KATHRYN TRAUTH TAYLOR

Purdue University | Department of English taylo206 [at] gmail [dot] com | http://kathryntrauthtaylor.com

EDUCATION
Purdue University Ph.D. in English Rhetoric and Composition (degree expected in May 2014) Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of English Technical Writer, Purdue Center for Medication Safety Advancement and the Veterans Administration Center for Applied Systems Engineering University of Cincinnati M.A. in English and Comparative Literature (June 2010) Primary Focus Area: Rhetoric and Composition Thomas More College B.A. in English, Literature and Creative Writing (May 2008) Summa cum laude, Sigma Tau Delta honors

DISSERTATION
Attuned Advocacy: A Methodology of Attunement for Public Rhetorics in Urban Appalachia Committee: Thomas Rickert (Chair), Patricia Sullivan, Jenny Bay, and Kendall Leon My dissertation examines the public rhetorics of an identity-based Appalachian advocacy organization in an urban community. Drawing on ethnographic and archival research methods, as well as theories of professional writing and community engagement, I examine the ways in which the organizations institutional and artistic rhetorics challenge cultural stereotypes and generate better quality of life for urban Appalachian residents.

AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

Janice Lauer Award for Excellence in Dissertation Work, Purdue, 2013 Purdue Research Foundation Summer Grant, Purdue, 2013 Pedagogical Research Travel Award, Purdue University, 2013 1st Place CLA Diversity Action Committee Award, Purdue Literary Awards, 2012 1st Place Kneale Pedagogy Award, Purdue Literary Awards, 2011 Computers and Writing Travel Award, Univ. of Michigan, 2011 1st Place, Graduate Shakespeare Essay Prize, Univ. of Cincinnati, 2010 Pearson Pedagogies Travel Grant, CCCC Virtual Underground, 2010 Honors Fellowship and Cuni Award in English, Thomas More College, 2006-08

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PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Attuning Alterity: An Ethic of Attunement for Activist Research. Special issue of TransScripts: An Interdisciplinary Online Journal in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Spring 2013): 148-168. http://www.humanities.uci.edu/collective/hctr/transscripts/2013/2013_03_11.pdf. Composing With Communities: Digital Collaboration in Community Engagements. With Stacy Nall. Reflections: A Journal of Public Rhetoric, Civic Writing, and Service Learning 12.2 (Spring 2013): 9-26. Print. Literacy in the Raw: Collecting, Sharing, and Circulating Graduate Literacy Narratives. With Allison Carr and Hannah Rule. Computers and Composition Online (Winter 2013). http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/english/cconline/winter2013/literacy_raw/index.html. Ghost Legends and Memorates of Urban Northern Kentucky. Contemporary Legend 3.2 (2012): 27-43. Print. Naming Affrilachia: Toward Rhetorical Ecologies of Identity Performance in Appalachia. Enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture 22 (June 2011). http://www.enculturation.net/naming-affrilachia. Rpt. in Pluck!: The Journal of Affrilachian Arts and Culture 8 (Fall 2012): 4-10. Print. Under Review or Revision Answering the Call for Assessment: Toward An Understanding of the Impact of Service Learning on Writing Programs. With Kendall Leon and Laurie Pinkert. 19 mss. pp. under review Lean Healthcare Enterprise Deployment: A Realist Review. With Heather Woodward-Hagg, Jamie Workman-Germann, et al. 20 mss. pp. under review Literacy Performances of Urban Appalachia: Rhetorical Scenes in Diverse Urban Spaces. ReReading Appalachia: Literacies of Resistance. Eds. Sara Webb-Sunderhaus and Kim Donehower. 24 mss. pp. under revision with University Press of Kentucky Methods of Ethical Research: Documenting Strategy and Struggle in the Rhetorics of Urban Appalachia. Appalachia Revisited. Eds. Rebecca Fletcher and William Schumann. book abstract accepted by University Press of Kentucky; 20 mss. pp. under revision Will-to-Pedagogy: Post-Process Pedagogy and the Digital Turn. 19 mss. pp. under revision

