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DR. CRYSTAL N. FODREY

709 Overlook Dr. Moravian University
Bethlehem, PA 18017 1200 Main Street
502-489-4280 (cell) Bethlehem, PA 18018
fodreyc@moravian.edu 610-861-1511 (office)

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Writing Program Administration (First-Year Writing, Writing in the Disciplines/ Writing-Enriched Curriculum
Development and Implementation; Faculty Development; Assessment); Qualitative Research; Writing/Knowledge
Transfer Studies; Rhetorical Genre Studies; Composition Theory and Pedagogy; Multimodal Writing in Digital
Spaces; Public Rhetoric and Writing

ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Associate Professor of English and Director of Writing at Moravian(Co-Coordinating First-Year Writing
Program and leading the Writing-Enriched Curriculum Project), Moravian University,1 Bethlehem, PA. Fall
2020–present; Assistant Professor and Director of Writing at Moravian, Fall 2014–Spring 2020

Graduate Associate in Teaching, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Fall 2008–Spring 2014

Writing Center Graduate Coordinator, Think Tank at the Student Academic Learning Center, University of
Arizona, Fall 2009–Spring 2011

Lecturer, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. Spring 2007–Spring 2008

Adjunct Instructor, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI. Fall 2006–Spring 2008

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Western Kentucky University, Fall 2005–Spring 2006

EDUCATION
PhD Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English, University of Arizona, May 2014
Dissertation: “Teaching Undergraduate Creative Nonfiction Writing: A Rhetorical Enterprise”
Committee: Drs. Theresa Enos (Chair), Anne-Marie Hall, and Cristina Ramirez

MA English, with distinction, Western Kentucky University, May 2006

Concentration: Creative Writing
Creative Nonfiction Thesis: “Silent Still, the Brazen Child”
Committee: Drs. L. Dale Rigby (Chair), Tom C. Hunley, and Elizabeth Weston

BA English, summa cum laude, Western Kentucky University, May 2004

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Moravian transitioned from College to University status in July 2021.
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PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Fodrey, Crystal N., & Mikovits, Meg. (2020). “Theorizing WAC faculty development in multimodal project design.”
Across the Disciplines, 17.

Fodrey, Crystal N., Mikovits, Meg, Hassy, Chris, & Yozell, Erica. (2019). Activity theory as tool for WAC program
development: Organizing first-year writing and writing-enriched curriculum systems. Composition Forum, 42.

Fodrey, Crystal N. (2015). “Teaching CNF writing to college students: A snapshot of pedagogical scholarship
before Assay.” Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies,2.1.

Szabady, Gina, Fodrey, Crystal N., & Del Russo, Celeste. (2014). “Digital (Re)Visions: Blending Pedagogical
Strategies with Dynamic Classroom Tactics.” Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, 19.1.

Fodrey, Crystal N. “Thrown into Theory, or How I Learned to Love Spatial Rhetoric.” (2012). Special Issue: Spatial
Praxes Ed. Amy C. Kimme Hea, Jennifer Haley-Brown, and Ashley J. Holmes. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric,
Technology, and Pedagogy, 16.3.

Edited Collection Chapters

Fodrey, Crystal N. (Forthcoming invited chapter). “The possibilities and challenges of WEC-driven writing
assessment ecologies.” In Megan O’Neill and Genie N. Giaimo (Eds.), Writing assessment at small liberal arts
colleges.

Mikovits, Meg, Fodrey, Crystal N., & Yozell, Erica. (2021). Investigating the design of multimodal writing projects
across the disciplines. In Shyam Bahadur Pandey and Santosh Khadka (Eds.), Multimodal composition: Faculty
development programs and institutional change. Routledge.
Fodrey, Crystal N. & Hassay, Chris. (2021). Piloting WEC as a context-responsive writing research initiative. In
Chris M. Anson and Pamela Flash (Eds.) The writing-enriched curriculum: Accounts of departmentally-focused
implementation. The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado.

