Heather Anne Trahan Department of English Bowling Green State University 586.354.1919 htrahan@bgsu.edu http://heatherannetrahan.

net/ EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy, English, Bowling Green State University: Anticipated Graduation: May 2014 Emphases: Rhetoric and Composition, Critical Sexuality Studies, Queer Theory, Cultural Studies, Critical & Radical Pedagogies, Feminist Rhetorics Dissertation: Relationship Literacy and Polyamory: A Queer Approach Master of Arts, English & Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati: June 2010 Major Field: Creative Writing/Poetry; Minor Field: Rhetoric & Composition Creative Thesis: Nightbreak Bachelor of Arts, English, Oakland University: December 2006 Minor Field: Journalism; Magna Cum Laude TEACHING POSITIONS Instructor, Bowling Green State University, 20102013 Courses taught: Intermediate Writing 2070, 1 section o upper-level writing course emphasizing cultural studies and queer theory; course theme: Queer Writing: Communities, Identities, Texts General Studies Writing 1120, 1 section o first-year writing course emphasizing academic research; course theme: Understanding the Research Process General Studies Writing 1110, 2 sections o first-year writing course emphasizing persuasive writing; course theme: Reading and Writing Critically Writing Center Tutor, Bowling Green State University, 2012 Provide both face-to-face and online tutoring in writing, reading, research, and study skills Assist writing center coordinator with selection, expansion, and revision of tutor training curricula Develop/facilitate undergraduate spring 2012 workshop Study Skills: Reading Across Disciplines Propose, develop, and facilitate Walk-in & Write summer communal writing sessions Assist writing center coordinator with assessment of tutor applicants

Instructor, University of Cincinnati, 20082010 Courses taught: English Composition 289, 1 section

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o sophomore-level course emphasizing ethnographic research; course theme: Writing as a Social Practice English Composition 102, 2 sections o first-year writing course emphasizing academic research and argumentation; course theme: Arguments About Art English Composition 102 Commonplace Pilot, 1 section o first-year writing course emphasizing cross-institutional collaboration; students serve as peer reviewers for online undergraduate journal Commonplace <http://www.mhlearningsolutions.com/commonplace/> English Composition 101, 2 sections o first-year writing course emphasizing rhetorical reading and writing: course theme: Language Acts

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Associate Editor, Computers and Composition: An International Journal, 20112013 Assist Editor Kristine L. Blair Oversee production process and BGSU copy editor team Lead copy editor team meetings Copy edit articles Revise in-house Style Manual Interview Associate Editor (AE) applicants; trained incoming AE (Spring 2013) Annual Conference Co-Founder & Co-Chair, Composing Ourselves: A Graduate Conference in Literature, Composition, and Rhetoric. (Keynote Speaker: Malea Powell.) 16 April 2010. University of Cincinnati. Collaboratively organized conference, along with five other graduate students Program Mentor, English Composition Program, University of Cincinnati, 20092010 Competitively selected, along with one other graduate student, to assist program WPA (Dr. Laura Micciche) Co-director of 3-day English GTA Orientation Co-teach weekly graduate pedagogy (Practicum) course for two terms Collaboratively assist with publication of textbook Student Guide to English Composition 20102011 Editorial Assistant, The Cincinnati Review, Dept. of English & Comparative Literature, 2009 Evaluate manuscripts and correspond with contributors Editorial Assistant, Swallow the Moon, Dept. of English, Oakland University, 2006 Evaluate poetry submissions and moderate creative writing workshops PUBLICATIONS Scholarship Article. The Silent Teacher: A Performative, Meditative Model of Pedagogy. Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies 9.3 (2013). Web. http://liminalities.net/9-3/

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Article. Queers, Cupids Arrow, and Contradictions in the Classroom: An Activity Theory Analysis. The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning 18 (Winter 20122013): 56 69. Print. Interview. Past, Present, and Future(s): An Interview with Editor Kristine Blair. Computers and Composition Online (Winter 2013). Web. http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/english/cconline/winter2013/trahan_blair/BlairInterview.html Book Review of Over Ten Million Served: Gendered Service in Language and Literature Workplaces. Enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture 10 (2011). Web. http://www.enculturation.net/review-of-over-ten-million Article. Teaching the Texts We Love. Writing on the Edge 21.2 (2011): 73-83. Print.

