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Ph.D. in English Studies. Illinois State University (Normal, IL). June 2006.
Specializations: Writing Program Administration, Composition History, Digital Composition Pedagogy
Dissertation: Composition at the Illinois State Normal University and Illinois High Schools, 1892–1925. Dissertation Director: Janice Neuleib (with Douglas Hesse and Julie Jung)
M.A. in English. Bridgewater State University (Bridgewater, MA).
B.A. in English. Wheaton College (Norton, MA).
Ostergaard, Lori and Henrietta Rix Wood, eds. In the Archives of Composition: Writing and Rhetoric in High Schools and Normal Schools. Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh P, 2015. ISBN 9780822963776.
Giberson, Greg, Jim Nugent, and Lori Ostergaard, eds. Undergraduate Writing Majors: Eighteen Program Profiles. Logan, Utah: Utah State UP, 2015. ISBN 9780874219722.
Ostergaard, Lori, Jeff Ludwig, and Jim Nugent, eds. Transforming English Studies: New Voices in an Emerging Genre. West Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press, 2009. ISBN 9781602350984.
Ostergaard, Lori, and Jim Nugent. “‘Other Stories to Tell’: Scholarly Journal Editors as Archivists.” College English 81.4 (2019): 297–313.
Ostergaard, Lori, and Elizabeth Allan. “From Falling Through the Cracks to Pulling Through: Moving from a Traditional Remediation Model Toward a Multi-Layered Support Model for Basic Writing.” Journal of Basic Writing 35.1 (2017): 44–83.
Ostergaard, Lori. “Working with Disciplinary Artifacts: An Introductory Writing Studies Class for Writing Majors.” Composition Studies 43.2 (2015): 150–171.
Ostergaard, Lori. “Assignment Description: Digital Ethnography.” Special issue on Multimodality. Ed. Santosh Khadka and Jennifer C. Lee. Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies 3.1 (2015): 422–425.
Allan, Elizabeth, Dana Driscoll, David Hammontree, Marshall Kitchens, and Lori Ostergaard. "The Source of Our Ethos: Using Evidence-Based Practices to Affect a Program-Wide Shift from 'I Think' to 'We Know'." Composition Forum 32 (fall 2015).
Ostergaard, Lori and Jeff Ludwig. "Recovering Histories of High School Writing Instruction, 1913–1928." Journal of Teaching Writing 29.2 (2014): 69–84.
Ostergaard, Lori. "'Silent Work for Suffrage': The Discreet Rhetoric of June Rose Colby and the Sapphonian Society, 1892–1908."Rhetoric Review 32.2 (March 2013): 137–155.
Ostergaard, Lori. "'Translating Good Impulses into Action': Rhetorical Education in a High School Girls' Club, 1916–1926." Peitho 13.2 (Spring 2011): 12–16.
Ostergaard, Lori. "Local Archives, Local Practices: The Writing Research of Essie Chamberlain, 1920–1925." Issues in Writing 18.2 (2010): 132–45.
Ostergaard, Lori and Greg Giberson. "Unifying Program Goals: Developing and Implementing a Writing and Rhetoric Major at Oakland University." Composition Forum 22 (Summer 2010). Reprinted (with coda by Jim Nugent) in Ecologies of Writing Programs: Profiles of Writing Programs in Context. Ed. Mary Jo Reiff, Anis Bawarshi, Michelle Ballif, and Christian Weisser. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press, 2015.
Ostergaard, Lori. “'The Woman Peril in American Education': June Rose Colby and the Sapphonian Society at the Illinois State Normal University, 1905–1909." Studies in the Humanities 36.2 (December 2009): 123–30.
Giberson, Greg, Lori Ostergaard, Jennifer Clary-Lemon, Jennifer Courtney, Kelly Kinney and Brad Lucas. "A Changing Profession Changing a Discipline: Junior Faculty and the Undergraduate Major." Composition Forum 20 (Summer 2009).
Ostergaard, Lori. "Blessed to Repeat It: Composition History and the IATE Bulletin, 1914–1931." Illinois English Bulletin (Summer 2006).
Ostergaard, Lori. "Prepare to Be Surprised: How Flexible, Meticulous, and Organized Research Methods Lead to Serendipity in the Archives." Serendipity in Rhetoric, Writing, and Literacy Research. Ed. Maureen Daly-Goggin and Peter Goggin. Utah State University Press, 2018.
Giberson, Greg A., Lori Ostergaard, and Marshall Kitchens. “Filling in the Blanks: Administering a Writing and Rhetoric Major at Oakland University.” Writing Program Architecture: Thirty Cases for Reference and Research. Ed. Bryna Siegel Finer and Jamie White-Farnham. Utah State University Press, 2017.
Nugent, Jim, Lori Ostergaard, and Beth Wallis. “Cheese Pizza, Fake News, and Knowledge in Action: Why Information Literacy Matters.” Grizz Writes: A Guide to First-Year Writing at Oakland University. Ed. Megan Schoen. Fountainhead Press, 2017.