Yozell, Erica, Fodrey, Crystal N., & Mikovits, Meg. (2018). Implementing digital storytelling across the curriculum
at a small liberal arts college. In Santosh Khadka and J. C. Lee (Eds.), Designing and implementing multimodal
curricula and programs (pp. 155–164). Routledge.

Fodrey, Crystal N. (2013). Voice, transformed: The potentialities of style pedagogy in the teaching of creative
nonfiction. In Star Medzerian Vanguri and Michael Duncan (Eds.), The Centrality of Style(pp. 239-258). The
WAC Clearinghouse; Parlor Press.

Book Review
Fodrey, Crystal N. (2015). Review of Critical Expressivism: Theory and Practice in the Composition Classroom. Rhetoric
Review, 34.4, 486-492.

Textbook Contributions
Fodrey, Crystal N. (2012). “Applying spatial analysis.” In Caitlin Rodriguez, Jerry W. Lee, and Gina Szabady (Eds.),
A Student’s Guide to First-Year Writing. 33rd ed. (pp. 187-89). Hayden-McNeil.
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Fodrey, Crystal N. (2009). “Critical Consciousness in the Contact Zone.” In Marlowe Daly-Galeano, Marissa M.
Juarez, and Jacob Witt (Eds.), A Student’s Guide to First-Year Writing. 30th ed. (pp. 312-314). Hayden-McNeil.
(Reprinted in playbill for controversial student-written play, Exhibit A, at Moravian College, Fall 2015)

Creative Nonfiction
Fodrey, Crystal N. (2004). The necessity of truth in creative nonfiction. Thoreau’s Rooster: A National Review of
Undergraduate Creative Nonfiction, 3, 6-11.

WORKS IN PROGRESS
Proposed edited collection chapter under review for Radical Frameworks for Writing Transfer: Epistemological Justice in the
Writing Classroom, with Meg Mikovits: “A study of radical WAC transfer frameworks in action”

Article intended for submission to The WAC Journal: “Reimagining context-responsive WAC program leadership”

Book project, working title: Toward Inclusive and Just Multimodal Writing Transfer across the Curriculum

