Teaching and Advising

In Spring, 2024, I will be teaching ENG 513, Research in Written Composition, which introduces graduate students to the central methodologies and research practices in the field of writing studies.
This page documents my teaching career, including courses and advising.

Courses Taught

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (1999-pres.)

Graduate:

ENG 505: Writing Program Administration: Theory, Practice, Research [S18] [S19] [S20] [F21] [F23]
ENG 513: Research in Written Composition [S19] [F21] [F22] [S24]
ENG 624: Teaching College Writing [F07] [F08]
ENG 583: Writing Across Contexts: New Perspectives [S03]
ENG 583: Writing Program Administration: Theory, Practice, and Research(co-taught with Susan Miller-Cochran)[*S11][S14] [S16]
ENG 511 Theory and Research in Composition [S01] [S02] [F03] [F04] [F05] [S06] [S10] [F11] [S13] [S 2015] [F17] [F19] [F20] [S21] [S22] [S23] [F23]
ENG 583B: Studies in Writing Across the Curriculum [F99]
CRD 809: Colloquium in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media [F05]
CRD 704: Technology and Pedagogy in the Communication Arts [F05] [F10] [F12] [F16]

*Created course; approval by NC State University as permanent offering, 2016.

Undergraduate:

ENG 491h: World English(es) [honors] [F09]
ENG 422: Writing Theory and the Writing Process [S17]
ENG 455: Literacy in the U.S.* [S07] [S08 [S09 [S10] [S11] [S12] [F13] [S14] [F15] [F16] [F20] [F22]
ENG 323: Writing in the Rhetorical Tradition [S04]
ENG 210: Introduction to Language and Linguistics [S00] [F00] [F01] [S05]
ENG 350: Internship in Writing and Editing. [F02]

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA (1984-99)

Graduate

Eng. 8810: Composition and Literacy: Contemporary Issues
Eng. 8810: Studies of Writing Across the Curriculum[
Eng. 8810: Responding to Student Writing: Theory, Research, Practice
Eng. 8810: Advanced Composition Research
Eng. 8810: Introduction to Composition Research
Eng. 8050: Introduction to Theory and Research in Composition
LS8801: Final Project Course, Liberal Studies Master's Program
Eng. 5860: Methods of Text Analysis
Eng. 8050: Teaching Writing in the College Years: Theory and Research
Eng. W5210: Using Writing Creatively in Teaching [1994-1999 Annual Summer Institute for Teachers]
Eng. W5210: Developing a Teaching Portfolio [1997 Summer Institute Short Course]
Eng. W5210: Writing for Teaching [1993 Summer Institute for Teachers]
Eng. 5100: Introduction to Composition Theory and Research
Eng. 5100: Writing Across the Disciplines
Hum 5910: Theories of Reading and Interpretation

Undergraduate

PMA1050: Premajor Advising Seminar: Faculty Mentor Program for Premajor Freshmen [2-credits; 1997 and 1998]
SPAN 1995: Faculty Advisor for Student Project for Amity Among Nations, Switzerland Group: 1994 advising; summer 1995 advising in residence (Switzerland); 1995-96 project advising. See student entries under "undergraduate directed study." [competitively chosen]
FSSP 5960: SPAN preparation and thesis course (see above); 12 credits.
HSem 3010: American Literacy and Cultural Diversity [honors; included service-learning component]
HSem 3060: American Literacy and Cultural Diversity [honors; included service-learning component]
Eng. 3960: American Literacy and Cultural Diversity [senior seminar; included service learning component]
Eng. 3960: English in America [senior seminar]
Eng. 3860: English in America
Eng. 3860: American Literacy and Cultural Diversity [included service learning component]
Eng. 3910: A Survey of Modern Grammars [honors course]
Eng. 3860: American Literacy and Cultural Diversity [service-learning course, federally funded]
Eng. 3860: Special Topics in English Language: Child Language Development
Eng. 3854: American Literacy and Cultural Diversity [included service-learning component]
Eng. 3851: Introduction to the English Language
Eng. 3852: Aspects of the English Language
Eng. 1101: Introduction to Fiction Writing
Eng. 1018: Introduction to Modern Fiction
Eng. 1016: Introduction to American Literature
HCol 1101: Language in America [Summer High School Honors Program, 1992]
HCol 1101: Language and Literacy in America [Summer High School Honors Program, 1991]
HCol 1101: A Critique of American English [Summer High School Honors Program, 1990]
Comp. 3085: Writing the Large Academic Paper
Comp. 3065: Editorial Practice
Comp 3050: Special Topics in Advanced Composition: Writing in the Metro Internship Program
Comp. 3033: Writing in the Health Sciences
Comp 3027: Advanced Expository Writing
Comp. 3027: Writing About Social Psychology [linked to Psych. 3080]
Comp. 3027: Writing About the English Language [linked to Eng. 3851]
Comp. 3011: Writing About Literature
Comp. 1027: Intermediate Expository Writing
Comp. 1011: Introductory Expository Writing

