Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D. Rhetoric & Composition ⏐ 2019

University of Nevada, Reno, Department of English


M.A. English, concentration in Composition Studies ⏐ 2012

California State University, Sacramento. Department of English 


B.A., English, concentration in Fiction ⏐ 2009 

California State University, Sacramento. Department of English

Academic Appointments

Saint Mary’s College of California, Writing Studies Program, Moraga, CA ⏐ July 2024 - Present

Assistant Professor, Professional and Technical Writing.


Sam Houston State University, Department of English, Huntsville, TX ⏐ 2019 - 2024

Assistant Professor, Rhetoric & Composition; Co-Director, First-Year Composition & Integrated Reading and Writing (INRW) 0014 Programs.

Publications

Edited Volumes 

Threshold Conscripts: Liminalities and Thresholds in Rhetoric and Composition TAships and the Programs They Inhabit. Eds. William J. Macauley, Leslie R. Anglesey, et al. WAC Clearinghouse, January 2023. DOI: 10.37514/PER-B.2023.1626. 


Standing at the Thresholds: Working through Liminality in the Composition and Rhetoric TAship. Eds. William J. Macauley, Leslie R. Anglesey, et al. Utah State University Press, June 2021.


Journal Articles & Book Chapters 

“Accessible Affordances of Asynchronicity: Cripping Online Instruction.” With Molly Ubbesen.” ROLE: Research in Online Literacy Education Journal. July 2024.


“Leaky Bodies and Connective Tissues: A Cripped Metho-Epistemology of Mentoring.” With Melissa Nicolas. Mentorship and Methodology: Reflections, Praxis, and Futures. Eds. Leigh Gruwell and Charles Lesh. Utah State University Press, 2024, pp. 217-234. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7330/9781646425822.c012.  


“Survival is Insufficient: Reimagining TA Orientation as a Meaningful Threshold Boundary.” Threshold Conscripts: Liminalities and Thresholds in Rhetoric and Composition TAships and the Programs They Inhabit. Eds. William J. Macauley, Leslie Anglesey, et al. WAC Clearinghouse, 2023. DOI: 10.37514/PER-B.2023.1626.2.06. 


““Do You Feel Like ☹” : Discursive Interventions in University Mental Health Rhetorics.” Leslie R. Anglesey and Adam Hubrig. Mental Health Rhetoric Research: Toward Strategic Interventions. Eds. Lisa Melancon and Cathryn Molloy. Routledge, 2022, pp. 185-205. DOI: 10.4324/9781003144854-15. 


"Social Justice in an Online Classroom: A Place-Based Approach to Belonging." Prompt, A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments, vol. 5, no. 1, 2021, pp. 34-41, https://thepromptjournal.com/index.php/prompt/article/view/73/220. 


“‘We’re All Struggling to be a Complete Person:’ Listening to Rhetorical Constructions of Endometriosis.” Interrogating Gendered Pathologies, pp. 67-82. Eds. Erin A Frost and Michelle F. Eble. Utah State University Press, 2020. DOI: 10.7330/9781607329855.c003. 


“Caring for Students with Disabilities: (Re)defining Welcome as a Culture of Listening.” The Peer Review, vol. 3, no.1, June 2019. Leslie R. Anglesey and Maureen McBride. http://thepeerreview-iwca.org/issues/redefining-welcome/caring-for-students-with-disabilities-redefining-welcome-as-a-culture-of-listening/.


Book Reviews 

“A Review of Rhetorics of Overcoming: Rewriting Narratives of Disability and Accessibility in Writing Studies by Allison Harper Hitt. Composition Forum, Fall 2022. https://compositionforum.com/issue/50/anglesey-hitt-review.php. 


“A Review of Composition in the Age of Austerity, Nancy Welch and Tony Scott, 2016.” Across the Disciplines, vol. 14, no. 2 (2017). http://wac.colostate.edu/atd/reviews/welch_scott2017.cfm.


Other Publications

“The Importance of Keeping Quiet Rooms Quiet.” Leslie R. Anglesey and Ellen Cecil-Lemkin. Symposium: Enacting a Culture of Access in Our Conference Spaces,” edited by Adam Hubrig and Ruth Osario. College Composition and Communication, vol. 72, no. 1, 2020, pp. 99-102. (Reviewed by invited CCCC Symposium editors prior to publication)


“Listening with Intent: Negotiating Rhetorical Listening in Climate Change Debates.” Introduction to Section 2 of special issue of Works and Days, vol. 36, 2018, pp. 127-135.  


Manuscripts in Submission 

(under review) "“Failure to Comply: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Consent in FYC Syllabus Policies.” College Composition & Communication.


(under review) “Disability.” Constructing the Threshold: A Reference Work of Concepts between Teaching for Transfer and Teaching Writing. Eds. Tom Skeen, Sherry Rankins-Robertson, and Duane Roen. (Under advanced contract, WAC Clearinghouse).


(Under review) “Laying the Tracks as We Go: WPE and Not-Yet-Readyness in Underfunded Writing Programs.” with Submitted to editors of Writing Pedagogy Education (edited collection).

