Cynthia Bateman

1025 Butler Street Columbia, SC 29205

Tel (618)7090084
EMAIL cynthiaabateman@gmail.com
www.obstinateobscurity.com

EDUCATION
2015

2012

2010
2000

Ph.D. (in progress) English, American Literature

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Graduate Certificate in Womens and Gender Studies
Minor in Rhetoric and Composition
M.A. English, Rhetoric and Composition
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
Specialization in Composition Pedagogy
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
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
Minor in Creative Writing
A.S. Nursing
Barnes-Jewish College, St. Louis, MO

AWARDS
2014
2013
2012

Graduate Student Travel Award. University of South Carolina Graduate School ($500)
Graduate Student Travel Award. University of South Carolina Graduate School ($500)
Presidential Teaching Fellowship. Initiative on Social Advocacy and Ethical Life.
University of South Carolina at Columbia (five-year renewable fellowship)

GRANTS
2014
2014
2013

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

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Presidential Teaching Fellow, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2012-Present
Courses Taught:
Social Advocacy and Ethical Life (Instructor of Record, 9 sections of 16 students each)
Advanced Writing (Instructor of Record, 1 section of 24 students)
Introduction to Public Speaking (Instructor of Record, 1 section of 24 students)


Critical Reading and Composition (Instructor of Record, 2 sections of 24 students each)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
2010-2012
Courses Taught:
English Composition (Instructor of Record, 3 sections of 23 students each)
Rhetoric and Argumentation (Instructor of Record, 2 sections of 23 students each)
Basic Writing (Instructor of Record, 1 section of 23 students)
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
2015
2015
2012

Associate Editor, Punctum Books, Dir. Eileen Joy (2011-Present)

Co-Director, Itineration: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media, and Culture,
Dir. Gerald Jackson (2012-2015)
Graduate Editorial Assistant. postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies, Eds.
Eileen Joy and Myra Seamen. Palgrave-Macmillan Publishing (2010-2012)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2014
2014
2014
2014
2014
2013
2013
2013
2013
2013

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
Bateman, C. Species Specific: The Borders of Feminist Rhetoric. Rhetoric Society of
America Biennial Conference, San Antonio, TX
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
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
Bateman, C. Intersectional Futures: A Roundtable Discussion. Womens and Gender
Studies Conference, Columbia, SC
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
Bateman, C. The Necessary and Redundant Material of Material Rhetoric. Western
States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference, Salt Lake City, UT
Bateman, C. Forging Feminist Friendships: A Virtual Cartography for Interdisciplinary
Inquiry. Feminisms and Rhetorics, Stanford University, CA
Bateman, C. Feminism for the Future. Conference on College Composition and
Communication: Research Network Forum, Las Vegas, NV


2012
2012
2011
2011

Bateman, C. Into the Pens: Animals, Rhetoric, and Place. Rhetoric Society of America
Biennial Conference, Philadelphia, PA
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
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
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

EDUCATION WORKSHOPS
2014
2013
2011

Sustainability Across the Curriculum, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Rhetoric and Materiality, National Communication Association, Schoodic Education
and Research Center, ME
Mississippi Project: Green Curriculum, Green Campus, Green Community, Southern
Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2015 Founder and President: Womens, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Graduate Association
(2014-Present).
2015 Member: Grace Hagood Downs Award Committee (2014-2015)
2015 Member: Hortense Skelton Award Committee (2014-2015)
2014 Member: Digital Learning Initiative (2013-2014)
2013 Volunteer: Graduate English Association Book Sale (2012-2013)
2013 Member (non-voting): Rhetoric and Composition Hiring Committee (2012-2013)
2012 Member: Curriculum Revision Team, First-Year English Program (Fall 2012)
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
2012 Member: First-Year English Program Assessment Ad Hoc Committee (2011-2012)
2012 Member: Basic Writing Curriculum Redesign Committee (2011-2012)
2012 Member: Expository Writing Committee (2010-2012)
2012 Member: English Proficiency Exam Committee (2010-2012)
2012 Member: English Portfolio Committee (2010-2012)
2012 Mentor: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Preview Program (2010-2012)
2011 Member: Textbook Review Committee, First-Year English Program (2010-2011)


NATIONAL SERVICE:
2014
2014
2014
2014
2013
2012
2012

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)

TEACHING INTERESTS:
Rhetoric and composition, basic writing, American literature from 1865, environmental
literature, childrens literature, feminist theory, animal studies, communication ethics, public
speaking
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Modern Language Association
National Womens Studies Association
National Communication Association
Rhetoric Society of America
Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts
National Conference of Teachers of English