Curriculum Vitae

MARY TRACHSEL

Business Address: Department of Rhetoric 171 English-Philosophy Building University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242

Phone: 319-335-0185E-mail: mary-trachsel@uiowa.edu

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORYHigher EducationUniversity of Texas, Austin 1981-1987 English--Rhetoric/Composition PhD 1987Penn State University 1976-1980 English--Am. Lit. MA 1980University of Iowa 1971-1975 English BA 1975

Professional and Academic PositionsChair, Rhetoric Department 2004-2008 University of IowaAssociate Professor, Rhetoric 1996-present University of IowaAssistant Professor, Rhetoric 1989-1996 University of IowaWriting Lab Director, English 1988-1989 University of TexasGraduate Instructor, English 1981-1987 University of TexasPart-time Instructor, English 1980-1981 Penn State UniversityGraduate Instructor, English 1976-1980 Penn State University

Honors and AwardsIowa Humanities Festival Fellow, November 2013Collegiate Teaching Award, Fall 2008Arts and Humanities Initiative Grant, Summer 2008CLAS Summer Fellowship for tenured faculty, Summer 2003.Irish American Cultural Institute Research Fellowship, Dept. of Irish Studies, University

College, Galway. Galway, Ireland. Fall 1993.

Professional DevelopmentInternational Travel Grant ($500), Summer 2012 to attend conference in Oslo, Norway.CROSSROADS Worksop on Democratic Dialogues, Summer 2010-2012CLAS Curriculum Development Award ($4000) to design and pilot service-learning Global Awareness

Rhetoric curriculum, Summer 2007I-SCHOOL Workshop on Teaching and Learning, Summer 2006International Travel Grant ($675), Summer 2006 to attend conference in Entebbe, UgandaCenter for Teaching Service Learning Workshop, Summer 2006Obermann Interdisciplinary Research Seminar: Articulating the Animal. Fall 2005International Travel Grant ($450), Summer 2005. To present paper in Nijmegen, Netherlands.International Travel Grant ($500), Summer 2004, to present paper in Havana, CubaCLAS Instructional Technology Grant ($21,000) to purchase equipment to facilitate multimedia

instruction in Rhetoric classes, Spring 2004 (with Will Jennings).Directorship of Summer Faculty Workshop on writing instruction in large classes, Summer 2002Faculty Fellowship, Center for Teaching 2001-2002.Office of Interdisciplinary Programs seed money for new interdisciplinary undergraduate course, Rhetoric

of Scientific Inquiry. ($2500) for developing course taught in Fall 2002, Fall 2003NTitle Technology workshop and grant, Summer 1999NEH Summer Seminar, “Responsibility and Social Identity,” Dept. of Philosophy,

University of Colorado, Boulder. Summer 1995NEH Summer Institute, “Telling Tales.” Dept. of Anthropology, University of

Wisconsin, Madison. Summer 1994

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MembershipsInternational Primatological SocietyInternational Society for AnthrozoologyAnimals and Society InstituteIowa Humane Alliance

TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA(since tenure)

Classroom teachingSpring, 2014 Honors General Education Interp. of Literature 12 undergraduate studentsFall, 2013 Semester leave without paySpring, 2013 Honors General Education Interp. of Literature 18 undergraduate studentsFall, 2012 Honors Rhetoric (10:003) 20 undergraduate students

Honors First-Year Seminar: Dogs Inside & Out 18 undergraduate studentsSpring, 2012 Honors General Education Interp. of Literature 18 undergraduate studentsFall, 2011 Honors Rhetoric (10:003) 20 undergraduate students

Professional Development Colloquium (10:350) 10 graduate studentsFirst-year Honors Seminar: Dogs Inside and Out 16 undergraduate students

Spring, 2011 Interpretation of Literature (8G: 001) 19 undergraduate studentsFall, 2010 Honors Rhetoric (10:003) 20 undergraduate students

Professional Development Colloquium (10:350) 12 graduate studentsIndependent Honors Research 1 undergraduate studentFirst-year Honors Seminar: Animal Homelessness 7 undergraduate students

Spring 2010 Interpretation of Literature (8:001) 20 undergraduate studentsEthics of Care (8:340) 7 graduate students

Fall 2009 Honors Rhetoric (10:003) 23 studentsColloquium: Teaching Rhetoric (10:350) 12 students

Spring 2009 Career Development AssignmentFall 2008 Career Development AssignmentSpring 2008 First-year seminar (XXX:029) 15 students

Interpretation of Literature (8:010) 20 studentsFall 2007 First-semester Rhetoric (10:001) 23 studentsFall 2006 Professional Development Colloquium (10:350) 12 studentsSpring 2006 Honors seminar: Humans and Other Primates 6 studentsSpring 2005 First-year Seminar (610:029 ) 15 students

