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Dr. Michael A. Pemberton 516 Fox Court Path Statesboro, GA 30461 (912) 764-9770
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Department of Writing & Linguistics Georgia Southern University, P.O. Box 8026 Statesboro, GA 30460 (912) 871-1383 e-mail: michaelp@georgiasouthern.edu |
EDUCATION
Ph.D. English & American Literature/Composition Studies, University of California,
San Diego 1990
M.A. English, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 1984
B.A. Motion Picture/TV Production, University of California, Los Angeles 1975
Associate Professor, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 2003 – present
Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 1999 – 2003
Director, University Writing Center, Georgia Southern University, 1999 – present
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), 1990 – 99
Director, The Writers' Workshop (campus writing center), UIUC, 1990 – 99
Acting Director, Division of Business & Technical Writing, UIUC, 1998 – 99
Associate Director, Center for Writing Studies, UIUC, 1990 – 99
Director of Outreach Programs, Dept. of English, UIUC, 1996 – 99
Director of Instructional Computing, Dept. of English, UIUC, 1996 – 98
Instructor, University of California, San Diego, 1985 – 90
Instructor, Long Beach City College, 1988 – 90
Instructor, Southwestern Community College, Summer 1985
Lecturer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1981 – 84
BOOKS PUBLISHED
Shifting the Center of Africanism: Language, Economic Regionalism, and Globalization; Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference on African Linguistics (with Olaoba Arasanyin). Sommerville, MA: Cascadilla Press, 2006. Online version available at: http://www.lingref.com/cpp/acal/36/index.html
Bookmarks: A Guide to Research and Writing, 3rd ed. (with John Ruszkiewicz and Janice R. Walker). Longman Publishing, July 2005.
The Center Will Hold: Critical Perspectives on Writing Center Scholarship (with Joyce Kinkead). Logan: Utah State University Press, 2003.
· Winner, Best Book Award (2003), International Writing Centers Association
· Winner, Best Book Award (2003-04), Council of Writing Program Administrators
Bookmarks: A Guide to Research and Writing, 2nd ed. (with John Ruszkiewicz and Janice R. Walker). Longman Publishing, August 2002.
The Ethics of Writing Instruction: Issues in Theory and Practice. Stamford, CT: Ablex, 2000.
BOOKS IN PROGRESS
Writing Centers. A volume in the Reference Guides to Rhetoric and Composition series published by Parlor Press; Charles Bazerman, series editor. Expected manuscript completion date: August 2008.
Bookmarks: A Guide to Research and Writing, 4th ed. (with John Ruszkiewicz and Janice R. Walker). Longman Publishing, scheduled for publication in 2008.
Points of Contact: Readings Across the Curriculum (with Steve Sherwood). Textbook of readings for WAC and first-year composition programs. Under contract to Longman Publishers, scheduled for publication in 2008.
“Reconceiving Authority in the Writing Center: Beyond the Tryptich of Race, Class, and Gender.” (with Suellynn Duffey).
“Word Processors and Composition.” Digital Tools in Composition Studies: Critical Dimensions and Implications, Ollie Oveido, Byron Hawk, and Joyce Walker, eds. (forthcoming 2008). 30 pp.
“Reflections on Across the Disciplines.” Editor’s Column, Across the Disciplines (Feb. 15, 2007). http://wac.colostate.edu/atd/editor/
“Foreword.” Selected Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference on African Linguistics: Shifting the Center of Africanism: Language, Economic Regionalism, and Globalization (with Olaoba F. Arasanyin). Medford, MA: Cascadilla Press, 2006. v-vi.
“Working with Faculty Consultants in the Writing Center: Three Guidelines and a Case History.” The Writing Center Director’s Resource Book, Christina Murphy and Byron Stay, eds. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2006. 403-416.
“Critique or Conformity?: Ethics and Advocacy in the Writing Center.” The Writing Center Director’s Resource Book, Christina Murphy and Byron Stay, eds. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2006. 261-270.
“Making Better Writers, Not Just Better Writing.” The Eyrie: Newsletter of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Georgia Southern University, 3.1/2 (Fall 2004/Spring 2005): 13.
“On Becoming Editor of Across the Disciplines.” Editor’s Column, Across the Disciplines (June 28, 2005). http://wac.colostate.edu/atd/editor/editor2006.cfm
“How Did You Come to Be Active in the Computers and Writing Community?” Computers and Writing: The Cyborg Era, James A. Inman, ed. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2004: 186.
“Preparing for Hypertext in the Writing Center…Or Not.” Writing Center Journal, 24.1 (2003): 9-24.
