Dr. Ryan Skinnell

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION | APPOINTMENTS | PUBLICATIONS | EDITORIAL | TEACHING | PRESENTATIONS | SERVICE | HONORS & AWARDS

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in English, Rhetoric, Composition, & Linguistics, Arizona State University, 2011

M.A. in English (w/ distinction), Rhetoric & Composition Theory, California State University, Northridge, 2007

B.A. in English (minor in History), University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Full-Time Tenure-Track Appointments

Professor of Rhetoric & Writing, Department of English & Comparative Literature, San José State University (2025-present)

Associate Professor of Rhetoric & Writing, Department of English & Comparative Literature, San José State University (2020-2025)

Assistant Professor of Rhetoric & Writing, Department of English and Comparative Literature, San José State University (2015-2020)

Assistant Professor of Rhetoric & Writing Studies, Department of English, University of North Texas (2011-2015)

Administrative Appointments

Director, First-Year Writing Program, San José State University (Fall 2023-present)

Interim Director, First-Year Writing Program, San José State University (Fall 2022)

Assistant Writing Program Administrator, First-Year Writing Program, San José State University (2015-2023)

Other Appointments

Faculty Expert, Political Speech, Politics, & Rhetoric, San José State University (2020-ongoing)

Faculty Facilitator, Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Fellowship (SRF), Office of Research, San José State University (2023-2024, 2024-2025, 2025-2026)

The Op-Ed Project Public Voices Fellow, San José State University (2020-2021)

Core Faculty, UNT-NUML Partnership to Enhance English, Linguistics, Literature, & Teaching, University of North Texas (2012-2015)

Affiliated Faculty, Women’s & Gender Studies Program, UNT, 2012-2015

PUBLICATIONS

Books (Scholarly Monographs)

Conceding Composition: A Crooked History of Composition’s Institutional Fortunes (Utah State University Press, 2016)

Books (edited volumes)

Rhetoric & Guns. Edited by Lydia Wilkes, Nate Kreuter, & Ryan Skinnell (Utah State University Press, 2022)

Reinventing (with) Theory in Rhetoric & Writing Studies: Essays in Honor of Sharon Crowley. Edited by Andrea Alden, Kendall Gerdes, Judy Holiday, & Ryan Skinnell (Utah State University Press, 2019)

Faking the News: What Rhetoric Can Teach Us About Donald J. Trump. Edited by Ryan Skinnell (Societas Books, 2018)

Bureaucracy: A Love Story. Edited by Gabriel Cervantes, Dahlia Porter, Ryan Skinnell, & Kelly Wisecup  (Aquiline Books, 2018)

What We Wish We’d Known: Negotiating Graduate School. Edited by Ryan Skinnell, Judy Holiday, & Christine Vassett (Fountainhead Press, 2015)

JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES EDITED (PEER-REVIEWED)

Rhetoric’s Demagogue | Demagoguery’s Rhetoric. Edited by Ryan Skinnell & Jillian Murphy. Special Issue of Rhetoric Society Quarterly 49.3 (2019).

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

“Why Are There So Many English PhDs, Anyway?” College English 86.2 (2023): 111-35.

“Two Truths and a Big Lie: The ‘Honest’ Mendacity of Fascist Rhetoric.” Journal for the History of Rhetoric 25.2 (2022): 175-97.

“Teaching Writing in the (New) Era of Fake News.” College Composition & Communication 72.4 (2021): 546-69.

“Coalition-Building in the Creeping Shadow of Fascism.” Spark: A 4C4Equality Journal 3 (2021).

“Using Democracy Against Itself: Demagogic Rhetoric as the Undermining of Democratic Institutions.” Rhetoric’s Demagogue | Demagoguery’s Rhetoric. Special issue of Rhetoric Society Quarterly 49.3 (2019): 248-63.

“Enlisting Composition: How First-Year Composition Helped Reorient Higher Education in the GI Bill Era.” Journal of Veterans Studies 2.1 (2017): 79-84.

“Who Cares if Rhetoricians Landed on the Moon? Or, a Plea for Reviving the Politics of Historiography.” Rhetoric Review 34.2 (2015): 111-28.

“Harvard, Again: Considering Articulation & Accreditation in Rhetoric & Composition’s History.” Rhetoric Review 33.2 (2014): 95-112.

“Strengthening Graduate Student Preparation for WPA Work.” Co-authored with Cristyn L. Elder & Megan Schoen. WPA: Writing Program Administration 37.2 (2014): 13-35.

“Institutionalizing Normal: Rethinking Composition’s Precedence in Normal Schools.” Composition Studies 41.1 (2013): 10-26.

“A Problem of Publics & the Curious Case at Texas.” JAC: A Journal of Composition Theory 30.1/2 (2010): 143-73.

“Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s 1854 ‘Address to the Legislature of New York’ & the Paradox of Social Reform Rhetoric.” Rhetoric Review 29.2 (2010): 129-44.

“Circuitry in Motion: Rhetoric(al) Moves in YouTube’s Archive.” Video & Participatory Culture.  Spec. issue of Enculturation 8 (2010).

BOOK CHAPTERS

“Sleuthing Towards Bethlehem: Hitler’s Theory of Reading & Learning & the Enduring Appeals of Confirmation Bias.” The Charge for Change. Ed. Elizabethada Wright & David Beard. Parlor Press (2023): 135-41. (editorial review)

“Teaching Literature as Equipment for Living Democratically.” Routledge Companion to Literature & Social Justice. Ed. Masood Ashraf Raja & Nick T. C. Lu. Routledge (2023): 381-92.

“Teaching Teaching as a Process: San Jose State University’s TA Program & the Development of Pedagogical Thinking.” Co-authored w/ Ume Ali, Ariel Andrew, Rachel Crawford, Steven Domingo, Julia Dunn, Jessie Fussell, Olivia Lee, Alayna Mills, Jillian Murphy, Alexis Rocha, Lisa Rose, Elizabeth Rosser, Amber Sylva, & Claire Tromblee. Threshold Conscripts: Rhetoric and Composition TAships. Ed. William J. Macauley, Jr., et al. WAC Clearinghouse (2023): 447-53.

“Deceiving Sincerely: The Embrace of Sincerity-as-Truth in Fascist Rhetoric.” In The Rhetoric of Fascism: Devices for the Cult of Irrationality. Ed. Nathan Crick. U of Alabama P. (2022): 222-40.

“Rewriting Demagogic Discourses.” In Teaching Demagoguery & Democracy, ed. Michael Steudeman, Intermezzo, 2021.

“What Institutional Logics Can Teach Us About Institutional Rhetorics (And Why We Should Care).” Re-inventing Rhetoric Scholarship: Fifty Years of the Rhetoric Society of America. Ed. Roxanne Mountford, Dave Tell, & David Blakesley. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press, 2020. (editorial review): 162-8.

“Toward a Working Theory of Institutional Rhetorics.” Reinventing (with) Theory in Rhetoric & Writing Studies. Ed. Andrea Alden, Kendall Gerdes, Judy Holiday, & Ryan Skinnell. Logan, UT: Utah State UP (2019): 69-82.