Feminist Pedagogy (131:21) 15 studentsFall 2003 Rhetoric of Scientific Inquiry (10:005) 15 students

Writing Fellows Seminar (143:102) 15 studentsSpring 2003 Feminist Ethics (10:340) 10 students

Invention (8:140) 15 studentsFall 2002 Rhetoric of Scientific Inquiry (10:005) 15 studentsFall 2001 First-year seminar (10:029) 14 studentsSummer 2001 Research Writing in Biological Sciences (10:042) 7 studentsSpring 2001 Poroi Seminar: Invention (160:200) 8 studentsFall 2000 First-year seminar (10:29) 13 students

Colloquium: Teaching Rhetoric (10:350) 12 studentsSummer 2000 Research Writing in Biological Sciences (10:042) 5 students

Writing Dissertations (160:400) 16 studentsSpring 2000 Poroi Seminar: Invention (160:200) 7 studentsFall 1999 Colloquium: Teaching Rhetoric (10:350) 11 students

Feminist Pedagogy (131:210) 11 studentsSummer 1999 Rhetoric (10:003) 6 studentsSpring 1999 First-year seminar (10:029) 15 students

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Feminist Ethics (10:340) 10 studentsPoroi Seminar: Invention (160:200) 10 students The Book in Society & Culture II (4-wk) 11 students

Fall 1998 [Developmental Leave]Summer 1998 Rhetoric (10:001) 8 studentsSpring 1998 First-year seminar (10:029) 17 students

Feminist Ethics (10:340) 9 studentsFall 1997 Nonfiction Writing (8W:100) 17 studentsSpring 1997 Politics of Literacy (7E:154; 7S:154) 16 students

First year seminar (10:029) 11 studentsFall 1996 Colloquium in Teaching Rhetoric (PDP) (10:350) 11 students

Independent StudiesFall 2012 10:199 Honors Project 1 studentFall 2011 10:199 Honors Project 1 studentFall 2007 10:198 1 studentSpring 2006 Special Instruction: Graduate 1 studentFall 2001 Special Instruction: Graduate 1 studentFall 1999 10:550 Special Instruction: Graduate 1 student

10:199 Special Project: Undergraduate 1 studentSpring 1996 10:550 Special Instruction: Graduate 1 student

Saturday and Evening ProgramSpring 2008 10:2 22 studentsFall 2007 10:3 23 studentsSpring 2007 10:2 21 studentsFall 2006 10:1 23 studentsSpring 2006 10:2 20 studentsSpring 2005 10:2 20 studentsFall 2004 10:1 20 studentsSpring 2004 10:2 22 studentsFall 2003 10:1 20 studentsSpring 2003 10:2 22 studentsFall 2002 10:1 15 studentsSpring 2002 10:2 20 studentsFall 2001 10:1 15 studentsFall 2000 10:2 16 students Fall 1999 10:2 10 studentsFall 1997 10:4 9 students

Non-classroom TeachingWriting Fellows, co-director & commenting mentor, Spring 2014ICRU student, Summer/Fall 2012Writing Center Tutor, Fall 2010-present (including fall 2013) Writing Workshop, Iowa Medical Classification Center. 2009-presentGuided Correspondence Rhetoric 10:3 (2005-2008)Advising Rhetoric Instructors (Spring 2013)Mentoring Writing Fellows (Since Fall 2003)

Graduate student committees since tenureDegree Name Program Years OutcomeObjectivePhD Nellene Bernardus English 2013 prospectusPhD Sang Uk Joo Sports Studies 2012 comp exam

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2013 prospectusPhD Catherine Wilson Music Education 2013 prospectus

2013 dissertationPhD Kirsten Archer American Stud. 2012 prospectus.

2013 dissertationPhD Nik Dickerson Sports Studies 2012 dissertationPhD Lauren Whitehead English Ed. 2011 comp. exam.PhD Laura Capp English 2010 dissertationPhD Vicki Krajewski English Ed. 2010 comp. examPhD Jo Morrisey Sports Psych. 2010 comp. exam.

