Dominic J.

Ashby
Curriculum Vitae
July 29, 2020

Department of English dominic.ashby@eku.edu

103 Mattox Hall
Eastern Kentucky University
521 Lancaster Ave ePortfolio: domashby.org
Richmond, KY 40475

EDUCATION
Ph.D. English, Composition & Rhetoric. Miami University, Oxford, OH. August 2013.

M.A. English. West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. August 2003.

B.A. English and History. West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV. May 2001.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor, English. Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY. 2014–present.

Visiting Assistant Professor, English. Miami University, Oxford, OH. 2013–2014.

PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Bosley, Lisa, Dominic Ashby, Shawne Alexander, and Matt Schumacher. “Corequisite
Success: Integrating Reading, Writing, and English 101.” Journal of College Literacy and
Learning (JCLL), vol. 47, forthcoming May 2021.

Ashby, Dominic. “Evaluating Fandom: Using Blogging and a Grade Contract to Reward Fan
Labor in the Classroom.” Fan Studies Pedagogies, a special issue of Transformative Works
and Cultures (TWC), vol. 35, forthcoming March 2021.

Book Chapters
Ashby, Dominic. “Uchi/Soto in Japan: A Global Turn.” Comparative Rhetoric: The Art of
Traversing Rhetorical Times, Places, and Spaces, edited by LuMing Mao, Taylor and
Francis, 2014. Reprinted from Comparative Rhetoric, a special issue of Rhetoric Society
Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 3, 2013, pp. 256–269.

Conference Proceedings
Ashby, Dominic, Margaret Frozena, and James Franklin McClure. "A Contract for Success:
Increasing Student Engagement and Confidence through Grade Contracts.”
Transparency in Teaching and Learning: Proceedings of the 2019 Pedagogicon, 2020.
https://encompass.eku.edu/pedagogicon/2019/guidinggrading/3
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Ashby, Dominic, Margaret Frozena, and Jason Peerce. “I Hear What You’re Saying: Bringing
New Media Pedagogy to Basic Writing.” Innovations in Teaching & Learning: Inaugural
Proceedings of the 2017 Pedagogicon. The proceedings appear as a special section in The
Journal of Faculty Development, vol. 31, no. 3, 2017, pp. 63–67.

Ashby, Dominic. “To Say a Turning Word: Zen Rhetoric as Situated Enlightenment.”
Kentucky Philological Review 31: Bulletin of the Forty-Third Annual Meeting, edited by
Jimmy Dean Smith, Northern Kentucky University, 2017, pp. 57–67.

Ashby, Dominic. “Both Insiders and Outsiders: Re/Framing Identification via Japanese
Rhetoric.” Re/Framing Identifications, edited by Michelle Ballif, Waveland, 2014, pp.
309–315.

Book Reviews
Ashby, Dominic and LuMing Mao. Review of Zen Buddhist Rhetoric in China, Korea, and Japan,
edited by Christoph Anderl. Rhetoric Review, vol. 32 no. 3, 2013, pp. 368–373.

Ashby, Dominic. Review of Writing in the Devil’s Tongue: A History of English Composition in
China, by Xiaoye You. JAC vol. 32 no. 1, 2012, pp. 416-424.

Ashby, Dominic. Review of The Idea of English in Japan: Ideology and the Evolution of a Global
Language, by Philip Seargeant. TESOL Quarterly vol. 45 no. 1, 2011, pp. 194–196.

Manuscripts in Submission
Ashby, Dominic and Jill Parrott. “But It’s (Not) the Same: A Data-Driven Look at Equivalency
Bias in Dual-Enrollment Composition.” The Dual Enrollment Kaleidoscope: Reconfiguring
Perceptions of First-Year Writing and Composition Studies, edited by Christine Denecker
and Casie Moreland. Proposal accepted January 2019; manuscript and revisions
accepted by editors; complete book manuscript submitted by publisher to outside
review 1 April 2020; revisions submitted to outside reviewers 13 July 2020.

