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Rick Carpenter
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Valdosta State University
| Contact Information |
| office | 236 West Hall, Department of English, Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 31698 |
| racarpenter@valdosta.edu |
| Education |
| Ph.D. | 2005 | Rhetoric and Composition, University of Louisville |
| M.A. | 1999 | English Literature, University of Central Florida |
| B.A. | 1992 | English / Secondary Education, University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| Teaching and Research Interests |
| Identity construction, electronic literacies, digital rhetorics, genre theory, pop culture, critical and cultural studies, professional writing |
| Teaching Experience |
| Assistant Professor | Valdosta State University | Fall 2006 to Present |
ENGL 1101 |
Composition I |
ENGL 3080 |
Grammar and Editing
|
ENGL 1102 |
Composition II |
ENGL 3090 |
Advanced Composition |
ENGL 2000 |
Writing for Teachers |
ENGL 4630 |
Writing Technologies & Applications |
ENGL 3010 |
Writing for Business |
ENGL 4900 |
Senior Seminar |
ENGL 3030 |
Legal Writing |
ENGL 7000 |
Approaches to Graduate Study |
ENGL 3050 |
Tutoring Composition |
ENGL 8800 |
Seminar for Teaching Assistants |
Part-time Lecturer |
University of Louisville |
Fall 2000 to Spring 2006 |
Instructor |
Huntington Learning Center |
August 1995 to March 2006 |
| Teacher | Bessemer City Middle School | August 1993 to June 1995 |
| Student Teacher | North Gaston High School | August 1992 to December 1992 |
| Publications |
| Peer-Reviewed |
"Boundary Negotiations: Electronic Environments as Interface." Computers and Composition 26.3 (2009): 138-148. Print |
| "The Heart of the Matter: Complex as Productive Force." M/C Journal 10.3 (2007): n. pag. Web. 7 Jan. 2010. |
| Non-Peer-Reviewed |
“From the Editor.” Azalea International Folk Fair and Dance Competition. Insert. Valdosta Daily Times Feb. 2007. Print. |
| Creative |
| “Ample Love.” The Cypress Dome 9 (1998): 27. Print. |
| Presentations |
Lost without You or Losing Myself in You: Love and the Specter of Self-Dissolution in American Film. Popular & American Culture Associations in the South Conference. Wilmington, NC. October 1-3, 2009. |
In Brief(s): Writing in(to) the Legal Profession. Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA. March 11-14, 2009. |
Reconsidering Academic Literacy in a Mediated Age. The Thomas R. Watson Conference in Rhetoric and Composition. University of Louisville. Louisville, KY. October 16-18, 2008. |
| Not Your Parents’ Autobiography: Presentations of Self in Electronic Environments. Conference on College Composition and Communication: Computer Connection. New Orleans, LA. April 2-5, 2008. |
Technology and Genre: Exploring Literacy in a Wired World. 3rd Meeting of the Georgia Philological Association. Brewton-Parker College. February 29-March 1, 2008. |
Literacy/Literacies: Popular Genres and the Writing Classroom. Writing Matters Conference. Baton Rouge Community College. April 17-18, 2007. |
| “A New Survey of Universal Knowledge": Teaching Narrative with Encyclopedias. The Thomas R. Watson Conference in Rhetoric and Composition. University of Louisville. Louisville, KY. October 5-7, 2006. |
Human Capital Development and Supplemental Private Education: Concerns and Possibilities. The Thomas R. Watson Conference in Rhetoric and Composition. University of Louisville. Louisville, KY. October 7-9, 2004. |
Making It Personal: Assertion of Individualistic Composing Strategies in Workplace Writing Practices. Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention. San Antonio, TX. March 24-27, 2004. |
“Searching for the Mythical Truth of Great Inventions": Mythic Transfiguration in Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. 32nd Twentieth-Century Literature Conference. University of Louisville. Louisville, KY. February 26-28, 2004. |
| The Divided Self in Adrienne Kennedy's A Movie Star Has to Star in Black and White: A Lukácsian Reading. 2nd Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Honolulu, HI. January 8-11, 2004. |
| Creating Spaces of Visibility: Bakhtinian Carnival and the Gay- and Lesbian-Inclusive Composition Classroom. 2nd National Graduate Conference in English Studies. Georgia State University. Atlanta, GA. September 20-22, 2001. |
| The Gender of Power: Inversion of Gender Roles in Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and The Garden of Eden. 29th Twentieth-Century Literature Conference. University of Louisville. Louisville, KY. February 22-24, 2001. |
| The Sun Also Rises on Canterbury: The Pilgrimage Motif in Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. Florida College English Association Conference. Orlando, FL. February 5-6, 1998. |
| Service |
| English Department, Valdosta State University |
| Composition Committee, 2006 to Present |
| Chair, 2007 to 2009 |
Core Committee, 2006 to 2007 |
| Hiring Committee for Full-time Temporary Instructor, 2007 |
| University, Valdosta State University |
| Faculty Senate, 2008 to Present |
Educational Policies Committee, 2008 to Present |
| Chair, 2009 to Present |
Environmental Issues Committee, 2007 to Present
|
| Campus Beautification Subcommittee, 2007
to Present |
General Education Assessment Pilot Program,
2008 to Present |
Community |
Editor and Writing Consultant, Valdosta Asian
Cultural Association, Fall 2006 to Present |
| Grants and Awards |
Grant to participate in the Academic Year Symposium of the Governor's Teaching Fellows, a program sponsored jointly by the Institute of Higher Learning and the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Georgia, Athens (Fall 07 to Spring 08) http://www.uga.edu/ihe/gtf.html |
| Professional Work/Consultation |
| Manuscript and Design Reviewer and Member of the Board of Advisors, Rebecca Moore Howard's Writing Matters, McGraw-Hill, 2009 |
| The McGraw-Hill Freshman Composition Handbook Symposium, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida (February 8 to 11, 2007) |
| Workshops |
| Designing Rubrics and Norming Session for first-year composition instructors, Valdosta State University (November, 2006) |
| Photo Story: Simple Software, Broad Applications for first-year composition instructors, Valdosta State University (January, 2008) |
| Professional Memberships |
| Modern Language Association |
National Council of Teachers of English |
Georgia Philological Association |
| Administrative Experience |
| Managing Director/Education Director | Huntington Learning Center, Louisville, Kentucky (1999 to 2006) |
Assistant Director |
Huntington Learning Center, Orlando, Florida (1997 to 1999) |