Gavin P.

Johnson
Department of English The Ohio State University
421 Denney Hall, 164 Annie & John Glenn Ave. Columbus, OH 43210
johnson.5997@osu.edu http://www.gavinpjohnson.com

Education
~2020 Ph.D., English: Rhetoric, Composition, Literacy
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Major Field: Composition & Digital Media Studies
Minor Field: Queer Rhetorics, Queer Literacies

2016 Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Sexuality Studies

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2015 Master of Arts, English: Rhetoric & Composition

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Capstone: Click Here for an A; or, Grade Distribution Data, Student Choice, and the Implications of
the Grade-Driven University
Director: Susan Miller-Cochran

2013 Bachelor of Arts, English: Language & Literature, Magna Cum Laude
Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
Minors: History & Humanities
Thesis: Once Upon a Time: A Rhetorical Negotiation of Gender Through Fairy Tales.
Directors: Michele D. Theriot & Scott Banville

Research Interests
Composition Theory
Queer Rhetorics
Digital Media Studies
Rhetorical Invention
Writing Program Administration
Assessment Practices
Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Literacy Studies

Academic Appointments
Teaching
2015- Graduate Teaching Associate, The Ohio State University

2016 Technology Teaching Assistant to Prof. Beverly Moss, The Ohio State University

2013- Graduate Teaching Fellow, North Carolina State University

2015

Administrative
2018 Associate Director, Digital Media & Composition Institute, The Ohio State University

2017- Administrative Associate, Rhetoric, Composition, Literacy Studies, The Ohio State University
2018

2016- Administrative Associate, Digital Media Project, The Ohio State University
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2017

2015 Summer START Tutor Coordinator, North Carolina State University

Research
2017 Research Associate for Prof. Kay Halasek (Composing for Public Audiences MOOC Project)

2017 Research Associate for Prof. Nan Johnson (Digital Rendering of Model for Social Change)

Tutorial
2017 Technology Consultant, Digital Media & Composition Institute, The Ohio State University

2014 Summer START Tutor, North Carolina State University

2010- Master Writing Tutor, Tutorial and Academic Enhancement Center, Nicolls State University
2013

Publications
2016 DALN Organizational Meeting; or, The State of the DALN is Strong.Sweetland Digital Rhetoric
Collaborative 2016 C&W Reviews: http://www.digitalrhetoriccollaborative.org/2016/06/09/i4-daln-
organizational-meeting-or-the-state-of-the-daln-is-strong/

In Progress
Grades as a Technology of Surveillance: Normalization, Big Data, and the Teaching of Writing. In Estee
Beck and Les Hutchinson (Eds). Writing in a digital age: Surveillance, privacy, and writing infrastructures.
(chapter draft submitted 4/18/17; revisions submitted 9/15/17)

Review of Eric Darnell Pritchards Fashioning Lives: Black Queers and the Politics of Literacy. QED: A
Journal of GLBTQ World Making (invited).

Review of Alexandra Hidalgos Cmara Retrica: A Feminist Filmmaking Methodology for Rhetoric and
Composition. Computers and Composition Online.

Teaching the DALN: Reflections on the Literacy Narratives of Black LGBTQIA Columbus. The DALN Blog.
(invited)

Presentations
Conferences (selections)
2017 Feminist Teaching as Advocacy and Action: Disability Studies in the Post-Truth Era. Roundtable with
Jesse Male, Chad Iwertz, Rebecca Hudgins, Sean Kamperman, Ryan Sheehan, and Margaret Price (chair).
Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference. Dayton, OH.

2017 Service Learning, Civic Engagement, and Black Subjectivities: The Literacy Narratives of Black
Columbus. Roundtable with Beverly Moss, Michael Blancato, Sherita V. Roundtree, and Sara Wilder.
Conference on Community Writing. Denver, CO.

2017 Queerly Eavesdropping: A Theoretical Framework in Queer/Crip Time. Queer Places, Practices, and
Lives. Columbus, OH.

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2017 Queerly Eavesdropping: Rhetorical Eavesdropping in Queer/Crip Time. Conference on College

Composition and Communication. Portland, OR.

2016 Black Queer (Techno)Literacies: A Mother & Son Speak. Cultural Rhetorics. East Lansing, MI.

2016 When Worlds Collide: Reflections on the Challenge of Creating Community in Graduate Student
Professional Development. Roundtable with Edgar Singleton and Pritha Prasad. Conference of Writing
Program Administrators. Raleigh, NC.

2016 Black Queer Literacy in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter: A Case Study from Columbus, OH. Computers
and Writing Conference. Rochester, NY.

2015 Bitches, Witches, and Genre Switches: Using American Horror Story: Coven to Explore Meta-Genre and
Meme Culture. Tenth Annual NC State University Graduate Student Research Symposium. Raleigh, NC.
(Nominated by Carolyn R. Miller)

2015 The Effect of Digitally-Published Grade Distribution Data on Student Enrollment Trends in First-Year
Writing Courses. Research Network Forum @ Conference on College Composition and Communication.
Tampa, FL.

2015 I Really Just Want an A: Published Grade Distributions, Student Choice, and the First-Year Writing
Program. North Carolina Symposium on Teaching Writing. Raleigh, NC.

