LAURA ROSE MICCICHE

Curriculum Vitae

Department of English & Comparative Literature

225C McMicken Hall, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221

EDUCATION
PhD English, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1999
Major Field: Rhetoric and Composition
Minor Fields: Women’s Literature and Critical Theory

MA English, Ohio University, 1994

Major Field: Creative Writing (Poetry)
Minor Field: Rhetoric and Composition

BA English, cum laude, Ohio University, 1991

OTHER TRAINING
Mindfulness in Teaching Faculty Learning Community, 2019.
THATCamp Cincinnati, 2017 & 2015.
Dartmouth Summer Seminar for Composition Research, 2014.
Study Abroad Course Design Institute, UC, 2012.
Writing Program Administrator’s Workshop and Institute, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.
Digital Media and Composition Institute, The Ohio State University, 2008.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
University of Cincinnati
Professor of English 2018-present
Associate Professor of English 2007-2018
Assistant Professor of English 2004-2007

East Carolina University

Assistant Professor of English 1999-2004

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Teaching Assistant 1995-1999

Ohio University
Teaching Assistant 1993-94

TEACHING & RESEARCH INTERESTS

Writing Pedagogy, Theories of Composing, Rhetorical Theory (contemporary, new
materialism, rhetorics of emotion, feminist rhetorics), Composition (all levels), Writing
Program Administration
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Cincinnati
Undergraduate Graduate
Composition Rhetorics of Emotion
Composition II Feminism and Writing
Intermediate Composition Teaching College Writing
Advanced Composition Critical Writing in English Studies
Advanced Composition for Teachers Theories of Composing (f2f & online)
Writing for English Majors Theorizing Publics
Introduction to Rhetoric and Writing Rhetoric II: Against Stasis
The Culture of Eating Disorders (H) On Voice
Writing & Emotion (H) Digital Humanities
Digital Composing Interdisciplinary Dissertation Workshop
Introduction to English Studies Critical Writing & Publishing (f2f & online)
Writing, Running, & Documenting Cincinnati (H) Writing Material
Writing with Style Research Methods in Rhetoric &
Introduction to Copyediting & Publishing (online) Composition
Academic Job Market Workshop

East Carolina University

Undergraduate Graduate
Composition Studies in Women’s Literature
Research Writing Research Methods in Composition
Functional Grammar Feminism & Composition Studies
Women & Literature Teaching Composition
Advanced Composition Teaching Writing in Two-Year Colleges
Critical Writing Rhetorics of Emotion
The Literature of Fyodor Dostoevsky (Honors)
The Culture of Eating Disorders (Honors)
Senior Seminar in Women’s Studies

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Ohio University

Introduction to College Writing Writing and Rhetoric
Writing and Critical Thinking Advanced Composition
Writing with Style
Women Writers and the Personal Essay
Literature of the Women’s Movement
Contemporary Women’s Poetry

PUBLICATIONS
Books
Failure Pedagogies: Learning and Unlearning What it Means to Fail, co-edited with
Allison Carr. Peter Lang Publishers, 2020.
Acknowledging Writing Partners. The WAC Clearinghouse and UP of Colorado, 2017.
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https://wac.colostate.edu/books/micciche/.
Doing Emotion: Rhetoric, Writing, Teaching. Boynton/Cook, 2007.
A Way to Move: Rhetorics of Emotion and Composition Studies, co-edited with Dale
Jacobs. Boynton/Cook, 2003.

