Degree: Ph.D. English specializing in Rhetoric and Composition 2002
Dissertation: The Diffusion of New Media Scholarship: Power, Innovation and Resistance in Academe.
Dissertation Director: Joseph M. Moxley
Degree: M.A. English 1995
Degree: B.A. English 1977
Assistant Professor in the English Department, Bowling Green State University,2002 to Present
High School English Teacher,Hillsborough County Schools, Tampa, Florida 1986 to 1999
ENG 388 Introduction to Technical Writing, Spring 2003 - 20 students; Spring 2004 - 20 students
ENG 488 Advanced Technical Writing, Spring 2003 - 16 students; Spring 2005 - 12 students
ENG 388 Introduction to Technical Writing (online),Fall 2003 - 21 students; Summer 2003 - 16 students; Summer 2005 - 21 students
ENG 389 Professional Editing, Spring 2005 - 20 students
ENG 489 Technical Communication Internship Fall 2004 - 2 students;Summer 2005 - 1 student
ENG 487/580 Science Writing, Spring 2005 - 8 students
101 Communication for Leaders (Professional Communication Module), Summer 2003 - 19 students; Summer 2005 - 30 students
ENG 640 Technical Writing,Fall 2002 - 11 students
ENG 649/ACCT 649 Introduction to Technical Writing for Accountants, Fall 2002 - 16 students; Fall 2003 - 16 students; Fall 2004 - 36 students (two sections)
ENG 641 Research in Technical Communication, Spring 2004 - 11 students
ENG 641 Research in Technical Communication (online), Fall 2005 - 3 students
ENG 640 Technical Writing (online), Summer 2004 - 9 students
ENG 689 Technical Communication Internship,Summer 2005 - 8 students
ENG 642 Technical Editing, Fall 2005 - 5 students
Sergey Rybas M.A. 2004 Online Education in a Diverse Community:The Influence of Usability on the Effectiveness of Online Tutorials
Renata Harden M.A. 2004 Black English Amongst Black Professionals In the Workplace
Marilyn Yaquinto Ph.D. Ethnic Studies (Expected 2006) Cinematic Cops: Policing Whiteness, Masculinity, and the Nation in the Global Ghetto
Deb Shelt Ph.D. Educational Administration and Leadership Studies (Expected) Learning Styles, Self-Efficacy, and Satisfaction with Online Learning: Is Online Learning for Everyone?
Bethany WoolfM.A. 2005 Integrative Medicine's Rhetorical Representation of CAM
Yahui Zhang M.A. 2004The Feasibility of Teaching Technical Communication at X'ian Language University in China
Olga Menagarishvilli M.A. 2003 The Analysis of the Use and Usability of Internet Dictionaries of Science and Technology
ENG 388, 487, 488 Online
ENG 640 Online- Technical Writing
ENG 641 Online- Resources and Research in Technical Communication
ENG 642 Online- Technical Editing
ENG 643 Online-Ethics in Technical Communication
Online Graduate Certificate Program in International Scientific and Technical Communication
COSMOS Math and Science Education Learning Community, BGSU, 2006-2008.
Educational Technology Convergence Project, BGSU, 2004-2005
New Faculty Research and Teaching Learning Community, CTLT, 2003-2004.
Presenting Data and Information. Edward Tufte. Chicago, October 2003.
This seminar covered fundamental strategies of designing tables, graphs, and semi-graphics to present statistical evidence in scientific, business, legal, and financial presentations. As a result of my participation, I am better informed and prepared to teach these strategies to technical communication program students in a variety of our graduate and undergraduate courses.
the evolving genre of electronic theses and dissertations
how the increasing use of multimediaand alternative document structures work to shape what counts as knowledge in various disciplines
the effects of the diffusion of digital scholarship within the social system of academe
how multimedia integrated with text in a document affects the construction of its meaning by readers
potential for remediating the genre of the geology field notebook
electronic medical records
Recipient, Ohio Learning Network Grant ($20,000) for development of the Digital Literacy Communication Studio, a project of the English Department, to assist faculty and graduate students in developing online courses, e-portfolios, and electronic theses and dissertations, 2004.
Recipient, travel grant ($600) to visit dissertation archive at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany (CAS and Faculty Research Committee combined grant), 2003.
"Technical Communicators as Change Agents in the Innovation Diffusion Process." A proposal submitted to ATTW Conference 2005. Under review.
Conducted field research during summer 2005 at BGSU geology field camp in Durango, Colorado, to determine the feasibility of remediating the traditional manuscript field notebook to digital form. Currently analyzing data to report findings.