Web-based Writing
Ashby, Dominic, Margaret Frozena, and James F. McClure. Unhinged Gates: Unlearning the
Practice of Gatekeeping. Unhingedgates.blog, begun January 2019.

AWARDS AND HONORS

2020 High Impact Practice Teaching Award, for Work with Grading Contracts and
ePortfolios, Noel Faculty Awards, Eastern Kentucky University.

2019 Critical Reading Teaching Award, Eastern Kentucky University.

Outstanding Instructor, First Year Courses, Eastern Kentucky University.

2017 Critical Thinking Teacher of the Year Award, Eastern Kentucky University.
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2020 Dominic Ashby, Margaret Frozena, and Trenia Napier. “Seeing the Source:
Teaching Ethical Image Use and Attribution in Student Projects.” Pedagogicon:
Students as Partners in Teaching and Learning, Richmond, KY, held virtually. 15
May 2020.

Dominic Ashby. “A More Equitable Classroom: A Case for Grade Contracts in

Writing Classes.” Kentucky Philological Association Conference, Campbellsville
University, Campbellsville, KY. 6 March 2020.

2019 Dominic Ashby, Darian Bianco, Margaret Frozena, and Ryan Sergent-Payne.
"The More the Merrier: Treating Students to Multiple Sources of Support in the
Online Classroom." Kentucky Convergence Conference, Louisville, KY. 31 October
2019.

Dominic Ashby, Darian Bianco, Margaret Frozena, Clay Howard, Ryan Sergent-
Payne, and Clint Stivers. "A Polyphonic, Multi-Modal Approach to the Online
Co-Requisite Classroom: Many Voices and Paths for Success." Kentucky
Organization for Student Success (KOSS) Conference, Berea, KY. 25 October 2019.

Dominic Ashby, Margaret Frozena, and James F. McClure. “A Contract for

Success: Increasing Student Engagement and Confidence through Grade
Contracts.” Pedagogicon: Transparency in Teaching and Learning, Eastern
Kentucky University, Richmond, KY. 17 May 2019.

Dominic Ashby, Margaret Frozena, and James F. McClure. “Making Space for
Student Voices with ePortfolios and Grade Contracts.” Conference on College
Composition and Communication, Pittsburgh, PA. 15 March 2019.

2018 Dominic Ashby, Trenia Napier, Jill Parrott, and Erin Presley. “Reading with
Purpose: Making Reading Matter for Writing.” Thomas R. Watson Conference,
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. 25 October 2018.

Dominic Ashby and Margaret Frozena. “Integrating Digital High-Impact

Practices in First-Year Writing: Blogs, Eportfolios, and Multimodality.”
Pedagogicon: Student-Centered Teaching and Learning, Eastern Kentucky
University, Richmond, KY. 18 May 2018.

Dominic Ashby, Lisa Bosley, and Russell Carpenter. “When Writing Tutors
Become Reading and Writing Tutors in an IRW Course.” The 42nd Annual
Conference of the National Association for Developmental Education, National
Harbor, MD. 23 February 2018.

2017 Dominic Ashby, Lisa Bosley, Clint Stivers, Margaret Frozena, Shawne
Alexander, and Russell Carpenter. “The Impact of Course-Embedded
Consultants on Students’ Revision Processes in a Co-Requisite Course.”
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Kentucky Association for Developmental Education (KADE) Conference, Bluegrass

Community and Technical College, Lexington, KY. 27 October 2017.

Dominic Ashby, Margaret Frozena and Jason Peerce. “There’s Something

About Access: New Media and Student Engagement in Basic Writing.”
Pedagogicon: Innovations in Teaching and Learning, Eastern Kentucky University,
Richmond, KY. 19 May 2017.

