EDUCATION
2007 - Ph.D. English Language and Literature,
University of Washington
Areas of Specialization: Discourse Analysis, Composition & Rhetoric, Narrative Analysis,
Discourse of Trauma & Recovery
Dissertation: Virtual Recovery: Governing Mental Health and Self-Improvement
Online
2002 - M.A. English Language and Literature, University of Washington
1996 - B.A. English, University of Washington
1996 - B.A. Business Administration, University of Washington
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Interdisciplinary Arts & Science,
University of Washington-Tacoma
TCORE 101 -- Introduction to Composition
“History & Identity"
TWRT 272 -- Intermediate Academic Argument
"Writing in the Digital World"
TCXG 272 -- Writing Effectively
“Living in (and with) the World: Arguing about Sustainability"
TCXG 374 -- Argument
& Research in Writing
"Investigating Disciplinary Writing Practices"
TCXG 464 -- Teaching
Writing
TIAS 514 --Teaching Writing: Theory & Practicum
English Department, University of Washington Seattle
English 104 -- Introduction to Composition-CIC
“Language Ideology: Attitudes about Talk”
English 105 -- Introduction to Composition-CIC
“Media(ting) Crisis”
English 131-- Composition, Exposition
“Language in Society” and “Ways of Seeing &
Writing”
English 197 -- Interdisciplinary Writing
“Writing Link for English 202: Introduction to the Study of
English Language & Literature”
English 281 -- Intermediate Expository Writing
“The Place of Emotion in Writing”
OTHER TEACHING AND TEACHING-RELATED
POSITIONS
Guest Workshop Leader: English 301- Writing
Studies (Winter 2005)
Western Washington University
Workshop Facilitator (2005)
UW TA Conference on Teaching and Learning
“Motivating Students to Learn: Applying Principles of Learning
to Teaching” and
“Responding to Student Writing”
Placement Test Scorer (2004, 2005)
Educational Opportunity Program, UW
Admissions Writing Test Scorer (2004, 2005)
Placement Office, School of Business, UW
TRIO Online Writing Lab Tutor (Summer 2004)
Office of Minority Affairs, UW
Instructor: English as a Foreign Language (EFL)
(1996-1997)
English Training Center and Kyungsang National University, South Korea
PUBLICATIONS
“Bilingual, Bicultural and Binominal
Identities: Personal Name Investment, (Bi)Cultural Identity Negotiation
& the Imagination in the Lives of First Generation Korean-Americans,”
in Journal of Language, Identity and Education – 5.3
(2006)
“Understanding Trauma & the Rhetoric
of Recovery: A Discourse Analysis of Virtual Healing Journals of Child
Sexual Abuse Survivors,” in JAC: A Journal of Composition
Theory- Special Issue, Part 2: Trauma & Rhetoric –
24.3 (2004)
“Text, Talk, and Writing in Recovery: Implications for Composition
Studies,” Review of A Communion of Friendship: Literacy, Spiritual
Practice, and Women in Recovery (Beth Daniell) and Storytelling in
Alcoholics Anonymous: A Rhetorical Analysis (George H. Jensen),”
in Journal of Teaching Writing– 20.1/2 (2002)
PRESENTATIONS
CONFERENCES
"The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly of Writing in the Web 2.0 World: Negotiating Writing & Technology in the Digital Age"
Thomas R. Watson Conference- The New Work of Composing (October 2008)
“Responding to the Online Journal Interest Form: “Screwed up, but working on it””
Rhetoric Society of America (May 2008)
“(Re)Gendering Depression as a Problem for “Real Men”: Narrative and Governing Mental Health through Public Service Announcements”
GURT - Georgetown Linguistics Department Conference on Narrative (March 2008)
"Picking up the (Online) Thread: Answering the Call to Converse
on Mental Health Forums”
New Zealand Discourse Conference (December 2007)
“Resisting Traditional Self-Help: Discursive
Constructions of (Un)Wellness and Healing Online”
Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference (October 2005)
“Personal Names and Transnationalism:
Identity Construction in the Lives of Korean-Americans”
American Association for Applied Linguistics (May 2004)
“Genre Analysis in the “Extracurriculum”:
The Healing Journal as the Site of Genre Evolution in Discourse Community”
Western States Composition Conference (October 2002)
“African American Vernacular English
and Dialect Awareness in English Departments”
Society of Caribbean Linguistics Conference (August 2002)
“Understanding Trauma & the Discourse of Healing: A Discourse
Analysis of Virtual Journals of Child Sexual Abuse Survivors”
Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences (June 2002)
“Dialect Awareness and African American
Vernacular English in English Departments”
Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences (June 2002)
“Loss and Reclamation of Self through Child Sexual Abuse Narratives
of Women: The Power of Language to Silence and ‘Break the Silence’”
Lancaster, UK, Second International Gender and Language Association
Conference (IGALA 2) (April 2002)
“Dialect Awareness and AAVE in English
Departments”
SW Texas Popular Culture Conference (February 2002)
UNIVERSITY COLLOQUIA
“Technology in the Classroom: The Benefits & Limits of Discussion
Boards”
Practical Pedagogy Roundtable (November 2004)
“Personal Names and Transnationalism: Identity Construction
in the Lives of Korean-Americans” Language Use and Acquisition
Colloquium (April 2004)
“Discourses of Telling”
Language Use and Acquisition Colloquium (March 2002)
PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE & EDITORIAL
EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant and Instructional Consultant
(2007)
Center for Instructional Development and Research (CIDR), University
of Washington
Managing Editorial Assistant (2001-2003, 2005-2006)
positions: east asia cultures critique, University of Washington
Graduate Internship (2002)
Washington Commission for the Humanities (Humanities Washington)
“Humanities Response: Funding Community Programs for Current
Events”
SERVICE
UNIVERSITY
Writing Council (2007- present)
Project for Interdisciplinary Pedagogy
Foundations of Excellence - Teaching Dimension (2008)
Hiring Committee-Director: General Education (2008)
Sustainability at UWT-Student Project Exhibition Coordinator
General Education, Core Curriculum Faculty
PROGRAM
Task Force- Teaching & Asssessment (2008)
Hiring Committee-Composition/Rhetoric (2008)
Interview Committee-Communication (2007, 2008)
Peer Teaching Observations
TRI-CAMPUS
Guest Speaker - Preparing Future Faculty (GRDSCH 630) (2007, 2008)
Washington State Achievers Scholarship Program
Practical Pedagogy Colloquium & Lecture Series Steering
Committee Chair (2005-2007)
Steering Committee Co-Chair (2004-2005)
Web Designer (2004-2007)
Steering Committee Member (2003-2004)
Language and Rhetoric Colloquium
Steering Committee Chair (2004-2005)
Steering Committee Member (2002-2004)
PROFESSIONAL
Conference Proposal Reviewing (2006)
Second Language Research Forum (SLRF)
Manuscript Reviewing (2006)
positions: east asia cultures critique
COMMUNITY
Mentor and Tutor, K-12 at-risk students in Bellevue Public Schools
(1993-1996)
Bellevue Success Program, Bellevue, WA
GRANTS & AWARDS
Office of Academic Affairs, University of Washington Tacoma
Founders Endowment Grant (2008)
“Writing in the Web 2.0 World”
Center for Instructional Development & Research (CIDR)
Lead TA Award (2005)
Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington
Grant to fund Practical Pedagogy Lecture Series
(2004-2005)
RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
Composition and Rhetoric Studies
Discourse Analysis and Narrative Theory
Language & Gender Studies
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Conference on College Composition and Communication
National Council of Teachers of English
American Association of Applied Linguistics
International Gender & Language Association
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