Curriculum Vita
| Department of English | 206 Baker Hall |
| University of Northern Iowa | Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0502 |
| Office: 319.273.2639 | Cell: 319.610.8620 |
| David.Grant@uni.edu |
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Ph.D., English Rhetoric and Composition. University of Wisconsin – Madison. 2007.
Dissertation: “Toward Sustainable Literacies: Journal Writing in an Ecocomposition Course.” Dr. Martin Nystrand, Director.
M.A., English Rhetoric and Composition. Northern Arizona University. 1999.
Thesis: "Hozho: A Navajo Cultural Concept for the Writing Classroom.”
B.A., English Literature. Winona State University. 1993. _________________________________________________
2007+: Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Northern Iowa.
2002 – 2007: Graduate Assistant, Program in Rhetoric and Composition, University of Wisconsin – Madison.
2000 – 2002: Instructor, Department of English, Winona State University.
1998 – 1999: Graduate Assistant, Department of English, Northern Arizona University. __________________________________________________
University of Northern Iowa
- English 286*, Rhetoric, Writing, and Teaching
- English 163(g)*, Theory and Practice of Writing.
- English 186(g)*, Literature of Native America.
- English 077, Introduction to Professional Writing.
- English 015, Exposition and Report Writing.
- English 005, College Reading and Writing.
University of Wisconsin – Madison
- English 201, Intermediate Composition.
- English 172, Introduction to Native American Literature.
- English 100, Freshman Composition.
- Writing Center Tutor/ Online Writing Center Tutor.
- A Dissertator’s Primer. Non-credit Writing Center class. Co-teacher.
- Social Science Research Writing*, joint UW-Madison and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) summer program. Co-teacher.
Winona State University
- English 111, Introduction to College Composition.
Northern Arizona University
- English 105, Intro. to College Writing.
- English 205, Advanced Composition.
- Writing Center Tutor.
*denotes graduate-level credit
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University of Northern Iowa
- Coordinator of Writing Programs. Fall 2009+ (with course release)
- Writing Snack Series Coordinator. Fall 2008.
- Department Liason to the Iowa Writing Project.
University of Wisconsin – Madison
- Service Learning Coordinator. English 201 Program. University of Wisconsin – Madison. 2003-2004.
- Outreach Program Staff Member, University of Wisconsin – Madison Writing Center, 2004-2006.
Winona State University
- Writer, “English Department Curriculum Assessment: Student Perceptions.” Spring 2002.
- Department Webpage Administrator. Spring 2001.
Northern Arizona University.
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Project Assistant. Rethinking Basic Writing by Dr. Laura Gray-Rosendale. Summer 1999.
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(under review). "Consuming Iowa: Food, Place, an(d) Inventive Recreation." PRE/TEXT, guest editors Jeff Rice and Jenny Edbauer-Rice.
(under review). "Back to the Future?: Writing Instruction in the 21st Century Liberal Arts." UNIversitas. Editor, Jesse Swan.
(under review). "Re-creative Ecologies of Self-Expressive Discourse: Expanding Research in Writing and Healing." Literature and Medicine.
"Toward Sustainable Literacies: From Representational to Recreational Rhetorics." In Sustainability: Rhetorics, Literacies, and Narratives. Peter Goggin (Ed.). New York: Routledge, 2009.
"Review of The Locations of Composition, Christopher Keller and Christian Weisser (Eds.)." JAC 28. 1 & 2, (2008), 370 - 379.
"Review of Ecosublime: Environmental Awe and Terror from New World to Oddworld by Lee Rozelle." ANQ, 19 (4), 2006: 75 – 77.
"Barry Lopez and Teaching Writing." OGSE Newsletter. NAU Organization for Graduate Students of English, 1999: 4.
"Locale Wisdom: Interview With Barry Lopez." Thin Air: A Journal of the Literary Arts, 4: 1 & 2: 1999, 65 – 72.
with DelQuadro, L. "Rhetorical Analysis: An Introduction." In J. Ackerman (Ed.) Creative Persuasions: The Art of Academic Discourse. New York: Forbes, 1998, 39 – 41.
with DelQuadro, L. "Rhetorical Analysis and Burke's Pentad." In J. Ackerman (Ed.) Creative Persuasions: The Art of Academic Discourse. New York: Forbes, 1998, 113 – 119.