Ostergaard, Lori, Dana Driscoll, Cathy Rorai, and Amanda Laudig. “Using the Framework to Shape Basic Writing Students’ College Readiness.” The Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing: Scholarship and Applications. Ed. Sherry Rankins-Robertson, Nicholas Behm, and Duane Roen. Parlor Press, 2017.
Kraemer, Beth, Jim Nugent, and Lori Ostergaard. "Partnership as Process: Moving Toward an Integrated Undergraduate Writing Curriculum Using the Association of College & Research Libraries Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education." Rewired: Research-Writing Partnerships within the Frameworks. Ed. Randall McClure. Association of College and Research Libraries Publications, 2016.
Ostergaard, Lori. “Researching and Writing a History of Composition-Rhetoric.” Twenty Writing Assignments in Context: An Instructor's Resource for the Composition Classroom. Ed. Melissa Bender and Karma Waltonen. McFarland Books, 2016.
Ostergaard, Lori and Henrietta Rix Wood. "Introduction: Adding New Stories to the Historical Narrative of Rhetoric and Composition." In the Archives of Composition: Writing and Rhetoric in High Schools and Normal Schools. Ed. Lori Ostergaard and Henrietta Rix Wood. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015.
Ostergaard, Lori. "Professor June Rose Colby and the Evolution of Composition Instruction at the Illinois State Normal University, 1899-1916." In the Archives of Composition: Writing and Rhetoric in High Schools and Normal Schools. Ed. Lori Ostergaard and Henrietta Rix Wood. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015.
Ostergaard, Lori, Greg Giberson, and Jim Nugent. "Oakland University's Major in Writing and Rhetoric." Undergraduate Writing Majors: Eighteen Program Profiles. Ed. Greg Giberson, Jim Nugent, and Lori Ostergaard. Logan, Utah: Utah State Unuiversity Press, 2015.
Ostergaard, Lori, Amy Mecklenberg-Faenger, and Henrietta Rix Wood. "Historical Blueprints of Writing Spaces: High School Girls' Newspapers, Writing Clubs, and Literary Magazines, 1897–1930." Feminist Challenges, Feminist Rhetorics: Locations, Scholarship, and Discourse. Ed. Kirsti Cole. Newcastle, England: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2014.
Ostergaard, Lori. "Open to the Possibilities: Seven Tales of Serendipity in the Archives." Working in the Archives: Practical Research Methods for Rhetoric and Composition. Eds. Barbara L'Eplattenier, Lisa Mastrangelo, Wendy Sharer, and Alexis Ramsey. Southern Illinois University Press, 2010.
Nugent, Jim and Lori Ostergaard. "Preservation and Transformation." Transforming English Studies: New Voices in an Emerging Genre. Ed. Lori Ostergaard, Jeff Ludwig, and Jim Nugent. Parlor Press 2009.
Ostergaard, Lori. "Rhetoric in the Archives: Histories of Women Physicians, Literacy Educators, and Students." College English 78.1 (2015): 81–97. This essay reviewed the following:
Women Physicians and Professional Ethos in Nineteenth-Century America. By Carolyn Skinner. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 2014. 219 pp. Print. ISBN: 978-0-8093-3300-4. Ebook. ISBN 978-0-8093-3301-1.
Adult Literacy and American Identity: The Moonlight Schools and Americanization Programs. By Samantha NeCamp. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 2014. 200 pp. Print. ISBN: 978-0-8093-3358-5.
Educating the New Southern Woman: Speech, Writing, and Race at the Public Women’s Colleges, 1884-1945. By David Gold and Catherine L. Hobbs. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 2013. 200 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8093-3285-4.
Ostergaard, Lori. Review of Rethinking Ethos: A Feminist Ecological Approach to Rhetoric edited by Kathleen Ryan, Nancy Myers, and Rebecca Jones. Rhetoric Society Quarterly 47.4 (2017).
Ostergaard, Lori. Review of Claiming the Bicycle: Women, Rhetoric, and Technology in Nineteenth-Century America by Sarah Hallenbeck. Rhetoric Review 35.4 (2016): 382–385.
Ostergaard, Lori and Greg Giberson. "What Do Writing Majors Need to Know?: Contextualizing a Discipline’s Conversations for Undergraduates." Review of The Norton Book of Composition Studies by Susan Miller. Pedagogy 11.3 (fall 2011): 602–608.
Ostergaard, Lori. Review of Trust in Texts: A Different History of Rhetoric by Susan Miller. Composition Studies 37.2 (Fall 2009): 158–61.
Ostergaard, Lori. Review of Regendering Delivery: The Fifth Canon and Antebellum Women Rhetors by Lindal Buchanan. Journal of Advanced Composition. 28.1–2 (2008).
Editor, WPA: Writing Program Administration, 2017–Present.
