Lee Nickoson

Associate Professor
Rhetoric & Writing Faculty
Department of English
leenick@bgsu.edu
http://leenickoson.net

402 East Hall

Bowling Green State Univ.
Bowling Green, OH 43403
419.372.7556
(Updated 9/13/15)

ACADEMIC DEGREES________________________________________________________
2003
1994
1989

Doctor of Philosophy in English Studies, Illinois State University

Master of Arts in English Literature, Missouri State University
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Eastern Illinois University
Minor: Professional Writing

ACADEMIC POSITIONS_______________________________________________________
Teaching Positions
2006 present
Associate Professor, Department of English, Bowling Green State
University
2010 present
Affiliated Faculty, Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies,
Bowling Green State University
2015 2016
Faculty Facilitator, Service Learning Learning Community, Bowling
Green Sate University
2003 2006
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Elon University
2002 2003
Instructor, Department of English, Parkland Community College
1998 2003
Instructor, Academic Writing Program, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
1996 1999
Graduate Instructor, Department of English, Illinois State University
1994 1996
Instructor, Department of English, Missouri State University
1992 1994
Graduate Instructor, Department of English, Missouri State
University
Administrative Positions
2004 2006
Writing Center Director, Elon University
1999
Assistant to the Writing Program Director, Department of English,
Illinois State University
1998 1999
Writing Program Assistant, Department of English, Illinois State
University
Non-Academic Positions
1992 1994
Writing Consultant, Cellar Door Concerts, Inc. Ft. Lauderdale, FL

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1990 1992
1990 1992

Director of Event Marketing and Corporate Sponsorships, Cellar

Door Concerts, Inc. Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Assistant Manager and Director of Event Advertising, Sunrise
Musical Theatre. Ft. Lauderdale, FL

TEACHING EXPERIENCE______________________________________________________
Undergraduate Courses Taught
Bowling Green State University (number of sections taught)
Foundations of Teaching Writing (16 sections; 13 face-to-face and 3 online)
General Studies Writing: Academic Writing (1)
Grammar and Writing (online)
Elon University
Business Communications
Introduction to College Life
Introduction to College Writing
Feminism(s), Rhetoric(s) & Composition(s)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tutorial for Composition I and II
ESL: Business Writing and Speaking
ESL: American Business Culture
Parkland Community College
Writing Skills Review for Composition II
Composition II
Illinois State University
Tutorial for Language and Composition I
Honors Language and Composition I
Women in Literature
Seminar for Graduate Student Teachers
of Composition
Missouri State University
Developmental Freshman Composition
Composition II

College Writing
Writing for the Professions
Survey of Professional Writing

Composition I
Composition II
Theories and Practices of Written
Communication
Composition I

Language and Composition I

Language and Composition II
Advanced Composition

Composition I

Graduate Courses Taught

Bowling Green State University:
Community Literacy*
Disability Studies in Rhetoric and Writing (Independent Study)
Graduate Writing (online delivery)

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Feminist Research and Pedagogy*

Research in Rhetoric and Writing (6 sections)*
Teacher Research in Rhetoric and Composition (2 online offerings)
Teaching Writing (online delivery)
Writing Assessment a Human Inquiry (2 7000-level and 2 6000-level)
Writing Program Administration (Independent Study)
*significant service-learning component
Other Teaching
Elon University
Faculty Mentor, Elon College Honors Fellow Research Project. 2005-2006.
Co-founder and Faculty Advisor, Excitatio: Professional Writing & Rhetoric Student
Society. Professional Writing & Rhetoric Program. 2004-2005, 2005-2006.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Instructor, Papal Nuncio English Language and American Culture Immersion Program.
2002.
PRELIM AND DISSERTATION COMMITTEE SERVICE (BGSU)____________________
Chair, Prelim or Dissertation Committee
Laural Adams. Dissertation Committee. Completed May 2014.
Amanda Athon. Dissertation Committee. Completed November 2013.
Nicholas Baca. Prelim Committee. (Co-chair with Dr. Kristine L. Blair). In progress.
Richelle Danko. Prelim Committee. (Co-chair with Dr. Sue Carter Wood). In progress.
Shirley Faulkner-Springfield. Dissertation Committee. Completed May 2015.
Kerri Hauman. Dissertation Committee (Co-chair with Dr. Kristine L. Blair). Completed
May 2013.
Ken Hayes. Dissertation Committee (Co-chair with Dr. Kristine L. Blair). Completed
May 2015.
Amy Wrobel Jamieson. Dissertation Committee. In progress.
Stacy Kastner. Dissertation Committee. Completed June 2013.
Adam Kuchta. Prelim Committee. In progress.
David McClure. Dissertation Committee. In progress.
Deborah Morris. Dissertation Committee. Completed August 2013.
Krista Petrosino. Dissertation Committee. Completed May 2012.
Martha Schaffer. Dissertation Committee (Co-chair with Dr. Kristine L. Blair).
Completed May 2014.
Kate Spike. Dissertation Committee. In progress.
Adam Sprague. Dissertation Committee. In progress.
Member, Prelim or Dissertation Committee
Megan Hall Adams. Dissertation Committee. Completed May 2015.
Tina Arduini. Dissertation Committee. In progress.