Selected Poetry How Many There Were: DIN Magazine, Issue 4 (2013). Web. http://dinmagazine.nmsu.edu/issue4/poetry%203%20Heather%20Trahan.html This American Poem: Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel: Contemporary Appalachian Writing, Volume 14, 2011. Print. The Meaning of Many Kisses, She Does Not Understand How Huge the Universe, the Heart, Midnight. Her Eyes Are in My Mouth, and Id Ask Her to Waltz. Step Into My Shoes: Expressions from the LBGTQ Community. Wixom: Jafansta, Inc., 2011. Print. The Business of Poetry and Time to Marry: wordriver literary review, Spring 2009. Print. An Ecstatic Bow: Healing Garden Journal, September/October 2008. Print. Flood and Talking to Frank: Word Riot, September 2008. Web. http://www.wordriot.org/template_2.php?ID=1645 Block: elimae, 2008:4. Web. http://www.elimae.com/2008/April/Block.html Balcony: nthposition, January 2008. Web. http://www.nthposition.com/balcony.php With Autism: Autism Advocate, Vol. 49 No. 4. Print. Memory: Slow Trains, Vol. 7 Issue 3, Winter 2007-2008. Web. http://www.slowtrains.com/vol7issue3/mcmackenvol7issue3.html Balance: Oakland County Beat, February 2007. Print. Never Fully: 3rd Muse Poetry Journal, Issue 34, January-March 2007. Web. Answers Offered (as you sleep): The Fairfield Review, Fall 2006. Web. http://www.fairfieldreview.org/fairfield/fairrevw.nsf/06a6a1d2f4a8d3478525648d00816154/d0d6f a621772b3208525723a000e7734!OpenDocument CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Polyamory Across the Disciplines. Undisciplined Academic Bodies: Questioning Scholarly Assumptions, Teacher Training, and Disciplinary Normativity. Being Undisciplined: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference. University of Cincinnati. April 2013. Sharing Digital Literacy Narratives in the Classroom & Beyond. Computer Connection. Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2013. Presented collaboratively with Dr. Kristine L. Blair, Mariana Grohowski, and Megan Adams. Gone Digital: Constructing Literacy Narratives for Multimodal Pedagogy. WIDE-EMU (un)Conference. Michigan State University. October 2012. Presented collaboratively with Dr. Kristine L. Blair, Mariana Grohowski, and Megan Adams.

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Spirituality & Feminism: The In-Progress Person-Teacher. Teaching and Embodiment. Works in Progress: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference. University of Cincinnati. June 2012. Presented collaboratively with Megan Adams. Performing Teacher Silence in the Writing Classroom. Alternative Performative Pedagogies. Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2012. Activist Rhetors in a Digital Age. Digital (De-)(Re-)Territorializations Conference. Hosted online by Bowling Green State University and BGSUs Association for Textual and Literary Analysis. March 2012. Revolt Against Apathy: The Teacher as Silent Witness. Alternative Pedagogy: Reaching Students Through Deliberate Action. 7th Annual Battleground States Conference. Cultural Studies Scholars Association, Bowling Green State University. February 2012. Old Meets New: Aspasia and Sex. Feminism and Rhetoric: Ancient Theories. Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Biennial International Conference. Minnesota State University. October 2011. Critical Sexuality: Beyond Queer, Beyond Fear, Beyond Clich. Unexpected Subjects. Annual Womens Studies Research Symposium. Bowling Green State University. March 2011. Work In-Progress Presenter. Teaching, Performance, and Silence: Flipping the Script on Some Worn-Out Tropes. CCCC Research Network Forum. April 2011. The Ease and Power of Windows Movie Maker. Computer Connection. Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2010. Presented collaboratively with Kathryn Trauth Taylor. Options for Assigning Student Reflection. Reflective Communities: Self-Awareness in the Undergraduate and GTA First-Year Experience. Seventh Annual Ohio First-Year Summit. University of Cincinnati. October 2009. POETRY READINGS Being Undisciplined creative reading, University of Cincinnati, April 2013. Last Word Exit Reading of English Department Graduate Students, University of Cincinnati, June 2010. The Cincinnati Review annual reading, Word Without End, University of Cincinnati, April 2009. Inktank (community center), Cincinnati, December 2008. English Graduate Organization autumn reading, Baba Budans, Cincinnati, October 2008. (invited) The Coffee Beanery, Berkley, Michigan, February 2008. (invited) Coffee Bean, Plymouth, Michigan, December 2007. (invited) Grosse Pointe Artists Association, Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, June 2007. Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea, Royal Oak, Michigan, May 2007.

