Rochelle (Shelley) Rodrigo …

                                        Rochelle (Shelley) Rodrigo

English Department                                                              Office: 480.461.7780
Mesa Community College                                          Email: rrodrigo@mail.mc.maricopa.edu
1833 W. Southern Ave.                                           http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~rrodrigo
Mesa, AZ 85282 USA

EDUCATION

Arizona State University                                                                  Tempe, AZ
· Masters of Arts in English, in Passing                                                 August 2004
· Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetoric, Composition                               Expected December 2006
   & Linguistics

Arizona State University                                                                   Tempe, AZ
Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Humanities                                              May 2001
· Thesis: Alien as Pornographic Text
· Thesis Advisor: Dr. Peter Lehman

University of California, Riverside                                                   Riverside, CA
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature                                    September 1994 ­ June 1996
· Senior Honors Thesis: Motherhood in Post
   Apocalyptic Science Fiction Films
· Thesis Advisor: Dr. Katherine A. Kinney
· Honors: Cum Laudie

United States Military Academy                                                        West Point, NY
· Honors: Golden Wreath (Earning a 3.0 G.P.A.                                 July 1992 ­ January 1994
   in military, academic, and physical training)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Resident Faculty, Mesa Community College, August 2002 to the present
English 101, First Year Composition, pt. 1; Web-based Distance Learning sections, Computer Mediated
        Classroom, Honors sections
English 102, First Year Composition, pt. 2, Persuasive Writing; Web-Based Distance Learning sections,
        Computer Mediated Classroom, Honors sections
English 111, Technical Writing, Web-based Distance Learning sections, Computer Mediated Classroom
ENH241: American Literature Before 1860, Web-Based Distance Learning section
ENH255: Contemporary U.S. Literature & Film
HUM 205: Introduction to Cinema
HUM/WST 209: Women & Films
HUM210: Contemporary Cinema; Web-based Distance Learning section

Adjunct Faculty, Mesa Community College, August 2001 to August 2002
English 101, First Year Composition, pt. 1
English 102, First Year Composition, pt. 2, Persuasive Writing; Web-based Distance Learning sections
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Graduate Teaching Associate, Arizona State University, August 1998 to May 2003
English 101, First Year Composition, pt. 1 (Autonomous Instruction)
English 102, First Year Composition, pt. 2, Persuasive Writing (Autonomous Instruction); hybrid (half face-
        to-face and half online instruction); Web-based Distance Learning section.
English 217, Writing Reflective Essays, (Autonomous Instruction) Computer Mediated Classroom
English 241, American Literature, (Assisted Instruction); Supervising Instructor: Dr. James Janssen
English 301, Writing for the Professions (Autonomous Instruction) Web-based Distance Learning section
Humanities 294, Introduction to Film (Film Teaching Internship); Supervising Instructor: Dr. Peter Lehman
English/Humanities 394, TechnoReality & Virtual Rhetoric (Autonomous Instruction); hybrid
Graduate 791, Preparing Future Faculty Seminar, (Coordinator and Assisted Instruction); Supervising
        Instructor: Dean Marjorie Zatz

Guest Lectures/Lessons
New TA Training in English: Co-Presenter "Success in Writing Groups,"August18, 2004.
English 101, First Year Composition: "Perspective on Distance Learning," July, 2001.
Humanities 294, Introduction to Film: "Intertextuality and The Matrix," November 2, 2000.
English 241, American Literature: "Common Conventions in Slave Narratives," October 11, 1999.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Second-Year Coordinator of Preparing Future Faculty Program, Graduate College, Arizona State
        University, August 2001-2002.
Assistant Director of Writing Programs, Department of English, Arizona State University, August 2000-
        2001.

PUBLICATIONS

Under Review
Rodrigo, Shelley., Pantoja, Veronica., Miller, Susan., & Cahill, Lisa. Graduate Student Writing Groups as
       Peer Mentoring Communities.