2011 prospectus2012 dissertation

PhD Samuel VanHorne English Ed. 2008 comp. exam2011 dissertation

PhD Seon No English Ed. 2008 comp. exam2009 prospectus2011 dissertation

PhD Kathi Griffin English Ed. 2008 dissertationPhD James Patterson English Ed. 2007 prospectus

2012 dissertationPhD Courtenay Bouvier English Ed. 2006 comp. exam

2008 prospectusMFA Marilyn Knight English 2005 thesisPhD Gary Jarvis History 2005 prospectus

2008 comp. examPhD Abby Ruby Interdisc. 2005 comp. exam

2006 prospectus2008 dissertation

PhD Shell Fiejo Interdisc. 2005 comp. exam2005 prospectus2008 dissertation

PhD Jacque Smith English Ed. 2006 comp. examPhD Soonyoung Lee English Ed. 2005 comp. exam

2006 prospectus2007 dissertation

PhD Sarah McCaughey English Ed. 2005 comp. examPhD Deirdre McMahon English 2004 dissertationPhD Kats Mendoza Wom. Stud. 2004 prospectus

2005 comp. exam.PhD Brenda Boleyn English Ed. 2004 prospectus

2005 dissertationPhD Cynthia Miller English Ed. 2004 prospectus

2007 dissertationPhD Darcie Davis-Gage Couns. Ed. 2004 comp examPhD Sukritaya Jukping Soc. Found. 2004 comp. exam

2004 prospectus2007 dissertation

PhD Sheila Benson Eng. Ed. 2004 comp. exam2005 prospectus2006 dissertation

PhD Jason Ranker Eng. Ed. 2003 2002 prospectus 2003 comp exam

2004 dissertationPhD Christine Johnson Sports Psych. 2004 comp. exam

2005 prospectus2006 dissertation

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PhD Sarah Odland Journalism 2003 comp exam2005 dissertation2003 prospectus

PhD Kevin Quirk Am. Studies 2003 dissertationPhD Bruce Taylor English Ed. 2002 comp. exam

2003 prospectus2004 dissertation

PhD James Sprengelmeier English 2002 prospectus2003 dissertation

PhD Bonnie Sonnek English Ed. 2002 prospectus2003 dissertation

PhD Jennifer Getting Wom. Stud 2002 comp. exam.MFA Ann Bauer Nonfiction 2002 thesisMFA Courtenay Bouvier Nonfiction 2002 thesisPhD Elizabeth Pearce Journalism 2002 comp. exam.

2003 prospectus2004 dissertation

PhD Amy Schoultz English Ed. 2000 comp. exam2001 prospectus2002 dissertation

PhD Jillian Duquaine Wom. Stud. 2000 comp. exam2003 prospectus2005 dissertation

PhD Pam Coke English Ed. 1999 comp. exam.2001 prospectus2002 dissertation

PhD Mary Moran English 1999 comp. exam2001 prospectus2006 dissertation

PhD Yolanda Majors English Ed 2001 dissertationPhD Taylor Lake Am. Studies 2001 dissertationPhD Elizabeth Henry English 1998 comp. exam

1999 prospectusPhD Jeonghee Choi English Ed. 2001 comp. exam

2003 prospectus2004 dissertation

PhD Elizabeth Clark English 2001 dissertationPhD Jill Heinrich English Ed 1999 comp. exam, prospectus

2001 dissertationPhD Anne Zalenski Soc. Found. 2001 dissertationPhD Anne Stapleton English 1996 comp exam

2001 dissertationMA Galen Reddin Comm. Ed 2001 comp. examPhD Rose Peterson English Ed 2000 comp. examPhD Fiona Young Wom. Stud. 1999 comp. exam

2000 prospectusPhD Monie Hayes English Ed 1997 comp. exam

2000 prospectus2004 dissertation

PhD Kara Schmadeke English Ed. 1998 comp. exam1999 prospectus2003 dissertation

PhD Carol Tyx English 1998 prospectus2000 dissertation

Cert. Rebecca Tomas Cntr for Book 1999 certificatePhD. Traci Kyle English 1999 comp. exam

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PhD. Kai-Lin Wu English Ed. 1998 prospectus1999 dissertation

PhD Elmar Leuth English 1997 prospectus1999 dissertation

Cert. Karri Harrison Cntr for Bk 1999 certificatePhD. Katherine McInerney English Ed. 1998 dissertationMFA Marie Nasta English 1998 thesisMFA Mary Jones English 1998 thesisMFA Megan Knight English 1998 thesisPhD. Katherine Prince English 1998 comp. exam

1999 prospectusPhD Nancy Hayes Comp. Lit. 1997 dissertationMFA Ann Franzenburg English 1997 thesisPhD John Price English 1997 dissertationPhD Anne Flammang English 1995 prospectus

1997 dissertationPhD Arlie Willems Math Ed 1997 dissertationMFA Will Jennings English 1997 thesisPhD Michael Clarke English 1996 comp. exam