Articles
“‘Go and Love Some More’: Memorializing and Archiving Feminist Grief.” With Brooke
Boling, Katie C. Monthie, and Jayne E.O. Stone. Peitho, forthcoming 2022.
“Fragile Material.” Composition Studies, v. 50, no. 1, 2022, pp. 163-66.
“Dissertation Assistance During COVID-19.” Inside Higher Ed, 4 August 2020,
https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2020/08/04/phd-students-need-more-
support-their-dissertation-writing-opinion.
“Editing as Inclusion Activism.” With Kelly Blewett, Christina LaVecchia, and Janine
Morris. Special issue on editing, College English, vol. 81, no. 4, 2019, pp. 273-96.
“‘How About We Try This...?’: Feminist Micro-Resilience and Institutional Change.”
With Allison D. Carr. Resilience in the Age of Austerity, special issue of
Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition,
and Culture, edited by Chris Gallagher, Debbie Minter, Shari Stenberg, vol. 19,
no. 2, 2019, pp. 209-24.
“Writers Have Always Loved Mobile Devices.” The Atlantic, 18 August 2018,
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/08/writers-have-always-l
oved-mobile-devices/567637/.
“A Model of Efficiency: Pre-College Credit and the State Apparatus.” With Joyce Malek.
WPA:Writing Program Administration, vol. 40, no. 2, 2017, pp. 77-97.
“Retrospective: Staying with Emotion.” Emotion in composition, special issue of
Composition Forum, edited by Lance Langdon, vol. 34, 2016,
http://compositionforum.com/ issue/34/micciche-retrospective.php.
“e. pluribus plures: DMAC and its Keywords.” With Casey Boyle, Stephanie Vie,
Melanie Yergeau, Caroline Dadas, Janine Morris, Christian Smith, and Lisa
Blankenship. Computers and Composition, vol. 36, 2015, pp. 1-15.
“Indirection, Anxiety, and the Folds of Reading.” With Jonathan Alexander and
Jacqueline Rhodes. Reader: Essays in Reader-Oriented Theory, Criticism, and
Pedagogy, vol. 65/66, 2013/ 2014, pp. 43-71.
“Girls Writing in Spirals.” College Composition and Communication, vol. 66, no. 1,
2014, pp. 15-17.
“Writing Material.” Re-Imagining the Social Turn, special issue of College English,
edited by Jacqueline Rhodes and Jonathan Alexander, vol. 76, no. 6, 2014, pp.
488-505.
“Multimodality, Performance, and Teacher Training.” With Hannah J. Rule and Liv
Stratman. Computers and Composition Online, 2012,
http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/.
“For Slow Agency.” WPA: Writing Program Administration, vol. 35, Fall/Winter 2011,
pp. 73-90.
“Toward Graduate-Level Writing Instruction,” with Allison D. Carr. College
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Composition and Communication, vol. 62, no. 3, 2011, pp. 477-501.
“Response Essay: The Trouble with Affect.” JAC, vol. 26, no. 1-2, 2006, pp. 264-75.
“Emotion, Ethics, and Rhetorical Action.” JAC, vol. 25, no. 1, 2005, pp. 161-81.
“Making a Case for Rhetorical Grammar.” College Composition and Communication,
vol. 55, no. 4, 2004, pp. 716-37. Rpt. in Teaching Developmental Writing:
Background Readings, 4th ed., edited by Susan Naomi Bernstein, Bedford/St.
Martin’s, 2012. Rpt. in The Writer’s Workplace, 8th ed., and The Writer’s
Workplace with Readings, 6th ed., by Sandra Scarry and John Scarry, Thomas
Heinle Publishers, 2006. Rpt. in Style in Composition and Rhetoric: A Critical
Sourcebook, edited by Paul Butler, Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2010.
“Seeing and Reading Incest: A Study of Debbie Drechsler’s Daddy’s Girl.” Rhetoric
Review, vol. 23, no. 1, 2004, pp. 5-20.
“More Than a Feeling: Disappointment and WPA Work.” College English, vol. 64, 2002,
pp. 432-58. Rpt. in Landmark Essays in Writing Program Administration, edited
by Kelly Ritter and Melissa Ianetta, Routledge, 2018.
“The Role of Edited Collections in Composition Studies.” Composition Forum: A Journal
of Pedagogical Theory in Rhetoric and Composition, vol. 12, no. 2, 2001, pp.
101-24.
“Male Plight and Feminist Threat in Composition Studies: A Response to ‘Teaching and
Learning as a Man.’” Composition Studies/Freshman English News, vol. 25, no.
1, 1997, pp. 21-36.