PRESENTATIONS
Invited National Institute Presentations
Fodrey, Crystal N. (2018, April 18-19). Writing-Enriched Curriculum Model Overview (roundtable presentation),
Qualitative Data Analysis in a Writing-Enriched Curriculum (panel presentation with Chris Hassay), Conducting
WEC Research with Pre-Professional Academic Units (panel presentation with Chris Hassay), and WEC at Small
Liberal Arts Colleges (roundtable presentation). Writing-Enriched Curriculum Institute, Minneapolis, MN.
National Conference Presentations and Workshop Leadership
Anson, Chris M., Basgier, Chris, Cripps, Michael, Falconer, Heather, Fodrey, Crystal N., Flash, Pamela, Galin,
Jeffrey, Lannin, Amy, Mikovits, Meg, Morris, Nickoson, Lee, Kerri, Pinkert, Laurie, Rosinski, Paula,
Scheurer, Erika, & Sheriff, Stacey. (Forthcoming March 9, 2022; accepted for 2020 and 2021 but not
presented due to COVID-19). Behind the scenes of WACprogram development. WAC Standing Group sponsored
workshop to be conducted at the Conference on College Composition and Communication.
Fodrey, Crystal N., Graff, Nelson, Martin, Caitlin, & Tremain, Lisa. (2021, August). Recognizing (and inviting)
leadership philosophies and theories into WAC scholarship and program development. International Writing Across the
Curriculum Conference.
Hassay, Chris, Ferarra, Jillian, Fodrey, Crystal N., Horn, Elizabeth, Kleppinger, Elisabeth, Mikovits, Meg, Scott,
Ryan, Shosted, Christopher, Stanley, Gabrielle. (Accepted for 2021 but not presented due to COVID-19).
Inviting co-creation of knowledge and effecting curricular change through undergraduate research in writing studies. Panel
presentation for the Conference on College Composition & Communication.
Fodrey, Crystal N., Mikovits, Meg, & Hassay, Chris. (2020, January 11). Activity theory as tool for SLAC writing program
development and assessment. Roundtable discussion conducted at the Small Liberal Arts College Writing
Program Administrators Conference, Lancaster, PA.
Fodrey, Crystal N., & Hassay, Chris. (2019, March 15). “Define writing in your discipline”: Qualitative research practices as
epistemological acts within a writing-enriched curriculum initiative. On “Writing Across the Curriculum Research as
Performative Action” panel (Chris M. Anson, respondent). Conference on College Composition &
Communication, Pittsburgh, PA.
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Sheriff, Stacey, Fodrey, Crystal N., & Hassay, Chris. (2019, January). Writing-enriched curriculum projects as
multimethodological research practices in SLAC contexts. Small Liberal Arts College Writing Program
Administrators Conference; Davidson, NC.
Fodrey, Crystal N., O’Meara, Katherine, Austin, Sara, & Cox, Anicca. (2018, October 25) Making matters visible:
Uncovering thinking, knowing, and being with institutional ethnography. Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric
and Composition, Louisville, KY.
Fodrey, Crystal N. & Hassay, Chris. (2018, June). How does institutional context impact adoption of best practices promoted in
writing studies scholarship? International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Auburn, AL.
Fodrey, Crystal N. & Mikovits, Meg. (2018, May 24). Creating/revising digital project assignments to foster writing transfer.
Half-day workshop conducted at the Computers and Writing Conference, Fairfax, VA.
Fodrey, Crystal N., Mikovits, Meg, Hassay, Chris, & Yozell, Erica. (2018, March 16). Designing for transfer in first-year
writing, writing-enriched curriculum research, and writing fellows experiences in a developing WAC program. Writing
Across the Curriculum Standing Group Sponsored Panel presentation at the Conference on College
Composition & Communication, Kansas City, MO.
Fodrey, Crystal N., O’Meara, Katherine, Sloggie-Pierce, Jenn, & Titus, Megan. (2017, July). WPAs in transition:
Novice WPAs discuss the job market and the transition into WPA positions. Council of Writing Program
Administrators Conference, Knoxville, TN.

Babine, Karen, Fodrey, Crystal N., Spinner, Jenny, & Stuckey-French, Ned. (2017, February 11). “Our hybrid thing”:
The cross-pollination of nonfiction studies and pedagogy.Panel presentation at the Association of Writers and Writing
Programs Conference; Washington D.C.

Fodrey, Crystal N. (2016, September 23). Epistemological Liminality: Approaching Creative Nonfiction and/in the Space
Between Composition and Creative Writing. Creative Writing Studies Conference. Asheville, NC.

Fodrey, Crystal N., Yozell, Erica, Nicholas, Lauren, & Mikovits, Meg. (2016, May 20). Beyond disciplinary boundaries:
Implementing digital storytelling across the curriculum at a small liberal arts college. Panel presentation at the
Computers and Writing Conference, Rochester, NY.

Fodrey, Crystal N. (2016, April 7). A call for critical expressivist response to undergraduate creative nonfiction writers.
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Houston, TX.

Fodrey, Crystal N. (2015, October 17). From “writing about” to “writing with”: Problematizing immersion research in creative
nonfiction. Conference on Community Writing, Boulder, CO.

Fodrey, Crystal N. (2015, July 18). Pre-tenure writing across the curriculum director as rhetorical listener. Council of Writing
Program Administrators Conference, Boise, ID.

Fodrey, Crystal N. (2015, March 20). Toward a praxis of emergence: Embracing the risks and rewards of teaching socially
situated creative nonfiction writing. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Tampa, FL.

Fodrey, Crystal N. (2014, March 22). Open to invention: Locating dominant ideologies in creative nonfiction pedagogical discourse.
Conference on College Composition and Communication; Indianapolis, IN.

