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Luedtke 1 Curriculum Vitae Dalyn Luedtke Program for Writing and Rhetoric 317 UCB University of Colorado Boulder,

CO 80309 dalyn@colorado.edu http://www.pwrfaculty.net/dalyn EDUCATION 2011, Phd The University Arizona Tucson, Arizona (Expected) Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English (RCTE) Exam Areas: Audience and Subjectivity in the History of Rhetoric and Composition, Cultural Studies in Rhetoric and Composition, and Reality Television. 2005, MA The University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona English, Concentration: Rhetoric and Composition Department of English Modern Languages 445 The University of Arizona Tucson, AZ. 85721 dluedtke@email.arizona.edu

2002, BA California State University, San Marcos San Marcos, California Literature and Writing, Emphasis: Writing Took and Passed: California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST) 2000, AA Palomar College Associate in Arts San Marcos, California

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2007-present The University of Colorado at Boulder: Program for Writing and Rhetoric Lecturer Writing 1150: First Year Writing and Rhetoric (seven times) Rhetorically informed introduction to college writing. Focuses on critical analysis, argument, inquiry, and information literacy. Taught as a writing workshop, the course places a premium on invention, drafting, and thoughtful revision. Writing 3020: Rhetorical Criticism (four times) Students examine a single artifact through a variety of rhetorical lenses ranging from neo-Aristotelian to ideological criticism. Through sustained inquiry, students should enhance their awareness of different rhetorical strategies and how specific rhetorical choices affect meaning. This is a portfolio based class with heavy emphasis on revision.

Luedtke 2 Writing 3020: Writing on the New York Times (two times) Through sustained inquiry into The New York Times, students practice advanced forms of academic and popular writing. The course emphasizes a rhetorical approach to analysis, criticism, and argument. Taught as a writing workshop, the course places a premium on substantive, thoughtful revision. Writing 3020: Television and American Culture (two times) Students assess the material, rhetorical, and cultural impact of television on American culture through sustained inquiry and extensive research. Students are required to write one analytical essay, a formal review, engage in the online TV community through blogs and Twitter, and put together a final project which consists of research, rhetorical analysis of a network, and an original TV show pitch. 2003-06 The University of Arizona Composition Program Graduate Assistant in Teaching

English 101: Composition I (two times) First-semester course in academic writing that uses pop culture artifacts to develop analytical skills. This course lays the foundation for rhetorical analysis by addressing audience and purpose in a social context. This course also focuses on developing reading and writing strategies, summarizing arguments, and adding variety to sentence structure and word choice. English 102: Composition II (five times) Second-semester course in academic writing with emphases on rhetorical analysis, research, and revision. Students develop the ability to analyze the rhetorical strategies employed by authors and researchers, as well as the ability to consciously use specific strategies in their own persuasive writing. By encouraging students to examine different sources and mediums for arguments, current events are explored from multiple perspectives. 2005, Summer Pima Community College Adjunct Faculty Writing 101: This course introduces students to college-level writing by focusing on different types of writing. The course begins with a narrative or descriptive personal essay, builds to exposition, and culminates with a persuasive piece that incorporates elements of the two previous essays. Workshops and basic writing skills are also heavily emphasized. 2005, Spring Pima Community College Graduate Assistant in Teaching in the Pima Exchange Program

Luedtke 3 Writing 100: Writing Fundamentals Review of sentence structure, mechanics, and usage, which includes review of sentence patterns, designing and writing effective paragraphs, and developing short essays. The final project for this class is a critique of a current documentary film. This critique acts as a short introduction to academic writing and analytical skills. Writing 102: This is an introductory literature course that focuses on short stories and plays. Students develop the vocabulary and skills required for literary analysis. After analyzing different types of literature, students must research a literary lensMarxism, feminism, reader-response, etcand apply it to one of the texts we analyzed throughout the semester. 2003, Spring California State University, San Marcos, Writing Program Graduate Teaching Assistant General Education Writing 101 An introduction to college-level writing that focuses on writing as critical inquiry through close readings of a variety of cultural texts. Includes an emphasis on the processes of writing and reading by examining the ways in which social, cultural, and political histories affect interpretations, and the ways in which texts (re)produce particular social constructions and power relations, such as those around gender, race, class, disability, and sexuality. TUTORING 2007-09, Writing Consultant, CU Boulder Writing Center. Work with students of all levels and abilities on writing projects ranging from first-year essay assignments, personal statements, resumes, lab reports, and graduate-level work. This one-on-one tutoring occurs at every stage of the drafting process and includes help with research strategies and MLA formatting, in addition to more traditional writing processes. 2004-05, Writing Assessment, Gorman Learning Center. Respond to essays written by California high school students, most of whom are home-schooled. Responsibilities include scoring essays according to California State Standards, responding to content and grammar-related concerns in student essays, and collaborating with other Gorman employees in order to revise the essay prompts given to students. 2002-03, Writing Consultant, Collaborative Academic Preparation Initiative (CAPI). Collaborative project between CSUSM and local high schools that aims to reduce the need for remediation for students who would like to enter college. Responsibilities include individual tutoring, running small group workshops, collaborating with the high school teachers, and responding to student writing in an online environment.