· Nominated for IWCA Outstanding Article Award, 2003
“The Writing Lab Newsletter as History.” The Center Will Hold: Critical Perspectives on Writing Center Scholarship, Michael A. Pemberton and Joyce Kinkead, eds. Logan: Utah State UP, 2003: 21-40.
· Nominated for IWCA Outstanding Article Award, 2003
“Introduction: Benchmarks in Writing Center Scholarship” (with Joyce Kinkead). The Center Will Hold: Critical Perspectives on Writing Center Scholarship, Michael A. Pemberton and Joyce Kinkead, eds. Logan: Utah State UP, 2003: 1-20.
“Artful Dodging? Coping with Standardized Literacy Assessments in the Writing Center.” Writing Lab Newsletter 27.3 (November 2002): 6-9.
“Working Relationships between Writing Centers and Writing Across the Curriculum Programs” plus follow-ups and responses, Academic.Writing Forum, Academic.Writing (Spring 2002). http://aw.colostate.edu/forums/spring2002/
“What Must Be Done to Ensure that College Students Communicate Well in Their Fields?” Panelists’ Statements; WAC 2002: The Sixth National Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Houston, TX: Rice University.
Review of Writing Centers and Writing Across the Curriculum Programs: A Developing Partnership (with Joan Mullin). Robert Barnett and Jacob Blumner, eds. Writing Lab Newsletter, 24.9 (May 2000): 12-13.
“Foreword,” in Coogan, David. Electronic Writing Centers: Computing the Field of Composition, Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1999.
“Introduction.” The Ethics of Writing Instruction: Issues in Theory and Practice. Stamford, CT: Ablex, 2000. ix-xvi.
“Toe the Party Line or Subvert from Within?” Travels with the Midwest Writing Centers Association: 1996 & 1997 Conference Proceedings. Shireen Carroll, ed. Davidson, NC: MWCA (1998): 47-66.
“Working with Graduate Students” NWCA Writing Center Resource Manual. Emmitsburg, MD: NWCA Press, 1998: IV.3.1-5
“Writing Across the Curriculum Encounters Asynchronous Learning Networks” (with Gail Hawisher). Electronic Communication Across the Curriculum, Donna Reiss, Art Young, and Dickie Selfe, eds. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1997:17-39.
Reprinted in Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks 1.1 (March 1997).
[http://www.aln.org/alnweb/journal/jaln_Vol1issue1.htm]
Review of Writing Centers: An Annotated Bibliography, Christina Murphy, Joe Law, and Steve Sherwood, Eds., NACADA 17.1 (Spring 1997): 74-5.
“Online Writing Labs (OWLs): A Taxonomy of Options and Issues” (with Muriel Harris). Computers and Composition 12.2 (1995): 145-160.
Reprinted in Barnett, R.W. and J.S. Blumner (eds.) The Allyn and Bacon Guide to
Writing Center Theory and Practice. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2001: 521-540
“Panoramas and Vistas: New Directions in Writing Instruction,” The Clearing House 69.1 (September/October 1995): 5-7.
“Rethinking the WAC/Writing Center Connection,” Writing Center Journal 15.2 (Spring 1995): 116-133.
Reprinted in Barnett, R.W. and J.S. Blumner (eds.) The Allyn and Bacon Guide to
Writing Center Theory and Practice. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2001: 442-457.
“Dependency in the Writing Center: Psychological Profiles and Tutorial Strategies,” Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 10 (Spring 1994): 63-70.
“Computer-Based Research.” Encyclopedia of English Studies and Language Arts, Alan C. Purves, Ed. Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1994: 259-260.
“Modeling Theory and Composing Process Models.” College Composition and Communication, 44 (February 1993): 40-58.
“Tales Too Terrible to Tell: Unstated Truths and Underpreparation in Graduate Composition Programs.” Writing Ourselves into the Story: Unheard Voices in Composition Studies. S. Fontaine and S. Hunter, Eds. Carbondale: Southern Illinois Press, 1993: 154-173.
“Integrating Theory and Ergonomics: Designing the Electronic Classroom,” (with Gail Hawisher) Approaches to Computer Writing Classrooms: Learning from Practical Experience. L. Myers, ed., New York: SUNY Press, 1993: 35-52.
“Threshold of Desperation: Winning the Fight Against Term Paper Mills.” The Writing Instructor, 11 (Spring/Summer 1992): 143-152..
“The Prison, the Hospital, and the Madhouse: Redefining Metaphors for the Writing Center,” The Writing Lab Newsletter, 17 (September 1992): 11-16,
“The Case for Teacher as Researcher in Computers and Composition Studies,” (with Gail Hawisher) The Writing Instructor, 10 (Winter 1991): 77-88 .