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Jenny A. Armentrout, Graduate Faculty Representative, Dissertation Committee.

Completed June 2011.
Pauline Baird. Dissertation Committee. In progress.
Emily Beard. Dissertation Committee. Completed August 2011.
Estee Beck. Dissertation Committee. Completed December 2014.
Stephen Boston. Prelim Committee. In progress.
George Bret Bowers. Dissertation Committee. Completed December 2012.
Matt Bridgewater. Prelim Committee. Completed November 2013.
Wei Cen. Prelim Committee. In progress.
Jason Clevenger. Prelim Committee. In progress.
Toby Coley. Dissertation Committee. Completed December 2010.
April Conway. Dissertation Committee. In progress.
Brittany Cottrill. Dissertation Committee. Completed May 2010.
Andrea Depinet. Graduate College Representative, Dissertation Committee. Completed
October 2012.
Joe Erickson. Dissertation Committee. Completed May 2011.
Katherine Fredlund. Dissertation Committee. Completed May 2012.
Christine Garbett. Dissertation Committee. In progress.
Mariana Grohowski. Dissertation Committee. Completed December 2014.
Jamie Hollinger. Graduate College Faculty Representative, Dissertation Committee.
Completed August 2009.
Emily Hurford. Dissertation Committee. In progress.
Meredith Graupner Hurley. Dissertation Committee. Completed December 2010.
Caleb James. Dissertation Committee. In progress.
Jeff Kirchoff. Dissertation Committee. Completed December 2012.
Kent Lenz. Dissertation Committee. Completed December 2013.
Brianna Mauk. Prelim Committee. In progress.
Jeffrey Moore. Prelim Committee. In progress.
Nicholas Novosel. Dissertation Committee. In progress.
Craig Olsen. Dissertation Committee. Completed August 2015.
Tiffany Richmond. Dissertation Committee. In progress.
Jeremy Schnieder. Dissertation Committee. Completed May 2010.
Aimee Taylor. Dissertation Committee. In progress.
Heather Trahan. Dissertation Committee. Completed December 2013.
Alison Witte. Dissertation Committee. Completed March 2013.
Ruijie Zhao. Dissertation Committee. Completed May 2010.
External Member, Prelim or Dissertation Committee
Barrie Olson. University of Louisville. Dr. Debra Journet, Chair. Completed August
2014.
First Reader, Master of Arts Program Portfolio
Brian Blazek, Fall 2015.
Stephanie Holz. Summer 2015.
Andrew Pochatko. Fall 2014.
Colleen Purdy. Fall 2013.

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Director, Graduate Independent Study Projects

