Dr. Karl Stolley: Curriculum Vita

Chicagoan. Writer, designer/developer, professor at Illinois Institute of Technology.

Curriculum Vitae for Karl Stolley

  • Contact Information

    • Dr. Karl Stolley
    • Illinois Institute of Technology
    • Lewis Department of Humanities
    • 218 Siegel Hall
    • 3301 S Dearborn
    • Chicago, IL 60616
    • karl.stolley@gmail.com
    • http://karlstolley.com/

  • Education

    PhD in English (Rhetoric and Composition), Purdue University. August 2007.
    • Specializations: Rhetoric, Technology, and Digital Writing; Theory and Cultural Studies.
    • Dissertation: An Art of Emergent Visual Rhetoric.
    • Committee: Patricia Sullivan (Chair), David Blakesley, Thomas Rickert, Petrônio Bendito
    MA in English (Rhetoric and Composition), Purdue University. August 2002.
    • Thesis: Toward a Conception of Religion as a Discursive Formation: Implications for Postmodern Composition Theory.
    • Thesis Committee: Janice M. Lauer (Chair), Irwin Weiser, Shirley K Rose.
    BA in English Writing, Millikin University. May 2000.
    • Honors Thesis: ‘Hideously and Improbably Deformed’: A Reader’s Guide to David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest.
    • Thesis Advisor: Becky Bradway

  • Academic Appointments

    • Associate Professor of Digital Writing and Rhetoric (Tenured), Illinois Institute of Technology. 2012-present.
    • Assistant Professor of Technical Communication, Illinois Institute of Technology. 2007-2012.
    • Visiting Adjunct, New Media Studies Program, Depaul University, Winter 2007.
    • Graduate Lecturer, Purdue University, 2006-2007.
    • Teaching Assistant, Purdue University, 2000-2006.

  • Publications

    Book

    • How to Design and Write Web Pages Today. Greenwood Press Writing Today Series. (March 2011).

    Refereed Articles

    • “The Role of Computational Literacy in Computers and Writing.” With Alexandria Lockett, Elizabeth Losh, David M Rieder, Mark Sample, and Annette Vee. Enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture. Issue 14. Available http://enculturation.net/computational-literacy. My specific contribution, "Source Literacy: A Vision of Craft" available http://enculturation.net/node/5271 (October 2012)
    • “Teaching Sustainable Methods of Web Design and Development.” Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (October, 2011).
    • “Using Microformats: Gateway to the Semantic Web.” IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 52(3), 291-302. (September 2009).
    • “Integrating Social Media into Existing Work Environments: The Case of Delicious.” Journal of Business and Technical Communication 23(3), 350-371. (July 2009)
    • Review of Brenton Faber’s Discourse, Technology, and Change. Journal of Business and Technical Communication 23(2), 242-246 (April 2009).
    • “The Lo-Fi Manifesto.” Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy 12(3). Available http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/12.3/ (May 2008)
    • “Introducing Inventio.” (co-authored with Madeleine Sorapure). Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy 12(1). Available http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/12.1/
    • “Curricular Implementations of Sustainable Web Production.” CPTSC Conference Proceedings, 2007.
    • “Rhetorical Arts of Invention in Visual Communication.” In R. E. Griffin, B. D. Cowden, & M. Avgerinou (Eds.). Imagery and Artistry: Animating the Mind’s Eye. Loretto, PA: International Visual Literacy Association, 2006. 213-217.

    Chapters

    • “Developing a Course Wiki for Accessibility and Sustainability.” In Pullman, George and Gu, Baotong, eds., Designing Web-Based Applications for 21st Century Classrooms. Baywood. (in press; forthcoming 2012)
    • “Designing for the Web.” In Riley, K. & Mackiewicz, J., Visual Composing. Prentice Hall. (2011)

    Non-Refereed Articles

    • “The Whys and Wherefores of the 3rd Kairos Design.” (co-authored with Kathie Gossett and Douglas Eyman) Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy 13(1). Available http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/13.1/
    • “Treating the Computer Lab as a Studio.” Introductory Composition at Purdue (ICaP) News 7(1), Fall 2004.
    • “What Learning Communities Offer to Students & Teachers.” Introductory Writing Program News 5(1), Fall 2002.