“Coming to Terms with the Inevitability of Epic Failure, or Once More unto the Breach.” Explanation Points: Publishing in Rhetoric & Composition. Ed. John Gallagher & Dànielle Nicole DeVoss. Logan, UT: Utah State UP (2019): 229-32.

“What Passes for Truth in the Trump Era: Telling It Like It Isn’t.” Faking the News: What Rhetoric Can Teach Us About Donald J. Trump. Ed. Ryan Skinnell. Exeter, UK: Societas (2018): 76-94.

“Reconciling Texas; or Inventing (a) Place Out of Place.” Inventing Place: Writing Lone Star Rhetorics. Ed. Jenny Rice & Casey Boyle. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP (2018): 139-49.

“Setting Out for Serendip: Of Research Quests and Chance Discoveries.” Serendipity in Rhetoric, Writing, and Literacy Research. Ed. Maureen Daly Goggin & Peter Goggin. Logan, UT: Utah State UP (2018): 117-28.

“What Are We Doing & Why Are We Doing It?: A Brief Survey of Shared Exigencies in Contemporary Histories of Rhetoric.” Rhetorics Change/Rhetoric’s Change. Ed. Jenny Rice, Chelsea Graham, & Eric Detweiler. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press and Intermezzo (2018): n.p.

“Developing a Professional Profile.” What We Wish We’d Known: Negotiating Graduate School. Ed. Ryan Skinnell, Judy Holiday, & Christine Vassett. Southlake, TX: Fountainhead Press (2015): 203-8.

“Considering the Impact of the WPA Outcomes Statement on Second Language Writers.” Co-authored with Paul Kei Matsuda. The WPA Outcomes Statement: A Decade Later. Ed. Nicholas Behm, et. al. West Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press (2013): 230-41.

“The Literature of Trauma: Reading the Sorrow of Love in Bao Ninh’s The Sorrow of War.” Thirty Years After: New Essays on Vietnam War Literature, Film, & Other Arts. Ed. Mark Heberle. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press (2009): 256-64.

POPULAR PRESS

I have written essays and op-eds about rhetoric, politics, and culture for a variety of public outlets, including the Washington Post, Salon, Newsweek, The Hill, Washington Monthly, and Public Seminar.

For details, please visit my “Popular Press” page.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

“Good-Faith Argumentation.” 3-week writing course curricular unit. Boston, MA: The Independent Critical Thinking & Writing Co. (2020).

ESSAYS / INTERVIEWS / INVITED CONTRIBUTIONS

“Root Causes and Structural Problems; or, Why ‘Current Trends’ in English PhDs Are More Than Seventy Years Old,” ADE Bulletin, vol. 161, 2024, pp. 35-9.

“What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of … Well … Us? A Response to Richard Leo Enos about the Possibilities for a 21st Century Rhetorical Education.” Burkean Parlor, Rhetoric Review 42.3 (2023): 231-4.

“Dizzying Up the Discipline.” Composition Studies 50.3 (2022): 141-4.

“Trite as It Sounds, Writing for the Public Means Practicing What We Preach.”
FEN Blog, Composition Studies (2022).

“About A Lucky Man Who Made the Grade.” Our Body of Work: Embodied Administration & Teaching. Ed. Melissa Nicolas & Anna Sicari. Utah State UP (2022): 188-91.

“‘I Didn’t Know How Else to Get It Right’: Lives on the Boundary as an Invitation to Public Intellectualism.” “A Tribute to Mike Rose: Teacher and Scholar, Writer and Friend,” special issue of WPA Journal 45.2 (2022): 72-5.

“Foreword: The Archives of Epistemic Possibility.” Teaching through the Archives: Text, Collaboration, & Activism. Ed. Wendy Hayden & Tarez Samra Graban. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP (2022): xi-xvi.

“Octalog IV: Bad People Speaking Effectively in the History of Rhetoric.” Rhetoric Review 40.4 (2021): 337-40.

“Introduction to Rhetoric’s Demagogue | Demagoguery’s Rhetoric.” Co-authored with Jillian Murphy. Special Issue of Rhetoric Society Quarterly 49.3 (2019): 225-32.

“Exigencies for RSQ: An Afterword.” Co-authored with Maureen Daly Goggin. Fifty Years of Rhetoric Society Quarterly: Selected Readings, 1968-2018. Ed. Joshua Gunn & Diane D. Davis. London: Routledge (2018): 343-56.

“Research :: Culture :: Exchange: Complex Cultural Exchange Amid a US-Pakistani Education Partnership.” Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies 6 (2018).

“Forty Years & More: Reminiscences with Sharon Crowley.” Interview conducted with Judy Holiday, Andrea Alden, & Kendall Gerdes. Composition Forum 37 (2017).

“Why Studying Writing Matters.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities: Emerging Interdisciplinary Trends in Social Sciences and Humanities, Oct. 20, 2015. National University of Modern Languages-Islamabad (2016): 130-4.

“Afterword: On the Market.” What We Wish We’d Known: Negotiating Graduate School. Ed. Ryan Skinnell, Judy Holiday, & Christine Vassett. Southlake, TX: Fountainhead Press (2015): 217-8.

“Connections of a First-Year Teacher.” Journal for the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning 12 (Winter 2006-2007): 84-5.

BOOK REVIEWS

“Review of Aja Y. Martinez’s Counterstory: The Rhetoric and Writing of Critical Race Theory.” Co-authored with Alexis Rocha. Enculturation 33 (2021).

“Review of Candace Epps-Robertson’s Resisting Brown: Race, Literacy, & Citizenship in the Heart of Virginia.” Literacy in Composition Studies 7.2 (2019).

“Review of Patricia Roberts-Miller’s Demagoguery & Democracy.” H-Rhetor, H-Net Reviews (2018).

“Review of Kelly Bradbury’s Reimagining Popular Notions of American Intellectualism.” Composition Forum 37 (2017).

“Review of Victor J. Vitanza’s Chaste Cinematics.” Co-authored with Geoffrey V. Carter. Enculturation 23 (2017).

“Review of Lori Ostergaard & Henrietta Rix Wood’s In the Archives of Composition: Writing & Rhetoric in High Schools and Normal Schools.” Rhetoric Review 35.3 (2016): 270-2.

“Review of Victor J. Vitanza’s Sexual Violence in Western Thought & Writing: Chaste Rape.” Enculturation 21 (2016).

“Review of Brent Henze, Jack Selzer, & Wendy Sharer’s 1977: A Cultural Moment in Composition.” Co-authored with Maureen Daly Goggin. Rhetoric Review 28.2 (2009): 215-8.

“Review of Paul Butler’s Out of Style.” Co-authored with Duane Roen. Rhetoric Review 28.2 (2009): 205-7.

CONFERENCE REVIEWS

“Octalog III: The Politics of Historiography in 2010.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Kairos 15.1 (2010).