“Writing Center Ethics” A monthly column in The Writing Lab Newsletter:
“The Ethics of Content: Negotiating Religious Arguments and Papers in Unfamiliar Disciplines,” 24.1 (September 1999): 14-15, 8.
“The Ethics of Content: Rhetorical Issues in Writing Center Conferences,” 23.8 (April 1999): 10-12.
“Crisis Tutorials,” 23.6 (February 1999): 14-15.
“‘Special Needs’ Students and Writing Centers,” 23.4 (December 1998): 12-13.
“Mediating between Students and Faculty,”23.2 (October 1998): 14-16.
“Tutorial Ethics: Student Personalities,” 23.1 (September 1998): 10-12
“Student Agendas and Expectations for Writing Center Conferences (Part IV Again),” 22.10 (June 1998): 10-11
“Student Agendas and Expectations (Part IV): Requests for Evaluation,” 22.9 (May 1998): 13-14
“Student Agendas for Writing Center Conferences (Part III),” 22.8 (April 1998): 13-15
“Student Agendas and Expectations for Writing Center Conferences (Part II),” 22.7 (March 1998): 12-13
“Student Agendas and Expectations for Writing Center Conferences (Part I),” 22.6 (February 1998): 14-16
“Equity Issues in Hiring for the Writing Center,” 22.5 (January 1998): 14-15
“The Ethics of Choosing and Hiring Tutors (Part 1),” 22.3 (November 1997): 11-12
“Do What I Tell You Because You Control Your Own Writing,” 22.2 (October 1997): 13-14, 5
“A Case in Point,” 22.1 (September 1997): 10-11
“The Ethics of Writing Center Pedagogy,” 21.9 (May 1997): 11-12
“Administrative Contexts and Ethics, Part II,” 21.7 (March 1997): 11-13
“Discerning and Discriminating among Multiple Contexts,” 21.6 (February 1997): 14-15
“Responsibility, Context, and Situational Ethics,” 21.4 (December 1996): 13-14
“Ethical Standards and Writing Centers,” 21.3 (November 1996): 15-16
“Defining Our Terms,” 21.2 (October 1996): 13-14
“Ethics and Diversity,” 21.1 (September 1996): 15-16, 10
“Kiping,” 20.10 (June 1996): 14-15
“Content Is As Content Does,” 20.9 (May 1996): 12-13
“How Collaborative are Take-Home Exams?: Part II,” 20.8 (April 1996): 11-12
“Safe Sex in the Writing Center,” 20.6 (1996): 14-15
“How Collaborative are Take-Home Exams?” 20.5 (1996): 13-14
“Walls,” 20.4 (1995): 13-14
“Sharers and Seclusionists,” 20.3 (1995): 13-14
“Weirdos, Wackos, and Writing Centers,” 20.2 (1995): 11-12
“Grammar Redux, Redux, Redux,” 20.1 (1995): 5-6
“The Question of Expertise,” 19.10 (1995): 15-16
“Equity, Opportunity, and Access,” 19.9 (1995): 15-16
“Teaching, Learning, and Problem-Solving,” 19.8 (1995): 15-16
“Undermining the System,” 19.7 (1995): 15-16
“Ignorance and the Unethical Writing Center,” 19.6 (1995): 13-14
“Questioning Our Own Existence, ” 19.5 (1995): 8-9
“The Three Laws of Tutorics,” 19.4 (1994): 13-14
“Responding (Or Not) as Readers in Context,” 19.3 (1994): 15-16
“Drawing the Line Between Personal and Professional,” 19.2 (1994): 6-7
“Directive Non-Directiveness: Readers' Responses to Troublesome Scenarios, ” 18.10 (1994): 15-16
“Confronting Controversy and Practicing Politics,” 18.7 (1994): 6-7
“The Ethics of Intervention: Part III,” 18.6 (1994): 10
“The Ethics of Intervention: Part II,” 18.5 (1994): 8-9
“The Ethics of Intervention: Part I,” 18.4 (1993): 10, 12
“Telling Stories In and Out of School,” 18.2 (1993): 4
“Reconciling Responsibilities,” 17.10 (1993): 15-16
“Naming Names,” 17.9 (1993): 6-7
“Situating Ourselves and Weighing Consequences,” 17.8 (1993): 6-7
“Lying to Ourselves and Others,” 17.7 (1993): 6-7
“Ethics and Writing Centers,” 17.5 (1993): 14-15
PAPERS, LECTURES, AND READINGS DELIVERED
“The Comic Book in American Culture.” Averitt Center for the Arts, Statesboro, GA: April 11, 2008.
“Using Digital Tools to Assess Writing Center Work.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, New Orleans, LA: April 2008 (accepted).
