G Patterson, Ph.D.

231 Rentschler Hall Hamilton, OH 45011 Cell: 513-593-6981

Email: gpatterson@miamioh.edu Website: drgpat.org

Academic Appointment
Visiting Assistant Professor of English

2011Present

Visiting Affiliate in Womens, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Education
Ph.D. Rhetoric and Composition, Miami University

2013

Doing Justice: Addressing the LGBTQ-Religious Junction in English Studies

Heidi McKee (chair), Madelyn Detloff (chair), John Tassoni, and Lisa Weems
Graduate Certificate Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Miami University

2011

M.A. Literature, Kent State University

2004

B.A. German Language and Literature, Kent State University

2002

Awards
research

2014

Lavender Rhetorics Dissertation Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship

Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
Academic Program Review Research Grant English Department, Miami
University
Academic Challenge Dissertation Fellowship English Department, Miami
University

2011

Graduate Student Achievement Award English Department, Miami University

2004

2011

teaching
Commendation for Influence on Students Center for the Enhancement of
Learning, Teaching & University Assessment (CELTUA), Miami University

2015

Commendation for Influence on Students Center for the Enhancement of

Learning, Teaching & University Assessment (CELTUA), Miami University

2012

Outstanding Teaching Award English Department, Miami University

2011

Commendation for Influence on Students Center for the Enhancement of

Learning, Teaching & University Assessment (CELTUA), Miami University

2010

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Research
publications
"The Unbearable Weight of Neutrality: Queer Sexualities, Gender Non-conformity & Conservative
Christian Discourse in the English Studies Classroom." G Patterson. Sexual Rhetorics: Methods,
Identities, Publics. Eds. Jonathan Alexander and Jackie Rhodes. New York: Routledge. In Press.
Print. Studies in Rhetoric & Communication Studies.
"Review: Renovating Rhetoric in Christian Tradition." G Patterson. Peitho Journal. In Press. Web.
"Going Multimodal: Programmatic, Curricular, and Classroom Change." Phil Alexander, Kerrie Carsey,
Abby Dubisar, Wioleta Fedeczko, Denise Landrum, Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson, Heidi McKee, G
Patterson & Michele Polak. Multimodal Literacies and Emerging Genres in Student Compositions. Eds.
Tracey Bowen and Carl Whithaus. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2013. 282312.
Print. Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture.
College Composition at Miami Volume 60. Eds. Kerrie Carsey, Bre Garrett & G Patterson. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 2007. Print.
English 111112 Teacher's Guide Volume 60. Eds. Kerrie Carsey, Bre Garrett & G Patterson. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 2007. Print.

invited talks
Toward a Methodology of Risk: Bodies, Emotions, Methods. Michigan State University, "Presentation
to AL 891 Cultural Rhetorics: Embodied Rhetorics" 2014 (East Lansing, Michigan). November
13.
Trans Cultural Competency in the Writing Center, the Classroom, and Beyond. University of Michigan
Dearborn. 2014 (Dearborn, Michigan). February 7.
Doing Justice: The Basics of Being an Ally. GLSEN. "GLSEN Youth Group" 2013 (Cincinnati, Ohio).
December 8.
Survey Research: An Unconventional Love Story. Miami University, "Presentation to English 735:
Research Methods" 2012 (Oxford, Ohio). February 20.
Smart Mouth: The Not-So-Common Sense Rules of Argumentation in Grassroots Activism. Miami
University, "Developing Intellectual Vibrant Activists (DIVA) Institute" 2010 (Oxford, Ohio).
July 29.
Basement Displacement: The Coalition Starts Underground. Stefanie Dunning, G Patterson &
Kiersten Siegel. Miami University, "LGBTQ Awareness Week" 2010 (Oxford, Ohio). March 25.
Getting Schooled: Teaching at the Intersection of Religious Discourse and LGBTq Issues. Miami
University, "HAVEN Queer Graduate Alliance Speaker Series" 2009 (Oxford, Ohio). September
24.

conference presentations
Intimate Encounters at the LGBTQ-Religious Junction. CCCC, "Risk and Reward" 2015 (Tampa,
Florida). March 1821.