Fodrey, Crystal N. (2013, July 18). Craft as/vs. Rhetoric: A Case Study of Creative Nonfiction Teacher Talk.Council of
Writing Program Administrators Conference; Savannah, GA.
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Fodrey, Crystal N. (2012, March 24). Teaching Advanced Composition as Creative Nonfiction: A Rhetorical Enterprise.
Conference on College Composition and Communication; St. Louis, MO.

Cirillo-McCarthy, Erica, Fodrey, Crystal N., & Harris, Sarah E. (2011, July 16). Contextualizing Success in Writing
Center Spaces. Panel presentation at the Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference; Baton
Rouge, LA.

Fodrey, Crystal N., Harris, Sarah E., & Ristow, Benjamin. (2011, February). As Long As People Write: Training and
Supporting New Writing Teachers. Panel Presentation at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs
Conference; Washington D.C.

Fodrey, Crystal N. (2010, May 28). The Rhetoric of Creative Nonfiction and its Potentialities for the Creative Writing Discipline.
Rhetoric Society of America Conference; Minneapolis, MN.

Fodrey. Crystal N. (2010, March 19). Creative Nonfiction: Where Creative Writing and Composition Nearly Converge.
Conference on College Composition and Communication; Louisville, KY.

Symposium & Seminar Presentations

Fodrey, Crystal N. & Mikovits, Meg. (2019, August 8). Investigating whether students’ conceptions of writing change after
completing first-year writing. Dartmouth Summer Seminar for Composition Research, Hanover, NH.
Kimme Hea, Amy C., Holmes, Ashley J., & Fodrey, Crystal N. (2011, April 22). Understanding Spatial Rhetoric: A
Starter Kit to Theory & Practice. Presentation at Writing Takes Place: Situating Student Writing with 21st
Century Literacies Symposium; Mesa, AZ.

Regional Conference Presentations

Fodrey, Crystal N. (2013, October 25). Spatial Immersion as Inventive Process in Creative Nonfiction Pedagogy. Western
States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference; Salt Lake City, UT.

Cirillo-McCarthy, Erica, Fodrey, Crystal N., & Harris, Sarah E. (2011, October 21). Rhetorics of Sustainability,
Reciprocity, and Stasis: Writing Centers as Social Space. Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference; Tempe,
AZ.

Fodrey, Crystal N. (2010, April 30). An Appeal to Open the Borders of Academic Prose.New Directions in Critical
Theory Conference; University of Arizona.

Fodrey, Crystal N. (2009, April 10). Critical Explorations of Personal Spaces: Expanding the Boundaries of the Rhetorical
Analysis Essay Assignment. New Directions in Critical Theory Conference; University of Arizona.

Fodrey, Crystal N. (2009, February 6). Autobiographical Memory Meaning Making in an Age of Ubiquitous Computing.
Federation Rhetoric Society Conference; Commerce, TX.

Fodrey, Crystal N. (2004, April). The Necessity of Truth in Creative Nonfiction. Western Kentucky University
Undergraduate Literature Conference.

Poster Session
Szabady, Gina, Fodrey, Crystal N., & Del Russo, Celeste. (2013, March 15). Digital Texts and Visual Logic Across the
Composition Curriculum. Digital Pedagogy Poster Session, Conference on College Composition and
Communication; Las Vegas, NV.
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SELECTED WORKSHOPS & FORUMS

2019+ Developer and leader or co-leader of nearly all writing-related workshops presented at Moravian College.

