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Bohannon Curriculum Vitae
Jeanne Law Bohannon, PhD
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Websites: www.rhetoricmatters.org, www.growthb4grades.edublogs.org
770.757.3265 (cell)
Education
Ph.D. English, specialization in Rhetoric and Composition, Georgia State University, 2012
M.Ed. Teaching & Learning, Western Governors University, 2006.
B.A. Speech and Rhetoric, Georgia State University, 1995.
Areas of specialization
Multimodal Writing and Research Praxis
Experimental/Project-Based Learning for Digital Literacies
Functional Grammar for e-Authoring
Socio-Linguistic Recoveries of Marginalized Communities
Rhetorical Theory
Feminist Archival and Historigraphic Rhetorical Methodologies
Critical Composition Theory, Research, and Praxis
Digital Literacies Praxis in Undergraduate Humanities
19th-Century American Literature and Rhetorics
Relevant Employment
Asst. Professor of English, Department Digital Writing and Media Arts
Southern Polytechnic State University (Current)
Writing Center Consultant, Southern Polytechnic State University (Current)
Asst. Director, Center for Student Success Reinhardt University (RU) (2012-2013)
Coordinator, Early Identification/Early Intervention Program, RU (2012-2013)
Instructor of English, RU (2011-2013)
Advanced Teaching Fellow, Georgia State University (2009-2012)
Faculty Technical Liaison, Bedford/St. Martins Press, Georgia State University (2010-2012)
Research Associate, Geechee Lexical Heritage Project, Georgia State University (2010-2011)
Public Affairs and Legislative Policy Consultant, Georgia Department of Agriculture
Speechwriter, Public Affairs Coordinator, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Dissertation
“Here in the To-day, Forgotten in the To-morrow: Re-membering and Re-covering the Feminist Rhetorics of 19th-century Actress and Author Adah Menken, Chair: Dr. Mary Hocks; Committee: Dr. Lynee Gaillet and Dr. Michael Harker
Master’s Thesis
Raising Minority Writing Test Scores Through Technology Integration: An Empirical Study, Chair: Dr. Sydney Parent
Publications
Books and Journals
“Digital Griots: African American Rhetoric in a Multimedia Age: Book Review.” Composition Studies, Spring 2012.
“Writing Assessment and the Revolution in Digital Texts and Technologies: Book Review.” Kairos 16.2, 2011.
“A Woman’s Voice: Sarah Foner, Hebrew Author of the Haskalah: A Review.” Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal, Spring 2011, Volume 8 Number 1.
“The Evolving Challenges of Black College Students: Book Review.” Journal of Learning Communities, April 2011.
“Unmasking the Mask: Examining the Subversive Dialect of Charles Chesnutt.” Studies in the Literary Imagination, Fall 2010.
Protected Animals of Georgia. Ed., with Jennifer Anderson and Jim Ozier, 1999.
Forthcoming. “Discourse Analysis,” “Feminism,” “Constructivism.” (Three Entries). Encyclopedia of Theory, Sage Press, 2015
Other Publications
Multimodal Mondays: A Blog Project from Andrea Lunsford, 2014-2015
Extending the CCC Conversation: Reaching Publics and Informing Policies Through the Research Center: A Virtual Event, February 2011
http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Groups/CCCC/CCC/020211ccccchat.pdf
Analyzing Caste Variations in the Lexicon of Charles Chesnutt, October 2008.
digitalarchive.gsu.edu/english_conf_newvoice_2008/8/
Sapelo Island Lexical Heritage Recovery Project, sapeloisland.edublogs.org/
Aspasia: The Lost Legend. http://8170.pbworks.com/w/page/1115537/Aspasia:-The-Lost-
H.B. 452, 2005-2006 Georgia General Assembly
Selected Presentations
Invited Conference Presentations and Public Addresses
Authors’ Reception Keynote Speaker, Southern Polytechnic State University, 2014
Re-visioning the Federal Writers Project for the 21st Century, Workshop panel invited by Writing Democracy, Texas A&M-Commerce; Commerce, TX, March 2011.
“Teaching with Technology: Online Platforms in the Classroom.” For Minding the Gaps:
Exploring the Places of Our Pedagogy, New Voices: Georgia State University English Graduate Conference, 2010.
Saltwater Geechee Lexical Heritage Dictionary, Sapelo Island, 2009.
Vetted Conference Presentations
From Tweets to Tales: Animating the Writing Classroom through Digital Projects, Student Success In Writing Conference, 2014.