Co-Editor, Program Profiles Section of Composition Forum, 2015–2017.
Assistant Editor, WPA: Writing Program Administration, 2009–2012.
Ostergaard, Lori, Jim Nugent, and Greg Giberson, eds. "Response to a Symposium on Mentoring the Work of WPAs." WPA: Writing Program Administration 35.2 (2012): 179–183.
Ostergaard, Lori, Jim Nugent, and Greg Giberson, eds. "A Symposium on Mentoring the Work of WPAs." WPA: Writing Program Administration 35.1 (2011): 148–66.
“Pedagogue Bonus: Advice on Publishing (w/Lori Ostergaard)." Pedagogue. (2019).
University Retention Committee Mini-Grant ($10,000), "Revising WRT 150, Composition I: Preparing First-Year Students for Success in College and Beyond," with Marshall Kitchens, Oakland University. (2013).
Office of Undergraduate Education Mini-Grant ($10,000), "Developing and Piloting a New Basic Writing Curriculum," with Marshall Kitchens, Oakland University. (2012).
Technology Liaisons Network Mini-Grant ($5000), "A Technology Liaison Minigrant to Fund a Series of Tech Thursday Workshops on Teaching Writing in/for Online Environments, K-12+," Technology Liaisons Network, National Writing Project. (2010).
Faculty Research Fellowship ($8,500), “Extraordinary Measures: Classroom Research at the Oak Park and River Forest Township High School, the Hemingway Years and Beyond, 1910-1920,” Oakland University. (2009).
Faculty Research Fellowship ($8,500), “'The Content of Her Nature': June Rose Colby, Women's Suffrage, and the Sapphonian Society, 1892–1907,” Oakland University. (2007).
Ora Bretall Dissertation Fellowship ($2000), Illinois State University. (2006).
Teaching-Learning Development Grant ($1,500), Illinois State University Center for the Advancement of Teaching. (2005).
Teaching-Learning Development Grant ($1,000), with Claire Lamonica and Susan Spangler, Illinois State University Center for the Advancement of Teaching. (2005).
Co-author, Major/Minor in Writing and Rhetoric, approved winter 2008.
WRT 231: Podcasting, approved winter 2008--Explores the rhetorical, ethical, stylistic, and technical principles of creating personal, observational, and ethnographic essays and oral histories for digital audio distribution.
WRT 329: Introduction to Writing Studies, approved winter 2010--A survey of composition-rhetoric as a discipline, including an examination of the history, theory, research, curricula, and practices associate with composition-rhetoric in the university.
WRT 331: Introduction to Professional Writing, approved winter 2008--An introduction to the field of professional writing. Examines the theories, practices, technologies, and ethics of professional writing in the workplace.
WRT 525: Teaching Writing with New Media, approved winter 2008--A graduate-level class that explores the practices and effects of new media (digital audio, graphics, video, slide shows, wikis, and social networks) within the writing classroom and other literate contexts. Examines both the issues surrounding and the theories that are relevant to teaching with/in new media technologies.
Ostergaard, Lori, and D.R. Hammontree, eds. Grizz Writes: A Guide to First-Year Writing at Oakland University. Southlake, TX: Fountainhead Press. 5th edition (2016), ISBN 978-1-68036-285-5. 4th edition (2015), ISBN 978-1-68036-065-3.
Ostergaard, Lori, ed. Grizz Writes: A Guide to First-Year Writing at Oakland University. Southlake, TX: Fountainhead Press. 3rd edition (2014), ISBN 978-1-59871-857-7. 2nd edition (2013), ISBN 978-1-59871-727-3. 1st edition (2012), ISBN 978-1-59871-549-1.
Hesse, Doug, Kathleen McKinney, and Lori Ostergaard, eds. "With Zeal Unceasing": Essays on Teaching at Illinois State University. Center for the Advancement of Teaching. Normal, IL. (2004).
Ostergaard, Lori and Linsey Cuti, eds. The Redbird Reader: A Collection of Student Writing from Language and Composition, 2nd edition, ISU Freshman Anthology. Stipes Publishing. ISBN 1-58874-297-0 (2002-2003)
Martin, Mike and Lori Ostergaard, eds. The Redbird Reader: A Collection of Student Writing from Language and Composition, 1st edition, ISU Freshman Anthology. Stipes Publishing. ISBN 1-58874-190-7. (2001-2002).
Online Course Development Stipend ($3000), WRT 3070: Digital Identity and Culture, E-LIS, Oakland University. (2010).
Online Course Development Stipend ($3000), WRT 5160: Teaching Writing with Digital Media, E-LIS, Oakland University. (2009).
WRT 1050: Composition I
WRT 3070: Digital Culture
WRT 3086: Workshop in Creative Nonfiction
WRT 5140: Teaching College Writing
WRT 5160: Teaching Writing with Digital Media
Writing 1020: Basic Writing Developing writing skills including idea generation and invention, organizational strategies and conventional usage in expository prose. Emphasis on developing fluency and effective writing processes.
