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Curriculum Vitae
Current Research | Education | Publications | Presentations, Lectures, & Speeches | Design | Academic Experience | Service | Organizations | Awards & Mentions
| Current Academic Position | Assistant Professor, Auburn University MTPC Program, Department of English | |
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Doctor of Philosophy, Technical Communication and Rhetoric, 2008 Master of Arts, English, 2004 Bachelor of Science, Biology; Minor: English, 1997, Graduated Cum Laude
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Books |Articles |In Press | In Review | In Revision | In Preparation | Book Reviews | Poetry |
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Ross, S. T. (2001). The Inland Fishes of Mississippi. Illustrated by Derek G. Ross. University Press of Mississippi. |
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2012 Baker, J. & Ross, D. G. (2012). The genesis of a disaster-response plan in two parts. In Auburn Speaks, produced by the Office of the Vice President for Research, pp. 98-103. Auburn University. Ross, D. G. (2012). Reply to Zoltan Majdik on “Ambiguous Weighting and Nonsensical Sense.” Social Epistemology Review and Collective, http://social-epistemology.com/2012/04/19/derek-g-ross-reply-to-zoltan-majdik-on-ambiguous-weighting-and-nonsensical-sense/. Ross, D. G. (2012). Ambiguous weighting and nonsensical sense: The problems of “balance" and “common sense” as decision-making heuristics in environmental rhetoric. Social Epistemology, 26(1), 115-144. 2011 Ross, D. G. (2011). Environmental rhetoric, ethics, and policy: Teaching engagement. Present Tense, 2(1). http://www.presenttensejournal.org/. Ross, D. G. (2011). Against fear: Barry Lopez and lessons for communicators. Mother Pelican, 7(7). http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv07n07page2.html Schwartzman, R., Ross, D. G., & Berube, D. M. (2011). Rhetoric and Risk. Project on rhetoric of Inquiry (POROI), 7(1). http://ir.uiowa.edu/poroi/vol7/iss1/9/ Ross, D. G. (2011). A conversation on happiness: We’re all in this together. Mother Pelican, 7(2). http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv07n02page3.html 2009 Ross, D. G. (2009). Ars Dictaminis perverted: The personal solicitation email as a genre. The Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 39(1), 25-41.
2008 Ross, D. G. (2008). Dam visuals: The changing visual argument for the Glen Canyon Dam. The Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 38(1), 75-94.
1997 Albanese, B. W. (1997). Life history and reproductive ecology of the Flagfin Shiner, Pteronotropis signipinnis. Illustrated by Derek G. Ross. Masters Thesis, Univ. S. Miss., Hattiesburg, MS. |
Ross, D. G. Ethics Scenario: Chinese Drywall. Intercom. Expected 2012. “The ethics of dam removal.” Invited essay in Stephen T. Ross, The Ecology of North American Freshwater Fishes. University of California Press, Berkeley. Expected publication date 2014. |
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Deep Audience Analysis: A Proposed Method for Analyzing Audiences for Environment-Related Communication Commonplaces of environmental rhetoric Defining “research”: Undergraduate perceptions of research in a technical communication classroom To do is to learn: The value of hands-on research in an introductory research methods course with E. Jonathan Arnett “We will live to piss on their graves”: Edward Abbey, Earth First!, and the galvanizing of a nation. Book chapter for Richard D. Besel and Bernard K. Duffy, Green Voices: Defending Nature and the Environment in American Civic Discourse. Dear Senator X: Writing for change through public commentary. (Book chapter proposal). |
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Subverting plain language: The technical communication of ecotage The ethics of nature faking: Recreating reality for science Sociopolitics and dam tourism: The Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell as recreational areas Problems with proof: Public perceptions of “proof” in environment-related decisionmaking Age, Growth, and Secondary Sex Characteristics of the Roundtail Chub, Gila robusta, in the Yampa River, Colorado with Stephen T. Ross and Timothy C. Modde |
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Ross, D. G. (2006). Multiliteracies [Review of Multiliteracies for a Digital Age, by S. A. Selber]. The Journal of Technical Writing and Communication , 36.3. |
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Ross, D. G. (2004). Giants of the Earth. In Brush Mountain Review IV. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech. Ross, D. G. (2004). Strange Fruit: the Procreation and Speciation of Desoto National Forest Documented on a Picnic in November. In Brush Mountain Review IV. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech. Ross, D. G. (2004). Papa Told a Story. In Brush Mountain Review IV. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech. Ross, D. G. (1999). Big Daddy J and the Jazz Swing Tip. In D. Christy and A. Christy (Eds.), Cokefishing in Alpha Beat Soup. New Hope, PA: Alpha Beat Press. Ross, D. G. (1997). John. Doggerel. Hattiesburg, MS: Green Swamp Press. |
