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http://zandyr.blogspot.com/

Wendy K. Z. Anderson, Ph.D.

Adjunct Assistant Professor Michigan Technological

University

466 Hickory Lane N Oakdale, MN 55128

wkzander@gmail.co http://zandyr.blogspot.c

EDUCATION Ph.D. 2009 Communication, Purdue University

Dissertation: “The Constructs of Power and Race in Online Social Movement Rhetoric: An Analysis of Pro-White Cyber-Rhetoric by/toward Women Activists”

Committee: Charles J. Stewart (Communication), Samantha Blackmon (English), Don Burks (Communication), Rachel Einwohner (Sociology)

M.A. 2002 Speech Communication, Kansas State University

Thesis: “Physically Disconnected, Virtually Interconnected: Addressing Internet Consciousness-Raising Rhetoric as a Means for Gender Identification” Committee: Charles Griffin (Communication), Irene Ward (English), William Schenck- Hamlin (Communication)

B.A. 1999 Communication and Psychology, University of Minnesota, Duluth

Senior Thesis: “Prospectus for Public Speaking Communication Apprehension and Self-Esteem Treatment” Graduated with Distinction

HONORS AND AWARDS

2011-2012 Dean’s List of Top Ten Percent of Professors for Teaching, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 2012. Class of 2010 Best Professor, Scientific and Technical Communication and Scientific and Technical Arts Class of 2010, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 2010.

Bruce Kendall Award for Excellence in Teaching Nomination, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN October 2007. Summer Research Grant, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Summer 2007.

Bruce Kendall Award for Excellence in Teaching Honorable Mention, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana October 2006. Bruce Kendall Award for Excellence in Teaching Nomination, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana October 2005.

July 2013

2 Fellowship to the Summer Institute of Dissenting Rhetorics, Center for Global Culture and Communication, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Summer 2004. Research Assistantship for Motorola Research Project, Department of Communication and Industrial Technology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Summer 2004.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2008- Assistant Professor, Michigan Technological University 2004 Graduate Research Assistant, Purdue University

2003-2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Purdue University 2002-2003 Instructor, Winona State University Summer 2001 Instructor, Cloud County Community College 2000-2002 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Kansas State University PUBLICATIONS

“Coding Whiteness: Establishing a White Nationalist Community of Women within the Rhetoric of Digital Spaces.” Revised and Resubmitted to New Media and Society, July 2013. “’Outcast Among Outcasts’: Identity, Gender, and Leadership in a Mac Users Group.” Women and Language, Summer 2007, pp. 32-45.

WORKS IN PROGRESS

Codifying technological identities: Embodying critical pedagogy within the rhetorics of form. Requested Book Proposal from University of Mississippi Press, Submitting Fall 2013.

“Codified: Coded Existence in the Age of Digital Form.” Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology. Submitting Fall 2013.

SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS

“Decoding Digital Rhetorics: An Analysis of Border Rhetorics within “Harlem Shake” in an Age of Digital Form.” Accepted at the Rhetoric Society of America, June 2013. San Antonio, TX. Manuscript submission to Critical Studies in Media Communication, Spring 2014. “Dr. Mama gone Digital: Revisiting Haraway’s Cyborg Manifesto within an Online Academic Motherhood Community.” (co-authored with Kittie E. Grace). Accepted at the National Communication Association, Washington, D.C. 2013. Manuscript Submission to Feminist Media Studies, December 2013. “Coding Whiteness: Constraints on COMMunity within the Content and Design of Digital Space.” National Communication Association, 2012. Orlando, FL. Presented. “Codified: Coded Existence in the Age of Digital Form.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2012. Atlanta, GA. Presented.

July 2013

3 “Dr. Mama Gone Digital: Online Social Media as Support and Social Change for Academic Mother.” (co-authored with Kittie E. Grace). Organization for Research on Women in Communication. 2012. Albuquerque, NM. Presented. “Extending the Humanities to Engage a Multitude of Voices: Considering Literature, Digitality, and Interactive Process through iApp Development for [PANK] Magazine.” (co-authored with Matt Seigel) for a panel on NEA grant applications in Digital Humanities. National Communication Association Convention, 2011. New Orleans, LA. Presented.

“Digitizing Whiteness: Understanding White Nationalist Racial Identity and Identity Politic.” Central States Communication Association. 2011. Milwaukee, WI. Presented. “Digitality is a Technology that Restructures Thought: Designing Participatory, Interactive, Experiential “Virtual Worlds” of Learning.” (co-authored with Jingfang Ren.) Computers & Writing, 2010. West Lafayette, IN. Presented. “Techno-logical Literacy: Understanding Our Role in Developing ‘Contextually Relevant Texts.’” Computers & Writing, 2010. West Lafayette, IN. Presented.