    Edited

  • Digital Projects

    Newberry Library Digital Collections for Classroom Use
    Design and development of a Ruby on Rails application to deliver digitized Newberry artifacts and accompanying instructional materials to teachers, particularly in Chicago Public Schools, for use in the classroom. Utilizing agile development methods on the application infrastructure and responsive, mobile-first design principles on the user interface. (Begun September 2011; ongoing).
    Computers and Composition Digital Press Redesign and Development
    Redesign and restructuring of a Drupal installation, plus its ongoing improvement, maintenance, and hosting to support one of the first all-digital book presses in the areas of rhetoric, writing, and technology. Redesign stage completed in collaboration with Melanie Yergeau (The Ohio State University) and Patrick Berry (University of Illinois).
    Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy Redesign
    Award-winning redesign to improve accessibility and long-term sustainability of the longest-running digital journal in rhetoric and writing. Included developing a citation tool to simplify citation of the journal. Redesign completed in collaboration with Kathie Gossett (Old Dominion University) and Doug Eyman (George Mason University).
    Digital Communication Research and Instruction Lab
    Design, development, execution, and ongoing improvement and maintenance of a dedicated computer lab that runs Linux and pursues open-source technologies for instruction and research in technical communication and related areas. Proposal stage completed in collaboration with Kathryn Riley and Jim Maciukenas (Illinois Institute of Technology).

  • Grants, Honors, and Awards

    2010 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, IIT College of Science and Letters, December 2010
    Partial remarks from Dean R. Russell Betts: “I was impressed by the number of student letters that came with the nomination and what they said,” Betts noted, as well as Stolley’s innovative work in the Gewgaws Lab: “He’s using this in a very clever way in teaching technical communication.”
    2008 Computers & Composition Michelle Kendrick Digital Production/Scholarship Award, June 2009
    Received the award along with Doug Eyman (George Mason University) and Kathie Gossett (Old Dominion University) for the Kairos redesign.
    Council of Editors of Learned Journals Best Journal Design Award, December 2008
    Award presented to the journal Kairos, in large part for the redesign effort that I lead, in collaboration with Doug Eyman and Kathie Gossett.
    Council of Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication Research Grant, March 2008
    Grant for funding IIT graduate student Freddrick Logan, who is working with me on a web-available resource that teaches distance education students how to use open source software for technical communication courses. ($1500)
    Kairos Graduate Student Award for Technology Service, May 2006
    Presented by the Kairos editors for my work redesigning the Purdue OWL, the development of the Writing Lab’s Visitor Information System (VIS), workshops conducted for Professional Writing Instructors, and other routine technology development for OWL and PW.
    Purdue University Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, 2005
    University-wide teaching award received for course development and teaching evaluations for Multimedia Writing class.
    Janice M. Lauer Award for Excellence in Dissertation Work, 2005
    Awarded to one student each year by Purdue Rhetoric and Composition alumni following defense of dissertation prospectus.
    Purdue Research Foundation Summer Research Grant, Summer 2006
    Summer funding for continued dissertation research.
    Department of English Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, 2004
    Departmental teaching award for outstanding teaching evaluations in Multimedia Writing, Professional Writing, and Introductory Composition.
    Purdue Research Foundation Summer Research Grant, Summer 2004
    Summer funding for dissertation prospectus development.