2018 Co-leader with Meg Mikovits of “Multimodal Assignment Design” Faculty Development Workshop,
Moravian College, February 14, 2018

2017 “Writing-Enriched Curriculum Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis Project,” Conference on College
Composition and Communication Qualitative Research Network; Portland, OR, March 15, 2017

2017 Discussion Leader and Co-Presenter with Chris Hassay, “Teaching for Transfer from First-Year Writing to
Graduation: Fostering Curricular Cohesion and Improved Student Learning through an Iterative, Reflective,
Writing-Enriched Activity System,” Conference on College Composition and Communication Research
Network Forum; Portland, OR, March 15, 2017

2016 Leader of “Reflection, Writing, & the Integrated Learning Experience,” Faculty Development Workshop
with Support from the Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Moravian College, September 13, 2016

2016 “Integrating Archival Materials from Moravian Seminary and College for Women into the Curriculum,”
Council of Independent Colleges Consortium on Digital Resources for Teaching and Research Lightening
Round workshop, Washington D.C., September 9, 2016

2016 Leader of the following interactive faculty development presentations at “The Teacher’s Journey” First-Year
Writing Seminar workshop, Moravian College, May 9-11, 2016:
● "Hands On Workshop: The Journey with Our New FYWS Template and Outcomes"
● “Best Practices in Assignment Design”
● “Responding to and Assessing Student Writing”
● "Hands-On Workshop: Canvas and Learning Outcomes"

2016 Co-Presenter, “Multimodal Digital Narrative and Professional Contexts,” Faculty Development Workshop
with support of Digital Humanities Mellon Foundation Grant, Moravian College, April 13, 2016

2016 Leader of “Responding to Student Writers,” Faculty Development Workshop with Support from the Center
for the Advancement of Teaching, Moravian College, April 11, 2016

2015 Co-Presenter, “Digital Mapping and Narrative” Faculty Development Workshop with support of Digital
Humanities Mellon Foundation Grant, Moravian College, November 10, 2015

2015 Leader of “Copyright and Digital Projects” Faculty Development Workshop with support of Digital
Humanities Mellon Foundation Grant, Moravian College, September 17, 2015

2015 Leader of the following interactive faculty development presentations at “Cultivating Beginner’s Mind:
Writing at Moravian, FYS and Beyond” workshop, Moravian College, May 12–13, 2015:
● “Assignment Building: Working Backwards from What Students Need to Learn about Writing”
● “Creating Engaging, Curriculum-Enhancing Multimodal Projects for FYS”
● “Reflecting from Day One: Using Digital Portfolios in FYS to Promote a Culture of Reflective Practice
at Moravian College”
● “Mindful Assessment of Student Writing Part I: Textuality”
● “Considering a Rhetorical Framework When Assessing Multimodal Work”
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2015 Co-Presenter, “The Pedagogy of Digital Portfolios” Faculty Development Workshop with support of
Digital Humanities Mellon Foundation Grant, Moravian College, April 7, 2015

2015 Leader of “Intro to Digital Storytelling” Faculty Development Workshop with support of Digital
Humanities Mellon Foundation Grant, Moravian College, March 24, 2015

2014 Co-Presenter, Pedagogy/Teaching Philosophy Panel, First-Year Seminar Faculty Development Workshop,
Moravian College, December 8–9, 2014

2012 Invited Speaker and Content Developer, Rhetorical Analysis Technique Workshop for University of Arizona
First-Year GAT Spring Orientation, January 9, 2012

2009 Co-Presenter, Difference and Inequality Committee Panel at University of Arizona GAT Fall Orientation,
August 20, 2009

2009 “A Place for Space in First-Year Composition,” Conference on College Composition and Communication
Research Network Forum; San Francisco, CA, March 11, 2009

2008 “Seeing Spatial Inequality, Arguing for Change: A 102 Class Plan.” Spatial Visual Rhetoric2: A Writing
Program Pedagogical Event. University of Arizona, December 8, 2008