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Guest speaker and design consultant on writing job letters and résumés. The Community Writing Center, Auburn AL. “Writing to Work.” May 21, 2012; May 22, 2012; June 7, 2012. Guest lecturer on document design principles in the class ENGL 4520: The Nineteenth-Century Novel, taught by Dr. Emily Friedman. October 20, 2011. "Civic engagement in the classroom: Developing syllabi that work.” College of Liberal Arts Summer Academy 2011, Auburn University. May 17, 2011. Award speech for the presentation of the Outstanding Dissertation Award in Technical Communication. April 8, 2011. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), Atlanta, GA. "So you want to give a conference presentation?" Professional development presentation and discussion for technical and professional communication graduate students, Auburn University, December 3, 2010. Guest speaker, with Alicia Carroll, and Chantel Acevedo. “Environment studies: Crises and developments in approaches to English studies.” Research culture committee panel discussion, Auburn University. February 10, 2010. Guest speaker, with Eric Nunn, and Paula Backscheider. “From Seminar Paper to Publication.” Research culture committee panel discussion, Auburn University. January 21, 2010. Guest lecturer on qualitative research, coding, and NVivo 8 in the class ENGL 5389, Field Methods of Research. Texas Tech University, taught by Dr. Ken Baake. March 30, 2009. “NVivo: A Brief Introduction to NVivo 8.” English Department Brown Bag Lecture. October 29, 2008. Texas Tech University. Guest lecturer on qualitative research, coding, and NVivo8 in the class ENGL 5377, Digital Writing Research, taught by Dr. Rebecca Rickly. July 29, 2008. |
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Conference Presentations |
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“Deep audience analysis: Understanding audience in environment-related communication,” in the panel “Technical Communication and the Environment.” March 23, 2012. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), St. Louis, MO. "Problems with proof: Public perceptions of 'proof' in environment-relate decisionmaking," in the panel "Uncertainty, Contingency, and the Art of Rhetoric." November 13, 2010. Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology (ARST), San Francisco, CA. "Working the environment: the problem of 'balance' and 'common sense' as environmental commonplaces," In the panel "Values at Work." October 14, 2010. Thomas R. Watson Conference in Rhetoric and Composition, Louisville, KY. “Rethinking research: Undergraduate understanding and presentation of research in a technical communication classroom," in the panel "Rethinking Professional Writing and Undergraduate Studies.” March 19, 2010. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), Louisville, KY. "Research is '________': Undergraduate understanding and presentation of research in a technical communication classroom," in the panel "From play to work: The place of non-traditional technologies in the 'traditional' classroom." March 11, 2009. Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW), San Francisco, CA. "The Scales are Weighted: Why 'Balanced' Argumentation in Science is a Problem," with Fawn D. Musick (Lubbock Christian University), in the panel "Communicating and Demarcating Science: Activism, Participation, and Translation." November 20, 2008. Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology (ARST), San Diego, CA “You've Got to See It for Yourself: Green Arguments in the Age of Accessibility,” in the panel “You Have to See it to Believe it: The Value of Hands-On Activity in the New Age of Accessibility.” October 18, 2008. The Seventh Biennial Thomas R. Watson Conference in Rhetoric and Composition, Louisville, KY. “Sociopolitics and Dam Tourism: The Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell as Recreational Areas,” in the panel “Bodies, Water, and Money: Epideictic Rhetoric and the Rhetoric of Science.” April 3, 2008. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), New Orleans, LA. “Dam Common Arguments: The Common Topics of Environmental Rhetoric.” November 14, 2007. Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology (ARST), Chicago, IL. “Full Field Immersion: Acculturation to the Language and Theory of Research Through Practice,” in the panel “Learning to represent Our Work/Ourselves: Rebuilding the Research Methods Course in Technical Communication and Rhetoric.” March 21, 2007. Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW), New York, NY. “From Water Glass to Reservoir: Seeing Case Studies from a Field-Aware Meta-View,” in the panel “You Say Episteme and I Say Paradigm: Rhetoric and Narrative in the Graduate Research Methods Class.” October 5, 2006. Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, Louisville, KY. "Ars Dictaminis and Spam: Categorizing the Personal Solicitation Email." May 28, 2006. Computers and Writing (C &W), Lubbock, TX. "Ars Dictaminis Perverted: The Personal Solicitation Email as a Genre." Mar. 22, 2006. Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW), Chicago, IL. "The Rock and the Water Glass: Situating Case Studies within a Holistic Meta-View." Feb. 11, 2006. Popular Culture and American Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM. “Silver Screen Scientists: Public Perceptions of Iconic and Iconoclastic Film Scientists in Relation to the Public Understanding of Science.” Feb. 9, 2005. Popular Culture and American Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM. “Popular Science Texts (PST's) as Pedagogical Tools.” March, 2004. English Graduate Student Conference, Virginia Tech Department of English. Blacksburg, VA. |
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2011 Auburn Speaks writing assignment. Series of related assignments to teach civic engagement, letter writing, and public commentary designed to be taught in business and technical writing classrooms in collaboration with the Auburn Speaks book project.
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Ad Design |
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2012 ad design for Auburn University MTPC program for inclusion in the ATTW 2012 (St. Louis, MO) program. 2011 ad design for Auburn University MTPC program for inclusion in the IPCC 2011 (Cincinnatti, OH) program. 2011 ad design for Auburn University MTPC program for inclusion in the ATTW 2011 (Atlanta, GA) program. 2010 ad design for Auburn University MTPC program for inclusion in the ATTW 2010 (Louisville, KY) program. 2010 ad design for Auburn University MTPC program for inclusion in the CPTSC 2010 (Boise, ID) program.