  • Presentations and Workshops

    Visual and Digital Rhetorical Theory

    • Why, Yes, We are Digital Humanists! (Featured Session; Roundtable). Computers and Writing, North Carolina State University, May 2012.
    • New Gateways for Research: Digital Humanities and Writing Studies (Roundtable). Conference on College Composition and Communication, St. Louis, MO, March 2012.
    • Learning from Linux: Revision Beyond Track Changes. (Invited Lecture). Virginia Tech Composition Speakers Series 2010-2011, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, October 18, 2010.
    • D.I.Y. Digital Literacies. (Workshop; with Amy Ferdinandt Stolley). Summer Seminar in Rhetoric and Composition, Michigan State University, June 8, 2010.
    • You Gotta Get Git: Fearless Revision and Distributed Collaboration. Computers and Writing, Purdue University, May 21, 2010.
    • Activity Theory and Open Source Literacies. Computers and Writing, University of California-Davis, June 21, 2009.
    • What You See Is What You Look At: Digital Literacies of Code-Level Development. Computers and Writing, Athens, GA, May 23, 2008.
    • More Than “What You See”: Alternatives to WYSIWYG Web Development. (Invited lecture.) Michigan State University Rhetoric and Writing Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series, January 17, 2008.
    • A Techne for Artful Choices in Digital Writing. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL, March 2006.
    • Inventing the Mind’s Eye: Rhetorical Arts of Invention in Visual Communication. International Visual Literacy Association, Orlando, FL, October 18, 2005
    • Rhetorical Design. (Invited workshop/lecture). Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, September 20, 2005
    • Encountering Actio in Online Visual Design Performance. Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio, TX, March 2004
    • Visual Invention and Mixedmedia Writing. (Invited lecture by Sigma Tau Delta English Honorary). Millikin University, March 16, 2004
    • Negotiating New Texts in the Context of Institutional Change at Purdue University: Writing New Texts. Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, IL, November 2003

    Technology Development

    • Technology Development beyond the Support of Campus IT. CPTSC Conference, Houghton, MI, October 2012.
    • End-to-End Agile Web Application Development from Basically Nothing (Full-Day Workshop). Computers and Writing, North Carolina State University, May 2012.
    • Web Accessibility and Universal Design (Invited Workshop). Northern Illinois University/Society for Technical Communication Institute for Professional Development. Northern Illinois Unversity Naperville Campus, July 16, 2011.
    • Distributed Version Control with Git (Workshop). The Humanities and Technology Camp (THATCamp) Chicago, Northwestern University, November 20, 2010.
    • Twitter to Infinity and Beyond (Workshop; Leader). Computers and Writing, Purdue University, May 20, 2010.
    • Producing Digital Scholarship for Kairos (Workshop; Leader). Computers and Writing Athens, GA. May 22, 2008.
    • Using Microformats: Collaboration and the Semantic Web. CCCC Computer Connections, New Orleans, LA, April 4, 2008.
    • Redesigning Kairos. (with Kathie Gossett and Doug Eyman). CCCC Computer Connections, New Orleans, LA, April 3, 2008.
    • Web Standards in the Technical Writing Classroom (Poster session). Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Conference, Chicago, IL, March 2006.
    • Incorporating Design with Pedagogy: Redesigning the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL). With Linda Bergmann, Tammy Conard-Salvo, and Chris Berry. Purdue University Teaching & Learning Technologies Conference, February 15, 2005.
    • Purdue OWL. Digital Publishing Consortium. Purdue University, September 13, 2005.
    • Night Kitchen eBook Construction Workshop. Professor Dino Felluga’s Technology of the Book Graduate Seminar, April 2004.
    • Digital Publishing Workshop. Workshop leader. Computers and Writing, West Lafayette, IN, May 2003.
    • Assessing Multimedia Writing. Workshop facilitator. Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, NY. March 2003.
    • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Blogs. Professional Writing Pedagogy and Technology Showcase, Purdue University, October 17, 2002.
    • Using Night Kitchen to Create Course eBooks. Professional Writing Pedagogy and Technology Showcase, October, 2003.
    • Creating Digital Portfolios with Night Kitchen. Millikin University, September 2003.

