❚ ❚ ❚ kathiegossett

writing ❚ rhetoric ❚ new media

appointments assistant professor, writing, rhetoric & new media

old dominion university. norfolk, va
2007—present
co-director, ceme lab
old dominion university. norfolk, va
2009—present

e d u c a t i o n ph.d. in english (writing studies)

university of illinois, urbana-champaign. urbana, il
2008
master of arts in english (composition & medieval literature)
california state university, east bay. hayward, california
1998
bachelor of arts in literature & writing
university of california, san diego. la jolla, california
1992

p u b l i c a t i o n s book
[under contract] gossett, kathie. writing with media: multimedia
composition for freshman writers. longman.
book chapters
[2010] lovett, maria, purdy, james p., gossett, kathie & lamanna,
carrie a. “writing with video: what happens when composition comes
off the page.” raw: reading & writing new media. eds. jim kalmbach &
cheryl ball. hampton press: cresskill, nj.
[in press] hall, ashley e.& gossett, kathie. “parody & penalty: when
does composition become criminal?” copy(write). eds. danielle nicole
devoss, martine rife & shaun slattery. west lafayette, in: parlor press.
peer reviewed articles/webtexts
[2002] gossett, kathie, lamanna, carrie a., squier, joseph & walker,
joyce. "[continuing to] mind the gap: teaching image & text in new
media spaces." kairos: rhetoric, technology, pedagogy. 7(3). <http://
english.ttu.edu/kairos/7.3/>
[in progress] gossett, kathie, lamanna, carrie a. & purdy, james.
“building an infrastructure for tomorrow’s composing.” (under
consideration by college composition and communication online).
[in progress] gossett, kathie & lammana, carrie a. “dissertating
digitally: what are we missing?” (for submission to computers &
composition).
[in progress] gossett, kathie. “entering the q continuum, or what new
media authors need to know about temporal mechanics.” (for
submission to convergences).

310 hardy ave, norfolk, va 23523 ❚ 757|683-5818 ❚ kgossett@odu.edu

www.kathiegossett.com
 book review
[forthcoming] “review of niels brügger’s web history.” information,
communication and society.
non-peer reviewed articles/webtexts
[2008] stolley, karl, eyman, doug & gossett, kathie. “the whys &
wherefores of the 3rd kairos design.” kairos: rhetoric, technology,
pedagogy. 13(1). <http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/13.1/loggingon/
redesign.html>

design activities
[2009-present] designer/director/producer. kairos: rhetoric,
technology, pedagogy. opensource editorial backend.
[2009—present] designer/producer. the center for mediated
experience website. old dominion university.
[2009—present] designer/producer. english ph.d website. old
dominion university.
[in development] designer. tidewater voices. old dominion university
website. old dominion university.
[2007—2008] designer/director/producer. kairos: rhetoric,
technology, pedagogy. interface redesign.
software
[2010] anthologize. user experience and design team lead.
[2009-2010] open journal system backend plugins. project manager/
developer.
creative works
[2006] gossett, kathie & shetula, lutfia. express delivery. original
screenplay. harpo productions.
[1999] gossett, kathie & shetula, lutfia. in the shadows of honor.
original screenplay. nu image films.

g r a n t s [2010] building a better back-end: editor, author & reader tools for
scholarly multimedia. digital humanities start up grant, level 2.
national endowment for the humanities. $50,000.
[2010] one week | one tool. digital humanities summer institute.
national endowment for the humanities and the center for history and
new media.participant, $1000 stipend.
[2009]. digital dissertation depository. digital humanities start-up
grant, level 1. national endowment for the humanities.
[2009]. dissertating digitally. collaborative research grant. national
endowment for the humanities.
[2008]. summer research fellowship program. dissertating digitally.
old dominion university, $6,000.

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 [2008] dissertating digitally. collaborative research fellowship.
american council of learned societies.

i n v i t e d [2010 may] professionalization in the academia. first annual graduate

p r e s e n t a t i o n s student conference, university of illinois,urbana-champaign.
[2009 june] plenary roundtable: town hall: ubiquitous & sustainable
computing: @ school @ work @ play. computers & writing
conference. davis, ca.
[2008 march 20] new media | new composition: photoshopping,
remixing & writing in the academy. humanities jr. faculty forum. old
dominion university.
[2006 november] we are what we own? identity, infrastructure & the
tomorrow of composing. presented with carrie a. lamanna & james p.
purdy. the thomas r. watson conference on rhetoric & composition.
university of louisville. louisville, kentucky.

c o n f e r e n c e [2010 april] entering the q continuum: memory and temporal

p r e s e n t a t i o n s mechanics. conference on college composition & communication.
louisville, ky.
[2010 april] tweetagogy. association for teachers of technical writing
conference. louisville, ky.
[2010 march] tenure and promotion for digital media scholars.
computers and writing online.
[2009 june] revisioning graduate school education for 21st century
composition scholars. computers & writing conference. davis, ca.
[2009 march] making .wavs: basic writers ‘drop-in’ on freshman
writers. conference on college composition & communication. san
francisco, ca.
[2008 october] the rhetoric of code. the thomas r. watson conference
on rhetoric & composition. university of louisville. louisville, kentucky.
[2008 may] the instability of new media performed in one-minute
provocations. computers & writing conference. university of georgia.
athens, ga.
[2008 may] opening the dissertation ‘code’: unlocking form &
content for new media scholarship. computers & writing conference.
university of georgia. athens, ga.
[2008 april] remembering where: exploring visuospatial memory.
conference on college composition & communication. new orleans,
la.
[2003 may] re[vision]ing medieval rhetoric. computers & writing
conference, purdue university. lafayette, in.

