Present Appointment
Associate Professor of English
(Writing & Rhetoric), Director of Lower-Division Writing
North Dakota State University Fargo, ND


Education
Ph.D. in English (Composition and Rhetoric), May 2002
Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX
Awarded a University Fellowship (1996-97)
Qualifying examination, May 2000: Composition Pedagogy, Community Service Learning, 20th Century Multi-ethnic Women’s Literature

B.A. in English and German, May 1995
University of St. Thomas St. Paul, MN
Universität Trier Trier, Germany 1993-94
Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Honors, Sigma Tau Delta (English Honor Society)


Research
Books
A Guide to Composition Pedagogies. New York: Oxford UP, 2001. (Co-edited with Gary Tate and Kurt Schick).

Textbooks
Research Matters. McGraw-Hill, January 2010 (with Rebecca Moore Howard).

Editing
Guest Edited a Special Issue on “Rewriting Community Writing and Rhetoric Courses.” Reflections: Writing, Service-Learning and Community Literacy 5 (Spring 2006). (With H. Brooke Hessler).

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters
“Tensions with Authorship and Evaluation in Community Writing.” Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning 13 (Spring 2007): pages 53-64.

Stasis and the Reflective Practitioner: Experienced Teacher-Scholars Sustain Community Pedagogy.” Reflections: Writing, Service-Learning, and Community Literacy 5 (Spring 2006): 153-72. (With H. Brooke Hessler).

“Pentadic Critique for Assessing and Sustaining Service-Learning Programs.”
Reflections: A Journal of Writing, Service-Learning, and Community Literacy. Special Issue on Professional Writing and Service-Learning 4. Eds. Jim Dubinsky and Melody Bowdon. (Winter 2005). 78-102.

"Reciprocal Expertise: Community Service and the Writing Group." By Any Other Name: Writing Groups Inside and Outside the Classroom. Eds. Beverly J. Moss, Nels P. Highberg, and Melissa Nicolas. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004. 95-112. (With H. Brooke Hessler).

“The Community Writing Sequence.” Teaching Ideas for University English: What Really Works. Eds. Patricia M. Gantt and Lynn Langer Meeks. Norwood, MA: Christopher Gordon, 2004. 55-68.

“What Are Styles and Why Are We Saying Such Terrific Things about Them?” Teaching Writing: Landmarks and Horizons. Eds. Christina McDonald and Rob McDonald. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 2002. 214-227. (With Rebecca Moore Howard, et al.)

"Scholarly Transdiscursivity: The Author-Function of 'Star' Citation." In "The Citation-Functions: Literary Production and Reception." Kairos 3.1. (March 1998). Online. Internet. Available. .

Reviews
Review of Untenured Faculty as Writing Program Administrators. Composition Studies 36.2 (Fall 2008).

CCCC 2005 Conference Review of Chair’s Address—“Who Owns Writing?”
Across the Disciplines (March 24, 2005). Online available

CCCC 2005 Conference Review of Session D01—“Across the Drafts: Responding to Student Writing—A Longitudinal Perspective.”
Across the Disciplines (March 24, 2005). Online available

Review of Writing Partnerships: Service-Learning in Composition. Composition Studies 31.2 (Fall 2003): 138-42.

Review of Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom. Kairos 7.1 (2002). Online available (With H. Brooke Hessler).


Teaching Resources
“Plagiarism and Using Sources.” Online multimedia module. McGraw/Hill. (With Rebecca Moore Howard).

“Writing in Business and as a Citizen
. Writing Matters. Rebecca Moore Howard, primary handbook author. New York: McGraw/Hill. (2009).

The Call to Write: Instructor's Resource Manual. New York: Longman, 1999. (With Rebecca Moore Howard, et al).

Reference
“Langston Hughes.” The Modern Age, 1900-2000: A Biographical Dictionary of Western Culture. Ed. Joe Nordgren. EBSCO (forthcoming).

