MARTHA C. MARINARA

University of Central Florida 1405 Julip Drive

Orlando, FL 32816-0066 Orlando, FL 32825

407-***-**** 407-***-****

www.if.ucf.edu abqluy@r.postjobfree.com

E DUCATION

PhD Lehigh University August 1993

English: Rhetoric & Composition

Qualifying Exams passed with Distinction, May 1992

Dissertation: A Discussion of Theory, Ideology, and Practice as a Critique of Social-Epistemic Pedagogies

Director: Edward E. Lotto

MA Southern Connecticut State University August 1990

English: Creative Writing

Thesis: Swimming Lessons (novel)

Dean s Commendation for Thesis

BA Southern Connecticut State University January 1989

English Literature and Creative Writing

E MPLOYMENT

University of Central Florida--Information Fluency Program

Director August 2005 present

University of Central Florida--Department of Writing and Rhetoric

Associate Professor 2010 present

University of Central Florida--Department of English

Associate Professor 2004 2010; Assistant Professor 1998 2004

Armstrong Atlantic State University--University Writing Center

Director, September 1993-July 1998

Armstrong Atlantic State University--Department of Literature, Languages and Philosophy

Assistant Professor September 1993-1998; Tenure awarded April 1998

T EXT BOOKS

Marinara, Martha. and Peggy Ellington. Writing Outside the Lines: Stories of Literacy. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon,

2000.

Marinara, Martha. And Peggy Ellington, eds. Writing Outside the Lines: Stories of Literacy. Boston, MA: Allyn and

Bacon, 2000. (Authored substantive preface.)

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E DITED JOURNALS

Marinara, Martha. Editor, Journal of Information Fluency (online Peer-reviewed journal, first

issue May 2011).

E XTERNAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDING

Marinara, Martha and Nancy Stanlick. Principle Co-investigators. Core Commitments: Educating

Students for Personal and Social Responsibility. Sponsored by the Association of American

Britton, Scott, University of Miami; Kathy Crowe, University of North Carolina-Greensboro; and Martha

Colleges and Universities, January 2007-January 2009. $25,000. (Program Development.)

Marinara, University of Central Florida. Principle Co-investigators. Information, Media &

Technology Skills Assessment Tools. IMLS National Leadership Grant, February 2012, $168,000.

Pending.

H ONORS AND AWARDS

Research

College of Arts and Humanities Competitive Sabbatical Award. UCF. Fall 2007.

United Arts of Central Florida, individual artist grant, January 2009. ($2,000.)

Award for Excellence in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. UCF. 2007. ($5,000 base raise.)

Award for Excellence in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. UCF. 2005. ($2,000.)

Women s Research Center Award in the Arts and Humanities. UCF, May 2008. ($2,000.)

Finalist, Gore Vidal Poetry Award, August 2007

Creative Writing Awards

Second Prize, Frank O Hara Award, June 2007

Nominated Lambda Literary and Triangle Awards 2007 for Street Angel

Finalist, ForeWord Magazine 2006 LGBT Book of the Year Award for Street Angel

Finalist, Frank O Hara Award, June 2002

Semifinalist, 2001 Emily Dickinson Award, June 2002

Finalist, Glimmer Train Press 2001 Poetry Open, May 2002

Florida Literary Arts Alliance Individual Artist Award for Poetry, October 1999

Honorable Mention, Explorations 1996 Poetry Prize

Finalist, Michael Egan Fourth Annual Poetry Contest, May 1996

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Finalist, Richard Eberhart Poetry Award, December 1995

Honorable Mention, Hemingway Fiction Contest, July 1989

Teaching

Teaching Incentive Program Award. UCF College of Arts and Humanities. 2004. ($5,000 base raise.)

Teaching Fellow, UCF Academy for Teaching, Learning and Leadership, Spring 2003

Kristina C. Brockmeier Faculty Award, Armstrong Atlantic State University, May 1997

College of Arts and Humanities Award for Excellence in Professional Service. UCF. 2007.

Professional and Community Service

P EER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS IN PRINT

Marinara, Martha and Mark McBeth. Renaming Curiosity/Resisting Ignorance: Interviewing

Queerness. Listening to Our Elders: Working and Writing for Change. S. Blackmon, C. Kirklighter, and S.

Parks, eds. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2011. Print.

Marinara, Martha, Jonathan Alexander, Will Banks, and Samantha Blackmon. Cruising Composition

Texts: Negotiating Sexual Difference in First-year Writing Readers. The Journal of the Conference on College

Composition and Communication 61.2 (December 2009): 269-296. Print

Marinara, Martha and Kristina Tollefson. The History in Harriet Lake s Closet. Theater Design and

Technology (Fall 2009): 46-54. Print.

Marinara, Martha and Kristina Tollefson. Transforming Assessment: University of Central Florida,

General Education Case Study. Case Studies in Assessing General Education. Marilyn Bresciani, editor.

