CV
Education
PhD, English, Rhetoric and Composition, July 2021. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
- Dissertation: Tracing Techne: Distributed Histories of Invention, Creativity, and Text-Technologies in Rhetoric and Composition Scholarship from the 1990s
- Committee: Tarez Samra Graban (director), Michael Neal, Kristie Fleckenstein, and Davis Houck(communications)
- Specialization: Histories of Invention, Creativity, and Technology
- Minor Area: Rhetoric and Writing Undergraduate Major Curriculum and Assessment
MA, English, August 2016. University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska
- Comprehensive Exam: Rhetoric and Composition, November 2015
- Graduate Certificate, Advanced Writing (15 Hours): Creative Nonfiction theory, craft, and pedagogy
BA, English, May 2010. Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska
- Specialization in Creative Writing
- Capstone Project: Only in Dreams, feature length screenplay
Professional Experience
Instructor of English, Western Kentucky University, 2022-present
- Department of English and Professional Writing Program
Visiting Teaching Faculty, Florida State University, 2021-2022
- Department of English and Editing, Writing, and Media Program
Adjunct Instructor, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2021-2022
- Division of Continuing Studies
Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2014-2021
- University of Nebraska at Omaha and Florida State University
Awards and Grants
Summer Research Fellow. Linked Women Pedagogues Project, FSU, Summer 2020. ($750)
Phil Gates Award for Excellence in Written Communication, FSU, 2016-2020 ($4000)
Publications
Refereed
“Interventions, Ecologies, Reflections: Reframing Student Resistances with Design Thinking.” Jessi Thomsen and Michael J. Healy. Programmatic Perspectives, vol. 14, no. 2. 2023.
“Promise(s) and Peril(s) of Big Data: Historiography, Data Feminism, and Tracing Women of Color.” Tarez Samra Graban and Michael Healy. In Rhetorica Rising: Advancing Feminist Rhetorical Methods and Methodologies. Editors Eileen E. Schell, K.J. Rawson, Abby Long, Curtis J. Jewell, Sidney Turner, and Gabriella Wilson. Forthcoming.
“Institutional Matters: The Localized Conditions of WPA Labor.” Michael Neal, Katelyn Stark, Amy Cicchino, Michael Healy, and Kamila Albert. In Making Administrative Work Visible: Data-Driven Approaches to Understanding the Labor of Writing Program Administration. Editors: Leigh Graziano, Kay Halasek, Susan Miller-Cochran, Frank Napolitano, and Natalie Szymanski. May 2023.
Digital
“Session F.09: Making Spaces for Student Voices with ePortfolios and Grading Contracts.” Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative
“Alice Bertha Hoberg.” UNO Women’s Archive Project. Video Profile. Editor. Tammie M. Kennedy
“A Start of Something New: The University of Omaha gets a New Campus.” UNO Women’s Archive Project. Contextual Multi-modal Essay. Editor Tammie M. Kennedy
Presentations
National and Regional Conferences
"Charting Rhetoric: Topic Modeling and Data Visualization." Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, 23-26 May 2024, Denver CO.
“Curation, Data, and Feminist Rhetoric.” Panel Presentation. Feminisms and Rhetorics, 30 September-3 October, Atlanta GA.
“Design Thinking, Collaboration, and Professional Writing.” Panel Presentation. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 15-18 February 2023, Chicago IL.
“Tracing Impressions of Techne: Data Curation and Rhetorical History.” Panel Presentation. Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, 26-29 May 2022, Baltimore MD.
