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EDUCATION
updated 6/09
CHERYL E. BALL
Department of English

Campus Box 4240
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61790-4240
http://www.ceball.com
cball@ilstu.edu

ACADEMIC
APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor of New Media Studies, English Department, Illinois State University.
2007\u2013present.
Assistant Professor of Computers and Writing, English Department, Utah State University.
2004\u20132007.
PhD in Rhetoric & Technical Communication, Michigan Technological University, 2005.
Dissertation: A New Media Reading Strategy
Committee: Anne Wysocki (chair), Cynthia Selfe, Diana George
MFA in Poetry, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2000.
Thesis: Dinner for One [First interactive, electronic thesis at VCU]
Chair: T.R. Hummer
Study abroad: Glasgow Writers & Artists Workshop, Glasgow School of the Arts, Scotland,
June 4\u2013July 1, 1998.
BA in English, Old Dominion University, 1996. Magna Cum Laude.
Transferred coursework: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1991\u20131993.

born-digital scholarship, new media/multimodal reading and composing practices, teaching with technology, sustainable technological environments.S econ d a r y: editing as mentoring, undergraduate digital research, graduate professionalization

Ball, Cheryl E., & Kalmbach, James. (Eds.). (forthcoming). RAW: Reading and writing new
media. Hampton Press: Cresskill, NJ.
Journet, Debra; Ball, Cheryl E.; & Trauman, Ryan. (Eds.). (in prospectus). The new work of
composing [Digital book]. Table of contents selected Dec. 2008; prospectus and sample
chapters to be submitted to Computers and Composition Digital Press, June 2009.
Editor. (2008\u2013present). Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy [Bi-annual].
Guest editor, with Scott Lloyd DeWitt. (2008). Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy, 12(3).

[Special summer issue: Manifestos!]. http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/12.3
Co-Editor. (2006\u20132008). Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy.
Guest editor, with Byron Hawk. (2006, September). Computers & Composition,23(3). [Special

issue: Sound in/as compositional space], 263\u2013396.
Guest editor, with Byron Hawk. (2006, Fall). Computers & Composition Online. [Special issue:

Sound in/as compositional space]. http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/sound
Co-Editor, CoverWeb section. (2001\u20132006). Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy.
Associate Editor. (2003\u201304). Computers & Composition [Quarterly].
Assistant Editor. (2000\u201303). Computers & Composition.
Editorial Intern. (2002). College Composition & Communication [Quarterly].

PUBLICATIONS
edited journals
edited volumes
areas of specialization
Cheryl E. Ball | 2
Ball, Cheryl E., & Arola, Kristin L. (2005). ix tech comm: visual exercises for technical
communication. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin\u2019s Press.
Ball, Cheryl E., & Arola, Kristin L. (2004). ix: visual exercises. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin\u2019s
Press.
Ball, Cheryl E. (2004). Picturing texts instructor\u2019s guide. New York: W.W. Norton.
Ball, Cheryl E. (2004). Picturing texts [Website]. New York: W.W. Norton.
http://picturingtexts.com

Moeller, Ryan; Cargile Cook, Kelli; & Ball, Cheryl E. (2009). Political economy and sustaining the unstable: New faculty and research in English studies. In Danielle DeVoss, Heidi McKee, & Richard Selfe (Eds.) Technological ecologies & sustainability. Computers and Composition Digital Press. http://ccdigitalpress.org/tes/01_cargile_cook_moeller_ball.pdf

Ball, Cheryl E. (forthcoming, Jan. 2010). Toward a reading heuristic for new media texts.
Writing spaces: Readings on writings.h t tp ://writi n gs pa c es .org/
Ball, Cheryl E.; Fenn, Tyrell; & Scof\ue000eld, Tia. (in review). (Multimodal, multimedia, multigenre)
Composition: Narratives on teaching and learning with new media. In Carl Whithaus &
Tracey Bowen (Eds.) Multimodal literacies and emerging genres in student compositions.

Jensen, Kyle, & Ball, Cheryl E. (in progress). Old questions, new media: Theorizing writing in a digital age. In Sidney I. Dobrin, Jeffrey Rice, & Michael Vastola (Eds.) Beyond post-process. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press. [Advanced contract].