“Playing with Constrained Agency: Video Games and Question of ‘Choice.’” (co-authored with Juliette Ludeker). Women in Games, 2008. Coventry, England. Presented.

“The Constructs of Power and Race in Online Social Movement Rhetoric: An Analysis of ‘Pro-White’ Cyber-Rhetoric by/toward Women Activists.” Rhetoric Society of America. 2008. Seattle, WA. Presented.

“Living within Dialogue: a Politic of Third Wave Feminism.” Submitted to Feminist Studies Division, National Communication Association Convention, 2008. South Bend, IN. Organized and Presented. “Identity, Prosthesis, and Perspective: A Multi-disciplinary Exploration of Using Technology in the First-Year/Introductory Classroom.” (co-authored with Juliette Ludeker). Computers and Writing: Virtual Urbanism Convention, 2007. Detroit, Michigan. Presented. “Town Hall Forum: ‘Engaging Learners through Gaming.’” Serious Games Forum. West Lafayette, IN, 2007. Presented. “Mac v. Microsoft: A Battle of Cyborgian Identity(ies) for Necessary(?) Platform Dominance.” Panel submitted to Media Ecology Association, National Communication Association Convention, 2007. Chicago, IL. Presented.

“3rd Wave Feminist Perspectives on Leadership in Computer Interest Groups.” Women in Science Engineering and Technology, Central States Communication Association Convention, 2006. Indianapolis, IN. Presented. “’Outcast Among Outcasts’: ‘Defragging’ Bona Fide Emergent Gender and Leadership in a Mac Users Group.” Feminist Communication Unit, National Communication Association Convention, 2006. San Antonio, TX. Presented.

July 2013

4 “Integration of Individual and Political Cultural Identities: Reflecting on the Life of Hinook-Makhewe-Kelenaka/Angel de Cora.” Critical and Cultural Studies Division, National Communication Association Convention, 2005. Boston, MA. Presented. “The Power of Invitation: Contexts that Provide and Limit Space for Invitational Rhetoric.” Feminist Communication Unit, National Communication Association Convention, 2005. Boston, MA. Organized and Presented.

“Shedding the Politics: A Healthy Reflection on Academic and Social Identities.” International and Intercultural Division, National Communication Association Convention, 2005. Boston, MA. Organized and Presented. “Social Movements Use of New Media Technologies: A Technological Analysis of the Seattle 1999 WTO and Miami 2003 FTAA Protests.” Human Communication and Technology Division, National Communication Association Convention, 2004. Chicago, IL. Presented. “Feminism, Fight, and Football: A Critical Look at Gendered Competition Styles.” Organization for Communication, Language, and Gender Convention, 2004. Notre Dame, IN. Presented. “Third Wave Feminism Technologize!: One Social Movement’s Use of New Information and Communication Technologies.” Organization for Communication, Language, and Gender Convention, 2004. Notre Dame, IN. Organized and Presented. “Physically Disconnected, Virtually Interconnected: Addressing Internet Consciousness-Raising Rhetoric as a Means for Gender Identification.” International Communication Association Convention, 2004. New Orleans, LA. Presented. “I didn't know where to get spices, so I got dirt and twigs and stuff": Changing Feminine Gender Roles through Hard-Core Characters.” American Studies, National Communication Association Convention, 2003. Miami, FL. Presented. “A Girls’ Fight for Girl Power: A Burkean Identification Analysis of Changing Female Media Terms and Characterizations.” The Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender, 2002. Minneapolis, MN. Presented.

“Prospectus for Public Speaking Communication Apprehension and Self- Esteem Treatment.” Central States Speech Communication Association Convention. 2001. Cincinnati, OH. Presented. “Public Address in Social Movements: Examining Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Use of Pathos as a Rhetorical Device.” Critical and Cultural Studies, National Communication Association Convention, 2001. Atlanta, GA. Presented.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Michigan Technological University, 2008-2013

July 2013

5 UN1001: Perspectives HU2642: Introduction to Digital Media (supervised teaching assistants) HU2645: Graphic and Information Design HU3650: Introduction to Webdesign (supervised teaching assistant) HU3885: Introduction to Game Design (supervised teaching assistant) HU4695: Digital Rhetorics

HU5902: Game Design Internship: Music, Technology, and Pedagogy in Game Design HU6112: Digital Media Studio HU6112: Computers in Rhetoric and Pedagogy

HU6112: The Rhetoric of Music in Video Games (online course)

Purdue University, 2003-2008

COM114: Presentational Speaking (Independent Instructor) COM204: Critical Perspectives on Communication (Teaching Assistant) COM318: Principles of Persuasion (Teaching Assistant) COM318: Principles of Persuasion (Independent Instructor) COM320: Small Group Communication (Technology Focused) (Independent Instructor) COM320: Small Group Communication (Independent Instructor) COM325: Interviewing