Adam Kuchta. Writing Program Administration. Spring 2015.
Caleb James. Disability Studies in Rhetoric and Composition. Fall 2014.
April Conway. Feminism and Composition. Fall 2013.
Director, Undergraduate Honors and Independent Study Projects
Kevin Corso. Independent Study. Fall 2111.
Matt Griesinger. Honors Project. Summer 2013.
Heather Keller. Independent Study. Fall 2010.
Tess Newlove. Independent Study. Fall 2012.
Joy Savage. Honors Project. Fall 2008.
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT (BGSU)________________________________________
Program
Master of Arts Plan II Track: Professional Writing and Rhetoric. Collaborated with
rhetoric and writing and scientific and technical communication faculty to develop 33credit hour non-thesis option. Approved Spring 2008.
Courses
English 6040: Graduate Writing. Developed and taught course as part of the
Departments online Master of Arts program. The course included extended attention
to scholarly discussions on and practice developing effective academic writing. Fall
2015.
English 6200: Teaching Writing. Developed and taught course as part of the
Departments online Master of Arts program. The course provided a survey of lead
approaches to teaching writing for which students completed a series of empirical and
theoretical researched projects. Summer 2014.
English 7800: Community Literacy. Developed and taught Rhetoric and Writing
doctoral seminar designed to provide students with an overview of community literacy
scholarship and introduce through hands-on projects community-based research.
(Significant service-learning component.) Spring 2013.
English 6800: Teacher Research. Developed and taught Rhetoric and Writing special
topics course for online delivery designed to introduce students to teacher research
scholarship and research practices through hands-on projects. Summer 2011.
English 7800: Feminist Writing Research and Pedagogy. Designed and taught special
topics seminar with an emphasis on applying principles of feminist writing and
pedagogy through individual and collaborative scholarly projects. (Significant servicelearning component.) Fall 2010.

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English 7260: Research Methods in Rhetoric and Writing. Redesigned and taught core
methods doctoral seminar as practicum on methods and methodologies of writing
research. (Significant service-learning component.) Fall 2009.
English 780: Writing Assessment. Developed and taught new Rhetoric and Writing
doctoral special topics seminar designed to provide students an understanding of
significant questions, issues, and concerns surrounding writing assessment research
and practice. 2007.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT______________________________________________
Bowling Green State University
Participant, Digital Humanities Learning Community. Center for Teaching and
Learning. 2013-14.
Participant, Digital Humanities in the Age of Big Data Institute. May 2013.
Participant, Service Learning Learning Community. Center for Teaching and
Learning. 2010-2012.
Web 2.0 Pedagogy and Scholarship Learning Community. Center for Teaching
and Learning. 2008-2009.
Participant, Successful Teaching Practices. A Workshop with Ken Bain. 2007.
Participant, Developing the Promising Syllabus. A Workshop with Ken Bain.
2007.
Participant, Introduction to Blogs in the Classroom Workshop. Center for
Teaching and Learning. 2007.
Participant, Introduction to Podcasting Workshop. Center for Teaching and
Learning. 2007.
Participant, Introduction to Creating .pdfs Workshop. Center for Teaching and
Learning. 2007.
Elon University
Participant, Teaching Online Workshop Series. Center for Instructional
Support. 2004-2005.
Participant, Faculty Technology Workshop: Dreamweaver. Center for
Instructional Support. 2004.
Participant, Faculty Development Seminar: Critical Thinking and ProblemBased Learning. General Studies Program. 2004.
Other
Participant, Roundtable Discussion on Strategies for Advancing a Scholarly
Agenda in Composition and Rhetoric. Annual Meeting of the Coalition of
Women Scholars in the History of Composition and Rhetoric. Conference on
College Composition and Communication. New Orleans. 2007.

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Academic Advising (undergraduate)

Bowling Green State University
2015-2016
14 advisees
2014-2015
16 advisees
2013-2014
15 advisees
2012-2013
16 advisees
2011-2012
20 advisees
2010-2011
16 advisees
2009-2010
17 advisees
2008-2009
12 advisees
2007-2008
11 advisees
2006-2007
5 advisees
Elon University
2002-2003
2001-2002

12 advisees
16 advisees

RESEARCH INTERESTS_______________________________________________________
Composition Pedagogy
Community Literacy
Feminist Approaches to Researching and Teaching Composition
Qualitative Research Methods
Service Learning
Writing Response and Assessment
PUBLICATIONS_______________________________________________________________
Edited Collections
Writing Studies Research in Practice: Methods and Methodologies. Co-edited with
Mary P. Sheridan. Carbondale: SIUP. 2012. Print.
Feminism and Composition: A Critical Sourcebook. Co-edited with Faye Spencer Maor,
Gesa Kirsch, Lance Massey, and Mary Sheridan-Rabideau. Boston: Bedford/St.
Martins and NCTE, 2003. Print.
Book Chapters
In the Spaces In Between: Graduate Student-Faculty Collaboration. (Co-authored
with Laural Adams, Megan Adams, Pauline Baird, Estee Beck, Kristine Blair,
and Martha Schaffer.) Graduate Writing Across the Disciplines: Identifying,
Teaching, and Supporting. Ed. Trixie Smith et al. WAC Clearinghouse.
Forthcoming.
Introduction: Current Conversations about Writing Research. (Co-authored with Mary
P. Sheridan.) Writing Studies Research in Practice: Methods and Methodologies.
Co-edited with Mary P. Sheridan. Carbondale: SIUP. 2012. Print.