“Using Contrastive Scenarios to Teach Writing Center Ethics.” Student Success in First Year Composition Conference, Statesboro, GA: February 1, 2008 (accepted).
“‘Houston, We Have a Problem…’: Report on the 2006 Phoenix Symposium on Writing Center Leadership.” International Writing Centers Association Conference, Houston, TX: April 2007.
“The IWCA Assessment and Accreditation Survey of Writing Center Directors.” International Writing Centers Association Conference, Houston, TX: April 2007.
“Writing Center Assessment: Background and Foreground.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, NY: March 2007.
“Japanazis, Jungle Girls, and Jubilee: Using Comic Books to Deconstruct Cultural Stereotypes.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL, April 2006.
“Reconceiving Authority in the Writing Center: Beyond the Tryptich of Race, Class, and Gender.” International Writing Centers Association/National Conference on Peer Tutoring, Minneapolis, MN, October 20, 2005.
“Everything I Need to Know About Information Literacy I Learned in Kindergarten (More or Less).” Keynote address at the Georgia Conference on Information Literacy. Georgia Southern University, September 30, 2005.
“The Past, Present, and Future of Writing Centers.” St. Leo University, St. Leo, Florida, August 19, 2005.
“Student Agency and Writing Programs.” Invited presentation at featured panel. Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, University of Louisville, KY, October 2004.
“Objects and Objectives: The Rhetoric of Writing Center Artifacts.” Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, University of Louisville, KY, October 2004.
“Collecting (and Spreading) the Good Word...about Writing,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio, TX, 2004.
“Partnering with Celebrities, Authors, and CEOs to Teach Writing,” NCTE Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, November 2003.
“Redefining Expertise: Will New Technologies + New Texts = New Tutors?” International Writing Centers Association/National Conference on Peer Tutoring, Hershey, PA 2003
“Hypertext and Writing Centers,” Computers and Writing Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, May 2003.
“The Art of Subversion: Working with Mandated State Literacy Tests in the Writing Center,” International Writing Centers Association Conference, Savannah, GA, April 2002.
“How Can Writing Centers Enhance Disciplinary Communication Skills?” Invited presentation at featured panel, Sixth National Writing across the Curriculum Conference, Houston, TX, March 8, 2002.
“We Don't Need No Steenking Professional Development: The Promise and Pitfalls of Faculty in the Writing Center, ” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL, 2002.
“Faculty and Peer Tutors Working Shoulder to Shoulder,” NCTE Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD, November 17, 2001.
“Crackers: The Textual Community of Software Pirates,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Denver, CO, 2001.
“Getting Better Student Writing with Well-Crafted Assignments,” Success in First-Year Composition Conference, Statesboro, GA, February 9, 2001.
“Teaching Tutorial Ethics with Contrastive Scenarios, ” National Writing Centers Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, November 3, 2000.
“Charting Where We've Been; Predicting Where We'll Be,” Keynote address at the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing, Merrimack College, Andover, MA, October 2000.
“If It's Not My Father's Oldsmobile, Can I Still Call It a Car?: Technology, Literacy, and Transformation in the Writing Center.” Computers and Writing 2000 Conference, Ft. Worth, TX, May 25, 2000.
“‘That Doesn’t Work for Me’: Learning from ESL Graduate Students,” National Writing Centers Association Conference, Bloomington, IN, April 16, 1999.
“Why Not Ask Them?: Using Feedback from ESL Students to Shape Writing Center Pedagogy,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, GA, March 23, 1999.
“Ethical Theory, Composition, and Writing Centers,” Illinois State University Colloquium. Bloomington, IL, February 1999.
“Technology and the Writing Center,” Furman University Colloquium. Greensboro, NC, February 1999.
“The Future of Writing Centers,” University of Delaware Colloquium. Newark, DE, December 11, 1998.
“Turning Current Stories into Future Policy: A Writing Center Perspective,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL, April 4, 1998.
“Toe the Party Line or Subvert from Within?: Politics in the Writing Center,” Keynote address at the Midwest Writing Centers Association Conference, Kansas City, MO, 1997.
“Negotiating Rocks and Hard Places: When the Writing Center Must Confront Faculty.” Workshop at National Writing Centers Association Conference, Park City, UT 1997.
“Not ‘Just’ Writing: Take-Home Exams, Writing Centers, and Faculty Expectations,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Phoenix, AZ, March 13, 1997.
“Border Wars on the Electronic Frontier: The Online Writing Center and WAC at the University of Illinois,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Milwaukee, WI, March 28, 1996.
“Gauging Faculty Attitudes Toward Writing Centers.” Keynote Address at the Central Pennsylvania Consortium of Writing Centers Conference, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, February 17, 1996.