Boston, MA: Anker Publishing, 2007: 186-200. Print.

Marinara, Martha, Kavi Vajaravelu, and Denise L. Young. Making Sense of the loose baggy monster :

Assessing Learning in a GEP Program is a Whale of a Task. The Journal of General Education 53.1 (2004):

1-19. Print.

Marinara, Martha. Cartography and Adoption: Identity and Difference Beyond the Politics of the

Comfort Zone. Review of Education/Pedagogy/Cultural Studies. 25.2 (April-June 2003): 139-152. Print.

Gibson, Michelle, Martha Marinara, and Michelle Meems. Bi, Butch, and Bar Dyke: Pedagogical

Performances of Class, Gender, and Sexuality. The Journal of the Conference on College Composition and

Communication 52.1 (September 2000) : 69-95. Print.

Reprinted in Feminism and Composition: Critical Sourcebook. Kirsch, Gesa E. et all, editors. Boston: St.

Martin s Press, 2003: 466-487. Print.

Reprinted in Teaching Composition: Background Readings 3rd ed. Boston: Bedford St. Martin s Press,

2007: 536-558. Print.

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Marinara, Martha. When Working Class Students Do the Academy: How We Negotiate With

Alternative Literacies. Journal of Basic Writing 16.2 (Fall 1997): 3-16. Print.

Marinara, Martha. Death, Domesticity, and the Feminine Gaze: Bishop s First Death in Nova Scotia. Women in

Literature and Life. 6 (Fall 1997): 12-3. Print.

P EER-REVIEWED CREATIVE WRITING PUBLICATIONS

Marinara, Martha. Street Angel. Waterbury, CT: Fine Tooth Press, 2006. Print.

Novels

Breakfast in Memphis. (Under review with agent.)

Marinara, Martha. Farmer s Wife, Navigating the Heart, Moon Scales, and White Marsh Island, October.

Poetry

Monchila Review (Spring 2012): 68-71. Online and Print.

Sunday Afternoon at the Museum of Natural History. Broken Bridge Review (Fall 2008): 125. Print.

Eve s Garden and Her Chinese Robe. White Pelican Review. (Spring 2008): 9, 41. Print.

Reflection in a Well House, Tuscumbia, Alabama, 1987. White Ink. Rishma Dunlop, Editor.

Toronto: Demeter Press, 2007: 300. Print.

Pumpkin Picking. The Alembic (Spring 2003): 27. Print.

Shoebox, Sand, Shells, Susan. Slipstream (Spring 2003): 25. Print.

Some Things Is Just Decoration. Not Your Mama s Cookbook. Karen Garrabrant and Ami Mattison, Editors.

Atlanta, GA: Kings Crossing Publishing, 2002: 21-24. Print.

Waking the Dead. In The Emily Dickinson Award Anthology. Flagstaff: Universities West Press, 2002: 41. Print.

The Dream Factory. Awakenings Review 1.2 (Winter 2001): 104-5. Print.

Cross Bearer. Xavier Review 20.2 (Fall 1999): 82. Print.

The Frame Shop and Waking the Dead. O! Arts Magazine: Central Florida s Journal of Culture. (December

1999-January 2000): 11. Print.

Median Range in Touched by Adoption. Nancy A. Robinson, Editor. Santa Barbara: Green River

Press, 1999: 198-99. Print.

The Art of Burying the Dog. Maryland Poetry Review 17 (Fall 1998): 50. Print.

Pin Point, Georgia. Southern Poetry Review (January 1998): 23. Print.

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Framing. Birmingham Poetry Review 16 (Summer 1997): 25. Print.

My Father's Heart and The Young Widow Talks to Herself. The South Carolina Review (1997):

88-9. Print.

Persephone Speaks. ArtWord Quarterly (Winter 1996): 5. Print.

Horse Latitudes. Mockingbird: a Journal of Poetry and Reviews (Winter 1995): 3. Print.

Parish's Funeral: September 16, 1982. Manana (September 1995): 21. Print.

The Boneyard, Wassaw Island, February 1994. Calliope (Spring\Summer 1995): 42-3. Print.

Climbing. California Quarterly. (Fall 1993): 47. Print.

Autumn's Child. The Long Islander. (Spring 1990). Print.

Slow Dancing. Maryland Poetry Review. (Spring 1990): 19. Print.

Marinara, Martha. Feathers. In 15 Views Looking at Orlando. Nathan Holic, ed. Orlando, FL: Burrow Press,

Fiction

2012. Print and Online.

Wool Skirts. In Unruly Catholic Women Writers-2. Eds. Anna M. Kothe, Jeana Del Rosso, and Leigh

Eicke. NY: SUNY Press, forthcoming 2012. Print.