Writing 1050: Composition I A course emphasizing the rhetorical and stylistic demands of college writing through focus on experiential and expressive writing. Students learn to generate, organize and develop their ideas and to make choices as writers that are appropriate to the rhetorical situation.
Writing 1060: Composition II Emphasizes the process of writing in increasingly complex rhetorical situations with focus on developing analytic thinking and problem-solving strategies in writing. Students learn methods of academic research including evaluation and documentation of sources and are expected to create at least one research paper.
Writing 2060: Introduction to Writing Studies A survey of composition-rhetoric as an academic discipline, including an examination of the history, theory, research, curricula, and practices associated with composition-rhetoric in the university.
Writing 3010: Contemporary Issues in Writing and Rhetoric Studies Introduction to important past and present issues in the field of writing and rhetoric. Provides a theoretical and historical foundation for understanding current issues, changes, and challenges for the discipline.
Writing 3062: Writing Center Studies and Tutoring Practice Peer tutoring theories and pedagogies and practical experience in teaching. Work divided between classroom and tutoring assignments. Particularly valuable for majors in the humanities, education, psychology, human services, and related fields.
Writing 3070/5070: Digital Identity and Culture An examination of the rhetoric and ethics of internet technology and culture. Introduces theories of digital culture and its effects on both online and actual identities and communities, especially in relation to ethnicity, gender, class, physical ability, and sexual orientation. Includes individual and collaborative analysis and construction of web projects.
Writing 3073: Digital Storytelling Explores the rhetorical, ethical, stylistic, and technical principles of creating personal, observational, and ethnographic narratives through visual and digital productions -- slide shows, videos, graphic-intensive web sites, posters, flip books, and comics.
Writing 3086: Workshop in Creative Nonfiction Creative writing workshop with emphasis on stories of real life, balancing artistry and accuracy. May include personal essay, autobiography or travel literature.
Writing 4908: Special Topics in Professional Writing Advanced writing is designed to help students develop argumentative and stylistic skill in a variety of rhetorical contexts with applications in business, communication, industry, and government.
Writing 4996: Independent Study (Graduate-Level Study of Academic Citation Practices) Special research projects in writing and/or teaching writing. Approved course of study and an authorization form, signed by a faculty member willing to supervise the study, must be submitted to the department the term prior to the term the independent study is taken.
Writing 5140: Teaching College Writing Examination of and practice in instructional techniques and research in writing pedagogy, and such related issues as assessment and classroom workshops.
Writing 5160: Teaching Writing with Digital Media Explores the practices and effects of new media (digital audio, graphics, video, slide shows, wikis, and social networks) within the writing classroom and other literate contexts. Examines both the issues surrounding and the theories that are relevant to teaching writing with new media technologies.
English 101: Composition and Critical Inquiry (Pilot Course)
English 101: Language and Composition Rhetorical approach to writing, taught through extensive collaborative drafting, revising, and editing. Emphasis on critical reading and analysis. Computer-assisted.
English 145: Writing in the Disciplines Introduction to research-based writing for multiple academic audiences. Computer-assisted.
English 244: Applied Grammar and Usage for Writers Traditional, structural, and transformational grammars applied to needs of writers. Choosing among alternative grammatical strategies. Usage; semantics of punctuation. Revising.
English 246: Advanced Exposition Extensive writing of essays developed in greater depth and sophistication in subject matter than those written in previous writing course. Computer-assisted.
English 283: Rhetorical Theory and Applications Critical and analytical examination of the nature and historical development of rhetorical theory and its applications to contemporary discourse.
English 283: Rhetorical Theory and Applications, with Douglas Hesse. Critical and analytical examination of the nature and historical development of rhetorical theory and its applications to contemporary discourse.
English 400: Seminar for New Writing Instructors, with Claire Lamonica. Seminar designed to continue the professional development of writing instructors in their first semester of teaching in the writing programs at Illinois State University.
Communication 302: Techniques of Persuasion This course surveys the theoretical and empirical literature relating to persuasion and public opinion. It examines how persuasive messages are crafted and their impact on individual and group attitudes, beliefs and behaviors.
English 102: Composition II An intensive introduction to all elements of formal and academic research, including locating sources; gauging appropriateness and credibility of sources within specific writing contexts; and effectively integrating sources within an essay.
English 101: Writing I
English 101XL: Writing I ESL
English 102: Writing II
FS 101: Freshman Skills
Chair, Department of Writing and Rhetoric, Oakland University, 2014–present.
Director of First-Year Writing, Oakland University, 2010–2014.
Department Website Manager, Oakland University, 2008–2012.
Professional Development Coordinator, Oakland University, 2008–2010.
Technology Liaison, Meadow Brook Writing Project, Oakland University, 2008–2012.