“Empty Rhetoric & Academic Bullshit: Strategies for Composition’s Self-Representation in National Arenas.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Kairos 14.1 (2009).

“Think-Tank for Newcomers Developing Papers and Sessions for CCCC 2009.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Kairos 13.1 (2008).

“Charles Bazerman Dancing.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Kairos. 13.1 (2008).

“Who Represents English Studies? Whom Does English Studies Represent?” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Kairos 11.3 (2007).

“Selling Ideas or Selling Out?: Negotiating Identities in the Writing of Composition Textbooks.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Kairos 11.3 (2007).

EXHIBITS CURATED

“Bureaucracy: A Love Story.” Guest Curator with Gabriel Cervantes, Dahlia Porter, & Kelly Wisecup, UNT Rare Books and Special Collections, 2014-2015. [news story]

EDITORIAL POSITIONS

Commentary Editor, Citizen Critics
Review Editor, Present Tense
Editor, Writing Notes, Arizona State University Writing Programs Newsletter
Editor, Tutor Notes, Los Angeles Valley College Writing Center Newsletter

TEACHING

San José State University (2015-present)

Graduate

ENGL 298: Special Study
        Histories & Theories of L2 Writing
        Kenneth Burke’s Rhetorical Theory
        Postmodern Rhetorics of Race & Ethnicity
        Rhetorical Traditions of the Near & Middle East
        Rhetoric, Narrative, & New Media
        Rhetorical Theory
        Rhetorics of Race, Gender, & Sexuality
        Writing Pedagogy & Program Administration
ENGL 259: Seminar in Composition Studies
ENGL 257: Seminar in the History of Rhetoric

Undergraduate

ENGL 190: Honors Colloquium
        Rhetorics of American Feminism(s)
ENGL 180: Individual Studies
        Chicanx Rhetorical Traditions
ENGL 157: Topics in Rhetorical Analysis 
ENGL 105: Seminar in Advanced Composition
ENGL 2: Critical Thinking & Writing
ENGL 1A: First-Year English
ENGL 1AFS: Stretch English
ESE 1004: Exploring College Writing [online]

Faculty Seminar

Writing Pedagogy & Community-Building Faculty Seminar, w/Amanda Smith, SJSU First-Year Writing Program & Office of Undergraduate Education, CSU Supported Pathways Program, 2023. 3-day professional development organized around the goals of closing equity gaps and reducing the DFW rate in first-year writing, as well as building community in the program.

“What We Talk About When We Talk About Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum.” 5-week seminar about writing pedagogy & best practices for teaching writing in the disciplines for SJSU’s Writing Across the Curriculum Program.

RHETORIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Summer Seminar: “Practicing the Civic Arts in Public: Academic Freedom & Public Scholarship.” Dir. w/ Jennifer Mercieca. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute, University of Cincinnati. (Jun. 2-5, 2025)

Summer Seminar: “Rhetoric in Dark Times.” Dir. with Patricia Roberts-Miller. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. Syracuse University. (May 24-28, 2021)

University of North Texas (2011-2015)

Graduate

ENGL 5900: Special Problems
        Composition & Writing Program Histories
ENGL 5550: Studies in Teaching Composition
ENGL 5310: Studies in Rhetorical Theory

Undergraduate

ENGL 4900: Special Problems
ENGL 4230: Special Topics in Rhetoric & Writing Studies
        Institutional Rhetorics
ENGL 4200: Modern Rhetorical Theory
ENGL 4160: Advanced Expository Writing
ENGL 3200: Rhetorical History & Historiography
ENGL 1311: Honors Composition I

National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan

Faculty Seminar: Writing for Publication (Jun. 9 – Jun. 20, 2014)

PRESENTATIONS

Conference Papers

“The Führer’s Rhetorical Finishing School.” International Society for the History of Rhetoric. University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. (Jul. 2025)

“Weimar’s Rhetorical Revival and Its Lessons for the Digital Age.” Rhetoric in Society #9 Conference, Rhetoric Society of Europe. Zagreb, Croatia. (Jun. 2025)

“Maybe ChatGPT Can Finally Drag Writing Instruction Kicking and Screaming into the 1970s.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Baltimore, MD. (Apr. 2025)

“Hiding in Plain Sight: The Rhetorical Force of Being Unbelievable.” Rhetoric Society of America. Denver, CO. (May 2024)

“Rhetoric Before and Beyond ‘Post-Truth’: An Interactive Roundtable.” Rhetoric Society of America. Denver, CO. (May 2024)

“Desiring More When You Already Have More.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Spokane, WA. (Apr. 2024)

“Only Language and Critics: Teaching Rhetoric and Public Address in the Age of Donald Trump.” National Communication Association Annual Conference. National Harbor, MD. (Nov. 2023)

“Hitler Wasn’t Magical, He Was Rhetorical.” Rhetoric in Society #8 Conference, Rhetoric Society of Europe. Tübingen, Germany. (Jun. 2023)

“Writing After the End of the World.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Chicago, IL. (Feb. 2023)

“The Nazis’ Paideia.” International Society for the History of Rhetoric. Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. (Aug. 2022)

“‘Freed From the Snares of This International Serpent’; Or, We May Be Nazis, but at Least We’re Not Bolsheviks.” Rhetoric Society of America. Baltimore, MD. (May 2022)

“Sleuthing Towards Bethlehem: Hitler’s Theory of Evidence, Learning, and Certainty.” Rhetoric Society of America. Baltimore, MD. (May 2022)

“Branding MAGA’s Leader Cult into Power.” National Communication Association Annual Conference. Seattle, WA. (Nov. 2021)

*“Octalog IV: Bad People Speaking Effectively in the History of Rhetoric.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Pre-recorded session with live Q&A. Spokane, WA. (Mar. 2021) *Conducted online due to COVID-19.

*“Collecting Our Racist Uncles: Seeking Our Worst Selves in the History of Rhetoric.” “Revisionist Histories of Composition” Modern Language Association, Toronto, Canada. (Jan. 2021) *Conducted online due to COVID-19.

*“‘It’s Just What Hitler Would Have Said, Isn’t It?’: Table Talks as Credible Posthumous Invitation,” Accepted for the Rhetoric Society of America. Portland, OR. (May 2020). *Conference cancelled because of COVID-19.

*“Faking the News: What Rhetoric Can Teach Us About Donald J. Trump,” Accepted for the Rhetoric Society of America. Portland, OR. (May 2020). *Conference cancelled because of COVID-19.

*“Octalog IV: Public Dispatches from the Ivory Tower.” Roundtable accepted for the Conference on College Composition & Communication. Milwaukee, WI. (Mar. 2020). *Conference cancelled because of COVID-19.

