University of Missouri-Kansas City antoniobyrd@umkc.edu
English Language and Literature antonioabyrd.com 106 Cockefair Hall 5121 Rockhill Rd Kansas City, MO 64110
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature 2019 - Present
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Outreach Coordinator for Writing Center Programs Summer 2019
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Assistant Director of Writing Center Programs 2017 - 2018
University of Wisconsin-Madison
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Composition and Rhetoric 2019
University of Wisconsin – Madison Dissertation: In Pursuit of Uncommon Literacies: African American Adults’ Experience in a Computer Code Bootcamp (Kate Vieira, chair)
M.L.A., emphasis in English 2014
Auburn University at Montgomery
B.S. Secondary Education, concentration in English/Language Arts 2011
Auburn University at Montgomery
AREAS OF INTEREST African American digital literacies, computer programming as a literacy, qualitative research methods, multimodal composition, writing center administration
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed Articles
Byrd, A. (2020). Like coming home: African American adults tinkering and playing toward a code bootcamp.” College Composition and Communication Vol. 71, (3), 426 – 452.
Byrd, A. (2019). Between learning and opportunity: A study of African American adult coders’ networks of support.” Literacy in Composition Studies Vol. 7(2), 31-56. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21623%2F1.7.2.3 Byrd 2
Manuscripts in Press Byrd, A. Coding literacy. (in press) In J. Tham (Ed.), Keywords in design thinking: A primer for makers, designers, and technical communicators. WAC Clearinghouse.
Works in Progress Byrd, A. (under review). Writing into inclusion from the margins. In Lynn C. Lewis (Ed). Pivotal strategies: Claiming Writing Studies as discipline. Utah State UP.
Byrd, A. It’s testimony time! Confessing the power of literacy pivots with computer programming. Article manuscript.
Byrd, A. Using communication tools to manage collaborative writing projects like the professionals do. Instructional essay manuscript.
Book Chapters Byrd, A. (2018). Ralph Ellison on the craft of good writing. In R. C. Evans (Ed), Invisible Man: Critical Insights (pp. 109 – 120). Salem Press.
Byrd, A. (2018). Scholarship on Arthur Miller’s The Crucible: 2000-2017 (pp. 31 – 50). In R. C. Evans (Ed.), The Crucible: Critical Insights. Salem Press.
Byrd, A. (2015). The works of Tim O’Brien: A selected annotated bibliography. In R. C. Evans (Ed.), Critical Insights: Tim O’Brien (pp. 283 – 298). Salem/Gray House.
Editorial Byrd, A., Turnipseed, N. and Hayes, J. (Eds.) (forthcoming November 2020). Against autonomous literacies: Extending the work of Brian V. Street. [special issue] Literacy in Composition Studies.
Book Review Byrd, A. (2019). Book review – Coding Literacy: How Programming is Changing Writing by Annette Vee. Literacy in Compositions Studies 7(1),
Interviews Tips for the dissertation (w/Antonio Byrd) (2019). Pedagogue Podcast. Interview by Shane Wood https://www.pedagoguepodcast.com/blog/archives/09-2019. 9.26.19.
From a dissertation to a journal article (2020). CCC Podcasts. Interview by Kefaya Diab. https://cccc.ncte.org/cccc/ccc/podcasts/byrd
On the Job Episode 5: Dr. Antonio Byrd (2020). On the Job. Interview by Wilfredo Flores and Nupoor Ranade. https://www.digitalrhetoriccollaborative.org/2020/07/08/on-the-job- episode-5-dr-antonio-byrd/ Byrd 3
WEB PUBLICATIONS
Byrd, A. (November 7, 2017). “Chasing After an Emerging Genre: Creating a Writing Center Workshop for Diversity Statements.” In Another Word: From the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Blog Post.
Byrd, A., Simpkins, N., Schwarz, V., and Carrol, R. (June 29, 2016). “Broadening the Stakes of the Response to Racism at UW-Madison.” Madison365.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Turn the Mic Up! Honoring Participants’ Voices as Graduate Student and Early Career Researchers. Co-panelists, Gabrielle Kelenyi, Catherine Marotta, Christopher Castillo. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Spokane, WA. 2021.
Complicating ideas of and approaches to “teaching the controversy”. Co-panelists, Brian
Hendrickson, Alejandra Ramirez, Kristen Ruccio, Al Harahap. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Milwaukee, WI. 2020.
Digital literacy work at the margins: Transforming everyday digital literacies. Co-panelists, Julia Garret, Chris Lindgren, and Mary Helen. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Pittsburgh, PA. 2019.
Naming what matters: African American adult Coders’ networks of support.” Thomas R. Watson Conference. Louisville, KY. 2018.
In pursuit of uncommon literacies: How African American adults construct coding identities. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Qualitative Research Network. Kansas City, MO. 2018.
In pursuit of uncommon literacies: How African American adults construct coding identities. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Research Network Forum. Kansas City, MO. 2018.
Q tips: Testing Innovations in online tutoring. Co-panelists, Matthew Fledderjohann and
Jennifer Finstrom. IWCA Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. 2017.