Luedtke 4 2002-03, Writing Tutor, CSUSM Writing Center. One-on One tutoring at all stages of the writing process: brainstorming, drafting, thesis crafting, revising, and editing. Special emphasis is given to helping students meet the analytical requirements of CSUSMs firstyear writing course, but the writing center also meets the needs of other students, including graduate students. PUBLICATIONS Strategies for Global and Local Revision. Students Guide to First-Year Writing 27th ed. Ed. Jennifer DeWinter, Jim Bowman, and Andrea Modarres. Plymouth, MI: Hayden McNeil, 2006. SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS International Conferences: Reality TV and the Rhetoric of Adherence: What the New Rhetoric Can Tell Us about a New Genre." The Promise of Reason: The New Rhetoric After 50 Years. Eugene, Oregon. May 2008. The Fetishization of Sex: An Examination of the Everyday Discourses of Pornography. Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Honolulu, Hawaii. January 2004. National Conferences Simulating the Real: The Confessional as Mediated Intimacy. Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America. Minneapolis, Minnesota. May 2010. The Reality of Privacy: What Reality TV Teaches Us about Surveillance as Entertainment. Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America. Seattle, Washington. May 2008. "Seeing the Spectacle in Sanjaya and Seung-Hui Cho: Dissecting Media Events in the Composition Classroom." Conference on College Communication and Composition. New Orleans, Louisiana. April 2008. The Rhetoric of the Spectacle. American Culture Association/Popular Culture Association National Conference. San Francisco, California. March 2008. Reality TV Made Me Do It: Examining the Real in Reality. American Culture Association/Popular Culture Association National Conference. Boston, Massachusetts. April 2007.

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Detained Literacy: Inmates and the GED. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, Illinois. March 2006. Regional Conferences: Pornography and Mainstream Media: Rhetorics of Control and Excitement in Primetime. Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference. San Francisco, California. October, 2005. Interactive Impotence: The Rhetoric of Video Games? SW/Texas PCA/ACA. Albuquerque, New Mexico. February, 2006. WORKSHOPS 2007 Fall, Guest Speaker, CU Boulder. Invited to speak to a graduate-level interdisciplinary telecommunication for engineers class about the differences between summary, paraphrasing, and citing, as well as various research techniques. 2007 Fall, New Faculty Workshop, CU Boulder. Invited to speak to new GPTIs and lecturers about techniques, logistics, and strategies for running small group workshops in a first-year composition classroom. SERVICE FAC (Faculty Advisory Committee), Lecturer representative, CU Boulder, 2007-08. EGU (English Graduate Union), RCTE representative, University of Arizona, 2005. Responsible for representing the concerns of graduate students to the faculty at RCTE meetings, lobbying on their behalf, and reporting the details of faculty meetings to the student body. SVR: Spatial and Visual RhetoricsAlltel Fund for the Arts, Fundraiser and Planning Committee, Spring 2005. Students Guide Essay Contest, Judge, Spring 2005. EGU, Academic Program Review (APR) representative, 2004-05. American Comparative Literature Association Conference: Crossing Over, Research Assistant, Spring 2003. OUTREACH Community Cycles, Volunteer, Boulder, CO., 2007-present. Pima College Adult Education, GED Tutor, Pima County Jail, Tucson, AZ., 2005. Probationers in Recovery, Tutor/Volunteer, Vista, CA., 2000-02.

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HONORS AND AWARDS Pima Exchange Recipient, Spring 2005. Selected by a committee of UA and Pima Community College faculty to exchange classes with a faculty member from Pima for the semester. Deans List, CSUSM, 2002-03. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2003-present. National Council of Teachers of English. 2003-present. Rhetoric Society of America. 2003-present. Popular Culture Association, 2004-present.

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