Assistant Writing Program Administrator, Illinois State University, fall 2001–spring 2003, fall 2004–spring 2005.
Placement Test Evaluator, Illinois State University, summer 2002.
Planning Committee Member, English Studies Symposium, Ewing Manner, Normal, IL. April 2002, April 2003.
Placement Test Evaluator, Bridgewater State University, summer 2000.
Workshop Tutor, Freshman Skills Extended, Bridgewater State College Writing Center, 1997–1998.
Literacy Test Counselor, Massachusetts Educator Certification Test, Teacher Test Task Force, School of Education and Allied Studies, Bridgewater State University, spring 1999.
Seminar Designer/Leader, "Strategies for Taking the Massachusetts Educator Certification Test," Teacher Test Task Force, School of Education and Allied Studies, Bridgewater State University, spring 1999.
Writer and Editor; Teacher Test On-line Study Guide, School of Education and Allied Studies, Bridgewater State University, spring 2000.
Graduate Assistant, Eisenhower Grant Initiative Project, School of Education and Allied Studies, Bridgewater State University, 1997–1998.
Graduate Assistant, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology, 2005–2006.
Faculty Volunteer Expert, Teaching Resource Group, Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Illinois State University, 2005–2006.
Co-Chair of the 2005 Ewing Symposium. English and Communications Interdepartmental Conference. "Emerging Practices: Rhetoric, Critical Inquiry, and the First-Year Experience." Ewing Manor, Normal, IL. 1 April 2005.
Graduate Assistant, Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Illinois State University, summer 2004.
Conference on College Composition and Communication Certificate of Writing Program Excellence. Award Applicant Author. (2012-2013).
Outstanding Service Honoree, Oakland University. (2012).
Maurice Scharton Scholarship in Rhetoric and Composition, Illinois State University Department of English. (2004).
Outstanding University Graduate Student Teaching Award, Illinois State University. (2003).
Albert and Margaret Osband Stetson Scholarship in Composition-Rhetoric, Illinois State University Department of English. (2002).
Taimi Ranta Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Ph.D. Candidate, Illinois State University Department of English. (2002).
Anna Keaton English Education Scholarship, Illinois State University Department of English. (2002).
Professional Advancement Award, Illinois State University Graduate Student Association. (2004).
Executive Board, ex officio. Council of Writing Program Administrators, 2017–present.
Publications Committee, Member. Council of Writing Program Administrators, 2017–present.
Nominating Committee, Elected Member. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2016–2017.
Task Force to Revise The CCCC Statement on Preparing Teachers of College Writing, Member. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2014–2016.
Research Initiative Grant Review Committee, Chair. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2015–2016.
Executive Committee, Elected Member. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2012–2015.
Working Group to Revise The CCCC Promotion and Tenure Guidelines for Work with Technology, Chair. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2015.
Affiliates Committee, Member. Council of Writing Program Administrators, 2012–2013.
Opinion Panel, Member. National Council of Teachers of English, 2006–2010.
Proposal Reviewer, 10th Biennial Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Online review period: February-March, 2015.
Proposal Reviewer, 2014 National Council of Teachers of English Conference. Washington, D.C. Online review period: January-February, 2014.
Web Judge, 2009 National Council of Teachers of English Affiliate Website Awards. June 2009.
Proposal Reviewer, 7th Biennial Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Online review period: March, 2009.
Stage II Proposal Reviewer, Conference on College Composition and Communication, NCTE Headquarters, Urbana, IL. Review period: June 18–20, 2004.
National Program Assistant, 55th Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio, TX. (Doug Hesse, Assistant Chair). January 2003–May 2004.
Stage II Proposal Reviewer, Conference on College Composition and Communication, NCTE Headquarters, Urbana, IL. Review period: June 26–29, 2003.
Stage I Proposal Reviewer, Conference on College Composition and Communication. Online review period: May 2003.
General Education Committee, Chair. Oakland University, 2018–present.
Ad hoc General Education Assessment Committee, Chair. Oakland University. 2018–present.
General Education Committee, Member. Oakland University, 2016–2018.
University Completion Committee, Member. Oakland University, 2015–present.
University Retention Committee, Member. Oakland University, 2014–present.
Faculty Re-Employment and Promotion Committee, Chair. Oakland University, 2015–2016.
Faculty Re-Employment and Promotion Committee, Member. Oakland University, 2013–2015.
Search Committee, University Member. Oakland University Academic Skills Center Director Search, fall 2008.
E-Learning Faculty Advisory Committee, Member. Oakland University, 2006–2007.
University Teaching Committee, Member. Illinois State University, 2003–2005.
Committee on Instruction, Chair. Oakland University, 2019–2019.
Committee on Instruction, Member. Oakland University, 2017–2018.
Writing-to-Learn ad hoc Committee, Founding Member. Oakland University, 2011–2013.
Bachelors in Liberal Studies Executive Committee, Member. Oakland University, 2010–2012.