Dominic Ashby. “The Rhetoric of Nostalgia in Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises: A

Narrative of Celebration, Critique, and Cross-cultural Affiliation.” International
Conference on Narrative, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 23–26 March
2017.

Dominic Ashby. “Pastoral Techno-Fetishism and the Case for Interdependence:

Reflective Nostalgia in the Anime Summer Wars.” Kentucky Philological
Association Conference, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY. 3–4 March
2017.

2016 Dominic Ashby. “Reimagining the Changes of the Past: Nostalgia as Rhetoric.”
Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Atlanta, GA. 27–29 May 2016.

Dominic Ashby. “To Say a Turning Word: Zen Rhetoric as Situated

Enlightenment.” Kentucky Philological Association Conference, Western Kentucky
University, Bowling Green, KY. March 2016.

2015 Dominic Ashby. “Idealized Girlhood and the Rhetoric of Japaneseness: The
Figure of the Japanese Schoolgirl as a Trope for Maintaining Regional Identity.”
Kentucky Philological Association Conference, Northern Kentucky University,
Highland Heights, KY. March 2015.

2014 Dominic Ashby. “Opening the Gates of Academic Discourse: Inside–Outside

Positionalities as Pedagogy in ESL/EFL Rhetoric and Composition Classrooms.”
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Indianapolis, IN. March
2014.

2013 Dominic Ashby. “Contextualizing Affiliations: Fluid Insider–Outsider

Identities.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Las Vegas, NV.
March 2013.

Dominic Ashby. “Uchi/Soto in Japan: A Global Turn.” MLA Annual Convention,

Boston, MA. January 2013.

2012 Dominic Ashby. “Both Insiders and Outsiders: Re/Framing Identifications in

Japanese Rhetoric.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Philadelphia, PA. May
2012.

Dominic Ashby. “Between Outside and Inside: Anime and Manga as Gateways
to Japanese Rhetoric.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, St.
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Louis, MO. March 2012.

2011 Dominic Ashby. “Ainu Activism: Movements of Indigenous Rhetoric through

Time and Place.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta,
GA. April 2011.

Dominic Ashby, Amir Hassan, and Mandy Watts. “Multimodal Remix and/as
Cultural Critique.” Poster Session. Conference on College Composition and
Communication, Atlanta, GA. April 2011.

2010 Dominic Ashby. “Representing Japan, Embodying America: The Rhetoric of

Two Japanese-American Memoirs.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference,
Minneapolis MN. May 2010.

Dominic Ashby. “Simulating the Virtual: Depictions of MMORPGs in Anime

and Manga.” Computers and Writing, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. May
2010.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Eastern Kentucky University, Graduate (English M.A.)

Topics in Modern Rhetoric: Rhetoric of Popular Culture (Fall 2018; Online: Fall 2020)

Studies in Modern Composition Theory (Fall 2019)

Graduate Student Teaching Practicum (Fall 2018, Fall 2019)

Seminar in Composition (Spring 2019)

Introduction to Graduate Studies in English (Fall 2017)

Topics in Modern Rhetoric: Rhetoric of Place-Based Identity (Fall 2016)

History of Rhetoric (Fall 2015)

Eastern Kentucky University, Undergraduate

Introduction to Composition Theory (Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019)

Literature and Film: Cinema Anime (Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2019)

The Graphic Novel and Manga (Spring 2018)

Advanced Composition for Teachers (Spring 2018)

Advanced Composition (Spring 2016, Spring 2017)

Introduction to Technical & Professional Writing (Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016,
Online: Fall 2020)
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Introduction to English Studies (Fall 2018)

Special Topics in English Studies: Japanese Pop Culture in Translation (Fall 2015)

Student Success Seminar for English Majors (Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018)

Research, Writing, and Rhetoric—Corequisite (Fall 2019; Online: Spring 2020, Fall 2020)

Research, Writing, and Rhetoric (Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018; Online:
Summer 2019, Summer 2020)