Holding Cells. The Massachusetts Review. 44.4 (Winter 2003-04): 689-706. Print.

Once In A Blue Moon. Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly. 3.3 (2002): 73-89. Print.

Ovum. FemSpec 3.1 (2001): 64-71. Print.

China, Carolina, Cathay. Estuary: A Journal of Literature and Art. (Fall 2000): 18-25. Print.

Water Lessons in Moon Days. Cassie Premo Steele, Editor. Columbia, SC: Summerhouse Press, 1999. Print.

Thursday's Sacred Text. Coming Together: A Journal of Disability (January 1997). Print.

Bearing Witness. Willa 3 (Fall 1994): 12-13. Print.

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C URRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

Marinara, Martha and Kristina Tollefson. Too Much is Not Enough: The History in Harriett Lake s

Closet. Book Proposal.

Necessary Work, Individual Artist Grant, Astrea Foundation, $10,000, April 2012, Pending.

I NTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING

University of Central Florida

Hall, Mark, Principle Investigator; Martha Marinara and Elizabeth Wardle, Co-investigators.

University Writing Center as a Learning Space. Technology Fee Grant. Sponsored by

University of Central Florida. Granted December 2011. $80,000.

Zemliansky, Pavel, Principle Investigator; Martha Marinara and Elizabeth Wardle, Co-

investigators. Collaborative Spaces for Writing Across the Curriculum. . Technology Fee

Grant. Sponsored by University of Central Florida. Granted December 2011. $35,000.

Stremish, Aaron, Principal Investigator; Charles Dzuiban, Martha Marinara, and Meg Scharf, Co-

Investigators. Technology Commons: Computer Lab to Learning Space. Technology Fee

Grant. Sponsored by University of Central Florida. Granted December 2010. $3,200,00.

Stanlick, Nancy, Principle Investigator; Martha Marinara and Patricia McKowan, Co-investigators.

Core Commitments: Educating Students for Personal and Social Responsibility.

Interdisciplinary Grant. Funded by the College of Arts and Humanities, March 2007. $25,000.

Martha Marinara and Kristina Tollefson, Co-investigators. Harriett Lake s Closet: Designer

Clothing from 1940-2006. Interdisciplinary Grant. Funded by College of Arts and Humanities,

March 2008. $3,000.

N ATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP

Critically Examining Information Fluency Education 2013. 3rd International Information Fluency

Conference Program Chair and Local Arrangements Chair

Conference. Orlando, Florida. Scheduled March 2013.

Information Fluency and the Digital Divides 2012. 2nd International Conference. Orlando, Florida.

March 2012.

Information R/evolution: 2011 Information Fluency Conference. 1st International Conference.

Orlando, Florida. March 2011.

Duties:

Develop the theme and tracks of international information Fluency conferences

Market the event to colleges and universities worldwide

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Collaboratively manage the proposal, peer-review, and presentation selection processes

Attract sponsors to cover costs of keynote speakers

Collaboratively plan the conference program, including keynote speakers, panel

formation, and special events

Manage local arrangements, including securing meeting space and lodging, planning

meals and special events, arrangements for keynote speakers, handling pre and onsite

registration, and troubleshooting during the event

Develop and manage the conference website and program

Worked with colleagues to solicit submissions for, manage peer review for, and edit

conference proceedings for the Journal of Information Fluency

Developed assessment rubrics and evaluated conferences for continuous improvement

Philosophy Department, University of Central Florida

Conference Program Co-Chair and Local Arrangements Co-Chair

Evolution, the Environment & Responsible Knowledge. International Conference. Orlando, FL,

March 2009.

Knowledge Rights & Information Sharing in the 21st Century. International Conference. Orlando,

FL, March 2008.

Heresy, Blasphemy, and the Freedom of Expression. International Conference. Orlando, FL, March

Duties:

2007.

Collaborated with the conference committee and other key personnel to develop the

conference themes, identify keynote speakers, and plan activities

Marketed conference to colleges and universities nationally and internationally

Managed peer-review process of program proposals, including solicited sessions,

special interest sessions, and standard proposals

Attracted sponsors to cover lunches and coffee breaks

Drafted the conference program in conjunction with the local arrangements committee

and colleagues on the program committee

Developed assessment rubrics and evaluated conferences for continuous improvement

Manage local arrangements, including securing meeting space and lodging, planning

meals and special events, arrangements for keynote speakers, handling pre and onsite

registration, and troubleshooting during the event

A DMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Director, Information Fluency/Quality Enhancement Plan

University of Central Florida, August 2004 present

Duties:

Support campus-wide accreditation and assessment efforts, including writing the 75 page

QEP/Information Fluency Program (accepted by accrediting agency in 2005) and the recent

10 page QEP Report for UCF s Southern Association of Colleges and Schools five-year report

Promote curriculum development and assessment in a campus-wide office serving all

faculty ranks from graduate teaching assistants to adjuncts, instructors, and tenure-track

colleagues

Work collaboratively with library faculty on Information Literacy online module

development and other learning and literacy projects

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Plan and execute presentations for New Faculty Orientation for all new instructors and

tenured/tenure-track faculty; for the Freshman Expo for all new first-year students and

transfer students; for monthly Deans and Directors Meetings; and for University Leadership

Meetings

Collaboratively plan and execute a multi-day faculty enrichment conference each year

during the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning s Summer Conference and facilitate

workshops and presentations during the Winter Conference

Supervise a staff of one full-time employee and two part-time graduate student employees

Manage an annual budget of approximately $430,000.