Book Chapters
“Writing Support for Faculty of Color.” With Batsheva Guy. Faculty Writing Practices in
Rhetoric and Composition, edited by Jaclyn M. Wells, Lars Soderlund, and
Christine Tulley. WAC Clearinghouse, forthcoming 2022.
“Genre Anxiety: The Pedagogical, Political, and Emotional Work of Making a
Certificate.” With Lora Arduser. Writing for and about the Classroom:
Pedagogical Documents as Rhetorical Genres, edited by Stephen Neaderhiser.
Utah State UP, forthcoming 2022.
“Externalizing Process and Writing Tools.” Fragmented, Evolving, Precious: Scholarly
Writing Across Life Contexts, edited by Kim Hensley Owens and Derek Van
Ittersum. Collection under review.
“Minutiae Matters: On Editing an Independent Journal.” Behind the
Curtain of Scholarly Publishing: Editors in Writing Studies, edited by Greg
Giberson, Megan Schoen, and Christian Weisser. Utah State UP, 2022, pp. 29-38.
“Ruthless, Fussy, Alert: A Quick Guide to Copyediting.” With Christina LaVecchia and
Janine Morris. Explanation Points: Publishing in Rhetoric and Composition,
edited by John R. Gallagher and Dànielle Nicole DeVoss. U of Colorado P/ Utah
State UP, 2019, pp. 283-286.
“Digitizing English.” With Jennifer Glaser. Rhetoric and the Digital Humanities, edited
by Jim Ridolfo and Bill Hart-Davidson, U of Chicago P, 2014, pp. 199-209.
“Feminist Pedagogies.” A Guide to Composition Pedagogies, 2nd ed, edited by Gary Tate,
Amy Rupiper Taggart, Kurt Schick, and H. Brooke Hessler, Oxford, 2014, pp.
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128-45.
“Writing as Feminist Rhetorical Theory.” Rhetorica in Motion: Feminist Rhetorical
Methods and Methodologies, edited by Eileen E. Schell and K.J. Rawson, U of
Pittsburgh P, 2010, pp. 173-88.
“Contrastive Rhetoric and the Possibility of Feminism.” Contrastive Rhetoric Theory
Revisited and Redefined, edited by Clayann Panetta, Lawrence Erlbaum, 2001,
pp. 79-89.
“When Class Equals Crass: A Working-Class Student’s Ways With Words.” Blundering
for a Change: Errors and Expectations in Critical Pedagogy, edited by John
Tassoni and Bill Thelin, Boynton/Cook, 2000, pp. 24-36.
“Erica and the Fish Lamps: Writing and Reading the Local Scene.” With Colleen
Connolly, Amy DeJarlais, and Alice Gillam. Weaving Knowledge Together:
Writing Centers and Collaboration, edited by Carol Peterson Haviland et al.,
National Writing Center Press, 1998, pp. 14-27.

Invited Forewords
“Foreword.” The Things We Carry: Strategies for Recognizing and Negotiating
Emotional Labor in Writing Program Administration, edited by Jacob Babb,
Courtney Adams Wooten, Kristi Murray Costello, and Kate Navickas. Utah State
UP, 2020, pp. ix-xii.
“Foreword.” The Material Culture of Writing, edited by Cydney Alexis and Hannah
Rule. Utah State UP, forthcoming 2022.
“Foreword.” Threshold Conscripts: Liminalities and Thresholds in Rhetoric and
Composition TAships and the Programs They Inhabit, edited by William J.
Macauley, Jr., Leslie Anglesey, Brady Edwards, Kathryn M. Lambrecht, and
Phillip Lovas, forthcoming 2022.

Reviews
Review Essay: Feminist WPA Work: Beyond Oxymorons. With Donna Strickland.
WPA: Writing Program Administration, vol. 36, no. 2, 2013, pp. 169-76.
Review Essay: Rhetorics of Critical Writing: Implications for Graduate Writing
Instruction. College Composition and Communication, vol. 60, no. 3, 2009, pp.
W35-48.
Review Essay: Writing Through Trauma: The Emotional Dimensions of Teaching
Writing. Composition Studies, vol. 29, 2001, pp. 131-41.
Review of (Re)Visioning Composition Textbooks: Conflicts of Culture, Ideology, and
Pedagogy, edited by Xin Liu Gale and Fredric G. Gale. JAC, vol. 20, 2000, pp.
220-25.
Review of Writing in Multicultural Settings by Carol Severino et al. Composition Forum,
vol. 10, no. 1, 1999, pp. 76-80.
Review of Sweet Reason: Rhetoric and the Discourses of Modernity by Susan Wells.
American Studies International, vol. 36, 1998, pp. 90-91.
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In-house
Co-editor, Student Guide to English Composition 101 & 102, 2009-10. University of
Cincinnati.
Co-producer, “See How We Are: Composition at UC,” University of Cincinnati, 2009.
Video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKypBnv4pYs.
Interviews and Poems
“Poetry of Hope: An Interview with Robert Pack.” With Staci Leigh O’Brien and Bryan
Tomasovich. Cream City Review, vol. 22, no. 2, 1998, pp. 40-55.
“Interview with Robert Pinsky.” With Bryan Tomasovich. Cream City Review, vol. 22,
no. 1, 1997, pp. 1-19.
Poems published in So To Speak: A Feminist Journal of Language and Art; Cimarron
Review; Poetry Motel; Pequod; European Romantic Review; Flyway; Sonora
Review, 1994-96.

INTERVIEWS
“Little Worlds About Writing: An Interview with Laura Micciche,” Rhetoricity, January
21, 2020.
Grohowski, Mare, and Megan Adams. “Herstory: Conversations with Feminist Scholars
in Academia.” enculturation, June 12, 2020.