“Maya Angelou.”
The Modern Age, 1900-2000: A Biographical Dictionary of Western Culture. Ed. Joe Nordgren. EBSCO (forthcoming).

“Toni Morrison.”
The Modern Age, 1900-2000: A Biographical Dictionary of Western Culture. Ed. Joe Nordgren. EBSCO (forthcoming).

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
“Teaching Problem Solving through Community-based Writing.” e-proceedings. China-US Conference on Literacy. Beijing, China. 2007.

“Introduction: Why We Revise.”
Reflections: Writing, Service-Learning, and Community Literacy 5 (Spring 2006): 3-6. (With H. Brooke Hessler).

Presentations
“Diffusing Tension Doesn’t Mean Critical Reflection.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2010. Louisville, KY.

“Returning to the Limen: Building Coalitions as a Writing Program Administrator.” Feminisms and Rhetorics. October 2009. East Lansing, MI.

“Collaboration 2.0: Using Google Documents for Scholarship and Teaching.” Computer Connection. Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2009. San Francisco, CA. (With H. Brooke Hessler).

Building a Literacy Center in the Fargo-Moorhead Community.” Rotary. March 2009. Fargo, ND. (With Kevin Brooks and Andrew Mara).

“What We’re Doing When We Say We’re Doing ‘Critical Reflection.’” National CASTL (Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) Institute: Developing Scholars of Teaching and Learning. Omaha, NE. June 2008. (With H. Brooke Hessler).

“Lessons Learned: Using TA Feedback to Shape Fall Teacher Training.” Session on Surveying Current and Former TAs: Lessons Learned about TA Training. Writing Program Administrators Conference. Denver, CO. July 2008. (Read by Margaret Lowry)

“Plagiarism Detection Services: Writing Studies Professionals’ Recommendations.” Cosgrove Seminar on SafeAssign. NDSU. October 2008.

“Remembering Discourse Communities: Declared Dead Too Soon?” Linguistic Circle of Manitoba and North Dakota. Fargo, ND. September 2007.

“Teaching Problem Solving Through Community-Based Writing.” China-US Conference on Literacy. Beijing, People’s Republic of China. July 2007.

“Assessing Your Program or Project.” All-day workshop on Service Learning, Community Literacy, and Civic Engagement: Developing Teaching and Research (Sponsored by the Service Learning and Community Literacy Special Interest Group). Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. March 2007.

“The Third-Year Writing Requirement.” NDSU Pedagogical Luncheon. November 2006. (With Elizabeth Birmingham, Dale Sullivan, and Eunice Johnston).

“And You Were with the Little Guy? Reinventing First Year Writing.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. March 2006.

“Reflective Practice & Praxis: Literacy Experts in Community Engagement Share Their Insights.” Research Network Forum. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. March 2006.

“Best Practices in Service-Learning.” NDSU Service-Learning Faculty Development Workshop. Fargo, ND. October 2005. (Invited).

“Why Do I Feel Guilty When a Student Plagiarizes? Dealing with Academic Dishonesty.” NDSU Graduate Teaching Assistant Organization Workshop Series. Fargo, ND. January 2005. (Invited).

“Advocates for Sustainability: Service-Learning Advisory Boards and Cross-College Consortia.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Service Learning Special Interest Group. San Francisco, CA. March 2005.

“Connecting Campus to Community: Service Learning in Student Affairs and Beyond.” NASPA Region IV-W Conference. Fargo, ND. October 2004.

“Reciprocity in Community Engagement? Children’s Writing as Public/Published Works.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Antonio, TX. March 2004.

“A Man at the Forefront, A Woman Nearby: Gender & Rhetorical Space in the Leadership Rhetoric of W. E. B. Du Bois and Jessie Fauset.” Rhetoric’s Road Trips and Horizons. Penn State U. State College, PA. July 2003.

“Integrating Service-Learning Research and Pedagogy.” Tri-College Academic Service-Learning Brown Bag Session. NDSU. Fargo, ND. October 2002.

