Articles.
“The Never-Ending Story: Teaching Climate Change, Research, and Interdisciplinary Narrative.” In Teaching Composition in the Era of Climate Change. Eds. Justin Everett and Russell Mayo. Forthcoming. Parlor Press.
“Creating Conditions for Meaning Teacher Assessment through Eportfolios.” Co-written with Kara Mae Brown and Chris Gallagher. New Essays on Assessing Teaching. Ed. Amy E. Dayton. Logan: Utah State UP. March, 2015
“Channeling the Enthusiasm: Two Narratives of Teaching Students with Asperger’s Syndrome in Writing & Literature Classes, with Questions & Reflections.” Autism Spectrum Disorders in the College Composition Classroom: Making Writing Instruction More Accessible for All Students. Eds. Val Gerstle and Lynda Walsh. Marquette UP: 2011. 89-99.
“The ‘Enormous Fact’ of American Life: Divorce and William Dean Howells’ A Modern Instance.” American Literary Realism. 36.1 (Fall 2003): 65-85.
"'The Moral of My Story': Alice Kaplan’s French Lessons and the Moralization of Autobiography.” A/B: Auto/Biography Studies. 14.2 (Winter 1999): 186-203.
Books.
Love American Style: Divorce and the American Novel from 1881 to 1976. New York: Routledge, 2003.
Improving Writing in the Agricultural Sciences. Co-written with Lynn Z. Bloom, Cameron Faustman, and Tom Hoagland. Storrs, CT: Agricultural Resources, U of Connecticut, 2000.
Conferences.
“The Never-Ending Story: Teaching Climate Change, Research, and Interdisciplinary Narrative.” CCCC March 2021.
“Questions without Answers: Developing Deeper Inquiry.” With Peggy O’Neill-Jones, Carmen Acevedo-Butcher, and Ben Spanbock. Part of UC Berkeley-Library of Congress Pilot Project. NCTE. Baltimore. November, 2019.
“Making it Local: “Field Research” and Sustainability Clubs in Composition, Reading, and Research (CW R4B).” Cal Sustainability Project Conference May 2018
Chair. “Claiming Social Media and Gaming for Learning.” CCCC. Portland, OR. March 15-18, 2017.
“Exploring the Writing EPortfolio: Encouraging Reflection and Transfer.” Waves of Innovation. Academic Resource Center. UC Berkeley. May 5, 2016.
“Multiple Angles on Legitimating Multimodal Texts in Composition and Research Courses” with Michelle Baptiste (UC Berkeley), Amy Lombardi (De Anza Community College), and Ryan Sloan (UC Berkeley). UC Writing Conference. UC Santa Barbara. October 15, 2016.
“Drag in the Disciplines: Discipline as Discursive Identity, or How Might We Queer WID?" Feminisms and Rhetoric. Stanford. September 26, 2013.
“From Wonk to Wikipedia: Fostering Student Identities in the WAC Classroom. Boston Rhetoric and Writing Network. May 31-June 2, 2013.
Multimodal Writing in Writing-in-the-Disciplines Courses. Chair, NeMLA, Boston, MA. March, 21-24, 2013.
“ ‘The Play’s the Thing: Performance, Play, and Publics in Writing in the Disciplines.” CCCC, Las Vegas, NV, March 13-16, 2013.
“The Advanced Writing in the Disciplines Course: Merging Critical and Disciplinary Thinking” with KaraMae Brown, Cecelia Musselman, Kat Gonso, and Neal Learner. New Vistas, Quinnipiac University, November 16-17, 2012.
“Green Machines? Eco-composition, On-line Teaching, and Writing in the Disciplines.” CCCC, Atlanta, GA, April 6-9, 2011.
“A ‘New Sincerity’: Have We Moved Beyond the PostModern?” NeMLA, Montreal, Canada, April 8-11 2010.
“Ugly Papers: Transgressive Literacy and Ethics.” Literacies—Personal, Professional, Academic. The University of New Hampshire. Durham, New Hampshire, October 12-13, 2007.
““Curbing the Enthusiasm? The Challenges of Helping Students with Asperger’s Syndrome in the Composition Classroom.” CCCC. Chicago, March 2006.
“The Threat of Snow: Divorce and Whiteness in Gloria Naylor’s Linden Hills.” SCMLA. New Orleans, October 2004.
“Stepping into the Other’s Shoes: Practicing (and Questioning) Neutrality in the Classroom.” College English Association. St. Petersburg, Florida. March 2003.
“The Limits of Neutrality: Ethics and Politics and the Classroom.” College English Association Middle Atlantic Group. Washington, D.C. March 2002.
