Curriculum Vitae
Lisa Marie Antonille Rhody
Rockville, MD 20853
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I. Personal Information
A. Education
? Ph.D., English, University of Maryland, expected 2012
? M.A., English Language and Literature, University of Maryland, 1999
? B.A., English (writing), cum laude, Denison University, 1995
B. Employment
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Communications and Archives Coordinator, Center for Teaching
Excellence, University of Maryland, Fall 2010-present
Site Manager, Romantic Circles Website, University of Maryland,
Summer 2000- Spring 2002, Summer 2005- Spring 2007
Freshman Writing Coordinator, Department of English, University of
Maryland, Fall 2003-Spring 2005
II. Research, Scholarly, and Professional Activities
A. Dissertation
? Ekphrastic Revisions: Models of Visual-Verbal Networks in Women s
Contemporary Poetry Directed by Elizabeth Bergmann Loizeaux
B. Chapter
? The Mentor-Mentee Relationship. The Mentor s Manual. Edited by
Timothy W. Helwig. College Park, MD: University of Maryland Office of
Freshman Writing, 2004.
C. Scholarly Blog Articles
? A Method to the Model: Responding to Franco Moretti s Network
Theory, Plot Analysis. Magazine Modernisms. Edited by J. Stephen
Murphy. August 22, 2011.
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D. Articles in Refereed Journals
? (in process)"Conceptual Networks: Visualizing Modernist Community in
Others, The Egoist, and The Little Review" Journal of Modern Periodical
Studies Special Issue: Digital Humanities. (Expected publication pending
review Spring 2013).
E. Professional Newsletter Articles and Notes
? Interview with Ronald Yaros. Teaching and Learning News. 20.2
November-December 2010.
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? Interview with Melissa Hayes-Gerke. Teaching and Learning News.
20.3 February-March 2011
? Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Scholarship in Practice.
Teaching and Learning News. Interview with Douglas Roberts and co-
edited with CTE staff. 21.2 November-December 2011
F. Invited Talks, Conference Papers, Presentations, and Workshops
? Invited Talks and Guest Lectures
a. Guest Lecture, Tanya Clement s INF 380
C - Information in Social
and Cultural Context, University Texas at Austin. 13 Feb. 2012.
b. Poetic Visions: What Poets See When They Look at Art. Suffolk
County Art Museum and the Virginia Museum for the Fine Arts
Speaker Series, Suffolk, VA. 12 May 2011; Richmond, VA. 10 Nov.
2010; Williamsburg, VA. 17 Feb. 2009.
c. Writing Effective Lesson Plans. Graduate Teaching Assistant
Orientation. Center for Teaching Excellence, University of
Maryland, College Park, MD. 27 Aug. 2010.
d. Romantic Circles and Digital Transformations of English
Studies. with Neil Fraistat, National Council of Teachers of
English, Baltimore, MD. November, 2001.
e. Practical Electronic Communication Strategies in the Classroom.
Mini-Center for Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and
Society, Academic Computing in the College of Arts and
Humanities, and the Maryland Institute for Technology in the
Humanities Brown Bag Series, University of Maryland, College
Park, MD. February, 2000.
f. WebCT and English 101. Freshman Writing Program Spring
Orientation / Professional Development Session. University of
Maryland, College Park, MD. January, 2000.
g. The Ethos of Grammar. Taking Steps to Empower Ourselves.
President s Commission on Women s Issues Annual Conference.
University of Maryland, College Park, MD. May, 1999.
? Conference Papers
a. Refiguring Ekphrasis with Network Analysis. Roundtable. MSA
XIII. Modernist Studies Association Annual Conference. Buffalo,
NY. October 7, 2011.
b. Modeling Ekphrasis with Social Network Analysis. Seminar.
MSA XIII. Modernist Studies Association Annual Conference.