“The Rhetoric of Fascism: Devices for the Cult of Irrationality.” National Communication Association Annual Conference. Baltimore, MD. (Nov. 2019)

“Introducing Dissonance: Parrhēsia and the Art of Political Persuasion.” International Society for the History of Rhetoric Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. (Jul. 2019)

“‘I Didn’t Know How Else to Get It Right’: Lives on the Boundary as an Invitation to Public Intellectualism.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Pittsburgh, PA. (Mar. 2019)

“What Institutional Logics Teach Us about Institutional Rhetorics.” Rhetoric Society of America. Minneapolis, MN. (June 2018)

“How Did I Get Roped into This Shit? Stories from a jWPA.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Kansas City, MO. (Mar. 2018)

“The Perversal Reversal of Lying and Truth-Telling in the Trump Era.” Team Rhetoric Conference, “Rhetoric and the New Fascism,” College Station, TX. (Feb. 2018)

“Trump’s Stump: On the Risky Appeal(s) of Donald Trump’s Anti-Rhetoric.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Portland, OR. (Mar. 2017)

“What Are the Shared Exigencies for Contemporary Histories of Rhetoric?” Rhetoric Society of America. Atlanta, GA. (May 2016)

“Conceding Composition: How FYC Helped Reorient Higher Education in the GI Bill Era.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Houston, TX. (Apr. 2016)

“Accrediting English.” National Council of Teachers of English. Minneapolis, MN. (Nov. 2015)

“Teaching Teachers to Write for Publication in Islamabad, Pakistan.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Tampa, FL. (Mar. 2015)

“A Master Plan: A History of Higher Education & the Rhetorical Redefinition of Tenure.” Rhetoric Society of America. San Antonio, TX. (May 2014)

“Revisiting Historical Methodologies: Macro-, Micro-, & Genitive Histories.” Conference College Composition & Communication. Indianapolis, IN. (Mar. 2014)

“Accreditation & the Origins of Composition.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Las Vegas, NV. (Mar. 2013)

“Adams Sherman Hill, Accreditation, & the ‘Birth’ of First-Year Composition.” Rhetoric Society of America. Philadelphia, PA. (May 2012)

“The Normals: Normal Schools & Composition History.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. St. Louis, MO. (Mar. 2012)

“Contesting the WPA Professionalization Narrative: A Local History.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Atlanta, GA. (Apr. 2011)

“Reconsidering Professionalization Programs for Grad Student Administrators.” Council of Writing Program Administrators Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. (Jul. 2010)

“Building the CWPA Mentoring Project Blog” with Michael Day, Cristyn Elder, Michele Eodice, Joe Janangelo, Duane Roen, Megan Schoen, & Sheldon Walcher. Council of Writing Program Administrators Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. (Jul. 2010)

“YouTube’s Vault: Rhetorical Invention in the Video Archive.” Rhetoric Society of America. Minneapolis, MN. (May 2010)

“An Uncomfortable Encounter: Postmodern Reading Meets History in the Archives.” Research Network. Rhetoric Society of America. Minneapolis, MN. (May 2010)

“Material Archives & the ‘New’ Historiography.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Louisville, KY. (Mar. 2010)

“The Logic of Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Pathos.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. San Francisco, CA. (Mar. 2009)

“Effective Peer Reviews: The Importance of Creating Dialogue.” 2009 ASU Composition Conference. Tempe, AZ. (Feb. 2009)

“Complicating Genres in First-Year Composition: A Reality Check.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. New Orleans, LA. (Apr. 2008)

“Getting Past ‘It’s Good’: Making Peer Reviews Useful & Effective.” 2008 ASU Composition Conference. Tempe, AZ. (Mar. 2008)

“Where Are We Going, Where Have We Been: Notes on the History of the Freshman Theme.” Research Network Forum. Conference on College Composition & Communication. New York City, NY. (Mar. 2007)

“Do as I Say: Controlling the Language of Power in Freshman Classrooms.” Research Network Forum. Conference on College Composition & Communication. Chicago, IL. (Mar. 2006)

“Reading the Sorrow of Love in Bao Ninh’s The Sorrow of War.” Vietnam War Literature & Film International Conference. Honolulu, HI. (Nov. 2005)

“The Perfect Theory Bound Paper: A Story.” English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities Conference, Writing as/and Struggle. Erie, PA. (Oct. 2005)

Keynote Addresses & Invited Talks

“Pedagogy, Politics, and the New Peril: Teaching and Learning in Precarious Times.” George Washington University, Zoom. (May 9, 2025)

“Introduction to Rhetoric, and Its Connections to Critical Discourse Analysis.” National University of Modern Languages-Islamabad, Zoom (Apr. 7, 2025)

“Antisemitism and Anti-Democracy” breakout session. Campus Climate Initiative, Hillel International, UCLA (Mar. 24, 2025)

“Showcasing Students’ Digital Writing-in-Process,” w/ Amanda Smith. SJSU Adobe Digital Literacy Day, San José State University, Zoom. (Mar. 6, 2025)

“Teaching in the Second Era of Trump.” George Mason University, Zoom. (Feb. 14, 2025)

“Rhetoric, Hitler, and Weimar Politics Come to the Cabaret.” Theatre Arts Program, Department of Film, Theatre, & Dance, San José State University. (Sept. 19, 2024)

“Misinformation, Disinformation, and Community Discourse.” Faculty Training Week, Eagle Hill School, Hardwick, MA. (Sept. 9, 2024)

“Words Matter: Democracy’s Rhetorical Failure(s).” League of Women Voters of San Jose/Santa Clara, “Lunch with League” program, Zoom. (Mar. 16, 2023)

“Repair the Broken World with This One Weird Trick.” 2022-23 “Write to Repair” Syracuse Symposium, w/ Collin Brooke and Jennifer Mercieca. Dept. of Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition; Composition and Cultural Rhetoric; and the Engaged Humanities Network, Syracuse University. (Oct. 2022)

“Writing for Public Media,” w/ Jennifer Mercieca. 2022-23 Syracuse Symposium, Dept. of Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition and the Engaged Humanities Network, Syracuse University. (Oct. 2022)

“Rhetoric, Demagoguery, and Democracy.” Rotary Club of San Jose, San Jose, CA. (Apr. 2022)

“Rhetoric, Writing, Fake News, & Fascism.” Composition Conversations, Weber State University, Ogden, UT, via Zoom. (Feb. 2022)

“Teaching Writing in the (New) Era of Fake News.” Teaching Democracy, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay, MA, via Zoom. (Jan. 2022) (event description)

“Two Truths and a Big Lie: The ‘Honest’ Mendacity of Fascist Rhetoric,” University Scholar Series lecture, San José State University, CA. (Sept. 2021) (event description)

“If This Wall Could Talk: The Rhetoric of Berlin’s Wall,” German International School of Silicon Valley, Mountain View, CA. (Nov. 2019)

“Teaching Writing in the New Age of Fake News.” Composition Program Orientation, California State University, Northridge. (Jan. 2019)

“Well, That Was a Thing: A Postmortem on the 2018 Mid-Term Election Rhetoric.” Creative Writing Week, San Jose State University. (Nov. 2018)

“Donald Trump’s (Rhetorical) Gender Gap.” Women’s Research and Resource Center, California State University, Northridge. (Oct. 2018)

