Matthew Robert Stapleton

Curriculum Vitae

Department of English 1010 Crosswinds Lane

Clemson University Seneca, SC 29678
Strode Tower 843-566-4676
Clemson, SC 29631 mrstapl@clemson.edu

Education
Clemson University – Anticipated graduation: May 2020
M.A., Writing, Rhetoric, and Media Studies
Clemson, South Carolina

M.A. Thesis: “China as Arbiter in International Media: A Star Study of Jackie Chan”
Advisor: Dr. Maria Bose, Assistant Professor of Media and Culture

GPA: 3.94/4.0

Clemson University – May 2018

B.A., English – Writing and Publication Studies
Clemson, South Carolina

Professional Experience
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
Graduate Teacher of Record: ENGL 1030, Rhetoric and Composition
August 2019-Present

Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina

Graduate Assistant: Website Editor, Clemson College of Architecture, Arts, and
Humanities
August 2018 – May 2019

Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina

Graduate Assistant: Website Editor, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Book
Series
August 2018 – May 2019

Charleston Mercury, Charleston, South Carolina

Internship: News Editor
June 2016 – August 2017

Honors and Awards

McGee Fellowship – Summer 2019
President’s List – Spring 2018
Corrine Holt Sawyer Scholarship – December 2017
Dean’s List – Spring-Fall 2017
Palmetto Fellows Scholarship

Conference Presentations
“Utilizing Taxonomy as a Means to Neutral Labeling of Ethnographic Cultural Regions,”
Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Portland, Oregon, May 2020.

Journal Articles & Book Chapters (Accepted or Submitted)

“Perspectives of Dis/ability in Gaming: Analyzing Deafness in a Text-Based Adventure”
Diverse and Inclusive Design: Making Games for and about Everyone. OneShot: A
Journal of Critical Games & Play [accepted].

Edited Works
Worth the Read, Diana and Kate Cockrell. Developmental edit, young-adult historical
fiction.

Research Experience
Undergraduate Creative Inquiry, Clemson University, 2018
• Study of means of locomotion in virtual reality.
Undergraduate Creative Inquiry, Clemson University, 2017
• Study of implicit bias within a virtual reality environment.
References

Dr. Maria Bose

Assistant Professor of Media and Culture
Clemson University
mbose@clemson.edu

Dr. Gabriel Hankins

Assistant Professor, Digital Humanities
Clemson University
ghankin@clemson.edu

Dr. Jordan Frith

Pearce Professor of Professional Communication
Clemson University
jfrith@clemson.edu

Dr. Lauren Woolbright

Assistant Professor, New Media Studies
Alma College
woolbrightle@alma.edu