Administrative Work

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 has included:

1) Researching the English major, 2) Working with The Director of the School and the Assistant to the Director to develop a new scheduling method, 3) Re-assessing and expanding Ecampus offerings, 4) Helping to create a new professional development course for English Majors, 5) Performing APAA assessment, 6) Chairing a Technical Writing course taskforce, 7) Promoting the major, 8) Creating and managing events.

Recent Review Work

Journal Review

• IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication journal: Manuscript Reviewer, 2017
• Rhetoric Society Quarterly journal: Manuscript Reviewer, 2014 – present
• 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 – present
• Present Tense journal: Manuscript Reviewer, 2011 – present

Conference Review

• Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC): Submissions Reviewer, 2014 – 2017
• Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Conference (ATTW): Submissions Reviewer, 2012 – 2016
• Conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC): Submissions Reviewer, 2015

Textbook research and Review

• 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

• 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

Recent Committee Work

• Curriculum Taskforce, School of Writing, Literature, and Film, Committee Chair: 2017 – present
• “Workload Taskforce,” CLA-wide Committee, Committee Chair: 2017
• Computing Resources Committee, University Faculty Senate Committee: 2014 – 2017
• Cosine Advisory Group, Oregon State University, 2014 – present
• School of Writing, Literature, and Film Executive Committee, 2015 – 2017
• Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, Program Liaison – Fall, 2015
• Oregon State University Faculty Senate, 2014 – 2015
• Technology Committee, School of Writing, Literature, and Film: member, 2012 – 2013; convener, 2013 – present
• Technical Writing Instructors Committee, School of Writing, Literature, and Film: 2012 – 2016
• Rhetoric and Writing Group, School of Writing, Literature, and Film: 2012 – present
• Composition Committee, School of Writing, Literature, and Film: member, 2013 – 2014

Recent Pedagogy Presentations

• “Teaching with Technology in Technical Writing.” With Robbie Connor. Oregon State University. May 12, 2017.
• “Instruction Manuals and Plagiarism.” Oregon State University. April 18, 2017.
• “Engineering our Way Out.” Oregon State University. Dawn of the Anthropocene, Honors College Colloquium, November 12, 2015; November 11, 2016.
• “ChromeBook Workshops.” Oregon State University. May 9 & 31, 2016.
• “2017 CCCC Proposal Workshop.” Oregon State University. May 4, 2016.
• “Low-Stakes Writing for Critical Thinking: Strategies from Across the Curriculum.” Oregon State University WIC Lunch, October 9, 2015
• Video recording for Academic Misconduct Tutorial, for Open Oregon State, Ecampus and Instructional Design. July 10, 2015
• “Mobility Beyond the Automobile: Understanding Transportation as Persuasion.” Oregon State University Center for the Humanities Lecture. April 13, 2015

Search Committee Work

• Search Committee for Assistant Director of Writing, Oregon State University, School of Writing, Literature, and Film: 2016
• Chair of Search Committee for Literacy Studies/ELL position, Oregon State University, School of Writing, Literature, and Film: 2015 – 2016
• Search Committee for Literacy Studies/ELL position, Oregon State University, School of Writing, Literature, and Film: 2014 – 2015
• Search Advocate for Information Technology Consultant position, Oregon State University, division of Outreach and Engagement: 2014 – present
• Search Advocate for Music-Performance-Technology faculty position, Oregon State University, School of Arts and Communication: 2014-2015
• Interview Committee for Director of Writing position, Oregon State University, School of Writing, Literature and Film: 2012 – 2013

Oregon State University Thesis Committees (MA)

• Wesley Snyder, MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, Public Proof: Science Communication, Weak Theory, and the Nonrational. Defended: June 29, 2016.
• Nick Brown, MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, Co-Chair, Extending and Visualizing Authorship in Comics Studies. Defended: April 31, 2015.
• Elizabeth Wimberly, MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, More than a Term: A Consideration of Support for Generation 1.5 Students at Colleges and Universities. Defended: June 12, 2014.
• Gail Cole, MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, Principles and Practices in Online Writing Instruction. Defended: May 12, 2014.
• Chad Iwertz, MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, Classified Bodies: Disability, Identity, and the Technological Classroom. Defended: May 1, 2014.
• Shanna Kileen, MA Literature and Culture, Bleeding Assemblages: Translating Borders in the Bilingual Poetry Of Irma Pineda Santiago. Defended May 30, 2017.
• Natalie Saleh, MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, Chatting, Cooking, Curating: English Language Learners as Sponsors of Literacy in a Multicultural Literacy Center. Defended May 15, 2017.
• Chris Gasser, MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, Composing for Social Change: Ideological Clashes and Ideographs in the Composition Classroom. Defended: June 6, 2016.
• Jacob Day, MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, An Exploration of Scholarship on Peer Review in Composition Studies: Looking to the Future with Replicable, Aggregated, and Data-Supported Research Methodologies. Defended: July 6, 2015.
• Tana Garcia, MAIS, Connecting with Students through Multicultural and Culturally Relevant Texts. Defended: June 9, 2015.
• Jessica Martin, MAIS, Facebook in the Work Environment: A Look at how Facebook has an Impact on the Developing Relationships in the Workplace. Defended: May 24, 2015.
• André Habet, MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, Reclaiming Voice: Enacting Social Discourse Communities in Belizean First-Year College Composition. Defended: May 1, 2015.
• Joy Henry, MFA, Bells. Defended: April 27, 2015.
• Aaron Schwartz, MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, Omen of Mere Event: Vignettes in a Post-Wilderness Landscape. Defended: April 14, 2015.
• Sarah Mosser, MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, Modalities of Responding to Student Writing: How the Medium Shapes the Message. Defended: June 10, 2014.
• Allen Sprague, MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, Relationship-Based Service Learning in a Business Writing Context. Defended: June 7, 2013.
• Claire Roth, MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, Co-Chair – ongoing –
• Jill Sisson, MA Environmental Arts and Humanities, Chair – ongoing –
• Colleen Boardman, MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, Co-Chair – ongoing –
• Chesapeake Alberti, MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture, Chair – ongoing –
• Addison Koneval, MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture – ongoing –
• Don Frier, MA Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture – ongoing

Honors Thesis Committees (Undergraduate)

• William Hemstrom, The Relationship between Science and Narrative in Anime, Defended: August 22, 2013. Committee Member.

Advising

• Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture Thesis Writers meeting: convener, 2013 – present http://wlfthesisgroup.wordpress.com
• Affiliated faculty for MA degree program in Environmental Arts and Humanities, Oregon State University, 2013 – present
• Purdue Professional Writing Undergraduate Club, 2011 – 2012. http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~pwclub