EDITORIAL POSITIONS
Editorships
Co-editor, Parlor Press Writing Program Administration book series, 2017-present.
Editor, Composition Studies, 2013-2019. Peer-reviewed, biannual national journal in the
field of rhetoric and composition. http://www.uc.edu/journals/composition-
studies.html.
Founding Editor and Technical Advisor, Queen City Writers, 2011-present. Refereed
online journal of undergraduate writing, http://qc-writers.com/.
Poetry Co-Editor, Cream City Review, 1996-1999.

Editorial Staff Member

Review Board Member, Digital Monograph Initiative, University of Cincinnati Press, 2017-2019.
Editorial Board Member, WPA: Writing Program Administration, 2014-2018.
Editorial Advisory Board Member, Composition Studies, 2006-2013.
Editorial Reader: JAEPL 2017-present; Enculturation 2012-present; Utah State University Press;
JAC, 2008-present; CCC, 2009-present; Pedagogy, 2005-present; Composition Forum,
2005-present; College English, 2000-2004; 2011-present; Longman Press, 1998-present;
Composition Studies, 1996-2013.
Editorial Board Member, North Carolina Literary Review, 2000-2004.

PRESENTATIONS
“Making Graduate Pedagogy Visible,” CCCC, 2022.
“Inclusion Activism for Editing and Publishing in Field Journals,” Feminisms &
Rhetorics, James Madison University, 2019.
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“Getting Real: Graduate Student Professional Development,” CCCC, Pittsburgh, 2019.
“Writing Politics,” CCCC, Kansas City, 2018.
“Writing, Movement, Place as Teaching Tools,” 2017 International Conference on
Education, Clute Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 2017.
“Writing and Bent Chronology,” CCCC, Houston, 2016.
“Inclusive Editing,” Feminisms & Rhetorics, Tempe, 2015.
“What’s Feminist About Pedagogy?” CCCC, Indianapolis, 2014.
“Beyond Bummers.” Panel response to “Failing Out Loud: Shame, Vulnerability, and
Failure in the Academy.” Feminisms & Rhetorics, Stanford, 2013.
“Reading for a Feeling.” CCCC, Las Vegas, 2013.
“Writing and Indebtedness.” MMLA, Cincinnati, 2012.
“Writing as a Practice of Wonder.” Rhetoric Society of America, May 2012.
“Writing Relations: Maybe a Manifesto.” CCCC, Atlanta, March 2011.
“Teachers Doing Multimodality.” CCCC, Louisville, March 2010.
“On Poaching and Protectionist Strategies.” CCCC, San Francisco, March 2009.
“Critical Writing Workshop for Graduate Studies.” CCCC, New Orleans, April 2008.
“A ‘Better Way to Live’?: On Composition’s Metonymic Tendencies.” CCCC, New
York, March 2007.
“Emotion as Rhetoric: ‘Not Necessarily Reprehensible.’” Rhetoric Society of America
Conference, Memphis, May 2006.
“On Acts of Misreading and Invention.” CCCC Research Network Forum, Chicago,
March 2006.
“Generating Mentors in Composition: Beyond the Great Chain of Being.” CCCC,
Chicago, March 2006.
“Thinking Critically About Visual Rhetorics.” NCTE, Indianapolis, November 2004.
“Whiteness Visible.” CCCC Diversity Committee Panel, MLA Convention, San Diego,
December 2003.
“Race and Affect in Professional Life.” Fourth Biennial Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s)
Conference, Columbus, October 2003.
“Gossip, Voting Blocks, and Other Dirty Laundry,” with Alice Gillam. CCCC, New
York, March 2003.
“Emotional Subjects for Composition.” CCCC, Chicago, March 2002.
“Not so Funny: Incest as Comic Narrative.” Third Biennial Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s)
Conference, Decatur, October 2001.
“Is There Hope for Me?: Some Notes on Hope and Teacher-Training.” CCCC, Denver,
March 2001.
“Rhetorical Grammar for Critical Citizenship.” NCTE, Milwaukee, November 2000.
“Teaching and Disappointment.” CCCC, Minneapolis, April 2000.
“Emoting for a Change: Feminism and the Rhetoric of Anger.” Second Biennial
Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference, Minneapolis, October 1999.
“‘Empowerment’ from a Materialist Perspective.” CCCC, Chicago, April 1998.
“Searching the Halls of Academe: Feminist Mentors and the Formation of Professional
Identity.” South Central Women’s Studies Association, University of Houston-
Clear Lake, March 1998.
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“Materialist Feminism: A Necessary Rhetoric for the Future.” Rhetoric Society of
America Conference, Pittsburgh, June 1997.
“Students as Writers: Revision, Response, and Self-Evaluation.” Marquette and
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Annual Graduate Student Conference,
Marquette University, December 1995.
“Writing Center Scholarship: Can We Talk Methodologically?” Writing Center
Theory/Practice Conference, Marquette University, May 1995.