Serve on numerous campus task forces, standing and ad hoc committees, including recent

topics such as promoting a campus culture of academic integrity, revising the general

education programs, and developing assessment strategies for general education courses

Promote information fluency grants across campus

Chair grant awards committee and administer grant awards

Work with grant recipients on assessment protocols and collected assessment data in an

electronic portfolio

Advise and mentor staff at other international and national colleges and universities with

similar initiatives

Assist in facilitation of campus-wide annual Ethics Bowl

Serve on student IF Awards committee

Mentor colleagues on developing research agendas and teaching methods in information

fluency

Edit and develop two annual issues of the online publication The Journal of Information

Manage website that has multiple audiences and purposes

Fluency

Attend and present at the Southern Association for Colleges and Schools-Commission on

Colleges Annual Conference each December

Organize Florida University and Colleges QEP Directors Committee (March 2011)

Meet annually with National Advisory Board

Director Assessment, General Education Program

University of Central Florida, October 2011-present

Duties include maintaining assessment web-site for coordinators and reviewers, mentoring faculty

coordinators to make assessments more meaningful and practical, developing cross program

assessment and student learning objects shared by all courses in program, posting due dates and

making sure plans and results are recorded in a timely manner, conducting fall and spring semester

meetings.

Director, First-year Writing Program

Department of English, University of Central Florida, August 1998 2006

Duties included full and part-time faculty hiring, student advising, program assessment, curriculum

development, course scheduling, leadership of faculty committee, developing and facilitating faculty

development workshops, supervised graduate teaching assistants, adjuncts and instructors (as

many as 80 each semester) taught Composition Theory and Practice to new graduate teachers each

year, and represented a program that enrolled an average of 4,000 students per semester at college

and university curriculum and program committees.

Secured $12,000 from publishers to facilitate faculty development and travel.

Wrote and published First-year Writing at UCF.

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Director of the University Writing Center

Department of Languages, Literature and Philosophy, Armstrong Atlantic State University,

September 1993 July 1998

Duties included hiring, training, and supervising peer-consultants; tutoring 12 hours per week;

speaking to students in courses from every discipline; serving on the Writing Across the Curriculum

Committee; managing the center s budget; developing teaching materials; raising funds for

computers and a printer, constructing and facilitating a computer lab for student writers from

every discipline.

Assistant Director of Writing Center

Department of English, Lehigh University, August 1991 June 1993

Mentored graduate teaching assistants, developed curriculum, completed special research projects.

Assistant to the Director of Composition

Department of English, Lehigh University, August 1991 June 1993

Duties included student advising, mentoring of GTAs, evaluation of transfer credit, planning of

professional development events for composition instructors, conducting program assessment, and

completing special research projects.

I NVITED PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

UCF Women s Studies Program, Bluestocking Luncheon Series, Speaker for Forum on Breast

Cancer, October 8, 2003.

UCF Women s Studies Program Bluestocking Lunch Series, January 19, 2000, Feminist Parenting.

UCF Women s Studies Faculty Research Colloquium, October 11, 1999, UCF, Minority Literature

and Adoption: When White Teachers Read Colored Texts.

Keynote Speaker. Texts and Textuality: Researching History and Literature. Bibliographic

Instruction Group of Georgia Eastern Region Annual Conference. Savannah, Georgia, December

1996.

*More than a dozen invited articles in newsletters and other informal venues addressing subjects

such as information fluency, online teaching strategies, teaching diverse populations, and

the scholarship of teaching and learning.

R EFEREED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Marinara, Martha. Walking the Fine Line Between Insult and Injustice: Stories and Strategies for

At-Risk Faculty and Graduate Students, 2013 Annual Conference on College Composition

and Communication, Las Vegas, NV, March 2013.

Honors Creative Writing Students: Researching, Reading and Writing the Thesis, 2013

Associated Writing Programs Annual Conference, Boston, MA, March 2013.

The QEP Process as a Multi-Course Dinner, 2012 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools-

Commission on Colleges Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, December 2012.

Thresholds and Shifting Borders as Interactive Spaces. 2012 Annual

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Conference on College Composition and Communication, St. Louis, MO, March 2012.