Conducted field research during summer 2007 at University of Michigan geology field camp in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to observe, interview, and analyze digital field notebook content generated by students in the field. Currently analyzing data to report findings.
"Digital Studio as Method: Collaboratively MigratingTheses and Dissertations into the Technological Ecology of English Studies." Technological Ecologies and Sustainability. Edited by Dànielle Nicole DeVoss, Heidi McKee, and Richard Selfe. Under review at Composition and Computers Digital Press.
"Reinventing Audience through Distance." Accepted article/essay for Composing and Revising the Professional/Technical Writing Program. Eds. David Franke and Alex Reid. Refereed collection forthcoming from Parlour Press. Co-authored.
"Constructing Professional Interest Over and Against Resistance." Technology and English Studies: Innovative Professional Paths. James Inman and Beth L. Hewett, Eds. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005. pp. 131-142. Invited book chapter. Refereed collection.
"Teaching Online Workspace Collaboration." STC 2004 Proceedings. May 2004. pp. 184-188. Refereed.
"Resistance to ETDs In Academe: Diffusion of Innovation." Computers and Composition Online. Fall, 2003. http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline. 10 ms. pages. Invited article in a refereed journal.
"Graduate Education and the Evolving Genre of Electronic Theses and Dissertations." Computers and Composition. 19:1 2002. pp. 89-104. Coauthor with Joseph M. Moxley. Refereed article.
Computers & Composition, Detroit. Panel Presentation.
CCCC 2007, New York. Panel Presentation.
"Digital Studio as Method: Bridging the Distance Between Local and Global Writing." Council Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication 2004, Purdue University, October 2004. Refereed national conference.
Addressing Faculty Resistance to Multimedia ETDs: Models for faculty development and training in the assessment of multimedia texts." ETD 2004 Conference, University of Kentucky Lexington, June 2004. Refereed international conference.
"Teaching Online Writing Collaboration." Society for Technical Communication 2004, Baltimore, May 2004. Refereed international conference.
"Resistance to ETDs in Academe: Diffusion of Innovation." ETD 2003 Conference, Berlin, Germany, May 2003. Refereed international conference.
"Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Visual and Cognitive Dimensions." Association for Teachers of Technical Writing 2003, New York City, March 2003. Refereed national conference.
"Online Issues: Asynchronous Email Conferences." Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, March 2002. Refereed national conference.
"Asynchronous Email Conferencing: An Opportunity for Collaborative Writing Online." Writing Under the Sun Conference, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, April 2001. Refereed regional conference.
"Who's Afraid of Intellectual Property Rights Violations? A Graduate Student Perspective." ETD 2001 Conference, Pasadena, California, March 2001. Refereed international conference.
"Intellectual Property for the Next Generation of Scholars." Conference on College Composition and Communication, Denver, 2001. Refereed national conference.
"What's Next for WAC?" Computers and Writing Conference, Ft. Worth, May 2000. Refereed national conference.
"Working Collaboratively Online to Create Electronic Theses and Dissertations," Conference on College Composition and Communication, Minneapolis, April 2000. Refereed national conference.
"Can Barabas Speak? Colonization and Mimicry in Marlow's The Jew of Malta," Fourth International Marlowe Conference, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, June 1998. Refereed international conference.
Graduate Committee, 2007-2008.
CAC, 2005-2006.
Co-Director, S & TC Program, 2004 - 2005.
Graduate Committee, 2004 - 2005.
Society for Technical Communication Student Chapter Faculty Advisor, 2003-2005.
Promotion Review and Tenure Committee, 2003 - 2004.
Scientific & Technical Communication Program Hiring Committee, Spring 2003.
General Studies Writing Program Hiring Committee, Spring 2003.
Teaching Assistant Mentoring Committee, 2001 - 2002. University of South Florida.
ETD Committee, 2004.
Chair, Continuing and Extended Education Committee, 2007-2008.
BG Perspective University Standing Committee, 2006. Bowling Green State University.
Library Director Search Committee, 2001 - 2002. University of South Florida.
Instructional Technology and Distance Learning Council, 2001 - 2002. University of South Florida.
ETD 2006 International Conference. Quebec, Canada. Universite Laval. Program Committee and Reviewer. Awards Committee.
Board of Directors, Networked Digital Library of Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004 - 2007. Awards Committee.
ETD 2004 International Conference. Lexington, Kentucky. Program Committee and Reviewer. Awards Committee.
ETD 2003 International Conference. Berlin, Germany. Program Committee and Reviewer.
Computers and Composition Online. Editorial Review Board, 2003 - present.
Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination Honors Award: "Pass with Distinction," 2002.