Stephanie West-Puckett

A WRITING, RHETORIC, AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION

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Doctor of Philosophy | Expected May 2017
Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication | East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Dissertation: Materializing Makerspaces: Queerly Composing Space, Time, and (What) Matters
Committee: William Banks (Chair), Nicole Caswell, Matthew Cox, and Pam Takayoshi
Master of Arts | July 2001
English Studies | East Carolina University | East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Thesis: Skin and Bones: A Novella
Bachelor of Arts | July 1998
English Studies | North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC
Honors Thesis: The Short Story: A Genre Study

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Digital Writing, Digital Writing Assessment, and New Media Literacies & Production
Queer, Cultural, and New Materialist Rhetorics
Making and Crafting Rhetorics and Maker-Centered Composition Practices
Writing Program and National Writing Project Administration
Writing Across the Curriculum & In The Disciplines/ Content Areas
National Writing Project and K12-Higher Education Partnerships

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Associate Director | Tar River Writing Project | East Carolina University | 2011-present
Writing Studio Director | Department of English | East Carolina University | 2012

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Teaching Instructor | Department of English | East Carolina University| 2002-present
Instructor | Department of English | North Carolina Wesleyan College | 2000
Instructor | Department of English | Luna Vocational Technical Institute | 1998-1999

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English 1100 | Foundations Writing | Academic Writing | East Carolina University

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CURRICULUM VITAE
English 1200 | Foundations Writing | Research Writing | East Carolina University
English 2830 | Writing and Style | Rhetorical Theory and Application | East Carolina University
English 3810 | Advanced Composition | Digital Media in Professional Life | East Carolina University
English 3880 | Writing for Business and Industry | Digital Writing in Professional Contexts | East Carolina University
English 7665 | Rhetoric and Composition | NWP Summer Institute (co-taught) | East Carolina University
Education 5563 | Problems and Issues in Education | NWP Summer Institute (co-taught) | East Carolina University
Honors 2011 | Wilderness Writing | Digital Media and Environmental Writing (co-taught) | East Carolina University
Introduction to Literature | North Carolina Wesleyan College
Public Speaking | High School Concurrent Enrollment | Luna Vocational Technical Institute
Creative Writing | High School Concurrent Enrollment | Luna Vocational Technical Institute

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West-Puckett, S.J. (2016, November). Making Writing Assessment More Visible, Equitable, and Portable through
Digital Badging. College English 79:2, 123-147.
Smith, A., West-Puckett, S.J., Cantrill, C. and Zamora, M. (2016, May). Remix as Professional Learning: Educators
Iterative Literacy Practice in CLMOOC. Education Sciences: Special Issue on Teacher Professional Development
5.3.
West-Puckett, S.J., Flinchbaugh, K., & Herrmann, M. (2015). Knotworking with the National Writing Project: A
Method for Professionalizing Contingent Faculty, in Letizia Guglielmo and Lynee Lewis Gaillet (Eds.), Contingent
Faculty Publishing in Community. London: Palgrave Pivot. 35-55.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2015). Remix & Remediate: Social Composing for More than Just the Web, in Troy Hicks
(Ed.), Assessing Students Digital Writing: Protocols for Looking Closely. New York: Teachers College Press. 99118.
West-Puckett, S.J. & Banks, W.P. (2014). UnCommon Connections: How Building a Grass-Roots Curriculum
Helped Reframe Common Core State Standards for Teachers and Students in a High-Need Public High School, In
Randall McClure and James Purdy (Eds.), The Next Digital Scholar: A Fresh Approach to Common Core State
Standards in Research and Writing. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc. 353-381.
West-Puckett, S.J. & Finley, T.B. (2010). Teacher Plans in the Aftermath of the Space Shuttle Challenger
Disaster. California English Journal, 15 (3), 25-27.

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Caswell, N. and West-Puckett, S.J. Assessment Killjoys: Queering the Return for a Writing Studies World-Making
Methodology. Proposal accepted for publication in Re/Orienting Writing Studies: Queer Methods, Queer
Projects, Eds. W.P. Banks, M.B. Cox, and C.E. Dadas.

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CURRICULUM VITAE
Cartun, A., Penuel, W.R., & West-Puckett, S.J. Students Experience of Participatory Cultures in the English
Classroom. Journal of Adolescent Literacy.
Banks, W.P. & West-Puckett, S.J. Sparkleponies and Other Fetish Objects: Toward a Queer Remix for
Composition. College Composition and Communication.