INDIANA UNIVERSITY (1979-1984):

Elementary Composition Elementary Composition [Basic Writing]
Elementary Composition (for international students)
Introduction to Composition (Groups Special Services, Federally funded)
Professional Writing
Professional Writing for Business Majors
Introduction to Literature and Composition
Experimental Pilot Course in Reading/Writing Relationships

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY (1977-79):

Introduction to Composition
Minicourses in Writing About Literature

Advising

Ph.D. Dissertations, M.A. Theses, and M.A. Capstones

North Carolina State University (1999-pres.)

Michael Pflanzer, Doctoral Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media. [advisor]
Musrifatun ("Nay") Nangimah, Doctoral Program in Education and Society, Dept. for Culture, Language, and Media,Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden. [external reader/discussant]
Blake Bartlett, M.A. Capstone, Dept. of English, April 2024. [advisor]
Malaka Friedman, "Making" Literacy Practices, Not Products: Analyzing an Academic Makerspace for Labor and Access, Doctoral Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. July 10, 2023. [committee member]
Analeigh Horton, “English Is Unavoidable”: Multilingual Writing in Foundations Writing, General Education, and Writing Across the Curriculum. PhD Dissertation, Doctoral Program in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English, University of Arizona, def. June 1, 2023. [external committee member]
Laura Emily Jacobs, Scripting the Narrative: A Critical Content Analysis of EL Education's Middle School English Language Arts curriculum. Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Program in Literacy and English Education, College of Education, def. June 29, 2022. [committee member]
Susannah Cricket Glenellan Moore, Exploring the Emotional and Performance-Based Complexities of Writing Anxiety. M.A. Capstone, Dept. of English, April 2022. [advisor]
Brittney Ann McKoy, "Gaming" Multimodal Composition: Exploring the Conversation and Applying Theory to Coursework in First-Year Writing. M.A. Capstone, Dept. of English, April 2022. [advisor]
Sarah Madison Hartsell, The WPA's Guide to Designing Constructively Aligned First-Year Writing Curriculums. M.A. Capstone, Dept. of English, April 2022.
Kerby Ivory, Contact Zones in Writing Instruction: Power Dynamics Explored Through Argumentation and Language Use. M.A. Capstone, Dept. of English, April 2022.
Erin O'Quinn, Community of Engagment and the User-Centered Archive. Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. April 12, 2022. [committee member]
Mary (Beth) Elizabeth Greene, We’re Humanizing Them, They’re Humanizing Us: Informal Mentorship in First-Year Writing. Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. Mar. 7, 2022. [committee member]
Emmy Barcelona, You Are What You Eat: Incorporating Food Memoirs as Autoethnography in the First-Year Writing Course. M.A. Capstone, Dept. of English, May, 2021. [advisor]
Mason Hayes, Once More, With Feeling: Affect and Memory in Rhetorical Practice. M.A. Capstone, Dept. of English, May, 2021. [advisor]
Hannah Mayfield,Teaching with Feeling: An Analysis of Bodied Pedagogies in a First-Year Writing Classroom. Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. Oct. 30, 2020. [advisor]
Roger Yallop, The Affect and Effect of Asynchronous Written Artefacts (Cover Letters, Drafts, and Feedback Letters) Within L2 English Doctorate Writing Groups. Ph.D. Dissertation, Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Aug. 27, 2020, def. Nov. 18, 2020. [external evaluator]
Matt Halm, Planetary Composition: Writing and Rhetoric’s Deep Materiality. Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. June 23, 2020. [committee member]
Matt Morain, From the Shadow, a Voice: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Voice, Tone, and Style in Tech Industry Communication. Ph.D. Disseration, Doctoral Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. June 5, 2020. [committee member]
