Cynthia Bateman

1025 Butler Street

Columbia, SC 29205
Tel (618)7090084
EMAIL cynthiaabateman@gmail.com
www.obstinateobscurity.com

Education

PhD. English: English and American Literatures. University of South Carolina at

Columbia, 2017 (Expected)
o Graduate Certificate. Womens and Gender Studies.
M.A. English: Rhetoric and Composition. Specialization: Composition Pedagogy.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, May 2012.
o Thesis Title: Into the Pens: Towards an Agential Understanding of
Posthumanist Rhetoric. Committee: Matthew S. S. Johnson (adviser), Sharon
James McGee, and Brian Henderson.
B.A. Philosophy. Undergraduate Minor: Creative Writing. Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville, May 2010.
A.S. Nursing. Barnes-Jewish College: Goldfarb School of Nursing, May 2000. Registered
Professional Nurse license received June, 2000.

Awards

Presidential Teaching Fellowship. Initiative on Social Advocacy and Ethical Life.

University of South Carolina at Columbia. Five-year renewable fellowship, 2012-2017.
Graduate Student Travel Award. University of South Carolina Graduate School. 2013.
($500)
Graduate Student Travel Award. University of South Carolina Graduate School. 2014.
($500)

Grants

University of South Carolina: SPARC Graduate Research Grant. October, 2014. Status:
Funded ($5000).
Social Science Research Council: Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship.
February, 2014. Status: Not funded.
University of South Carolina: SPARC Graduate Research Grant. October, 2013. Status:
Not funded.

Teaching Experience
Teaching Fellow, Instructor of Record. Social Advocacy and Ethical Life and the

Department of English. University of South Carolina, 2012-present.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record. English Department, Southern
Illinois University Edwardsville, 2010-2012.

Professional Experience

Founder and Co-Director. Itineration: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media, and

Culture. (Dirs.) Cynthia Bateman and Gerald Jackson, 2012-present.
Associate Editor. punctumbooks.com. (Ed) Eileen Joy, 2011-present.
Graduate Editorial Assistant. postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies.
(Eds.) Eileen Joy and Myra Seamen. Palgrave-Macmillan Publishing, 2010-2012.
Registered Professional Nurse. 2000-present

Conference Presentations

Bateman, C. But What Happened to the Pig?: The Question of Agency in the
Communication of Biomedical Research. Rhetoric Society of America Biennial
Conference, San Antonio, TX. May, 2014.

Bateman, C. Species Specific: The Borders of Feminist Rhetoric. Rhetoric Society of

America Biennial Conference, San Antonio, TX. May, 2014.
Bateman, C. Gestation Crates as Political Apparatus: Notes Towards an Affirmative
Intersectional Study of Bodies at Risk. Intersectionality Research, Policy and Practice:
Influences, Interrogations and Innovations, Vancouver, CA. April, 2014.
Bateman, C. Towards a Composition Pedagogy That Matters; Or, Making a Case for a
Pedagogy of Diffraction. Conference on College Composition and Communication,
Indianapolis, IN. March, 2014.
Bateman, C. Intersectional Futures: A Roundtable Discussion. Womens and Gender
Studies Conference, Columbia, SC.February, 2014.
Bateman, C. Shifting Views: Towards a Material Feminist Rhetorical Scholarship.
National Communication Association, Washington D.C. November, 2013.
Bateman, C. "Material Feminism, Feminist Rhetoric, and Feminist Animal Studies: A
Tripartite Approach to Studying the Ethics of Environmental Enrichment." Society for
Literature, Science, and the Arts, Notre Dame, IN. October, 2013.
Bateman, C. The Necessary and Redundant Material of Material Rhetoric. Western
States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference, Salt Lake City, UT. October, 2013.
Bateman, C. Forging Feminist Friendships: A Virtual Cartography for Interdisciplinary
Inquiry. Feminisms and Rhetorics, Stanford University, CA. September, 2013.
Bateman, C. Feminism for the Future. Conference on College Composition and
Communication: Research Network Forum, Las Vegas, NV. March, 2013.
Bateman, C. Whered You Get That Woman? Womens and Gender Studies
Conference, Columbia, SC. March, 2013.
Bateman, C. Into the Pens: Animals, Rhetoric, and Place. Rhetoric Society of America
Biennial Conference, Philadelphia, PA. May, 2012.
Bateman, C. Zombies As the Third Party: What It Means To Be Non/Human in The
Walking Dead. The 33rd International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts,
Orlando, FL. March, 2012.
Bateman, C. Make Then Squirm in Their Places: The Role of a Pedagogy of Discomfort
in Ecocomposition. Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Conference,
Scottsdale, AZ. October, 2011.
Bateman, C. Mulder, Scully, and the First-Year Writing Student: Exploring the
Pedagogical Significance of The X-Files. Popular Culture Association/American Culture
Association Conference, San Antonio, TX. April, 2011.
Bateman, C. Overlooking Environmental Injustice: A Marxist Interpretation of the
Distracting Power of Capitalism. College of Arts and Sciences Colloquium. Southern
Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL. April, 2011

Workshops

Feminist Scholars Digital Workshop. Participant. HASTAC working group. June, 2014.

