CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND SEMINARS

International

“Discovering Motivational Strategies That Lead to Transfer of Learning By Examining Tutor Talk,” International Symposium of English Writing Centers in Chinese Universities, Haining, ZJ, China 2018.

“Boundaries of Writing Center Directiveness: The Negotiable Line Between Domination and Collaboration,” International Writing Center Association, Denver, CO, 2016.

“Adapting to 21st Century Literacies: Visuals and the Academic Writing Classroom,” 7th Conference of the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing, Budapest, Hungary, 2013.

National

“Inviting Undergraduate Students to Be Co-researchers in WAW Research,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Spokane, WA, 2021

“Dual Enrollment Composition: Complicating the Commonplace of First-Year Writing,” (workshop), Conference on College Composition and Communication, Spokane, WA, 2021.

“Reflecting, Sustaining, and Expanding ISUComm ePortfolios: Challenges and Successes,” Council of Writing Program Administrators, Knoxville, TN, 2017.

“The Future of College Writing and How to Stop It,” (multi-institution roundtable) Conference on College Composition and Communication, Portland, OR, 2017.

“Asking Students to Do and to Be,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Houston, TX, 2016.

“Seeking the Golden Middle: Adapting Writing-about-Writing Curricula to Local Needs,” (Conversation Starter) Council of Writing Program Administrators, Normal, IL 2014.

“Digitally-Mediated Peer Review in Multimodal Composition Courses: Implications for Writing Pedagogies,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Indianapolis, IN, 2014.

“The Invisible Made Visible: Web 2.0 and Peer-Conferencing in Writing Courses,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Las Vegas, NV, 2013.

Regional

“Attending College in High School,” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Salt Lake City, UT, 2016.

“Revitalizing peer Review: Issues of Expertise and Facework Networked within an Online System,” Great Plains Alliance for Computers and Writing, St. Cloud, MN, 2014.

“Building Bridges: Locating Chasms Between Communities, Supporting Students Across Divides,” Great Plains Alliance for Computers and Writing, Mankato, MN, 2012.

Local

“Teaching Students to Look Up from Their Feet: The Path from a Different Perspective,” Teaching, Learning and Student Success Conference, St. George, UT, 2021.

“ISUComm ePortfolios,” ISU Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, 2016, with Dr. Barbara Blakely and Online Learning Team

“Moments of Peer-to-Peer Collaboration in Writing Center Interactions,” Rhetoric and Professional Communication Colloquium, Ames, IA, 2016.

“Preparing Resumes,” ISU Fraternity and Honor Society presentations, 2014-2015 “Composition Students Can Form Community and Improve Writing through Feedback

Within a Virtual Peer Review System,” Graduate and Professional Student Research Conference, Ames, IA, 2014.

English department professional development workshops

“Teaching for Transfer,” Orientation for Iowa State University TAs, 2012-2016 “ePortfolio Expo,” for the ISU English Department, with Online Learning Team, 2016

“My Students Have Made Their ePortfolios. Now How Do I Grade Them?” ISU English department, with Jill Grauman and Online Learning Team, 2016

“Incorporating Reflections,” TA Proseminar: Teaching Composition Course, 2016 “Improving Student Reflections in ISUComm Foundation Courses,” for the ISU English department, with Dr. Barbara Blakely, 2015