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M.A. |n Lng||shkhetor|c and Compos|t|on Lxpected: May 2014
M|am| Un|vers|ty - Cxford, Ch|o
!"#$%$& Please Type Beie: Bigital Petitions anu the Inteisections of the Web anu Bemociacy
!"#$%$ ()**%++##& Bi. W. Nichele Simmons (chaii), Bi. }ason Palmeii, Bi. }ames E. Poitei
8.A. |n Lng||sh & Wr|t|ng, khetor|c and Commun|cat|on May 2012
1ransy|van|a Un|vers|ty - Lex|ngton, kentucky

Nagna Cum Lauue
Graduate Course Work
khetor|c and Compos|t|on - Bistoiies anu Theoiies of RhetoiicBi. }ames Poitei
- Bistoiies anu Theoiies of CompositionBi. }ason Palmeii
- Rhetoiics of Public SpheiesBi. Nichele Simmons
- Compaiative Rhetoiic: Rhetoiical Times, Places, anu SpacesBi. LuNing Nao
- Bistoiical anu Cuiient Issues in Wiiting Piogiam AuministiationBi. }ohn Beyua
- English as a Seconu Language: Bistoiy, Theoiy anu PiacticeBi. Tony Cimasko
- (Spiing 2u14) Issues in Bigital CompositionBi. Linh Bich
L|terature 1heory - Boing Cultuial Woik: The Public Intellectual in Theoiy anu PiacticeBi. Nauelyn Betloff

Iore|gn Language - Intensive Spanish foi uiauuate StuuentsBi. Naiia Auxiliauoia Alvaiez

Conference resentat|ons
"Civic Engagement 0nline, in the Classioom: Bigital Petitions & Besigning Paiticipation." Confeience on College Composition
anu Communication. Bowntown Naiiiot, Inuianapolis, IN. Foithcoming Naich 2u14.

"Nultifaceteu anu 0nique Wiiteis: Bow uiauuate Stuuent Tutois view Tutees in the Centei." National Confeience on Peei
Tutoiing in Wiiting. Beikeley Piepaiatoiy School, Tampa, FL. Nov. 2u1S.

"Pantsuits anu Politics: Female Biess as Rhetoiical Repiesentation." Feminisms & Rhetoiics Confeience. Stanfoiu 0niveisity,
Stanfoiu, CA. Sept. 2u1S.
"Leaining English in Youi Spanish Class." Co-panelist with }ustine Fuibeck anu Samuel Seeus. East Cential Wiiting Centei
Association Confeience. Claiion 0niveisity, Claiion, PA. Apiil 2u1S.

"Beliveiy via Biess: An Examination of Clothing's Impact on Women's Ethos anu Chaiactei." Populai Cultuie
AssociationAmeiican Cultuie Association Confeience. Washington Naiiiot Waiuman Paik, Washington, B.C. Naich 2u1S.





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"Leaps Foiwaiu oi Bounus Back. The Inteinet as a vehicle foi Inteiaction anu Activism." Niami 0niveisity English uiauuate
anu Aujunct Association Symposium. Niami 0niveisity, 0xfoiu, 0B. Naich 2u1S.

"Please Sign Beie: Encouiaging Civic Engagement Thiough Bigital Petitions." Computei Connection, Confeience on College
Composition anu Communication. The Rivieia, Las vegas, Nv. Naich 2u1S.

"'I'm not stiange oi exotic, I'm just a neighboi that lives uown the stieet': A Rhetoiical Analysis of the Islamic Centei of uieatei
Cincinnati's 0utieach anu Euucation Piogiam." Clevengei 0nueigiauuate Bonois Confeience, Southein States Communication
Association Confeience. St. Anthony Botel, San Antonio, TX. Apiil 2u12.

"'Anu you shoulu aumit me to youi piogiam because.' Reflections on Stuuent Wiiting Consultations anu the Peisonal
Statement." Co-panelist with Scott Whiuuon, Lisa Nichols, Thomas Batton, anu Lillie Beiting. Southeastein Wiiting Centei
Association Confeience. Eastein Kentucky 0niveisity, Richmonu, KY. Feb. 2u12.
1each|ng Lxper|ence
Instructor, Amer|can Cu|ture and Lng||sh rogram August 2013
M|am| Un|vers|ty - Cxford, Ch|o

- ACE S1u, 0iientation to Ameiican Language anu Euucational Cultuie (1 section)
This two-week couise is meant to piepaie inteinational stuuents foi theii social anu acauemic lives on Niami 0niveisity's
campus. Featuiing uaily guest lectuieis fiom acioss the univeisity, this class encouiages non-native English speakeis to ieflect
anu analyze uiscouises in both acauemic anu eveiyuay contexts thiough shoit wiiting assignments anu infoimal uiscussions.
Graduate 1each|ng Ass|stant, Lng||sh Department August 2012resent
M|am| Un|vers|ty - Cxford, Ch|o

- ENu 111, Composition anu Rhetoiic (S sections)
English 111 is a wiiting couise uesigneu to teach stuuents the ihetoiical skills one neeus to compose, ievise, anu ciitically
analyze peisuasive texts both within in the univeisity anu in the wiuei woilu. Stuuents complete five majoi wiiting units, oi
inquiiies, which focus on ieflection, ieseaich, public wiiting, anu iemeuiation. These paiticulai sections focuseu on ihetoiic
anu its place in oui societyhow it affects us, anu how we iesponu to it by both taking it in anu composing oui own ihetoiical
woiks.