Other Contributions to Instructional ProgramsDesigned panel with 3 former Rhetoric students to be presented at Animal Studies conference, University of Eastern Kentucky, March, 2013.ICRU assistantship, 2012-13Honors student research project accepted to Undergraduate Research Forum, Depauw University, 2011Scholarship Selection Committee, Honors Program 2011Center for Teaching/International Programs Brown Bag meeting on international undergraduate student instruction, 2011.Panelist for Oakdale Prison Choir presentation, Graduate Engaged Scholarship & Teaching Program, 2011Working group on Undergraduate Writing Certificate, 2010Paper and discussion leader, Introduction to POROI graduate class, 2010Took 2 first-year Honors Seminar students to International No More Homeless Pets Conference, Oct. 2010Democratic Dialogues Continuing Discussion Group (CROSSROADS), Cntr, forTeaching, Curric. & Instruction, 2010Implemented and co-direct Oakdale Prison Writing Workshop 2009-PresentMember of mock interview team for Rhodes Scholar nominees, Honors Program. October 2008.Honors ACES—class presentation and individualized instruction on personal statements, March &

April, 2008.Invited presentation on teaching writing for Journalism Graduate Seminar. March 2006.Workshop & editorial assistance—writing for publication. IBA seniors. Fall, 2003.Co-initiator of Writing Fellows program and Honors Peer Tutoring course, 2003.Discussion facilitator, Plagiarism Conference. January 2003.Member of committee to revise 10:003 correspondence course, 2002-2004.Workshops, discussion groups and consultations with faculty and teaching assistants from various colleges, departments, and programs. Center for Teaching 2001-2002. Participated in planning session hosted by Admissions for revising First-year at Iowa course. December 2001.Invited presentation on Research and Professional Development for Women’s Studies Graduate Colloquium, November 2001.Designed Rhetoric of Scientific Inquiry course, funded by Office of Interdisciplinary Programs, 2001. Course to be taught in 2002 & 2003.Designed and taught Writing for Biological Sciences course for Iowa Advantage Program 2000; revised 2001Colloquium presentation on Feminist Pedagogy. Journalism Dept. October 1999.

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Faculty leader of interdisciplinary group of graduate students writing dissertations and writing for learned journals--through Poroi. Fall 1999Presentation to General Education Literature Program Committee Orientation for New Teaching Assistants. “Bridging Rhetoric & Gen. Ed. Lit.” Fall, 1997 1999, 2000Presented 3 lectures to Honors Rhetoric. Fall, 1996 & 1997Designed & Presented 3-wk mini-course for Center for the Book seminar, The Book in Society and Culture II. Spring 1999

SCHOLARSHIPRefereed PublicationsBookInstitutionalizing Literacy: The Historical Role of College Entrance Examinations in English. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1992.

Edited CollectionAgainst the Grain: A Volume in Honor of Maxine Hairston. Ed. David Jolliffe, Michael Keene, Mary Trachsel, Ralph Voss. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. 2002.

Chapters and Articles“Reviving Biophilia: Feeling Our Academic Way to a Future with Other Animals.” Dialogue and Universalism. Feb/March, 2014, 1-15. Also in press in the collection, Animality in Culture, Science and Everyday Life. Peter Lang. “How to Do Things Without Words: Whisperers as Rustic Authorities on Interspecies Dialogue.” In Jason Black and Greg Goodale, Eds. Arguments about Animal Ethics. Lexington Press. 31-52. 2010.

“Human Uniqueness in the Age of Ape Language Research.” Society and Animals18:4 (2010) 397-412.

**** “Theories of Specialized Discourses and Writing Fellows Programs.” Across the Disciplines, 2008. (with Carol Severino).

*** “Panopticism? Or Just Paying Attention?” In Michelle Eble & Lynee Gaillet, Eds. Stories of Mentoring: Theory and Praxis. Lauer Series, Parlor Press: West Lafayette, IN, 2008. 276-288. (with Cinda Coggins)

“Husserl’s Intersubjectivity and the Possibility of Living with Nonhuman Persons.” Analecta Husserliana. Yearbook of the World Society for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning. Volume XCIII. 2007, 33-51.

“Starting a Writing Fellows Program: Crossing Disciplines or Crossing Pedagogies?” The International Journal of Learning. Proceedings of the 11th Annual Learning Conference. 2005. With Carol Severino. “The Give and Take of Mentoring.” Against the Grain: A Festshcrift in Honor of Maxine Hairston. Ed. David Jolliffe, Michael Keene, Mary Trachsel, Ralph Voss. Hampton Press, 2002. 159-171.

“Institutional vs. Personal Ethics.” The Ethics of Writing Instruction: Issues in Theory and Practice. Ed. Michael Pemberton. Ablex Perspectives on Writing: Theory, Research, Practice Series. Brian Huot & Kathleen Yancey, series editors. 2000. 167-90.

“Horse Stories and Romance Fiction: Variants or Alternative Texts of Female Identity?” Reader 39, spring 1998, 1-22.

“Nurturant Ethics and Academic Ideals: Convergence in the Writing Center.” Writing Center Journal 16:1 (Fall, 1995) 24-45.