“Solving Application and ‘Pseudo-Transaction’ Problems in Writing Classes through Community Engagement.” English Department Seminar. NDSU. Fargo, ND. October 2002.

“From Mission to Curriculum: The Uneasy Marriage of Religion and Service Learning.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. March 2002.

“Arrangement for Invention.” Workshop on "Using Rhetoric to Teach Writing." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. March 2002.

“Introduction to Community Engagement Pedagogy.” Graduate Instructor Training Workshop. TCU. Fort Worth. August 2001. (Invited).

“The Container and the Thing Contained: Local and Institutional Scenes Shape Service Learning.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Denver, CO. March 2001. (Panel Organizer).

“That Group Work Thing: Collaboration in the Composition Classroom.” Graduate Instructor Training Workshop. TCU. Fort Worth. Spring 2001. (Invited).

“One or Many? The Problem of Authorship and Evaluation in Service Learning.” Writing Program Administrators Conference. Charlotte, NC. July 2000.

The Community Engagement Continuum for Composition.” Graduate Instructor Training Workshop. TCU. Fort Worth. Spring 2000. (Invited).

"The Question of Motive: A Dramatistic Analysis of Service Learning." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Minneapolis, MN. April 2000.

"Surveying the American Dream: Gender & Class in the Shopping Mall." Pre-Convention Workshop on "Using Popular Culture in the Writing Class." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA. March 1999.

"Citation-Functions: Literary Production and Reception." The Sociomaterial Turn: Excavating Modernism. University of Tulsa Twelfth Annual Comparative Literature Symposium. Tulsa, OK. March 1998.

"Midwifing the Harlem Renaissance: The Nonfiction Essays of Jessie Redmon Fauset." American Women Writers of Color Conference. Ocean City, MD. Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 1997.

"Classical to Modern: Can Stasis Theory Be Adapted to the Composition Classroom?" American Society for the History of Rhetoric. Speech Communication Association. Chicago, IL. November 1997.

"Sethe:
Beloved’s Goddess of Grain." Sigma Tau Delta National Conference. St. Louis, MO. Spring 1995.


Teaching Experience
North Dakota State University Fargo, ND
August 2002 to Present

College Composition I. Emphasized literacy. Integrated the Intercollegiate E-Democracy Project into coursework.

College Composition II. Emphasized leadership. Service-learning partnership with Ben Franklin Middle School. College students entered into writing relationship with middle school students. Alternate model uses music as common theme with new media emphasis (playlist profile, PowerPoint video commentaries).

Honors Composition II
. Topic focus: Peace and Conflict. An interdisciplinary approach to reading and writing, drawing on rhetoric, literature, history, film, and philosophy.

Introduction to Writing Studies
. Offers English majors and writing minors insight into the field of writing studies, including reading and writing creative, academic, public, and professional pieces, as well as researching issues central to writing studies.

Intermediate Writing,
now titled Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Emphasizes taking a variety of critical stances and generic responses in relation to popular culture. Whole-class workshops are a central component.

Advanced Writing Workshop. Focuses on style and research, moving from traditional academic styles and research to alternative styles and research.

Literacy, Culture, and Identity. Explores varied types of literacy in a global age, exploding myths and oversimplified representations of literacy. Community-based literacy project enriches theory.

Classroom Strategies for TAs. Teacher training course for graduate students teaching first-year writing. Includes basic writing theory, practical classroom applications, and professionalization.

Composition Studies: Seminar on Community Engagement
. Masters-level course on the theory, research, and pedagogies of community engagement in composition. Community engagement includes internships, cooperative education, service learning, participant action research, and activist research.

Composition and Rhetoric: Seminar on Authorship. Masters/Ph.D. level course on the theory, research, and pedagogies of authorship in English Studies, particularly composition and rhetoric.

Composition Theory. Masters/Ph.D. level course on writing theories with some implications for application.

Field Experience. Masters/Ph.D. level course structured like an internship with regular reading, writing, and final project.