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Revisiting Teacher Research. Writing Studies Research in Practice: Methods and

Methodologies. Co-edited with Mary P. Sheridan. Carbondale: SIUP. 2012.
Print.
(Re)Imagining Writing Assessment as New Literacy. Engaging Audience: Theory and
Practice. Ed. Brian Fehler, Elizabeth Weiser, and Angela Gonzales. Urbana:
NCTE 2009. 305-23.
Rethinking Approaches to Writing Assessment. Practice in Context: Situating the
Work of Writing Teachers. Ed. Peggy ONeill and Cindy Moore. Urbana: NCTE,
2003. 235-43.
"Fashioning a Renaissance Writer: 'The Memorandum of Martha Moulsworth,
Widdowe." Martha Moulsworth and Other Women Writers of the English
Renaissance. Ed. Robert Evans. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1996. 31-34.
Print.
Journal Articles (Refereed)
Intervening: The Value of Campus-Community Partnerships. (Co-authored with
Kristine Blair.) Feminist Teacher Special Issue: Campus/Community
Partnerships. Spring 2014. Print.
An Introduction to the Work (and Play) of Writing Studies Research Methods Through
Micro Study. (Co-authored with Suzan Aiken, Emily J. Beard, and David
McClure.) The CEA Forum 42.1 (Winter/Spring 2013): 127-54. Print.
Mothers Ways of Making Itor Making Do?: Making (Over) Academic Lives in
Rhetoric and Composition With Children. (Co-authored with Christine
Cucciarre, Deborah Morris, Kim Hensley Owens, and Mary P. Sheridan.
Composition Studies. 39.1 (Spring 2011): 41-62. Print.
Remediating Knowledge-Making Spaces in the Graduate Curriculum: Developing and
Sustaining Multimodal Teaching and Research. Co-authored with Kristine L.
Blair and Meredith Graupner. Computers & Composition Special Issue:
Computers & Composition (The Future of Graduate Education in the New
American University: Intersections between Technologies and Literacies).
Guest Ed. Peter Goggin and Patricia Webb. 26.1 (2009): 13-23. Print.
Journal Editorship (Refereed)
(Co-edited with Kristine Blair, Tobi Jacobi, and Mary P. Sheridan) Feminist Teacher
Special Issue: Campus/Community Partnerships. Spring 2014. Print.
Book Reviews (Refereed)
Transnational Literate Lives in Digital Times and Redesigning Composition for
Multilingual Realities: A Review (Co-authored with Amanda Athon). Kairos 19.2.
http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/19.2/reviews/athon-nickoson/index.html
Rhetorica In Motion (Co-authored with Kerri Hauman, Emily Hurford, Stacy Kastner,
Jeff Kirchoff, and Kate Spike). Feminist Teacher 22.2 (2012): 160-62. Print.
Practical But Not Simple. Rev. of Assigning, Responding, and Assessing Writing: A
Writing Teachers Guide, Fourth ed., by Edward White. Pedagogy 9.2 (Spring
2009): 353-9. Print.