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“Literate and Oral Constructs of ‘Authentic’ Irish Music.” Eire/Ireland 30:3 (Fall, 1995) 27-46.

“What I Learned at School.” Echoes. McGraw-Hill, Custom College Series, 1994. Reprinted in 2nd edition, 1996.

***“Windmills and Workbooks, Abstractions and Alternatives: Formal and Functional Approaches to Literacy.” Language Arts 64 (1987) 855-868.

**”Literacy and Writing Assessment: A Diachronic Perspective.” Writing Assessment: Issues and Strategies. Karen Greenberg, Harvey Weiner & Richard Donovan, eds. White Plains, NY: Longman, 1986. 13-34. (With Stephen P. Witte & Keith Walters)

“Learning is Doing: Teaching the Research Paper as a Group Project.” CCTE Proceedings, 1983, 23-33.

Invited Articles and ChaptersReview Essay. “Observing Animal Agency in Narrative Environments: A Review of Susan McHugh’s Animal Stories: Narrating Across Species Lines. JAC (forthcoming).

Textbook Chapter. “Writing the Research Paper.” Maxine Hairston, Successful Writing, 6th edition. NY: Norton Press, 1997.

Opinion Essay. “Research versus Teaching in Professional Roles.” fyi 30:17 (1993) 1,3.

Textbook chapter. “Writing the Research Paper.” Maxine Hairston, Successful Writing 5th edition. NY: Norton Press, 1986. 387-401.

Textbook chapter. “Writing the Research Paper.” Maxine Hairston, Contemporary Rhetoric, 4th edition. NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. 292-323.

ReviewsDaston, Lorraine & Gregg Mitman, eds. Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism. H-Network on Animal Studies [H-Animal@H-NET.MSU.EDU]. June, 2007.

Longworth, Polly. The World of Emily Dickinson and Robert McClure Smith, The Seductions of Emily Dickinson. Southern Humanities Review (Spring, 1998).

J.L. Dillard, A History of American English and Philip Gleason, Speaking of Diversity: Language and Diversity in Twentieth-Century America. History of Education Quarterly 33:3 (1993) 446-48.

Reprint“Windmills and Workbooks, Abstractions and Alternatives: Formal and Functional Approaches to Literacy.” Literacy and Power. Diane Vipond & Ronald Strahl, eds. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1996.

Invited Lectures and Conference PresentationsInternational (recent)Keynote Address:

Keynote Address: “Intersubjective Science: The Legacy of Ape Language Research” Relationships Between Human and Nonhuman Primates. University of Warsaw, Artes Liberales, Poland, May 2014.

Panel presentation: “How Do We Teach 21st-century Literacy Skills to High School and College Students?” Modern Language Association, Chicago, January 2014.

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Keynote Address: “Reviving Biophilia: Feeling Our Way with Other Animals. The Experience of Animality in Science, Culture & Daily Life. University of Warsaw, Poland, October 2012.

Paper. “Writing Animal Studies from the Heartland: A History of Human-Animal Relations on the University of Iowa Campus.” Rhetorics of Human Animal Relations. University of Oslo, May 2012.

Paper. “The Relational Stance from Field Observation to Laboratory Science: The Case of Ape Language Research.” Sex, Gender, Species Conference, Wesleyan University, February 2011.

Paper. “Human Uniqueness in the Age of Ape Language Research.” San Diego State Univeristy Darwin Symposium. San Diego, CA. November 2009.

Paper. “How to Do Things Without Words: Whisperers as Rustic Authorities on Interspecies Dialogue.”International Society of Anthrozoology Conference. Kansas City, MO. October, 2009.

Poster. “Human Scientist-Animal Subject Relationships in Ape Language Research.” The Primate Mind: Built to Connect with Other Minds. Erice, Sicily, Italy. June 2009.

Paper. “Relational Minds: Enculturated Apes and the Shared Construction of Identity.” International Society of Anthrozoology Conference. Toronto, Canada. August 2008.

Paper. “Feminists Without Borders: International Dialogues in the Writing Center.” International Writing Center Association and Peer Tutoring Conference. Minneapolis, MN. October 2005.

Paper. “Nonhuman Persons: How Ape-language Research Constructs the Identity of Language Competent Apes.” 55th International Phenomenology Congress: Phenomenology of Life: From the Animal Soul to the Human Mind. Nijmegen, Netherlands. August, 2005.

Paper. “Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries with Writing Fellows.” 11th International Literacy and Education Research Network Conference on Learning. Havana, Cuba. June, 2004.

Paper. “Chimps and Children: Development of Language and Identity Across the Species Border.” Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education: Research, Theory and Practice. Tempe, AZ. January 2003.