    Teaching and Digital Pedagogy

    • Running a Course Website Through GitHub WIDE-EMU Conference, East Lansing, MI, October 20, 2012.
    • Back to the Future: Retooling the Curriculum for Linux, the Command Line, and Open Source. Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Conference, St. Louis, MO, March 13, 2013.
    • Teaching Sustainable Methods of Web Design and Development IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, Cincinnati, OH, October 2011.
    • Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in Distance Education. (with IIT graduate student Freddrick Logan). CPTSC Conference, Minneapolis, MN, October 2008.
    • Rethinking Digital Literacy in Terms of “Open Source.” ATTW Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 2, 2008.
    • Curricular Implementations of Sustainable Web Production. CPTSC Conference, Greenville, NC, October 2007.
    • Digital Production Literacy. IIT Research Forum, October 23, 2008.
    • Integrated Online and Digital Resources for Teaching Syntax and Punctuation. With Amy Ferdinandt Stolley. MLA Annual Convention (ATTW-sponsored session), Chicago, IL, December 2007.
    • Think of it as Language, Not Code: Teaching Digital Writing for the Semantic Web. Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, Houghton, MI, October 8, 2005.
    • Challenging Our Students by Challenging Ourselves, Or, Letting the Inmates Have a Go. Introductory Writing Program Brown Bag, Purdue University, March 4, 2002.
    • Teaching Discussion Group. Participant. Alliance of Rhetoric Societies, Evanston, IL, September, 2003.
    • Night Kitchen eBooks for Course Distribution and Interaction (Poster session). Purdue University Teaching & Learning Technologies Conference, April, 2004.
    • Coordinating Technologies and Instructional Support for Professional Writing at Purdue. Professional Writing Pedagogy and Technology Showcase, Purdue University, October, 2004.
    • Blogs, Community, and Continuity: A Technological Bridge for [English] 106. Introductory Writing Program Brown Bag, Purdue University, November 12, 2002.
    • Going Paperless in the Composition Classroom (and Beyond). Introductory Writing Program Brown Bag, October, 2003.
    • Religious Discourse & Freshman Composition: Questions of Voices, Validity, and Responsibility. Introductory Writing Program Brown Bag, Purdue University, February 15, 2001.

    Cultural Studies and Literature

    • Atheism & Fin-de-Siecle London: Reclaiming Pieces of Holyoake. Theory & Cultural Studies Colloquium, Purdue University, March 7, 2002.
    • The German Shrovetide Tradition: A Translation/Consideration of Hans Sachs’ “Der Bös’ Rauch.” Humanities Undergraduate Research Forum, Millikin University, April 19, 2000.
    • ‘…and the tide was way out’: David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest as Fin de Millennium Portrait of the Postmodern Condition. International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 18, 1999.

  • Teaching

    http://courses.karlstolley.com/

    Graduate Course Development

    Web Application Development (Illinois Institute of Technology, COM580, 1 Section)
    A production-intensive course in applied theory and practice of developing web-based applications, emphasizing interface and experience design using HTML5, CSS3, and the DOM; and backend development using Ruby-based web application frameworks.
    Rhetoric of Technology (Illinois Institute of Technology, COM532, 1 Section)
    A course in designing with cutting-edge communication technologies (particularly Ruby and git), emphasizing design practices informed by rhetorical principles that lead to pleasing and useful digital designs.
    Instructional Design (Illinois Institute of Technology, COM535, 1 Section)
    A graduate course in a conceptual approach to the process of instructional design, featuring studio-style, project-driven class meetings for exploring and practicing the design of instructional materials and learning objects.
    Key Concepts in Technical Communication (Illinois Institute of Technology, COM521, 1 Section)
    A foundational seminar in a selection of foundational scholarship in technical communication, with an emphasis on engaging the professional discourse of technical communication in published and electronic environments and learning to write in essential scholarly genres (reading notes, conference proposals, annotated bibliographies, and the bibliographic essay).
    Online Design (Illinois Institute of Technology, COM530, 3 Sections)
    A graduate seminar in the theory and practice of structuring and designing information for web-enabled devices. This course emphasizes web standards, accessibility, and rapid prototyping.
    Publication Management (Illinois Institute of Technology, COM537, 1 Section)
    A graduate seminar in intensive work developing and using systems to produce and manage documents delivered electronically and in print through single-sourcing methods and technologies. Theory and practice of managing publication projects across groups and organizations.
    Information Structure and Retrieval (Illinois Institute of Technology, COM541, 1 Section)
    A graduate seminar that introduces technical communicators to leading methods and technologies for creating, manipulating, and sharing the structure of information and documents.
    Knowledge Management (Illinois Institute of Technology, COM542, 1 Section)
    A graduate seminar that covers recent and emergent methods for collecting, creating, refining, aggregating, disseminating, applying, and evaluating knowledge, information, and data across organizations.
    Open Source in Technical Communication (Illinois Institute of Technology, COM580, 1 Section)
    A special topics graduate seminar that investigates the nature and production of open source technologies and intellectual property, and the ethics and legalities of open source as it impacts various professions, including technical communication.
    The Rhetoric of Design (DePaul University, MA Program in New Media Studies, NMS 509, 1 Section)
    This graduate seminar addresses the DePaul New Media Studies program’s need for a theory-driven multimedia production course. Students are specifically encouraged to interrogate the rhetoric and ethics of production. Class time is structured as a combination of graduate seminar discussion and art studio: by moving fluidly between discussion/reflection and hands-on work for course projects, students enact the important connections between theory and production. Instruction in new media technologies is guided primarily by students’ own interests and needs, which they determine as they move through the course projects.