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Differences of Interpretation: Engaging Conversations on Writing Assessment. Rev.

of Coming To Terms: Theorizing Writing Assessment in Composition Studies, by
Patricia Lynne. Composition Studies 34.1 (Fall 2006). Print.
Book Reviews (Non-Refereed)
Living and Learning Vicariously (Co-authored with Megan Adams, Nick Baca, Kerri
Fial, Mariana Grohowski, Ken Hayes, and Craig Olsen.) Rev. of Transnational
Literate Lives in Digital Times, by Patrick W. Berry, Gail E. Hawisher, and Cynthia
L. Selfe. The Scholar Electric.
http://www.ryantrauman.net/scholarelectric/2013/04/09/237/
Professional Position Statement
National Council of Teachers of English Position Statement on Class Size. Co-edited
with Will Wilkinson. Urbana, IL: NCTE, September 1998. Print.
Professional Workshops (Refereed)
Technofeminist Pedagogies in Public & Private Spaces. Half-day Workshop. Cofacilitated with Emily Beard, Kristine L. Blair, Brittany Cottrill, Chris Denneker,
Erin Fyfe Dietel-McLaughlin, Christine Garbett and Ruijie Zhao. 2011
Computers & Writing: Writing in Motion. Ann Arbor, MI. May 2011.
Remixing (Techno) Feminist Pedagogies in Virtual, Multimodal Spaces. Half-Day
Workshop. Co-facilitated with Emily Beard, Kristine L. Blair, Brittany Cottrill, Erin
Fyfe Dietel-McLaughlin, Christine Garbett, Krista Petrosino, and Ruijie Zhao.
2010 Computers & Writing: Virtual Worlds. West Lafayette, IN. May 2010.
Rubrics as Localized Realities: Strategies for Identifying and Strengthening
Relationships Between Assessment Tools and Program Identities. Half-Day
Workshop. Co-facilitated with Brittany Cottrill, Elizabeth Fleitz, Meredith
Graupner, Abbey Kanzig, Donna Nelson-Beene, Jeremy Schnieder, and Ruijie
Zhao. Half-day Workshop. Conference on College Composition and
Communication. New Orleans, LA. April 2008.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS____________________________________________
International/National (Refereed)
"The Promises and Pitfalls of Feminist: Risks and Rewards." 2015 Conference
on College Composition and Communication. Tampa, FL. March 2015.
Writing Spaces Between: Pragmatics, Possibilities, and Pitfalls of Student-Faculty
Collaboration. 2014 Thomas R. Watson Conference. Louisville, KY. October
2014.
Growing Methods and Methodologies for Writing Research: Pedagogy as Practice.
2014 Conference on Writing Research. Amsterdam, Netherlands. August 2014.
Renegotiating the Visibility and Value of Community-Based Research. Co-presenter:
Mary P. Sheridan. 2013 Conference on College Composition and
Communication. Las Vegas, NV. March 2013.

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Writing Research Practice . . . Small. 2012 Thomas R. Watson Conference.

Louisville, KY. October 2012.
Feminist Engagements: Community-Based Participatory for the Assessment Age.
Co-presenters: Kristine L. Blair, Ann Coyle, Jenn Fishman, Liz Rohan, and Mary
P. Sheridan. 2012 Conference on College Composition and Communication.
St. Louis, MO. March 2012.
What Constitutes a Feminist Approach in the Internationalized, Interdisciplinary
Twenty-First Century? Co-presenters: Kristine L. Blair and Mary P. Sheridan.
Writing Research Across Borders Conference. Fairfax, VA. February 2011.
Micro Study as the Work of Developing Research Methodology. Co-presenters:
Suzan Aiken, Emily J. Beard, and David McClure. Thomas R. Watson
Conference. Louisville, KY. October 2010.
Womens Ways of Making ItOr Making Do? Roundtable Presentation. Copresenters: Christa Albrecht-Crane, Christine Peters Cucciarre, Rebecca Dingo,
Deborah Morris, Kim Hensley-Owens, Mary P. Sheridan, 2010 Conference on
College Composition and Communication. Louisville, KY. March 2010.
(Re)Articulating Methods and Methodology: Doing Feminist Work in a Post-Feminist
World (?) presented with Mary P. Sheridan. 2009 Feminism(s) & Rhetoric(s)
Conference. East Lansing, MI. October 2009.
Writing Assessment from a Feminist Perspective. 2009 Conference on Composition
and Communication. San Francisco, CA. March 2009.
Remediating Knowledge-Making Spaces in the Graduate Curriculum: Developing and
Sustaining Multimodal Teaching and Research with Meredith Graupner and
Kristine L. Blair. Thomas R. Watson Conference. Louisville, KY. October 2008.
Mind the Gap: Changing the Realities of and Possibilities for How We Understand
Multimodal Writing Assessment. 2008 Conference on College Composition
and Communication. New Orleans, LA. April 2008.
Filling The Gap(s): Theorizing Writing Assessment from a Feminist Perspective.
Feminism(s) & Rhetoric(s) Conference. Little Rock, AR. October 2007.
On the Ethics of Practicing What We Teach: Performativity and Ethics in the Dear
Birthmother Letter co-presented with Lance Massey. 2007 Conference on
College Composition and Communication. New York. March 2007.
A Feminist Approach to Problem-Based Learning: Creating Intersecting Dialogues.
Feminism(s) & Rhetoric(s) Conference. Houghton, MI. October 2005.
Accessing Student Writing in the Problem-Based Classroom: Assessment as
Opportunity. 2005 Conference on College Composition and Communication.
San Francisco, CA. March 2005.
Toward a Feminist Conception of Assessment. 2004 Conference on College
Composition and Communication. San Antonio, TX. March 2004.
Assessing Is Writing: Transforming the Role of Writing Assessment in the Composition
Classroom. Feminism(s) & Rhetoric(s) Conference. Columbus, OH. October
2003.
The Is Have It: What We (Really?) Value in the Composition Classroom. 2001
Conference on College Composition and Communication. Denver, CO. March
2001.