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Queering Methodology. CCCC, "All Our Relations: Contested Space, Contested Knowledge" 2011
(Atlanta, Georgia). April 69.
Knowledge Damage and Talking Back: Unruly Bodies, Affects, and Actions of Working-Class Queer
Students and Faculty. Miami University, "Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality Symposium" 2011
(Oxford, Ohio). February 25.
Getting Schooled: Teaching at the Intersection of Religious Discourse and LGBTq Issues. CCCC
Qualitative Research Network, "The Remix" 2010 (Louisville, Kentucky). March 1720.
Queering Techies: Digital Lives of Working-Class Grrls n' Bois. CCCC, "Representing Identities" 2007
(New York, New York). March 2224.
Dethroning the Diva: Reconstructing Queer Family Values. Miami University "Graduate Student
Symposium" 2005 (Oxford, Ohio). March 19.

facilitated workshops
Trans* 101: Foundational Concepts for Doing Gender: Miami University Hamilton, 2015 (Hamilton,
Ohio). March 30.
Writing Collaboratively with Google Docs and Google Wave. Amir Hassan, G Patterson & Mandy
Watts. Miami University, "Digital Writing Collaborative Presentation Series" 2010 (Oxford,
Ohio). February 5.
GIMP: Working with Digital Imaging Software in the Classroom. Miami University, "Digital Writing
Collaborative Presentation Series" 2007 (Oxford, Ohio). October 3.

facilitated community discussions

Gender Non-Conforming Youth in NY: Responding to The Aggressives. Miami University Hamilton,
"Human Rights and Social Justice Program" 2014 (Hamilton, Ohio). November 21.
Trans* Rights: Human Rights. Miami University Hamilton. "Human Rights & Social Justice Program"
2013 (Hamilton, Ohio). November 18.
Represent Us: Feminist Responses to Miss Representation. Miami University Hamilton, "Women's History
Month" 2012 (Hamilton, Ohio). March 28.
The F Word: Responding to I Was a Teenage Feminist. Miami University Hamilton, "Women's History
Month" 2012 (Hamilton, Ohio). March 14.
Boyhood and Bullying. Miami University Voice of America, "Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Presents
WAR" 2012 (Fairfield, Ohio). January 20.

Teaching
technical communication
ENG 215 Workplace Writing, Miami Hamilton

Spring 2014Summer 2015

ENG 313 Technical Writing, Miami Hamilton

Fall 2012

ENG 340 Professional Writing, Miami Oxford

Spring 2007

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rhetoric & writing
ENG 310 Rhetorics of Social Justice, Miami Hamilton

Fall 2015

ENG 112 Composition and Literature, Miami Hamilton & Miami Oxford

Spring 2005Spring 2015

ENG 310 Transgender Rhetorics, Miami Hamilton

Spring 2014

ENG 323 Creative Nonfiction, Miami Hamilton

Spring 2013

ENG 310 Queer Rhetorics, Miami Hamilton

Fall 2012

ENG 225 Expository Writing, Miami Oxford

Spring 2010

ENG 113 Advanced Composition, Miami Oxford

Fall 2009Fall 2010

ENG 111 College Composition, Miami Middletown & Miami Oxford

ENG 1001 Intro to College Composition, Kent State

Fall 2004Spring 2007

Fall 2003

literary studies
ENG 226 Childrens & Young Adult Literature, Miami Hamilton

Fall 2013Fall 2015

ENG 209 Literary & Cultural Theory, Miami Hamilton

Spring 2013

ENG 231 The Short Story, Miami Hamilton

Spring 2012

ENG 282 Contemporary American Fiction, Miami Hamilton

ENG 165 Literature & Sexuality, Miami Oxford

Fall 2011
Spring 2008

ENG 1002 Intro to Literature, Kent State

Spring 2003Spring 2004

womens gender & sexuality studies

WGS 202 Intro to LGBT Studies, Miami Hamilton

Fall 2013Fall 2015

WGS 201 Global Womens, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Miami Hamilton

