New media

Graduate course projects

disOrder <2002> English 879: Seminar in Rhetoric: Rhetoric of Space In this seminar, we explored the rhetorics and aesthetics of space and place, of maps and mapping, of the materiality of metaphor.   My final project, "disOrder" (still under construction), is a hypertextual inquiry that explores alternative, non-hierarchical epistemological mappings and their potential for constructing knowledge and identity in computer-mediated academic work.  Rhetorics of the Body & Gender <1999> English 879: Seminar in Rhetoric: Rhetorics of the Body My class hypertext drew on the work of Butler, Bordo, Young, and Haraway to consider the material and rhetorical positioning of women's self-representation in cyberspace.   This project became my presentation at the 1999 Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) conference. Evolving Sites for the Teaching of Writing <1997> English 883C: Studies in Literacy: Electronic Literacies This course explored the theory and practice of reading, writing and communicating in digital media.   My final project was a research web that focused on hypertextuality, interactivity and accessibility as critical components of first-year writing courses and the Web. (Early work, but many of the issues it raises are still current.)

Selected media from presentations

(re)Mediating Rhetorical Practice <2004> Computers & Writing 2004, Honolulu, HI This Flash presentation accompanied my paper on teaching writing in a multimedia environment.  Surfing, Shaping, and Self-Fashioning <1999> Watson Conference 2000, Louisville, KY My paper identified several disjunctures between how we techno-rhetoricians use new media to teach writing, and how we (fail to) use new media to represent our professional work on the web.