TEACHING
Moravian College (2014–present)
Learning in Common 101—First-Year Writing Seminar, “Rhetorical Exploration of Spaces and Publics”; “Bad Ideas
About Writing”
English 104—Experience of Literature, Environmental Literature Focus
English 211—Creative Nonfiction
English 214.2—Writing Studies Research Seminar (co-taught with Meg Mikovits)
English 216—Professional Writing
English 217—Intro to Writing Arts, Writing About Writing Focus
English 218—Digital Rhetoric and Writing
English 286/386—English Internship
English 316—Rhetorics of Everyday Life
English 381—Undergrad Independent Study—Writing-Enriched Curriculum Project I (Fall 2016), Memoir Writing
(Fall 2015, Spring 2018), Feminist Rhetorical Criticism (Spring 2019, Spring 2021); Writing Studies Research
Leadership (Spring 2020)
English 382—Undergrad Independent Study—Writing-Enriched Curriculum Project II (Spring 2017)
English 396—Editing and Publishing
English 400/401—Honors Project
● “Supporting Adolescent Literacy Development through Collaborative Multimodal Writing” — with Jaime
Ernst, Spring 2018-Fall 2018. Jaime was a Fulbright Scholar in Spain who is now in the Writing Studies
graduate program at West Chester University.
● “Healthcare on Reddit: How Ideologies Shape Discourse” — with Christopher Luis Shosted, Fall
2019-Spring 2020. Christopher published his undergraduate research in Xchanges journal and is now in the
English PhD program at Lehigh University.
● “A Rhetorical Analysis of ‘Nazi’ in 21st Century Political Discourse” — with Elizabeth Horn, Spring
2020-Fall 2020. Elizabeth is now in the Writing and Rhetoric MA program at Rowan University.
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● “Investigating Factors That May Influence the Development of Student Conceptions of Good Writing”
— with Gabrielle Stanley, Fall 2020-Spring 2021. Gabby published her undergraduate research in Young
Scholars in Writing and is now in the Writing Studies graduate program at West Chester University.
● “Growing up on the Autism Spectrum: A Memoir” — with Caroline Flora, Fall 2020-Spring 2021
Education 681—Graduate Independent Study—Teaching College Writing: History, Theory, and Practice

University of Arizona (2008–2014)

English 101—First-Year Composition I
English 102—First-Year Composition II
English 109H—Honors First Year Composition
English 306—Advanced Composition
English 308—Technical Writing
English 393—Writing Center Tutor Training Course

Marquette University (2007–2008)

Rhet/Comp I—Academic Literacy
Rhet/Comp II—Public Spheres Literacy

Cardinal Stritch University (2006–2008)

English 101—Written Communication I
English 102—Written Communication II

Western Kentucky University (2005–2006)

English 100—Intro to College Writing

TUTORING
Writing Center Tutor, Western Kentucky University, Fall 2004 – Spring 2005

Learning Center Humanities Tutor, Western Kentucky University, Fall 2001 – Spring 2004

CONSULTING
Consultant Evaluator (with Sandra Jaimeson) of the Writing and Rhetoric Department of Hobart and William
Smith Colleges, February 2021

Consultant Evaluator of the Writing Programs of LakeForest College, October 2019

Project Consultant to Reeves Library’s digitization of Moravian College Female Seminary’s archives, funded by a
Mellon Foundation Grant from the Council of Independent Colleges’ Consortium on Digital Resources for
Teaching and Research, Moravian College, Summer 2015 – Fall 2017

ADVISING
Academic Advisor to English Majors and First-Year Writing Seminar Students, Moravian College, Fall 2014 –
present

First-Year Writing Placement Advisor for New Student Orientations, University of Arizona Writing Program,
May 2011- January 2012
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PROFESSIONAL WRITING, REVIEWING, & EDITING

Journal Section Editor:
Composition Forum, Program Profiles Section Co-Editor (with Meg Mikovits), since Spring 2021

Manuscript Reviewer:
Journal of Creative Writing Studies, since 2016
WPA: Writing Program Administration, since 2018
Rhetoric Review, since 2019
Currents in Teaching and Learning, since 2020
The WAC Journal. since 2021

Conference on College Composition and Communication conference proposal peer reviewer, Summer 2021