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Logo Design |
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2011 Annual James Berlin Run/Walk/Pub Crawl T-shirt design. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), Atlanta, GA. 2009 Auburn University MTPC logo design for T-shirts, MTPC Facebook Fan Page Favicon, and MTPC Program website: http://media.cla.auburn.edu/mtpc/index.cfm 2004 logo redesign for Virginia Tech “Effective Uses of Online Course Tools” site: http://www.edtech.vt.edu/edtech/id/ocs/index.html . 2003: “Headwaters to the Sea.” Fifth Bennett Symposium. University of Southern Mississippi Sept. 25-26, 2003. Designed conference logo, which primarily appeared on schedules and pamphlets. “2002 Gulf Sturgeon Workshop” University of Southern Mississippi, MMNS. Logo for Tee shirts sold at the workshop.
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Website Design |
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2005 website for the annual Texas Tech Graduate English Society conference. 2004 redesign of existing tutorial site for Virginia Tech's Online Course Systems including logo redesigns, entire layout reformatting, and extensive contribution to content: http://www.edtech.vt.edu/ocs/.
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2009-present 2009 2005-2008 2005-2006 2002-2004
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Teaching |
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English 7030—Writing Public Policy (Graduate), Auburn University (Fall 2012) English 4810—Capstone in Professional Writing English 7030—Environmental Rhetoric, Ethics, and Policy (Graduate), Auburn University English 7930—Activist Rhetoric, Directed Independent Study (Graduate), Auburn University English 6010—Document Design (Graduate), Auburn University English 5010—Document Design (Undergraduate), Auburn University English 5000, Technical & Professional Editing, Auburn University English 3040, Technical Writing, Auburn University English 3365, Professional Report Writing, Texas Tech University English 2311, Introduction to Technical Writing, Texas Tech University Engineering 4392, Engineering Ethics by Distance Learning, Texas Tech University, Murdough Center for Engineering Professionalism, in collaboration with Texas A&M English 1301, Essentials of College Rhetoric, Texas Tech University English 1302, Advanced College Rhetoric, Texas Tech University English 1105, Freshman English I, Virginia Tech English 1106, Freshman English II, Virginia Tech
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Graduate Student Advising |
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Spring 2013 Chair, Stephen Carradini, Auburn University, MTPC Program. Chair, Heath Fowler, Auburn University, MTPC Program. Member, Kelcie Sharp, Auburn University, MTPC Program. Spring 2012 Chair, Courtney Glass, Auburn University, MTPC Program. Member, Amy Carroll, Auburn University, MTPC Program. Member, Laura Davis, Auburn University, Dept. of Education. Member, Erin Gibbs, Auburn University, MTPC Program. Member, Kristina Litchford, Auburn University, MTPC Program. Spring 2011 Chair, Katie Mullinax, Auburn University, MTPC Program.
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Undergraduate Student Advising |
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Summer 2011 Internship Advisor, Hadley Kirkpatrick, Dept. of English
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Reviewer, Sage Publications, Sociology of the Environment, 2012 Chair, 2011 Outstanding Dissertation Award in Technical Communication Committee, CCCC. Local Committee, 2011 Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Composition Reviewer, Technical Communication, 2010. Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 2010. Chair for the panel "Technology change: Institutional change in online courses, distance education, and dissertation writing." March 14, 2009. Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA. Chair for the panel “Efficiency, Industry, and Mechanics in Writing at the Turn of the Century.” March 23, 2007. Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, NY. |
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Guest speaker and design consultant on writing job letters and résumés. The Community Writing Center, Auburn AL. “Writing to Work.” May 21, 2012; May 22, 2012; June 7, 2012. Program and ad design--See "Design" section Primary Administrator of the Auburn MTPC Program's Social Networking sites (Facebook & Twitter), 2009-present. Co-Chair for Conference Sponsorships, C&W (Computers and Writing), Texas Tech University, 2006. Co-chair for Conference Sponsorships, CPTSC (Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication), Texas Tech University, 2005. 2004-2005 Graduate English Society conference webpage designer. |
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Society for Technical Communication (STC) Association for the Rhetoric of Science and Technology (ARST) Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW) National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Society for Technical Communication (STC) Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
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2012 CLA PETL (College of Liberal Arts, Promotion of Excellence in Teaching and Learning) Excellence in Teaching Award Hall, Madeline. (2011). Professor combines love for environment, writing. The Auburn Plainsman, Thursday, 21 April 2011. 2009 Competitive departmental award funding a research project assistant 2008 James Douglas and Mary Hazlewood Memorial Fellowship 2008 Benjamin Rude Memorial Graduate Scholarship 2007 Named Outstanding Faculty Member by a Graduating Senior (May) 2007 Helen Locke Carter Memorial Scholarship 2006 Carolyn Detjen Rude Scholarship in Technical Communication 2006 Outstanding Document Instructor (Ph.D.) 2004-2008 Texas Tech Departmental Doctoral Scholarship
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References Available Upon Request |
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