The QEP After Five Years: Shifting Baselines and Enduring Impacts. 2011 Annual Meeting of

SACS-COC, Orlando, FL, December 2011.

Environment, Engagement, and Enhancement: Unexpected Results from Information Fluency.

2011 Annual Meeting of SACSCOC, Orlando, FL, December 2011.

I don t mind them as long as they aren t in my face : Visual Rhetoric, Compulsory

Heteronormativity, and University Websites, 2011 Annual Conference on College

Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA, April 2011.

Examining Premises: A Campus-Wide Critical Thinking Program, Writing Research Across

Borders 2. George Mason University, VA. February 2011.

Establishing QEP Learning Outcomes: Measured and Organic. 2009 Annual Meeting of the

SACS- COC. Atlanta, GA, December 2009.

Sex and Sensibility: Disciplining the Queer. 2009 Annual Conference on College Composition

and Communication. San Francisco, CA, March 2009.

Building a Reflective, Recursive, and Sustainable Assessment Culture for the QEP. 2008 Annual

Meeting of the SACS Commission on Colleges. San Antonio, TX, December 2008.

Planting and Assessing Flowers: Developing a Broader Leadership Base for UCF s QEP. 2007

Annual Meeting of the SACS-COC. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 2007.

Building a Culture of Information Fluency in Higher Education. 7th Annual International

Conference on Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching. New

Orleans, Louisiana, August 2007.

The Queer Work of Writing Instruction: Inclusions/Exclusions of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,

and Transgender Topics in First-year Composition. 2007 Conference on College Composition

and Communication. New York, New York, March 2007.

Building a Campus Culture of Information Fluency. 2007 ELI Annual Conference. Atlanta,

Georgia, January 2007.

What if? A QEP Focused on Gathering, Evaluating, and Using Information. 2006 SACS-COC

Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida, December 2006.

Semiotic Bodies: Love Letters and Lesbian Eroticism. 3rd Global Interdisciplinary Conference

on Sex and Sexuality: Exploring Critical Issues. Krakow, Poland, November 2006.

Information Fluency in the Digital Age. EDUCAUSE 2006 Annual Conference. Dallas, Texas,

October 2006.

Seventy-eight Seconds. Fiction Reading. National Popular Culture Association Annual

Conference. Atlanta, Georgia, April, 2006.

What s Queer About Writing Program Administration? 2006 Conference on College

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Composition and Communication. Chicago, Illinois, March 2006.

Fiction and the Butterfly Effect. Southwest Popular Culture Association Annual Conference.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2006.

Yes, She s My Baby. Fiction Reading. National Popular Culture Association Annual Conference.

San Diego, California, March 2005.

Lesbian Desire and Myth. GenderQueer/QueerGenders Conference. University of California,

Santa Barbara, February 2005.

Femme Butch Desire and Biker Babe Mythos. Popular Culture Associations and American

Culture Association Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas, April 2004.

Homosexuality and Christianity: Making Tolerance Matter in Composition and Rhetoric. 2004

Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Antonio, Texas, March 2004.

From the Closet to the Classroom: When the Private Becomes Public Gender Performance.

International Conference on Women in the 21st Century. Havanna, Cuba, October 2003.

Queering the Classroom: Playing with Themes and Methods in Writing Classes. 2003

Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, NY, March 2003.

The Closet, the Classroom, and Other Queer Spaces. 2002 NCTE Annual Convention, Atlanta,

GA, November 2002.

One Composition Program s Reality Show. The Eighth Sloan-C International Conference on

Asynchronous Learning Networks, Orlando, Florida, November 2002.

Assessing Learning in a General Education Program: A Course-Embedded Assessment Process.

American Association for Higher Education Assessment Conference 2002, Boston, MA, June

2002.

Once in a Blue Moon. Fiction Reading. Rhode Island Symposium on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,

Transgendered, and Queer Studies, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, April 2002.

Service Learning and Volunteerism. 2001 NCTE Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD, November

2001.

Married Women. Fiction Reading. Popular Culture Association International Conference,

Puebla, Mexico, October 2001.

Building Community and Empowering Women. 2001 CCCC Convention, Denver, CO, March

2001.

"National Issues, Local Changes: How Can Part-time Faculty Empower Themselves." 2000 CCCC

Convention. Minneapolis, MN, April 2000.

Adult Literacy: Women Returning to College. Women in Higher Education, Minneapolis, MN,

March 2000.

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SAMLA Poets. 1999 South Atlantic Modern Language Association Convention. Atlanta, GA,

November 1999.

Thinking Critically About/With Return-To-College Students. 1999 NCTE Annual Convention.

Denver, CO, November 1999.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: From Poetry to Interdisciplinary Portfolio. Fourth

National Writing Across the Curriculum Program. Ithaca, NY, June 1999.