INVITED LECTURES
“Mundane Professors: Tracking the Ordinary in Writing Studies,” Key Note Address at
Peck Research on Writing Symposium, Middle Tennessee State University, 2019.
“Mundane Professors: Tracking the Ordinary in Writing Studies,” University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, 2019.
Featured Speaker, Thomas R. Watson Conference on Making Futures Matter, University
of Louisville, 2018.
Panel Discussion Leader on Rhetorics of Race, Gender, Sexuality, Midwestern Winter
Workshop, Indiana University, 2018.
“Partners On (and off) the Page,” George Mason University, Fall for the Book Literary
Festival, October 2017.
“Reflections on Writing, Time, Pedagogy,” Kansas State University, April 2015.
“Reflections on Writing, Time, Pedagogy,” Ohio University, April 2015.
“Writing and Animal Companionship,” Plenary Talk at Midwest Interdisciplinary
Graduate Conference, Milwaukee, Feb. 2014.

PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS
“Creating Sustained Partnerships with Stakeholders” and “Sustaining Teaching and
Writing through Attention to the Ordinary,” Workshops at Peck Research on
Writing Symposium, Middle Tennessee State University, 2019.
“Building and Running an Academic Journal: A Behind-the-Scenes Workshop in
Independent Publishing,” Workshop, CCCC, Pittsburgh, 2019.
“Publishing in an Independent Journal,” Workshop, CCCC, Portland, 2017.
“Show Us Your Stuff: Materializing Composing Processes,” Workshop at Computers &
Writing Conference, May 2015.
“Supporting Graduate Student Writing,” Faculty development workshop, Kansas State
University, April 2015.
“Doing English: Crafting a Teacher-Scholar Identity,” Graduate student workshop, Ohio
University, April 2015.
“Rhetorical Grammar Workshop.” Hampden-Sydney College, January 2006.
“Teaching Grammar as Invention and Analysis.” Indiana University-South Bend,
February 2006.
“Conflict Mediation,” “Designing Writing Assignments,” and “Description of Portfolio
Assessment.” Annual orientation for new teaching assistants, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, August 1998.
“The Tyranny of Experience.” Teaching Symposium, University of Wisconsin-
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Milwaukee, March 1998.
“Developing Mentoring Projects.” Conference on Graduate Student Professional
Development, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, November 1997.
“On Generating Discussion.” Annual orientation for new teaching assistants, University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, August 1997.

FACULTY & GRADUATE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS

Invited Speaker, “Grad Café: Prepare and Write Your Dissertation,” Health Sciences
Graduate Association, UC, September 2021.
Peer Review Panelist, CET&L at UC, February 2021.
Co-facilitator, College of Allied Health Writing Fellows Workshop Series, 2020-present.
Taft Faculty Write (interdisciplinary writing workshop), creator and facilitator, UC,
2019-present.
“Writing Journal Articles: Process and Revision,” A&S Workshop, UC, May 2018.
“Introducing New Concepts,” Graduate Association for Teaching Enhancement, UC,
November 2015.
“Relevant Pedagogy,” UC English Department Brown Bag, April 2015.
Facilitator, Dissertation Writing Group (focus: writing processes), UC, March 2013.
Host, Digital Humanities Faculty Salon, UC, March 2013.
Facilitator, College of Allied Health Sciences Faculty Retreat, UC, August 2012.
“Creating Writing Assignments for Large Enrollment Classes,” CET&L, UC, February
2012.
“Writing Instruction for Graduate Students,” with Joyce Malek, CECH, UC, June 2011.
“Reflection as Active Learning,” with Joyce Malek, UC September Institute, CET&L,
UC, September 2008.

AWARDS & HONORS

Elected Appointment
Fellow of the Graduate School, UC, 2019-present.

Editorial Award
Composition Studies Editor, Recipient of 2017 Outstanding Composition and Rhetoric
Journal Award in Recognition of Inclusive Editorial Practices, Sponsored by the
Best of Rhetoric and Composition Journal Series.

