Admin, Outreach & Review

Administrative Work: Director of Undergraduate Studies

In the spring of 2016, The Director of the School of Writing, Literature, and Film asked me to take on a new role of the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the school. Because this position did not exist previously, I was tasked with defining the scope of the position and generating a ranger of administrative and curricular projects. This work lasted from 2016-2019 and included, but was not limited to, the following activities:

Developed data analysis
Worked with The Director of the School and the Assistant to the Director to develop a new scheduling method
Re-assessed and expanded Ecampus offerings
Helped to create a new professional development course for English majors
Coordinated with faculty and advisors in the College of Engineering to pilot 2 course/term engineering-only sections of WR 327
Wrote a program review for the Curriculum Council and the Office of Academic Programs, Assessment, and Accreditation (APAA)
Assisted in the creation of a school-wide Open House for potential new majors
Held official meetings with another school about potential school realignment
Developed a Google AdWords campaign for the English major
Coordinated Psychology major-only sections of WR 222
Partnered with the School of History, Philosophy, an Religion on the first-ever Humanities Undergraduate Conference
Wrote Action Plan in response to Curriculum Council and the Office of Academic Programs, Assessment, and Accreditation (APAA) Report
Worked with school Advisor and school Public Information Rep to develop webpage for transfer students and timeline for English majors
Developed school-wide syllabus language and graphic
Collaborated with school Public Information Rep to create undergraduate extra-curricular calendar and timeline
Gave undergraduate program presentations to COS, CEAOS, and COF advisors
Created Writing Minor outcomes

Outreach and Extension

In 2016-2017, my responsibilities included curriculum oversight for two new courses for OSU’s Professional and Continuing Education program (PACE): Technical Writing and Writing for Business. I worked with the instructional designers of the two courses to develop the syllabuses, ensure consistency, and support the face-to-face and online courses.
In 2018, I worked with course instructors and PACE employees, in consultation with a Fortune 500 American multinational microprocessor corporation, to design two online courses and one on-site course.
In 2020 and 2021, I worked with a team of instructional designers, industry experts, and instructors to create an entire technical communication certificate program for PACE. Along with a self-paced introductory course, the sequence includes courses on report writing, single-sourcing, procedural documentation, usability methods, and portfolio creation.

Journal Review

Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Reviewer, 2020
enculturation journal: Manuscript Reviewer, 2019 – 2020
Written Communication journal: Manuscript Reviewer, 2018–2019
Rhetoric Society Quarterly journal: Manuscript Reviewer, 2014 – present
Technical Communication Quarterly journal: Manuscript Reviewer, 2017
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication journal: Manuscript Reviewer, 2017
Surveillance and Society journal: Manuscript Reviewer for special issue, 2015 – 2016
Technical Communication journal: Manuscript Reviewer, 2013
Harlot of the Arts journal: Manuscript reviewer, 2013 – 2015
Present Tensejournal: Manuscript Reviewer, 2011 – present

Book Manuscript Review

Palgrave/MacMillan: Manuscript Reviewer, 2020.
Routledge book series: Studies in Technical Communication, Rhetoric, and Culture: Proposal Reviewer, 2017.
Kristian Bjørkdahl and Alex Parrish, Eds. Rhetorical Animals: Boundaries of the Human in the Study of Persuasion. Rowman & Littlefield (2017).
Paulo Mourão. The Economics of Motorsports: The Case of Formula One. Palgrave Macmillan (2017).

Conference Review

Special Interest Group for Design of Communication (SIGDOC): Student Research Competition Reviewer, 2020
Special Interest Group for Design of Communication (SIGDOC): Submissions Reviewer, Proceedings Reviewer, 2018; 2020
Computers & Writing Conference (C&W): Submissions Reviewer, 2011 – 2012; 2019 – 2020
Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC): First-Round Submissions Reviewer, 2014 – 2019
Conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC): Submissions Reviewer, 2015 – 2019
Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Conference (ATTW): Submissions Reviewer, 2012 – 2018
MA Symposium, School of Writing, Literature, and Film: Submissions Reviewer, Fall 2017
Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement Conference (IARSLCE): Submissions Reviewer, 2012

Textbook Research and Review

Bedford/St. Martin’s Writer/Worker Reviewer, 2019
Cengage/4LTR Press Visuals Reviewer, 2015
Practical Strategies for Technical Communication, 2^nd ed. (textbook by Mike Markel): Infographic Reviewer, 2014
Practical Strategies for Technical Communication, 1^st ed. (textbook by Mike Markel): Reviewer, 2014
Cengage BCOM 7^th ed. Visuals Reviewer, 2014
MyTechCommLab by Pearson: Reviewer, 2013
Technical Communication, Brief Edition (textbook by Mike Markel): Reviewer, 2012
Technical Communication Strategies for Today, (textbook by Richard Johnson-Sheehan): Researcher, 2009 – 2010

Judging

Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship, Judge, 2020
ACM SIGDOC Student Poster Competition, Judge, 2019
OSU Honors College Thesis Fair poster competition, Judge, 2019
CCCC Outstanding Dissertation Award in Technical Communication, Judge, 2019
The Janice Lauer M. Award for Dissertation Excellence in rhetoric and composition, Judge, 2017
The Lisa Ede Award for Excellence in Composition Pedagogy, Committee Member, 2014 – present
CLA Scholarship and Creativity Fair: 60-Second Lectures Judge, May 29, 2014
American Society of Civil Engineers, Northwest Student Conference: Technical Paper Judge, 2013

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