Dr. Roxanne Kirkwood

Roxanne Kirkwood
English Department
One John Marshall Drive
Huntington, WV 25755
304-696-6629

Education:
Ph.D., Rhetoric
December 2005 Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
Dissertation Title:
Liminal Spaces in Popular Culture: Social Change Through Rhetorical Agency
Dr. Lou Thompson, director

M.A., Technical and Expository Writing
May 2000 University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
Thesis title:
Memoirs of a Technical Project: A Critical Look at Computers in Schools
Dr. Barry Maid, director

B.A., Professional and Technical Writing
May 1997

B.A., English
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR

Publications:

“Who’s Really a Cyberfeminist? Women Write Back: The Rhetoric of Pro-Ana Websites.” Webbing Cyberfeminist Practice: Communities, Pedagogies, and Social Action. Kristine Blair, Radhika Gajjala, and Christine Tulley, eds. Hampton Press. With Christa Downer, Morgan Gresham, and Sandi Reynolds. Spring 2006.

“Support Choice, Support People: An Argument for the Study of Pro-Anorexia Websites.” Atenea. June 2005.

Provided two contracted sample proposals for The Writer’s Harbrace Handbook. Eds. Cheryl Glenn, Robert Keith Miller and Suzanne Strobeck Webb. Ed. Thomson Heinle, 2002.

Under Review:
Writing Family Trees: The Academic Family of Women in Rhetoric and Composition Submitted for review. With Morgan Gresham.

Presentations & MODERATIONS :
“It’s My Body and I’ll Spread if I Want to: Writing the Body Electronically.” Pop Culture Association. Atlanta, GA, April 2006.

“Writing Family Trees: What Research on Mentoring Can Tell Us about Rhetoric and Composition.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, Illinois, March 2006.

“What to Expect When You’re Expecting…to Get a Job.” Mentoring SIG. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, Illinois, March 2006.

“Tracing Our Family Trees: An Interactive Investigation of Women in Rhetoric and Composition.” Feminisms and Rhetorics. Houghton, MI, October 2005.

“Looking Back to See Forward: Mentoring and Academic Family Trees.” Mentoring SIG. Conference of College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, California, March 2005.

“New Faces of Racism: A Critical Race Feminist Analysis of the "New" Racist Rhetoric.” Rhetoric Society of America: 11th Biennial Conference. Austin, Texas, May 2004. “Woman (Dis)Orders: Women Writing Back, Writing the Web.” Roundtable Discussion. Southwest/Texas Pop Culture Association Conference. San Antonio, Texas, April 2004.

“From Grammar Police to Guardians of the Ivory Tower: Examining the Assumptions behind ‘Policing the Academy’.” Conference of College Composition and Communication. San Antonio, Texas, March 2004.

“Woman (Dis)Ordered: Constructing Feminist Responses to (Mental) Illness.” Roundtable Discussion. Fourth Biennial Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference. Columbus, Ohio, October 2003.

“Why I Still Believe In Co-Teaching: One Writing Teacher’s Narrative of Growth and Self-Evaluation.” Conference of College Teachers of English. San Antonio, Texas, February 2003.

“Here a Tutor, There a Tutor: Taking Tutoring to the Students.” Roundtable Discussion. South Central Writing Centers Association Conference. Fayetteville, Arkansas, February 2003.

Untitled: Panel on First Year Writing Portfolios. Roundtable Discussion. English Graduates for Academic Development. Commerce, Texas, April 2002. “The Importance of Mentoring Protégés.” UALR Teaching of Technical Writing Workshop. Little Rock, Arkansas, July 1998.

Moderator. “Multi-Media Electronic Literature Series.” Computers and Writing Online. April - May 2002.

Moderator. “Rhetoric and Politics, Rhetoric and Terrorism.” Federation of North Texas Rhetoric Symposium. Denton, Texas, February 2002.

Academic Positions:
Director of Writing
Marshall University, Huntington, WV
August 2006 – present

Assistant Professor
Marshall University, Huntington, WV
August 2005 – present

Assistant Director for First-Year Composition
Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
2003 – 2004

Assisted with both the administration and development of the First-Year Writing Program through:
mentoring new instructors
facilitating the professional development of Graduate Teaching Assistants
serving on the First-Year Composition Committee
promoting writing by providing workshops to university courses across the curriculum

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
2001 – 2005

Teach First-Year Composition courses and upper-level courses in computer classrooms and through online environments.
Adjunct Instructor
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2003 – 2005

Teach online course in Technical Editing.
Adjunct Instructor
North Central Texas College, Corinth, TX
Fall 2003 and Fall 2004

Taught Technical Writing.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Fall 1999, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR

Taught first-year Composition.
Courses Taught:
Rhetoric 1311 – Composition I: practice in writing, with an emphasis on personal, expressive writing, as well as transactional writing.
ENG 1013 - Composition I: theory and practice of written and oral exposition and research in traditional and electronic environments; rhetorical principles and organization in practice. Experimental strategies include co-teaching and focusing on identity rhetoric.
ENG 1023 - Composition II: theory and practice of critical exposition and rhetorical analysis in traditional and electronic environments; composing persuasive and investigative texts based on research. Experimental strategies include teaching in the writing center and focusing on political rhetoric.
FL 2013 - Mythology: survey of world mythologies and their global influence on the fine arts and literature. Co-taught in a MOO.
ENG 3203 - Advanced Grammar and Composition: concentration on the basic terminology and procedures of English grammar, rhetoric, and composition, with intensive practice. Specific focus: preparing students for exams for Texas teacher certification. Also prepared an online section.
ENG 2311 - Technical Writing: study of presentations of technical information to non-technical audiences through samples of such writing and through practice in specific tasks, such as process analyses, object descriptions, instructions, reports, manuals and business correspondence.
TWC 431/531 - Technical Editing: basic principles of technical editing (for print and electronic media) including copyediting, reviews, standards, style, and project management. This course includes both undergraduates and graduate students and it is taught solely online.
ENG 101 – Introduction to academic writing with emphasis on writing as multi-stage process, critical thinking, and fundamental research strategies and skills.
ENG 102 – Academic writing with an emphasis on research related writing and higher levels of critical thinking and reading.
ENG 354 – Scientific and Technical Writing: Types and styles of written reports required in science, governement, industry, and medicine. Practical applications adapted to the needs of the individual student.
Writing and Culture: A study of the way writing and culture re-vision each other.
Feminist Rhetoric: An intensive study of discourses which challenge patriarchy and hierarchy including (but not limited to) feminist histories of discourse, feminist theories, feminist pedagogies, feminist epistemologies, and feminist uses of technology.
Writing and Technology: The study of writing as it intersects with technology. The course will focus particularly on the creation, delivery, and reception of rhetorical messages through a variety of modes including text, image, sound, film, bodies, and more.
Visual Rhetoric: The study of meaning which is conveyed to an audience through means other than traditional text. The course helps students learn how to identify the often un-recognized uses of visual rhetoric, analyze those uses, and ultimately create visual rhetoric themselves.
ENG 640 – Teaching College English: The course focuses on pedagogy and practical application of pedagogy in the first-year writing class.

Courses Taken:
Technical Communication - Computer Documentation
Document Design
Writing on the Web
Working with Writers
Editing for Usage and Style
Teaching Technical Writing
Technical Writing
Technical Style and Editing
Co-Op Education – newsletter for daycare
Co-Op Education – technical writer for Riceland Foods, Inc.

Rhetoric – Rhetorical Theory
History of Rhetoric I and II
Composition Theory
Rhetoric and Composition
Language Theory
Issues and Skills in Rhet Comp – Focus on WPA work
Major Rhet Theories – Visual Rhetoric
Major Rhet Theories – Film and Rhetoric
Major Rhet Theories – Disability Rhetoric
Major Rhet Theories – Bakhtin
Research Methods in Rhet and Comp
Studies in Rhet Criticism
Ind Study – History of Rhetoric
Ind Study – Identity Rhetoric
Transgressing Identities – Critical Race Theory and Queer Theory, Women of Color

Languages and Literature – Old & Middle English (language)
Romantic Period – Coleridge
Chaucer
Studies in Ethnic Literature – Ethnic Novel
Studies in American Literature – Ethnic Short Stories
Studies in American Literature – short stories

Prepared to Teach:
Rhetorical Criticism
Rhetorical History
Composition Theory
First Year Writing
Identity Rhetoric
20th Century American Literature

Research Interests:
Rhetorical Criticism
Composition Theory and Pedagogy
Technical and Professional Communication
Writing Program Administration
Cultural Studies

Professional experience:
User Education Specialist
1999 - 2001
Acxiom Corporation, Conway, AR
Served as team leader for technical writers.
Maintained website where all documentation was stored and accessed.
Hosted Acxiom Technical Writers roundtable featuring discussion and activities on how to establish the value of technical writers.

Education and Training Coordinator
1997 - 1999
Riceland Foods, Inc., Little Rock, AR
Designed and wrote 200 page manual for new inventory system.
Prepared training material and arranged training classes for over 150 people during a three-month period.

Academic Service:
Committees:
Chair, Writing Committee, 2006-present
Majors Committee, 2005-2006
Curricula Committee, 2005-2006
Writing Committee, 2005-2006
Program Development Committee, 2005
Federation of North Texas Rhetoric Symposium, 2004
First-Year Composition Committee, 2001-2002 & 2003-2004
Assistant to the Chair of Federation of North Texas Rhetoric Symposium, 2002

Program Assessment
Marshall University
Planned program assessment of First-Year Composition program
Organized and trained reviewers for assessment

Texas Woman’s University
Researched and planned program assessment of First-Year Composition program
Organized and trained reviewers for assessment
Documented and submitted results to Dean of Students for University-wide assessment for SAC

Community Service:
tutor high school students on scholarship essays
Honors:
J. Dean Bishop Award for Excellence in Teaching (2005) – Texas Woman’s University
Allsup Lane Graduate School Scholarship (2003-2005) – 1 of 2 campus-wide recipients
Edith and Edgar Deen Scholarship (2003-2005) - recipient 2 years
Mary and Tom Reitch Scholarship (2001-2002) - recipient
Voted Favorite Teacher by the Residence Hall (1999)
Dean’s List (1999-2000)

Memberships:
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
College Composition and Communication (CCC)
South Central Writing Center Association (SCWCA)
North Texas Writing Centers Association (NTWCA)
Society for Technical Communication (STC)
Rhetoric Society of America (RSA)
Sigma Tau Delta
Alpha Epsilon Lambda

Organizations:
Served as ERGO president, 2003-2004
Revived and established English and Rhetoric Graduate Organization (ERGO), 2002

Workshops:
Scholar’s Retreat (2004) – week-long, writing intensive workshop with Sonja Foss.
Planned, designed and wrote dissertation prospectus.