“Reconceiving Graduate Education in Writing.” Panelist at the Graduate Student Conference in Rhetoric and Composition, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, February 2, 1996.
“Using Asynchronous Learning Technologies to Support WAC in the University of Illinois Writing Center.” Paper presented at Second International Writing Centers Conference, St. Louis, MO, September 1995.
“Using Contrastive Scenarios to Teach Writing Center Ethics.” Workshop given at Second International Writing Centers Conference, St. Louis, MO, September 1995.
“The Ethics of Technology in the Writing Center.” Paper presented at Conference on College Composition and Communication, Washington, DC., March 25, 1995.
“Epistemological Warfare: WAC Programs and Writing Centers.” Paper presented at East Central Writing Center Association Conference, Indiana University, March 11, 1995
“Polyphony or Harmony?: The Place of a Writing Center in a WAC Program.” Paper presented at Conference on College Composition and Communication, Nashville, TN, 1994.
“On the Horns of a Writing Center: Confronting Ethical Dilemmas in a Writing Conference.” Paper presented at Learning Assistance Association of New England, Cambridge, MA 1993.
“Dealing with Dependency in the Writing Center.” Paper presented at Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Diego, CA, 1993.
“Assisting Undergraduate and Graduate Students in the Writers' Workshop.” Paper presented at NCTE Annual Convention, Louisville, KY, November 1992.
“Writing Preparation and Expectations for Collegiate Programs.” Panelist at North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Chicago, IL, March 23, 1992.
“Confronting Term Paper Mills: Know the Enemy.” Paper presented at Allerton Articulation Conference, April 1992.
“Lakoff and Johnson Revisited: Metaphors for the Writing Center.” Paper presented at Conference on College Composition and Communication, Cincinnati, OH, March 1992.
“Writing Initiatives at the University of Illinois.” Talk given at DEIL Colloquium, November 6, 1991.
“The Prison, the Hospital, and the Madhouse: Redefining Metaphors for the Writing Center.” Paper given at East Central Writing Centers Association Conference, May 4, 1991, and at Allerton Articulation Conference, April 1991.
“Meeting the Needs of a Diverse Student Body in the Writers' Workshop.” Talk given at Writing Across the Curriculum at UIUC, October 23, 1991.
Guest on WILL-AM "Afternoon Magazine,” call-in talk show, February 21, 1991.
“The Writers' Workshop: Past, Present, and Future.” Paper presented at Writing Across the Curriculum: What Is It? Why Do We Want to Do It?, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, October 1990.
“Empowering Theoretical Discourse: What Do We Mean by a 'Model' of Composing Processes?” Paper presented at Conference on College Composition and Communication, Seattle, WA, 1989.
“Integrating Models of the Planning Process.” Paper presented at Conference on College Composition and Communication, New Orleans, LA, 1986.
In-Service Workshops & Professional Service:
Leader/Facilitator, “Effective Conferencing with Students,” Brown Bag Forum, Department of Writing & Linguistics, February 27, 2007.
“The Academic Success Center and the University Writing Center.” SOAR Presentations (approximately 6-7 per year). 2003-present.
Guest lecturer on Information Literacy, WRIT 3230, Dr. Janice Walker, professor. Georgia Southern University, March 2006.
“Contrasting Response Strategies in the Writing Center and the Classroom,” workshop given at St. Leo University, August 19, 2005.
Program Leader, 2005 Summer Institute for Writing Center Directors and Professionals, University of Kansas, July 10-15, 2005.
“Trading Spaces,” workshop at 2005 Summer Institute for Writing Center Directors and Professionals, University of Kansas, July 11, 2005 (with Anne Geller).
“Writing Fellows/Tutors in Classrooms,” workshop at 2005 Summer Institute for Writing Center Directors and Professionals, University of Kansas, July 12, 2005 (with Carol Sevarino).
“Educating Faculty,” workshop at 2005 Summer Institute for Writing Center Directors and Professionals, University of Kansas, July 13, 2005 (with Frankie Condon).
“Outreach, Publicity, and Marketing,” workshop at 2005 Summer Institute for Writing Center Directors and Professionals, University of Kansas, July 14, 2005 (with Jeanne Simpson).
“From Research to Scholarship II: Projects and Publication,” workshop at 2005 Summer Institute for Writing Center Directors and Professionals, University of Kansas, July 14, 2005 (with Elizabeth Boquet).
Conference Co-Coordinator, 36th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, Savannah, GA, March 31-April 3, 2005
“Disconnecting and Reconnecting the Writing Center with Service Learning,” Writing At/Of the Center, Pre-Conference Workshop at Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio, TX, 2004.
