Kevin Brooks, PhD

Associate Professor, Dept. of English, North Dakota State University

Education

Ph.D., Rhetoric and Professional Communication

Iowa State University, Ames IA, 1997

Professional Experience

Associate Professor (English), North Dakota State University.

August 2003-present.

Writing Program Administrator: August 2003-present.

Assistant Professor (English), North Dakota State University.

August 1997-2003

Undergraduate Classes: Composition I & II; Introduction to Writing Studies;

Intermediate Composition; Practical Writing; Technical Communication, Visual Culture and Language.

Undergrad/Grad: Advanced Writing Workshop, Electronic Communication.

Graduate Seminars: Textbook and Living Traditions of Rhetoric: A History;

Composition Theory; Computers and Composition, Rhetorics and Poetics of New Media (online)

Selected Publications (2002-2006)

“Changing the Ground of Graduate Education: Wireless Laptops bring Stability, not Mobility, to Graduate Teaching Assistants.” Going Wireless: A Critical Exploration of Wireless and Mobile Technologies for Composition Teachers and Scholars. Forthcoming: Creskill NJ: Hampton Press.

“Remediation, Genre, and Motivation: Key Concepts for Teaching with Weblogs.” [With Cindy Nichols and Sybil Priebe.] Into the Blogosphere: Rhetoric, Community, and Culture of Weblogs. Ed. Laura Gurak, Smiljana Antonijevic, Laurie Johnson, Clancy Ratliff, and Jessica Reyman. University of Minnesota, 2004. http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/remediation_genre.html

“The McLuhan Retrieval Reviewed.” Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy 9.1 (2004). http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/9.1/binder.html?reviews/brooks/index.htm

“National Culture and the First-Year English Curriculum: An Historical Study of Composition in Canadian Universities.” American Review of Canadian Studies. 34 (2002): 673-94.

“Composition’s Abolitionist Debate: A Tool for Change.” Composition Studies. 30.2 (2002): 27-42.

“Developing Doctoral Programs in the Corporate University: New Models.” With Kathleen Blake Yancey and Mark Zachry. Profession 2002. 89-103.

“Reading, Writing, and Teaching Creative Hypertext: A Genre-based Pedagogy.” Pedagogy 2.3 (2002): 337-56.

Silence, Talk, and Speaking Out: Language Use and Class on the Upper Great Plains. North Dakota Quarterly 69.1 (2002): 63-76.

Awards and Grants

·  (with Dale Sullivan) NDSU Technology Fee Advisory Committee Grant, Fall 2005. For developing a wireless, flexible classroom space for hybrid instruction.

·  (with Amy Taggart) NDSU Foundation Library Grant, Fall 2005. For video material to support English 110 and 120 themes of literacy and leadership.

·  NDSU Instructional Development Grant, Spring 2005. For developing a junior-level writing course for Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Sciences students.

·  (with Mark Aune) NDSU Technology Fee Advisory Committee Grant, Spring 2004. For developing a wireless network (including laptops) for Graduate Teaching Assistants in English.

·  NDSU Instructional Development Grant, Spring 2003. For revising First-year Writing Curriculum at NDSU.

·  Mart and Lois Vogel Outstanding Teacher Award, NDSU English Department, 2002.

·  NCTE Grant-In-Aid, Fall 2000. For “Cultivating the Red River Valley: A History of English Studies in Four Institutions of Higher Education.”

·  NDSU Instructional Development Grant, Spring 2000. For developing an upper-level course, “Electronic Communications.”

·  NDSU Research and Consulting Committee Grant-In-Aid, 1999-2000. For research on the history of composition in North Dakota.

Informal Workshops and Presentations

·  “Podcasting: Course Content, Delivery Methods, and Assignments.” Great Plains Alliance for Computers and Writing. North Dakota State University. April 8, 2006.

·  “Faculty Development in and Through Writing” and “Learning Communities, Electronic Portfolios, and Social Computing.” Rochester Institute of Technology, Feb. 21st 2005.

·  “Engaging Students with Writing Assignments.” Nov. 18 2003 and February 27, 2004, North Dakota State University.

·  “Surfing and IM-ing: Impact of the Internet on Rural Youth.” Co-presenter with James Ross (ITS, NDSU). Ministry to Rural and Small-Town Youth Conference, June 10, 2002. Moorhead MN.

·  “Exploring Electronic Literature.” Fargo-Moorhead Communiversity, February 2002.

·  “Integrating Advanced Writing Courses into a Traditional Curriculum - The NDSU Experience.” Conference of College Composition and Communication. Chicago, March 20, 2002.

Professional Activities and Active Committees

·  Great Plains Alliance for Computers and Writing, Conference Coordinator, 2004, 2006.

·  English Department Search Committee Chair, 2005-06.

·  ITS Strategic Plan Review Team, NDSU Committee, 2005-06.

·  First-Year English Committee Chair, 2003-present.

·  Computer Resource Committee Chair, 1998-present.

·  Vertical Writing Curriculum Committee Member, 2003-present.

·  University Senate, College Representative, 2003-06

·  University Senate Executive Committee, 2004-05

·  Technology Fees Advisory Committee, University Committee, Member, 2000-present.

·  College Curriculum Committee, NDSU, Member, 1998-2001.

·  Red River Conference on World Literature Coordinator, 2001-03.

·  Regional Studies Lecture Coordinator, 2001-04.

CV—1 4/1/06 Kevin Brooks, PhD