Paper. “Writing Center Practice with Non-native Writers of English.” International Writing Centers Association Conference. Savannah, GA. April 2002.

Paper. “Critical Thinking Meets Women’s Ways of Knowing.” Third Biennial International Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference. Decatur, IL. October 2001.

Paper. “We Are Not Alone: Human-Animal Relationships in Adolescent Literature.” Modern Critical Approaches to Children’s Literature. Nashville, TN. March 1999.

Paper. “Horse Stories and Adolescent Female Readers: Alternatives to Romance or Variations on the Theme?” Modern Critical Approaches to Children’s Literature. Nashville, TN. April 1997.

Paper. “Texts and Performances: The Blending of Traditions in the History of Irish Music.” American Conference on Irish Studies/Canadian Association of Irish Studies. Queens College, Belfast, Northern Ireland. June-July 1995.

Paper. “Nurture and Conquest: A Narrative Analysis of Academic Labor in America.” International Conference on Women in Higher Education. El Paso, TX. January 1994.

National and Regional (recent)

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Chief Reader’s Report. National Advanced Placement Annual Conference. Philadelphia, July 2014.

Presentation. “Home Sweet Biome.” Iowa Humanities Festival, Des Moines, Iowa, April 2014.

Chief Reader’s Report. National Advanced Placement Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. July 2013.

Panel. “Teaching with Animals.” Living with Animals Conference. Eastern Kentucky University, March 2013.

Paper. “The Place of Entry-level College Composition in Developing Academic Writing Skills.” College Composition and Communication Conference. Las Vegas. March, 2013.

Paper. “Rhetoric of Inquiry: A Model of College-level Literacy.” National Conference of Teachers of English. Las Vegas. November, 2012.

Chief Reader’s Report, National AP Conference. Orlando, Florida. July 2012.

Invited Talk. “Rhetorical Analysis and Argument.” Norwalk High School AP English Language Classes. Norwalk, Iowa. October 2011; February 2013; October 2013

Chief Reader’s Report. National AP Conference. San Francisco. July, 2011.

Panel presentation. “Understanding AP and Maximizing its Value.” Iowa Association for College Admissions Counselors. Des Moines, IA. May, 2011

Paper. “Animal-ness.” Rhetoric Society of America. Minneapolis, MN. May 2010.

Presentation. “Articulating the Animal: Tales from the Lab.” Writing Science at the Writing University Conference. POROI, University of Iowa. October 2008.

Paper. “Writing Fellows and the Question of ‘Disciplined’ Academic Writing.” College Composition and Communication Conference. New York. March 2007.

Paper. “Caring and Coexisting with Nonhuman Persons.” National Communication Association. San Antonio, TX. November 2006.

Paper. “Who Cares.” Women’s Caucus, South Central Modern Language Association. Ft. Worth, TX,October 2006.

Keynote Address. “Animal Culture is a Human Cultural Question.” Craft, Culture, Critique Conference. University of Iowa. April 2006.

Paper. “Writing for Different Masters.” College Composition and Communication Conference.” Chicago.March, 2006.

Paper. “Academic Piece Work as Peace Work.” Midwest Writing Center Association Conference. St. Cloud, MN. November, 2004.

Panel proposer and moderator. “Fitting Peer Learning into the Academic Hierarchy.” Thomas R. Watson Conference, “Writing at the Center.” Louisville, KY. October 2004.

Discussion leader. Statewide Articulation Conference. Newton, IA. February 2004.

Paper. “Critical Thinking Texts and Rhetorics of Bad Faith.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Austin, TX. May 2004.

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Paper. “Panopticism or Just Paying Attention.” Conference on Composition and Communication. San Antonio Texas. March 2004.

Paper. “Women’s Literacy, Addiction, and Spirituality.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, NY. March 2003.

Paper. “WritLarge: Summer Faculty Workshop on Writing-enhanced Large Classes.” Midwest Writing Center Association Conference. Lawrence, KS. October 2002.

Paper. “Gendered Literacy: Gains and Losses.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. March, 2002.

Co-director. Midwest Writing Centers Association Conference. Iowa City, IA. September 2001.

Paper. “Outside the Center.” Midwest Writing Centers Association Conference. Minneapolis, MN. October 2000.

Paper. “Writing Centers as ‘Safety Zones’ in Academia.” National Writing Center Association Conference. Baltimore, MD October 2000.

Paper. “Critical Thinking and the Production of Reasonable Students.” Feminist Rhetorics Conference. Minneapolis, MN. October 1999.

Paper. “Examining Writing Centers as Safe Places in the Hostile World of Academe.” Midwest Writing Centers Association. Springfield, MO. October 1999.