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Re-Presenting Ethnography as a Heuristic: From Interpretation to Invention.

Conference on College Composition and Communication. Minneapolis, MN.
April 2000.
Challenging (Feminist) Rhetorics and (Composition) Theory: The Problematics of
Mapping Twenty Five Years of Feminism and Composition Studies. A panel
discussion with Faye Edwards, Gesa Kirsch, Lance Massey, and Mary SheridanRabideau. Feminism(s) & Rhetoric(s) Conference. University of Minnesota.
Minneapolis, MN. October 1999.
Examining/Negotiating Relationships in a University Writing Program: Learning to
Become a Team Player. 1999 Writing Program Administrators Summer
Workshop and Conference. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. July 1999.
Visible Assessment: Encouraging Student Accountability in the Writing Process.
1999 Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA.
March 1999.
Ethnography: Crossing the Self/Subject Boundary with Will Wilkinson. Constructions
of the Human: Conflicts in Culture, Identity, and Technology. Turlock, CA,
October 1997.
Regional (Refereed)
Placement In Writing Courses: Institutional and Generational Change with Peter
Mortensen and Gail Hapke. Thirty-Sixth Annual Community College and
University English Articulation Conference. Monticello, IL. April 2000.
Visible Assessment: Encouraging Student Accountability in the Writing Process. 1999
Illinois Philological Association Conference. Springfield, IL. April 1999.
Enacting a Social Expressivist Pedagogy: A Proposal for Change. Thirty-Fourth
Annual Community College and University English Articulation Conference.
Monticello, IL. April 1998.
The Problems of Evidence: Ethnography, Composition, and Ethnicity with Will
Wilkinson. Border Subjects II: Bodies of Evidence, Normal, IL. October 1997.
Enacting Social Expressivist Pedagogy in the Basic Composition Course with Will
Wilkinson. Thirty-Third Annual Community College and University English
Articulation Conference, Monticello, IL. April 1997.
The Loneliest Hunter: An Exploration of Typology and Voice Merging in Dr.
Copelands Christmas Day Speech. Illinois Philological Association Conference.
Charleston, IL. April 1997.
UNIVERSITY WORKSHOPS AND INVITED LECTURES___________________________
Bowling Green State University
Community-Based Research and Pedagogy as Scholarly Work. Presentation to Dr.
Sue Carter Woods English 6210 Class. Fall 2014.
The Scholarly Review (variously defined). Presentation to Dr. Kristine Blairs English
7980: Scholarly Publication. Spring 2012.
Digital Media and the Future of Humanities Scholarship: A Roundtable Discussion.