Joseph Logan Clem, Fostering Generative Dispositions for Transfer with Place-Conscious Education. M.A. Capstone, Dept. of English, April, 2020. [advisor]
Kendra Andrews, Technologies, Pedagogies, and Ecologies: An Analysis of First-Year Composition Faculty's Attitudes Toward Technology and their Technological Uptake in the Writing Classroom. Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. May 8, 2019. [advisor]
Meridith Reed, Practicing What We Know: Graduate Writing Instructors Navigating the First-Year Writing Classroom. Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. June 7, 2018. [advisor]
Chen Chen, Enacting a Networked Disciplinarity of Rhetoric and Composition Across Disciplinary Social Spaces. Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. May 4, 2018. [advisor]
Robyn Diaz, Speak Up Or Shut Up: What Are Civil Discourse Statements?, M.A. Capstone, Dept. of English, May, 2018. [advisor]
Kelly Blewett, The Role of Feedback in Teacher/Student Relationships. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English and Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, def. Mar. 2, 2018. [external reviewer]
Schontal Moore, Transforming Writing: Graduate Students from Creole-Speaking Backgrounds Become Writers in a Virtual Learning Environment. Ph.D. Dissertation, School of Education, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. [external examiner]
Gwendolynne Reid, Digital Writing in the Disciplines: Imagining Possibilities for Scholarship in the Context of the Digital. Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. July 3, 2017. [co-advisor]
Djuddah Leijen, Advancing Writing Research: The Effects of Web-Based Peer Review on Second Language Writing. Ph.D. Disseration, Dept. of Estonian and General Linguistics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, def. Dec. 16, 2016. [external reviewer and visiting defense opponent]
Emily Jones, The Positive Vibe: Cultivating and Communicating a Positive Culture in the Restaurant Industy. Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Progam in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. Aug. 8, 2016. [committee member]
Brent Simoneaux, Queer Literacies. Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. Apr. 22, 2016. [committee member]
Karla Lyles, Telling Stories of Basic Writers: Analysis of Narrative Conventions in the Literacy Narratives of “Basic Writers” Enrolled in a Summer Pilot Program. Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. Apr. 21, 2016. [committee member]
Robin Snead, Tracing Activity: The Multimodal Composing Practices of First-Year Writing Students, Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Progam in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. June 21, 2013. [committee member]
Wendi Sierra, Gamification as Twenty-First Century Education. Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Progam in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. June 21, 2013. [committee member]
Dana Gierdowski, Geographies of a Writing Space: A Study of a Flexible Composition Classroom. Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. Mar. 20, 2013. [committee member]
Jonathan Burr, Self-Sponsored Writing at America's First Public University. Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. Aug. 27, 2012. [co-advisor]
Joohee Huh, The Dynamic Interplay Between Spatialization of Written Units in Writing Activity and Functions of Tools on the Computer. Ph.D. Dissertation, College of Design, def. May 14, 2012. [committee member]
Adam M. Gutschmidt, A Case Study Investigating the Use of Facebook as a Learning Management System in Higher Education. Ph.D Dissertation, Doctoral Progarm in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. Apr. 12, 2012. [committee member]
