G Patterson (GPat), Ph.D.

631 Cranberry Lane #1 Fleetwood, NC 28626 Cell: 513-593-6981

Email: pattersong@appstate.edu Website: drgpat.org

CURRICULUM VITAE

Academic Appointments
Lecturer of English and Affiliate in Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies,
Appalachian State University
Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Visiting Affiliate in Women's & Gender
Studies, Miami University Hamilton
Instructor of Rhetoric & Composition, Miami University
Graduate Teaching Associate of English, Miami University
Graduate Teaching Assistant of English, Kent State University

Present
20112015
20092011
20042008
20022004

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 & Lisa Weems

Graduate Certificate Women's & Gender Studies, Miami University

M.A. Literature, Kent State University

2011
2004

Research
awards
Lavender Rhetoric Dissertation Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship

2014

Academic Program Review Research Grant

2011

Academic Challenge Dissertation Fellowship

2011

Graduate Student Achievement Award

2004

Conference on College Composition & Communication, Indianapolis IN

Miami University English Department, Oxford OH
Miami University English Department, Oxford OH
Miami University English Department, Oxford OH

publications
"Queering & Transing Quantitative Research." Re/Orienting Writing Studies: Queer Methods, Queer Projects.
Eds. Will Banks, Caroline Dadas & Matt Cox. Manuscript Accepted, Collection Under Review.
"The Unbearable Weight of Neutrality: Religion & LGBTQ Issues in the English Studies Classroom."
Sexual Rhetorics: Methods, Identities, Publics. Eds. Jonathan Alexander and Jacqueline Rhodes. New
York: Routledge, 2016. 134146. Print. Studies in Rhetoric & Communication. Forthcoming.
"Review: Renovating Rhetoric in Christian Tradition." Peitho Journal. 17.2 (2015): 259. 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

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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. AL 891 Cultural Rhetorics: Embodied
Rhetorics, Michigan State University. East Lansing MI. 13 November 2014.
Trans Cultural Competency in the Writing Center, the Classroom, and Beyond. University of
Michigan Dearborn. Dearborn MI. 7 February 2014.
Doing Justice: The Basics of Being an Ally. GLSEN Youth Group, Gay Lesbian Straight Education
Network. Cincinnati OH. 8 December 2013.
Survey Research: An Unconventional Love Story. ENG 735: Research Methods, Miami University.
Oxford OH. 20 February 2012.
Smart Mouth: The Not-So-Common Sense Rules of Argumentation in Grassroots Activism.
Developing Intellectual Vibrant Activists (DIVA) Institute, Miami University. Oxford OH. 29
July 2010.
Basement Displacement: The Coalition Starts Underground. LGBTQ Awareness Week, Miami
University. Oxford OH. 25 March 2010.
Getting Schooled: Teaching at the Intersection of Religion and LGBTQ Issues. HAVEN Queer
Graduate Alliance Speaker Series, Miami University. Oxford OH. 24 September 2009.

conference presentations
Intimate Encounters at the LGBTQ-Religious Junction. Risk and Reward, Conference on College
Composition & Communication. Tampa FL. 1821 March 2015.
Queering Methodology. All Our Relations: Contested Space/Contested Knowledge, Conference on
College Composition & Communication. Atlanta GA. 69 April 2011.
Knowledge Damage and Talking Back: Unruly Bodies, Affects, and Actions of Working-Class Queer
Students and Faculty. Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality Symposium, Miami University. Oxford,
OH. 25 February 2011.
Getting Schooled: Teaching at the Intersection of Religious Discourse and LGBTQ Issues. The
Remix, Conference on College Composition & Communication Qualitative Research Network.
Louisville, KY. 1720 March 2010.
Queering Techies: Digital Lives of Working-Class Grrls n' Bois. Representing Identities, Conference
on College Composition & Communication. New York NY. 2224 March 2007.
Dethroning the Diva: Reconstructing Queer Family Values. Graduate Student Symposium, Miami
University. Oxford OH. 19 March 2005.

lectures & facilitated workshops

Trans* 101: Foundational Concepts for Doing Gender. Guest Lecture, Appalachian State University.
Boone NC. 10 September 2015.
LGBTQ Ally Training. Miami University Hamilton. Hamilton OH. 23 April 2015.
Trans* 101: Foundational Concepts for Doing Gender. Guest Lecture, Miami University Hamilton.
Hamilton OH. 30 March 2015.