    Undergraduate Course Development

    Multimedia Writing: Web Standards Edition (Purdue University, Elective in PW Undergraduate Major, ENGL419, 1 Section)
    This course is a signficant revision of my previous Multimedia Writing courses by more consistently and thoroughly following World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards for Web languages. The course’s two central concerns are that students develop a sustainable set of Web and digital writing skills that are not tied to any specific software package, while also gaining a better foundation for critiquing and implementing various technologies as warranted by particular rhetorical situations. Course readings focus on the history of the Web and other digital writing environments, the application of Web standards, and experience design; course projects are geared to students’ interests and professional development in a variety of fields, from Professional Writing to Computer Graphics Technology.
    Multimedia Writing (Purdue University, Elective in PW Undergraduate Major, ENGL 419, 3 Sections)
    This course engages students in simultaneous visual and text production using Macromedia Flash. Students are encouraged to explore the use of visuals, video, and audio; and to develop material treatment strategies for repurposing visuals and text for different electronic media and print. Course readings from the history of multimedia reinforce students’ ongoing negotiation of rhetorical and technological concerns as they move through course projects.
    Technical Writing with Web Standards (Purdue University, PW Undergraduate Major Course, ENGL 421, 1 Section)
    This course helps students develop rhetorical strategies for shaping technical writing to suit a range of readers, for multiple purposes, in a variety of technical contexts. Students approach technical writing through the W3C’s often impenetrable documentation for Web languages and protocals, providing the opportunity for students to address common technical writing challenges while interrogating technologies and languages that are shaping the practice of digital technical writing itself.
    Introductory Composition: Rhetorical Situations, Real Texts (Purdue University, ENGL 106R, 1 Section)
    Developed as a common syllabus approach adopted by Purdue’s Introductory Writing Program, this course encourages students to write in rhetorical contexts where they live, learn, and work. Course assignments require students to compose using visuals and text, and encourage the critical use of technology.
    Introductory Composition: Horizons Learning Community (Purdue University, ENGL 101R & 102R, 4 Sections)
    This course helps first-generation college students from diverse backgrounds make the transition to college and writing in academic environments. By encouraging students to first begin writing to familiar audiences from back home, students develop a stronger concept of audience and the problems of language and context.

    Other Courses Taught

    • Professional Writing (Purdue University, PW Undergraduate Major Course, ENGL 420, 1 Section)
    • Accelerated Composition (Purdue University, ENGL 103, 1 Section)
    • Computer-Based Composition (Purdue University, ENGL 101C, 1 Section)
    • Introductory Composition I (Purdue University, ENGL 101, 3 Sections)
    • Introductory Composition II (Purdue University, ENGL 102, 2 Sections)