Katherine Fargo Ahern, The Sounds of Rhetoric, the Rhetoric of Sound: Listening and Composing the Auditory Realm. Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. Mar. 13, 2012. [committee member]
Jennifer Manness, Dark Bounty. MFA Thesis, Dept. of English, def. Mar. 2, 2011. [committee member]
Tanya Kristina Rodrigue, Listening Across the Curriculum: TA Preparation in the Teaching of Writing. Ph.D. dissertation, Doctoral Program in Composition and Cultural Rhetoric, Syracuse University, def. Aug. 3, 2010. [external committee member]
Amy Housley Gaffney, Communicating About, In, and Through Design: A Study Exploring Communication Instruction and Design Students’ Critique Performance. Ph.D. Dissertation, Doctoral Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, def. Feb. 24, 2010. [committee member]
Kimberly Bowen, The Relation of Teachers' Reflective Judgment and Conceptions of Teaching and Learning. Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, def. May 6, 2009. [committee member]
Laura Ingram, An Analysis of the Problem of Writing Skill Transference and Its Implications for Professional Writing Instructors. M.A. Thesis, Dept. of English, def. June 27, 2007. [advisor]
Toby Coley, Wikis in the Teaching of Writing: Purposes for Implementation. M.A. Thesis, Dept. of English, def. Mar. 30, 2007. [advisor]
Brian Coe, Communication Problems in Virtual Teams: Applying Symbolic Interactionism Theory to Virtual Team Communication. M.S. Capstone Project, Dept. of English, def. Nov. 30, 2006.
Alice Osborne, A Conversation in the Composition Classroom: Finding our Voice Through Creative Nonfiction. M.A. Thesis, Dept. of English, def. Nov. 3, 2006. [advisor]
Susan Rashid Horn, What's Wrong and Who Cares? Reader Reaction to Error. Ph.D. Dissertation, College Writing Program, University of Rhode Island, def. Aug. 9, 2006. [committee member]
Melissa Meeks, Between Abolition and Reform: First-Year Writing Programs, Academic e-Literacy, and Institutional Change. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, def. Apr. 3, 2006. [committee member]
Laura Samuels, The Effectiveness of Web Conferencing Technology in Student-Teacher Conferencing in the Writing Classroom: A Study of First-Year and Graduate Student Writers. M.A. Thesis, Dept. of English; def. Mar. 15, 2006. [advisor]
Alexis Keto, Brain-Based Composition Instruction. M.A. Thesis, Dept. of English, def. Sep. 26, 2005. [advisor]
Ashley Joyce Holmes, Web Logs in the Post-Secondary Writing Classroom: A Study of Purposes. M.A. Thesis, Dept. of English, def. March 21, 2005. [advisor]
Scott Wagar, Connections: Working Toward Nonviolence in Composition. M.A. Thesis, Dept. of English, def. Oct. 19, 2004. [advisor]
Nichole Hurley Guthrie, Necessary Contradictions: Critical Pedagogy and Kenneth Burke's Pentad. M.A. Thesis, Dept. of English, def. May 8, 2003. [advisor]
Tanya Tillett, A Matter of Degrees: An Evaluation of Instructor Concept of Writing Effectiveness in an Adult Accelerated Degree Completion Program. M.A. Thesis, Dept. of English, def. Dec. 2002. [advisor]
Kornsiri Boonyakrapob. A Comparative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies of College Students' Intellectual Development. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, def. Dec. 2, 2002. [committee member]
Maureen T. Matarese, African American Vernacular English in Freshman Composition and the Social Construction of Teacher Response. M.A. Thesis, Dept. of English, def. Apr. 2002. [advisor]
Sallie Mae Fiore, Conferencing Software: Why to Incorporate it Into Writing Instruction and How to Select an Appropriate Product. M.A. Thesis, Dept. of English, def. Mar. 2002. [advisor]
Anita Lynn Furtner, What Students Know About Writing and Where They Learn It: An Interview-Based Study of College Seniors. M.A. Thesis, Dept. of English, def. Mar. 2001. [advisor]
Shaun Patrick Slattery, The Role of Web Sites in Defining and Furthering WAC and CAC: An Annotated Bibliography of WAC and CAC-Oriented Web Sites. M.A. Thesis, Dept. of English, def. Mar. 2000. [advisor]