Content Developer/Curator, Web Designer, and Editor, Writing at Moravian Faculty Development Website
(Canvas site only available to moravian.edu accounts), Spring 2015 – present

Co-Editor, First-Year Writing Handbook—first through seventh editions, Moravian College, Spring 2015 – present

Intern, Rhetoric Review, Fall 2010

Content Developer, Video Producer, and Editor, Technology Research Initiative Fund (TRIF) Online Writing
Course Development Project, University of Arizona, Summer 2009–Summer 2010

Managing Co-editor, Zephyrus: A Student Literary Publication of Western Kentucky University, 2005 publication

Wood Assistantship, Research and Editorial Assistant to Dr. Tom C. Hunley as he wrote Teaching Poetry Writing: A
Five-Canon Approach. Western Kentucky University, Fall 2004–Spring 2005

SERVICE
Elected and Appointed Positions
Conference on College Composition and Communication Writing Across the Curriculum Standing Group Incoming
Chair, Elected Fall 2021 for term lasting March 2021 to March 2024

Faculty representative elected from School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences to the General Education
Revision Task Force, Moravian University, Fall 2018 – present

Co-Chair of English Graduate Union, University of Arizona, Spring 2011 – Fall 2011

Secretary of English Graduate Union, University of Arizona, Fall 2010

Writing Program Advisory Committee Representative from the English Graduate Union, elected position, Fall 2009
– Spring 2010; representative from Writing Center, Spring 2011

Committee and Council Appointments

National:
Association for Writing Across the Curriculum: Communications Committee, Fall 2020 – present; Partnerships
Committee, Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
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Council of Writing Program Administrators Outstanding Scholarship Award Committee, Fall 2017 – Spring 2018 

Local:
Honors Committee Member for Rose Robert’s Project, “The Politics of Rhetoric: Analyzing the Words and
Speeches of Barack Obama and Donald Trump to Understand Their Political Success,” Spring 2018

Honors Committee Member for Alicia Pisano’s Project, “Understanding and Writing in an Emerging Literary Genre:
The Short Story Cycle,” Spring 2018

Hiring Committee for Assistant Professor of Art (Photography and New Media), Moravian College, Spring 2018

Heritage Day Committee, Reflection Activity Developer, Moravian College, Summer 2017 – present

Provost's Academic Leadership Council Member, Moravian College, Spring 2017 – Fall 2018

Writing at Moravian Advisory Committee Co-chair, Moravian College, Fall 2015 – present

Hiring Committee for Assistant Professor of Education (Early Childhood Literacy Specialist), Moravian College, Fall
2016

Hiring Committee for Assistant Professor of English (Multiethnic Literatures), Moravian College, Fall 2015

Hiring Committee for Tutoring Coordinator Position, Moravian College, Summer 2015

Advisory Committee for Digital Humanities Mellon Grant, Moravian College, Spring 2015 – Summer 2017

Writing at Moravian Advisory Committee Member, Moravian College, Fall 2014 – Spring 2015

English Graduate Union Subcommittee Co-chair for University of Arizona English Department’s Academic
Program Review (APR), Fall 2011

English Graduate Student Representative to the English Department Council, University of Arizona, Fall 2011.

English Graduate Union Graduate Program Review Committee, University of Arizona, Spring 2011

English Graduate Union Website Redesign Committee Chair, University of Arizona, Spring 2011

UA Writing Program Difference and Inequality Committee Member, Fall 2008 – Fall 2011

Task Force Appointments

Capstone Task Force, Moravian College, Fall 2017–2019

General Education Philosophy Revision Task Force, Moravian College, Spring 2017–Spring 2018

Strategic Plan Pillar I: Academic Excellence and Innovation Task Force, Moravian College, Summer 2016 – Spring
2019

Plagiarism Policy Revision Task Force, Moravian College, 2016 – 2017

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Student Success/High Impact Practices Task Force (participated in training at AAC&U Summer Institute on High
Impact Practices at UCLA in June 2016), Moravian College, 2016 – 2018