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West-Puckett, S.J. (2016, July). Student-Designed Makerspaces. Edutopia: George Lucas Educational Foundation.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2014, July). From Professional Development to Professional Practice: The SEEDs of Connected
Learning in a High Need Middle School. Digital Is. National Writing Project.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2014, September). From Professional Development to Professional Practice: The SEEDs of
Connected Learning in a High Need Middle School. Digital Is. National Writing Project.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2013, September). Remaking Education: Designing Classroom Makerspaces. Edutopia: George
Lucas Educational Foundation.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2014, July). Decolonizing THE Digital Humanities. [A review of Decentering Whiteness in the
Digital Humanities Through/With Decolonial Methodologies by A. Hass & E. Legg] Computers and Writing,
Session F7, Pullman, Washington. Sweetland Digital Rhetorics Collaborative.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2005). Seine of the Times: Talking Fish with a Couple of Women. The North Carolina
Literary Review, 14, 96-112.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2006). Assessing Causes and Posing Solutions to Young Reader Apathy: Notes on an
Open Interview with Elenora Tate, Elizabeth McDavid Jones, and Barbara Bennett. North Carolina Literary
Review, 15, 82-83.

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West-Puckett, S.J., Banks, W.P., Flinchbaugh, M. & Jacobson, M. (2015). Pop Up and Make: LRNG Challenge
Grant. $20,000.
West-Puckett, S.J. & Banks, W.P. (2014-2016). Intersections Partnership Grant, National Science Foundation,
$60,000.
West-Puckett, S.J. & Banks, W.P. (2013). SEED III High Needs High School Partnership Grant, National
Writing. $20,000.
West-Puckett, S.J. & Banks, W.P. (2013). MacArthur Connected Learning Grant, National Writing Project, $10,000.
West-Puckett, S.J. & Banks, W.P. (2012). SEED III High Needs High School Partnership Grant, National
Writing. $20,000.
Banks, W.P. & West-Puckett, S.J. (2012). SEED I Leadership and Capacity-Building Grant, National Writing
Project. $20,000.
Banks, W.P. & West-Puckett, S.J. (2011). Tar River Writing Project Site Grant, National Writing Project, $40,000.

Stephanie West-Puckett
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CURRICULUM VITAE
West-Puckett, S.J. & Lewis, D.K., (2010). LEEAP: Moving Teacher-Centered, Inquiry-Based
Professional Development from the Margins to the Axis of In-Service in Eastern North Carolina. National Writing
Project Teacher Inquiry Communities, $5,000.
West-Puckett, S.J. & Lewis, D.K. (2009). Leadership for Equity, Excellence, Achievement, and Partnerships
(LEEAP): Creating Sustainable Teacher-Inquiry Communities to Address Issues of Race, National Writing Project
Teacher Inquiry Communities Grant, $4,500.
West-Puckett, S.J. & Lewis, D.K., (2009). Closing the Achievement Gap for African American Adolescents
in Eastern North Carolina Using Web 2.0 Technologies, North Carolina English Teachers Association Classroom
Grant, $1,200.

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West-Puckett, S.J., Lewis, D., Zsuppan, G., & Fulton, S. (2015, October). Hacktivist Media Projects: Remixing and
Reimagining Writing and Science Learning. Association of Science and Technology Centers Annual Conference,
Montreal, Canada.
Durieux, M., Blair, K., West-Puckett, S.J. & Zsuppan, G. (2015, October). Good Communication: Strategies to and
from the Internet. Association of Science and Technology Centers Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2015, October). Intersections: Building Sustainable Science Literacy Partnerships. Association of
Science and Technology Centers Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2013, October). X-Ray Googles for Critical Web Literacy. Mozilla Festival, London, UK.
West-Puckett, S.J. & Banks, W.P. (2014, February). Hacking the Common Core: Maker-Centered Learning in
English Language Arts. Writing Research Across Borders, Paris, France.

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West-Puckett, S.J. and Banks, W.P (2016, May). Object-Oriented Research Methods and Methodologies for Open,
Participatory Learning, Computers and Writing Conference, Rochester, NY.
Smith, A., Cantrill, C., West-Puckett, S.J., and Zamora, M. (2016, April). Participatory Design for Emergence:
Connected Learning as Transformative Professional Development in an Open Networked Collaboration. American
Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Smith, A., Cantrill, C., West-Puckett, S.J., and Zamora, M. (2016, April). Teacher as Remixer: Professional Learning
in an Open Participatory Network. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2016, March). Open Badging for Participatory Digital Assessment. College Composition and
Communication Convention, Houston, TX.
West-Puckett, S.J. et al. (2015, November). No Bells, No Walls: Learning from LRNG Innovator Challenge
Grantees About Building Connected Learning Opportunities in School, National Writing Project Annual Meeting,
Minneapolis, MN.
Banks, W. & West-Puckett, S.J. (2015, November). Queering the Writing Project, National Writing Project Annual
Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.

