Laura Scen iak Mat raver s

� laura.matravers@louisville.edu Educa t i on University of Louisville Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition: Expected May 2018

Dissertation: “A Fractured Conversation: The Professional, Scholarly, and Disciplinary Identities of Two-Year College Writing Faculty” (Committee: Bronwyn T. Williams (chair), Mary P. Sheridan, Susan Ryan, Jenn Fishman) This project interrogates disciplinary definitions of scholarship by investigating the professional and scholarly lives of two-year college writing faculty. Based on interviews with current community college writing teachers and an examination of recent publication trends in prominent Composition Studies journals, I argue for an alternate model of inquiry and knowledge-making that includes teaching and professional development.

University of Tennessee, Knoxville M.A., English – Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics: May 2012

Thesis: “Bridging the Gap: Understanding the Skills and Writing Knowledge of Entering College Composition Students” (Committee: Michael L. Keene (chair), Kirsten F. Benson, Russel Hirst)

B.A., Summa cum Laude : May 2010 Double major in Religious Studies and English – Rhetoric and Writing Pub l i c a t i on s Article “On Multimodal Composing.” Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, vol. 21, no. 2,

2017. With Sara P. Alvarez, Michael Baumann, Michelle Day, Khirsten L. Echols, Layne M.P. Gordon, Ashanka Kumari, Jessica Newman, Amy McCleese Nichols, Caitlin E. Ray, Jon Udelson, Rick Wysocki, and Dànielle Nicole DeVoss.

Book Chapter “On Multimodality: A Manifesto.” Bridging the Gap: Multimodality in Theory and Practice. Santosh

Khadka and J.C. Lee, eds. With Sara P. Alvarez, Michael Baumann, Michelle Day, Khirsten L. Echols, Layne M.P. Gordon, Ashanka Kumari, Jessica Newman, Amy McCleese Nichols, Caitlin E. Ray, Jon Udelson, Rick Wysocki, and Dànielle Nicole DeVoss. (Forthcoming.)

Report “Lingering Questions: The Delay of Free Two-Year College Tuition in KY,” NCTE Policy Analysis

Initiative Blog Post, June 2016. With Rachel Gramer and Mary P. Sheridan. Under Review Mobility Work in Composition. Edited with Bruce Horner, Megan Faver Hartline, and Ashanka Kumari.

2

Under review with Southern Illinois University Press. “(Im)Mobilities and Networks of Literacy Sponsorship,” Mobility Work in Composition. In Progress “The Role of Friendship and Co-Mentorship in Graduate Student Professionalization Efforts.” With

Keri E. Mathis. For submission to Peitho. C o n f e r e n c e P r e s en t a t i on s “The Case of (and for) the Community College Perspective.” Conference on College Composition

and Communication. Portland, OR. March 2017. “On Multimobile, Multimodal Composing.” Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and

Composition. Louisville, KY. October 2016. “Why We Should Listen: Two-Year College Voices in a Fractured Conversation.” Council of

Writing Program Administrators’ Conference. Raleigh, NC. June 2016. “On the Fringe: Two-Year Colleges in College English and College Composition and Communication, 1940-

2009.” Two-Year College English Association-Southeast Conference. Knoxville, TN. February 2016.

“Community and Digital Spaces: An Examination.” Conference on Community Writing. Boulder,

CO. October 2015. “Altering History, Altering Books: Reading Women into the Postbellum Record.” Conference on

College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA. April 2011. T e a c h i n g E x p e r i e n c e University of Louisville Graduate Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record) 2014 – Present

English 101: Introduction to College Writing English 102: Intermediate College Writing English 303: Scientific and Technical Writing English 306: Business Writing

Pellissippi State Community College (Knoxville, TN) Part-Time Instructor 2013

English 0810/0820: Learning Support English—Developmental Writing ITT Technical Institute (Knoxville, TN) Part-Time Instructor 2013

EN1320: Composition I

3

EN1420: Composition II GS1145: Strategies for the Technical Professional

University of Tennessee, Knoxville Part-Time Lecturer; Graduate Teaching Associate/Assistant 2010 – 2013

English 101: Composition I

English 102: Composition II—Inquiry into Grassroots Social Change English 102: Composition II—Inquiry into Faith Journeys

T u t o r i n g E x p e r i e n c e Pellissippi State Community College (Knoxville, TN) Developmental English Tutor, Transitional Studies Learning Commons 2013 – 2014 ITT Technical Institute (Knoxville, TN) Composition Tutor, Campus 2013 University of Tennessee, Knoxville Writing Tutor, Thornton Athletics Student Life Center 2011 – 2012 Writing Tutor, University Writing Center 2009 – 2011 R e s e a r c h a n d A d m i n i s t r a t i v e E x p e r i e n c e University of Louisville Research Assistant, School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies 2017 – Present

• Co-authoring grant proposal to implement a pilot mentoring and research opportunity program for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students

• Working to revitalize efforts promoting best practices for graduate student mentoring across the university, including updating available resources and webpage

Assistant Director, Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition 2015 – 2017

• Provided feedback on keynote speakers’ essays; reviewed proposals; formed panels • Reviewed conference themes, CFPs, and invited speaker proposals • Collaborated to organize symposium (approx. 45 attendees) and conference (approx. 375

attendees), including coordinating with invited scholars, advertisers, publishers, vendors, volunteers, and conference committee

• Coordinated production of conference program, from initial drafting to printing • Maintained conference website; managed email and conference communications