University of Minnesota (1984-99)

Gill Creel, "How Cozening a Word is this 'Community'": Community College Teachers and Democratic Pedagogy: An Ethnographic Inquiry. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1999. Vol. 60-08A of Dissertation Abstracts International. PAGE 2902
Angela Karstadt, Swedish-American English: A Longitudinal Study of Linguistic Variation and Identity. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1999.
Louise Gaylord McDonald, Powerful English for the Active and Productive Man: How College English Became Difficult Enough to Build Character at Harvard College, 1890-1900. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1999. [advisor and dissertation director]
Carol Ann Rutz, What Does my Teacher Want Me to Do? A Response-Based Investigation of the Teacher-Student Relationship in the Writing Classroom. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English,1999. [advisor and dissertation director]
Thomas Joseph Reynolds, Ideological Affinities of Compositional and Popular Literacy: 1880-1920. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1999. [advisor and dissertation director]
Michael Kuhne, A Community Pedagogy of Critical Hope: Paulo Freire, Liberation Pedagogy and Liberation Theology. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English,1998.
Anna Marie Fellegy, Here/There, These/Those, This/That: Locative Discourse Markers in New Ulm English. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English,1997.
Paul Johnson, Literacy, Technology, and Progress: The Social Construction of World-Wide Web Hypertexts in First-Year Composition. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1997.
Kim Donehower, Beliefs About Literary in a Southern Appalacian Community. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1997. [advisor and dissertation director]
Laurie Lee Forsberg, Studies in Discourse Literacy. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1996.
Judith Landrum, The Teaching of Writing in Minnesota High Schools: Suburban, Private, and Urban. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, 1996.
Linda Adler-Kassner, High School History Textbooks and Public Literacy in the Progressive Era: "Reading Progress." Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communications, 1996.
Todd Finley, Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Service English Teachers' Narratives, Stances, Roles, and Practice. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction, 1995.
Judy Lou Beckman, The Relationship Between Reluctant Readers' Need for Social Acceptance and Academic Success and Their Attitude Towards Leisure Reading. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction, 1994.
Bruce Maylath, Words Make a Difference: Effects of Greco-Latinate and Anglo-Saxon Lexical Variation on Post-Secondary-Level Writing Assessment in English. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1994. [Dissertation Director]
Joseph Moses, Discourse and Community: Rhetoric and Relationship at a Social Service Agency. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1993.
Paul Prior, Contextualizing Writing and Response in Graduate Seminars: A Sociohistoric Perspective on Academic Literacies. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction, 1993.
Mary Ann Bock, Education With the People: "Race," Pedagogy and Literacy. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1993.
Karen Joy Muslof, The Angel Sings: The First Rhetorical Quest of Nancy, Lady Astor, November, 1919. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Speech Communications, 1992.
Jeanette M. Lindholm, Bearing Witness to the Word: Language, Faith, and Learning in an Evangelical College Community. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1992.
Marion Larson, Writers in Transition: Case Studies of Undergraduate Interns. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1992.
Julienne S. Prineas, The Indigenous Writer: A Study of Nonfluent Writers Among Capable Upper-Division College Students. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1991.
Lu-Ming R. Mao, Pragmatic Universals and Their Implications. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1991.
Mark Christensen, Interpersonal Cognitive Complexity and Abstractness, Degree of Self-Disclosure, and Solidarity with Addressee as Factors in the Quality of College Students' Autobiographical Writing, Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction, 1990.
Joanne Cavallaro, The Effects of Selected Test Features on Teachers' Judgments of Students' Writing, Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction, 1990.
Hildy Miller, Thesis-Design for Writing: Image and Metaphor in the Cognitive Processes of Composing, Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1990.
Katharine Swanson, The Relationship of Interpersonal Cognitive Complexity and Message-Design Logics Employed in Response to a Regulative Writing Task, Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction, 1990.
Linda Fine Wendler, The Effects of Biblical Prior Knowledge and Verbal Ability on College Students' Ability to Interpret Short Stories. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, 1989.
Anne O'Meara, Representing Emily Dickinson: A Study of Literary Practice. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1988.
Bette Baldwin, Trends in Linguistic Politics: The English-Only Movement, Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1987.
Laura Brady, Collaborative Literary Writing: Issues of Authorship and Authority, Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1988.
Jill Reilly, The Effects of Guided Prewriting on Eighth Graders, Eleventh Graders, College Freshmen and College Juniors on Interpretation of a Story, M.A. Thesis, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, 1985.
Deborah Appleman, The Effect of Heuristically Based Assignments on Adolescent Response to Literature, Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, 1986.
Geoffrey Sirc, Composing Processes in Writing: A Critical Review of Paradigms in Theory and Research, Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of English, 1985.

Other

M.A. AND Ph.D. PRELIMINARY EXAMINING COMMITTEES [reader or advisor on all written examination committees]

Over 70 committees.

M.A. AND MAJOR GRADUATE DEGREE PAPERS (ADVISOR)

11 papers.

GRADUATE DIRECTED STUDIES

43 courses, 151 total academic credits.

UNDERGRADUATE HONORS AND SUMMA THESES, SENIOR PROJECTS, DIRECTED STUDIES

64 students.

OTHER ADVISING