Research Grants & Awards

Graduate School Editorial Graduate Student Worker Award for Composition Studies,
2014-15 & 2015-16 ($14,000).
University Research Council Faculty Research Grant, UC, 2014 ($8,000).
Graduate School and Office of Research Editorial Assistantship Award for Composition
Studies, 2018-19 ($7,500); 2017-18 ($4,500); 2016-17 ($11,250).
Faculty Development Council Grant, UC, 2021, 2017, 2014, 2011, 2010, 2007 ($195,
$632, $3,538, $15,000, $2,469, & $3,738).
Taft Center Allocated Research Development Award, UC, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2011, 2010
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($750, $750, $2,000, $1,500, $3,000)
Taft Competitive Lecture Fund, UC, 2022, 2020, 2011, 2012 ($3,000, $3,500, $1,500,
$3,500).
Taft Summer Research Fellowship, UC, 2021, 2010, 2005 ($8000, $8,000, $7,000).
Council of Writing Program Administrators’ Research Grant, 1998.

Teaching & Mentoring

Nomination, 2021 George Barbour Award for Promoting Good Faculty-Student
Relations.
Nomination, Lisa Ede Mentoring Award, Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of
Rhetoric and Composition, 2019.
Nomination, Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring Award, UC, 2019, 2018, 2017 & 2016.
Active Learning Classroom Fellows Program, UC, 2016.
English Department Student-Nominated Boyce Teaching Award, UC, 2014 & 2009.
Nominated 2018 & 2008.
Honoree, Ohio Magazine’s Excellence in Education Recognition Program, 2012.
Mrs. A.B. Dolly Cohen Award for Excellence in Teaching, UC (university-wide award),
2012.
East Carolina University Summer Teaching Grant, 2000.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Assistant Director of Composition, UC, 2022-present.
Oversee teachers of English 2089, assist with faculty development workshops, co-
lead new GA orientation, train and observe teaching assistants, represent the
writing program to administrators and faculty across the university, field student
and/or faculty grievances, collaborate with the Director and graduate student
administrative team.

Co-Director, Copyediting and Publishing Undergraduate Certificate Program, UC, 2018-

present.
Advise students, staff courses, oversee internships, develop policies and
procedures for internship program, coordinate with library and UC press
representatives on curriculum, organize student and faculty workshops, plan and
organize guest speaker series, and maintain the program’s online presence.

Area Director, Rhetoric and Composition Graduate Program, UC, 2013-present.

Advise students, direct dissertations, articulate and review policies related to
degree program, serve on exam committees, lead curriculum development efforts,
plan course offerings, coordinate with faculty in area and beyond to meet
students’ needs, offer professionalization support, review student grant
applications, and serve as general resource for prospective students.
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Coordinator, Graduate Certificate in the Teaching of English, UC, 2015-2016.
Develop curriculum, staff courses, coordinate with college and department,
review, evaluate and admit or reject applicants, respond to queries from
prospective students and UC administrators, manage an online enrollment system.

Director of Composition, UC, 2008-2012.

Design and implement curricular change, organize faculty development
workshops, lead new GA orientation, train and observe teaching assistants, hire
and evaluate adjunct and full-time faculty, represent the writing program to
administrators and faculty across the university, oversee placement procedures
and writing center operations, field student grievances, handle plagiarism cases,
coordinate with Honors and Learning Communities within the first-year
curriculum, collaborate with the Associate director of composition and graduate
student administrative team.

Coordinator, Rhetoric and Composition Graduate Concentration, ECU, 2000-2004.

Advise students, direct theses, organize faculty meetings, contribute to the
concentration’s website, and serve as a general resource for interested students
and faculty.

Associate Director, First-Year Writing Program, ECU, 2000-2001.

Work collaboratively with the Director of Composition to prepare first-time
teachers, mentor graduate students, train and supervise a 14-member tutoring
staff, and develop workshops on research writing practices.

Coordinator, English 101, UWM, 1998-1999.

Supervise a 21-member teaching staff, plan and conduct orientation for new
teaching assistants, mentor new teaching assistants, revise curriculum goals and
assignment sequence, schedule and lead small group assessment, meet with
students to discuss their portfolios, represent the writing program at campus
functions.

Co-Coordinator, Mentoring and Professional Development Program, UWM, 1997-1998.

Mentor new teaching assistants, revise curriculum with collaborative team,
represent the mentoring program at campus functions, organize a series of brown
bag workshops on teaching issues.

Program Assistant, English 112, UWM, 1995-1996.