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX
Graduate Instructor, 1997 to 2001

Introductory Composition: Introduced academic writing, leading to formal argument. Emphasis on rhetorical strategies for reading and writing.

Intermediate Composition: Genre-based course intended to stretch students beyond the academic essay, with a continued emphasis on rhetorical strategies for reading and writing. Integrated several models of community engagement into teaching this course.
Advanced Composition: "Writing about Pop Culture" (with Gary Tate). Featured advanced rhetorical analysis of news media, film, popular music, and television.

Literature: “Multi-Ethnic Literature (with Australia Tarver). Web discuss board available: http://www2.tcu.edu/depts/english/discuss/ (See S99 ENGL 3693-030 - Multi-Ethnic Literature).

Distance Learning: TIPS Partnership On-line Writing Consultant (through Texas Tech University).


Teaching Interests
Undergraduate Rhetoric & Composition: Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Writing and Rhetoric Courses, including Introduction to Writing Studies; Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences; Literacy, Culture, and Identity; Professional Writing; Writing Grants and Proposals; The Teaching of Writing; Introduction to Rhetoric; Persuasion & Social Movements; Rhetorical Criticism; Advanced Writing Workshop

Undergraduate Literature: Multi-Ethnic Literature, Women’s Literature, Harlem Renaissance

Graduate Rhetoric & Composition: Composition Theory, Composition Pedagogy, History of Composition Studies, Theories of Authorship, Community Engagement in Composition Studies, Literacy Studies


Administrative Experience
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

Director of First-year writing. (Spring 2008-present): Train new cohort of TAs in fall. Run professional development workshops. Plan and facilitate program assessment. The writing program involves approximately 40 total instructors in the fall and 25-30 in the spring.

Texas Christian University
, Fort Worth, TX

Assistant Director of the William L. Adams Writing Center (Fall 2000-Spring 2002): Assisted in the administration of a large writing center with 6 full-time staff members and approximately 10 peer consultants and serving 7,000 graduate and undergraduate students. Improved tutor training through the use of blackboard.com and formal training sessions. Began formal compilation of data concerning online writing labs; reconceived delivery of web-based services. Consulted with students on a weekly basis.

Assistant to the Undergraduate and Graduate Directors (Fall 1999): Assisted in directing both the graduate (M.A. & Ph.D.) and undergraduate (major and minor) programs, including assigning faculty advisors, planning and coordinating events for majors, and contributing to graduate program improvement through reassessment.

Associate Director of Composition Studies
(Fall 1998/Spring 1999): Assisted in administering a composition program that included approximately 50 sections of introductory and intermediate composition per semester. Participated in major revision of the introductory and intermediate course requirements.

March of Dimes, Fargo, ND
Vice Chair (2008-2009): Assumed chair responsibilities in chair’s absence, including planning meeting agendas, delegating tasks.

Board Member
and Member of the Communications Committee (Spring 2004-2009): Contributed to board efforts including planning, fundraising, approving and developing programs.

Write to Succeed, Inc., Fort Worth, TX (Now contributing remotely from Fargo)
Advisory Board Member (Fall 2004-present)
Continue to foster and direct Write to Succeed programs such as Writing Partners in Fargo-Moorhead. Attend online meetings and contribute to vision of organization.

Co-founding Board Member and Director of Research and Development
(Summer 1997-Summer 2004): Helped develop and maintain the nonprofit organization and its programs: Writing Partners, which pairs elementary and college students in reciprocal writing relationship; Reading Partners, which involves having college students read to and with elementary students.


Grants and Awards
Ambassador Choice Teaching Award. (Student nominated, Spring 2008).

Recognized in Who’s Who Among Executives and Professionals, 2008-2009.

Vogel Teaching Award
, (Student nominated, Spring 2006).

Recognized in
Who’s Who of American Women, 2007 (Nominated Spring 2006).

Summer Research Stipend
from the English department (Summer 2005).

Development Foundation Libraries Fund
award for $500 to develop NDSU library collections on literacy and leadership. (April 2003).