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2010-2013 ENGL 106: Introductory Composition (3 sections) Teaches first-year students to compose and analyze written, visual, and oral texts. Students in my courses compose in a variety of genres, including online editorials, community oral histories, pitch letters and public service advertisements. My courses emphasize writing-in-context by asking students to seek local venues for their work. ENGL 420: Business Writing (2 sections) Teaches students the rhetorical principles and writing practices necessary for producing effective workplace writing. In my courses, students learn about business writing in a rhetorical key, analyzing professional cultures and negotiating the ethical dimensions of workplace communications. Students are introduced to document design (Photoshop, InDesign) and research practices (database research, on-site research). ENGL 420Y: Business Writing Online Distance Education (5 sections) Utilizes an online environment to teach students the rhetorical principles and writing practices necessary for producing effective workplace writing. In my courses, students analyze the ethical dimensions of online communication and learn digital collaboration and research tools (Google Docs, Skype, database research, internet pull research). University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2008-10 ENG 101: English Composition I (2 sections) Teaches students to develop complex written arguments within academic and community contexts. In my courses, students are introduced to primary and secondary research methods as they compose rhetorical analyses of popular speeches, synthesis essays on current topics, and proposed solutions to local community problems. ENG 102: English Composition II (4 sections) Teaches students to reframe academic arguments for community audiences. My course piloted a cross-university online peer-review system that allowed students to become the editorial team of an online journal of undergraduate research. Thomas More College, Crestview Hills, KY, Instructor, 2012-13 ENG 320: Rhetorical Grammar (3 sections) Teaches students to develop stylistic awareness in their writing and in their teaching of writing by examining grammatical structures through a rhetorical lens. In my courses, students compose philosophies of grammar instruction and multimodal grammar lessons. Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, 2005-06 GER 101 & 102: German Level I Part I & II (2 sections) Teaches students the fundamentals of German grammar and conversation. In collaboration with a German faculty mentor, I developed a syllabus, schedule, and lesson plans based on immersive language learning, and then I independently taught the course.
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PROFESSIONAL/ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Technical Writer, Veterans Administration Center for Applied Systems Engineering and Purdue Center for Medication Safety Advancement, 2013 Present Served as technical writer for VHA Project ARCH (Access Received Closer to Home) Wrote an executive decision memo for the ongoing implementation of ARCH Developed policies, reference guides, fact sheets, & standard operating procedures Appointed Member, CCCC Committee on the Status of Graduate Students, 2012-15 Formulated research methodology for assessing graduate student needs in CCCC Co-designed online survey to measure effectiveness of CCCC in meeting student needs Co-Chair of Mentoring & Professional Development, WPA-GO, 2012 Present Planned mentoring sessions and instituted Breakfast Buddy event at CWPA conferences Served as liaison and graduate point of contact for the WPA Mentoring Project blog Director, Internal Drive Technology Camp, Purdue University, 2011 and 2012. Served lead administrative role for a technology-intensive camp for students aged 8-18 Oversaw program operations, instructor performance, and public relations Achieved highest student/parent satisfaction ratings of all iD Tech campuses Taught Web Design (Dreamweaver/Flash) & 2D Game Design (Photoshop/Fusion II) Vidcast Developer, OWL at Purdue YouTube Channel, 2011-12 Produced vidcasts on White Papers, Rhetoric, Logos/Ethos/Pathos, and Invention My vidcastshttp://www.youtube.com/user/OWLPurduehave attracted 35,000+ hits. WPA Mentor, Composition Department, Univ. of Cincinnati, 2009-10 Assisted with orientation and practicum for new graduate teaching assistants Co-organized departments first international graduate conference in English Studies Writing Center Tutor, Department of English, Thomas More College, 2006-08 Served as writing consultant for undergraduate and graduate students

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Co-Investigator, Assessing the Impact of Service Learning in First Year Writing, 2012-13 Assessed impact of service learning curricula on student and instructor learning outcomes in first-year composition courses at Purdue. With Kendall Leon and Laurie Pinkert. Methods: Participant recruitment, Qualtrics survey and writing prompt creation, distribution to 350+ students across 18 courses, instructor interviews, analysis. Co-Investigator, Composing With Communities: Digital Tools in Service Learning, 2011-12 Examined role of digital collaboration software in community-university communication during service learning in business writing courses. With Stacy Nall. Methods: Participant recruitment, curriculum design, interviews, analysis.

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CONFERENCES
Transformative Rhetorics of Literacy and Identity in Appalachia. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Indianapolis, Indiana, March 2014. Accepted. Measuring the Impact of Service Learning Curriculum: Building a Methodology of Engagement. Writing Program Administration Conference. Savannah, Georgia, July 2013. Performing Community: A Multimodal Showcase of Appalachian Community-Building Efforts. Appalachian Studies Conference. Boone, North Carolina, March 2013. Identifying as Appalachian: Rhetorical Strategies in Cincinnati. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Research Network Forum. Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2013. Attuned with/in Alterity: Embodied Ethics and Rhetorical Response-Ability. Networked Humanities: From Within and Without the University. Lexington, Kentucky, February 2013. Beyond Reflection: Writing Digitally with Communities in Service Learning. Computers and Writing. Raleigh, North Carolina, May 2012. Bodies and Blogs: A Post-Process Pedagogy at the Digital Turn. Conference on College Composition and Communication. St. Louis, Missouri, March 2012. Techne Tube: Creating a Video Tutorial Collaborative for Composition. Computers and Writing. Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 2011. Graduate Student Affect in Digital Collaboration. Composing Spaces: University of Cincinnati Graduate Conference in English Studies. Cincinnati, Ohio, May 2011. Collaborative Digital Composition as Post-Process Practice. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, Geogria, March 2011. Oh Listener, My Listener: Students Speak Through Radio Podcasting. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Louisville, Kentucky, March 2010. The Ease and Power of Windows Movie Maker. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Computer Connection. Louisville, Kentucky, March 2010. Eruption, Explosion: Tracing a Shared Metaphor in the Reader-Response Theories of Roland Barthes and Wolfgang Iser. Tufts Graduate Student Conference. Boston, Massachusetts, October 2009. Digital and Multi-Modal Reflection: Self-Awareness in the Undergraduate and First-Year GTA Experience. Seventh Annual Ohio First Year Summit. Cincinnati, Ohio, October 2009.