Books
Miller-Cochran, Susan., & Rodrigo, Rochelle. The Thomson Guide to Research. Boston: Thomson-
        Wadsworth, forthcoming.
Miller-Cochran, Susan., & Rodrigo, Rochelle. (Eds.). Rhetorically Rethinking Usability. Cresskill, NJ:
        Hampton Press, forthcoming.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Miller-Cochran, Susan K., & Rodrigo, Rochelle. (2006). Determining Effective Distance Learning Designs
        through Usability Testing. Computers and Composition, 23, 91-107.
Miller, Susan K., Rodrigo, Shelley, Pantoja, Veronica, & Roen, Duane. (2004). Institutional models for
        engaging faculty in the scholarship of teaching and learning. Teaching English in the Two-Year
        College, 32(1), 30-38.

Book Chapters
Cahill, Lisa., & Rodrigo, Rochelle. Educational Usability in Online Writing Courses. In Susan Miller-
         Cochran & Rochelle Rodrigo, (Eds.), Rhetorically Rethinking Usability. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton
         Press, forthcoming.
Lauer, Jean A., & Rodrigo, Rochelle. Resident Franchise: Theorizing the SF Genre, Conglomerations, and
         the Future of Synergy. In Pawel Frelik & David Mead (Eds.), The Games Science Fiction Plays.
         Lublin, Poland: Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Press, forthcoming.
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Miller, Susan K., Pantoja, Veronica, Rodrigo, Shelley, & Roen, Duane. The composition practicum as
        professional development." In Sid Dobrin (Ed.) Don't Call It That: The Composition Practicum.
        Urbana, IL: NCTE. Accepted for publication in edited collection.
Robinson, Julie., Lisa Cahill, & Rochelle Rodrigo Blanchard.(2002). Looping and linking: Heuristics for
        teacher portfolio development. In Deborah Mintor & Amy M. Goodburn (Eds.), Composition,
        pedagogy & the scholarship of teaching (pp. 14-21). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann-Boynton/Cook.
        (There is also an online component at .)
Rodrigo Blanchard, Rochelle., Amy D'Antonio, & Lisa Cahill. (2002). Group portfolio presentations. In
        Duane H. Roen, Veronica Pantoja, Lauren Yena, Susan K. Miller & Eric Waggoner (Eds.),
        Strategies for teaching first-year composition (pp. 195-202). Urbana, IL.: NCTE.

Other Journal and Newsletter Articles
Rodrigo, Rochelle. (2006). Playing in the technological sandbox. Flow, 4(6). Located online as of 12 June,
         2006, http://jot.communication.utexas.edu/flow/?issue=2006/05/26
Rodrigo, Rochelle. (Fall 2005). Big teacher is watching. mcli iForum, 10. Located online as of 21 January,
         2006, http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/iforum/2005/55
Rodrigo, R., Belanger, C., Jolly, M., & Keating, S. (2005). Cyborging: Rhetoric beyond Donna Haraway and
         the cyborg manifesto. Journal of Advancing Technology, 2, 23-34.
Miller, Susan K., & Shelley Rodrigo (Spring 2003). Sharing success stories: Engaging in the scholarship of
         teaching and learning through teaching portfolios. mcli Forum, 5, 21. Located online as of 27 April
         28, 2003, http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/forum/spr03/mil.html
Rodrigo Blanchard, Shelley. (2001). Technical writing at ASU East. Writing notes, 3(2), 1-2, 4.
Rodrigo Blanchard, Shelley. (2001). Review: Web teaching guide: A practical approach to creating course
         web sites [Review of the book Web teaching guide: A practical approach to creating course web
         sites]. Writing notes, 2(3), 5.
Pantoja, Veronica, & Shelley Rodrigo Blanchard. (2000). Hybrids--A new twist. Writing notes, 2(2), 1, 5,
         11.
Cahill, Lisa., & Shelley Rodrigo Blanchard. (2000). Review: Global literacies and the world-wide-web
         [Review of the book Global literacies and the world wide web]. Writing notes, 2(1), 10.
Rodrigo Blanchard, Shelley. (2000, March-April). Fiction review: The art of arrow cutting [Review of the
         book The art of arrow cutting]. SFRA review, 245, 27.
Rodrigo Blanchard, Rochelle. (1999, June) Nonfiction review: Tough girls: Women warriors and wonder
         women in popular culture [Review of the book Tough girls: Women warriors and wonder women in
         popular culture]. SFRA review, 240, 28-29.