- ENu 112, Composition anu Liteiatuie (2 sections)
English 112 is a wiiting couise focuseu on composing ciitically anu analytically about texts, ianging fiom tiauitional
alphabetic stoiies to multimoual uigital texts. The couise exploies the ielationship between wiiting anu ieauing anu
inteiiogates how knowleuge anu meaning aie constiucteu thiough analysis anu composition. Thiough foui oveilapping units,
ENu 112 teaches stuuents vaiious tools foi textual analysis anu ciitical ieauing with the aim of piouucing a new text one's
own ciitical iesponse to what they have ieau. Ny sections focuseu on the potential foi naiiative, anu the ieappiopiiation of
texts, to uisseminate meaning in a wiue vaiiety of contexts.
1each|ng Ass|stant, Wr|t|ng, khetor|c, and Commun|cat|on Department Ianuary 2012May 2012
1ransy|van|a Un|vers|ty - Lex|ngton, kentucky
- WRC 2uu4, Wiiting Centei Piacticum (1 section)

The Wiiting Centei Piacticum is a iequiieu couise foi all unueigiauuate stuuents who wish to woik in the campus wiiting
centei. By combining theoietical ieauings, seminai-baseu uiscussion, anu hanus-on consulting expeiiences, this couise aims to
piepaie stuuents foi theii ioles as peei consultants who will woik with stuuents of all levels anu uisciplines.


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Cther edagog|ca| Lxper|ence
Conversat|on artner, Amer|can Cu|ture and Lng||sh rogram August 2013resent
M|am| Un|vers|ty - Cxford, Ch|o
As a Conveisation Paitnei in the ACE piogiam, I meet with inteinational stuuents on a weekly basis to uiscuss theii classes
anu othei aspects of theii lives, as an effoit to help them aujust to an Ameiican college enviionment. I am also iesponsible foi
attenuing cultuial events aiounu campus seveial times a semestei anu then facilitating follow-up uiscussions with
inteinational stuuents.
Graduate Consu|tant, nowe Center for Wr|t|ng Lxce||ence August 2012resent
M|am| Un|vers|ty - Cxford, Ch|o
Fulfilling the iole of a giauuate consultant in Niami 0niveisity's wiiting centei, I consult with both unueigiauuate stuuents
anu giauuate stuuents. While in this iole, I've executeu my own ieseaich about the ioles of giauuate stuuents in wiiting
centeis, anu I have also leu campus-wiue woikshops about topics ianging fiom pie-wiiting stiategies to softwaie foi uigital
composition assignments. Auuitionally, I am helping to plan the Eastein Cential Wiiting Centei Association confeience, to be
helu in Spiing 2u1S.
Consu|tant, 1ransy|van|a Un|vers|ty Wr|t|ng Center Ianuary 2011May 2012
1ransy|van|a Un|vers|ty - Lex|ngton, kentucky
While in this position, I woikeu in a pilot piogiam in which the wiiting centei paitneieu with the pie-meuical committee to
help seniois applying to meuical school with theii peisonal statements. I also completeu auministiative tasks, incluuing couing
anu iecoiuing wiiting samples as a pait of an institution-wiue assessment piogiam.
Workshops
"D|g|ta| ro[ects: |Mov|e and WeV|deo" November 2013
nowe Wr|t|ng Center - M|am| Un|vers|ty

"re-Wr|t|ng and 1op|c 8ra|nstorm|ng" September 2013
nowe Wr|t|ng Center - M|am| Un|vers|ty

"Cu|t|vat|ng a k|||er CV: 1a|k|ng About Wr|t|ng Center Lxper|ence on App||cat|ons and kesumes" September 2013
kentucky Wr|t|ng Center Assoc|at|on Conference - Lastern kentucky Un|vers|ty
Serv|ce
D|scuss|on Iac|||tator August 2012, 2013
M|am| Un|vers|ty Summer kead|ng rogram - M|am| Un|vers|ty
Awards
keg|strat|on Grant November 2013
Nat|ona| Conference on eer 1utor|ng of Wr|t|ng

Graduate 1each|ng Award Academ|c ears 2012-13, 2013-14
Lng||sh Department - M|am| Un|vers|ty


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1ransy|van|a Un|vers|ty
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Contr|but|ng Wr|ter August 2011-Iune 2012
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rofess|ona| Crgan|zat|ons and nonorary Soc|et|es
Member, Nat|ona| Counc|| of 1eachers of Lng||sh December 2012-resent
Member, Conference on Co||ege Compos|t|on and Commun|cat|on December 2012-resent
Member, S|gma 1au De|ta Nat|ona| Lng||sh nonorary Soc|ety November 2011-resent
Member, Cm|cron De|ta kappa Nat|ona| Leadersh|p nonorary Soc|ety Cctober 2010-resent
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