Reading, Writing, and Rhetoric—Corequisite (Fall 2019)

Reading, Writing, and Rhetoric (Fall 2014)

Introduction to Reading, Writing, & Rhetoric (Fall 2016, Summer 2017, Fall 2017, Summer
2018)

Learning Dynamics (Summer 2016, Summer 2018)

Miami University (Visiting Assistant Professor & Graduate Teaching Associate)

Global Partners Summer School: Advanced Composition for L2 (Summer 2013 & 2014)

Rhetorical Strategies for Writers (Fall 2013, Spring 2014)

Composition and Literature (Spring 2009, Spring 2014)

College Composition for L2 Writers (Fall 2013)

College Composition (Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2011)

Writing Studio (Fall 2010)

West Virginia University (Adjunct Instructor & Graduate Teaching Assistant)

Graduate Colloquium, co-taught with the First-Year Writing Coordinator (August 2006)

Composition, Rhetoric, and Research (Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2005, Spring 2007, Fall
2007 [Honors], Spring 2008)

Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric (Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Summer 2002, Fall 2002,
Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2008)

STUDENT MENTORING

M.A. Thesis Advisor:

• “The Language of Memes,” Fall 2020, ongoing.
• “Composition, Creative Writing, and Queer Rhetorics,” completed Spring 2019.
• “The Rhetoric of Sports Journalism Blogs,” completed Spring 2018.
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• “A Rhetorical Analysis of the Online Discourse of Open Access Advocates,”

completed Fall 2016.

Member, M.A. Thesis Committee: 11 committees, 2015–present.

Honors Thesis Advisor, EKU Honors Program:

• “Comic Books as Reflection of American Culture,” completed Spring 2020.
• “The Cost of Emptiness: Voids of Cisgender Male Anorexia Depictions in YA
Literature,” completed Fall 2018.

Research Advisor, McNair Scholars Summer Research Opportunity Program:

“Intersectional Feminism and Female Comic Book Heroes,” completed Summer, 2016.

Academic Advisor for approximately 12 English majors annually.

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

2015– Coordinator, Co-requisite Reading and Writing. Eastern Kentucky

Present University.

2012–2013 Coordinator, BUS102: Writing for Business Decision-Making, Howe Writing

Initiative. Farmer School of Business, Miami University.

2009–2011 Assistant Director, Howe Writing Initiative. Farmer School of Business,

Miami University.

2006–2007 Assistant Coordinator for English 101. West Virginia University.

SERVICE

Eastern Kentucky University

Member, University Graduate Council (Fall 2020–Present).

Alternate College Representative, University Faculty Committee on Dismissal (Fall 2020–

Present).

Member, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences Curriculum Committee (Fall 2018–
Present).

Member, University Library Committee (Fall 2018–Present).

Member, Department of English Graduate Committee (Fall 2018–Present).

Member, Department of English Curriculum Committee (Fall 2017–Present).

Member, Department of English Undergraduate Majors Committee (Fall 2015–Present).

College Representative, International Relations Job Search Committee (Spring 2019).

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Member, Noel Studio Student Awards Committee (Spring 2018 & 2019).

Member, English and Theatre Professional Development/Merit Committee (Fall 2014–

Spring 2019).

Member, Developmental Education Advisory Committee (Fall 2015–2018).

Member, Drafting Team for Revising the University’s Policy on Faculty Responsibility for
English Composition (Fall 2017).

Member, University Student Disciplinary Council (Summer 2016–Spring 2017).

Member, Noel Studio Assistant Director Job Search Committee (Summer 2016).

Member, Ad-hoc Departmental Strategic Planning Committee—Representative for

Professional and Technical Writing (Spring 2016).

Alternate, College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee (Fall 2015–Fall 2016).

Miami University
Member, Rhetoric and Writing Committee (Fall 2013–Spring 2014).

Discussion Leader, Summer Reading Program, Office of Liberal Education (Summer 2008
& Summer 2013).