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Writing Collaboratively with Google Docs and Google Wave. Digital Writing Collaborative
Presentation Series, Miami University. Oxford OH. 5 February 2010.
GIMP: Working with Digital Imaging Software in the Classroom. Digital Writing Collaborative
Presentation Series, Miami University. Oxford OH. 3 October 2007.

moderated community discussions

DIY! Women in the Graphic Arts. Women's History Month, Miami University Hamilton. Hamilton
OH. 16 March 2015.
QTPOC in NYC: Thinking about Race & Gender in The Aggressives. Human Rights and Social Justice
Program, Miami University Hamilton. Hamilton OH. 21 November 2014.
Trans Rights: Human Rights. Human Rights & Social Justice Program, Miami University Hamilton.
Hamilton OH. 18 November 2013.
Ain't We Women, Too? Race, Class, Sexuality, Ability & Gender Identity in Miss Representation.
Women's History Month, Miami University Hamilton. Hamilton OH. 28 March 2012.
The F Word? Thinking about Internalized Oppression in I Was a Teenage Feminist. Women's History
Month, Miami University Hamilton. Hamilton OH. 14 March 2012.
Thinking about Boyhood and Bullying in WAR. Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Presents WAR,
Voice of America. Fairfield OH. 20 January 2012.

Teaching
awards
Commendation for Influence on Students

2015

Commendation for Influence on Students

2012

Outstanding Teaching Award

2011

Commendation for Influence on Students

2010

Miami University Center for the Enhancement of Learning, Teaching

& Assessment, Oxford OH
Miami University Center for the Enhancement of Learning, Teaching
& Assessment, Oxford OH
Miami University English Department, Oxford OH
Miami University Center for the Enhancement of Learning, Teaching
& Assessment, Oxford OH

professional writing
ENG 340 Professional Writing Internship, Miami Hamilton
ENG 313 Technical Communication, Miami Hamilton
ENG 215 Workplace Writing, Miami Oxford

SP 2007
FA 2012
SP 2014, SU 2015

rhetoric & writing

ENG 323 Creative Nonfiction, Miami Hamilton
ENG 310 Transgender Rhetorics, Miami Hamilton
ENG 310 Queer Rhetorics, Miami Hamilton
ENG 225 Expository Writing, Miami Oxford/Hamilton
RC 2001 Intro to Writing Across the Curriculum, Appalachian State
ENG 113 Advanced Composition, Miami Oxford

SP 2013
SP 2014
FA 2012
SP 2010
FA 2015SP 2016
FA 2009FA 2010

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ENG 112 Composition and Literature, Miami Oxford/Hamilton
ENG 111 College Composition, Miami University/Middletown
RC 1000 Expository Writing, Appalachian State
ENG 1001 Intro to College Composition, Kent State

SP 2005SP 2015
FA 2004SP 2007
FA 2015SP 2016
FA 2003

literary studies
ENG 298 Literary & Cultural Theory, Miami Hamilton
ENG 282 Contemporary American Fiction, Miami Hamilton
ENG 262 Children's & Young Adult Literature, Miami Hamilton
ENG 231 The Short Story, Miami Hamilton
ENG 165 Literature & Sexuality, Miami Oxford
ENG 1002 Intro to Literature, Kent State

SP 2013
FA 2011
FA 2013
SP 2012
SP 2008
SP 2003SP 2004

women's & gender studies

GWS 4000 Queer Theory, Appalachian State
WGS 370 Transgender Studies, Miami Hamilton
WGS 370 Queer Studies, Miami Hamilton
WGS 301 Women & Difference, Miami Hamilton
WGS 202 Intro to LGBT Studies, Miami Hamilton
WGS 201 Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Miami Hamilton

SP 2016
SP 2014
FA 2012
SP 2015
FA 2010SP 2015

SU 2015FA 2013

Professional Development
assessment
Assessment Fellow Community Engagement Cohort, Miami Hamilton
Portfolio Scorer Freshman Portfolio Program, Miami University
Assessment Team ENG 112 Top 25 Assessment, Miami University