Interviews
Levine, Alan (Spring 2005). Internet audio: Can you hear/talk to me now? Good. mcli Forum, 9, 9-11.
        Located online as of 21 January 2006, http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/forum/spr03/mil.html.
        Podcast interviews located at http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/forum/spr05/podcast.html

In-House Reports
Blanchard, Shelley Rodrigo, Cahill, Lisa, Estabrook, Brooke, McFadden, Jeff, & Miller, Susan. (2001).
       Report on the Virtual Student Services Project: Progress during the Initial Phase (2000-2001). Mesa,
       AZ: Mesa Community College.

Work in Preparation
Rodrigo, Rochelle. Alien sex: Alien as pornographic text.
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CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

Papers
Rodrigo, Rochelle., & Adams, Jennifer. (April, 2006). Pushing the Boundaries: Supporting Online Learners
         when Using Newer Technologies. Online presentation at the annual Technology, Colleges, and
         Community 2006 Worldwide Online Conference.
Roen, Duane., Andelora, Jeff., Miller-Cochran, Susan K., Pantoja, Veronica., & Rodrigo, Rochelle. (October,
         2005). The changing landscape of TYCA-West: Defining scholarship. Panel presentation at the
         annual meeting of the Two Year College Association-West, Prescott, AZ.
Lauer, Jean., & Rodrigo, Rochelle. (May, 2005). Alice in alien land. Video games, cinema & the SF genre.
         Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Science Fiction Research Association, Las Vegas, NV.
Rodrigo, Rochelle. (March, 2005). Keeping up with the Jetsons: Dealing with technological change. Work in
         progress presented at the Research Network Forum of the annual meeting of the Conference on
         College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA.
Cahill, Lisa., Miller, Susan K., Pantoja, Veronica., & Rodrigo, Shelley. (2004, October 23). Opening the
         Door of the Garret: Knowledge Construction and Literacy Development in Graduate Student Writing
         Groups. Roundtable presented at the annual meeting of the Western States Rhetoric and Literacy
         Conference, Tempe, AZ.
Rodrigo, Shelley. (March, 2004). Reviving Ancient Rhetorics in the Two-Year College. Paper presented at
         the annual meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio,
         TX.
Rodrigo, Rochelle. (April, 2003). Turning Her On: Performing Sex, Sexuality, and Gender. Presented at the
         annual meeting of the Graduate Humanities Conference at the University of California, Riverside,
         CA.
Cahill, Lisa, Susan Miller, Veronica Pantoja, & Rochelle Rodrigo. (2003, March). Rebelling Against Images
         of the Solitary Writer in the Garret: Cases for Graduate Student Writing Groups. Presented at the
         annual meeting of the Southwest Graduate Literature Symposium, Tempe, AZ.
Rodrigo Blanchard, Rochelle. (2002, May). Graduate colleges and national initiatives: The preparing future
         faculty and preparing future professionals programs. Paper presented at the biannual meeting of the
         Rhetoric Society of America, Las Vegas, NV.
Rodrigo Blanchard, Rochelle. (2002, March). You can't make them drink: Serving virtual students. Paper
         presented at the annual meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication,
         Chicago, IL.
Rodrigo Blanchard, Shelley. (2001, October). Preparing future professionals, A brief history & Dialogue for
         professional development. Paper presented at The WAY UP Conference, Mesa, AZ.
Rodrigo Blanchard, Shelley. (2001, May). Ew, that's gross; wow, that's cool; Special effects and speculative
         fiction film. Presented at the annual meeting of the Science Fiction Research Association,
         Schenectady, NY.
Rodrigo Blanchard, Rochelle. (2001, May). Learning through The Matrix." Paper presented at the annual
         meeting of Computers & Writing, Muncie, IN.
Rodrigo Blanchard, Rochelle. (2001, March). Users, using, and usability issues in the online writing
         classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Conference on College Composition and
         Communication, Denver, CO.
Rodrigo Blanchard, Shelley. (2001, March). Killing Ripley: redeeming the Schwarzneggerian hero in Pitch
         Black. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Graduate Literature Symposium,
         Tempe, AZ.
Rodrigo Blanchard, Rochelle. (2000, July). Sex that's out of this world. Paper presented at the annual
         meeting of the Science Fiction Research Association, Cleveland, OH.
Rodrigo Blanchard, Rochelle. (2000, May). Woman overboard!: Rhetoric and the future of graduate English
         studies. Paper presented at the biannual meeting of the Rhetoric Society of America, Washington
         D.C.
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Rodrigo Blanchard, Rochelle. (2000, May). Masculine cyborgs, feminine monstrosities. Paper presented at
       the meeting of Point Blank: Tough Guy Film and Culture, Tucson, AZ.
Rodrigo Blanchard, Rochelle. (2000, April). Performing teaching portfolios on the web. Paper presented at
       the annual meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Minneapolis,
       MN.
Rodrigo Blanchard, Rochelle. (1999, June). "Resistance is futile," we are already assimilated: Cyborging,
       cyborg societies, cyborgs and The Matrix. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Science
       Fiction Research Association, Mobile, AL.
Blaauw, Jami, Lisa Cahill, & Rochelle Rodrigo Blanchard. (1999, April). "Living on the edge": current key
       issues in the teaching of composition." Panel presented at meeting of Pedagogies on the Edge:
       Graduate Student Conference, Pocatello, ID.
Rodrigo Blanchard, Rochelle. (1999, March). Aliens, amazons and assassins: Representation of white active
       womanhood. Paper presented at the meeting of Posing Questions: Interrogating Performance,
       Exhibition, and Representation, Stony Brook, NY.
Rodrigo Blanchard, Rochelle. (1998, March). Sexing the fe/male: Construction of sex in The Fifth Element.
       Presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Graduate Literature Symposium, Tempe, AZ.

