 
Graduate Student Travel Award for Promising Research, $500.00. (100%, PI).
 
 
 
publications
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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.

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.


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.

“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.

“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.

“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.
 
Journal Articles (Invited)
“Destabilizing the Categories of New Media Research: A Response to Jeff Rice’s ‘Folksono(me).’” jac forthcoming.
 
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>.

“Exploring and Evaluating Non-Program Teacher Training.” Kairos 7.3 (2002). <http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/7.3/response/techteach/amy/index.htm>.

“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).

“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>.
 
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.

Review of Deborah Holdstein and David Bleich’s Personal Effects: The Social Character of Scholarly Writing. Writing Program Administration (Fall/Winter 2002): 74-76.

Review of Tharon Howard’s A Rhetoric of Electronic Writing Communities. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 42.3 (1999): 200-202. PDF of review.
 
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.

“Technology Programs or The Technologically Programmed? Hopes of Ending Decontextualized TechnoTraining for Composition Teachers.” ERIC Database. #ED464340. (invited).

“Countering Deterministic Tools: A Critical Approach to Computers and Composition.” ERIC Database. #ED432756. (invited). PDF of eric file.
 
Invited Responses
“Computers & Writing Community Voices” response. Computers and Writing: The Cyborg Era by James Inman. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004. 136.

“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.
 
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).

 
 
 
presentations
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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.

 

2007

“ IT & Me: A Technorhetorician’s Role in the ‘Making’ of an All-wireless Campus”
Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, NY.

 

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.

2005 “Going Wireless: Implications of Wireless Technologies for Teachers and Scholars”
Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, California.

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).


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).

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).


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).

1998 “Educational Experts: Negotiating Critical Engagements with Student and Teacher Academic Experiences and Expectations”
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, Illinois. (submitted).

1997 “Beyond a Tool: Computer Technology as a Challenge to Traditional Text”
Midwest Modern Language Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois. (submitted).

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).


 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).


 1994 “Searching for the Alternative Text”
Midwest Feminist Graduate Student Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio. (submitted).
 
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.
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.

   
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).
   
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).
 
2001 “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).
 
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.

2005 “Computers & Writing Job Market”
Workshop Consultant for Graduate Research Network at 2005 Computers and Writing Conference, Palo Alto, California. (submitted)
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).

2003 “New Instructor Forum”
2003 Computers and Writing, Lafayette, Indiana. (invited).

2002 “Computer Technology Professionalization”
Guest Speaker for College of Humanities Instructional Computing Series, University of Arizona. (invited).

2001 “Role of Technology in Composition Research”
Guest Lecturer for Professor Ed White’s English 597R: Writing Research course, University of Arizona. (invited).

2000 “HTML and Dreamweaver Workshop”
Guest Lecturer for Associate Professor Johndan Johnson-Eilola’s English 626: Composition and Postmodernism course, Purdue University. (invited).

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).

 
 
 
teaching and tutoring
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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


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


Undergraduate Lower-Division Courses
Honors 200: Thinking Critically about New Media (1 section, compressed schedule)
http://honors200.ning.com/

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.

 

Purdue University, August 1996 - May 2001
Graduate-Level Courses
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)

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.



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.
 

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)
 
 
 
administrative
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New Start English Coordinator, University of Arizona, February 2006-present
  • 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.
Associate Director of the Writing Program, University of Arizona, July 2005-present
  • 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.
Technical and Business Writing Course Director, University of Arizona, Fall 2003 - present
  • 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.
     


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.
 

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.

Co-Mentor Computers and Composition, Purdue University, May 1998 - May 2001
  • 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.

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.


Consultant with Wadsworth/Thomson Higher Education
Karen Smith, Associate Development Editor, English

  • Provided feedback on visual rhetoric textbooks.

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.


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.

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.

Consultant with ViEW (Virtual Environments for Writing)

Purdue University, May 1999 - June 2000

  • Developed professional writing projects for distance education teaching environment.
 
 
 
other professional experience
  • Responded on-line and via telephone to customer and train crew requests.
  • Researched and resolved customer inquires through railroad problem-solving process.
 
 
 
service and outreach
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Service
  National/International
2009

Computers & Composition Award Judge
Evaluated submissions for the 2009 Computers & Composition Award.

 

2008

Proposal Reviewer for Tenure Case
Evaluated a case for promotion and tenure of colleague to associate.

 

2007-2008

Proposal Reviewer for SIGDOC conference
Reviewed proposals for the conference.

 

2006-2007

Coordinator of SIGDOC conference
Reviewed proposals and helped to promote the conference.

 

 

Judge for Society of Technical Communicators Media Awards
Judged online materials for the regional STC award.

 

2006- present

Editorial Board Member for Kairos
Review submissions for possible publication in Kairos, an online peer-reviewed journal devoted to computers and composition research.

 

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.

 

2006-2007

2006 Travel Funding Committee
Award grants to graduate students and instructors traveling to 2006 Computers and Writing Conference.

 

2006 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.

 

Textbook Manuscript Reviewer with Bedford/St. Martin’s Publishers
Reviewed two textbook manuscripts.



2005- 2006 Travel Funding Committee
present Award grants to graduate students and instructors traveling to 2006 Computers and Writing Conference.

2005 Scholarly Manuscript Reviewer Hampton Press
Reviewed scholarly manuscript for New Directions in Computers & Composition Series.

