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Cydney Alexis
PhD Candidate
Minor: Material Culture Studies
BA, English, the University of Florida
MA, Film & Media Studies, the University of Florida
JD (anticipated August 2006) from the University of Wisconsin
cydneyalexis [at] gmail [dot] com
Interests: material culture, popular culture, visual
culture, consumer culture, thrift stores/theme parks/sites of consumption,
vernacular
architecture, visual rhetoric, writing program administration, writing
center pedagogy, ethics, citizenship, traveling around Wisconsin, and
taking my dog on long walks.
Scot
Barnett
PhD Student
Minor: Communication Arts
BA, English, Penn State University
Secondary Teaching Certification, North Carolina State University
MA, Rhetoric and Composition, North Carolina State University
rsbarnett [at] wisc [dot] edu / blog /
currently teaching: English 201
Interests: critical theory, cultural studies, rhetorical theory,
visual rhetorics, spatial rhetorics, new media studies, rhetorics
of science and technology
Maria Bibbs
PhD Candidate
BA, English Literature, University
of Tennessee, Knoxville
MA, Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin-
Madison
mlbibbs [at] wisc [dot] edu
Interests: African American rhetorical
traditions, the Black press, autobiography, visual rhetoric, critical
race theory, and the educational philosophy of Paulo Freire.
Matthew Capdevielle
PhD Candidate
Minor: Literary Studies
BA, English & Philosophy, Saint Louis University
MA, Liberal Arts, Saint John’s College
MA, English, University of Wisconsin-Madison
mcapdevielle [at] wisc [dot] edu
Interests: rhetoric and ethics; semiotics; critical theory; classical rhetoric;
composition pedagogy and program administration
Rush Daniel
PhD Student
Rasha K.H. Diab
PhD Candidate
Minor: Communication Arts
MA (2002), English Linguistics,Political Discourse Analysis. Ain Shams University,
Cairo, Egypt.
BA (1994), English Language and Literature. Ain Shams University, Cairo,
Egypt.
rkdiab [at] wisc [dot] edu
Interests: rhetoric, discourse analysis, public sphere, contrastive/comparative/intercultural
rhetoric, writing in different writing sites, writing program administration,
language policy, English for Specific and Occupational Purposes, English as
a Foreign Language, genre and register in interaction (not ordered).
John Drake
PhD Candidate
BA, Columbia College Chicago (1997)
MA, Temple University (1999)
Interests: the philosophy of language; the potential applications
of avant-garde aesthetic theories upon the discourse of the public
sphere; the history of rhetoric; the rhetoric of non-linguistic argumentation;
the rhetorical significance of kitsch upon the ideology of mass-culture
and deconstructive pedagogies of socio-cultural development and representation.
Mary E. Fiorenza
Associate Director, English 100, and PhD Candidate
M.A., History, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1985)
B.S., Journalism, Boston University (1980)
fiorenza [at] wisc [dot] edu
Interests: Writing pedagogy, intersections between composition & creative
writing, historical perspectives on literacy, women's writing lives,
writing program administration
Dissertation (working title):
Composing Brenda Ueland's 20th Century Writing Life
Beth Godbee
PhD Candidate
Minor: Children's and Adolescents' Literature
MA, English with an Emphasis in Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Writing,
Georgia State University (2005)
Teaching Certification, Secondary Education in Political Science (Grades 6-12),
Agnes Scott College (2002)
BA, Political Science; Minor in Women's Studies, Agnes Scott College (2001)
bethgodbee [at] gmail [dot] com
Interests: Writing centers, tutoring practice, composition pedagogy,
women's rhetoric, women's studies, democratic theory, literacy studies,
digital literacies, archival research, qualitative research methodologies,
and children's and adolescents' literature
Melvin Hall
PhD Candidate
Melanie Hoftyzer
PhD Candidate
David Paul Hudson
PhD Student
B.S. University of Southern Indiana
M.A. Southern Illinois University
Interests: religious rhetorics, literacy studies, citizenship,
histories of rhetoric, composition pedagogy and administration,
and adolescent literature.
Rik Hunter
PhD Candidate
Distributed Minor: New Literacy & New Media Studies / Games, Learning,
and Society
BFA, Art & Design, Northern Michigan University (1996)
BS, English, Northern Michigan University (2002)
MA, English (Composition and Writing), Northern Michigan University (2004)
rlhunter [at] wisc [dot] edu / blog /
some past courses: English
201 -- Fall
2006 / Spring 2007 (.doc) / Spring 2008
Interests: literacies studies; multiliteracies; new media
studies/literacies; fan studies/participatory culture; service-learning; the writing major; writing
program administration; autoethnography;
narrative; and . . . making awesome smores.
Tim Laquintano
PhD Candidate
MA, English, Rutgers University
BA, English, University of Pittsburgh
laquintano [at] wisc [dot]edu
Interests: literacy studies; rhetorical theory; disciplinary history
of composition-rhetoric; history of the essay
Rebecca Lorimer
PhD Student
MA, English - Composition, San Francisco State University
BA, English - Creative Writing, University of Southern California
rlorimer [at] wisc [dot] edu
Interests: writing assessment, writing program administration, writing across
the curriculum, second language writing, composition pedagogy, service learning
Antonia E. Massa-MacLeod
PhD Student
MA, English – Literary Studies, University of Wisconsin
BA, English – Mount Holyoke College
massamacleod [at] wisc [dot] edu
Interests: composition pedagogy, literacy studies, ethnography, immigration, the memoir & creative non-fiction, and how class & gender intersect with all of these.
