Antonio Alexander Byrd

Doctoral Candidate in Composition and Rhetoric

University of Wisconsin-Madison
600 North Park Street
Madison, WI 53706
aabyrd@wisc.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Composition and Rhetoric expected graduation: 2019

University of Wisconsin – Madison
Dissertation: In Pursuit of Uncommon Literacies: African American Adults’ Experience in a Code Bootcamp
Committee: Kate Vieira (chair); Christa Olson, Morris Young, John Diamond, Matthew Berland

M.L.A., emphasis in English 2014

Auburn University at Montgomery

B.S. Secondary Education, concentration in English/Language Arts 2011

Auburn University at Montgomery

Programming Languages: Swift, Python

AREAS OF INTEREST
African American history and digital literacies, computer programming as a literacy, qualitative
research methods, multimodal composition and assessment, writing center administration

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth Instructor 2015 - 2018
Graduate Instructor of College Writing 2015 - 2017
Writing Center Instructor 2015 - Present

Auburn University at Montgomery

Graduate Instructor of College Writing 2013 - 2014
Instructor of Adult ELL 2013 – 2014
Instructor of K12 ELL Summers 2012—2014
Writing Consultant 2012 – 2014

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENT

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Assistant Director of Writing Center Programs 2017 - 2018

Helped plan and lead monthly full-staff meetings that covered a variety of topics including
stereotype threat, tutoring students with disabilities, and supporting experienced writers. Planned,
coordinated, and led ongoing-education sessions for over 50 new and experienced writing tutors on
such topics as partnering writing centers with co-curricular programs, tutoring English language
learners, and writing an inclusion statement for the Writing Center. Supervised 50 tutors and
undergraduate front desk workers.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

L&S Community of Graduate Research Scholars Fellowship 2018

CCCC Scholars for the Dream Award 2016
Advanced Opportunity Fellowship 2014 – 2015

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Under Review
“‘Like Coming Home’: African American Adults Tinkering and Playing Toward a Code Bootcamp.”
Article.

“Between Learning and Opportunity: A Study of African American Adult Coders’ Networks of
Support.” Article.

Works in Progress
“Making the Literacy Pivot with Coding.” Article.

“Ellison’s Views About Writing.” Invisible Man: Critical Insights. Ed. Robert C. Evans. Salem Press.
2018. Book Chapter.

Book Chapters
“Scholarship on Arthur Miller’s The Crucible: 2000-2017.” The Crucible: Critical Insights.
Ed. Robert C. Evans. Salem Press. 2018. Print.

“The Works of Tim O’Brien: A Selected Annotated Bibliography.” Critical Insights:

Tim O’Brien. Ed. Robert C. Evans. Salem/Gray House. 2015. 283-298. Print.

WEB PUBLICATIONS

“Chasing After an Emerging Genre: Creating a Writing Center Workshop for Diversity Statements.”
Another Word: From the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Blog Post.
November 7, 2017.

“Broadening the Stakes of the Response to Racism at UW-Madison.” Co-author with Neil
Simpkins, Virginia Schwarz, Rachel Carroll, Madison365. June 29, 2016. Article.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“Naming What Matters: African American Adult Coders’ Networks of Support.” Thomas R.
Watson Conference. Louisville, KY. 2018.

“In Pursuit of Uncommon Literacies: How African American Adults Construct

Coding Identities.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Qualitative
 Research Network. Kansas City, MO. 2018.

“In Pursuit of Uncommon Literacies: How African American Adults Construct

Coding Identities.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Research
Network Forum. Kansas City, MO. 2018.

"Q Tips: Testing Innovations in Online Tutoring.” Co-panelists, Matthew Fledderjohann, Maggie
Hamper, and Jennifer Finstrom. IWCA Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. 2017.

“Re-Imagining the Other: Middle Class and Capitalist Values in Black Girls Code and Yes We Code
Narratives.” Computers and Writing. Graduate Research Network. Findlay, OH. 2017.

“The Color-Line and Computational Literacy.” Conference on College Composition

and Communication. Houston, TX. 2016. Presented.

“Assessment as Empowerment: Grading Contracts and Collaborative Rubrics.” Co-presenter,

Virginia Schwarz. TYCA-Midwest Conference. Overland Park, KS. 2015.

INVITED GUEST LECTURES

“From Code Bootcamp to Internship: Whiteness in Coding Literacy.” Engineering Summer

Program, with Virginia Schwarz, Technical Communication, Summer 2018, UW Madison.

“Dreams and Realities of a Coding Public.” undergraduate course, with Kathleen Daly, Comm Arts
478: Rhetoric and Power on the Internet, Spring 2018, UW-Madison.

“Like Coming Home: Journeys to a Code Bootcamp.” Undergraduate course, with Professor Kate
Vieira, Composition and Rhetoric, Fall 2017, UW-Madison.

“What Are the Consequences of Coding Literacy?” Undergraduate course, Amanda Pratt,
Composition and Rhetoric, Fall 2017, UW-Madison.

“What Are the Consequences of Coding Literacy?” Undergraduate course, with Virginia Schwarz,
Composition and Rhetoric, Spring 2017, UW-Madison.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Intermediate College Writing: Writing Algorithmic Rhetoric Spring 2017
Intermediate College Writing: Arguing in Digital Spaces. Fall 2016
Introduction to College Writing: Discourse Communities. 2015 – 2016

Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth

Media Studies in a Digital Age Summer 2015 – 2017

Auburn University at Montgomery

Research Writing: Digital Universe Spring 2013 and 2014
 College Writing: Discourse Communities and Academic Genres Fall 2013

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Department
Graduate Welcome Committee Co-Chair 2016 – 2017
Member of Graduate Welcome Committee 2015 – 2017

Professional
CCCC Social Justice at the Convention Committee 2018 - 2021
Social Justice and Activism at 2018 Cs (SJAC) Task Force Facilitator 2018
WPA-GO Travel Grant Award Committee 2017 - 2018
WPA-GO Publications Task Force 2015 - 2017

Program
Commenting Mentor for Writing Fellows Program 2016 – 2018
Composition and Rhetoric Colloquium Committee 2015 – 2016
Composition and Rhetoric Memorial Library Liaison 2014 – 2015

PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS TAUGHT

Writing Diversity Statements for the Academic Job Market, Madison, WI 2017 - 2018
Read Like a Jedi: Five Effective Strategies for Reading Sources, Madison, WI 2018
Writing Book Reviews for Publication, Madison, WI 2018
Abstracts for the Undergraduate Symposium, Madison, WI 2018
Creating Research Posters 2018
Composing the All-Important Cover Letter, Madison, WI 2017

PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

L&S TA Training in Online Instruction, Madison, WI 2018

“How Tutoring Online Matters for Professional Development,” Madison, WI 2018
“Race, Identity, and Difference Workshop,” Madison, WI 2017
“Multimodal Workshop,” Madison, WI 2017
“Read Aloud Ongoing Education,” Madison, WI 2016
“Eli Review Online Workshop,” Online 2016
“Keyboards, Google Docs, and Big Screens,” Madison, WI 2016
“English 100: Access and Disability,” Madison, WI 2016

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
National Council of Teachers of English
College Composition and Communication
International Writing Center Association