Conference Presentations

"Tracing Historical Trajectories of Practice and Person: Cross-Contextual Perspectives of Literate Action and Development." Conference on College Composition and Communication. St. Louis, MO. 22 March 2012. (Forthcoming).

"The Roles of Rhetoric in the Undergraduate Writing Major." South Atlantic Modern Language Association. Atlanta, GA. 5 November 2011.

"Beyond Multimodality: A Sociohistoric Approach to Semiotic Remediation." International Society for Cultural Historical Activity Research. Rome, Italy. 10 September 2011.

"Code-Meshing as World English: Policy, Pedagogy, Performance." Roundtable Discussion. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA. 7 April 2011.

"Re-Situating Expertise: A Case for Polycontextual Perspectives of Disciplinary Writing." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA. 7 April 2011.

"Doing Graphic Design, Arranging American Literature, Crafting Creative Writing: Tracing Trajectories of Discursive Practice across Space, Time, and Semiotic Mode." American Association for Applied Linguistics. Chicago, IL. 26-29 March 2011.

"Seeing Writers/Seeing Students: Vernacular Literacies in the Development of Literate Life." University of Alabama at Birmingham Annual High School Articulation Conference. Birmingham, AL. 4 March 2011.

"Learning American Literature, Studying the Word, Doing 2-d Design: Re-Situating the Development of Discursive Practice. 2011 International Conference on writing Research: Writing Research Across Borders II. Washington D.C., 17-20 February 2011.

"Re-Situating Expertise: A Case for Polycontextual Perspectives of Disciplinary Writing." Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. Louisville, KY. 14 October 2010.

"Development across Domains: Remapping the Production of Literate Practice and Person. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Louisville, KY. 19 March 2010.

"Reading, Writing, Remediating: Tracing Ecologies of Literate Action." National Council of Teachers of English. Philadelphia, PA. 20 November 2009.

"Exploring the Intersections of Vernacular and Academic Literacies. North Carolina Symposium on Teaching Writing. Raleigh, NC. 17 October 2009.

"Learning to Look Differently: Varying Temporal and Spatial Perspectives in Ethnographic Inquiry." Invited keynote presentation for the Qualitative Research Network. Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA. 11 March 2009.

“Linking Multiple Literacies: Attending to the Horizontal Dimension of Literate Development.” Invited keynote presentation for the Conference on Basic Writing. Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA. 11 March 2009.

“Following Fanfiction: Extending Trajectories of Literate Activity.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA. 11-14 March 2009.

“Following Fanfiction: Configuring Functional Systems of Literate Activity.” National Council of Teachers of English. San Antonio, TX.  20-25 November 2008.

“Fanfic-ing School: Configuring Functional Systems of Literate Activity.” Thomas R. Watson Conference.Louisville, KY. 16-18 October 2008. (Accepted but unable to attend).

“Knotworkings: Coordinating Functional Systems across Time, Space, and Genre” Conference on College Composition and Communication. New Orleans, LA. 2-5 April 2008.

“‘Speaking through Ink’: Exploring the Interplay of Private Literacies and Public Voices.” Writing Research Across Borders. Santa Barbara, CA. 22-24 February 2008.

“Enhancing Critical Conversation in English Composition II.” Association of College Teachers of Alabama. Auburn, AL. 8 February 2008.

“Writing the Borderlands: Challenging the Boundaries of Community and School.” National Council of Teachers of English. New York, NY.  15-18 November 2007.

“The Art of Making Do: Resisting Institutional Representations of Literate Ability.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, NY. 21-24 March 2007.

“Indigenous Interests: Incorporating Non-School Writing into the Undergraduate Curriculum.” National Council of Teachers of English. Nashville, TN.  16-20 November 2006.

“Teaching Ethnographic Writing: Relevance, Resources, and Reflections.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. 22 March 2006.

“From Journals to Journalism: Tracing Trajectories of Literate Practice.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. 24 March 2006.

“Playing with Worlds: Semiotic Remediation Practices in Comedy Skits and Pretend Play.” International Society for Cultural Activity Research. Sevilla, Spain. 20-24 September 2005.

“Pi, the Poetry Slam, and Mathemagicians: Tracing Literate Practice across Multiple Contexts.” National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research. 18-20 February 2005.

"Pi, the Poetry Slam, and Middle School Math: Tracing Tools across the Literate Landscape." Writing Research in the Making Conference. Santa Barbara, CA. 5-6 February 2005.