Kim Moreland
PhD Student
BA, English, the University of Wisconsin
MA (anticipated January 2008), Applied English Linguistics
klmorela [at] wisc [dot] edu
Interests: critical theory, discourse analysis, rhetorical theory,
semiotics, classroom films, consent forms
Terry Nuckolls
PhD Student
BA, Northwestern College, Watertown, WI
MDiv, Wisconsin
Lutheran Seminary, Mequon, WI
MA English (applied English linguistics),
UW-Madison
Teaching Assistant: English as a Second Language Program
tbnuckolls [at] wisc [dot] edu
Interests: Biblical Studies, Puritan Rhetoric, History, Writing from
the perspective of a nonnative speaker
Matthew Pearson
PhD Candidate
Minor: Distributed (focus on Cities and Urban Education)
BA, Literary Studies and Sociology, Beloit College
MEd, English Education, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
mdpearson [at] wisc [dot] edu
Interests: community-based writing; online writing/emerging genres;
non-formal (i.e., not school-based) literacy; university/community
partnerships; writing across the curriculum; writing center administration
and instruction; the rhetoric of everyday life; pop music; and basketball
Jacqueline Preston
PhD Student
Distributed Minor: Qualitative Methods
MA, English (Comp/Rhet), Wright State University
Master of Humanities, English, Wright State University
Thesis: Emerson's Rhetoric: Restructuring Religious Thought Through Metaphor
BA, English Education, Ohio University, Athens
jspreston [at] wisc [dot] edu
Research Interests: ethnography, rhetoric of social movement and cultural change, community-based literacies, competing rhetorics, rhetoric of class.
Theoretical Interests: Sociohistoric, Sociocultural, Burke and Bakhtin.
Mira Shimabukuro
PhD Candidate
Minor: The Politics of Language, Literacy and Culture in Education (Interdisciplinary)
MFA, Poetry, University of Washington
BA, Liberal Studies, The Evergreen State College
shimabukuro [at] wisc [dot] edu
Interests: cross-cultural histories of literacy; the politics of language and
literacy; composition in two-year colleges; the impact of bi- or multi-cultural
backgrounds on one's rhetorical and/or linguistic
choices; issues in "basic" writing; the relationship between creative
writing and composition; critical pedagogy; and critical discourse studies
Dave Stock
PhD Student
Katy Southern
PhD Candidate
Interests: literacy programming in libraries (historical approaches);
literacy practices outside of compulsory education; research as a
recursive, rhetorical process; research methodologies in Composition-Rhetoric
and Library & Information Studies; learning differences and alternative
pedagogies; children's and YA literature
Christine Stephenson
PhD Candidate
Minor: Higher Education Leadership and Policy Analysis
MFA (credit completed toward), Poetry, Northern Michigan University
MA, English, Literature and Writing (dual track), Northern Michigan University
BA, English, Waynesburg College
cstephenson [at] wisc [dot] edu
Interests: The role of rhetoric in formations of ideology, community,
and culture; the effects of the rhetorical encounter on identity and
community/cultural membership; civic and political discourse in contemporary
and historical contexts; classical rhetoric, poetics, and contemporary
writing pedagogies; higher education leadership, community, and mission.
Also a crazy avid lifelong Pittsburgh Steelers fan!
(just had to throw that in).
Favorite quote of the moment: "You can be a little ungrammatical
if you come from the right part of the country." Robert Frost
Christopher J. Syrnyk
PhD Student
Minor:
BA, Russian Literature, University of Oregon
REESC Certificate, University of Oregon
MA, Russian Literature, University of Oregon
MA, English and American Literature, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University ABD, Slavic Languages and Literatures, University
of Wisconsin, Madison
Part-time Provisional Certificate with the Wisconsin
Technical College System
cjsyrnyk [at] wisc [dot] edu
Interests: the intersection of rhetoric, literature, and ethics;
applied ethics; rhetoric and the
public sphere;
moral politics; the animal question; classical and contemporary rhetorical
theory; history of
ideas; rhetoric of
voicelessness; work; rights-based thought; the essay; digital technology
and culture; writing
and tutorial
program administration.
And when my nose is not in a book: good cheeses; the outdoors; the
Arts and Crafts
movement; Mission-style
furniture; and single malt scotch from the Islay region; and my family.
 (right)
Kate Vieira
PhD Candidate
Minor: Distributed minor in global studies
BA, English, University of Texas at Austin
MA, Literary Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison
kevieira [at] wisc [dot] edu
Interests: biliteracy, global studies, feminist theory, immigration narratives,
composition pedagogy
(left)
Annette Vee
PhD Candidate
Minor: Distributed, with a focus on uses of technology in education
MA, English literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison
BA, English (minors in African American studies and education), Princeton University
avee [at] wisc [dot] edu
Interests: from African American lit to the uses of technology to enhance the
writing classroom, particularly through the use of blogs
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