Paper. “The Spirit of Mentoring in the Ethical Universe of Academe.” American Association of Higher Education: Faculty Roles & Rewards.” Orlando, FL. January 1998

Paper. “Navigating the Ethics and Politics of Academic Labor.” National Conference on Women in Higher Education. Ames, IA. November 1997

Paper. “Another War Between the Sexes: A Gendered View of the Literacy Paradox.” College Composition & Communication Conference. Phoenix, AZ. March 1997.

Paper. “Authenticity Reconsidered.” Conference on American Pragmatism, John Dewey, and Teaching and Learning in a Multicultural Society. Institute for the Study of Postsecondary Pedagogy. SUNY New Paltz, NY. November 1995.

Paper. “An Ethic of Care: Emotional Labor in Education.” The Politics of Caring III. Atlanta, GA. November 1995.

Paper. “Safe Places in Hostile Environments.” National Writing Center Conference. St. Louis, MO. September 1995.

SERVICEDepartmentMember. Review Committee for Will Jennings. Fall 2012-Spring 2013.Member. Review Committee for Pat Dolan. Fall 2012-Spring 2013.Member. Rhetoric Assessment Committee. Fall 2011-Spring 2012; Spring 2013.Chair. Search Committee for STEM lecturer positions. Fall 2011.Member. Review Committee for Bridget Tsemo. Fall 2010-Spring 2011.Chair. Search Committee for 2 lecturer positions. Fall 2010-Spring 2011.Chair. Review Committee for Takis Poulakos. Spring 2010Chair. Review Committee for Bridget Tsemo. Spring 2010.

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Department Chair. Summer 2004-Spring 2008.Reviewer. Will Jennings and Cinda Coggins-Mosher. Fall 2006.Member. Technology Committee. 2004-2007.Member. Review Committee for Vershawn Young. Spring 2004.Chair. Review Committee for Will Jennings. Spring 2004.Chair. Review Committee for Daniel Gross. Fall, 2003.Member. Committee on Post-tenure Faculty Review Criteria. Spring 2003Member. Morphing Textbook Committee. Spring 2003.Member. Review Committee for Aimee Carrillo-Rowe. Spring 2003.Chair. Review Committee for Megan Knight. Spring 2003.Member. Review Committee for Takis Poulakos. Fall 2002.Associate Chair. 1999-2000, Fall 2002-Spring 2004.Chair. Five Year Hiring Plan Committee. Fall 200-Spring 2004..Member. Lecturer Search Committee. Spring 2002.Contest Judge. Annual Rhetoric Department Essay Contest. Every spring.Member. Program Associate Search Committee. Spring 2002.Chair. Review Committee for Patrick Dolan. Spring 2002.Member. Annual Review Committee, Daniel Gross. Spring 2001.Acting Department Executive Officer. Summer 2000.Member. Annual Review Committee, Melissa Deem. Spring 2000.Member Textbook Committee. Spring 2000, 2003.Summer Department Chair and Director of Student Affairs. 1999.Chair. Annual Review Committee, Melissa Deem. Spring 1999.Elected Member. Executive Committee. Fall 1994-Fall 1996. Spring 1999. Fall 2003-Spring 2004; Fall 2009-Spring 2010Writer/Editor. Alumni Newsletter for Cleo Martin Fund for Excellence in Teaching Rhetoric. Summer 1998.Chair. Professional Development Program. 1999Chair. Annual Review Committee, Diane Davis. Spring, 1998.Staffing Supervisor. 1995, 1998, 1999.Annual Review Committee, Melissa Deem. Spring 1997.Associate Chair. Spring 1997.Department Representative. Campus Communications Project. Fall 1996.Committee D. 1996-1998.Co-leader. Professional Development Program. Fall 1996.Member. Textbook Committee. 1996, 1997.Member. Search Committee for Tenure Track Position. Fall 1995-Spring 1996.Member. Search Committee for Temporary Lecturer Position. Spring 1995.Director of the Reading Lab. Spring 1995-Fall 1996, Summer 1997.

CollegeRepresentative from GECC. AACU Gen. Ed. and Assessment Conference. Seattle. Feb. 2010.Member. Collegiate Teaching Award Selection Committee. Fall, 2009-Fall 2011Member. General Education Course Committee. Jan.2004-Jan. 2005, Spring 2008, Fall 2009-2011.Reviewer. First-year seminar proposals. April 2003.Member. Educational Policy Committee. 2002-2005. Secretary, 2004.Discussion leader. Fulbright Grants Workshop for Graduate Study and Research Abroad. August 2001.Discussion leader. College of Liberal Arts Orientation for New Faculty. August 2001.Faculty Presenter. Parent Orientation Sessions, “Success in Today’s Classroom.” Summer 2001.Member. Task force on Interdisciplinary Cooperation among Rhetoric and Writing Disciplines. 2001-

presentMember. Standards for Success Committee. Spring 2001Member. International Travel Awards Committee. 2000-2003.Speaker. Graduate Instructor Workshop, English. Fall 2000, Fall 2001.Member. Review Committee for Art & Art History. Spring 1999.Member. Poroi Executive Committee. Spring 1998-2002.