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Digital Cultures in the Age of Big Data Institute. Co-presenters: Megan Adams,
Estee Beck, Kristine Blair, and Lewis Ulman. May 2013.
Developing a Scholarly Identity. Presentation to Dr. Andrea Riley-Mukavetzs English
6210: Introduction to Rhetoric and Writing as a Discipline. Fall 2012.
Developing and Maintaining an Online Presence. Rhetoric & Writing Brown Bag
Series. Fall 2012.
Peer Review. Presentation to Dr. Kristine Blairs English 7980: Scholarly Publication.
Spring 2012.
Reflections on Practice: Pragmatics, Problematics, and Possibilities for Enacting
Service-Learning Pedagogy in a Research Methods Seminar. Presentation to
2010-2012 Service Learning Faculty Cohort. Center for Teaching and
Learning. March 2011.
Balancing the Professional Demands of Life as Pre-tenure Faculty and Having a
Personal Life Too. Invited presentation and discussion. Dr. Stephannie
Gearharts English 6010: Introduction to English Studies. November 2010.
Reflections on Research Methods and Methodologies in the Early Part of the TwentyFirst Century. Invited Presentation and Discussion. Department of English
Faculty Colloquium Series: Spring 2010.
Teacher/Researcher: Identities, Roles, Responsibilities. Invited Presentation and
Discussion. Rhetoric & Writing Program Third Friday Colloquium Series.
November 2009.
Teaching Assessment as Understanding Audience. Invited Presentation and
Discussion, Rhetoric & Writing Program Third Friday Colloquium Series.
February 2007.
Elon University
Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity Rsum Workshop. Spring 2004, Fall 2004,
Spring 2005, Fall 2005.
Drafting Effective Job Search Documents. Student Recreation Services Application
Training Session. September 2005.
Building a Culture of Writing at Elon. New Faculty Orientation Workshop. November
2004.
"Understanding the Writing Center as an Academic Resource." Elon University MBA
Program. August 2004.
Strategies for Incorporating (and Supporting) Writing into Course Curricula. Love
Business School Faculty Retreat. August 2004.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Practicing a Portfolio-Based Writing Pedagogy. Alternative Approaches to Rhetoric
105 Workshop. Division of Rhetoric-Department of English. University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. March 1997.
Illinois State University
Collaborative Instruction in a Tutorial Composition Classroom: Reflections on the

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Mentor/Mentee Relationship with Jim Stivers. Fall Colloquium on Collaborative

Learning and Teaching. Writing Program. October 1997.
Enacting Social Expressivist Pedagogy in the Composition Classroom: A Discussion
with Will Wilkinson. The Seventh Annual Symposium on the Teaching of Writing,
Normal, IL. April 1997.
SERVICE_____________________________________________________________________
Bowling Green State University
Rhetoric & Writing Program
Third Friday Colloquia Series. 2006-present
Post-Prelim Dissertation and Job Search Series. 2006-present. (Faculty coordinator
2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012.)
Department of English
Promotion, Retention, Tenure Committee (Chair), 2015-2016.
Faculty Hire Search Committee (Rhetoric & Writing hire) (Chair), 2014-2015.
Merit Review Committee. 2014-15.
Ombuds Committee. Spring 2014.
Promotion, Retention, and Tenure Committee (Chair). Fall 2013.
Graduate Committee. 2011-2012.
Promotion and Tenure Committee. 2010-2011.
Merit Review Committee. 2008-2009, 2009-2010.
Assessment Committee. 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011.
Central Advising Committee. 2006-2007, 2007-2008.
Womens Studies Program
Steering Committee. 2011-2012.
Respondent and Judge, Womens Studies Research Symposium. 2011.
College of Arts and Sciences
Outstanding Thesis Award Committee. Fall 2014.
Distinguished Instructor/Lecturer Teaching Award Committee. 2007.
University
GSS University Partnerships Ad Hoc Committee. 2014-2015.
Learning Commons Coordinator Positions Search Committee (three positions). 2011.
Parking Committee. 2008-2009.
Associate Director General Studies Writing Search Committee (Committee Chair).
2008.
Instructional Media Services Advisory Committee. 2007-2008.
Distinguished Thesis Award Competition Committee. 2007, 2008.
Elon University
Department of English

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English Education Committee. 2004-2005, 2005-2006.