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"Rhetoric and Recreation: Khora and the Labor/ Leisure of Posthuman Agency." Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference. Minneapolis, MN: May 28 - 29, 2010.
"Why Work?: Remixing Rhetoric-Composition as Recreation." Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Louisville, KY: March 17-20, 2010.
"1994: Un Pli: Politics, Pop, and Postprocess Ecologies." Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). San Francisco, CA: March 11 -14, 2009.
"From Representation to Recreation: Who Speaks for the Trees?" Iowa Communication Association. Waterloo, IA. Sept. 20, 2008.
Panel Participant: "Genre's Location in Communication Disciplines." Iowa Communication Association. Waterloo, IA. Sept. 20, 2008.
“Writing with Trickster and Wonder: Journal Writing in a Changing Reality.” Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). New Orleans, LA. April 2 -5, 2008.
"The Northern Great Plains Experience: Opportunities for multiliteracies in sacred landscapes." MnSCU Writing Conference. White Bear Lake, MN. March 18, 2007.
“Toward Sustainable Literacies: The Becoming-Social of Nature in an Ecocomposition Course.” Madlit: University of Wisconsin Graduate Student Alliance Conference. Madison, WI. April 29, 2006.
“Toward Sustainable Literacies: An Empirical Study in Ecocomposition.” Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Chicago, IL. March 22–25, 2006.
“The Question of Research in Ecocomposition.” ASLE-CCCC Special Interest Group Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Chicago, IL. March 22–25, 2006.
“Sustainable Literacy: A Case Study of Writing Identity and Agency through Ecocomposition.” Midwest Modern Language Association (M/MLA). November 10 – 13, 2005.
“Sustainable Literacies: Ecofeminism and a Biological Turn for Composition.” 5th Biennial Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference. Houghton, MI. October 5 – 8, 2005.
“Placing Thing in Time: Using Chronotopes in Ecocomposition.” MnSCU Writing Conference. Mankato, MN. September 30 – October 1, 2004.
“Active(ist) Learning: Conflict and Withdrawal of First-Year Composition at UW-Madison.” Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). San Antonio, TX. March 24 –27, 2004.
“Crossing Horizons: Student Learning in the Ecocomposition Classroom.” Sustainable Feminisms: Enacting Theories, Envisioning Action. Macalester College, St. Paul, MN. October 3 – 5, 2003.
“Student Learning in the Ecocomposition Classroom.” UW-Madison Graduate Student Alliance Symposium. University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI. April 25, 2003.
"Tricksters in Native American Poetry." WSU Native American Appreciation Day. Winona, MN. November 8, 2001.
"Hozho and Navajo Culture." Presentation for Dr. Sandra Bennet's Native American Literature class, Winona State University. September 11, 2001.
"Borders into the Wild: Sigurd Olson and the Practice of Mestiza Consciousness."
Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE). Flagstaff, AZ. June 19 - 23, 2001.
"Facilitating Computer Use in English 111." WSU English Department Composition Roundtable. Winona, MN. March 21, 2001.
"Pedagogies of a Diverse Landscape: Teaching and the Academy in the American Southwest." Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Minneapolis, MN. April 2000.
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Chair, University Writing Committee, Spring 2010+
Co-Chair, Learning Dimension, UNI Foundations of Excellence Committee, 2008.
IDS Program Formation Committee.
English Dept. Curriculum Committee, 2008 +
English Dept. Writing Committee, 2007+ (Chair 2008).
McNair Scholar Mentor, 2008.
Writing Contest and Awards Committee, 2007.
Faculty Organizer, Focus the Nation UNI. January 30 & 31, 2008.
Chair, “Institutional and Curricular Ideas for Basic Writing.” UW-Madison Composition and Rhetoric Program Colloquium event. March 31, 2006.
UW-Madison English Department Expository Writing Committee. 2005 –2006.
English 201 Symposium Presentation: “Get(ting) Out of the Library: Research(ing) Places in the Writing Classroom.” Spring 2004.
Volunteer, East Madison High School Learning Workshop. February – May 2004.
Graduate Participant, 2003 Summer Institute for Writing Center Directors.
Lead Organizer, “Iraq War Teach-In.” April 9, 2003. UW-Madison.
WSU English Department Assessment Committee. 2000 – 2001.
Faculty Advisor, WSU Student Green Party. 2000 – 2002.
WSU Judicial Board. 2001 – 2002.
Created 29 January 2008
Updated 31 March 2010