  Computers and Composition Distinguished Book Award
Evaluated nominated book-length publications and made the award.

2004 Session Chair 2004 Computers and Writing Conference
Chaired session entitled, “Professional Issues in Computers and Writing.”

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.

2003 Diversity Committee of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication
Develop initiatives to attract and support diversity in the organization.

  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.

  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.

 

Proposal Reviewer 2003 Computers and Writing Conference
Reviewed conference proposals for possible inclusion in the 2003 Computers and Writing Conference.



2003-2004 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.

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.

  Proposal Reviewer 2004 Computers and Writing Conference
Reviewed conference proposals for possible inclusion in the 2004 Computers and Writing Conference.

2002 Participant Computers in Writing Intensive Classrooms at Michigan Technological University
Developed new media projects.

2001 Contributor Computers and Composition Resource Committee
Purdue University
Provided documentation to support the integration of computer technologies in the first-year writing curricula.

2000- present Reviewer for The Writing Instructor
Review submissions for possible publication in The Writing Instructor.

2000-2001 WPA: Writing Program Administration (Editorial Assistant)
Copy edited articles for publication in WPA’s December 2000 issue.

2000 College Composition and Communication (Co-Reviewer with Professor Johndan Johnson-Eilola)
Reviewed essay for possible publication in CCC ’s April 2000 issue.

1999 Journal of Business and Technical Communication (Reviewer)
Reviewed essay for possible publication in JBTC’s special issue, The Social Realms of Technology.

  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.

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.

  Women's INterVENTIONS in Science, Art, and Technology Symposium (Volunteer)
Purdue University
Staffed information booth for conference.

   
  Departmental Committees
2006 Johnnie Rae Harper & Ruth Gardner Awards Committee
Judge application files for these two Writing Program teaching awards.

2005- present Chair Difference & Inequality Committee
Implement new initiatives to foster a diverse, equitable environment in our Writing Program.

2005 Guest Participant RCTE Mock Interviews
Participated in mock interviews with RCTE job candidates.

  Guest Participant Literature Mock Interviews
Participated in phone and f2f mock interviews with literature job candidates.

  RCTE Patrick Dissertation Awards Committee
Judged applications and made recommendations for this departmental research award.

2005-2006 Annual Performance Review Committee
Evaluated faculty annual performance reviews.

2004 Guest Participant RCTE Job Group
Provided job market information to job candidates and participated in mock interviews.

2004-2005 Member, RCTE subcommittee, Academic Program Review
Researched and advised on the RCTE program subcommittee.

  Member, Technology subcommittee, Academic Program Review
Researched and advised on the technology subcommittee.

  English Department Speaker Series Committee
Determined upcoming guest speakers and hosted guests.

  Writing Program Advisory Committee
Oversaw the curriculum, assessment, and instruction in composition courses; developed policies, procedures, and program assessment; and supported diversity issues.

  Writing Program Technology Subcommittee
Developed plans to procure and integrate technology into Writing Program curricula.

2003 Guest Participant Job Search Committee
Participated in mock interviews with job candidates.

  Participant RCTE Professional Publication Workshop
Evaluated graduate student writing in publication workshop.

2003-2004 RCTE Subcommittee on Professional Writing
Examined business and technical writing courses for potential curricular revisions.

2002 Chair Professional Writing Teaching Goals Statement Revision Committee
Researched and revised Professional Writing Teaching Goals Statement to guide business and technical writing course development.

  English Department Scholarships Committee
Reviewed and ranked applicants for English Department Scholarships.

  Session Chair English Department Spring Conference
Chaired session, “Innovative Approaches to Teaching with Technology.”

  Judge A Student's Guide to First-Year Composition Essay Contest
Reviewed and ranked submitted first-year student essays.

  Composition Program Hiring Committee for Placement Advisors
Reviewed and ranked applications for Composition Program’s Placement Advisors.

  Consultant RCTE Professional Publication Workshop
Evaluated graduate student writing in publication workshop.

2002-2003 RCTE Subcommittee on Advanced Composition
Assessed current advanced composition courses and articulated professional writing courses for English major.

  English Department Council (Elected)
Evaluated issues surrounding curricula, faculty recruitment, department policy, faculty promotion and tenure, and the department constitution.

  Chair Spring Conference Poster Session Committee
Created and coordinated electronic and traditional poster session for conference.

2001 Guest Participant Job Search Committee
Participated in mock interviews with job candidates.

  Chair Professional Writing Textbook Evaluation Committee
Prepared business and technical writing textbook reviews.

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.

1999 Introductory Writing Program (IWP) Newsletter (Contributor)
Purdue University
Contributed column on the Computers and Composition Program at Purdue to the IWP newsletter.

  Writing at the Interface—MOO Conference (Moderator)
Purdue University
Chaired session entitled, “Communication and Community.”

1998-1999
First-Year Composition Computer Introduction Workshop (Facilitator)
Purdue University


   
  University Committees
2006- present Network Master Plan Communication Initiative
Produce communications to explain network master plan to university community.

  University Committee on Corporate Relations
Make recommendations to the President of the University on relationships between the University of Arizona and businesses or corporations.

2005  

Consultant University of Arizona Library Web Site Focus Group
Offered feedback on revised web design of library site.

   
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.

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.

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.

 
 
 
professional memberships
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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
 
 
 
references
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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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