Summer 2015Fall 2013

WGS 301 Women & Difference: Race, Class, Nation, Culture, Miami Hamilton

Spring 2015

WGS 370 Transgender Studies, Miami Hamilton

Spring 2014

WGS 370 Queer Studies, Miami Hamilton

Fall 2012

Professional Development
assessment
Assessment Fellow Campus Community Engagement Assessment Cohort,
Miami Hamilton

Present

Portfolio Scorer Freshman Portfolio Program, Miami Oxford

Summer 2009Summer 2014

Assessment Team ENG 112 Top 25 Program Assessment, Miami

Oxford

Summer 2010Summer 2011

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curriculum development
Course Author Rhetorics of Social Justice, Miami Hamilton
Course Author Transgender Studies/Rhetorics, Miami Hamilton

Fall 2015
Spring 2014

Course Author Queer Studies/Rhetorics, Miami Hamilton

Fall 2012

Lead Cohort Digital Writing Collaborative, Miami Oxford

Fall 2006Spring 2008

editing
Contributing Writer UNITE Cincinnati, Covington

Present

Website Developer MandyWattsMusic.com, Covington

Summer 2014

Website Director HAVEN: Queer Graduate Alliance, Oxford

Freelance Editor BookSurge LLC, Asheville

Fall 2009Spring 2010

Summer 2008Fall 2009

Assistant Editor College Composition at Miami Volume 60, Miami Oxford

Summer 2007

Assistant Editor Teachers Guide Volume 60, Miami Oxford

Summer 2007

Editor Teachers Guide Volume 60: Digital Pedagogies, Miami Oxford

Summer 2007

Assistant to the Editor American Imago, Kent State

Fall 2002

technology
Animation Explain Everything, GoAnimate, Plotagon
Graphics Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Autodesk Sketchbook, GIMP
Graphic Tablet Wacom Intuos Pro
Page Design Adobe InDesign, Lucidpress
Presentation Prezi, Microsoft PowerPoint
Video iMovie, iShowU
Sound Audacity, GrargeBand
Storytelling Storify, Storybird
Survey Software Checkbox, SurveyMonkey
Web Design Dreamweaver, Wordpress

Service
departmental
Honors Thesis Committee Member Christina Nicole Harrisons "Under the
Wig and in Heels," Miami Hamilton

Spring 2014

Senior Capstone Director Nik Niesels "Practicing Trans Rhetorics in the

Nonprofit World," Miami Hamilton
Judge WGS Program Essay Prize, Miami Oxford

Spring 2014

Spring 2011

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Independent Study Director Tariq Lacys "Professional Communications in
Greek Life Organizations," Miami Oxford

Spring 2007

university
Advisor Prism: An LGBTQ Student Alliance, Miami Hamilton
Search Committee Director of Student Activities, Miami Hamilton

Spring 2012Present
Spring 2015

Planning Committee Women's History Month, Miami Hamilton

Spring 2012Spring 2015

Judge Women's History Month Writing Contest, Miami Hamilton

Spring 2012Spring 2015

Advisor Hamilton Association for Women Students, Miami Hamilton

Spring 2012Fall 2013

Advisor Stage Left: Miami's Musical Theater Organization, Miami Oxford

Fall 2001Spring 2012

Panel Chair MEGAAs Graduate Student Symposium, Miami Oxford

Fall 2009Fall 2010

discipline
Ad Hoc Reviewer The Journal of Homosexuality

Present

Committee Member CCCC LGBTQ Awards Selection Committee

Reviewer Open Words: Access and English Studies

Spring 2015
Fall 2014

community
Student Research Collaborator Heartland Transgender Wellness, Cincinnati

Spring 2014

Social Justice Workshop Facilitator Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education

Network (GLSEN), Cincinnati
Canvassing Captain Buncombe County for Change, Asheville

Winter 2014

Voter Registration MoveOn.org, Asheville

Fall 2008
Fall 2008

Professional Memberships
Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition
National Council of Teachers of English
CCCC Queer Caucus
CCCC Working Class Caucus
Modern Language Association
National Women's Studies Organization