Workshop and Special Interest Group Facilitator
Rodrigo, Rochelle. (2005, May 17). RSS feeds: Are your students hungry for more? Presented at the annual
         meeting of the Maricopa Community College District Ocotillo Retreat, Phoenix, AZ.
Bodmer, Paul., Giberson, Gregory., Harkin, Patricia., Kennedy, George., Lowry, Susan., Miller, Susan Kay
         (chair)., O'Rouke, Bridget., Rodrigo, Shelley., & Roen, Duane. (2004, March 24). Designing and
         Developing Preparing Future Faculty Programs Workshop. Conference on College Composition and
         Communication, 2004. San Antonio, TX.
Preparing Future Faculty: Past, Present, and Future--Special Interest Group. (2004, March 25) Conference
         on College Composition and Communication. San Antonio, TX.
DePew, Kevin Eric., Fishman, T.A.E., Miller, Susan K., Reilly, Colleen., Rodrigo, Rochelle (chair)., &
         Williams, Joseph. (2003, March 19). How to examine the Virtual: Assessing and Evaluating Online
         Teaching and Learning. Conference on College Composition and Communicatio,. New York, NY.
Blaauw Hara, Jamie., Cahill, Lisa., DePew, Kevin Eric (chair)., Fishman, T.A.E., Hara, Mark., Miller, Susan
         K., Pantoja, Veronica., Reilly, Colleen., Rodrigo, Rochelle., & Williams, Joseph. (2002, March 20).
         Designs of Distance Education: Assessing Approaches to Web-Based Writing Courses. Conference
         on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL.
Cahill, Lisa., Pantoja, Veronica., & Rodrigo Blanchard, Rochelle. (2001, March 14). Assessing Online
         Distance Learning in the Workshop Presentation Knowing When to Say When: Critically and
         Consciously Implementing Distance Education by Jami Blaauw Hara, Lisa Cahill, Kevin Eric
         DePew, T.A.E Fishman, Mark Hara, Susan K. Miller (chair), Veronica Pantoja, Colleen Reilly,
         Rochelle Rodrigo Blanchard, and Joseph Williams. Conference on College Composition and
         Communication, 2001. Denver, CO.
Cahill, Lisa., Newton, Camille., Robinson, Julie., Rodrigo Blanchard, Rochelle., Roen, Duane., & Singer,
         Tracy. (2000, April 12). Using and Constructing Teaching Portfolios. Conference on College
         Composition and Communication, 2000. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Poster Session
Rodrigo, Rochelle. (2005, January 7). What is IT anyway? Maricopa Community College District
        Convocation. Phoenix College; Phoenix, AZ.
Rodrigo, Rochelle. (2005, May 17). Hybrid Action Group 2004-2005. Maricopa Community College
        District Ocotillo Retreat. South Mountain Community College, Phoenix, AZ.
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Chairperson/Moderator
"Rebels of the Revival: Irish Literary (Post)Modernism in W.B. Yeats, Flann O'Brien, and Kate O'Brien."
        Southwest Graduate Literature Symposium. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Mar 29,
        2003.
"Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals (PFF/PFP)." The WAY UP Conference 2001. Mesa, Arizona.
        October 29, 2001.
"Not Without Service and Support." Computers & Writing, 2001. Muncie, Indiana. May 18, 2001.
"SF Sex in Film and Television." SFRA 2000: The Science Fiction Research Association Annual Conference.
        Cleveland, Ohio. July 1, 2000.
"Performing Gender and Sexuality: Attempted Transition --Try, Try Again." Southwest Graduate Literature
        Symposium. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Mar 5, 2000.
"Panel E." Southwest Graduate Literature Symposium. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Mar 14,
        1999.

OTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Researcher, Online Student Services Project, with Susan K. Miller, supervised by Brooke Estabrook, Mesa
       Community College, July 2000 ­ August 2001.
Researcher and Designer, Technology Resources Web Site, with Susan K. Miller, supervised by Brooke
       Estabrook, Mesa Community College, May 2000-August.
Research Assistantship, supervised by Dr. Patricia Webb-Peterson, Arizona State University, Jan.-May 2000.
Research Internship, with Michele Hammers, supervised by Executive Producer Jillian Robinson and Aaron
       Baker, Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Humanities, Arizona State University, Jan.-May 1999.

HONORS and AWARDS
2005 National Institute for Staff & Organizational Development Excellence Award, presented by NISOD,
        May 2005.
Fourth Place, The Fourth Great MLX Package Race, through the Maricopa Center for Learning and
        Instruction at Maricopa Community College District, December 2004.
2004 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award, presented by the American Association for Higher Education,
        February 2004.
Third Place, The Second Great MLX Package Race, through the Maricopa Center for Learning and
        Instruction at Maricopa Community College District, October 2003.
Wakonse Teaching Fellowship, through the Center for Learning & Teaching Excellence at Arizona State
        University, May 2002.
Peer Mentor Award, presented by the Graduate Scholars of English Association at Arizona State University,
        May 2002.
Peer Mentor Award, presented by the Graduate Women's Association at Arizona State University, May
        2001.
Preparing Future Faculty Fellow at Arizona State University, 1999-2001.
Best Collection, Honorable Mention in the Arizona State University Libraries' Eighth Annual Lawrence G.
        Blackmon Student Book Collecting Contest, 2000. Collection title: "Feminist Science Fiction: Fact,
        Fiction and Film."
Best Graduate Student Paper presented at the 1999 Science Fiction Research Association Conference. Paper
        Title: "`Resistance is Futile,' We Are Already Assimilated: Cyborging, Cyborg Societies, Cyborgs
        and The Matrix.
"Who is your favorite professor or instructor?" State Press ASU Choice Awards (pg. 25), Oct. 12, 1999.
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GRANTS