“What is Demagoguery, and What Role Does it Play in a Democracy?” Salon San Jose, hosted by Kathryn Exon Smith. San Jose, CA. (Aug. 2018)

“An Introduction to Rhetoric & Composition Pedagogy.” National University of Modern Languages-Lahore, via Skype. (May 2018)

“‘Remediation’ in the United States: A Brief History.” SJSU Academic Senate Retreat, San José State University. San José, CA. (Feb. 2016)

“Off the Bleeding Edge: A Case for Researching & Writing (about) ‘Boring’ Stuff.” Center for Writing Visiting Speaker Series. Texas A&M-Commerce. (Apr. 2015)

“Of Funding, Federalism, & First-Year Composition: Writing Instruction in American Universities’ ‘Golden Age.’” UNT Postwar Faculty Colloquium. UNT. (Apr. 2015)

“Recentering NUML-Islamabad’s Writing Resource Center.” U.S. Department of State University Partnerships Best Practices Workshop. UNT. (Nov. 2014)

“Why College Writing Matters.” UNT Writing Program. UNT. (Aug. 2014)

“Who Cares if Rhetoricians Landed on the Moon?” Martha Gano Houstoun Distinguished Visiting Professor in Literary Criticism. University of Houston. (Feb. 2013)

Invited Panelist

“Impact of GenAI on Writing Programs,” AI Workforce Acceleration Board, CSU System, , San José State University. (May 12, 2025)

“Teach AI to Support Writing Instruction,” AI Research Cluster, San José State University. (Mar. 26, 2025)

“Antisemitism and Anti-Democracy” panel, Campus Climate Initiative, Hillel International, UCLA (Mar. 24, 2025)

“On Cabaret and Racial Bias,” School of Music and Theater Arts Program, San José State University (Nov. 15, 2024)

“Writing, Assessment, and AI,” Writing Task Force, Lucas College of Business, San José State University (Nov. 4, 2024)

“RSA Remote: Rhetoricians Engaging the Public,” w/ Jennifer Mercieca and Matthew Pavesich. Rhetoric Society of America. (Oct. 4, 2024)

“AI in the Humanities and Social Sciences,” AI Research Cluster, San José State University. (Mar. 15, 2024)

“College Writing—What It Is and Isn’t.” San Jose Area Writing Project, San José State University. (Apr. 1, 2023)

“The Erosion of Democracy and the Rise of Authoritarianism” PechaKucha. HonsX: Ideate for Change Hack-a-thon. Honors X Program. San José State University. (Mar. 16, 2023).

Panelist, “General Education Town Hall: A Campus Conversation.” General Education Program. San José State University. (Mar. 2023)

“Grad School 101 Series: How to Prepare a Personal Statement.” College of Graduate Studies. San José State University. (Nov. 2021)

Mock Review Panelist, “National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Opportunities and Resources,” with NEH Senior Program Officer, Dr. Beauty Bragg. San José State University. (Oct. 2021)

“What To Do Before Sparta Camp and Why It Matters.” Admitted Spartans Day Webinar. San José State University. (Apr. 2021)

“Critical Media Literacy in English Language Arts: A Report from the NCTE Task Force.” National Council of Teachers of English, online. (Mar. 2021)

“Trump’s Rhetoric.” Synapse Synopsis #55, via Zoom. (May 2020)

“Networking Begins Now!” College of Graduate Studies. San José State University. (Mar. 2020)

“Launching and Sustaining a RSCA Agenda.” UNIV 101: New Faculty Orientation Program. San José State University. (Sept. 2019)

“Launching and Sustaining a RSCA Agenda.” UNIV 101: New Faculty Orientation Program. San José State University. (Aug. 2018)

“RSA Preconference Workshop on Leadership Alumni Panel.” Rhetoric Society of America. Dir. Victoria Gallagher & David Kaufer. Minneapolis, MN. (May 2018)

“2nd Year Experience Panel.” UNIV 101: New Faculty Orientation Program. San José State University. (Apr. 2018)

“Wherefore Art Thou, Rhetoric?” “Rhetoric’s Histories, Theories, Pedagogies” Special Interest Group. Conference on College Composition & Communication. Kansas City, MO. (Mar. 2018)

Respondent, “Interrogating History in the Interspaces: Rhetoric, Composition, & Metadata Tools.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Portland, OR. (Mar. 2017)

Respondent, “Cultivating a Public Voice: Entering Public Discourse as Public Intellectuals, Experts, Activists, & Digital Citizens.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Portland, OR. (Mar. 2017)

“Why Studying Writing Matters.” International Conference on Social Sciences & Humanities. National University of Modern Languages-Islamabad, via video. (Oct. 2015)

“A Discussion on ‘Getting Published as a Graduate Student: From Conference Paper to Publication.’” Rhetoric Society of America. Philadelphia, PA. (May 2012)

“Juggling Roles: Blending Parenthood & Graduate Studies.” ASU Graduate College. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ. (Apr. 2010)

Workshop Speaker/Facilitator

Co-facilitator w/ Colton Saylor and Amanda Smith, “Direct Teaching Observation Training,” Department of English & First-Year Writing Program, San José State University. (Apr. 18, 2025)

“College Writing Workshop,” for “Empowering Students to Succeed in Engineering and Computer Science,” NSF S-STEM summer seminar for rising seniors, San José State University (June 13, 2024)

“What’s Signal? What’s Noise? Misinformation, Disinformation, and the Teaching of Writing,” Stokely Conference, Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville, Knoxville, TN (all-day workshop, Jun. 5, 2024)

Co-facilitator w/ Amanda Smith, “Direct Teaching Observation Training,” Department of English & First-Year Writing Program, San José State University. (Mar. 15, 2024)

Table Leader, “Town Hall // ChatGPT: It’s the End of Teaching as We Know It.” College of Humanities & the Arts, Center for Faculty Development, eCampus, Writing Across the Curriculum, and the Office of the Provost, San José State University. (Feb. 21, 2023)

Module Facilitator. “Responding to CFPs, Submitting Your Work, and Working with Editors and Reviewers.” Write@SJSU. Writing Across the Curriculum Program, San José State University. (Jul. 2020).

Speaker. “Academic Assignment, or Teaching+.” RTP@SJSU Jump Start. Center for Faculty Development, San José State University. (Jul. 2020).

Facilitator. RSCA Reassign Time Information Session. College of Humanities & the Arts. San José State University. (Mar. 2020) *Conducted via Zoom due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Facilitator. RSCA Reassign Time Information Session. College of Humanities & the Arts. San José State University. (Mar. 2019)

Facilitator. “Radical Archival Work: Expanding, Creating, and Linking Archives.” CCCC pre-convention workshop. Kansas City, MO. (Mar. 2018)

Speaker/Facilitator. “Teaching with Portfolios.” SJSU First-Year Writing Program. San José State University. (May 17, 2017)

Speaker. “Opening the Archives: Considering Questions of Access, Space, & Connection(s).” CCCC pre-convention workshop. Indianapolis, IN. (Mar. 2014)

Speaker. “The Private & Public Work of Archival Research: Considering Physical & Digital Archival Spaces.” CCCC pre-convention workshop. Las Vegas, NV. (Mar. 2013)

Speaker. “Negotiating Archival Spaces: Exploring Existing Archives & Building New Ones.” CCCC pre-convention workshop. Atlanta, GA. (Apr. 2011)

Speaker. “Charting Historical Waters: Articulating Strategies for Archival Research.” CCCC pre-convention workshop. San Francisco, CA. (Mar. 2009)

 Interviews

“Dr. Ryan Skinnell.” Jewish Studies Program, San José State University, Fall 2024.

