Kathryn Perry

Department of English
University of Louisville
315 Bingham Humanities
Louisville, KY 40292
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EDUCATION
2011-Present PhD, Rhetoric and Composition
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Working Dissertation Title: Tracing Meaningful Practices of Success and Literacy Within
and Across University-Community Partnerships
Committee Director: Bronwyn Williams
Committee: Bruce Horner, Mary P Sheridan, Karen Kopelson, and Kevin Roozen
2011

Master of Arts in English

University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Concentration in Rhetoric and Composition
Advisor: Min-Zhan Lu

2005

Bachelor of Arts in English and French

Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Study Abroad: Universit de Toulouse Le Mirail, Toulouse, France (Fall 2003-Spring
2004)

PUBLICATIONS
"Literacy Sponsorship as a Process of Translation: Using Actor-Network Theory to Analyze Power
within Emergent Relationships at Family Scholar House. Composing Feminist Interventions: Activism,
Engagement, Praxis. Eds. Kristine Blair and Lee Nickoson. Accepted for Publication.
Responding to Inside Voices and Voices of Common Places: An Ethnographic Angle. JAC 34.1-2
(2014). Print.
Responding to Branding Via Writing Assessment. JAC 32.3-4 (2012). Print.
The Movement of Composition: Dance and Writing. Kairos 17.1 (2012). Web.
PRESENTATIONS
2015

Why These Stories?: Tracing Narratives of Successful Literacy through the Voices,
Relationships, and Material Practices of a Community-University Partnership. Conference on
Community Writing. Boulder, CO. October 2015. Accepted.

2015

Actor Network Theory as In(ter)vention: Connecting Material and Semiotic Threads Across
Community-University Literacy Sponsorship. Computers and Writing Conference. Stout, WI.
May 2015.

2015

Reader as Writer, Self as Other: The Dialogic Function of the Abject Narrative in Toni
Morrisons Sula. Popular Culture & American Culture Association Conference. New Orleans,
LA. April 2015.

2015

How Do We Imagine Literacy?: Redefining Literacy Sponsorship Across CommunityUniversity Partnerships. College English Association Conference. Indianapolis, IN. March
2015.

2014

Dancing and Writing, Together: Expanding Definitions of Literacy via Multimodal

Scholarship. Watson Conference. Louisville, KY. October 2014.

2014

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled": Reimagining Literacy
Sponsorship at a Nonprofit Community Organization. Rhetoric Society of America Conference.
San Antonio, TX. May 2014.

2014

The Social and Pedagogical Significance of Narrative Continuity in the Freedom School
Curriculum. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Indianapolis, IN. March
2014.

2013

The Care for Human Actuality: How Past, Present, and Future Narratives Function in Let Us
Now Praise Famous Men and Resulting Implications for Slow Research. Watson Conference.
Louisville, KY. October 2013.

2012

Reconsidering Practicality in FYC: Towards a Relational Approach to Writing and Learning.

Conference on College Composition and Communication. St. Louis, MO. March 2012.

2010

The Discourse of the Contact Zone: Politics of Language in Service-Learning Composition

Curricula. Watson Conference. University of Louisville. Louisville, KY. October 2010.

2010

The Living Center of the Problem: How to Understand Student Narratives in Lives on the
Boundary. Conference of the Kentucky Philological Association. Eastern Kentucky University.
Richmond, KY. March 2010. Best of Section.

TEACHING
University of Louisville 2010-2014
ENG101: Introduction to College Writing
ENG102: Intermediate College Writing
ENG105: Advanced College Writing for Freshmen
ENG306: Business Writing

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OTHER TEACHING/TUTORING
2015-2016

BizComm Consultant, College of Business

University of Louisville

2009-2010

Writing Center Tutor

University of Louisville

2007-2009

SAT and ACT Tutor

Appelrouth Tutoring
Atlanta, GA

2005-2007

Assistant Language Teacher

Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program
Kamaishi, Japan

2005

Writing Center Tutor

Washington University in St. Louis

RESEARCH AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

2013-2014

2012-2013

2008-2009

Research Assistant
Dr. Bruce Horner, Endowed Chair in Rhetoric and Composition
University of Louisville
Copy-edited book manuscripts, articles, and a French conference presentation
Coordinated timely manuscript revisions by communicating with each chapter author
Coordinated visiting scholar arrangements for the Symposium on Language Difference
and Writing Pedagogy
Digital Media Assistant
Dr. Mary P. Sheridan
University of Louisville
Compiled annotated bibliography of digital pedagogy materials
Researched and wrote budgets for construction of two digital media labs
Investigated local and national grant options in planning for a digital media summer
camp
Collaborated cross-disciplinarily with Department of Education and Office of
Community Engagement in preparation for digital media summer camp
Admission Counselor
Savannah College of Art and Design
Atlanta, GA
Built relationships with students by phone, e-mail, and in-person to discuss financial aid
and programs of study
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2007

Evaluated approximately 530 student files for admission

Intern
The Carter Center, Conflict Resolution Program (CRP)
Atlanta, GA
Composed weekly news updates regarding the post-conflict peace building process in
Liberia
Collaborated with staff to create and edit draft donor report explaining the use of $506k
in rebuilding the Liberian judicial system
Contributed to leadership of weekly CRP meetings; presented and discussed research on
mental health and healing processes in developing countries.

SERVICE
2014-Present Co-Editor
Kairos PraxisWiki
2012-Present Peer Mentor
English Department
University of Louisville
2012

Peer Mentor Coordinator

English Department
University of Louisville

2010-2012

PhD Student Representative and Treasurer

English Graduate Organization
University of Louisville

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2014

Digital Composing and Student Research

Workshop Leader
University of Louisville

2013

Research Network Forum at CCCC: Literacy as Social Practice and Material Object:
Tracing Student Literacy Narratives Over Time
Las Vegas, NV

2012-2013

Graduate Teaching Academy Participant

University of Louisville

2012

Digital Media and Composition Institute Participant

The Ohio State University

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2012

Celebration of Teaching and Learning Participant

2009, 2011,
& 2013

Watson Symposium Participant

LANGUAGE AND TECHNOLOGY

Language

Highly proficient in French, proficient in Spanish, conversational Japanese

Technology

Co-edit the PraxisWiki section of Kairos, soliciting and developing content with authors
on a wiki platform
Created a personal website to foster professional identity and pedagogy
Proficient in audio and video editing
Regularly facilitate student multimodal projects
Proficient in teaching with technology such as Blackboards Wiki and Discussion Board

HONORS AND AWARDS

2015

Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Competition

2011-2015

University Fellowship, University of Louisville

2002-present The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Washington University Chapter

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