Curriculum Vitae for Karl Andrew Stolley

Contact Information

218 Siegel Hall
3301 S Dearborn
Chicago, IL 60616
kstolley@iit.edu
http://karlstolley.com/

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Education

PhD in English, Purdue University. August 2007.

  • Specialization: Rhetoric and Composition.
  • Secondary Areas: Rhetoric, Technology, and Digital Writing; Theory and Cultural Studies.
  • Dissertation: An Art of Emergent Visual Rhetoric.
  • Committee: Patricia Sullivan (Chair), David Blakesley, Petronio Bendito, Thomas Rickert

MA in English, Purdue University. August 2002.

  • Specialization: Rhetoric and Composition.
  • Thesis: Toward a Conception of Religion as a Discursive Formation: Implications for Postmodern Composition Theory.
  • Thesis Committee: Janice M. Lauer (Chair), Irwin Weiser, Shirley K Rose.

BA in English Writing, Millikin University. May 2000.

  • Honors Thesis: ‘Hideously and Improbably Deformed’: A Reader’s Guide to David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest.
  • Thesis Advisor: Becky Bradway

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor of Technical Communication - Illinois Institute of Technology, 2007-present

  • Knowledge Management: Social Media and Scalable Collaboration (COM542, 1 section)
  • Online Design: Web Standards, Findability, and the Semanic Web (COM530, 2 sections)

Visiting Adjunct - DePaul University, Winter 2007.

  • Special Topics in New Media Studies: The Rhetoric of Design (NMS509, 1 section)

Graduate Lecturer - Purdue University, 2006-2007

  • Multimedia Writing (ENGL419, 1 section)

Teaching Assistant - Purdue University, 2000-2005

  • Multimedia Writing (ENGL419, 3 sections)
  • Professional Writing (ENGL420, 1)
  • Technical Writing (ENGL421, 1)
  • English Composition I (ENGL101, 3)
  • Computer-based Composition (ENGL101C, 1)
  • English Composition I for Horizons Learning Community (ENGL101R, 3)
  • English Composition II (ENGL102, 2)
  • English Composition II for Horizons Learning Community (ENGL102R, 2)
  • Advanced English Composition (ENGL103, 1)
  • English Composition for Horizons Learning Community (ENGL106R, 1)

Technology Administration

  • Purdue University OWL Webmaster, 2004-present
  • Purdue University Professional Writing Technology Coordinator, 2004-present
  • Purdue University OWL Coordinator, 2003-2004

Publications

  • “The Lo-Fi Manifesto” Kairos 12(3). http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/12.3/
  • “Introducing Inventio.” (with Madeleine Sorapure) Kairos 12(1). http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/12.1/
  • “Rhetorical Arts of Invention in Visual Communication.” In R. E. Griffin, B. D. Cowden, & M. Avgerinou (Eds.). Imagery and Artistry: Animating the Mind’s Eye. Loretto, PA: International Visual Literacy Association, 2006. 213-217.
  • Guest Editor, “Multimedia Composition: Pedagogies, Production, Possibilities.” Special issue of Computers and Composition (in process).
  • “New Wings for an Old OWL: Database Solutions for Small and Large-Scale Writing Center Web Sites.” (with Erin Karper) Databases in Higher Education: New Media Discourse in Composition and Rhetoric. Ed. Rich Rice and Jeffrey White. (forthcoming).
  • Editor, Digital Publishing F5 | Refreshed. (with David Blakesley, Bob Stein, et al.) West Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press, 2003.
  • “Treating the Computer Lab as a Studio.” Introductory Composition at Purdue (ICaP) News 7.1, Fall 2004.
  • “What Learning Communities Offer to Students & Teachers.” Introductory Writing Program News 5.1, Fall 2002.

Conference Presentations

  • Using Microformats: Collaboration and the Semantic Web. CCCC Computer Connections, New Orleans, LA, April 4, 2008.
  • Redesigning Kairos. (with Kathie Gossett and Doug Eyman). CCCC Computer Connections, New Orleans, LA, April 3, 2008.
  • Rethinking Digital Literacy in Terms of “Open Source.” ATTW Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 2, 2008.
  • More Than “What You See”: Alternatives to WYSIWYG Web Development. (Invited lecture.) Michigan State University Rhetoric and Writing Program’s Distinguished Speaker Series, January 17, 2008.
  • Integrated Online and Digital Resources for Teaching Syntax and Punctuation. (with Amy Ferdinandt Stolley). MLA Annual Convention (ATTW-sponsored session), Chicago, IL, December 2007.
  • Curricular Implementations of Sustainable Web Production. CPTSC Conference, Greenville, NC, October 2007.
  • Digital Production Literacy. IIT Research Forum, October 23, 2008.
  • Web Standards in the Technical Writing Classroom (Poster Session). ATTW Conference, Chicago, IL, March 2006.
  • A Techne for Artful Choices in Digital Writing. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL, March 2006.
  • Inventing the Mind’s Eye: Rhetorical Arts of Invention in Visual Communication. International Visual Literacy Association, Orlando, FL, October 18, 2005.
  • Think of it as Language, Not Code: Teaching Digital Writing for the Semantic Web. Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, Houghton, MI, October 8, 2005.
  • Purdue OWL. Digital Publishing Consortium. Purdue University, September 13, 2005.
  • Incorporating Design with Pedagogy: Redesigning the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL). With Linda Bergmann, Tammy Conard-Salvo, and Chris Berry. Purdue University Teaching & Learning Technologies Conference, February 15, 2005.
  • Coordinating Technologies and Instructional Support for Professional Writing at Purdue. Professional Writing Pedagogy and Technology Showcase, Purdue University, October, 2004.
  • Nightkitchen eBooks for Course Distribution and Interaction (Poster Session). Purdue University Teaching & Learning Technologies Conference, April, 2004.
  • Encountering Actio in Online Visual Design Performance. Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio, TX, March 2004.
  • Writing New Texts. Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, IL, November 2003.
  • Using Night Kitchen to Create Course eBooks. Professional Writing Pedagogy and Technology Showcase, October, 2003.
  • Going Paperless in the Composition Classroom (and Beyond). Introductory Writing Program Brown Bag, October, 2003
  • Teaching Discussion Group. Alliance of Rhetoric Societies, Evanston, IL, September, 2003.
  • Blogs, Community, and Continuity: A Technological Bridge for [English] 106. Introductory Writing Program Brown Bag, Purdue University, November 12, 2002.
  • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Blogs. Professional Writing Pedagogy and Technology Showcase, Purdue University, October 17, 2002.
  • Reclaiming Pieces of Holyoake. Theory & Cultural Studies Colloquium, Purdue University, March 7, 2002.
  • Challenging our students by challenging ourselves, Or, letting the inmates have a go. Introductory Writing Program Brown Bag, Purdue University, March 4, 2002.
  • Religious discourse & freshman composition: Questions of voices, validity, and responsibility. Introductory Writing Program Brown Bag, Purdue University, February 15, 2001.
  • ‘...and the tide was way out’: David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest as fin de millennium portrait of the postmodern condition. International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, March 18, 1999.