SP 2015
SU 2009SU 2014
SU 2010SU 2011

curriculum development
Course Author Rhetorics of Social Justice, Miami Hamilton
Course Author Narrative & Digital Technology, Miami Hamilton
Course Author Transgender Studies/Rhetorics, Miami Hamilton
Course Author Queer Studies/Rhetorics, Miami Hamilton
Lead Cohort Digital Writing Collaborative, Miami University

FA 2015
FA 2014
SP 2014
FA 2012
FA 2006SP 2008

digital & print publishing

Web Director HAVEN Graduate Alliance, Miami University
Assistant Editor College Comp at Miami Vol. 60, Miami University
Assistant Editor Teacher's Guide Vol. 60, Miami University
Editor Teacher's Guide Vol. 60: Digital Pedagogies, Miami University
Assistant to the Editor American Imago, Kent State University

FA 2009SP 2010
SU 2007
SU 2007
SU2007
FA 2002

private & public sector experience

Freelance Graphic Designer, Boone NC
Contributing Writer UNITE Cincinnati, Covington KY

Present
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Website Designer MandyWattsMusic.com, Covington KY
Contract Editor BookSurge LLC, Asheville NC
Language Arts Teacher Faith Islamic Academy, Hudson OH
Assistant Director of Parks & Recreation City of Fairlawn, Fairlawn OH

SU 2014
SU 2008FA 2009
SU 2003
WI 1999 SP 2001

technological literacies
Animation Explain Everything, GoAnimate, Plotagon
Graphics Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Autodesk Sketchbook, GIMP
Graphic Tablet Wacom Intuos Pro
Page Design Adobe InDesign, Lucidpress
Presentation Prezi, Microsoft PowerPoint
Video iMovie, Screencast-O-Matic
Sound Audacity, GrargeBand
Storytelling Storify, Storybird
Survey Software Checkbox, SurveyMonkey
Web Design Dreamweaver, Wordpress

Service
departmental
Rhetoric & Composition Graduate Committee, Appalachian State
Publicity Committee, Appalachian State
Honor's Thesis Committee Member Christina Nicole Harrison's "Under
the Wig and in Heels," Miami Hamilton
Senior Capstone Director Nik Niesel's "Practicing Trans Rhetorics in the
Nonprofit World," Miami Hamilton
Judge WGS Program Essay Prize, Miami Oxford
Independent Study Director Tariq Lacy's "Professional Communications
in Greek Life Organizations," Miami Oxford

FA 2015 SP 2016
FA 2015 SP 2016
SP 2014
SP 2014
SP 2011
SP 2007

university
Advisor Prism: An LGBTQ Student Alliance, Miami Hamilton
Search Committee Director of Student Activities, Miami Hamilton
Planning Committee Women's History Month, Miami Hamilton
Judge Women's History Month Writing Contest, Miami Hamilton
Advisor Hamilton Association for Women Students, Miami Hamilton
Advisor Stage Left: Miami's Musical Theater Organization, Miami Oxford
Panel Chair Miami English Graduate & Adjunct Association
Symposium, Miami Oxford

SP 2012 SP 2015
SP 2015
SP 2012SP 2015
SP 2012SP 2015
SP 2012FA 2013
FA 2001SP 2012
FA 2009FA 2010

discipline
Ad Hoc Reviewer The Journal of Homosexuality, Taylor & Francis,
New York NY
Committee Member LGBTQ Awards Selection Committee, Conference
on College Composition & Communication, Urbana IL

Present
SP 2015Present

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Reviewer Open Words: Access and English Studies, Pearson Higher Ed,
New York NY

FA 2014

community
Research Collaborator Heartland Transgender Wellness Group,
Cincinnati OH
Social Justice Workshop Facilitator Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education
Network, Cincinnati OH
GOTV Canvassing Captain Buncombe County for Change, Asheville NC
Voter Registration Team MoveOn.org, Asheville NC

Professional Memberships
Modern Language Association
National Council of Teachers of English
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition
LGBTQ Caucus: Conference on College Composition & Communication
Working-Class Caucus: Conference on College Composition & Communication

SP 2014
WI 2014
FA 2008
FA 2008