HONORS AND AWARDS Rhetoric & Writing Non-Service Fellowship (NSF), 20132014 Grant Recipient, Graduate Student Senate Professional Development Grant, 2011, 2012 & 2013 Grant Recipient, Pearsons Emerging Pedagogies Research and Travel Grant, 2011. Project published at: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/cccc2011_emergingpedagogies/#

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Finalist, 2010 Split Oak Press Poetry Chapbook Competition Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Bowling Green State University, 20102013 University Graduate Scholarship (full-tuition waver), Bowling Green State University, 2010present Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Cincinnati, 200810 University Graduate Scholarship (full-tuition waver), University of Cincinnati, 200810 Poetry Prize, Liberal Arts Network for Development (LAND), 200304

SERVICE

Bowling Green State University:

Committee Service: English Conference Planning Committee, Fall 2012present o This committee is working to plan and hold a graduate student conference, 21st Century Englishes, October 2013 at Bowling Green State University. rd 3 Friday Rhetoric & Writing Steering Committee, Fall 2012Spring 2013 o This committee develops a monthly meeting for the Rhetoric & Writing doctoral program, with an aim to help professionalize graduate students. Post-Prelim Group (PPG) Committee, Fall 2012Spring 2013 o This committee organizes and facilitates a monthly support meeting for doctoral students who are working on their dissertations and applying to academic jobs. Other Service: Historian (elected position), Graduate Womens Caucus, Fall 2011 Coordinator, Digital Feminism: Possibilities in Pedagogy graduate student workshop, March 2011 Graduate Student Senator, representing the Graduate Womens Caucus, 2010-2011

University of Cincinnati:
Panelist, Applying to Ph.D. Programs workshop, May 2010 Co-coordinator, Presenting at Conferences graduate student workshop, March 2010 Executive Board Officer (elected position), English Graduate Organization (EGO), 20092010 Digital Mentor (to incoming graduate student), 20092010 Reader, Cincinnatus Scholarship Essay Competition XIII and XIV, 2009 & 2010

COMMUNITY TEACHING POSITIONS Private Poetry Tutor, Toledo OH, 20112012 Develop and teach poetry lessons for client Community Living Support Tutor, Training and Treatment Innovations (non-profit), 2007 Develop/teach literacy lessons to autistic adolescent during in-home sessions COMMUNITY WRITING AND EDITING POSITIONS Website Staff Writer, Meefers.com, 20072008 Contribute my column Health Matters Contribute book reviews, op-ed pieces, and features about LGBTQ events/issues Literary Journal Editorial Assistant, Marick Press (Grosse Pointe Park, MI), 20072008

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Compose copy for event promotions and co-coordinate Detroit literary festival

Newspaper Book Critic/Contributing Writer, Detroits Metro Times, 20062008 Contribute literary book reviews as well as articles about art and culture Newspaper Staff Writer, Oakland County Beat, 20062007 Recruit, train, and mentor new staff writers Contribute articles about local artists, literary events, and healthy living Journalism Internship, thedetroiter.com, Summer 2006 Copy edit articles Serve as lit beat reporter COMMUNITY SERVICE Campaign Volunteer, ONE Bowling Green LGBT-protection ordinance, 2010 Organizer, Crosstown Readout poetry reading contest, Cincinnati, March 2009 Guest Lecturer, Michigan Technical Academy, Detroit, March 2007. Invited.

GRADUATE COURSEWORK Rhetorical Theory & History Ph.D. Studies Intro. to Rhetoric & Composition Rhetoric of Written Discourse (Postmodern Rhetorics) History of Rhetoric History of Composition in the United States Systems Approaches for Study in Rhetoric/Writing Research, Publication, and Professionalization Ph.D. Studies WPA Work and its Evaluation Research and Publication in Rhetoric/Writing Research Methods in Rhetoric/Writing Writing Pedagogy Ph.D. Studies Composition Instructors Workshop Teaching Grammar in the Context of Writing Writing Assessment Computer-Mediated Writing Theory and Practice M.A. Studies Teaching Practicum Theories of Teaching College Writing

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Theories of Composing Literary Studies & Creative Writing M.A. Studies Feminist Poetics Problems in Literary Theory Contemporary American Fiction Contexts for the Study of Modern Literature/Performance Theory 4 Themed Workshops in Creative Writing-Poetry PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning (AEPL) Graduate Womens Caucus, Bowling Green State University National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) College Composition and Communication (CCC) REFERENCES Dr. Kristine L. Blair Professor and Chair Department of English Bowling Green State University 419.372.7543 kblair@bgsu.edu Dr. Sue Carter Wood Associate Professor Department of English Bowling Green State University 419.372.8107 carters@bgsu.edu Dr. Lee Nickoson Associate Professor Department of English Bowling Green State University 419.372.7556 leenick@bgsu.edu Dr. Laura R. Micciche Director of English Composition Program Department of English University of Cincinnati 513.556.6519 laura.micciche@uc.edu Since 2012 Since 2010 Since 2009 Since 2009