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CURRICULUM VITAE
Hyler, J., Kaplan, B., & West-Puckett, S.J. (2015, November). Assessing Students Digital Writing, National Writing
Project Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
Banks, W.P & West-Puckett, S.J. (2015, October). Exploring Techno-Feminist Approaches to Professional
Development with cMOOCs. Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference. Tempe, AZ.
West-Puckett, S.J. & Banks, W.P. (2015, May). Cyborg Gaze: Making Identities and Images in the C&W
Community. Computers and Writing Conference, Menomonee, WI.
Smith, A., West-Puckett, S.J., Cantrill, C., Zamora, M. (2015, April). Drifting and Democratizing Textual Objects:
Social Composing in a Professional Connected Learning Space. American Educational Research Association
Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Banks, W.P., Palmeri, J., West-Puckett, S.J., and Simoneaux B. (2015, March). Queerly de/Composed: Bits, Bytes,
and Bodies in Digital Spaces. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Tampa, FL.
West-Puckett, S.J., Lewis, D., Smyth, J. Puckett, R., and W.P. Banks. (2014, November). Hacking, Remixing, and
Fixing Narrative Bugs in the Web. National Council of Teachers of English. Washington, DC.
Hicks, T., West-Puckett, S.J., and Lewis, D. (2014, November). Makers Unite and Write: Crafting Democratic
Spaces for Composing. National Writing Project. Washington, DC.
West-Puckett, S.J. & Banks, W.P. (2014, June.) Hacktivist Pedagogies: Rethinking Classroom Practices through
Connected Learning. Computers and Writing, Pullman, WA.
Flinchbaugh, M., Puckett, R., Worthington, B., West-Puckett, S.J., and Banks, W. (November, 2013). Making the
UnCommon Core: Connected Learning at J.H. Rose High School. National Council of Teachers of English Annual
Meeting, Boston, MA.
Hicks, T., West-Puckett, S.J., Kaplan, B., Puntel, C., Hyler, J. (2013, November). Looking Closely: Collaborative
Assessment for Digital Writing. National Writing Project Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2013, November). Writing as Making. National Writing Project Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2013, September). MakerComp: Making, Hacking, and Playing in the Writing Classroom. UNCCharlotte Writing Project Fall Conference, Charlotte, NC.
Sippy, C., Rand, M., Flinchbaugh, K., West-Puckett, S.J., and Banks, W. (2013, July). Reframing Common Core
State Standards and Frameworks for Success in Post-Secondary Writing with Connected Learning. Council of
Writing Program Administrators Annual Meeting. Savannah, GA.
West-Puckett, S.J., Flinchbaugh, K.B., and Herrmann, M. (2013, February). NWP Tools for Writing Center
Professional Development. Southeastern Writing Centers Association Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2012, November). Project Connect Ignite Talk. National Writing Project Fall Meeting, Las
Vegas, NV.
Flinchbaugh, K.B. & West-Puckett, S.J. (2012, July). The National Writing Project as a Vehicle for
WPA Professionalization, Collaboration, and Transformation. Writing Program Administrators Annual
Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Flinchbaugh, K.B., West-Puckett, S.J., & Banks, W.P. (2012, September). (Re)Framing Collaboration
and Professionalization with National Writing Project Practices. Carolina Writing Program Administrators Annual
Meeting, Little Switzerland, NC.

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CURRICULUM VITAE
Banks, W.P., Urbanski, C., Manship, L., Puckett, R.A., West-Puckett, S.J., Fulton, S. (2012, May). Digital
Composing/Resisting Possibilities in Public Schools. Computers and Writing. Raleigh, NC.
Hicks, T., Rogge, M., & West-Puckett, S.J. (2011, November). NWP Connect Community Builders Session.
National Writing Project Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL.
West-Puckett, S.J. & Lewis D.K. (2010, March). Demystifying Inquiry for Rural Educators. National Writing
Project: Rural Sites Network Conference, Little Rock, AR.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2007, November) From Charity to Activism: Motivating First-Year Students to Embrace
Social Responsibility through Service-Learning, Dalton Institute 17th Annual Institute on College Student
Values, Tallahassee, FL.