Funded
Mesa Community College, May-August 2006, Educational Development Project committee. Mesa Writing
       Program Assessment Manual. Co-Recipient. $4,070.
Maricopa Community Colleges District, July-August 2006, Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction.
       SoTL Scenarios: Developing Research Scenarios for ENG102/108 Courses. Co-Recipient.
       $2,374.40.
Maricopa Community College District, May 2005-May 2006. Maricopa Institute for Learning. Sole-
       Recipient.
Mesa Community College, July-August 2005, Educational Development Project committee. Developing
       Film Element Reusable Learning Objects. Co-Recipient.
Maricopa Community Colleges District, May-June 2005, Summer Professional Growth. Living and Working
       Efficiently. Sole Recipient. $2,485.20
Mesa Community College, June-December 2004. Innovation Grant. Streaming Media. Co-Recipient.
Mesa Community College, June-December 2004, Results Outcome Committee. Outcomes Conversations:
       Written Communication. Co-Recipient. $6802
Maricopa Community Colleges District, May-June 2004, Summer Professional Growth. What is IT anyway?
       Summer Internship with IT. Sole Recipient. $2,989
Maricopa Community Colleges District, July-August 2004, Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction.
       Saving Our Students: Improving Online Course Retention. Co-Recipient. $3, 217.50.
Maricopa Community Colleges District, July-August 2004, Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction.
       Teaching Film Studies Effectively with Distance Learning Technology. Co-Recipient. $4, 290.
Mesa Community College, August 2003-May 2004, Distance Learning Mentoring Group. Constructing a
       Online Distance Learning Course: English 111, Technical Writing. Sole Recipient. $1, 900.
Maricopa Community Colleges District, July 2003- May 2004, The Program for Infusing Diversity into the
       Curriculum. Diversifying English 111, Technical Writing. $1,710
Maricopa Community Colleges District, July-August 2003, Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction.
       Hypermediating Lessons on the Rhetorical Situation and Writing Processes. Sole Recipient. $2,192.
Maricopa Community Colleges District, July-August 2003, Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction.
       Usability Testing to Improve Online Writing Classes. Co-Recipient. $3,309.
Mesa Community College, July-August 2003, Educational Development Project committee. Addressing
       Diverse Learning Styles: Designing & Developing, Alternatively Delivered, Lessons. Sole Recipient.
       $1, 900.
Maricopa Community Colleges District, May 2003, Professional Growth. Participating in the 2003
       Computers and Writing Conference. Sole Recipient. $1,140

SCHOLARLY SERVICE

National
WPA Journal, Book Reviews Co-Editor
Mentoring Station, Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 18, 2005.
Jury Member, Philip K. Dick Award, 2002.
Co-Editor, SFRA Review, January 2001-2003.
Reader (1 of 3), Pioneer Award Committee (best SF critical essay-length work of the year), Science Fiction
       Research Association, 2000, 2001, 2002.