  • Graduate Student Advising

    PhD

    • Taryn Sauer

    MS

    • James McCabe
    • Patrick McCarthy
    • Carmen McDonald
    • Brenda Teruel

    Certificate

    • Laurie Riley

    Projects, Theses, and Dissertations

    Committee Chair

    • Joy Robinson, PhD, in progress
    • Freddrick Logan, PhD, in progress
    • Carrie Hannigan, PhD, in progress
    • George Pappas, PhD, in progress
    • Kelly A. Schaefer, PhD, in progress
    • April Welch, MS, 2009; PhD, in progress
    • Matthew Ephraim, MS, expected 2011
    • Ann Goliak, MS, expected 2011
    • Timoth Hayes, MS, expected 2011
    • Catherine Keich, MS, 2010
    • Anushka Pansare, MS, 2010
    • Peter Posen, MS, expected 2011
    • Cong Sun, MS, expected 2011
    • Shimoni Sheth, MS, 2010
    • April Wedekind, MS, 2010

    Committee Member

    • Stephany Fillimon, PhD, 2009
    • Gordon Scott Gehrs, PhD, 2008
    • Jim Maciukenas, PhD, in progress
    • Brad Dalrymple, MS, 2010
    • Nikita Dashputra, MS, 2009
    • Anica Jovanova, MS, 2009
    • Joy Robinson, MS, 2009
    • April Welch, MS, 2009
    • Apryl Cox-Jackson, MS, 2008
    • Eva Wilhelm, MS, expected 2011
    • Anna Wilkins, MS, 2008
    • Yu Zhang, MS, 2009
    • Yi-Chin Lin, MS, 2008

  • Administration

    Gewgaws Lab, Director and Founder, 2009-present
    A virtual lab aimed at the development of open-source humanized interfaces and digital communication technologies. The Lab’s short- and long-term goals include open-source advocacy, education, and outreach, and enhancing the emerging design side of technical communication and information architecture by providing opportunities for IIT graduate students in technical communication to derive capstone projects from their work in the Lab.
    IIT Usability Testing and Evaluation Center (UTEC), Co-Director, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2009-present
    Purdue University OWL Webmaster, 2004-2007
    • Developed a customized content management system for OWL content (handouts, Power Points, and other Web media)
    • Developed documentation and training to allow Writing Lab staff and others mark up content in XHTML
    • Ensured W3C and Section 508 accessibility compliance for all new OWL pages
    • Designed a new look and user interface for OWL pages in CSS
    • Installed and maintained a new rack-mounted Linux server to support OWL
    Purdue University Professional Writing Technology Coordinator, 2004-2007
    Ensured the smooth operation of course technologies for instructors, and developed and lead workshops on Web design for graduate students and faculty across the Department of English.
    Purdue University OWL Coordinator, 2003-2004
    Oversaw development and maintenance of OWL resources, handled user requests for permission to reproduce OWL materials, and began preliminary OWL redesign work.

  • Digital Development and Consulting

    Computers and Composition Digital Press. Website redesign, 2008-2009
    Worked to help improve the Press’s web presence by redesigning and hosting a new website to both promote the press and disseminate its publications.
    Purdue OWL. Content management system creation and visual redesign, 2004-2007
    This project aimed at increasing the accessibility and usability of the Purdue OWL, which receives tens of millions of visitors each year. The redesigned OWL features a robust back-end management interface to easily add and modify content, while employing Web standards to improve future access to OWL materials. I also developed separate style sheets for displaying OWL resources on computer screens and the printed page to achieve a single-sourced approach to delivering OWL materials from a single URL.
    Institute for the Future of the Book. Sophie eBook Software Beta Testing, Los Angeles, CA, August 14-15, 2006
    Invited by Bob Stein to Los Angeles to meet with the staff of the Institute and members of the programming team behind Sophie. Beta-tested software and gave suggestions and recommendations for improving functionality and use.
    Institute for the Future of the Book. Future of Digital Textbooks in Rhetoric, Los Angeles, CA, April 26, 2006
    Invited by Bob Stein and the Institute for the Future of the Book to meet with other scholars in Rhetoric and Composition to discuss the future of networked, digital textbooks for writing and new media.
    Norfolk State University. OWL consulting session, Norfolk, VA, November 8, 2006
    Met with university administrators, OWL project team, and faculty in the Department of English to help guide the development of a new OWL at NSU.
    You Ought Not Take it With You. Multimedia Installation for Computers and Writing 2003, Purdue University.
    This multimedia installation of old technologies was both an interrogation of the growing nostalgia for early computers, television sets, and other devices, and an autobiographical sketch (the installation featured all devices I’d formerly owned and used, from interface-like crib toys to old cell phones and computers).
    Reference Guides to Rhetoric and Composition (ed. Charles Bazerman). Logo Design for Parlor Press, 2003
    Developed a logo for the RGRC book series that visually represents the connections between rhetoric and composition.
    Discovering Digital Dimensions. Logo design for Computers and Writing 2003, 2002.
    This logo design was used to brand paper and Web representations for the computers and writing conference, and featured the three primary colors and a suggestion of three dimensions by overlapping a series of Ds.