“Recontextualizing School: Learning Academic Genres in Extracurricular Spaces.” Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English. Indianapolis, IN. 18-21 November 2004.

“Small Facts Speak to Large Issues: The Ethnography of the University as a Tool for Teacher Development.” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Community College and University Articulation Conference. Monticello, IL. 12-14 April 2004.  

“Invisible Ink: The Cultural Work of the Undergraduate Extracurriculum.” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Community College and University Articulation Conference. Monticello, IL. 12-14 April 2004.

“Mainstream White Sponsorship of African American Literacy: Representation, Reconfiguration, and Resistance.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Antonio, TX. 24-27 March 2004.

“A Taste of Potted Meat: Exploring Writing in Extracurricular Spaces.” Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English. San Francisco, CA. 20-25 November 2003.

“Reading the River: Connecting Currents of Extracurricular and Curricular Activity.” Center for Writing Studies Colloquium. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Urbana, IL. 16 October 2003.

“Undergraduates’ Literate Activity in Extracurricular Spaces.” University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Community College and University Articulation Conference. Monticello, IL. 14-16 April 2003.

“Jokes, Journalism, and Rhetoric 101: Constellations of Practice.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, NY. 19-21 March 2003.

“Beyond Marginality: Contextualizing Basic Writing Identities.”  University of Louisville. Thomas R. Watson Conference. Louisville, KY. 10-12 October 2002.

“Of Jokes, Journalism, and Academic Writing: Constructing Identities in the Basic Writing Classroom.” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Community College and University Articulation Conference. Monticello, IL. 15-17 April 2002.

“Bibliography as Reified Practice.” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Community College and University Articulation Conference. Monticello, IL. 15-17 April 2002.

Discussion Leader. “Pedagogical Strategies for Writing Instructors: Rethinking Approaches, Revitalizing the Classroom.” College Conversations Session. Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English. Baltimore, MD. 15-20 November 2001.

“The Comedy Club Meets Basic Writing.” University of California Santa Barbara Writing as a Human Activity Conference. Santa Barbara, CA. 5-6 October 2001.

“Developmental and Non-developmental Perceptions of the Initial University Experience.” Annual Conference of the Alabama Association for Developmental Education. Huntsville, AL. 6 November 1997.

“Through Students’ Eyes: Student Perceptions of Portfolio Assessment.” Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English. New Orleans, LA. 6-9 January 1997.

“Making the Transition from High School to College: The Freshmen Tell the Tale.” University of Alabama at Birmingham High School Articulation Conference. Birmingham, AL. 14 April 1997.

Teacher In-Service Presentations

“Designing Syllabi for Civic Engagement (CE) Courses. Part II.” Civic Engagement Summer Academy. Auburn University. 14 May 2008.

“Designing Syllabi for Civic Engagement (CE) Courses. Part I.” Civic Engagement Summer Academy. Auburn University. 12 May 2008.

Discussion facilitator for the Biggio Center Symposium “How People Learn: Research and Application.” Auburn University. 2 February 2007.

“Structuring the Messiness of Writing and Learning.” Auburn University Professional Development Series for New Faculty. Auburn University. 13 September 2006.

“Structuring the Messiness of Writing and Learning.” Auburn University Forum on College Teaching and Learning. Auburn University. 20-21 February 2006.

“Responding to Students’ Writing.” New Teaching Assistant Orientation, Freshman Rhetoric Program. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 16-23 August 2004.

“Leading Productive Discussions.” New Teaching Assistant Orientation, Freshman Rhetoric Program. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 16-23 August 2004.

“Applying for Departmental Fellowships.” Graduate Program Friday Forum Series. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 20 February 2004.

“Commenting on Students’ Final Drafts.” New Teaching Assistant Orientation, Freshman Rhetoric Program. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 20-25 August 2002.

“Commenting on Students’ Rough Drafts.” New Teaching Assistant Orientation, Freshman Rhetoric Program. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 20-25 August 2002.

“Government Documents as Resources for Research and Inquiry.” (with Karen Hogenboom, Government Documents Librarian). Resources for Research and Inquiry Forum. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 11 March 2002.

“The Student Life Archive as a Resource for Research and Inquiry.” (with Ellen Swain, Head Archivist of the Student Life Archive). Resources for Research and Inquiry Forum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 12 March 2002.

“What is this Thing Called Academic Writing?” New Teaching Assistant Orientation, Academic Writing Program. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 21-26 August 2001.