Buffalo, NY. October 5, 2011.
c. "Looking, Describing, Relating: Sympathetic Ekphrasis 'In the
Waiting Room'" Seminar. Modernist Studies Association IX
Conference, Long Beach, CA. November 3, 2007.
d. Sympathetic Ekphrasis: Carol Snow s Positions of the Body and
Ekphrastic Tradition. North Eastern Modern Language
Association Annual Conference. Philadelphia. March 4, 2006.
e. At a Loss for Language: The Problem of Methodology in
Visual/Verbal Media Studies. Seminar. Modernist Studies
Association Conference. Madison, Wisconsin. October, 2002.
f. Toward a Dynamic, Generative Evaluation Toolbox: A
Roundtable. The Association for Computers and the Humanities
and The Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing Joint
International Conference, New York University. New York, NY.
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June, 2001.
g. Making MITH a Reality. The Association for Computers and the
Humanities and The Association for Literary and Linguistic
Computing Joint International Conference, University of Glasgow.
Glasgow, Scotland. July, 2000.
h. Collaborative Learning in On-line Environments. 7th Annual
Teaching with Technology Conference, University of Maryland,
College Park, MD. April, 2000.
? Presentations
a. Learning from Our Mistakes: What to Do When Teaching with
Technology Goes Sour. Mini-Center for Teaching
Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Society, Academic
Computing in the College of Arts and Humanities, and the
Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities Brown Bag
Series, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. October, 1999.
? Workshops and Seminars
a. Participant. Digital Modernisms / Digital Modernities Modernist
Studies Association Annual Conference XIII. October 9, 2011.
b. Workshop leader. Teaching Portfolio Retreat Center for
Teaching Excellence, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
January 4-6, 10-12, 2011.
c. Workshop leader. Freshman Writing Orientation Freshman
Writing Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
July/August 2003, January 2004, July/August 2004, January
2005.
d. Participant. Introduction to TEI Maryland Institute for
Technology in the Humanities, University of Maryland, June
2001.
G. Scholarly Web Sites
? 2000-2002, 2005-2007. Site Manager, Romantic Circles. General Editors
Neil Fraistat and Steven E. Jones. University of Maryland. College Park,
MD . Responsibilities included project production
and management, HTML encoding and website development, XHTML
encoding, site redesign (RC Praxis Series), podcast editing, graphical
design, technical editing, information design, MOO development,
correspondence with authors and copy editors, RDF file creation,
metadata creation and curation, and usability studies.
? 2000. Staff, Dickinson Electronic Archives. Edited by Martha Nell Smith.
Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH), University
of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA.
Responsibilities included transcription, HTML coding, manuscript
imaging, and staff training.
? 1998-1999. Webmaster, Women s Studies Database. Department of
Women s Studies, Office of Information Technology (OIT), University of
Maryland, College Park, MD. Now hosted at
Responsibilities included
information management, general site maintenance, and design.
H. Grants
? Principle Investigator. The Introduction to Poetry Electronic Classroom
Center for Teaching Excellence Instructional Improvement Grant.
$2,000. Awarded $1,000 matching funds from the Dean of Arts and
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Humanities and English Department to create an online, virtual
classroom support space for students of the 200-level survey course.
Materials from this grant were used in a departmental transformation of
the course to support a large class lecture format.
I. Awards and Recognition
? Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) Winnemore
Dissertation Fellowship, Spring 2012.
? Modernist Studies Association Travel Grant, MSA, 2011.
? English Department Travel Grant, University of Maryland, 2011.
? Jacob Goldhaber Travel Grant, University of Maryland Graduate School,
2004
? Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Maryland, 1999-2003
? Omicron Delta Kappa, Sigma Circle, University of Maryland, 1999
? Distinguished Leadership Award, Denison University, 1995
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b. Graduate Representative, Department of English Graduate
Committee, 1998-1999
? College
a. Graduate Representative, Dean s Committee for Administrative
Review of the Director of the Maryland Institute for Technology in
the Humanities (MITH), September-December 2002
b. Graduate Representative, Internal Advisory Board. Maryland
Institute for Technology in the Humanities, 1999-2002
? University
a. International Fair Coordinator, Family Weekend Committee,
University of Maryland, 1998
b. Coordinator, Terrapin Pride Day, University of Maryland,
Annapolis, MD, 1998