2014 Bitches, Witches, and Genre Switches: Using American Horror Story: Coven to Explore Meta-Genre and
Meme Culture. Popular Culture Association in the South & American Culture Association in the South
(PCAS/ACAS) Conference. New Orleans, LA.

2014 @FragmentedRhet: Using Twitter to Examine & Expand McGees Theory of Fragmentation. Northern
Illinois University Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language and Media. DeKalb, IL. (Accepted but
unable to attend)

2014 #Trending Voices: Recognizing Global Voices via Twitter and McGee's Fragmentation Thesis. NC State
University Association of English Graduate Students Graduate Conference. Raleigh, NC.

2014 @FragmentedRhet: Using Twitter to Examine & Expand McGees Theory of Fragmentation. Carolina
Rhetoric Conference. Columbia, SC.

2014 Doin Really Nasty Things: Identifying Narrative Voice and Time in Lady Gagas Sexxx Dreams. UNC-
Charlotte's English Graduate Student Association 14th Annual Conference. Charlotte, NC.

Workshops
2017 Pairing College Writing with Community Engagement: How & Why. With Michael Blancato. Digital
Media and Composition Institute (DMAC). Columbus, OH. (invited)

2017 Beyond Common Ground in a Digital Story Project: Listening Rhetorically as a Framework to Cultivate
Change in Classrooms on Campuses. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Portland,
OR.

2016 Listening, Reciprocity, and Black Queer Literacies. Digital Media and Composition Institute (DMAC).
Columbus, OH. (invited)

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Institutes
2017 Rhetoric Society of America Institute: Queer Archival Immersion A Seminar at the Kinsey Institute with
Charles Morris, K.J. Rawson, E. Cram, and Eric Darnell Pritchard

2016 Digital Media and Composition Institute (DMAC) with Cynthia L. Selfe and Scott L. DeWitt

Awards
National
2017 NCTE & CCCC Gloria Anzalda Rhetorician Award

The Ohio State University

2017 Arts and Humanities Small Research Grant (awarded twice)

2017 Department of English Blickle Research Grant (awarded twice)

2015 Department of English Recruitment Travel Grant

North Carolina State University

2015 Department of English TA Travel Grant

2014 Department of English TA Travel Grant

2014 Association of English Graduate Students Travel Award

Nicholls State University (selections)

2013 Nicholls State University Hall of Fame An honor given to the Top 1% of the graduating class

2013 Outstanding Graduate in English Award

2013 The University Honors Program Award

2010- The Danos Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship

2013

Courses Taught
The Ohio State University, 2015 ---
English 2367.01: Language, Identity, Culture in the US Experience
Instructor of Record, AU 2017
Theme: #collegelife: histories + identities + representations of higher education
English 2367.01S: Language, Identity, Culture in the US Experience
Instructor of Record, SP 2017
Theme: The Literacy Narratives of Black LGBTQIA Columbus (service-learning section)
Cross Listed in African American and African Studies
English 2276: Arts of Persuasion
Instructor of Record, SP 2018; Team-taught with Prof. Nan Johnson, AU 2016
Theme: Cultural Rhetorics: Persuasion, Practice, Production
English 1110: First Year Writing
Instructor of Record, AU 2015 & SP 2016
Theme: Representations of Literacy in Popular Culture

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North Carolina State University, 2014-2015

English 101: Academic Writing and Research
Instructor of Record, AU 2014, SP 2015; Team-taught with Megan Hall, SP 2014,
Theme: Whos an Author? Authorship in the Disciplines

Editorial Work
2016- Assistant Editor, Computers and Composition: An International Journal

Service
The Ohio State University
2016- Member, English Graduate Program and Policy Committee
2018 (elected to two terms by the graduate cohort)

2017- Treasurer, Diversity and Identity Studies Collective at OSU (DISCO)

2018

2017 Member, Corbett Lecture Selection and Planning Committee

2017 Reviewer, Genevieve M. Critel Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Composition

2017 Reviewer, Disability Studies Graduate Student Associations Undergraduate Essay Context

North Carolina State University (selections)

2014- Student Member, First-Year Writing Program Council
2015 FYWP Council Assessment Sub-Committee
FYWP Council Mentor Program Revision Sub-Committee
FYWP Council Professional Develop Sub-Committee
FYWC Council interTexts Sub-Committee

2015 Panel Chair, NC Symposium on the Teaching of Writing

2014- Chair, Association of English Graduate Students Conference

2015

Nicholls State University (selections)

2012- Vice President, Student Government Association (SGA)
2013

2011- Student Chair, Nicholls State University Student Technology Fee

2013

2011- Chief Student Editor, Mosaic Literary Magazine

2013

2010- Student Member, University Courses and Curricula Committee

2013

2010- Student Member, University Policies and Standards Committee

2013

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2010- President, NSU English Society

2013

2010- President, Sigma Tau Delta Honors Fraternity

2013

2012 Student Member, National Search for the Dean of Arts and Sciences

2010- Student Member, University General Education Assessment Committee

2012

2011- Director of Student Rights and Grievances, SGA

2012

Professional Memberships
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Compositon (CFSHRC)
Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA)
Rhetoric Society of America (RSA(
Popular/American Culture Association in the South (PCAS/ACAS)

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