Graduate Student Representative, Department of English Graduate Committee (Fall 2008–

Spring 2009 and Fall 2010–Spring 2011).

Chair, Conference Planning Committee, Miami English Graduate and Adjunct Association
(Fall 2009–Spring 2010).

West Virginia University

Member, Undergraduate Writing Committee (Fall 2006–Spring 2008).

Member, English 102 Handbook Revision Committee (Fall 2007–Spring 2008).

Member, English 101 Handbook Revision Committee (Fall 2006–Spring 2007).

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To the Profession
President, Kentucky Philological Association (2020–2021)
Manuscript Reader, Transformative Works and Cultures (Spring 2020)
Proposal Reader, Pedagogicon (Spring 2020)
Vice President, Kentucky Philological Association (2019–2020)
Manuscript Reader, Kentucky Philological Review (2017, 2019, & 2020)

CAMPUS & DEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATIONS

2019 “TILT Critical Reading with a Grade Contract.” Teaching and Learning
Innovation Series, Eastern Kentucky University, 7 November 2019.

“Grading Contracts and Online Classes,” presented with Margaret Frozena.

Instructional Design Center, Eastern Kentucky University, 16 October 2019.

2018 “Using Google Drive in the Writing Classroom.” Department of English PD,
Eastern Kentucky University, 2 February 2018.

2017 “‘But I’m Not a Writing Teacher!’ Making Writing Work in Your Classroom.”
Teaching and Learning Dialogue series, Eastern Kentucky University, March
7, 2017.

2016 “Understanding the New MLA Style.” First Year Writing PD, Eastern
Kentucky University, August 2016.

“Using Wordpress Blogging Software in the Classroom.” Department of

English PD, Eastern Kentucky University, March 2016.

2015 “Using Google Drive and Google Docs in the Classroom,” presented with
Rick Mott. Department of English PD, Eastern Kentucky University, October,
2015.

“First Year Writing Rubric Workgroup Report,” presented with Jay Sarver.
First Year Writing PD, Eastern Kentucky University, August 2015.

“Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due: Enabling Responsible Source Use in the
21st Century Classroom.” Department of English PD, Eastern Kentucky
University, March 2015.

2011 “Keys to Editing Your Own and Students’ Writing,” presented with Lisa
Blankenship and Caroline Dadas. Farmer School of Business Faculty Writing
Workshop, Miami University, April 2011.

2010 “Visual Impact: Design Principles for Effective Teaching,” presented with
Lisa Blankenship and Ann Updike. Farmer School of Business Faculty
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Workshop, Miami University, November 2010.

2009 “Digital Web Spinning: Blogging and Web Design for the Composition
Classroom, Part I—Blogging with Wordpress.” Digital Writing Collaborative,
Miami University, November 2009.

“Wordpress, Blogger, Ning, Facebook: Do All of These Terms Leave You

‘Twitter’-pated?” presented with Amber Nichols-Buckley. Digital Writing
Collaborative, Miami University, February 2009.

2008 “Assignment Sequencing.” Co-presented with Steve Oberlechner. ENG102

Instructor Workshop. West Virginia University. May 2008.

2007 “Data and Recommendations from Spring 2007 English 101 Writing Skills
Survey,” presented with Jay Dolmage. English 102 Instructor Workshop.
West Virginia University. May 2007.

CERTIFICATES AND TRAINING

2019 Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium’s Academic Leadership Academy,

Eastern Kentucky University 26 April 2019 and Kentucky State University, 18
October 2019.

2018 Quality Matters Certification, EKU Instructional Design Center, Spring 2018.

Online Course Development Certificate Program, EKU Instructional Design

Center, Spring 2018.

2017 EKU Faculty Leadership Institute, January 2017.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)

Kentucky Philological Association (KPA)

Modern Language Association (MLA)

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Rhetoric Society of America (RSA)