“Ethics – In the Classroom and in the Center,” invited speaker in the Virginia Peck Composition Series, Middle Tennessee State University, February 27, 2004. Conducted workshops on:
“Troublesome Conferences and Confidentiality”
“Working with ESL Students in the Writing Center”
“Challenges in Writing Assessment”
“Effective Assignment Design”
“Integrating Writing into the Texture of Your Class,” CET Workshop for New Faculty, Georgia Southern University, October 6, 2003, and March 2005.
Discussion Leader, Graduate Research Network, Computers and Writing Conference, 2003
“ESL and the Writing Center," Georgia Southern University, April 4, 2003.
“Collaborative Learning Theory and the Writing Center,” Georgia Southern University, November 20, 2002.
“Faculty Involvement in the Writing Center,” IWCA Workshop, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL, 2002.
Chair, “The Writing Center’s Role in the Success of First-Year Composition Students,” Student Success in First-Year Composition Conference, Georgia Southern University, 2002.
“Encouraging Students to Use the University Writing Center” New Faculty Orientation, Georgia Southern University, 2002 & 2003.
“Crafting Successful Writing Assignments” CET Workshop, Georgia Southern University, January 19, 2002, and February 20, 2002 (with Suellynn Duffey).
“Writing Centers and Writing Across the Curriculum Programs,” Georgia Southern University Writing Center, December 4, 2001.
“Teachers and/or Peers?: Negotiating Authority in the Writing Center,” Georgia Southern University Writing Center, November 2, 2001.
“Troublesome Conferences and Troubled Students,” Georgia Southern University Writing Center, October 17, 2001.
“Ebonics, African-American Vernacular English, and the Writing Center,” Georgia Southern University Writing Center, April 26, 2001.
“Teaching Argument in First-Year Composition,” Georgia Southern University Writing Center, April 6, 2001.
“Critical Pedagogy and the Writing Center,” Georgia Southern University Writing Center, March 29, 2001 and April 18, 2003.
“Recognizing and Working with Rhetorical Patterns from Different Cultures,” Georgia Southern University Writing Center, November 29, 2000.
“When Is Grammar Important in a Conference and When Isn’t It?” Georgia Southern University Writing Center, November 10, 2000; November 1, 2002; November 5, 2004.
“Ethical Conferencing: When Are We Giving Too Much Help in Conferences?” Georgia Southern University Writing Center, October 20, 2000; October 11, 2002; November 29, 2004.
Discussion Leader Graduate Student Research Network, Computers and Writing 2000 Conference, Ft. Worth, TX, May 25, 2000
Panelist/Presenter, CCCC Caucus on Intellectual Property and Composition/Communication Skills, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, GA, March 24, 1999.
“Problems, Dilemmas, and Conflict in Conferences,” Denison University, Granville, OH, March 1999.
Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop: directed two-day workshop at the University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL, August 22-23, 1998.
“Teaching for Active Learning through Writing,” 10th Annual All-Campus Teaching Assistants Orientation (Advanced Sessions), UIUC, August 28, 1997.
“Writing and Learning Across the Curriculum: Design and Implementation of Writing Assignments in the Disciplines”: Workshop given at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, February 16, 1996.
“The Critical Features of 'Good' Assignments”: Workshop given at Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, February 16, 1996.
Writing Across the Curriculum (with Gail Hawisher): Two day presentations at Allerton Conference Center, 1991 – 98 [annually].
Writing Across the Curriculum (with Gail Hawisher and Paul Prior): Five day summer workshops for faculty, UIUC, 1991 – 99.
Writing Across the Curriculum (with Gail Hawisher): Two day summer workshops for teaching assistants, UIUC, 1991 – 92.