Beautiful Evil: A Rhetorical Recovery of 19th Century Actor and Author Adah Issacs Menken, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, 2013.
Here in the (To)Day, Forgotten in the (To)Morrow: Recovering the Feminist Rhetorics of 19th-century Author and Actress Adah Isaacs Menken, College English Association, 2014.
Uncovering Feminist Performances: Archival Research Reveals Agendas, Identities, and the Gendered Spaces in the 19th and 20thCentury, Feminisms and Rhetorics, Minnesota State University, 2011.
Digital Pedagogy Special Session, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 2011.
Averting a Lexical Apocalypse: Recovering Saltwater Geechee Heritage through the Works of Cornelia Walker Bailey, Southern Culture Association, Auburn University-Montgomery, 2011.
Giving Voice to the Voiceless: Democratizing a First Year Composition Classroom to Recover and Digitally Archive Marginalized Immigrant and Refugee Rhetorics, Writing Democracy, Texas A&M-Commerce, 2011.
Look-Speak, See-Hear: Digitally Documenting the Experiences of Third World Women Immigrants, Southeast Women’s Studies Association, Georgia State University, 2011.
Averting A Lexical Apocalypse: Recovering the Saltwater Geechee Creole, Kennesaw State University, 2011.
Giving Voice to the Voiceless: Recovering the Rhetorics of Marginalized Immigrant Populations, Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2011.
Writing, Community, and Materiality In Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition, with Laura Howard, Computers &Writing, University of Michigan, 2011.
Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Differently: A Nested Analysis of Girls, Writing, and Technology, Computers & Writing, Purdue University, 2010.
Penning a Science Narrative: Using WAC to Raise Test Scores, Indiana University, 2010.
Recovering Local, Marginalized Voice Through Community-University Collaborations, Double Session, with Shannon Carter, Jim Conrad, Deborah Mutnick, Laurie Grobman, Council of Writing Program Administrators, 2010.
Text the Teacher: Practicing E-Class in Freshman Composition, South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA), 2010.
Analyzing the Subversive Dialect of Uncle Julius, Southern Literary Symposium, Southern Methodist University, 2009.
The Twisted Vine: Coded Subversion in the Lexicon of Charles Chesnutt, Southeast Conference On Linguistics (SECOL), 2009.
Integrating Writing Tasks into A Science Curriculum, Georgia Council of Teachers of English (GCTE), 2009.
Unmasking the Mask: Analyzing Caste Variations in the Lexicon of Charles W. Chesnutt, New Voices Conference, Georgia State University, 2008.
Teaching Experience
Invited Guest Lectures
“Preparing Your Paper for Symposiums.” For SYE 4900, SPSU, 2014
“Writing for Academics: How to Pass the English 099 Exit Exam.” For all sections of English 099, Reinhardt University, 2012-2013.
“Beyond Dialect: Analyzing Charles Chesnutt’s Subversive Words.” For African American Literature course, Reinhardt University, 2013.
“Beyond CMS: Teaching Creatively with Course Management Software.” For Bedford/St. Martins Press, Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), 2011.
“Teaching Primary Research with Critical Pedagogy,” for Lynee Gaillet’s Advanced
Composition course, GSU, 2010 and 2011.
Using Prezi to Present Composition Theory.” English 8170 (Composition Theory), GSU, 2011.
“Teaching with CompClass in First Year Writing.” Webinar for Bedford/St. Martins
Press, 2010, 2011.
“Mind the Slots: Grant Proposal Writing.” English 6150 (Grant Writing), GSU 2010.
“Conference Presentations: Do’s and Do Not’s.” English 8080 (Modern Grammar), GSU, 2009.
