"Field Guides to Birds: Images and Image/Text Positioned As Reference," in Ecosee: Image, Rhetoric, and Nature. Sidney Dobrin and Sean Morey, Eds., SUNY UP. (in press)
Reviews and Short Pieces:
"Projection: Grounding the Writing Major in the Socio-Graphemic Approach," Composition Studies: Special Issue on The Writing Major, Guest Editors: Linda Adler-Kassner, Heidi Estrem. 35.1: Spring 2007.
"Environmental Sporting: Birding at Superfund Sites, Landfills, and Sewage Ponds," special issue of Journal of Sport and Social Issues. (accepted with revisions)
with Paul Prior "Bird identification as a family of activities: Motives, mediating artifacts, and laminated assemblages," special issue of Outlines, Ed. Yrjö Engeström (submitted March 2007)
Binocular Vision: Birdwatching Field Guides and the Environmental Imagination (200pp. manuscript)
Fellowships and Awards
Lead TA in English, University of Washington (May 2004)
Recognized by the Center for Instructional Development and Research (CIDR) for notable contributions to teaching assistant preparation at the University of Washington.
Huckabay Teaching Fellow, University of Washington (2003-2004)
Webber Prize for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student at the 100-level, English, University of Washington (May 2003)
Webber Prize for Outstanding First-Year Teaching by a Graduate Student, honorable mention (May 2002)
Sterling Room Writer, Portland Central Library (1999)
"Facebook, Online Student Networking, and Strategically Designed Student Selves," Computers and Writing Online (Feb. 2006)
"Rethinking Plagiarism and Citation When Teaching Visually and Materially Designed Student Writing," Sweetland Writing Center Conference, Ann Arbor, MI (Sept. 2005)
"Out of Print, Out of Mind? A Roundtable on Works that Ought to be Back in Print, and How to Make It Happen," PAMLA, Portland, OR (Nov. 2004)
"Critical Birdwatching and the Pedagogy of Environmental Interpretation," International Association of Experiential Education, Vancouver, BC (Nov. 2003)
"'If It's Broke, Fix It!': The Dangerous Rhetoric of Genre Repair," Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference, Utah University, Salt Lake City, UT (Oct. 2003)
"The Verbal and Visual Rhetoric of American Field Guides to Birds, 1889-2003," Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, AK (Aug. 2003)
"Handy Books for Handymen: Home Repair Guides of the 1950s and 1990s" Pacific Northwest American Studies Association, Lincoln City, OR (April 2003)
"'Frat Boys Like it in the Ass!': A Typographic Analysis of Homophobic Restroom Graffiti," Lavender Languages Conference, American University, Washington, DC (Feb. 2003)
"13 Ways of Looking at a Kinglet: American Birding Field Guides, 1889-2001," The Story of How Things Are: Studies at the Intersection of Narrative and Science, Comparative Lit. Conference, University of Washington (May 2002)
"Smooth, Choppy, Rough: Metaphorical Language and the Teaching of Writing," Language and Rhetoric/Language Use and Acquisition Colloquium, University of Washington (Jan. 2002)
"Pen Affinities," Creative Writing Showcase, American Studies Conference, University of Washington (April 2001)
Department and University Presentations
"Academic Integrity: National Perspectives, Local Implications," Invited Panelist (with Don McCabe), University of Washington (Nov. 2004)
"Out in the Classroom," Panel Organizer and Moderator, Practical Pedagogy Colloquium, University of Washington (Oct. 2003)
"Bibliographic Software (Endnote) + A Reading Database: Why Remember Anything?" Graduate Student Organization Discussion Series, English Department, University of Washington (May 2003)
"Postmodern Student Writing: Creative Assignments in 100-level Courses," Practical Pedagogy Colloquium, University of Washington (Nov. 2002)
Administration
Assistant Director of Expository Writing, University of Washington (2003-2005).
Worked closely with the Director and two other Assistant Directors of Expository Writing to maintain a large writing program.
Duties and projects included: TA training, dispute resolution, plagiarism mediation, TA mentoring, observations of teaching, pedagogy
workshops, norming sessions. Developed new outcomes-based curriculum and assessment model. Developed new course design and materials.
Internship Director, Honors College, Portland State University (1998-2000)
Mentored undergraduates, helping them locate internships in Washington DC.