Committee on Instruction, Member. Oakland University, 2009–2011.
Assembly, Member. Oakland University, 2007–2010.
Women and Gender Studies Executive Committee, Member. Oakland University College of Arts and Sciences, 2006–2009.
College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, Graduate Student Representative. Illinois State University, 2005–2006.
Faculty Review Committee, Chair. Oakland University Department of Writing and Rhetoric, 2014–present.
Advisory Council, Chair. Oakland University Department of Writing and Rhetoric, 2014–present.
Assessment Committee, Member. Oakland University Department of Writing and Rhetoric, 2016–present.
Visiting Assistant Professor Search Committee, Chair. Oakland University Department of Writing and Rhetoric, Summer 2017.
Visiting Assistant Professor Search Committee, Co-Chair. Oakland University Department of Writing and Rhetoric, Summer 2015.
Executive Committee, Member. Oakland University Department of Writing and Rhetoric, 2012–2014.
Committee on the Major, Member. Oakland University Department of Writing and Rhetoric, Summer 2011–2014.
Composition I Redesign Committee, Chair. Oakland University Department of Writing and Rhetoric, 2013–2014.
Basic Writing Committee, Chair. Oakland University Department of Writing and Rhetoric, 2012–2014.
Technical/Professional Writing Search Committee, Member. Oakland University Department of Writing and Rhetoric, 2012–2013.
First-Year Writing Committee, Chair. Oakland University Department of Writing and Rhetoric, 2011–2014.
Technical Writing Search Committee, Member. Oakland University Department of Writing and Rhetoric, 2010–2011.
First-Year Composition Search Committee, Chair. Oakland University Department of Writing and Rhetoric, 2008–2009.
New Media Search Committee, Chair. Oakland University Department of Writing and Rhetoric, 2008-2009.
Policies and Procedures Ad-hoc Committee, Member. Oakland University Department of Writing and Rhetoric, 2008.
Curriculum Committee, Member. Oakland University Department of Rhetoric, Communication, and Journalism, 2006–2008.
Search Committee, Member. Oakland University Department of Rhetoric, Communication, and Journalism, 2006–2007.
Graduate Committee, Member. Illinois State University Department of English, 2002–2004.
Writing Committee, Member. Illinois State University Department of English, 2001–2002.
Professional Growth Committee, Member. Illinois State University Department of English, 2000–2001.
Basic Writing Curriculum Committee, Member. Bridgewater State University Department of English, fall 1999.
"A Legacy of Leadership: Mentoring, Modeling, and the Development of Academic Leaders." Panel. 9th Annual University of Windsor-Oakland University Teaching and Learning Conference. Windsor, ON. (May 13–14, 2015).
“'Mental Brilliance is Not Essential': Acknowledging the Inherent Power of Spoken and Kinesthetic Language in the First-Year Writing Classroom." Panel accepted for Conference on College Composition and Communication. Milwaukee, WI. (March 15–28, 2020).
"From Draft to Acceptance: A Publishing Bootcamp for WPAs." 1.5 day Pre-Conference Institute. Facilitator. Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference. Baltimore, MD. (July 24–25, 2017).
“Sustainable Becoming: Women’s Career Trajectories in Writing Program Administration.” Pleniary Panel Respondent. Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference. Baltimore, MD. (July 27, 2017).
“Creating Inclusive Journals in Writing Studies.” A Roundtable with editors from five peer-reviewed journals. Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference. Baltimore, MD. (July 27, 2017).
"Teacher-Researcher: Creating, Conducting, and Publishing Classroom Research to Inform Practice." Half-Day Workshop. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Kansas City, MO (March 14–17, 2018)
“‘Cigar Girls Strike’: The Rhetoric of Worker Resistance in Detroit, 1881–1937.” 11th Biennial Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference. Dayton, OH. (October 4–7, 2017).
“WPA Challenges and Opportunities in Meeting New Accreditation Requirements for Faculty Qualifications.” Presented with Megan Schoen. Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference. Knoxville, TN. (July 20–23, 2017).
“Publishing in WPA: Writing Program Administration.” Presented with Jim Nugent, Jacob Babb, and Courtney Wooten. Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference. Knoxville, TN. (July 20–23, 2017).
"Rhetoric’s Place in the BA Curriculum: From Invisibility to Ubiquity." Panel. 17th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Atlanta, Georgia. (May 27–29, 2016).
"Learning Re-Abled Twenty Years Later: Re-Strategizing Ourselves, Our Teaching Practices, and Our Learning Spaces for Action." Panel. 66th Conference on College Composition and Communication. Houston, TX. (March 6–9, 2016).
"Preparing Teachers of College Writing: A Report on the new Cs Position Statement and Suggestions for Putting it into Action." Respondent. 66th Conference on College Composition and Communication. Houston, TX. (March 6–9, 2016).