Classes Taught and/or Designed
2014 American Literature 1850s-present: African American public writing
2014 Special Topics Course “Gender Identities and Rhetoric in Digital Spaces”
2014 Special Topics Course “The History and Future of Women in STEM Fields”
2014 English 2112, World Literature Since 1600, designed and taught
2013-2014 English 1101 and English 1102, designed and taught
2013 English 272, designed and taught
2012-2013 English 099, 101, 1102, and 103 designed and taught
2011 English 101 and 1101 designed and taught
2010-2011 English 1101 and English 1102, designed and taught as primary research
2009 English 1101 taught
2010 English 1101 and English 1102, designed and taught as marginalized groups theme
Administrative Roles
Operating Working Group (OWG) “First Year Programs” Member, SPSU
Early Intervention Coordinator, Reinhardt University
Pedagogy Materials Manager, Lower Division Studies Website, Georgia State University
Technical and Editorial Support, GSU CompClass E-Class, Bedford/St. Martins Press
Research Assistant to Lower Division Studies Webmaster, Georgia State University
Sponsor and Judge, Undergraduate Research Conference, Georgia State University
Professional Development
Participant, “Domain of One’s Own Atlanta Regional Incubator,” Emory University
“The History of (Mostly) Higher Education,” #MOOCMOOC Twitter Talk, Hybrid Pedagogy
“Teaching with Desire 2 Learn (D2L),” SPSU Center for Teaching Excellence
“Advising with Degree Works,” SPSU Center for Teaching Excellence
Co-Chair, “Pedagogy: Minding the Gap, English Graduate Teaching Fall Conference,”
Georgia State University (GSU)
“Connected Communities,” Conference on College Composition and Communication:
Community Engagement, First Year Writing, Graduate Student Resources, Open Forum, Teaching with Technology
“Digital Pedagogy” Roundtable, South Atlantic Modern Languages Association
“Technology and the Profession” Professional Development Community, GSU
“Teaching with Electronic Media,” Graduate Teaching Conference, GSU
“Writing Democracy” Roundtable and Workshop, Federation of Rhetoric Symposium,
Texas A&M-Commerce
Service
To the Profession
New Work Showcase Mentor, Society of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric, 2014-15
Local Organizing Committee and Session Chair, CCCC 2011
Registration and Wayfinding Committees, SEWSA 2011
Special Session Organizing Chair, SAMLA 2010-2011
Historian, Sigma Tau Delta, Omega Iota Chapter, 2010-2011
Session Chair, Computers & Writing 2010
Assistant to Corresponding Secretary, Charles Chesnutt Society of America, 2008-2009
To the University
CTE Teaching Presentations: Integrating Digital Praxis into Teaching, 2014
Board Member, CTE Advisory Council 2014-2015
Participant, Domain Incubator (Digital Humanities), Southern Polytechnic University 2014
Collaborator and Presenter, Women’s History Month, SPSU 2014
Poster Session Judge, PSLAMP, SPSU 2013
Participant, SPSU Research Learning Community (RLC), 2013-2014
Developer/Co-Leader, “Critical Reading for FYS Instructors,” RU 2012
Developer/Leader, English 099 Essay Exam Workshop, RU 2011-2012
Faculty Sponsor, Undergraduate Research Conference, GSU 2011-2012
Regents’ Textbook Selection Committee, GSU 2010-2011
Writing Across the Curriculum Consultant, GSU 2009-2010
To the Department
Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2014-2015
Digital Media Applications Presenter, Digital Pedagogy Workshop, SPSU 2013
Facilitator, English 099 Training Workshop, RU 2012-2013
Session Developer/Leader, CompClass Mentoring Group, GSU 2011
Graduate Caucus for New Hire Job Talks, GSU 2010-2011
Lower Division Studies Portfolio Assessment Committee, GSU 2010-2011
Session(s) Chair, New Voices Graduate English Conference, GSU 2009-2010
To the Community
Sapelo Island Linguistic Recovery Wiki, 2014
Women in STEM Wiki, 2014
DREAM Act Campus Event organizational support, 2010-2011
Sapelo Island Lexical Heritage Project, 2009-2011
Saltwater Geechee Homecoming Day Sponsor and Liaison, 2009
Dog and Cat Sterilization Program Writing Consultant, 2008-2010
Honors, Awards, Grants
Marguerite Pettes Murphy Award for Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year,
Georgia State University, 2011
Advanced Teaching Fellowship, Georgia State University, 2011-2012
“Multi-model Instructional Grant.” Information and Technology, 2010-2011.
New Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year, Georgia State University, 2010.
Graduate Scholar Travel Fellowship, Computers & Writing, 2010.
Writing Consultant WAC Travel Grant, Georgia State University, 2009.
Affiliations
Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition
Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
College English Association (CEA)
National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA)
Sigma Tau Delta, Omega Iota Chapter
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA)
Southeastern Women’s Studies Association (SEWSA)
Digital Writing and teaching Skills
Fluency: Blackboard Utilities, Desire 2 Learn, CompClass Electronic Course Platform, Prezi, Skype, Web CT, Word Press, PBWorks, Go To Meeting, IMovie