Winona State University, 2002-2003

CMST282: Communication Studies Kansas State University, 2002-2000 COM105: Public Speaking

COM106: Public Speaking ENG604: Feminist Rhetoric (Classroom Presentation on Aspasia)

Cloud County Community College, 2001

CM115: Public Speaking Instructor

University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1995-1999

COM1000: Human Communication Theory (Teaching Assistant for Michael Sunnafrank) COM1112: Public Speaking (Classroom Speaker on Communication Apprehension)

MEDIA INTERVIEWS

Interview with Audrey Reenders, the Michigan Tech Lode, Michigan Technological University, Gamers in the Classroom. Posted at http://audreyreenders.wix.com/portfolio#!publications Interview with channel 6 reporter, Three part series on Social Networking. Michigan Technological

University, October 27, 2009. PRODUCTION SKILLS

July 2013

6 Computer Languages

HTML, CSS

Program Experience using Microsoft-based PCs and Macintosh platforms

Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe Connect, Abobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, Blackboard, Blogger, Canvas, Drupal, Garageband, Keynote, Microsoft Office, Pages, Skype, TextEdit, Voodoo Pad, World of Warcraft (MMORPG).

PRODUCTION WORK

Going on an Academic Journey. Independent Facebook group for academics. Spring 2013 –present. Designed a Facebook based group for academics. Taking Mama Steps. Independent Facebook group for mothers. Spring 2011-present. Designed a Facebook based group for mothers. Group has moved from 23-150 members within the first year and a half of its existence. IRB approval for continued research on the group was obtained through Michigan Technological University.

iApp development for [PANK] Magazine. Michigan Technological University, Spring 2011- present. Brought together an interdisciplinary team to develop an iApp. Designed the Design Document. Designing an iApp for [PANK] Magazine. Securing NEH funding to finance project. Co-designer and webmaster for “.digitiality is a technology that restructures thought.” Michigan Technological University, Spring 2009-present. Codesigned and worked as the primary webmaster and blog administrator for a Drupal site created to engage digital theory through interactive design. See http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~wkzander/digitality/ for draft. Website Co-Designer and Webmaster for “Activist Neighborhood.” Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Spring 2005 –Spring 2008. Co-designed and worked as the primary webmaster and blog administrator for a site for liberal organizations to organize their movement efforts. American (Re)Vision. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Spring 2005. Co-designed and produced an iMovie production comparing WWII to the Iraq War. Purdue Cultural Awareness Committee Website. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Spring 2005 –Spring 2008. Advised a group where I designed and worked as the primary webmaster for a group which formed out of a first year Presentational Speaking course. During my time as webmaster, the group engaged in an ambiguity campaign that brought over 3000 hits to the site.

WORK EXPERIENCE

1999-2000 Technical Manual Developer and Training Supervisor, System Design Advantage GRADUATE SERVICE

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7 Doctoral Committee Service

Comprehensive Exam Committee Member. Felicia Chong. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. Spring 2009-May 2011.

Master’s Committee Service

Thesis Committee Member. Carole Noonan. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. Graduate Fall 2013. Thesis Committee Co-Chair. Jeannie DeClerk. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. Graduated Summer 2012. Thesis Committee Member. Shaughn Kern. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. Graduated Summer 2011. Thesis Committee Member. David Karnosky. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. Graduated Fall 2010.

Department Committee Service

Scientific and Technical Communication/Arts Committee. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. Fall 2011-present. Media and Technology Committee. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. Fall 2008-present. Graduate School Discussion Group. Michigan Technological University, Spring 2011-Summer2012. Digital Media Search Committee. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. Fall 2009- Winter 2010. RTC Steering Committee. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. Fall 2009-Summer 2010. HDMZ Renovation Committee. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. Fall 2009- Fall 2010. Communication & Cultural Studies. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. Fall 2009-Spring 2010.

CGSA (Communication Graduate Student Association) Graduate Committee Representative, Department of Communication, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 2004-2005 CGSA (Communication Graduate Student Association) New Student Representative, Department of Communication, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 2003-2004.

University Committee Service

July 2013

8 Women’s Advisory Panel to the Purdue Chemistry Video Game Project. Purdue University, West Lafayette Indiana. Spring to early summer 2006. Advisor for Purdue Cultural Awareness Committee. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Summer 2004-Winter 2005. ITaP Student Advisory Council Member. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Fall 2006-2008.. Title Nine/Affirmative Action Committee, Winona State University, Fall 2003-Spring 2004. Faculty Scholarship Committee, Winona State University. Fall 2003-Spring 2004.

Professional Service

Human Communication and Technology (HCT) Division Reviewer. National Communication Association, 2008.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Association of Internet Researchers Computers and Writing National Communication Association

Rhetoric Society of America Women in Games International