"Rhetoric and Materiality." Participant (competitive). National Communication

Association Doctoral Honors Seminar. Schoodic Education and Research Center, ME.
July, 2013

Material Rhetorics. Participant. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute,

Lawrence, KS. June, 2013.

Courses Taught

SPCH 140: Public Speaking, University of South Carolina, Spring 2015.

ENGL 460: Performative Critical Writing, University of South Carolina, Spring 2015.
SAEL 200: Social Advocacy and Ethical Life, University of South Carolina. (6 sections).
This course meets the Carolina Cores outcomes for Oral Communication and Values,
Ethics, and Social Responsibility (http://sael200s14.wordpress.com).
English 101: Critical Reading and Composition, University of South Carolina, Fall 2012.

English Composition 102: Themed Section: Posthumanism. Southern Illinois University

Edwardsville, Spring 2012
English Composition 101: Themed Section: Disassembling Wall-e. Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville, Fall 2011.
English Composition 102: Themed Section: THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE. Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville, Spring 2011.
English Composition 101: Themed Section: General Philosophical Inquiries, Southern
Illinois University Edwardsville, Fall 2010 (2 sections).

Professional Services: National

Panel Organizer: Ethics and (In)Difference: Engaging the Other in an Age of

Technoscientific Progress. National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
November, 2014.
Digital archivist. Feminist Scholars Digital Workshop. HASTAC working group. June,
2014.
Session Chair and panel organizer: Science Matters: Material Rhetorics as a
Methodology for the Ethical and Political Inquiry of Scientific Practices. Rhetoric
Society of America Biennial Conference, San Antonio, TX. May, 2014.
Session Chair and panel organizer: Teaching That Matters: New Materialism Meets
Composition Pedagogy. Conference on College Composition and Communication,
Indianapolis, IN. March, 2014.
Session Chair: State Standards, College Readiness, and Partnerships with Local
Schools. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Las Vegas, NV.
March, 2013.
Session Chair and panel organizer: Nonhuman/Animal Rhetorics. Rhetoric Society of
America Biennial Conference, Philadelphia, PA, May 2012.
Session Chair: Reframing Basic Writing and Sites of Transfer. Conference on College
Composition and Communication, St. Louis, Mo. March, 2012.

Professional Services: Institutional

Member (voting): Grace Hagood Downs Award Committee. University of South

Carolina. 2014-2015.
Member (voting): Hortense Skelton Award Committee. University of South Carolina.
2014-2015.
Member: Digital Learning Initiative. University of South Carolina. 2013-2014.
Volunteer: Graduate English Association Book Sale, University of South Carolina. 20122013.
Member (non-voting): Rhetoric and Composition Hiring Committee, University of South
Carolina. 2012-2013.
Member: English 101 Program Assessment Ad Hoc Committee, Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville.2011-2012.
Member: Expository Writing Committee, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. 20102012.
Member: English Proficiency Exam Committee, Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville. 2010-2012.
Member: English Portfolio Reading Committee, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
2010-2012.
Guide: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Preview. 2010-2012
Member: Textbook Review Committee, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. 20102011.

Invited Presentations

Bateman, C. The Implications of a Material Feminist Rhetorical Scholarship.

University of South Carolina. November, 2013.

Bateman, C. Whose Human Now? Talk Smart. Southern Illinois University

Edwardsville. January, 2012.
Bateman, C. Examining Political Buzzwords. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Lifelong Learning Program. September, 2011.
Bateman, C. Five Reasons to Utilize Pop Culture in the Writing Classroom. Incoming
Teaching Assistants Workshop. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. August, 2011.
Bateman, C. The Mulder Paradox: Teaching Inquiry to First-Year Writing Students. Talk
Smart. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. February, 2011.

Professional Memberships

National Communication Association

Rhetoric Society of America
Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts
Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology
Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition
National Conference of Teachers of English
HASTAC