Assessment
English Department Direct Assessment Coordinator and Direct Assessment Consultant for all Writing-Enriched
Curriculum Units, Moravian College, Spring 2018 – present

Middle States Commission on Higher Education Self-Study Team Member, Moravian College, Standard V:
Educational Effectiveness Assessment, Spring 2016 – Spring 2018

Invited Scorer of Professional Writing, LeBow School of Business Summer Writing Assessment, Drexel University,
August 2017

Leader of First-Year Writing programmatic assessment retreat featuring holistic direct assessment of updated
Student Learning Outcomes for Writing, Moravian College, annually since January 2017

Collaborative Development of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for First-Year Writing Seminar with Writing at
Moravian Advisory Committee, Moravian College, Fall 2014–Spring 2016

Member, Advanced and Superior GAT Self-Supervision Pilot Project, University of Arizona, Fall 2012–Spring 2014

Holistic Scorer, University of Arizona Critical Thinking Assessment Project, Spring 2010

Volunteer Judge, Performative Assessment of Professional Writing at University of Arizona, 2009 – 2011

Writing Contest Judge

Indiana University Southeast Creative Nonfiction Writing Contest Invited Judge, Fall 2016

First-Year Writing Essay Contest Judge, University of Arizona Writing Program, Spring 2010 – 2013

Event Planning
National Day on Writing Celebration, Moravian College, October 20, annually since 2014

AWARDS, HONORS, & GRANTS

Awards
Hayden-McNeil Difference & Inequality Teaching Award ($200). “This award is given to an instructor who
demonstrates an overall awareness of issues concerning difference and inequality that are reflective in the
pedagogical practices of the applicant.” University of Arizona, April 2011

Gordon Wilson Award for Excellence in English Studies ($100), Western Kentucky University, April 2004

Co-winner, Western Kentucky University Women’s Studies Poetry Contest for “Melt,” March 2004

Honors
Nominated for Martinson Award of Excellence by the Small Liberal Arts College Writing Program Administrators
executive committee, Summer 2020

Selected to speak at first-ever Writing Across the Curriculum Standing Group Sponsored Panel, Conference on
Composition and Communication, 2018
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Grants (Internal; travel grants not included)

Student Opportunities for Academic Research (SOAR) Summer Research Grant ($1000), for “Towards a Measure of
Conceptual Change: Understanding How First-Year Writing Complicates Students’ Prior Knowledge about Writing”
with English major Ryan Scott, Summer 2020.

Student Opportunities for Academic Research (SOAR) Summer Research Grant ($1000), for “The Rhetorics of
Healthcare on Reddit: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Conservative Discourse Communities” with English major
Christopher Luis Shosted, Summer 2019.

Student Opportunities for Academic Research (SOAR) Summer Research Grant ($1000), for “Toward Curricular
and Pedagogical Innovation of the Teaching of Writing in Local High Schools” with English major Gabrielle Stanley,
Summer 2018. (Gabrielle presented this research in an undergraduate poster session at CCCC 2019.)

Student Opportunities for Academic Research (SOAR) Summer Research Grant ($1000), for “Laying the
Groundwork for a Writing-Enriched Curriculum at Moravian College” with English major Chris Hassay, Summer
2016. (Chris presented this research in an undergraduate poster session at CCCC 2017.)

Student Opportunities for Academic Research (SOAR) Summer Research Grant ($1000), for “Encouraging
Emergence / Writing the Women of Moravian College Past and Present” with English major Savannah Brown,
Summer 2015

Digital Pedagogy Course Development Stipend ($2300), funded by Mellon Foundation Grant, Moravian College to
develop curriculum for English 296: Digital Rhetoric and Writing, Fall 2015

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP

Association of Writing Across the Curriculum (AWAC – Founding Member)
Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA)
Creative Writing Studies Organization (CWSO – Founding Member)
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Philadelphia Area Writing Program Administrators (PWPA)