"Preparing for a Changing Professional Landscape: Junior Faculty, Disciplinarities, and Graduate Education." Respondent. 66th Conference on College Composition and Communication. Houston, TX. (March 6–9, 2016).
"Archival Histories of Composition and Rhetoric in U.S. Normal Schools and Teacher Institutes." Panel. 2015 Annual Meeting of the History of Education Society. St. Louis, MO. (November 5–8, 2015).
"Risks and Rewards in Writing Majors: A Roundtable Discussion." Roundtable. 65th Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. Tampa, FL. (March 18–21, 2015).
"Improving At-Risk Student Learning and Retention: A Basic Writing Curriculum Redesign." Panel. 64th Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. Indianapolis, IN. (March 19–22, 2014).
"Auguring Alternative Futures: Nineteenth-Century Normal Schools and Twenty-First Century Practices." Respondent. 63rd Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. Las Vegas, NV. (March 13–16, 2013).
"Gender Socialization and Feminism in a High School Girls' Club, 1916-1926." Panel. Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference. Mankato, MN. (October 12–15, 2011).
"Extracurricular and Co-Curricular Writing Instruction at the Oak Park High School, 1913-1930." Panel. 62nd Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA. (April 6–9, 2011).
"Extraordinary Measures: Teacher Research at the Oak Park High School, 1913-1923." Panel. 61st Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. Louisville, KY. (March 17–20, 2010).
"'The Desire for Fellowship and the Strength that Fellowship Brings': Building Community in a Newly-Masculinized University." Panel. 7th Biennial Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference. East Lansing, MI. (October 2009).
"Invention and the Bureaucratic Process." Panel. "Making Waves of Change: Creating a BA Degree in Writing and Rhetoric." 60th Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA. (March 2009).
"From 'Hen Socials' to Conversational Club: The Evolution of the Sapphonian Society at Illinois State Normal University, 1892-1908." Panel. 6th Biennial Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference. Little Rock, AK. (October 2007).
"'A Most Unusual Person:' June Rose Colby and the Centrality of Composition." Paper. 58th Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, NY. (March 2007).
"Just Awakening to Self-Consciousness: June Rose Colby's Address to the Peoria Women's Club." Panel. 57th Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. (March 2006).
"Theoretically Prepared: From the Job Market Through the First Years as an Assistant Professor Administrator." Workshop. 57th Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. (March 2006).
"Toward a Defensible Articulation of English Studies." Panel. 55th Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Antonio, TX. (March 2004).
"The Rhetoric of Erasure: Marketing a Disembodied Othello to Undergraduates." Panel. Tenth Biennial Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America. Las Vegas, NV. (May 2002).
"Bandwidth and Bandwagons: Internet Education and the First-Year Course." Panel. 53rd annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. (March 2002).
"From the Center to the Street: Writing in the Center and the Business World." Workshop Coordinator. 53rd annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. (March 2002).
"Technically Female: Public Rhetorics of Women and Technology." Panel. Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference. Decatur, IL. (October 18-20, 2001).
"Creating Intercultural Electronic Communities." Panel. 52nd annual Conference on College Composition and Communication. Denver, CO. (March 2001).
"'I did wrong!'" Students Shaping of the Self in a Virtual Environment." Panel. The Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. Louisville, KY. (October 2000).
"Taking Care of Business in the Writing Center: Two Case Studies." Co-authored paper. 64th Annual Convention of the Association for Business Communication. Los Angeles, CA. (November 1999).
“Mental Brilliance is Not Enough: Acknowledging the Inherent Power of Spoken and Kinesthetic Language in the First-Year Writing Classroom.” Workshop Presenter. Corridors: The Great Lakes Writing and Rhetoric Conference. Oakland University. September 28, 2019.
"General Education Workshop Series." Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Oakland University.
“Responding to Student Writing.” Presenter. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. October 16, 2018.
"Reeling Them In: The Impetus for a Course Redesign in First-Year Composition." With Laura Gabrion, Colleen Doyle, and John Freeman. Student Success Conference. Oakland University. February 5, 2014.
"'A Most Unusual Person:' June Rose Colby and Literacy Instruction at Illinois State Normal University.” Illinois State Historical Society. (February 2007).
"Integrating Two Disciplines: Planning an Interdepartmental Conference." Panel. Illinois State University Teaching and Learning Symposium. Normal, IL. (January 2006).
"Political Rhetoric in the Undergraduate Classroom: Problems and Possibilities." Panel. 41st Annual Community College and University English Articulation Conference. Allerton Park, IL. (April 2005).
"(Re)Articulating Approaches to English Studies Doctoral Training." Panel. English Studies Symposium. Normal, IL. (April 2004).
"Everything I Know About English Studies I Learned at Killarney's Pub: Interrogating the Spaces Where We Work." Paper. English Studies Symposium. Normal, IL. (April 2003).
"'A Question [...] Though of Little Consequence': Marketing a Disembodied Othello to Undergraduates." Panel. Shakespeare in America. Normal, IL. (July 2002).