Assist with large-scale portfolio assessment, meet with students to discuss their
portfolios, conduct workshops on timed writing for students preparing to take the
writing proficiency examination.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Assistant Chair, CCCC Consortium of Doctoral Programs in Rhetoric and Composition,
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2020-2022.
Online Mentor, Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition,
2020-21.
Elected Member, CCCC Consortium of Doctoral Programs in Rhetoric and Composition,
2018-present.
WPA Conference Proposal Reviewer, 2018 & 2017.
Stage I Proposal Reviewer, CCCC, 2019-2012, 2010.
Tenure and/or Promotion Reviewer: Portland State University (2022); Ohio University (2022);
University of Central Florida (2021); Santa Clara University (2019); University of
Massachusetts Lowell (2018); New Mexico State University (2017); John Jay College of
Criminal Justice (2015); University of Alabama, Birmingham (2015); Portland State
University (2013); Bowling Green State University (2011); Boise State University (2008).
Research Grants Committee Member, WPA, 2012-13.
Invited Member, CCCC Professional Standards on Hiring and Promotion Task Force, 2011-12.
Invited Member, CCCC Scholars for the Dream Committee, 2010-2011.
Invited Member, CCCC Committee on Diversity, 2003-2006.
Chair, Advanced Writing Section of South Atlantic Modern Language Association, 2003-2004.
Invited Member, CCCC Exemplar Award Selection Committee, 2002-2004.
Elected Member, CCCC Executive Committee, 2002-2005.

ACADEMIC SERVICE
University of Cincinnati, 2004-present
Mentoring
Co-Mentor and Facilitator, Faculty Enrichment Center Mentoring Program, UC, 2021-
present.
Organizer, Graduate Student Job Market Preparation Workshop, 2018-20 & 2015-16.
Faculty Mentor, Graduate Student Job Market Preparation Workshop, 2013-15.
Mentor, Junior Faculty Support Program, 2013-14.

Faculty Governance & Personnel

Chair, English Department RPT Committee, 2021-present.
Chair, A&S Faculty Senate Research and Scholarship Committee, 2018-2020.
Member, A&S Faculty Senate, 2016-2020.

Graduate Student Support

Dissertation Director
Ben Hojem, Rhetoric & Composition, in progress.
Jen Koster, Rhetoric & Composition, in progress.
Aleashia Walton, Rhetoric & Composition, in progress.
Chelsea Ensley, Rhetoric & Composition, in progress.
Rhiannon Scharnhorst, Rhetoric & Composition, 2022.
Ian Golding, Rhetoric & Composition, 2019.
Rich Shivener, Rhetoric & Composition, 2019.
Kelly Blewett, Rhetoric & Composition, 2018.
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Carla Sarr, Rhetoric & Composition, 2017.
Christina LaVecchia, Rhetoric & Composition, 2017.
Janine Morris, Rhetoric & Composition, 2015.
Joseph Dargue, Literary & Cultural Studies, 2015.
Allison Carr, Rhetoric & Composition, 2014.
Hannah Rule, Rhetoric & Composition, 2013.

Dissertation Committee Member

Katelyn Lusher, Rhetoric & Composition, 2022.
Daniel Floyd, Rhetoric & Composition, 2019.
Corey Van Landingham, Poetry, 2019.
Christiane Boehr, Rhetoric & Composition, 2019.
Niven Abdel-Hamid, Literary & Cultural Studies, 2018.
Holly Clark, Poetry, 2018.
Daniel Dale, Literary & Cultural Studies, 2018.
Sara Watson, Poetry, 2016.
Heather Hamilton, Poetry, 2015.
David Nielsen, Poetry, 2014.
Mica Darley, Fiction, 2014.
Jason Nemec, Fiction, 2013.
Eric Bliman, Poetry, 2012.

External Dissertation Committee Member

Laura Vidal-Chiesa, Rhetoric & Composition, Michigan Technological University, in
progress.
Joseph Slick, Rhetoric & Composition, Indiana University of PA, 2012.
Sharon Burns, UC, Educational Studies, 2009.

Qualifying Exam Committee Member

Katie Frankel, Rhetoric & Composition, in progress.
Jay Arns, Rhetoric & Composition, 2022.
Chelsea Ensley, Rhetoric & Composition, 2022.
Kevin Belknap, Rhetoric & Composition, 2022.
Aleashia Walton, Rhetoric & Composition, 2022.
Ben Hojem, Rhetoric & Composition, 2021.
Madeleine Wattenberg, Poetry, 2019.
Katelyn Lusher, Rhetoric & Composition, 2019.
Rhiannon Scharnhorst, Rhetoric & Composition and Literary Studies, 2019.
Kathleen Spada, Rhetoric & Composition, 2019.
Jen Koster, Rhetoric & Composition, 2018.
Daniel Floyd, Rhetoric & Composition, 2018.
Andrew Bales, Fiction, 2017.
Rich Shivener, Rhetoric & Composition, 2016.
Holly Clark, Poetry, 2016.
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Christiane Boehr, Rhetoric & Composition, 2016.
Kelly Blewett, Rhetoric & Composition, 2015.
Niven Abdel-Hamid, Literary Studies, 2015.
Carla Sarr, Rhetoric & Composition, 2015.
Christina LaVecchia, Rhetoric & Composition, 2014.
Janine Morris, Rhetoric & Composition, 2014.
Daniel Dale, Literary & Cultural Studies, 2014.
Joseph Dargue, Literary & Cultural Studies, 2013.
Jason Nemec, Fiction, 2012.
Allison Carr, Rhetoric & Composition, 2012.
Mica Darley, Fiction, 2011.
Hannah Rule, Rhetoric & Composition, 2011.
Eric Bliman, Poetry, 2011.
Heather Hamilton, Poetry, 2011.
Christian Moody, Fiction, 2010.
Jamie Poissant, Fiction, 2009.