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West-Puckett, S.J. (2015, October). Keynote Introduction: Troy Hicks. NC English Teachers Association
Conference, Asheville, NC.
West-Puckett, S.J., Flinchbaugh, M., Hutchinson, A., & Puckett, R. (2015, October). Pop-Up Maker Spaces for
Interest-Driven Leaning. NC English Teachers Association Conference, Asheville, NC.
West-Puckett, S.J., Lewis, D., Hutchinson, A., & Smyth, J. (2015, October). Remix, Remake, Curate: Science
Literacy in Motion. NC English Teachers Association Conference, Asheville, NC.
West-Puckett, S.J. Thompson, K., Rose, R. & Banks, W.P. (2015, April). Hacking Normativity: Participatory
Disruption, Diffusion, Dampening. Queer Studies Conference, UNC-Asheville, Asheville, NC.
West-Puckett, S.J. & Sisk, J. (2012, February). Contingency as Possibility: Constructing a Professional Identity
for Writing Teachers. North Carolina Symposium on Teaching Writing, Raleigh, NC.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2010, October). Remediating the English Teacher. North Carolina English Teachers
Association Conference, Winston-Salem, NC.
West-Puckett, S.J., and Lewis, D.K. (2009, October). Exploring Equity in Teacher Research. North Carolina English
Teachers Association Conference, Hertford, NC.
West-Puckett, S.J. & Ange, D.K. (2009, October). Exploring Equity in Teacher Research. North Carolina
English Teachers Association Conference, Hertford, NC.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2009, March). Dont Feed the Elephant!: An M&M Simulation of Power & Privilege. Elon
University 10th Annual Service-Learning Conference, Elon, NC.
Finley, T.B., Buckner, J., & West-Puckett, S.J. (2008, October). E-Commenting: Asynchronous Video Response in
a Web 2.0 World. North Carolina English Teachers Association Conference, Winston-Salem, NC.

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West-Puckett, S.J. (2015, April). Critical Web Making with Mozilla X-Ray Goggles. NC English Teachers
Association 2ndAnnual Bob Alexander Literacy Symposium. Greenville, NC.

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CURRICULUM VITAE
West-Puckett, S.J. & Flinchbaugh, K. (Mar. 2015) Embodying Talking, Sketching, Moving in the Writing
Classroom. East Carolina University. Guest Lecture in W.P. Banks ENGL 7960: Graduate Seminar in Teaching
Composition. Greenville, NC.
West-Puckett, S.J. (Feb. 2015). A is for Adjunct. East Carolina University, Joyner Library Human Book Event.
Greenville, NC.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2015, February). Connected Learning in the Composition Classroom. Guest Lecture in W.P.
Banks ENGL 7960: Graduate Seminar in Teaching Composition. Greenville, NC.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2011, February). Dragons Den: A Reality TV Simulation for Research Writing. Mary Lois
Staton Reading/Language Arts Conference, Greenville, NC.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2011). Inching into Inquiry: A Teacher-Centered Professional Development Model for
Increasing Equity and Content Area Literacy. Mary Lois Staton Reading/Language Arts Conference, Greenville,
NC.
West-Puckett, S.J. & Finley, T.B. (2009, November). Asynchronous Video Response to Student Writing. East
Carolina University Teaching with Technology: Think-In of Best Practices Conference, Greenville, NC.
West-Puckett, S.J. (2008, February). Writing For, With, and About the Community: An Exploration of Cultures
and Values. East Carolina University 5th Annual Service Learning Conference, Greenville, NC.

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!! Bertie Fearing Excellence in Teaching Award, English Department, East Carolina University, 2015-2016.
!! Chapter co-author for Next Digital Scholar, book received Bronze Metal for Education in the Commentary/Theory
Category for the 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards.

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Region 1 Co-director | NC English Teachers Association | 2009-2011, 2014-present
Conference Chair | NC English Teachers Association | 2011-2014
Faculty Writing and Learning Community Leader | East Carolina University | 2013-2014
University Writing Program Workshop Facilitator | East Carolina University | 2009-2013
Writing Foundations Portfolio Assessment Committee | East Carolina University | 2012
QEP Working Group: Writing Instructors Network | East Carolina University | 2012
Composition Committee Member | Department of English | East Carolina University | 2012
QEP Working Group: Student Learning Outcomes | East Carolina University | 2011
Computers and Writing Committee Member | Department of English | East Carolina University | 2002

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New Pathways Digital Badging Framework Design Team | National Writing Project | 2015-present

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CURRICULUM VITAE
Making Connected Learning MOOC Developer | National Writing Project | 2013-2015
Makerspace Design Consultant | JH Rose High School | 2015-2016
Makerspace Design Consultant | Joyner Library | East Carolina University | May 2015
Makerspace Design Consultant | Pitt County Schools Media Center Coordinators | February 2015
Technical Writing Intern | Office of Technology Transfer | East Carolina University | 2002-2003
Writer and Designer | Guide to Early Childhood Services | Martin/Pitt Partnership for Children | 2002-2003
Writer and Designer | Five Year Comprehensive Plan | City of Rocky Mount | 2002

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Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, 2016
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Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, since 2016
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North Carolina Writing Project Partnership, since 2009
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