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Member. Faculty Assembly. 1998-2003. Nominating Commmittee, 2002.Member. Vice President for Research Advisory Committee in the Arts & Humanities. Fall 1997-Spring

1999.Member. Center for the Book Certificate Program Admissions & Advisory Committee.

Spring 1996-Fall 2000.Member. Faculty Welfare Committee. 1995-97.Member. Elections Committee. Spring 1995.

UniversityMember. University of Iowa Press Editorial Board Advisory Committee. 2012-2015.Fulbright Review Committee. Fall, 2012.Faculty adviser. P.A.W.S. Student Organization. 2011-present.Member. Obermann Seminar Proposal Review Committee. 2010.Member. Review Committee for Rachel Williams, Teaching & Learning, Education. 2010.Member. SST Subcommittee on One Community One Book. Spring 2008.Co-chair. SST Subcommittee on Traditions. 2008.Member. Review Committee for Office of University Relations. 2007-2008Member. Student Success Team. 2007-Member. Provost’s Task Force on The Writing University. 2006Member. Subcommittee on Undergraduate Writing Major. 2006Member. Council on Teaching. 2006-2008; 2009-2010; Chair, 2007-2008.Member. Steering Committee, University Re-accreditation Project. 2006-2008.Panel speaker. High School to Higher Education workshop on Academic Integrity. April 2004.Member. Honors Scholarship Selection Committee. 2004-2008.Faculty member. Council on the Status of Women. 2003-2004.Speaker representing Center for Teaching. Provost’s Faculty Orientation, August 2001.Mentor for new faculty member in Education, Betsy Palmer. 2000-2001.Member. Search committee for Communications Coordinator position. School of Engineering. Spring 2001.Member. Student Travel Funding Committee. 2000-2005Member. Ad Hoc Regents University Committee on Alternative High School

Curriculum and College Admissions Standards. Spring 1996-Fall 1998.

ProfessionMember. AP English Language Development Committee (College Board), 2010-present.Member, College Board Advanced Placement Higher Education Advisory Committee, 2011-2014Manuscript Reviewer. Humanimalia. 2012-presentManuscript Reviewer. IEEE Spectrum, 2013Manuscript Reviewer. Animals and Society. 2010-presentManuscript Reviewer. Journal of Critical Animal Studies. 2009-presentAssociate Editor. Journal of Critical Animal Studies. 2013.Manuscript Reviewer. Hypatia: Journal of Feminist Philosophy 2010-present Symposium Organizer (with Theresa Mangum). “Apes in Iowa.” Funded, organized, participated in day-

long sharing of research on nonhuman apes with scholars from the Midwest. U of Iowa, April 2008.

Speaker, “College Preparation.” Iowa City Alternative High School & City High. 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.Reviewer, graduating teacher candidates. Curriculum & Instruction, Education. U of Iowa. Dec. 2004. 2006External Reviewer for hiring/tenure case, University of Illinois. Oct. 2004Manuscript Reviewer, Research in the Teaching of English, 2003-presentManuscript Reviewer, University of Massachusetts Press, 2004-2012Manuscript Reviewer, National Women’s Studies Association Journal, 2004-presentCo-director. Midwest Writing Centers Conference. September 2001.Referee. Professing Rhetorics--Composition. Rhetoric Society of America Annual

Conference, 1999.Speaker. Eighth Annual EICCD English Staff Development Day. Muscatine

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Community College. Muscatine, Iowa. Feb. 1999. Executive Committee Member. Iowa Writing Project. 1993-2000.Referee. Writing Assessment Division. College Composition and Communication

Conference. 1995.Referee. National Council of Teachers of English. Annual State Writing Contest for

High School Juniors. 1995-present.Textbook Reviewer. Allyn & Bacon

Harcourt BraceMayfieldPearson

Test Materials Reviewer ACT reading exams; ACT CLEP (1998-2009); College Board CLEP Exams, 2009. GMAT exam (2011-present)

Range Finding Committee College Board, SAT Written Exam, 2002-presentTest Reader/Rater ETS Advanced Placement English Exam, 2000-2004Table Leader ETS Advanced Placement English Exam, 2005-2006, 2010Question Leader ETS Advanced Placement English Exam, 2007, 2008, 2009Chief Reader Designate ETS Advanced Placement English Language Exam. 2010Chief Reader ETS Advanced Placement English Language Exam 2011-present.

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