Making Contact Zones Visible: Classroom Literacy and Postcolonial Space. 1999 CCCC

Convention. Atlanta, GA, March 1999.

What Is Critical Theory? How Do You Do It? How Does/Can Literary Theory Affect the High

School English Class? 1997 NCTE Annual Convention. Detroit, MI, November 1997.

Redefining the Role of Literacy Policing in the Writing Center. Third National Writing Centers

Conference. Park City, UT, September 1997.

Living On the Borders: Writing Centers As Threshold Spaces. Southeastern Writing Center

Association Annual Conference. Augusta, GA, April 1997.

When Working Class Students D ' the Academy. 1997 CCCC Convention. Phoenix, AZ, March

1997.

How We Negotiate With Alternative Literacies. Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and

Composition. Louisville, KY, October 1996.

Adopting the Other: Reading Multicultural Texts. 2nd International Conference/Global

Conversations on Language and Literacy. Heidelberg, Germany, August 1996.

Which Way Do We Go From Here? Problems and Solutions in Writing Center Development.

1996 SCETC Conference. Atlanta, January 25-27, 1996.

Theory, Self, and Feminist Rhetoric or, What To Do With Ariadne s Thread. 1995 NCTE Annual

Convention. San Diego, California, November 1995.

Comfort Zone or Comfortable Illusion: Issues of Cultural Detachment and Offensive Student

Papers. 2nd (inter)National Writing Centers Conference. St. Louis, Missouri, September

1995.

Exploring the Middleground: Minority Literature and Adoption. The 23rd Wyoming Conference

on English. Laramie, Wyoming, June 1995.

Working Lives and Critical Perspectives. Pedagogy of the Oppressed Conference. Omaha,

Nebraska, February 1995.

Collaborating to Pass the Regents' Essay Exam and Maybe Learn Something About Writing at the

Same Time. National Conference on Peer Tutoring In Writing. Montevallo, Alabama,

November 1994.

Workshop Consultant for What Is A Writing Center?: Models for the 1990's. NCTE Annual

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Convention. Orlando, November 1994.

Sex, Violence, and the Metaphors We Write With (with Patricia Shelley Fox and Regine Randall).

1994 NCTE Annual Convention. Orlando, FL November 1994.

The New Atlantis : Memoirs, History(s), and Developing Critical Perspectives. The 22nd

Wyoming Conference on English. Laramie, WY, June 1994.

A Place for Critical Thinking in the Tutoring Session. National Writing Center Association

Conference. New Orleans, LA, April 1994.

Remaking the Connections Between Theory and Practice: Remixing the Metaphors, Rethinking

Roles (with Patricia Shelley Fox). GCTW 1994 Winter Conference. Atlanta, GA, February

1994.

Engaging the Other :Changing Student Perspectives. NCTE Conference. Pittsburgh, PA,

November 1993.

Collaboration/Critical Thinking: Fruitful Questions. 21st Wyoming Conference on English.

Laramie, WY, June 1993.

Angelou and the Culturally Empowered Student. Other Voices: American Women Writers of

Color Conference. Ocean City, MD, June 1993.

Stirring the Ashes of Public Discourse. 1992 NCTE Annual Convention. Louisville, KY, November

1992.

What To Do With The Writing Teacher's Evaluation. National Peer Tutoring Conference.

Indiana University of PA, October 1992.

Androgyny, Eroticism, and Feminist Speculative Fiction. Central New York Conference on

Language and Literature. SUNY/Cortland, NY, Oct 1992.

Fiction Reading, Maitland Arts Center, Maitland, FL. January 2012.

F ICTION AND POETRY READINGS

Poetry Reading. Now Voyager Bookstore. Provincetown. October 2010.

Fiction Reading. Now Voyager Bookstore. Provincetown. October 2009.

Poetry Reading. Austin s Caf . Orlando, FL. October 10, 2008.

Fiction Reading. Giovanni s Room. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 11, 2007.

Fiction Reading. WMFE National Public Radio Arts Connection. June 1, 2007.

Fiction Reading. Tower Two. Atlanta, Georgia. April 14, 2006.

Fiction Reading. Wilson College. Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. October 18, 2004.

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Fiction Reading. Rainbow Bookstore. Madison, Wisconsin. June 17, 2004.

Fiction Reading. Outword Books. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. June 19, 2004.

Fiction Reading. In Our Own Write Reading Series. GLBT Community Center, New York, New York.

March 11, 2004.

Fiction Reading. University of Maryland Baltimore. February 20, 2004.

Biker Babe Blues and Some Things is Just Decoration. Patterson Theatre, Creative Alliance,

Baltimore, Maryland. January 9 and 10, 2004.

Fiction Reading. September 11th Memorial Reading. Tower Two, Atlanta, Georgia. September 11,

2003.

