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SANTOS F. RAMOS, PH.D. STUDENT

Michigan State University
434 Farm Lane
East Lansing, MI 48824
ramossan@msu.edu

EDUCATION

PhD in Rhetoric, Writing, and American Cultures.

Michigan State University. Expected May 2018. August 2014 to present.

MA in English Research.
Virginia Commonwealth University, May 2013.

BA in English Literature
Michigan State University, May 2009.

AA in Arts and Sciences
Kellogg Community College, May 2006.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Graduate Teaching Assistant. Department of Writing, Rhetoric and American

Cultures. Michigan State University, August 2014 to present.

Instructor. English Department. Virginia Union University. Spring 2014.

Instructor. English Language Program, Global Education Office. Virginia
Commonwealth University. Spring 2014.

Instructor. Department of English Language and Literature. American University of
Phnom Penh. Fall 2013.

Graduate Teaching Assistant. English Department. Virginia Commonwealth
University. Fall 2011 to Spring 2013.

PUBLICATIONS

UNDER REVIEW
Ramos, Santos F. Education, Liberation, & Cultural Rhetorics: On Being a TeacherOrganizer. Enculturation.

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DIGITAL WORKS
Ramos, Santos F. The Chicano Cookbook: An Oral History of Chicano Survival
in Michigan. MATRIX: The Center for Digital Humanities and Social
Sciences. (website in progress)
BOOK CHAPTERS
Ramos, Santos F. Digital is Dead: Techno-Seduction at the Colonial
Difference, From Zapatismo to Occupy Wall Street in Identity and Leadership in
Virtual Communities: Establishing Credibility and Influence. Eds. Joe Essid
and Dona Hickey. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. 220-236. Print.

NON-REFEREED PUBLIC WRITING
Ramos, Santos F. (2014, November 12). What Cultural Rhetorics Can Teach Us

About Positioned Authorship. Cultural Heritage Informatics Initiative Blog.

MATRIX: The Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences Online.


Ramos, Santos F. (2014, October 15). Decoloniality & the Digital: Confronting

Techno-Seduction in the Digital Humanities. Cultural Heritage Informatics

Initiative Blog. MATRIX: The Center for Digital Humanities and Social

Sciences Online.

PRESENTATIONS

Ramos, Santos F. Theory of Change: Risking Transformation in the College Writing
Classroom. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Tampa, FL.
March 2015. (forthcoming)

Ramos, Santos F. Am I a Threat? Rhetoric and the Rise of Mass Deportation. Cultural
Rhetorics Conference, East Lansing, MI. October 2014.

Ramos, Santos F. Occupy Wall Street: a Case Study of the Consensus Process at the
Tenth International New Directions in the Humanities Conference (Montreal, Canada).
2012.
Ramos, Santos F. Organizing Across Borders, Panelist. Virginia Peoples Assembly.
2012.

COURSES TAUGHT

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
WRA 110: Writing Science and Technology
WRA 150: Evolution of American Thought

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VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY
ENGL 215: World Literature

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
WMNS 391: Queer Cinema (co-taught with Dr. Elizabeth Canfield)
UNIV 200: Writing & Rhetoric Workshop II
ELP 100: Oral Communication I

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH
HUMN 120: Introduction to Indigenous Film
ENGL 140: The Immigrant Novel
ENGL 101: Reading, Writing and Reasoning
COMM 103: Speaking and Listening

SERVICE-LEARNING

University Hour Radio Program. American University of Phnom Penh. Students would
appear as guests on a local radio show to practice their English language skills in
discussing music, education, and culture.
Music Club Flood Relief Program. American University of Phnom Penh. Students from
the AUPP Music Club would organized music-based fundraisers to provide relief for the
victims of severe flooding.

AWARDS & HONORS

Cultural Heritage Informatics Graduate Fellowship. Michigan State University,
August 2014 to August 2015. $4,000.

Cultural Heritage Informatics Travel Grant. Michigan State University, March
2015. $1,000.

Rhetoric, Writing, and American Cultures Program Research/Travel Grant.
Michigan State University. November 2014. $700.

English Department Graduate Student Research/Travel Grant. Virginia
Commonwealth University. $650.

Graduate of the Year Award. Kellogg Community College, May 2006.

English Student of the Year Award. Kellogg Community College, May 2006.

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SERVICE

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Youth Mentor, Indigenous Youth Empowerment Program
Committee Member, Recruitment Committee
Political Action Committee, Graduate Employees Union

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH
Committee Member, English Assessment Committee
Committee Member, English Language Program Curriculum Development
Committee Member, Admissions Committee
Faculty Advisor, Music Club
Proctor, Placement Exams

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
Committee Member, UNIV 200 Essay Contest Committee

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS

WORKSHOPS

NACCS: National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies
National Council of Teachers of English
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association

Digital Story-Telling with Story Maps & ArcGIS. (January 2015). Creator and
Facilitator. MATRIX: The Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences. Michigan
State University. East Lansing, Michigan.

EDITING EXPERIENCE

Associate Editor, International Journal of Critical Cultural Studies, 2014.
Associate Editor, International Journal of Humanities Education, 2014.
Associate Editor, Digital Humanities Quarterly, 2013.
Associate Editor, New Directions in the Humanities, 2013.