Regional/State
Co-Panelist (1 of 8), District Convocation, Concurrent Breakout Session: Engaging Students with
       Technology, Maricopa Community College, January 6, 2006.
Organizer, Ocotillo Textbook & Technology Dialogue Day, Maricopa Community Colleges, September 16,
       2005.
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Co-Chairperson, Ocotillo Hybrid Courses Action Group, Maricopa Community Colleges, 2004-present
Co-Presenter (1 of 2), Designing Successful Hybrid Courses, organized by the Maricopa Community
        Colleges Ocotillo Hybrid group, October 21, 2004.
Co-Facilitator (1 of 2), Designing Successful Hybrid Courses, organized by the Maricopa Community
        Colleges Ocotillo Hybrid group, October 21 and 29, 2004.
Co-Organizer (1 of 3), Rhetorically Incorrect: A Roundtable on Controversial Issues in Writing, at the 5th
        Annual Western States Composition Conference. Tempe, Arizona. October 25 2001.
Workshop Co-Presenter, Preparing to Teach Online, organized by Grand Canyon University, February 23
        and March 2, 2001.
Workshop Presenter, Beyond Star Wars: "Force"ing Students to Analyze Film, organized by Center for
        Establishing Dialogue in Teaching and Learning, July 23, 1999.
Abstract Reader, Southwest Graduate Literature Symposium, November 1998, November 1999, November
        2000.

University/College
Operational Planning and Budget committee, 2004-present
Distance Learning committee, 2003-present
Teaching and Learning Technology Roundtable, 2003-present
Co-Presenter, New Faculty Experience: Technology & Distance Learning, organized by MCC's CTL,
        December 3, 2005.
Search Committee for Senior Associate Dean of Instruction, Director of Learning Technologies, 2003-2004,
        2004-2005.
Workshop Assistant, My MCC Portal, Email, Automated Homepage, organized by MCC's CTL, January 19,
        2005.
Co-Presenter, New Faculty Experience: Technology & Distance Learning, organized by MCC's CTL,
        December 3, 2004.
Workshop Assistant, WebCT Tools, organized by MCC's CTL, October 18, 2004.
Workshop Co-Presenter, Designing Successful Writing Assignments, organized by the MCC English
        Department, October 14, 2004.
Co-Panelist, Faculty Infusing GLBTQ Issues into their Courses, co-organized by MCCD's GLHRA and
        Scottsdale Community Colleges Diversity Committee, October 7, 2004.
Co-Panelist, Faculty Roles at the Community College, co-organized by MCC's CTL and Arizona State
        University's Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program, October 1, 2002.
Co-Panelist, New Faculty Panel, organized by Arizona State University's Preparing Future Faculty program,
        September 10, 2004.
Steering Committee for the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), 2003-2004
Workshop Co-Presenter, Experimental Classroom Orientation, organized by Mesa Community College's
        (MCC) CTL, March 5, 2004.
Workshop Co-Presenter, Library E-Resources, organized by MCC's Teaching and Learning Technology
        Roundtable (TLTR), November 25, 2003.
Workshop Co-Presenter, Improving Distance Learning by Assessing Course Layout and Design, organized
        MCC's CTL, September 24, 2003
Co-Panelist, New Faculty Panel, organized by Arizona State University's Preparing Future Faculty program,
        March 28, 2002.
Submitted Copies of Online Courses for Showcase, Distance Learning Showcase, organized by MCC's CTL,
        January 14, 2003.
Co-Panelist, Getting and Staying in Graduate School: Strategies for multicultural student success, organized
        by Multicultural Student Center, October 23, 2002.
Co-Panelist, Faculty Roles at the Community College, co-organized by MCC's CTL and Arizona State
        University's Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program, October 4, 2002.
Workshop Presenter, What do I do Next, Using Outlook to Stay Organized, organized by Center for
        Learning & Teaching Excellence (CLTE), June 19, 2002.
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Co-Organizer, Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week, Arizona State University, April 1-5,
        2002.
Committee Leader, PFF Focus Groups, Responsive Ph.D. at Arizona State University, supervised by
        Marjorie Zatz, Arizona State University, October 2001-May 2002.
Workshop Presenter, What do I do Next, Using Outlook to Stay Organized, organized by CLTE, March 26,
        2002.
Workshop Presenter, Multimedia Applications in the Classroom, organized by Graduate College, October
        12, 2001.
Co-Chairperson, Graduate Women's Association (GWA), 2001-2002.
Workshop Co-Presenter, Mentoring Workshop Part 2, organized by GWA, April 9, 2001.
Workshop Co-Presenter, Teaching with Alphabet Soup Drives, organized by Computer Mediated
        Communication Committee (CMC), March 30, 2001.
Workshop Co-Presenter, Teaching with MultiMedia, organized by Graduate College, March 24, 2001.
Workshop Co-Presenter, Mentoring Workshop, organized by GWA, November 15, 2000.
Workshop Co-Presenter, Teaching with MultiMedia, organized by Graduate College, October 28, 2000.
Reception Co-Chairperson, GWA Fall Reception. October 19, 2000.
Workshop Presenter, Blackboard/CourseInfo Training Workshop, organized by Information
        Technology/Instruction Support (it/is), Mar. 14, 2000.
Planning Committee, Graduate Women's Reception, March 9, 1999
Mentoring Committee, Graduate Women's Association, 1998-99
Grant Reader, Humanities Division, Graduate Research Support Office, Arizona State University, Fall 1997.