Re-Imagining the Other: Middle class and capitalist values in Black Girls Code and Yes We Code narratives. Computers and Writing. Graduate Research Network. Findlay, OH. 2017.
The color-line and computational literacy.” Conference on College Composition
and Communication. Houston, TX. 2016.
Assessment as empowerment: Grading contracts and collaborative rubrics. Co-presenter,
Virginia Schwarz. TYCA-Midwest Conference. Overland Park, KS. 2015. Byrd 4
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
L&S Community of Graduate Research Scholars Fellowship 2018
CCCC Scholars for the Dream Award 2016 Advanced Opportunity Fellowship 2014 – 2015
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Rhetorics of New Media Fall 2020 Theory and Practice of Composition Fall 2020 English II: Intermediate Academic Prose Summer 2020 Workplace Writing Spring 2020 Histories of Reading, Writing, and Publication Spring 2020 Theory and Practice of Composition Fall 2019
University of Wisconsin-Madison Intermediate College Writing: Writing Algorithmic Rhetoric Spring 2017 Intermediate College Writing: Arguing in Digital Spaces Fall 2016 Introduction to College Writing: Discourse Communities 2015 – 2016
Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth
Media Studies in a Digital Age Summer 2015 – 2017
Auburn University at Montgomery
Research Writing: Digital Universe Spring 2013 and 2014 College Writing: Discourse Communities and Academic Genres Fall 2013
INVITED KEYNOTE TALK
Lessons from Spirituals: How writing tutors find hope and healing in trying times. Virtual Keynote. Greater Kansas City Writing Center Conference. Kansas City, MO, Fall 2020.
INVITED GUEST LECTURES
What does English have to do with computer programming? First Year Experience, Fall 2020, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Put some stank on it: A Black digital literacy update to the literacy myth. Foundations of Literacy, Curriculum and Instruction 675, with Dr. Kate Vieira, Summer 2020, University of Wisconsin-Madison Byrd 5
Research and writing as early career faculty. Graduate Study in English, ENG 5500, with Dr. Jennifer Frangos, Spring 2020, University of Missouri-Kansas City.
English, race, computer coding and . . . cookies? UW-Madison Graduate Christian Fellowship, led by Maggie Flemingo, November 9, 2018, UW-Madison.
Changing coding literacy practice for Black achievement. Composition and Rhetoric Colloquium, led by Elisa Findlay, September 27, 2018, UW Madison.
From Code Bootcamp to internship: Whiteness in coding literacy.” Engineering Summer
Program, with Virginia Schwarz, Technical Communication, Summer 2018, UW Madison.
Dreams and realities of a coding public.” undergraduate course, with Kathleen Daly, Comm Arts 478: Rhetoric and Power on the Internet, Spring 2018, UW-Madison.
Like coming home: Journeys to a code bootcamp.” Undergraduate course, with Professor Kate Vieira, Composition and Rhetoric, Fall 2017, UW-Madison.
Exploring the consequences of coding literacy. Undergraduate course, Amanda Pratt,
Composition and Rhetoric, Fall 2017, UW-Madison.
What are the consequences of coding literacy? Undergraduate course, with Virginia Schwarz, Composition and Rhetoric, Spring 2017, UW-Madison.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, NATIONAL
Editorial Board Member, Kairos 2020- Present
Reviewer, Computers and Composition 2020 - Present Reviewer, Across the Disciplines 2019 - Present Writing and Rhetoric of Code SIG, Co-Chair 2019 - Present CCCC Social Justice at the Convention Committee 2018 - Present WPA-GO Travel Grant Award Committee 2017 - 2018 WPA-GO Publications Task Force 2015 – 2017
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Co-facilitator, Faculty Learning Community in Threshold Concepts 2020 - 2021 Co-facilitator, Faculty Writing Initiative 2019 - Present Member, University Reading and Writing Board 2020 - Present Member, Composition Committee 2019 - Present Member, Educate-Organize-Advocate Committee 2019 - Present
University of Wisconsin-Madison Co-facilitator, High School to College Writing Symposium 2019 Go Big Read Review Committee 2018 – 2019 Commenting Mentor for Writing Fellows Program 2016 – 2018 Byrd 6
Member, English Department Graduate Welcome Committee 2015 – 2017
Co-Chair, English Department Graduate Welcome Committee 2016 – 2017 Member, Composition and Rhetoric Colloquium Committee 2015 – 2016 Composition and Rhetoric Memorial Library Liaison 2014 – 2015
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS National Council of Teachers of English College Composition and Communication International Writing Center Association
Susan J. Cellmer Distinguished Chair in Literacy Dept of Curriculum and Instruction, School of Education University of Wisconsin, Madison 608.334.9908 kevieira@wisc.edu
Morris Young Nancy C. Hoefs Professor of English Department of English University of Wisconsin-Madison 608.263.3367 msyoung4@wisc.edu
Christa Olson Nancy C. Hoefs Associate Professor of Composition & Rhetoric Department of English University of Wisconsin-Madison 608.263.3822 christa.olson@wisc.edu
Brad Hughes (retired May 2019)
Director of UW-Madison Writing Center Director of Writing Across the Curriculum Department of English University of Wisconsin-Madison 608.263.3823 bthughes@wisc.edu