“The Accidental Geographer – Season 4, Episode 1: Ryan Skinnell.” Interview w/ Vincent Del Casino for The Accidental Geographer podcast/videocast, 2023.

“Episode 118: Rhetoric and Guns.” Interview w/ Charles Woods, Rosa Eberly, Nate Kreuter, Trish Roberts-Miller, Brad Serber, & Lydia Wilkes for The Big Rhetorical podcast. 2022.

“Meet Ryan Skinnell of San Jose.” VoyageLA, 27 Oct. 2021.

“Creativity is Developed in Community, by Understanding and Engaging with the World: An Interview with Professor Ryan Skinnell.” CarbonRadio & ILLUMINATION, 8 Oct. 2021.

*Young Rhetoricians’ Conference, “Rhetorician of the Year.” Interview w/ Amber Sylva, Monterey, CA. 18 Jun. 2021. *Conducted online due to COVID-19.

“Episode 44: The Big Political Special with Drs. Jennifer Mercieca, Donnie Johnson Sackey, & Ryan Skinnell.” The Big Rhetorical podcast. Aug. 2020.

“Ryan Skinnell on Trump, Demagoguery, and Frank Speech.” Interview with Yasemin Elrabaa and Brett Glasscock for UT Austin’s The Parlor, DRW/DWRL podcast. Summer 2020.

“Episode 18: Ryan on Fascism Research, Truth, and Rhetoric.” Interview with Bryan Hoffer for the Pass Your Passion podcast, Summer 2020.

“Episode 12: Dr. Ryan Skinnell.” Interview with Charles Woods for The Big Rhetorical podcast. Fall 2019.

“A Tale of Two Demagogues: An Interview with Ryan Skinnell and Jennifer Mercieca.” Interview with Cassie Wright & Christopher Kamrath for Stanford’s Rhetorically Speaking podcast. Spring 2019.

“Trumped-Up Rhetoric: An Interview with Ryan Skinnell.” Interview with Eric Detweiler for Rhetoricity podcast. Jan. 28, 2019.

Alumni Spotlight: Ryan Skinnell. Department of English. California State University, Northridge. Fall 2018.

“Spotlight on Alumni: Ryan Skinnell.” Interview with Sarah Snyder for Writing Notes. ASU Writing Programs. Arizona State University. Spring 2018.

“Episode 4: Conceding Composition with Ryan Skinnell.” Interview with Joel Heng Hartse for the Language U podcast. Centre for English Language Learning, Teaching, & Research, Simon Fraser University. Feb. 24, 2017.

“Three Questions with Ryan Skinnell, Assistant Professor at San José State University.” Unique Collections at UNT Libraries. University Libraries, University of North Texas. Nov. 19, 2015. Web.

“An Interview with Dr. Ryan Skinnell, by Khadija Maleeha, Urooj Sheeza, & Zirwa Gulzar.” Rawal Chronicle, 2013-2014. Government Post Graduate College for Women, Satellite Town, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. (Jun. 20, 2014): 12-8.

Symposium/Colloquium/Workshop Organizer

Invited/guest classroom lectures: Arizona State University, California State University-Northridge, Illinois State University, Rowan University, San José State University, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Texas Tech University, University of California-Berkeley, University of Houston, University of North Florida, University of North Texas, University of San Francisco, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, University of Utah

Symposium/Colloquium/Workshop Organizer

Special Guest Workshop, “Basic Design Principles,” co-organized with Amanda Smith and Ume Ali, San José State University. Feb. 28, 2025 (Speaker: John Delacruz)

Special Guest Workshop, “Dynamic Activities for First-Year Composition,” co-organized with Amanda Smith, Supported Pathways, San José State University. Feb. 6, 2024 (Speakers: Michal Reznizki and David Coad)

Special Guest Lecture, “Advanced Literacies in the Writing Classroom: Leveraging the Communication Assets of Language Minoritized Students.” Supported Pathways, San José State University. Aug. 14, 2023 (Speaker: Kerry Enright)

Organizer, Special Guest Lecture, “Articulating and Amending a Statement of Teaching Values to Help Our Students (and Ourselves) Thrive.” San José State University. Apr. 19, 2023 (Speaker: Marcos Pizarro)

Organizer, Special Guest Lecture, “Telling Stories & Testimonio to Build Community.” MOSAIC: Cross-Cultural Center, San José State University. Mar. 2, 2023 (Speaker: Cruz Medina)

Co-organizer (w/ Mary Currin-Percival), Voting Rights Tabling Event, Write to Vote Project and SJSU Votes, San José State University. Nov. 2, 2022

*Facilitator, Annual SJSU-Community College Writing Workshop. San José State University. May 1, 2020 (Workshop leader: Nelson Graff). *Conducted online due to COVID-19.

Facilitator, Annual SJSU-Community College Writing Workshop. San José State University. May 3, 2019 (Workshop leader: Christie Toth)

Co-organizer (w/ Linda Mitchell), Special Guest Lecture, “Black Religion Matters: Birmingham Mass Meeting Oratory and the Legacy of African American Prophetic Critique.” San José State University. Feb. 14, 2019 (Speaker: David G. Holmes)

Coordinator, “Writing for the Public,” Center for Faculty Development, Writing Across the Curriculum, and Writing Center faculty workshop, San José State University. Feb. 5, 2019 (Speakers: Catherine Baxter, Thomas Moriarty)

Facilitator, Annual SJSU-Community College Writing Workshop. San José State University. May 11, 2018 (Workshop leader: Todd Ruecker)

Facilitator, Annual SJSU-Community College Writing Workshop. San José State University. May 5, 2017 (Workshop leader: Adam J. Banks)

Organizer, English & Comparative Literature Special Guest Lecture, “Assembling Indigenous Archives: Indian Removal, Unruly Writing, & the Place of Cherokee Histories.” San José State University. Feb. 16, 2017 (Speaker: Kelly Wisecup)

Coordinator, Writing Program Professional Development Series. San José State University, 2016. (Workshop leaders: Jackie Rhodes [CSUSB], Stefan Frazier, Sarah Prasad, Mark Dowdy, Faith Kirk, Allison St. Dennis, Dawn Opel [Michigan State])

Co-chair (w/ Gabriel Cervantes, Kevin Curran, Dahlia Porter, & Kelly Wisecup) “Bureaucracy & the Organization of Knowledge: A Symposium.” University of North Texas. April 2-3, 2015