"Preparing to Teach FY Comp: Professional Development in the Writing Program." Panel. 38th Annual Community College and University English Articulation Conference. Allerton, IL. (April 2002).
"Preparing Graduate Students to Teach in General Education at Illinois State University: A Multi-Faceted Approach." Panel. Illinois State University Teaching and Learning Symposium. Normal, IL. (October 2001).
"Rave Scene 101: The Benefits of 'Underground' Writing in the College Composition Classroom." Panel. 37th Annual Community College and University English Articulation Conference. Allerton, IL. (April 2001).
"Using Professional Journals in Language and Composition II." Workshop. English Studies Symposium. Normal, IL. (March 2001).
"Responding to and Assessing Student Papers in COM 101." Workshop Leader. COM 101 Training Meeting. Oakland University. June 11, 2015.
"University Tenure Workshop." Panel. Oakland University. November 1, 2014.
"New Faculty Workshop. Panel. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Oakland University. August 27, 2012.
"Writing-to-Learn Faculty Development Institute Orientation." With Robby Stewart, Graham Cassano, Andrea Kozak, and Mark Rigstad. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Oakland University. April 18, 2012.
"Writing-to-Learn Workshop." With Robby Stewart, Graham Cassano, Andrea Kozak, and Mark Rigstad. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Oakland University. March 12, 2012.
"Writing-to-Learn Workshop." With Graham Cassano and Andrea Kozak. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Oakland University. November 10, 2011.
"Q & A." Future Professors Workshop. Summer Institute. Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology. Illinois State University. Normal, IL. May 30, 2007.
"Proposing and Writing Conference Papers." Graduate Forum. Illinois State University Department of English. (September 2004).
"Answering the Call: Writing Proposals that Get Accepted for Ewing and Beyond." Illinois State University Department of English. (March 2004).
"The History of English Studies: Questions and Consequences." Discussion Leader. Graduate Forum. Illinois State University Department of English. (September 2003).
"Designing an Internet Classroom." Workshop Leader. Third Annual Illinois Association of Teachers of English and Illinois State Writing Project Day of Reunion and Renewal. Illinois State University. (February 2002).
"Conference on College Composition and Communication Proposal Writing Workshop." Illinois State University Department of English. Normal, IL. (April 2002).
Assessing General Education. Higher Learning Commission Workshop. Chicago, IL. February 26–27, 2019.
Using Multiple Choice Questions for General Education Assessment, Workshop with Linda Suskie, Participant. Oakland University. October 11, 2018.
Online Learning Consortium Courses
Online Learning Consortium, Self-paced Courses
Quality Online Teaching Certification Course, Participant. E-Learning and Information Services, Oakland University. October 1–31, 2016.
2014 Writing Program Administrators Assessment Institute, Participant. Normal, IL. July 17, 2014.
CCCC 2012 Workshop Participant, "Gateways to the Past: Conducting Archival Research." St. Louis, MO. March 21, 2012.
2011 Writing Program Administrators Conference Workshop, Participant. Baton Rouge, LA. July 10–13, 2011.
National Writing Project Annual Meeting. Technology Liaison Sessions. Nashville, TN. November 18–20, 2010.
Participant, Michigan Council of Teachers of English Autumn Assembly. Lansing, MI. October 29, 2010.
CCCC 2010 Workshop Participant, "The Composition MA Remixed: Preparing New Community College Faculty, Addressing Diverse Student Needs." Louisville, KY. March 17, 2010.
Participant, National Writing Project Annual Meeting. Technology Liaison Sessions. Philadelphia, PA. November 19–21, 2009.
Participant, National Writing Project Annual Meeting. Technology Liaison Sessions. San Antonio, TX. November 20–22, 2008.
Participant, 2008 Planning Your Site's Web Presence: A Working Retreat. National Writing Project Technology Initiative Event. Denver, Colorado. May 2–4, 2008.
Literacy and Technology: Writing, Communicating, Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age—A Roundtable Discussion with Cynthia Selfe. Oakland University. Rochester, Michigan. April 20–21, 2007.
CCCC 2007 Workshop Participant. "Identifying the Artifacts Among Us: Exploring Possibilities in Researching and Building Local and National Archive Collections." New York, NY. March 21, 2007.
National Writing Project Annual Meeting. Technology Liaison Sessions. Nashville, TN. November 16–18, 2006.
Participant, Computers in Writing Intensive Classrooms-New Media Institute, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. June 1–15, 2005.
Participant, Electronic Portfolios: Theory, Promise, Practices, Lessons--A Workshop with Kathleen Blake Yancey. Illinois Wesleyan University. Normal, IL. October 12, 2004.
"Made Not Only in Words: Composition in a New Key--Reconsidered." A Presentation by Kathleen Blake Yancey. Illinois State University. Normal, IL. October 12, 2004.