Departmental
Technology Committee, 2004-present
Composition Committee, 2002-present
Workshop Co-Presenter, Hopeful Dissertators Looking for Writing Group Meeting, organized by the
        Graduate Scholars of English Association (GSEA), September 8, 2004
Workshop Co-Presenter, Success in Writing Groups, organized by the Graduate Scholars of English
        Association (GSEA), February 3, 2004
Search committee for Journalism faculty, 2003
Workshop Co-Presenter, Success in Writing Groups, organized by GSEA, February 12, 2003
Workshop Presenter, People Under the Screens: Multiple Virtual Learning Identities, organized by the
        Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) Committee, April 15, 2002.
CMC Training Mentor, organized by the CMC Committee, April 2002.
Workshop Presenter, Preparing for Preparing Future Faculty, organized by the GSEA, February 25, 2002.
Workshop Co-Presenter (1 of 4), Applying for Travel Grants at ASU, organized by GSEA, September 13,
        2001.
Panel Co-Presenter (1 of 5), Experienced TAs in English at ASU, organized by the New TA Committee,
        August 13, 2001.
Workshop Co-Presenter (1 of 2), Various Electronic Accounts at ASU, organized by the New TA
        Committee, August 2, 2001.
Workshop Co-Presenter (1 of 2), Teaching with Alphabet Soup Drives, organized by the CMC Committee,
        March 30, 2001.
Workshop Co-Presenter (1 of 2), Using Comments and Tracking Features in MS Word, organized by CMC,
        November 8, 2000; February 9, 2001.
Committee Co-Chair, Travel Grant Committee, (GSEA), 2000-2001.
Committee Member, CMC Committee, ASU Writing Programs, 2000-2001.
Workshop Series Organizer, CMC committee, ASU Writing Programs, 2000-2001.
Editor, Writing Notes, published four times a year by ASU Writing Programs, 2000-2001.
Roundtable Panel Participant (1 of 5), Panel & Roundtable on Teaching in CMCs, organized by CMC
        committee, Feb. 8, 2000.
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Workshop Presenter (1 of 2), Reflections on First-Time Teaching in the Electronic Classroom: Everything
       You Always Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask, organized by CMC committee, August 19,
       1999.
President, GSEA, May 1999-May 2000
Workshop Presenter (1 of 3), Advanced Web Design Workshop, organized by CMC committee March 8,
       1999
Workshop Student-Presenter, "GSEA Professional Development Workshops," organized by GSEA, Fall
       1998.
Treasurer, GSEA, 1998-99.
Representative, GSEA, English Department Film Committee, 1998-99.
Co-Chair Book & Bake Sale Committee, GSEA, 1997-98, 1998-99.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
The Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA)
Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA)
International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA)
Maricopa Community College District Faculty Association