Nominated for membership and accepted by Delta Kappa Gamma, a distinguished women educator’s organization. (Spring 2003).

Fort Worth Women’s Wednesday Club Award
for Essay Writing (2001).

TCU College of Arts and Humanities Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award
(2000).

TCU Adams Writing Center Creative Writing Awards Winner
for Writing about Rhetoric & Composition (2000) & about Women/Feminism (1998).

TCU University Fellowship (1996-97)

Professional Writing & Research
National Center on Education and the Economy Fort Worth, TX. (2000-02, 2004).
Researched and co-wrote 12 Reading and Writing Monographs intended as foundational and practical guides for teachers, grades K-10.
Copyedited Author and Genre Studies directed toward the same audience.

Writing Monograph Series
“Writing Conferences.” 2000.

Reading Monograph Series
“Vocabulary, Secondary.” 2001.
“Book Discussion Groups, Secondary.” 2001.
“Shared Reading, Primary.” 2001.
“Independent Reading, Primary.” 2001.
“Reading Aloud, Primary.” 2001.
“Partner Reading, Primary.” 2001.
“Vocabulary, Primary.” 2001.
“Book Discussion Groups, Primary.” 2001.
“Rituals, Routines, and Artifacts in Readers Workshop, Primary.” 2001.
“The Skill Block, Primary.” 2001.
“Reading Conferences, Primary.” 2001.

Development Group Fort Worth, TX. (1996-97).
Produced grants, which involved research, project management, copyediting, and formatting.


Service
Regional & National
Member, Editorial Board. Reflections: A Journal of Writing, Service Learning, and Community Literacy. 2007-present.

External Reviewer,
Bentley College tenure and promotion case. Summer 2008.

Session Chair.
Concurrent session on “Memory and Community.” Linguistic Circle of Manitoba and North Dakota. Fargo, ND. September 2007.

Conference Planning Committee Member. Linguistic Circle of Manitoba and North Dakota 50th Conference. Fargo, ND Spring-Fall 2007.

Planner, Coordinator, Moderator, and Facilitator.
All day workshop on Service Learning, Community Literacy, and Civic Engagement: Developing Teaching and Research (Sponsored by the Service Learning and Community Literacy Special Interest Group). Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. March 2007.

Coordinator and Moderator. Special Interest Group on Service Learning. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. March 2006. Louisville, KY. March 2010.

Session Chair.
Great Plains Alliance for Computers and Writing. Fargo, ND. April 2004.

Moderator,
Concurrent Session on “Rhetoric, Modernity, and Hermeneutics.” ”Rhetoric’s Road Trips: Histories and Horizons,” Penn State Conference on Rhetoric. State College, PA. July 2003.

Concurrent Session Chair. Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, NY. March 2003.

Session Chair. Red River Conference on World Literatures. Fargo, ND. April 2003.

Member, Action Group
on "Theories of Authorship and Pedagogy." Caucus on Intellectual Property and Composition/Communication Studies. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA. (Spring 1999).

North Dakota State University Fargo, ND
President-Elect. University Senate. (Fall 2009-Spring 2010).

Member.
Policy Coordinating Committee. (Fall 2009-present).

Member
. Senate Executive Committee. (Fall 2009-present).

Member
. University Senate. (Fall 2008-2009).

Member, Department Paper Use Committee (Fall 2007).

Member
, English Department Scholarship Committee (Fall 2007-).

Member,
AHSS Faculty/Lecturer Recognition Committee (Fall 2007-Spring 2009).

Independent Study Teacher/Director:
Sean Johnson, “Creative Writing for the High School Teacher.” (Spring 2007).

Member,
Technical Writing/English Education Hiring Committee. (Fall 2006-Spring 2007).

Member, Administrative Assistant Hiring Committee. (Fall 2007).

Reader, Assessment of Majors’ Portfolios. (Summer 2006, Summer 2007).

Member, Upper Division Writing Curriculum Committee. (Spring 2005-present).

NDSU Representative,
Quad-College Service Learning Consortium. (2004).

