EDUCATION | ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS | PUBLICATIONS | EDITORIAL POSITIONS | 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
Associate Professor of Rhetoric & Composition, Department of English and Comparative Literature, San José State University (2020-present)
Interim Writing Program Administrator, First-Year Writing Program, San José State University (Fall 2022)
Assistant Writing Program Administrator, First-Year Writing Program, San José State University (2015-present)
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric & Composition, 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)
Core Faculty, UNT-NUML Partnership to Enhance English, Linguistics, Literature, and Teaching, University of North Texas (2012-2015)
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Rhetoric and Guns. Edited by Lydia Wilkes, Nate Kreuter, and Ryan Skinnell (Utah State University Press, 2022)
- Reviews: Technical Communication Quarterly
Reinventing (with) Theory in Rhetoric and Writing Studies: Essays in Honor of Sharon Crowley. Edited by Andrea Alden, Kendall Gerdes, Judy Holiday, and Ryan Skinnell (Utah State University Press, 2019)
- Reviews: Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie
Faking the News: What Rhetoric Can Teach Us About Donald J. Trump. Edited by Ryan Skinnell (Societas Books, 2018)
- Reviews: H-Rhetor, Kritikon Litterarum, Rhetoric Review, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Southern Communication Journal
Bureaucracy: A Love Story. Edited by Gabriel Cervantes, Dahlia Porter, Ryan Skinnell, and Kelly Wisecup (Aquiline Books, 2018)
Conceding Composition: A Crooked History of Composition’s Institutional Fortunes (Utah State University Press, 2016)
- Reviews: Across the Disciplines, Enculturation, Rhetoric Review, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, The Peer Review
What We Wish We’d Known: Negotiating Graduate School. Edited by Ryan Skinnell, Judy Holiday, and 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
“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 and 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 and Accreditation in Rhetoric and Composition’s History.” Rhetoric Review 33.2 (2014): 95-112.
“Strengthening Graduate Student Preparation for WPA Work.” Co-authored with Cristyn L. Elder and 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 and 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’ and the Paradox of Social Reform Rhetoric.” Rhetoric Review 29.2 (2010): 129-44.
“Circuitry in Motion: Rhetoric(al) Moves in YouTube’s Archive.” Video and Participatory Culture. Spec. issue of Enculturation 8 (2010).
BOOK CHAPTERS
“Teaching Teaching as a Process: San Jose State University’s TA Program and 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, and 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. (University of Alabama Press) [in production, forthcoming 2022]
“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, and 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 and 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 and Peter Goggin. Logan, UT: Utah State UP (2018): 117-28.
“What Are We Doing and 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, and 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, and 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, 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
“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 and 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, and 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, and 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, and Citizenship in the Heart of Virginia.” Literacy in Composition Studies 7.2 (2019).
“Review of Patricia Roberts-Miller’s Demagoguery and 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 and Henrietta Rix Wood’s In the Archives of Composition: Writing and 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 and Writing: Chaste Rape.” Enculturation 21 (2016).
“Review of Brent Henze, Jack Selzer, and 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 and Communication. Kairos 15.1 (2010).
“Empty Rhetoric and Academic Bullshit: Strategies for Composition’s Self-Representation in National Arenas.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Kairos 14.1 (2009).
“Think-Tank for Newcomers Developing Papers and Sessions for CCCC 2009.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Kairos 13.1 (2008).
“Charles Bazerman Dancing.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Kairos. 13.1 (2008).
“Who Represents English Studies? Whom Does English Studies Represent?” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Kairos 11.3 (2007).
“Selling Ideas or Selling Out?: Negotiating Identities in the Writing of Composition Textbooks.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Kairos 11.3 (2007).
EXHIBITS CURATED
“Bureaucracy: A Love Story.” Guest Curator with Gabriel Cervantes, Dahlia Porter, and 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 and Theories of L2 Writing
Kenneth Burke’s Rhetorical Theory
Postmodern Rhetorics of Race & Ethnicity
Rhetorical Traditions of the Near and Middle East
Rhetoric, Narrative, and New Media
Rhetorical Theory
Rhetorics of Race, Gender, & Sexuality
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 and Writing
ENGL 1A: First-Year English
ENGL 1AFS: Stretch English
ESE 1004: Exploring College Writing [online]
Faculty Seminar
“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 (2021)
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 (2014)
Faculty Seminar: Writing for Publication (June 9 – June 20, 2014)
PRESENTATIONS
Conference Papers
“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
“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
“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
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
“Episode 118: Rhetoric and Guns.” Interview w/ Charles Woods, Rosa Eberly, Nate Kreuter, Trish Roberts-Miller, Brad Serber, and 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
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)
“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)
“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, Spring 2022-present
Senior Scholar Mentor, Research Network at the Rhetoric Society of America, 2022
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, NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry
Editorial Board Member, Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Editorial Board Member, Xchanges
Refereeing
Book Manuscript Reviewer, Flip Learning
Book Manuscript Reviewer, Fountainhead Press
Book Manuscript Reviewer, Pearson Education
Book Manuscript Reviewer, University of Pittsburgh Press
Book Manuscript Reviewer, Utah State University Press
Book Proposal Reviewer, Routledge
External Thesis Reviewer, Air University-Islamabad, Pakistan
External Thesis Reviewer, Foundation University-Islamabad, Pakistan
External Thesis Reviewer, Government College University-Faisalabad, 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, 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, Present Tense
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Research Journal of Language and Literature
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Rhetorica
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Spark: A 4C4Equality Journal
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, WPA: Writing Program Administration
Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Xchanges
Longform Essay Reviewer, Intermezzo
Media Reviewer, Independent Critical Thinking & Writing Co.
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
Proposal Reviewer, Routledge
Conference
Co-Chair (with Jennifer Johnson), 2nd Annual Education for Liberation
Co-Chair (with Cindy Baer), CCCC@SJSU, CCCC Regional Summer Conference
Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference Planning Committee
Newcomers Welcome Booth Volunteer, CCCC
Symposium on Second Language Writing, Symposium Assistant
University
Member, University Writing Committee, 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
Chair & Member, Research Committee, SJSU
Member, Ricco Ethics Award Committee, UNT
Department
Member, Composition Committee, SJSU
Member, Curriculum Committee, SJSU
Member, English Dept. Chair Review Committee
Member, Graduate Committee, SJSU
Member, Policy Committee, SJSU
Member, Retention, Tenure, & Promotion Committee, SJSU
Department Publications Coordinator, 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
“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
Dr. Ryan Skinnell 