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Kinfolk Somehow: Urban Appalachian Identities. University of Cincinnati Graduate English Colloquium. Cincinnati, Ohio, May 2009. Ghost Legends and Memorates of the Hermes Building. Invited Speaker, Fenians of Northern Kentucky. Covington, Kentucky, May 2008. Coming Around the Mountain: A Story of Home-Grown Knowledge & Kinship Pedagogy. Appalachian Studies Association Conference. Huntington, West Virginia, March 2008. The Grass We Walk on Wont Stay Down: Ghost Lore of the Vietnam War Era. Sigma Tau Delta International Convention. Louisville, Kentucky, February 2008. 3rd Place Convention Winner in Critical Writing.

GRADUATE COURSEWORK
Ph.D. Primary Area in Rhetoric and Composition Composition Theory (Patricia Sullivan) Classical Rhetoric (Richard Johnson-Sheehan) Empirical Research Methods (Patricia Sullivan) Modern Rhetoric (Patricia Sullivan) Postmodernism and Issues in Composition Studies (Jenny Bay) Postmodernism in TESOL (Dwight Atkinson) Ph.D. Secondary Areas in Public Rhetorics & Rhetoric, Technology, and Digital Writing Archival Research Methods (Kristina Bross and Susan Curtis) Computers in Language and Rhetoric (Patricia Sullivan) Cultural Studies, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy (Thomas Rickert) Gender, Rhetoric, and the Body (Kendall Leon) Public Rhetorics (Thomas Rickert) Writing in Virtual Worlds (Samantha Blackmon) M.A. in English with specialization in Rhetoric and Composition Critical Writing in English Studies (Laura Micciche) History of Writing Instruction (Russel Durst) Problems in Literary Theory: Reading in Theory (Gary Weissman) Gender, Race, Culture: Themes of Nationalism and Diaspora (Beth Ash) Rhetoric of Written Discourse (Mary Elizabeth Debs) Teaching College Writing (Laura Micciche) Topics in Composition: Theories of Composing (Laura Micciche) Teaching Practica Practicum in Teaching Composition (Purdue, Thomas Rickert) Practicum in Teaching Professional Writing (Purdue, Michael Salvo) Practicum in Teaching Composition (Univ. of Cincinnati, Joyce Malek)

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SERVICE
University Service Appointments Committee Member, Writing Program Administrators Graduate Organization, 2011-13 Chair, Travel Awards & Grants, Purdue Graduate English Association, 2011-12 Recorder, National Day of Literacy, U. Cincinnati 2010, Purdue 2011, CCCC 2012-13 Archivist, Purdue NPR station, WBAA Archive, 2011-12 Graduate Representative, Service Learning Advisory Committee, U. Cincinnati, 2009-10 President, English Graduate Organization, U. Cincinnati, 2009-10 Publications Teaching Business Writing Online Professional Writing Practicum, Purdue, 2013 Digital Collaboration in Community Engagement PW Practicum, Purdue, 2011 Wheres Einstein? Nick Mars and Purdue as a Global University. Remembering Purdue: Purdue Memorials, Commemorations, and Hidden Histories. 2011 Invited Workshops Service Learning in Business Writing Purdue Professional Writing Program, 2012 Using Reference Management Software Purdue Professional Writing Program, 2011 Community Engagement Volunteer G.E.D. Instructor, Urban Appalachian Council. Cincinnati, OH, 2012-14 Historic WBAA Radio Performances, West Lafayette, IN, 2011

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Appalachian Studies Association Conference on College Composition and Communication Council of Writing Program Administrators Modern Language Association National Council of Teachers of English

REFERENCES
Thomas Rickert, Associate Professor of English Department of English, Purdue University 301 Heavilon Hall West Lafayette, IN 47907-1356 765.494.3719 trickert@purdue.edu Patricia Sullivan, Professor of English Director of Rhetoric and Composition Graduate Program Department of English, Purdue University 401 Heavilon Hall
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West Lafayette, IN 47907-1356 715.427.5978 sullivanatpurdue@gmail.com Jennifer Bay, Associate Professor of English Director of Introductory Composition Department of English, Purdue University 302 Heavilon Hall West Lafayette, IN 47907-1356 765.496.2205 jbay@purdue.edu Kendall Leon, Assistant Professor of English Department of English, Portland State University Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751 530.518.7608 kenleon@pdx.edu

DOSSIER
Julie Henderson, Credentials Coordinator Department of English Heavilon Hall 324B Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-1356 765.494.3746 jhenders@purdue.edu