Co-Developer, Digital Media Academy 2015

• Co-developed free digital media summer camp curriculum for twenty middle school girls from historically under-performing Louisville area schools

• Co-taught digital image manipulation, video editing, and collaborative digital text creation and presentation

4

• Assisted in planning as logistics team lead, including reviewing applications, coordinating with vendors and campus affiliates, and maintaining records

Co-Organizer, Graduate Network in Arts and Sciences Annual Spring Event 2014 – 2015

• Co-authored grant to secure event funding (approx. 80 attendees) • Assisted coordination between co-organizers, venue, and funding organization

A w a r d s a n d G r a n t s Graduate Network in Arts and Sciences travel grant, College of Arts and Sciences, University of

Louisville (2015, 2017): $100 Graduate Student Council Conference travel grant, School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies,

University of Louisville (2015, 2016): $350 PLAN Professional Development Workshops Active Attendee Certificate, School of

Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies, University of Louisville (2015, 2016) Club Programming Committee Grant, Graduate Network in Arts and Sciences Annual Spring Event

for Graduate Students in Arts and Sciences, University of Louisville (2015): $1,500 Nominee, John C. Hodges Award for Excellence as a New Tutor, University of Tennessee,

Knoxville (2011) John C. Hodges First-Year M.A. Fellowship, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2010 – 2011) P r o f e s s i o n a l D e v e l o p m e n t Work-in-Progress Presenter, Qualitative Research Network, Conference on College Composition and

Communication. Portland, OR (March 2017) Workshop Co-Presenter, “Be Searchable: Developing an Online Portfolio for the Job Search.” School

of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies, University of Louisville (June 2016) Workshop Co-Presenter, “Embracing the Short Form: Visual Arguments for Research and Teaching.”

English Department, University of Louisville (February 2016) Participant, Grant Writing Academy, School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies, University of

Louisville (September – December 2015) Participant, Principles of Online Course Design, Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning, University

of Louisville (May 2015) P r o f e s s i o n a l S e r v i c e National Task Force Committee, Graduate Labor Census, Council of Writing Program Administration-

Graduate Organization (2017 – Present)

5

Reviewer, Teaching English in the Two-Year College (2016 –Present) Planning Committee, Council of Writing Program Administrators’ Conference Graduate Social,

Writing Program Administration-Graduate Organization (2017) University of Louisville University Assessment Reader, General Education Assessment of Written Communication (2017) Graduate Student Representative, Teaching Innovation Learning Lab Steering Committee (2015 –

2016) Department Representative, Graduate Network in Arts and Sciences (2014 – 2016) Organizing Committee, Graduate Network in Arts and Sciences Annual Spring Event (2014 – 2015) Department Panelist, Building Successful Committees Workshop, English Graduate Organization (2017) Conference Committee, Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition (2015 –

2017) Guest Contributor, “What I’m Working On” Blog Series, English Graduate Organization (2016) Peer Mentor to Prospective Ph.D. Student in Rhetoric and Composition (2015) University of Tennessee, Knoxville Department Teaching Mentor to First-Year M.A. Student (2013) Part-Time Lecturer Representative, Composition Committee (2013) Organizing Committee, UT Writes: A Celebration of UT Writing (2010) G r a d u a t e C o u r s e w o r kPedagogy Teaching College Composition (Brenda Brueggemann, UofL) Literature and Pedagogy (Beth Boehm, UofL) Composition Pedagogy (David Gold, UTK) Composition Studies Writing Program Administration History, Theory, and Practice (Bruce Horner, UofL) Composition Theory and Practice (Mary P. Sheridan, UofL) Multimodal Composing (Dànielle Nicole DeVoss, UofL) Research Methods in Composition (Mary P. Sheridan, UofL) Composing Identities: Exploring Literacy, Culture, and Agency (Bronwyn Williams, UofL) Research Methods in Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics (Kirsten Benson, UTK) Language and Popular Education (Jenn Fishman with the Highlander Folk School, UTK)

6

Rhetorical Theory and History Rhetoric of Social Movements (Stephen Schneider, UofL) History of Rhetoric II (Stephen Schneider, UofL) History of Rhetoric I (David Gold, UTK) Issues in Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics (Russel Hirst, UTK) Advanced Studies in Rhetoric: Kenneth Burke (Michael L. Keene, UTK) Literature/Literary Theory Contemporary Theories of Interpretation (Karen Hadley, UofL) The Cultural History of American Authorship (Susan Ryan, UofL) Contemporary American and British Poetry (Ben Lee, UTK) M e m b e r s h i p s a n d A f f i l i a t i o n sNational Council of Teachers of English Conference on College Composition and Communication Two-Year College English Association – Southeast Council of Writing Program Administrators Council of Writing Program Administrators – Graduate Organization Gamma Beta Phi Society Phi Beta Kappa Society Re f e r ence sDr. Bronwyn T. Williams 502-852-2173 Professor of English, bronwyn.williams@louisville.edu Director of University Writing Center University of Louisville Dr. Mary P. Sheridan 502-333-8795 Professor of English maryp.sheridan@louisville.edu University of Louisville Dr. Bruce Horner 502-852-2185 Professor of English, horner.bruce@gmail.com Endowed Chair in Rhetoric and Composition University of Louisville Dr. Andrea Olinger 502-852-3051 Assistant Professor of English andrea.olinger@louisville.edu University of Louisville