Numerous presentations about the writing center in courses across campus
Editor, Across the Disciplines, international peer-reviewed online journal focusing on interdisciplinary rhetoric and writing across the curriculum programs, 2005 – present. http://wac.colostate.edu/atd/
Editor, Illinois English Bulletin, 1996 – 1999
Founding co-editor, Language and Learning Across the Disciplines, 1993 – 2001
Guest editor, The Clearing House, special issue on writing instruction, September/October 1995
Assistant Editor, CCCC Bibliography of Rhetoric and Composition, 1984 – 1999 (http://ibiblio.org/cccc/credits.html)
Consulting reader, College Composition and Communication, 2005 – 2006
Editorial board, Writing and Pedagogy, 2007 – present
Editorial board, The WAC Clearinghouse, 2005 – present
Editorial board, WPA: Writing Program Administration, 2004 – present
Editorial board, Across the Disciplines, 2003 – 2005
Editorial board, The Writing Center Journal, 1995 – present
Editorial board, Computers and Composition, 1990 – present
Editorial board, Academic.Writing (electronic journal), 2001 – 2005
Editorial board, International Writing Center Association Press, 1995 – present
Editorial board, Language and Learning Across the Disciplines, 2001 – 2003
Advisory board, National Writing Center Research Project, University of Louisville, 2000 – present
At-Large Member, Executive Board, International Writing Centers Association, 2004 – present
Past President, International Writing Centers Association, 2001 – 2003
President, International Writing Centers Association, 1999 – 2001
Vice President, National Writing Centers Association, 1998 – 1999
Second Vice President, National Writing Centers Association, 1997 – 1998
Acting Secretary, National Writing Centers Association, 1996 – 1997
Treasurer, National Writing Centers Association, 1995 – 1997
Listowner, NWCA-L, discussion list for International Writing Centers Association executive board, 1998 – 2002
Executive Secretary, Illinois Association of Teachers of English, 1996 – 1999
Member, Southeastern Writing Centers Association Awards Expansion Initiative Team, 2002
Member, WPA Consultant Evaluator Board, 2007 – present
Chair, IWCA Committee on Assessment and Accreditation, 2005 – present
Member, IWCA Finance Committee, 2004 – present
Judge, Georgia Charter School Association annual essay contest, 2005.
Judge, CCCC Writing Programs of Excellence Awards, 2005.
Judge, Outstanding Director and Tutor Awards, Southeastern Writing Centers Association, 2003, 2004
Judge, NCTE Affiliate Journals Award Competition, 1999
Proposal Reader, International Writing Centers Association Conference, 2002.
Chair, IWCA Best Article Award Committee, 2003
Reviewer, book manuscript, In the Center, IWCA Press, 2004.
Reviewer, book manuscript, Doing Synchronous: Researching Real-Time Computer Environments within the Composition Classroom, Hampton Press, 2002.
Reviewer, Bookmarks, 1st ed., Longman, 2001
Reviewer, book manuscript, Electronic Writing Centers: Computing the Field of Composition, Computers & Composition series (Ablex), 1999
Reviewer, book manuscript, Taking Flight with OWLS: Research into Technology Use in Writing Centers, University of Illinois Press, 1997
Reviewer, book manuscript, Intersections: Theory-Practice in the Writing Center, NCTE 1994
Reviewer, book manuscript, The Blair Handbook, Blair Press, 1992.
Reviewer, book proposal, Critical Mythologies, St. Martin's Press, 1992.
Reviewer, book proposal, Writing for All Situations; Theory and Practice: Essays on the
Application of Theory in Writing Centers, NCTE, 1991 – 92.
Proposal Reviewer, Idaho State Board of Education, 1991 – 1992.
Contributing bibliographer, CCCC Bibliography of Rhetoric and Composition, 1989 – 1994.
Writing Consultant for the New Standards Project, 1992 – 94. [Task development and review, rubric design for writing assessment, reader/scorer training]
Reader for Educational Testing Service (since 1988): TWE exam, Statewide Subject A exam (for University of California) 1988 – 90, CBEST exam, AP exam in Language and Literature 1990 – 97. Table Leader for TWE exam 1990, 92, 94, 96, 97.
Member, Publishers and Professionals Committee, NCTE, 2000.
Lead QEP Evaluator, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools reaffirmation review of Auburn University, Montgomery (April 1-3, 2008).
External Reviewer, tenure and promotion reviews for candidates at Merrimack College, Dickinson College, University of Idaho, University of Colorado, and elsewhere.
External Writing Program Reviewer, George Washington University, 2006. Visited, reviewed, and assessed the writing center and first year writing program.
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
Included in CompBiblio: Leaders and Influences in Composition Theory and Practice. “Chapter 34: Michael A. Pemberton,” Eds. Allison D. Smith, Trixie G. Smith, and Karen Wright. Southlake, TX: Fountainhead Press, 2007. 233-239.
Interviewed for WCRP Oral History Archive, Writing Centers Research Project, University of Louisville, 11/14/2005. Interviewed (video and transcript) for permanent archive of “historically significant writing center professionals” (http://coldfusion.louisville.edu/webs/a-s/wcrp/oral.cfm).
Subject of Feature Article (2/20/2005). “More than Heroes: College Course Charts Interplay Between Comic Books and Culture” (by Christopher Sheets). Statesboro Herald: Lifestyles section (C 1, 4).
Nominated for University Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Georgia Southern University, 2005.
Best Book Award (2004) for The Center Will Hold,International Writing Centers Association.
Best Book Award (2004) for The Center Will Hold,Council of Writing Program Administrators.
CLASS Award for Excellence in Service (2002), Georgia Southern University, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.
Full member of Graduate Faculty, Georgia Southern University, 2000 – present.