Fiction Reading. National Women s Studies Association Annual Conference. New Orleans,

Louisiana. June 20, 2003.

Fiction Reading. LadyFest South. Atlanta, Georgia. October 10-13, 2002.

Poetry Reading. LadyFest Orlando. Orlando, Florida. September 29, 2002.

Poetry Reading. United Arts First Annual Awards Ceremony. Edyth Bush Theatre, Orlando, Florida.

October 12, 1999.

Poetry Reading. United Arts of Central Florida Individual Artists Awards Reading. Border Books

and Music, Winter Park, Florida. October 29, 1999.

Interviewed by Irene Zabytko, LiteraryContributor for Arts Connection, on WMFE-FM 90.1

I NTERVIEWS

(www.wmfe.org), May 2007.

Students and Technical Literacy. Interviewed by Ben Hardcastle for College Connections

(www.okhighered.org/college-connection/), a statewide weekly radio program that features

national education experts, April 5, 2007.

Information Fluency. Interviewed by Judyth Piazza for Student Operated Press

(http://www.thesop.org/), March 8, 2007.

T EACHING EXPERIENCE

Departments of English and Writing and Rhetoric, University of Central Florida

Assistant Professor, 1998-2004 Associate Professor, 2004-Present

Honors Creative Writing

Undergraduate Courses

Creative Writing for English Majors

Creative Writing for Non-majors

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Advanced Poetry Workshop

Advanced Expository Writing

Digital Rhetoric and the Modern Dialectic (media enhanced)

Composition 1 and 2

Honors Composition: Rhetoric and Social Justice (media enhanced)

Honors Composition: Gender and Sexuality in American Culture (media enhanced, service learning)

Honors Composition: Service Learning and Volunteerism (media enhanced, service learning)

Persuasive Writing (MA) (web-based)

Graduate Courses

Theory and Practice of Composition (MA) (mixed-mode)

Modern Rhetorical Theory (MA) (web-based)

Rhetorical Traditions (MA)

Teaching Practicum

Doctoral Dissertation Committees Member

Jane Moody, E-portfolios and Student Experiences: Technology, Identity, Professionalism,

Completed

November 2011.

Rosie Branciforte, Inter-institutional Comparison of Faculty Perceptions on the Purpose of First-

year Composition Programs, May 2011.

Bill Leach, Prospects for Change: Creating a Blended Learning Program Through a Culture of

Support, May 2010.

Rebecca Middlebrook, Pedagogical Re-mediation in Hybrid Courses: A Case Study of Five First-year

Composition Instructors, May 2009.

Rev. Carol Trissel, Discovering Models of God in the Gay and Lesbian Faith Community,

Doctor of Theology, Florida Center for Theological Studies, Fall 2005.

Director, Maggie Cotto. (Fall 2012)

Doctoral Examination Committees

Director, Teri L. Watkins. (Fall 2012)

Member, Leandra Preston. (Summer 2012)

Director, Kathryn Dunlap. (Spring 2012, completed)

Director, Ryan Haskins. The Never Knowns (novel). Fall 2012.

MFA Thesis Committee

David Dadurka, Metaphor as an Epistemological Basis for Teaching Writing, March 2012.

MA Thesis Committees Member

Melissa Azrikan Lee, The Many Pedagogies of Memoir: A Study of the Promise of Teaching Memoir

in College Composition, March 2012.

Jessica Lynn Campbell, Gender Bias in the Workplace, March 2012.

Amanda Ewoldt, The Lady of the Lake and Chivalry in the Lancelot-Grail Cycle and the Morte

D Arthur, November 2011.

Krystina Sarff, Cultivating Strong Citizens through Public Education: Greek and Roman

Methodology as Pedagogical Approach in Public Education, Spring 2009.

Donna Rogers, Elizabeth Bishop and Her Women: Countering Loss, Love, and Language in Bishop s

Homosocial Continuum, Spring 2008.

Travis Duncan, Silent Outsiders: Searching for Queer Identity in Composition Readers, Fall 2006.

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Josh Roney, November 2012.

MA Thesis Comittees Director

Crystal Kuzma Wells, Aliterate College Students: A Neglect of Reading or Participation in a New

Type of Literacy? March 2012.

Dawn Kruger, An Inquiry into Discourse as Indicators of Gender Attitudes in a Non-profit

Conservative Christian Business, Summer 2005.

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Committee Director

Natalie Costa, Ridicule Reversed: The Failure of Mockery and Its Ironic Inspiration,

Summer 2010.

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Committees Member

Drionne Arney, Social Work Students and Competent Practice with LGBTQ Clients, April 2012.

Kenneth Haines, Savage In Limbo: A Study of Lighting Design, April 2012.

Faith Dickens, Unnatural Conduct and Forced Difficulties : Austen, Reading, and the Paradox

of the Feminine Ideal, November 2011.

