Recent Publications
"New Media Matters: Tutoring in the Late Age of Print." Writing Center Journal. 29.2 (Fall 2009): 28-51.
Geek in the Center column for the Writing Lab Newsletter.
"Blogging." Writing Lab Newsletter 34.1 (2009): 7-9.
"Instant Messaging." Writing Lab Newsletter 34.2 (2009): p. 6-8.
"Writing Center Websites, Then and Now." Writing Lab Newsletter 34.4 (2010): Forthcoming.
"Cloud 9." Writing Lab Newsletter. 34.6 (2010): Forthcoming.
"A Portable Ecology: Supporting New Media and Laptop-Ready Pedagogy at Ball State." with Kris Fleckenstein and Fred Johnson. Technological Ecologies and Sustainability: Methods, Modes, and Assessment. Eds. Danielle DeVoss, Heidi McKee, and Dickie Selfe. Computers and Composition Digital Press (an imprint of Utah State University Press), 2009.
“‘Fitness for the Occasion’: How Context Matters for JWPAs.” with Paul Ranieri. Untenured Faculty as Writing Program Administrators: Institutional Practices and Politics. Eds. Alice S. Horning and Debra Frank Dew. Lauer Series in Rhetoric and Composition. Parlor Press, 2007.
“Leaving Home Sweet Home: Towards Critical Readings of Writing Center Spaces.” Writing Center Journal 25.2 (Fall 2005): 6-20.
“The American Scholar Writes the New ‘Research’ Essay.” The Journal of Teaching Writing 20.1/2 (2002): 71-86. [acceptance 2003; actual printing fall 2004]
“Inventing a Teacherly Self: Positioning Journals in the TA Seminar.” with Elizabeth Chiseri-Strater. WPA: Journal of the Council of Writing Program Administrators. 27.1/2 (2003): 59-74.
In Progress/Forthcoming
"New Media (R)evolution: Multiple Models for Multiliteracies." in Multiliteracy Centers: Re-Centering with New Media. Eds. David Sheridan and James Inman. Forthcoming from Hampton Press, 2009.
"Making New Friends: Writing Centers and Social Networking Sites." Before and After the Tutorial: Writing Centers and Institutional Relationships. Eds. Koch, Macauley, Mauriello, & Perdue. [In progress.]
Grants
"A Peripheral Vision of Writing Centers." International Writing Center Association Research Grant. 2008.
Creative Teaching Grant. Ball State Office of Teaching and Learning. 2004.
Upcoming Presentations
"Epic Fail: Research on Sessions Gone Awry." IWCA Collaborative @ CCCC. Louisville, KY. 17 March 2010. With Graduate Students/Assistant Directors Emily Standridge and Dani Weber.
Recent Presentations
“Developing IM in the Writing Center: Platforms, Discourses, and Hidden Benefits,” East Central Writing Center Association, April 2009, Purdue University. Panel presentation with Nikki Caswell (Kent State University) and Jason Luther (Syracuse University).
"Views from the Bridge: Surveying the Landscape of 21st Century Writing Center Work," IWCA@CCCC, March 2009, San Francisco, CA.
"Professional Concerns of Writing Center Directors: What Happened?" CCCC, March 2009, San Francisco, CA.
"Co-Emergence: Interdependency of Writing Program and Writing Center for Evolving and Sustaining New Media Writing." Thomas Watson Conference. Louisville, KY. October 2008. Roundtable of contributors to Technological Ecologies and Sustainability.
"Writing Center Hacks: Tapping into the Possibilities of Freeware." East Central Writing Center Association. Columbus, OH. April 2008. Chair and Presenter.
"Composing a Digital Underlife, Or, How to Make Yourself Appear More Complicated Than You Otherwise Appear." Friday Faculty Forum. Ball State English Department. March 2007.
“Crafting a Writing Center Logo, Designing an Identity.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, NY. March 2007. Chair and Presenter.
“Where, oh, Where Has Our Identity Gone?: Reading the Story in Writing Center Promotional Writing.” Thomas Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. Louisville, KY. October 2006.
“Visualizing the Writing Center: Training Tutors to Work with New Media.” East Central Writing Center Association. Mount Union College. March 2006.
“Now For My Next Trick: Performing the Role of a Female/Administrator.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA. March 2005.
“Teaching Teachers Gloria Anzaldua’s ‘How to Tame a Wild Tongue’: Exploring Issues in Language, Diversity, and Identity." Composing Cultures: Diversity and the Teaching of Writing. Durham, NH. October 2004.
“Composition Classroom Design.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Antonio, TX. March 2004. This presentation was reviewed in the journal Across the Disciplines.
“3D Tutoring: Visual Rhetoric and the Writing Center.” International Writing Center Association Conference. Hershey, PA. October 2003.