“Visualizing Historiography: A Data Curation Methodology.” Panel Presentation. Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, 21-24 May 2020, Portland OR. (Accepted and canceled due to Covid-19)
“Curating Advanced Composition: Challenging Commonplaces on Data and Writing.” Panel Presentation. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 25-28 March 2020, Milwaukee WI. (Accepted and canceled due to Covid-19)
“Student Activism, Assemblage, and the History of Rhetoric.” Panel Presentation. Feminisms and Rhetorics, 13-16 November 2019, James Madison University, Harrisonburg VA
“Graduate Teaching Assistants and Value Dispositions: Influences on Development as Composition Teachers.” Qualitative Research Network: Conference on College Composition and Communication, 13-16 March 2019, Pittsburgh PA
“(Dis)Placed Invention: Chora, Creativity, and New Media.” Research Network Forum: Conferences on College Composition and Communication, 13-16 March 2019, Pittsburgh PA
“The Efficacy of Play as an Organizational and Pedagogical Theory.” Panel Presentation. South Atlantic Modern Language Association, 3-5 November 2017, Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta GA
“Circulation, Narrative, and Human Rights: New Materialism meets Spectacular Rhetoric.” Panel Presentation. Feminisms and Rhetorics, 4-7 October 2017, The University of Dayton, Dayton OH
“A Symbiotic (and Pedagogical) Relationship: Forging an Alliance between Creative Nonfiction and Composition.” Panel Presentation. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 15-18 March 2017, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR
“A What/Who/What Pedagogy: Exploring Overlaps in the Teaching of Composition and Creative Writing.” Qualitative Research Forum: Conference on College Composition and Communication, 6-9 April 2016, George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX
“Celebrating Grandma: (Re)Making (or Appropriating?) Agency in the Archive.” Panel presentation. Feminisms and Rhetorics, 28-31 October 2015, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
“Not the Center of the Universe: Displacing Genre in the Composition Classroom.” Research Network Forum: Conference on College Composition and Communication, 18-21 March 2015, Tampa Convention Center, FL
University and Local
“Historiography, Hospitality, and Data.” Panelist, RSA Student Chapter Hospitality and Rhetoric Symposium. 28 May 2020
“Teaching Invention in College Composition.” Invited Speaker, New Teaching Assistant Summer Training, FSU.,” 2 July 2019
“Invention and Tutoring.” Invited Speaker, Reading and Writing Center, FSU. 24 October 2018
“IRB Application Process.” Invited Speaker, Research Methods Graduate Seminar, FSU. 2 April 2018
“Rubrics and Scoring Guides.” Invited Speaker, New Teaching Assistant Summer Training, FSU. 11 July 2017
Panelist, Graduate Assistant Orientation Instructor of Record Panel, UNO. 17 August 2015.
“Blackboard Assignments and Grading.” Invited Speaker, Teaching College Writing. UNO. 26 August 2015
“Teaching Reading in the Writing Center: Why and How.” UNO Writing Center, Presentation. UNO 3 April 2015
Service
Institutional Service at Western Kentucky University
Sigma Tau Delta Faculty Advisor. Fall 2024-Current.
PCAL Digital Humanities Working Group. Fall 2023-Current.
“You, Me, and Chat GPT.” With Daniel Liddle. Spring 2023 Department of English Colloquium.
AI Pedagogy Chats with Daniel Liddle. Fall 2023 Department of English.
Writing and Research Group, Potter College of Arts and Letters, Western Kentucky University. Facilitator Spring 2023 - Present.
Résumé and CV Graduate Student Workshop, WKU Department of English. Volunteer. October 20th 2023.
Designing an ePortfolio Graduate Student Workshop, WKU Department of English. Volunteer. November 3rd 2023.
Social Committee. Department of English 2023-current.
Faculty Development Committee. Department of English. 2023-current.
Service to the Discipline
Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition. Digital Archivist and Historian. Fall 2022 - Current.
Curriculum Development
ENG 506: Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing, at Western Kentucky University. New graduate course which provides a foundation in the core theories and practices of technical and professional writing.
ENG 300: Writing in Design Disciplines, at Western Kentucky University. Developed a special section of this writing in the disciplines course focused on students in design focused disciplines such as art, user experience and design, computer science, and marketing and communications. Reflects the unique research, knowledges, and practices of these disciplines within an academic context.
Undergraduate Certificate in Professional Writing, at Western Kentucky University. Collaborated on a new 15 credit hour undergraduate certificate to offer specialized practice and credentialing for students across the university. Starts fall 2023.
University and Department
Rhetoric Society of America FSU Student Chapter. Member Fall 2016-Summer 2021.
Graduate English Student Organization Executive Board. Rhetoric and Composition Liaison. FSU. Fall 2018-Spring 2019.
Graduate English Student Organization Executive Board. Administration Liaison. FSU. Fall 2019-Spring 2020.
Writing Center Subcommittee to plan 2015 Nebraska Writing Center Consortium Meeting. Spring 2015.
Subcommittee for Program Evaluation, First-Year Writing Committee. UNO. 2015-2016.
Subcommittee for Professional Development, First-Year Writing Committee. UNO. Fall 2015.
Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed, annual conference. Volunteer. UNO Summer 2014.
Professional Affiliations
Rhetoric Society of America, 2018-present
Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition, 2015-present
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), 2014-present
Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), 2015-present