Outstanding Scholarship Award (1994) from the National Writing Centers Association for “Writing Center Ethics” columns in the Writing Lab Newsletter.
COURSES TAUGHT:
At Georgia Southern University:
WRIT 4130: Creative Nonfiction
WRIT 3530: Introduction to Composition Studies
WRIT 3430: Grammar & Linguistics for Teachers
WRIT 3133: The Comic Book in American Culture
WRIT 3131: Teaching Writing
ENGL 1101: College Writing I
ENGL 1102: College Writing II
RGTE 0199: Regents Writing Review
At UIUC:
English 493: Professional Seminar in the Teaching of Writing (graduate seminar)
English 405: Writing Studies I (graduate seminar)
English 478: Research, Inquiry and Methodology in Composition Studies (graduate seminar)
English 382: Writing Technologies
English 381: Theory and Practice of Written Composition
English 302: Descriptive English Grammar
English 355: Independent Study
English 199: Independent Study
Rhetoric 227: Advanced Expository Writing
DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
Department:
Chair, Search Committee, Writing & Culture (2 positions), 2006
First Year Writing Committee, 1999 – 2000, 2005-present
Chair, University Writing Center Committee 1999 – present
Strategic Planning Committee, 2000 – present
Curriculum Committee, 2001 – present
Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2003 – 2005
Area Coordinator, Writing and Culture, 2003-2004
Chair, Search Committee, Rhetoric and Composition, 2001
Search Committee, Minority and Cultural Studies, 2001
Co-chair, Search Committee, Linguistics (2 positions), 2000
Success in First-Year Composition Conference Committee, 2002
Linguistics Committee, 2001
Technology, Teaching, and Writing Committee, 1999 – 2001
Interdisciplinary Relationships Committee, 2000 – 2001
Judge, Outstanding Student Essays competition, 1999 – 2000
College/University:
Director, University Writing Center, 1999 – present
Reader, Georgia Southern University Commencement, Spring 2007
Promotion Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Fall 2006
Technology Committee, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, 2006-07
Marshal, University Commencement, Fall 2005
Co-Coordinator, Annual Conference on African Linguistics, 2004-05
Reader, Georgia Southern University Commencement, Spring 2004
Faculty Service Awards Committee, 2002 – 2004
Task Force for Academic Success Center, 2000
Department:
Director, Writers’ Workshop, 1990 – 99
Associate Director, Center for Writing Studies, 1990 – 99
Acting Director, Division of Business and Technical Writing, 1998 – 99
Director of Outreach Programs, 1996 – 99
Director of Instructional Computing, Dept. of English, 1996 – 98
Department:
Grade Review Committee, 1993
Professional Writing Programs Committee, 1991 – 93
Search Committee, Director of Business and Technical Writing, 1990 – 91
Search Committee, Assistant Professor (Writing Studies), 1990 – 91
Search Committee, Assistant Professor (B&TW), 1991
Rhetoric Advisory Committee, 1990 – 99
Allerton Articulation Committee, 1990 – 99
Rhetoric Textbook Review Committee, 1990.
College/University:
Search Committee, University Librarian/Information Specialist, 1998
Undergraduate Library Advisory Committee, 1994
Graduate Programs Committee, Center for Writing Studies, 1991 – 99
Campus-Wide Writing Advisory Committee, 1990 – 99
Executive Committee, Center for Writing Studies, 1990 – 99
Language Learning Lab Committee, 1990 – 93
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Technology Committee, Charter Conservatory for Liberal Arts and Technology (CCAT), 2004 – 2006.
Linked WRIT 3131 (Teaching Writing) students with World Literature and American Literature classes at CCAT to create assignments, read and respond to student drafts, and evaluate final papers.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
National Council of Teachers of English
Conference on College Composition and Communication
International Writing Centers Association
Southeastern Writing Centers Association
Council of Writing Program Administrators
REFERENCES (more available upon request):
Joan Mullin, Professor Muriel Harris, Emeritus Professor
Division of Rhetoric and Composition Department of English (retired)
University of Texas, Austin Purdue University
Austin, TX 78712 500 Oval Drive
(512) 232-2665 West Lafayette, IN 47907-1356
jmullin@mail.utexas.edu (765) 494-3723
Janice Walker, Assoc. Professor Joyce Kinkead, Professor
Dept. of Writing and Linguistics Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies
Georgia Southern University, Box 8026 Utah State University
Statesboro, GA 30460 Logan, UT 84322-0700
(912) 871-1327 (435) 797-1706
jwalker@georgiasouthern.edu jkinkead@hass.usu.edu
Gail Hawisher, Professor
Director, Center for Writing Studies
Department of English
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
608 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-2989