Co-organizer (w/ Kelly Wisecup) American Studies Colloquium pedagogy workshop. University of North Texas. November 6, 2014 (Workshop leader: Malea Powell)

Co-chair (w/ Matthew Heard) “Federation Rhetoric Symposium.” University of North Texas. October 24, 2013 (Keynote: Victor J. Vitanza)

Seminars/Institutes/Workshops Attended (competitive)

“Adobe Academic Innovation Summit,” Adobe Systems, University of San Antonio (April 16-17, 2025)

“Higher Education Partnership Convening,” Braven Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (Feb. 10-11, 2025). [incl. meetings with Capitol Hill staffers for Sen. Adam Schiff and Rep. Sam Liccardo]

Adobe Design Thinking Challenge, Adobe World Headquarters, San Jose, CA. (Feb. 4-6, 2025)

RSA Career Retreat for Associate Professors, Lynée Gaillet and Letizia Guglielmo, Rhetoric Society of America (Summer 2024-Spring 2026)

“Inclusive Teaching for Equitable Learning,” Microcredential Certificate Program, Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) and San José State University. (Spring 2023)

“Digital Counter-Storytelling,” SJSU Faculty Learning Community, directed by Jonathan Gomez, Adobe and San José State University. (Spring 2023)

The Op-Ed Project Public Voices Fellowship. San José State University. (2020-2021)

International Faculty Partnership Seminar, “Media, Democracy, and the Representation of Individual Realities.” California State University’s Academic Council on International Programs (ACIP), Paris, France. (Jun. 16-22, 2019)

“The Public Humanities.” RSA Summer Institute Workshop. Dir. by Dave Tell and Trevor Parry-Giles. University of Maryland. (Jun. 2019)

“Rhetorical Archives/Archival Rhetorics.” RSA Summer Institute Workshop. Dir. by Jenell Johnson & Christa Olson. University of Indiana, Bloomington. (May 2017)

Deans’ Leadership Academy. Dir. by Lisa Vollendorf & Walt Jacobs. San José State University. (2016-2017)

“RSA Pre-Conference Workshop in Leadership in the Academy & Profession.” Rhetoric Society of America. Dir. Victoria Gallagher & David Kaufer. Atlanta, GA. (May 2016)

“Rhetoric & Networks.” RSA Summer Institute Workshop. Dir. by Collin G. Brooke. University of Wisconsin, Madison. (Jun. 2015)

“Historiography & the Archives: Taking the Next Steps.” RSA Summer Institute Seminar. Dir. by Susan C. Jarratt, Susan Romano, David Gold, & Davis W. Houck. University of Kansas. (Jun. 2013)

“Rhetoric Memory Archive Museum.” RSA Summer Institute Workshop. Dir. by Michael Bernard-Donals. University of Kansas. (Jun. 2013)

“Performance & the Rhetorical Tradition.” RSA Summer Institute Workshop. Dir. by Jenn Fishman & Jeremy Wear. Penn State University. (Jun. 2009)

“Revealing & Preserving Our Local Histories: Archiving as a Tool for Access.” CCCC pre-convention workshop. New Orleans, LA. (Apr. 2008)

Professional Development Seminars / Workshops Attended (non-competitive)

“Empowering Students to Visually Communicate with Impact,” Adobe Digital Literacy Café Webinar Series, Adobe Education (Apr. 30, 2024)

“Generative AI Essential Skills and Student Learning Outcomes,” Adobe Digital Literacy Café Webinar Series, Adobe Education (Feb. 27, 2024)

“Amplify Your Persuasive Impact!” Executive Education, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University online (Spring 2024)

“Social Annotation in the Age of AI,” cohort 3, Hypothesis Academy, Hypothes.is (Oct. 17-31, 2023).

Mental Heath First Aid, National Council for Behavioral Health, California State University, Sept. 2023

“So a Choose Your Own Adventure Walks into a Class…,” Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop. Dir. by Anne F. Walker. San José State University. (Mar. 21, 2023)

“SJSU Chairs & Directors Institute, Equity & Inclusion,” Adobe and San José State University. Adobe Worldwide Campus, San Jose, CA. (Jan. 20, 2023).

“SJSU Purposeful Pivoting Course.” eCampus & the Center for Faculty Development, San José State University. (Winter 2022)

“SJSU Resilient Course Design Institute.” eCampus and the Center for Faculty Development, San José State University. (Summer 2021)

“SJSU Teach Online Summer Certificate Program.” eCampus and the Center for Faculty Development, San José State University. (Summer 2020)

“Preparing to Teach Online.” eCampus Seminar. Dir. By Bethany Winslow. San José State University. (Spring 2020)

“Peer Learning with Eli Review.” Center for Equity and Excellence in Teaching and Learning, San Francisco State University. (Spring 2020)

“Working with Embedded Tutors.” Writing Across the Curriculum Seminar. Dir. by Michelle Hager and Tom Moriarty. San José State University. (Sept. 10-Oct. 1, 2019)

“Do the Flip!” First in the World Grant, Flipped Instruction Workshop. Dir. by Victoria Bhavasar, Silvia Heubach, and Ravisha Mathur. San José State University. (May 31, 2019)

“Accelerating Ideas – Level II Seminar.” The Op-Ed Project. San Francisco. (Nov. 18, 2018)

“Write To Change The World – Advanced Core Seminar.” The Op-Ed Project. San Francisco. (Oct. 13-14, 2018)

“Onboarding Seminar For New (and New-ish) 100W/100WB Instructors.” Writing Across the Curriculum Seminar. Dir. by Tom Moriarty. San José State University. (Sept. 18-Oct. 30, 2018)

San Jose Area Writing Project (SJAWP) Intensive Summer Institute-Advanced. “180 Days of Reading and Writing.” Dir. by Jonathan Lovell. San José State University. (Jun. 25-29, 2018)

Peer Learning Professional Development Workshop. Dir. by Melissa Graham Meeks. Eli Review. (Dec. 11-16, 2017)

Whiteness & Race Faculty Professional Development Series. Dir. by Susan Murray. San José State University. (Fall 2017)

San Jose Area Writing Project (SJAWP) Intensive Summer Institute-Advanced. “Multigenre Writing.” Dir. by Jonathan Lovell. San José State University. (Jul. 9-14, 2017)

Academic Affairs Leadership Discovery Group. San José State University. (2016-2017)

“Assessment 101 @ SJSU.” San José State University. (Oct. 2016)

“Applying the Quality Matters Rubric.” QM Workshop. San José, CA. (Jan. 2016)

“Assessment 101: The Assessment Cycle, Clear & Simple.” WASC Senior College & University Commission. Oakland, CA. (Oct. 2015)

“University 101: New Faculty Development Seminar.” San José State University. (Fall 2015)

“Making Connections/Building Alliances: Working with Media to Support Our Writing Programs.” Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference Institute. Philadelphia, PA. (Jul. 2010)

“Writing Teachers Writing.” CCCC pre-convention workshop. Louisville, KY. (Mar. 2010)