Writing Partners Program Coordinator.
Coordinated 5 NDSU classes and 5 Ben Franklin Junior High class partnerships in spring 2003, 20 NDSU classes and 19 Ben Franklin partnerships in spring 2004, 15 NDSU and 15 Ben Franklin classes in spring 2005, 15 NDSU and 15 Ben Franklin classes in spring 2006, 17 NDSU and 17 Ben Franklin classes in spring 2007.

Member,
Composition and Rhetoric Working Group (2002-2005).

Member,
Peace and Conflict minor development committee. (Spring 2004).

Thesis Director:
Kendra Faiman. (2003-2005). Kelly Cameron (2004-2006), Carly Hearn (2006-09), Seth Archer (2007-), Jennie Enger (2008-09), Codi Austreim (2008).

Graduate Field Experience Director: Codi Schmitz (Spring 2004). Kristin Garaas-Johnson (Spring 2006). Beth Ecker (Fall 2006). Kathryn Dunlap (Fall 2007). Landon Kafka (Summer 2008).

Dissertation Committee Member
: Jon Pike (2005-07). Melissa Vosen (2008-present).

Comprehensive Exam Committee Member: Jon Pike (2006), Melissa Vosen (2008).

Thesis Committee Member:
Kim Crowley, Suzanne Hagelstrom, Sybil Priebe, Katey Ehrenberg, Bethany Eastvold, Melissa Vosen, Danielle Kvanvig, Marsha Johansen, Seth Archer.

Action Research Committee (School of Education, Masters Program). Leah Juelke (2007-).

Graduate Portfolio Review Committee Member: Katey Ehrenberg, Laura Stowe, Kendra Faiman, KrisAnn Norby, Marcia Lundberg, Bethany Eastvold, Kelly Cameron, Melissa Vosen, Josh Hernandez, Laure Seguela, Beth Ecker, Carly Hearn, Jennie Enger, Seth Archer, Abi Gaugert (S10).

Undergraduate Capstone Project Director:
Carly Hearn and Katie Murphy (F03), Jessica Herbold and Jamie Skroch (F04). Zach Packineau and Jenny Wegner (F06). Eric Vosika, Ryan Kahly, and Kathryn Dinneen (F07), Martha Bartels (F09).

Faculty representative. Sigma Tau Delta. (2008-present).

Mentor, Omega Project. Greg Heller. (Spring 2008).

Faculty Advisor,
Harvest Field. (Fall 2003-Spring 2009).

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Representative.
Service-Learning Advisory Committee. (Fall 2003-Fall 2009).

Member,
Composition and Rhetoric Working Group. (2002-2005)

Member,
First-year English Committee. (Fall 2002-Fall 2007). Chair (Spring 2008-present).

Member, Social, Outreach, and Recognition Committee. (Fall 2002-Fall 2004). Chair (Fall 2004-Spring 2006).

Member, Curriculum Committee.
(Fall 2002-Spring 2003).

Texas Christian University
Member, TCU Hiring Committee for positions in Rhetoric and Composition (Fall 1999-Spring 2000).

Member, Committee for Course Development: TCU ENGL 2803 (Spring 1998).

Community
Board Vice President. March of Dimes. Fargo, ND Fall 2008-Fall 2009.

Board Member and Member of Communications Committee
. March of Dimes. Fargo, ND. Fall 2003-Fall 2009.

Advisory Board Member. Write to Succeed, Inc. Fort Worth, TX. (2004-present).

Board Member and Director of Research and Development
. Write to Succeed, Inc. Fort Worth, TX. (1997-2004).

Tutor/Mentor, Cross-Age Academic Mentoring Program sponsored by Working Class Studies Special Interest Group at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA. (Spring 1999).

Full-time Volunteer, Women’s Bean Project, a women’s job- and life-skills training program. Denver, CO. (1995-96).

Professional Affiliations
Conference on College Composition and Communication
National Council of Teachers of English
Council of Writing Program Administrators