Workshops

  • Sustainable Web Design Workshop. Workshop leader. Michigan State University, January 18, 2008.
  • Sustainable Web Design Working Group. Workshop leader. Purdue University, February-March 2006.
  • Cascading Style Sheets Working Group. Workshop leader. Purdue University, August 2005.
  • Rhetorical Design. Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, September 20, 2005.
  • Night Kitchen eBook Construction Workshop. Professor Dino Felluga’s Technology of the Book Graduate Seminar, April 2004.
  • Visual Invention and Mixedmedia Writing. Millikin University, March 16, 2004.
  • Creating Digital Portfolios with Night Kitchen. Millikin University, September 2003.
  • Digital Publishing Workshop. Workshop leader. Computers and Writing, West Lafayette, IN, May 2003.
  • Assessing Multimedia Writing. Workshop facilitator. Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, NY. March 2003.

Creative Activities

  • Purdue OWL. Content management system creation and visual redesign, 2004-2007.
  • Hapastories.com. Website programming and graphic design for author Tammy Conard-Salvo, 2003.
  • The Doctoral Consortium in Rhetoric and Composition. (http://www.rhetoric.msu.edu/rc_consortium/) Website programming and logo and graphic design, 2003.
  • Research Guides to Rhetoric and Composition. Logo Design for Parlor Press, 2003.
  • You Ought Not Take it With You. Multimedia Installation for Computers and Writing 2003, Purdue University.
  • Discovering Digital Dimensions. Logo design for Computers and Writing 2003, 2002.

Honors, Awards, and Grants

  • Kairos Graduate Student Award for Technology Service, May 2006.
  • Purdue Research Foundation Summer Research Grant, Summer 2006.
  • Janice M. Lauer Award for Excellence in Dissertation Work, 2005.
  • Purdue University Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, 2005.
  • Department of English Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, 2004.
  • Purdue Research Foundation Summer Research Grant, Summer 2004.

Service

  • International Visual Literacy Association, Board of Directors, 2006-present.
  • International Visual Literacy Association, Membership and Electronic Presence Committees, 2006-present.
  • Purdue University, Computers & Writing Conference, New Media Coordinator, May 2003.
  • Purdue University, Introductory Writing Program English 106 Syllabus Group, 2002-2003.
  • Purdue University, Computers & Writing 2003 Planning Committee, 2002-2003.
  • Purdue University, GradSEA Creative Writing Committee Representative, 2001.

Media Appearances

  • Interview/Podcast. Web Professional Roles and Responsibilities. WOW Technology Minute (World Organization of Webmasters). March 19, 2008.
  • Interview/Podcast. Best Practices in Web Design. WOW Technology Minute (World Organization of Webmasters). January 21, 2008.
  • Interview. “Add variety and verve to your transitions.” Writing that Works: The Business Communications Report 18.4 (1-2).

Relevant Graduate Coursework

  • English 591: Introduction to Composition Theory (Janice Lauer, Fall 2000)
  • English 605: Computers, Language and Rhetoric (Samantha Blackmon, Fall 2003)
  • English 622: Issues in Composition Studies: Classical (Janice Lauer, Fall 2002)
  • English 624: Issues in Composition Studies: Modern (Pat Sullivan, Spring 2001)
  • English 625: Empirical Research Methods (Irwin Weiser, Spring 2003)
  • English 626: Issues in Composition Studies: Postmodern (Pat Sullivan, Spring 2002)
  • English 680F: Cybercultures (Pat Sullivan, Spring 2001)
  • English 680C: Cultural Studies and Composition (Thomas Rickert, Fall 2003)
  • English 680D: Rhetoric and Digital Publishing (David Blakesley, Spring 2003)
  • English 680M: Minority Rhetorics (Samantha Blackmon, Spring 2002)
  • English 680R: Rhetoric of Institutional Discourse (Thomas Rickert, Fall 2002)
  • English 680V: Visual Rhetoric (Michael Salvo, Spring 2004)

Teaching Practicum

  • English 502I: Computer Classrooms (Mike Pennell, Fall 2002)
  • English 505A: Teaching Introductory Composition (Irwin Weiser, Fall 2000)
  • English 505B: Teaching Academic Writing (Irwin Weiser, Spring 2001)
  • English 505M: Teaching Professional Writing (Pat Sullivan, Spring 2003)

References

  • Available upon request.