SERVICE (selected)

Professional

Founding Member and Web Designer, Write to Vote Project
Elected Member, Rhetoric Society of America Board of Directors
Member, Rhetoric Society of America Dissertation Award Selection Committee
Senior Scholar Mentor, Research Network at the Rhetoric Society of America
Mentor, Graduate Research Network (GRN) at Computers & Writing, Davis, CA
Judge, Kneupper Best Essay Award Committee, Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Member, NCTE Critical Media Literacy Taskforce
Elected Member, CCCC Executive Committee
Publications Committee, Council of Writing Program Administrators
Assistant Curator, NCTE Gallery, National Gallery of Writing
Founding Member, CWPA Graduate Committee (WPA-GC)
Founding Member, CWPA Graduate Organization (WPA-GO)
CompPile Indexer, JAC: A Journal of Rhetoric, Culture, & Politic

Editorial

Editorial Board Member, Enculturation
Editorial Board Member, Literacy in Composition Studies (LiCS)
Editorial Board Member, NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry
Editorial Board Member, Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Editorial Board Member, WAC Clearinghouse, Practices and Possibilities series
Editorial Board Member, Xchanges

Refereeing

Book Manuscript Reviewer, Flip Learning
Book Manuscript Reviewer, Fountainhead Press
Book/Longform Essay Reviewer, Intermezzo
Book Manuscript Reviewer, Parlor Press
Book Manuscript Reviewer, Pearson Education
Book Manuscript Reviewer, University of Alabama Press
Book Manuscript Reviewer, University of Pittsburgh Press
Book Manuscript Reviewer, Utah State University Press
Book Proposal Reviewer, NCTE
Book Proposal Reviewer, Penn State University Press
Book Proposal Reviewer, Peter Lang
Book Proposal Reviewer, Routledge
External Thesis Reviewer, Air University-Islamabad, Pakistan
External Thesis Reviewer, Foundation University-Islamabad, Pakistan
External Thesis Reviewer, NUML-Islamabad, Pakistan
External Thesis Reviewer, Punjab University-Lahore, Pakistan
External Thesis Reviewer, Qurtuba University of Science & IT-Peshawar, Pakistan
Grants Reviewer, CCCC Research Initiative Grants Committee
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Balochistan Journal of Linguistics
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, College Composition & Communication
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, College English
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Composition Studies
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Enculturation
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Hayatian Journal of Linguistics and Literature
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Heliyon Multidisciplinary Science Journal
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry (JCI)
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, NUML Journal of Research in Social Sciences
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Research and Reflections in Education
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Response to Writing
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Pakistan Journal of Languages & Translation Studies
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Pedagogy
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Peitho
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Present Tense
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Quarterly Journal of Speech
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Research Journal of Language and Literature
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Rhetoric, Politics, & Culture
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Rhetorica
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Spark: A 4C4Equality Journal
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Western Journal of Communication
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, WPA: Writing Program Administration
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Xchanges
Media Reviewer, Independent Critical Thinking & Writing Co.
Promotion & Tenure Reviewer, Arizona State University
Promotion & Tenure Reviewer, Colgate University
Promotion & Tenure Reviewer, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Proposal Reviewer, American Society for the History of Rhetoric Symposium
Proposal Reviewer (Stage 1 & 2), Conf. on College Composition & Communication
Proposal Reviewer, Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference
Proposal Reviewer, Feminisms & Rhetorics
Proposal Reviewer, National Council of Teachers of English
Proposal Reviewer, Rhetoric Society of America

Conference

Co-Chair (w/ Jennifer Johnson, Valé Magaña, Casey Modiri, & Katalina Beltran), 2nd Annual Education for Liberation Conference
Co-Chair (with Cindy Baer), CCCC@SJSU, CCCC Regional Summer Conference
Member, Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference Planning Committee
Volunteer, Newcomers Welcome Booth, CCCC
Member, “For Good or Ill: Using AI in and for SJSU Writing-Intensive Courses” Mini-Symposium Planning Committee, Department of Linguistics & Language Development, SJSU
Symposium on Second Language Writing, Symposium Assistant

statewide

Member, Special Committee on English Composition, California Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC), Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates, UC-CSU-CCC

University

Member, University Writing Committee, SJSU
Senator, College of Humanities and the Arts, Academic Senate, SJSU
Member, Student University Library Board Academic Senate Committee, SJSU
Judge, Grad Slam, College of Graduate Studies, SJSU
Chair, GE Review Panel, Area A2, General Education Advisory Committee, SJSU
External Grader, Business Writing Program Assessment, Lucas College of Business, SJSU
Member, Organization and Governance Committee, Academic Senate, SJSU
Member, Provost & Sr. VP for Academic Affairs Search Committee, SJSU
Member, Strategic Planning Taskforce, SJSU
Member, Directed Self-Placement Committee, SJSU
Member, Writing Requirements Committee, SJSU
Member, Written Communication Core Competency Assessment Group, SJSU
Member, University Writing Committee, UNT

College

Member, Mentoring Advisory Group, SJSU
Chair & Member, Research Committee, SJSU
Member, Ricco Ethics Award Committee, UNT

Department

Member, Composition Committee, SJSU
Member, Curriculum Committee, SJSU
Chair & Member, Retention, Tenure, & Promotion Committee, SJSU
Member, Graduate Committee, SJSU
Member, Policy Committee, SJSU
Department Publications Coordinator, SJSU
Member, English Dept. Chair Review Committee, SJSU
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, UNT
Member, Rhetoric Committee, Federation of North Texas Area Universities, UNT
Member, Rhetoric & Composition Committee, ASU
Chair, Writing Programs Newsletter Committee, ASU
Member, Writing Programs Committee, ASU
Member, Graduate Committee, ASU
Member, Writing Programs Self-Study Task Force, ASU
Vice President, Rhetoric Society of America, ASU Chapter

HONORS & AWARDS

Finalist, 2023 Excellence in Higher Education Awards: Fostering Inclusivity, Pearson Education, 2024

“2021 Rhetorician of the Year,” Young Rhetoricians’ Conference, 2021

University Nominee, Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program (Junior Scholar), San José State University, 2021

University Nominee, Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program (Junior Scholar), San José State University, 2020

Collaborative Project Award, Education for Liberation Conference, SJSU Service Learning & Community Engagement Awards, 2018

Theresa J. Enos Anniversary Award for the best essay published in Rhetoric Review, 2015

Commendation for Pedagogical Use of Special Collections, “Bureaucracy: A Love Story,” Friends of the UNT Libraries Board, 2015

Recognized Teacher, UNT’s “Thank a Teacher” Program, 2012, 2014

Phi Kappa Phi, 2009

ASU Devils’ Advocates Apple Polisher Award for Teaching Excellence (ASU), 2008

Mitchell Marcus Prize for Distinguished Graduate Student in English (CSUN), 2006

Nominee, President’s Associates Outstanding Graduate Student Award (CSUN), 2006

Sigma Tau Delta, 2005