Joseph Patrick Bartolotta

1821 1st Avenue S. #203 Minneapolis, MN 55403 (952) 212-4175 barto137@umn.edu www.jbartolotta.com

Education
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Degree: Doctor of Philosophy: Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communications (Expected May 2013) Iowa State University, Ames, IA Degree: Master of Arts: English Rhetoric, Composition and Professional Communication (2008) University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, MN Degree: Bachelor of Arts: English with a Writing Emphasis (2006) Cum Laude

Teaching Experience
Graduate Instructor, Department of Writing Studies, University of Minnesota, 2008-present Upper-Division Courses WRIT 3001 (Professional Practices in Scientific and Technical Communication) WRIT 3029W (Business and Professional Writing) WRIT 3562W (Technical and Professional Writing) (computer classroom component) Freshman-level Courses WRIT 1301 (Foundational Composition) (computer classroom component) Teaching Assistant, Department of English, Iowa State University, 2006-08. Freshman-level Courses: ENGL 104 (Foundational Composition) (computer classroom component) ENGL 105 (Foundational Composition) (computer classroom component) ENGL 250 (Foundational Composition) (computer classroom component)

Presentations
National Academic Conferences and Presentations Laboring Literacy: How a literacy program in one Labor Union made writing public and turned workers into writers and speakers Conference on College Composition and Communication; Las Vegas, NV. March 13-16, 2013. [Peer-reviewed] Economies of literacy: Organized labor educational literacy programs in an immigrant community. 2012 Thomas R. Watson Conference; University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, October 18-20, 2012 "Indulging John Marshall's Sympathies: Identification, the Cherokee Nation, and the Supreme Court in Worcester v. Georgia." Biennial Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America; Philadelphia, PA, May 2012. [Peer-reviewed] Problematizing literacy as an economic gateway. Conference on College Composition and Communication; St. Louis, MO. April 22, 2012. [Peer-reviewed] What we talk about when we talk global: Enacting the Global in writing research articles. 15th Annual Conference Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW); St. Louis, MO, April 21, 2012. [Peer-reviewed] Twelve Bars and a Pen: Improvising and Writing as Sidepeople. Conference on College Composition and Communication; Atlanta, GA. April 9, 2011. [Peer-reviewed] Creating a New Relationship with Creation: The Rhetoric of Evangelical Christianitys Tip-Toe Toward Environmental Sustainability. Biennial Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America; Minneapolis, MN, May 29. 2010. [Peer-reviewed] Seeing Perspectives in Contact: RNC2008, Situated Knowledge and the Writing Classroom. Conference on College Composition and Communication; Louisville, KY, March 20, 2010. [Peer-reviewed] Reconsidering the Same Problem: Technical Literacy, the Digital Divide and their Precursors. Conference on College Composition and Communication; San Francisco, CA. March 16, 2009. [Peer-reviewed] From Logs to Blogs: Inviting Local Ecological Advocacy to the Web Conference on College Composition and Communication; New Orleans, LA. April 3, 2008. [Peer-reviewed]

Local Academic Conferences and Presentations Writing with Disaster: A Contemporary Case for Technical Writing Teaching. Minnesota Colleges and Universities English and Writing Annual Conference, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota. March 29, 2012. Brown v. Board of Education as Argumentative Text. Minnesota Colleges and Universities English and Writing Annual Conference, University of Minnesota; St. Paul, Minnesota. April 3, 2010. Local Music, Localized Rhetorics. Minnesota Colleges and Universities English and Writing Annual Conference, University of Minnesota; St. Paul, Minnesota. April 3, 2009. Responding to Student Writing. University of Minnesota Writing Studies Workshop, Invited Panelist, University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, MN. April 1, 2009. Humor and Phronesis: Satire as a Discursive Activity. Federation Rhetoric Symposium, Texas Womens University; Denton, TX. February 9, 2008. WOVE and Environmentally Themed Communication Classes. ISUComm Workshop, Invited Presenter, Iowa State University; Ames, IA. November 13, 2007. Urban Culture without Urban Space. Conference of the English Departments of the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities; Macalester College, Spring 2006.

Academic Service and Honors

Awarded the University of Minnesotas College of Liberal Arts Graduate Research Partnership Program (GRPP) Award for the Summer, 2011. Editorial Assistant for the peer-reviewed journal Written Communication. 2010-Present. Bedford/St. Martins TA Advisory Board. Served 2009-2010.

University and Community Service

Graduate Student Representative: Senate Education Policy Committee, University of Minnesota, 2008-10 President: Sigma Tau Delta and the Literary Club, University of Saint Thomas, 2005-06. Commuter Senator: All College Council, University of Saint Thomas, 2005-06.

Professional Memberships
National Council of Teachers of English Conference on College Composition and Communication Modern Language Association Association of Teachers of Technical Writing

References
Available upon request