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 [2003 march] from illuminated manuscripts to multimedia: the
remediation of medieval rhetoric. conference on college composition
& communication. new york, ny.
[2002 october] basic writers: new literacies, noisy rhetorics &
nascent identities. the thomas r. watson conference in rhetoric &
composition. university of louisville. louisville, ky.
[2002 may] mind the gap: teaching image & text in new media
spaces. computers & writing conference. illinois state university.
normal, il.
[2001 october] isocrates meets mtv: next rhetoric, new literacies, &
21st century students. writing as a human activity conference. santa
barbara, ca.
[1999 may] computers, hypermedia & the classroom: silicon snake oil
or wonder cure? links to success: bridges over boundaries
intersegmental composition conference. hayward, ca
[1997 august] beyond wac: writing into the workplace. humanities
symposium. california state university, stanislaus. turlock, ca.
[1997 april] behind the firewall: writing the company intranet. 44th
annual conference of the society for technical communication.
toronto, ca.

a w a r d s [2009] computers & composition michelle kendrick outstanding

digital production/scholarship award for the redesign of kairos.
[2009] teaching with technology award, old dominion university.
[2008] best journal design, kairos. council of editors of learned
journals.

t e a c h i n g old dominion university (2007—present)

english 110c: freshman composition
english 131: introduction to technical & scientific writing
english 307: digital writing
english 403/503: medieval literature
english 439/539: writing in electronic environments
english 473/573: writing with video
english 665: teaching writing with technology
english 701: texts & technologies
english 766/866: new media theory & practice I
english 771/871: new media theory & practice II
english 891: writing with sound
english 892: dissertation seminar
english 794/894: seminar in new media

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 university of illinois, urbana-champaign (2000—2007)
academic reading, bridge transition program
business & technical writing 263: multimedia writing & design
business & technical writing 271: persuasion
english 482: writing technologies
rhetoric 100: rhetoric tutorial
rhetoric 101: college writing
rhetoric 102: college writing
rhetoric 105: principles of composition for art & design majors

riverside community college (2000)

english 50 A: basic composition
english 60 A: english fundamentals: sentence to paragraph

california state university, east bay (1997—1998)

english 801: intensive learning experience in writing I
english 802: intensive learning experience in writing II
english 803: intensive learning experience in writing III
english 806: english for non-native speakers III
english 920: developmental writing II

m e n t o r i n g dissertations
committee member. elizabeth vincelette. “digital archives & the
anatomy of the database.” old dominion university, expected
completion may 2010.
committee member. leslie norris. “addressing multiliteracies in basic
writing: preparing students for critical discourse communities.” old
dominion university, expected completion may 2010.
committee member. daniel cutshaw. “finding the commonplace: topoi
& the grounds for argument in classical & modern rhetoric.” old
dominion university, expected completion may 2010.
chair. laura bowles. “comparison of readers’ responses to online and
in-print texts.” old dominion university, expected completion may
2011.
theses
[2008] member, master’s comprehensive committee. megan
edwards. old dominion university.
[2008] member, master’s comprehensive committee. kate sullivan.
old dominion university.
[2008] member, master’s comprehensive committee. jennifer hoyt.
old dominion university.

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 [2008] member, master’s comprehensive committee. tracy jewett. old
dominion university.
[2008] member, master’s comprehensive committee. kimberley
tilford. old dominion university.
[2009] member, master’s comprehensive committee. brianna easter.
old dominion university.
[2009] chair, master’s comprehensive committee. ashley hall. old
dominion university.

independent studies
[spring 2008] instructor. medieval rhetoric. daniel cutshaw.
[fall 2008] director. publishing design. ashley hall.
[spring 2009] instructor. teaching multimodal composing. erin
pastore.

a d m i n i s t r a t i v e [2009] college of arts & letters. server administrator, old dominion

a p p o i n t m e n t s university.
[2009] department web master. department of english, old dominion
university.

s e r v i c e department
rhetoric hiring committee. department of english, old dominion
university. 2008-2009.
digital humanities hiring committee. department of english, old
dominion university. 2008-2009.
modern & contemporary british literature committee. department of
english, old dominion university. 2007-2008.
multimedia technology & teletechnet committee. department of
english, old dominion university. 2007-2009.
college
college technology committee. college of arts & letters, old dominion
university. 2010.
ph.d. in digital media committee. college of arts & letters, old
dominion university. 2007-2008.
university
learning commons/mutlimedia lab committee. university library, old
dominion university. 2009.
national
associate editor, kairos: rhetoric, technology, pedagogy. 2008-
present.

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 assistant editor, kairos: rhetoric, technology, pedagogy. 2006 -
2008.
cccc committee on computers in composition & communication task
force. national council of teachers of english. 2003-present.
assistant editor, college composition & communication. 2000-2001.
consulting/reviewing
bedford/st. martin (text books)
computers & composition digital press (academic book)
information, communication and society (article)
mcgraw-hill higher education (textbook)
pearson-longman publishers (textbook)

m e m b e r s h i p s acm: special interest group on design of communication (sigdoc)

aior: association of internet researchers (aoir)
attw: association of teachers of technical writing
cccc: conference of college composition & communication
mea: media ecology association
ncte: national council of teachers of english

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