Bemer, Amanda; Moeller, Ryan M.; & Ball, Cheryl E. (forthcoming: 2009, September).
Designing collaborative learning spaces: Where material culture meets mobile writing
processes. Programmatic Perspectives: Journal of the Council for Programs in Technical and

Scientifc Communication, 1(2). http://www.cptsc.org/pp/
Ball, Cheryl E., & Moeller, Ryan M. (2008). Converging the ASS[umptions] between U and ME;
or How new media can bridge the scholarly/creative split in English studies. Computers &
Composition Online.h t tp ://w w w. bgs u .ed u/c c o n l i n e/c o nverge n c e
Ball, Cheryl E., & Moeller, Ryan. (2007). Reinventing the possibilities: Academic literacy and
new media.Fibreculture. http://journal.\ue000breculture.org/issue10/ball_moeller/

Anderson, Daniel; Atkins, Anthony; Ball, Cheryl E.; Homicz Millar, Krista; Selfe, Cynthia;
& Selfe, Richard. (2006). Integrating multimodality in composition curricula: Survey
methodology and results from aCCCC Research Initiative grant. Composition Studies, 34(2),

59\u201384.
Ball, Cheryl E. (2006). Designerly \u2260 readerly: Re-assessing multimodal and new media rubrics
for writing studies. Convergences, 12, 393\u2013412.
Ball, Cheryl E., & Rice, Rich. (2006). Reading the text: Remediating the text. Kairos: A Journal
of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, 10(2).
http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/10.2/binder2.html?coverweb/riceball/
Ball, Cheryl E. (2004). Show, not tell: The value of new media scholarship. Computers &
Composition, 21, 403\u2013425.
Ball, Cheryl E. (in review). Where is digital media in the humanities?: Not in MLA.Profe s s io n
2009.
book chapters
book chapters,
in progress
peer-reviewed articles/
webtexts
textbooks
textbook supplements
peer-reviewed articles,
in progress
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[Invited] Arola, Kristin L., & Ball, Cheryl E. (2007). A conversation: From \u201cThey call me
doctor?!\u201d to tenure. Computers & Composition Online. http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/doctor
[Kairos 2006 Best Webtext Award Finalist]
Matt Johnson; Ball, Cheryl E.; et al. (13 authors). (2008, November 14). Who\u2019s the boss? New
Leadership Board of the Economic Development Council, Bloomington-Normal, IL.

Ball, Cheryl E.; Ferraro, Lora; Rossi, Rebecca; & Schulz, Christina; et al. (16 authors).
(2008, August 22). Who is the future employer? New Leadership Board of the Economic
Development Council, Bloomington-Normal, IL.

Council of Editors of Learned Journals. (2008, May). Best Practices for Online Journal Editors
[Co-author]. http://www.celj.org/downloads/CELJEjournalEditorsGuidelines.pdf
Ball, Cheryl E. (2005). Trans-cultural multimedia production in an English classroom [Abstract].
Proceedings for Advancing the Effectiveness and Sustainability of Open Education
Conference. Utah State University, Logan, UT.
Ball, Cheryl E. (forthcoming, Jan. 2010). Review of Scholarship in the digital age, by Christine
Borgman. Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy, 14(2).
Ilyasova, Ksenia, & Ball, Cheryl E. (2004). Review of Writing spaces, 2nd ed., by Jay David
Bolter. Technical Communication Quarterly,13, 135\u2013138.
Ball, Cheryl E. (2003). Review of Inside the communication revolution: Evolving patterns
of social & technical interaction, Robin Mansell (Ed.). Journal of Business & Technical
Communication, 18, 248\u2013251.
Ball, Cheryl E. (2002). Review of NMEDIAC: The Journal of New Media & Culture. InKa i ros:
Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy, 7(3).
http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/7.3/binder.html?reviews/ball/index.html
Contributor. (2009, December). Coda: Tales from the editorial life [Graphic]. Profession 2009.
Writer/Producer. (2009, March 31). On a Digital Tenure Portfolio [Video]. First presented at
2009 Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJJER7diM6c
Producer/Director. (2007, Dec. 11). Who needs YouTube?! [Original \ue000lm + student video
showcase]. Presented at The Normal Theater, Normal, IL.
Designer for Allison Warner. (2007). Constructing a tool for assessing scholarly webtexts.
Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy, 12(1).
http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/12.1/binder.html?topoi/warner/index.html
Designer. (2006\u2013present). Dr. Cheryl E. Ball [Digital portfolio]. http://www.ceball.com
Designer/Producer. (2006). Sound in/as compositional space [Video + website].Comp ut e rs
and Composition Online. http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/sound
Designer/Editor. (2005\u201306).Sy n op s is. Utah State University. [2006 Winner of STC Newsletter
competition].
Production Manager. (2003\u201304). C Literary Magazine. Michigan Technological University.
Designer. (2003\u201304). Technobabe Times [Newsletter]. Michigan Technological University.
design activities
reviews
proceedings
white papers
non-refereed articles
designates work completed pre-tenure-track
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