Planning Committee. 2004-2005, 2005-2006.
Professional Writing and Rhetoric Curriculum Committee. 2003-2004, 2004-2005,
2005-2006.
English 110 Advisory Committee. 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006.
ESL/TESL Specialist Search Committee. 2003-2004.
Department of Education
English Education Specialist Search Committee. 2005-2006.
Elementary Education Specialist Search Committee. 2004-2005.
Special Education Specialist Search Committee. 2004-2005.
Department of Business
Business Communications 202 Faculty Committee. 2003-2004.
University
Elon Writing Program Administrators Committee (Committee Chair). 2004-2005, 20052006.
Undergraduate Research Program Advisory Committee. 2004-2005, 2005-2006.
Women and Gender Studies Committee. 2004-2005, 2005-2006.
University Writing Advisory Committee (Committee Co-chair with Dr. Michael
Strickland). 2005-2006.
Illinois State University
Department of English
English 101Textbook Selection Committee. 1999-2000.
English 145Textbook Selection Committee. 1998-1999.
Missouri State University
Department of English
Student Orientation and Registration Evaluation/Placement Committee. Summer
1993,1994,1995, 1996.
Department Representative, Graduate Council. 1993-1994.
Service to the Local Community
Volunteer Instructor, 2011 Digital Mirror Academic Computer Camp for Girls. Bowling
Green, OH. August 2011.
Service to the Profession
Review Work
Article Manuscript Reviewer, Sage Publications. 2014.
Article Manuscript Reviewer, Kairos. 2012.
Reviewer, College Composition and Communication Online. 2012.
Reviewer, Composition Forum. 2011.

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Reviewer (conference proposal submissions), 2009 Feminism(s) & Rhetoric(s)

Conference. 2009.
Reviewer, The Academic Writer. 2nd ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins. 2009.
Reviewer, Signs of Life in the USA. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins. 2007.
Reviewer, The New St. Martins Handbook. 5th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins. 2003.
Contributions to the Field
Table Facilitator, Qualitative Research Network. 2015 Conference on College
Composition and Communication. Tampa. March 2015.
Table Facilitator, Qualitative Research Network. 2012 Conference on College
Composition and Communication. Las Vegas. March 2012.
Table Co-Facilitator (with Mary P. Sheridan and Mariana Grohowski): Navigating Digital
Spaces. Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and
Composition Annual Meeting. Conference on College Composition and
Communication. Las Vegas. 2013.
Table Co-Facilitator (with Jenn Fishman and Mary P. Sheridan): Mentoring in Digital
Spaces. Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and
Composition Annual Meeting. Conference on College Composition and
Communication. St. Louis. 2012.
Table Co-Facilitator (with Jenn Fishman): Mentoring in Digital Spaces. Coalition of
Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition Annual Meeting.
Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta. 2011.
Contributing Bibliographer, The Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Basic Writing.
Ed. Linda Adler-Kassner and Gregory R. Glau. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins
P. 2002.
Editorial Assistant, College Composition and Communication, National Council of
Teachers of English (NCTE). Urbana. 1999-2001.
Graduate Student Reviewer, Research in the Teaching of English. 1999-2000.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS____________________________

Conference on Basic Writing
Conference on College Composition and Communication
Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition
Council of Writing Program Administrators
National Council of Teachers of English
National Writing Project
INTERNAL GRANTS (Bowling Green State University)___________________________
Department of English
Ethical Issues in Composition Research and Publication: Presentation(s) and
Workshops by Gesa Kirsch. Department of English Central Advising Committee
($100 awarded). 2007.

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The Personal as Method and Place as Archives: A Synthesis: Elizabeth Rohan

Presentation to English 726 Class. Department of English Central Advising
Committee ($75 awarded). 2007.
University-Wide Grant (Bowling Green State University)
Ethical Issues in Composition Research and Publication: Presentation(s) and
Workshops by Gesa Kirsch. Speed Grant ($250 awarded). 2007.
HONORS AND AWARDS______________________________________________________
Outstanding Contributor to Graduate Education. Bowling Green State University
Graduate Student Senate. Bowling Green State University. 2010.
Notice of Distinction in Teaching. Department of English. Elon University. 2003,
2004, 2005.
(Received highest student evaluations of any member of the department each of
the three years on faculty.)
Instructor Voted Outstanding By Their Students. University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 1999, Spring 2000, Fall 2000, Spring
2001, Fall 2001, Spring 2002. (Named to list each semester on faculty.)
Outstanding University Graduate Student Teaching Award. Illinois State University,
1999. Taimi Ranta Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Ph.D. Candidate.
Department of English, Illinois State University, 1999.