Thesis Committee Member

Anna D’Orazio, MA in Literary & Cultural Studies, 2022.
Ryan Vojtisek, MA in Literary & Cultural Studies, 2022.
Sarah Maguire, MA in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, 2013.
Christina Black, MA in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, 2011.

Hiring
Member, Discipline-Based Education Research Search Committee, 2021.
Chair, Rhetoric and Composition Search Committee, 2013-14.
Member, WGSS Educator Faculty Search Committee, 2011.
Chair, Educator Faculty Search Committee, 2011.
Chair, Rhetoric and Composition Search Committee, 2008-09.

Program & Curriculum Development

Executive Board Member, Taft Research Center, UC, 2017-2021.
Member, Graduate Professional Development Council, 2016-2020.
Member, Digital Humanities/Digital Scholarship Strategic Initiative, 2015-2018.
Member, English Department Director’s Committee, 2014-2015, 2018-present.
Affiliate Member, Women’s Studies Department, 2004-present.
Member, Steering Committee, 2005-2007, 2008-2012, 2018-2020.
Member, Diversity and Inclusion in the UC Curriculum Working Group, 2016-2017.
Member, Instructional Innovations Advisory Council, 2015-2017.
Member, Digital Media Collaborative, 2015-2017.
Member, Academic Master Plan Committee, 2011.
Member, Service Learning Advisory Council, 2010-11.
Member, Developmental Curriculum Committee, 2009.
Chair and Founder, Composition Advisory Council, 2008-2012.
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Member, Arts & Sciences Faculty Advisory Committee to the Dean, 2007-2008.
Member, UC Composition Committee, 2007-2012.
Member, Graduate Studies Committee, 2007-2012; 2013-2018.
Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (Women’s Studies), 2006-2008.
Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee, 2006-2009.

Awards
Reviewer, Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences Advancement Program Award,
University Research Council, 2020.
Member, University Research Council, 2014-17.
Member, Barbour-Cohen Award Committee, 2012-2015.
Member, Boyce Teaching Award Committee, 2010.
Judge, Chimsky Poetry Award Contest, 2006 & 2009.
Judge, Robin Sheets Graduate Student Critical Essay Contest, 2005.

First-Year Students
Member, 2012 New Student Welcome Weekend Planning Committee, 2011-12.
Faculty Leader, Prospective Student Visits, UC, 2011.

East Carolina University, 1999-2004

Hiring
Member, Rhetoric and Composition Search Committees (for Associate and Assistant), 2003.
Member, Technical and Professional Communication Search Committee, 2001-2002.
Member, Rhetoric and Composition Search Committee, 2000-2001.
Member, Women’s Studies Whichard Chair Search Committee, 2000-2001.

Program & Curriculum Development

Member, Unit Code Committee, 2003.
Member, Ad hoc Committee on the B.A. Writing Concentration, 2002-2004
Member, Executive Committee of English Department, 2002-2004
Organizer, Brown Bag Series on Teaching & Scholarship, 2001-2002.
Member, Literary Theory Ad Hoc Committee, 2000-2001.
Member, Composition Curriculum Committee, 2000-2004
Member, Women’s Studies Program Committee, 1999-2004

Awards
Judge, Keats Sparrow English 1200 Essay Contest, 2001.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1994-1999

Member, Graduate Rhetoric and Composition Advisory Committee, 1997-98.
Member, English 102 Task Force, September 1997-July 1999.
Member, Composition Advisory Committee, 1995-1999.
Tutor, Writing and Learning Center, 1994-95.
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
Co-organizer and founder, Cincinnati Veterans’ Writing Group, 2012-2018.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
CCCC Coalition of Women Scholars
NCTE Council of Writing Program Administrators
RSA Association of Teachers of Advanced Composition
ACES: The Society for Editing