"Your Life is a C+: Assigning and Assessing the Personal Essay in First-year Composition
Courses." College Composition and Communication Conference. Phoenix, Arizona. March 1997.
“Creating Conditions for Meaning Teacher Assessment through Eportfolios.” Co-written with Kara Mae Brown and Chris Gallagher. New Essays on Assessing Teaching. Ed. Amy E. Dayton. Logan: Utah State UP. March, 2015
“Channeling the Enthusiasm: Two Narratives of Teaching Students with Asperger’s Syndrome in Writing & Literature Classes, with Questions & Reflections.” Autism Spectrum Disorders in the College Composition Classroom: Making Writing Instruction More Accessible for All Students. Eds. Val Gerstle and Lynda Walsh. Marquette UP: 2011. 89-99.
“The ‘Enormous Fact’ of American Life: Divorce and William Dean Howells’ A Modern Instance.” American Literary Realism. 36.1 (Fall 2003): 65-85.
"'The Moral of My Story': Alice Kaplan’s French Lessons and the Moralization of Autobiography.” A/B: Auto/Biography Studies. 14.2 (Winter 1999): 186-203.
Books.
Love American Style: Divorce and the American Novel from 1881 to 1976. New York: Routledge, 2003.
Improving Writing in the Agricultural Sciences. Co-written with Lynn Z. Bloom, Cameron Faustman, and Tom Hoagland. Storrs, CT: Agricultural Resources, U of Connecticut, 2000.
Conferences.
“The Never-Ending Story: Teaching Climate Change, Research, and Interdisciplinary Narrative.” CCCC March 2021.
“Questions without Answers: Developing Deeper Inquiry.” With Peggy O’Neill-Jones, Carmen Acevedo-Butcher, and Ben Spanbock. Part of UC Berkeley-Library of Congress Pilot Project. NCTE. Baltimore. November, 2019.
“Making it Local: “Field Research” and Sustainability Clubs in Composition, Reading, and Research (CW R4B).” Cal Sustainability Project Conference May 2018
Chair. “Claiming Social Media and Gaming for Learning.” CCCC. Portland, OR. March 15-18, 2017.
“Exploring the Writing EPortfolio: Encouraging Reflection and Transfer.” Waves of Innovation. Academic Resource Center. UC Berkeley. May 5, 2016.
“Multiple Angles on Legitimating Multimodal Texts in Composition and Research Courses” with Michelle Baptiste (UC Berkeley), Amy Lombardi (De Anza Community College), and Ryan Sloan (UC Berkeley). UC Writing Conference. UC Santa Barbara. October 15, 2016.
“Drag in the Disciplines: Discipline as Discursive Identity, or How Might We Queer WID?" Feminisms and Rhetoric. Stanford. September 26, 2013.
“From Wonk to Wikipedia: Fostering Student Identities in the WAC Classroom. Boston Rhetoric and Writing Network. May 31-June 2, 2013.
Multimodal Writing in Writing-in-the-Disciplines Courses. Chair, NeMLA, Boston, MA. March, 21-24, 2013.
“ ‘The Play’s the Thing: Performance, Play, and Publics in Writing in the Disciplines.” CCCC, Las Vegas, NV, March 13-16, 2013.
“The Advanced Writing in the Disciplines Course: Merging Critical and Disciplinary Thinking” with KaraMae Brown, Cecelia Musselman, Kat Gonso, and Neal Learner. New Vistas, Quinnipiac University, November 16-17, 2012.
“Green Machines? Eco-composition, On-line Teaching, and Writing in the Disciplines.” CCCC, Atlanta, GA, April 6-9, 2011.
“A ‘New Sincerity’: Have We Moved Beyond the PostModern?” NeMLA, Montreal, Canada, April 8-11 2010.
“Ugly Papers: Transgressive Literacy and Ethics.” Literacies—Personal, Professional, Academic. The University of New Hampshire. Durham, New Hampshire, October 12-13, 2007.
““Curbing the Enthusiasm? The Challenges of Helping Students with Asperger’s Syndrome in the Composition Classroom.” CCCC. Chicago, March 2006.
“The Threat of Snow: Divorce and Whiteness in Gloria Naylor’s Linden Hills.” SCMLA. New Orleans, October 2004.
“Stepping into the Other’s Shoes: Practicing (and Questioning) Neutrality in the Classroom.” College English Association. St. Petersburg, Florida. March 2003.
“The Limits of Neutrality: Ethics and Politics and the Classroom.” College English Association Middle Atlantic Group. Washington, D.C. March 2002.
"Your Life is a C+: Assigning and Assessing the Personal Essay in First-year Composition
Courses." College Composition and Communication Conference. Phoenix, Arizona. March 1997.