  • Media Appearances

  • Professional Service

    Departmental and University

    • Humanities Department chair search committee, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2009-present.
    • Chair, Humanities Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2010-present.
    • Digital Humanities and Computer Science program committee, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2009.
    • Chair, University Library Committee, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2009-present.
    • Technical communication assistant professor search committee, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2008-2009.

    National

    • International Visual Literacy Association, Board of Directors, 2006-2009.
    • International Visual Literacy Association, Membership and Electronic Presence Committees, 2006-2009.
    • Council of Programs in Scientific and Technical Communication, Web Consultant for Annual Conference, 2004.
    • The Doctoral Consortium in Rhetoric and Composition, Website programming and logo and graphic design, 2003.
    • Computers and Writing Conference, New Media Coordinator, 2003.

    Editorial

    • Editor, Computers and Composition Digital Press, 2008-present.
    • Lead Designer and Interface Editor, Kairos, 2006-2009.
    • Inventio Section Co-Editor with Madeleine Sorapure, Kairos, 2006-2009.
    • Manuscript reviewer, Prentice Hall (textbook on visual communication), 2008.
    • Manuscript reviewer, IEEE Transactions in Professional Communication, 2008.
    • Proposal reviewer, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing conference, 2008.
    • Proposal reviewer, Council of Programs in Scientific and Technical Communication, 2009.

  • Technology Proficiencies

    Operating Systems
    Linux, Mac OS, Windows/DOS
    Server Systems
    Linux, Apache Web Server, MySQL Database, git/gitosis
    Computer Graphics and Design
    CorelDRAW! Suite, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), MS Office
    Multimedia
    Macromedia Suite (Flash, Dreamweaver), Adobe Premier, Night Kitchen, Sophie
    Web Languages
    HTML, HTML5, XHTML, XML, RSS/Podcasting, CSS, Javascript, PHP, Ruby
    Content Managment/Blogging Systems
    Drupal, Word Press, Moodle

  • Selected Graduate Coursework

    Rhetoric, Technology, and Digital Writing

    • Computers, Language, and Rhetoric (Samantha Blackmon)
    • Cybercultures: Cyberspace, Rhetoric, and Writing (Patricia Sullivan)
    • Rhetoric and Digital Publishing (David Blakesley)
    • Technology of the Book (Dino Felluga)
    • Visual Rhetoric (Michael Salvo)

    Rhetoric and Composition

    • Issues in Composition Studies: Classical to Renaissance (Janice Lauer)
    • Issues in Composition Studies: Modern, Enlightenment to World War II (Patricia Sullivan)
    • Issues in Composition Studies: Postmodern (Patricia Sullivan)
    • Introduction to Composition Theory (Janice Lauer)
    • Empirical Research in Writing (Irwin Weiser)
    • Minority Rhetorics (Samantha Blackmon)

    Theory and Cultural Studies

    • Cultural Studies and Composition (Thomas Rickert)
    • Rhetoric and Institutional Discourse (Thomas Rickert)
    • Literatures, Languages, Ethics, Politics (Arkady Plotnitsky)

    Mentoring in Teaching

    • Teaching Professional Writing (Patricia Sullivan)
    • Computer Classrooms (Mike Pennell)
    • Teaching Introductory Composition (Irwin Weiser)
    • Teaching Academic Writing (Irwin Weiser)

  • References

    Available upon request.