Kathryn Perry

Department of English
University of Louisville
315 Bingham Humanities
Louisville, KY 40292
perry.kathryn@gmail.com
perrywords.wordpress.com

EDUCATION

2011-Present PhD, Rhetoric and Composition
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Working Dissertation Title: Tracing Meaningful Practices of Success and Literacy
Within and Across University/Community Partnerships
Committee Director: Bronwyn Williams
Committee: Bruce Horner, Mary P Sheridan, Karen Kopelson, and Kevin Roozen

2011 Master of Arts in English
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Concentration in Rhetoric and Composition
Advisor: Min-Zhan Lu

2005 Bachelor of Arts in English and French
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Study Abroad: Universit de Toulouse Le Mirail, Toulouse, France (Fall 2003-Spring
2004)
PUBLICATIONS

Responding to Inside Voices and Voices of Common Places: An Ethnographic Angle. JAC. Print.
Forthcoming.
Responding to Branding Via Writing Assessment. JAC 32.3-4 (2012). Print.
The Movement of Composition: Dance and Writing. Kairos 17.1 (2012). Web.
PRESENTATIONS

2014 Dancing and Writing, Together: Expanding Definitions of Literacy via Multimodal
Scholarship. Watson Conference. Louisville, KY. October 2014.

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2014 The Social and Pedagogical Significance of Narrative Continuity in the Freedom School
Curriculum. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Indianapolis, IN. March
2014.

2013 The Care for Human Actuality: How Past, Present, and Future Narratives Function in Let Us
Now Praise Famous Men and Resulting Implications for Slow Research. Watson Conference.
Louisville, KY. October 2013.

2012 Reconsidering Practicality in FYC: Towards a Relational Approach to Writing and Learning.
Conference on College Composition and Communication. St. Louis, MO. March 2012.

2010 The Discourse of the Contact Zone: Politics of Language in Service-Learning Composition
Curricula. Watson Conference. University of Louisville. Louisville, KY. October 2010.

2010 The Living Center of the Problem: How to Understand Student Narratives in Lives on the
Boundary. Conference of the Kentucky Philological Association. Eastern Kentucky University.
Richmond, KY. March 2010. Best of Section.
TEACHING

University of Louisville 2010-2014

ENG101: Introduction to College Writing
ENG102: Intermediate College Writing
ENG105: Advanced College Writing for Freshmen
ENG306: Business Writing
OTHER TEACHING/TUTORING

2009-2010 Writing Center Tutor
University of Louisville

2007-2009 SAT and ACT Tutor
Appelrouth Tutoring
Atlanta, GA

2005-2007 Assistant Language Teacher
Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program
Kamaishi, Japan

2005 Writing Center Tutor
Washington University in St. Louis

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RESEARCH AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

2013-2014 Research Assistant
Dr. Bruce Horner, Endowed Chair in Rhetoric and Composition
University of Louisville
Copy-edited book manuscripts, articles, and a French conference presentation
Coordinated timely manuscript revisions by communicating with each chapter author
Coordinated visiting scholar arrangements for the Symposium on Language Difference
and Writing Pedagogy

2012-2013 Digital Media Assistant
Dr. Mary P. Sheridan
University of Louisville
Compiled annotated bibliography of digital pedagogy materials
Researched and wrote budgets for construction of two digital media labs
Investigated local and national grant options in planning for a digital media summer
camp
Collaborated cross-disciplinarily with Department of Education and Office of
Community Engagement in preparation for digital media summer camp

2008-2009 Admission Counselor
Savannah College of Art and Design
Atlanta, GA
Built relationships with students by phone, e-mail, and in-person to discuss financial aid
and programs of study
Evaluated approximately 530 student files for admission

2007 Intern
The Carter Center, Conflict Resolution Program (CRP)
Atlanta, GA
Composed weekly news updates regarding the post-conflict peace building process in
Liberia
Collaborated with staff to create and edit draft donor report explaining the use of $506k
in rebuilding the Liberian judicial system
Contributed to leadership of weekly CRP meetings; presented and discussed research on
mental health and healing processes in developing countries.
SERVICE

2012-Present Peer Mentor
English Department
University of Louisville

2012 Peer Mentor Coordinator
English Department
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University of Louisville

2010-2012 PhD Student Representative and Treasurer
English Graduate Organization
University of Louisville
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2013 Research Network Forum at CCCC: Literacy as Social Practice and Material Object:
Tracing Student Literacy Narratives Over Time
Las Vegas, NV

2012-2013 Graduate Teaching Academy Participant
University of Louisville

2012 Digital Media and Composition Institute Participant
The Ohio State University

2012 Celebration of Teaching and Learning Participant

2009, 2011, Watson Symposium Participant
& 2013
LANGUAGE AND TECHNOLOGY

Language Highly proficient in French, proficient in Spanish, conversational Japanese

Technology Created a personal website to foster professional identity and pedagogy
Proficient in audio and video editing
Regularly facilitate student multimodal projects
Proficient in teaching with technology such as Blackboards Wiki and Discussion Board
HONORS AND AWARDS

2011-2015 University Fellowship, University of Louisville

2002-present The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Washington University Chapter

2003-present The Golden Key International Honor Society