Mari Elvira Vera Tata, The Maze, November 2011.

Bryce Emerly, Formality, April 2011.

William Boles, August Wilson s The Piano Lesson, November 2008.

Kristina Kopic, The Gift of Chains, May 2008.

Department of Languages, Literature, and Philosophy, Assistant Professor (1993-1998)

Rebekah Lane, Effects of Movement Theory as Applied to Traditional Theater, May 2005.

Composition 1 and 2

Introduction to Literature

Advanced Expository Writing

Technical Writing

Literary Theory

Composition Theory and Practice

First-Year Composition I and II (computer assisted)

Department of English, Lehigh University, Graduate Teaching Assistant (1990 1993)

Advanced Composition

Developmental Composition

Department of English, University of Southern Connecticut Adjunct Instructor (1989 1990)

Composition I and II

Introduction to Creative Writing

Creative Writing Poetry Workshop

Creative Writing Fiction Workshop

P ROFESSIONAL CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Quality Enhancement Plan Assessment Consultant, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Commission on Colleges, 2006-present.

Information Fluency Consultant. University of North Georgia. February 2008.

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Advisory Committee, 2007 ELI Fall Focus Session on Information Literacy, EDUCAUSE, University of

Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, October 2007.

Textbook Reviewer. Pearson Publishing. Rhetoric and composition manuscripts. 1998 2006.

I NTERNAL CURRICULUM AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

Fall 2004 Internationalizing the Local Curriculum.

UCF Division of International Studies. $1,000.

Spring 2003 Developing Habits of Mind.

UCF Academy for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership. $2,500, plus course

buy-out.

Spring 2000 Online Templates for Composition 1 and 2.

Center for Distributed Learning.

Course Development Grant. $2,500.

Summer 1999 Developing Upper Level Writing Courses.

Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning.

Summer Institute Grant. $1,000.

Spring 1999 Media-enhanced Creative Writing

UCF Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning

Experimental and Media-enhanced Classroom Project Grant. $1,000.

P ROFESSIONAL SERVICE, LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL

Stage One Proposal Reviewer. Conference on College Composition and Communication. 2010 2012.

Co-chair. Committee on LGBT Faculty Professional Concerns. Conference on College Composition

and Communication 2009-present.

Co-chair. Committee on Conference on College Composition and Communication Position Statement

on Campus Environment for Queer Faculty and Students. Students Right to Their Own Identity

2012.

Peer Reviewer. Modern Language Journal, Rhetoric Review, Composition Forum, and Popular Culture

Journal; I am not on these journals Review Boards. 2005-2012.

Queer Professionals Caucus Chair, Conference on College Composition and Communication . 2005

2012.

P ROFESSIONAL SERVICE, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

University Committees

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Member, Fifth Year Evaluation Team for Dean of the Burnett Honors College (2011 2012)

Academic Affairs

Member, Common Program Oversight Committee (1998-2012)

Undergraduate Policy and Curriculum Committee (2010-2012)

Faculty Senate Representative at Large (2010-2012)

Chair, Advisory Board (2011 2012)

Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning

Made more than 20 faculty development presentations at various events 1999 present

Senator for CAS/CAH (2002 2004 and 2010-2012)

Faculty Senate

Member, Steering Committee (2002 2004)

College of Arts and Humanities Committees

Chair, Research Incentive Award Selection Committee (2010-2012)

Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee (2010-2012)

Member, Women s Studies Advisory Board (2012)

Member, Women s Studies Curriculum Committee (2012)

Member, Texts & Technologies PhD Committee (2010-2012)

Department of Writing and Rhetoric Activities

Member, Writing Across the Curriculum Committee (2010)

Member, Composition Curriculum Committee (2010-2012)

Search Committee Chair for three tenure track positions (2010-2011)

Department of English Activities

Chair, Director of Composition Search Committee (2006 and 2007)

Search Committees

Member, Texts and Technology Professor Search Committee (2000 and 2001)

Member, Technical Communications Search Committee (1999)

Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee (2001 2003; 2006 2008, 2009 2010)

Standing Committees

Member Department Council (2006 2008)

Chair, Composition Committee (1998 2005)

Member, Texts and Technology PhD Committee (2005 2009)

Track Committees

Member, MA in Rhetoric and Composition committee (2003 2009; Chair 2004 2005)

C OMMUNITY SERVICE AND OUTREACH

Founding Member, Pride Faculty and Staff Association. 2011-2012.

Co-advisor. EQUAL (LGBT Student Organization) 2008-2012.

Member. LGBT Community Center Board. 2004-2006.

Co-chair. Lilish Fair Music Festival (Fundraiser for Florida Hospital Foundation). 2002-2003.

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P ROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

National Council of Teachers of English. 1988 present.

Popular Culture Association. 1993-present

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