Grants and Fellowships

External Grants

Co-Primary Investigator. $100,000.00. (2023). “Improving Developmental Education at SHSU.” THECB College Readiness and Success Models Grant. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. 


Internal Grants

Co-Primary Investigator. $13,000.00. (2023). “Online Guided Peer Review: Developing Active Learning Strategies to Enhance Students’ Writing Effectiveness.” Teaching Innovation Grant. Office of Academic Planning and Assessment, Sam Houston State University. 


Primary Investigator. $1,000.00. (2021-2022). “Assessing First-Year Writing Completion Rates Among Student Populations.” Assessment Mini-Grant. Office of Academic Planning and Assessment, Sam Houston State University. 


Fellowships

Engaged Learning Fellowship. “Active & Accessible Learning in First-Year Writing.” Sam Houston State University. 2021-2023.


Presentations


International

“Engaging Writers of all Levels: Student Perspectives on Active Learning and Writing Across the Curriculum.” With Katharine Hubbard. Writing Across Borders 2023 Conference. February 21, 2023. Trondheim, Norway.


“Accessible Affordances of Asynchronicity: Cripping Online Instruction.” (Workshop) With Molly Ubbesen.” Global Society of Online Literacy Educators. November 19, 2021.


“Embedding a Commitment to Diversity in our Writing Center Work.” International Writing Center Association Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA. October 12, 2018.


National

“Active and Accessible? A Qualitative Study of Disabled FYC Writers' Experiences with Active Learning Pedagogy.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. April 2024.

 

“Evaluating Anew: Accessible Assessment Across Writing Spaces and Programs.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. February 2023. (Accepted).


“Identifying and Resisting Ableism in FYC Syllabi.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2022, On-Demand Panel.


“Who’s Driving This Car? FYC Syllabi as Sites of Authorial Tension.” Council of Writing Program Administration Conference. Accepted, conference postponed due to COVID-19.


“Engaging Critique: Problematizing Embodied Commonplaces of Women of Color, Student Bodies, and Diversity Initiatives in Writing Courses Building Coalition across Commonplaces.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 2020. (Accepted, conference canceled due to COVD-19).


“Cripping Performance in the First-Year Writing Classroom.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Pittsburg, PA. March 13, 2019. 


“Cripping Peer Response in FYC.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Pittsburg, PA. March 14, 2019.


“Rhetorics of Listening.” Rhetoric Society of America Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN. June 2, 2018.


“Can You Hear Me Now?: Teaching Rhetorical Listening as Intersectional Pedagogy.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. St. Louis, MO. Mar. 17, 2018. 


“At the Nexus of Disability and Feminist Studies: The Ethics of Non-Normativity.” 2018 CRSHRC Workshop. Conference on College Composition and Communication. St. Louis, MO. Mar. 14, 2018.


“‘Cripping’ the Writing Classroom: Out of the Closet and Technology Policies in the Writing Classroom.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Portland, OR. March 17, 2017. 


“‘Leaky Bodies’ and Connective Mentoring: An Embodied Perspective.” Conference on College Composition and Communication Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition. Portland, OR. March 14, 2017.


“What’s in a Name? Suicide’s Unnamed Double Bind.” Rhetoric Society of American Annual Conference. Atlanta, GA. May, 2016. 


Regional Conferences

“Humanizing Mental Health: Rhetorical Interventions in Mental Health Discourse.” Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. November 13-14, 2021.


“Crossing the Emotional Divide: Considerations on the Role of Emotion in Writing Studies Theory and Pedagogy." Crossings: Exploring Our Shared Work in Writing.” Reno, NV. April 1-2, 2017.


“Talking About Disability: A Workshop.” Northern Nevada Diversity Summit 2017. Reno, NV. March 30, 2017.


“Virtual Bodies: Presence and Invisibility in Composition Pedagogy.” 47th Annual Northeast MLA Annual Convention. Hartford, Connecticut. March, 2016.


“Challenging the Ableist ‘Overcoming’ Narrative.” 47th Annual Northeast MLA Annual Convention. Hartford, Connecticut. March, 2016.


“Conformity, Conflation, and Coercion: Student Subjectivities in Writing Classroom Syllabi.” 69th Annual Rocky Mountain MLA Annual Convention. Santa Fe, New Mexico. October 9, 2015.


“From Coping to Thriving: A Teacher’s Guide to Managing Social Anxiety.” 46th Annual Northeast MLA Annual Convention. Toronto, Ontario, CA. April 30-May 3, 2015. 


“Standardization: Composition’s Boogeyman.” 5th Annual University of Nevada, Reno College of Liberal Arts Graduate Symposium. Reno, Nevada. February 26-28, 2015.


Invited Talks & Workshops

University of California, Merced Writing Center. “Rhetorical Listening in the Writing Center.” Virtual Workshop. October 15, 2021.


State of California Workforce Development Board Disability Advisory Committee. “Challenging Disability Myths: What Rudolph and Tiny Tim Teach Us about Implicit Ableism.” Virtual Presentation. December 9, 2020. 


Sam Houston State University. "Engagement Beyond the Lecture Video." SHSU Virtual Engagement Workshop. May 12 & 20, 2020.


Sam Houston State University. "Motivating and Mentoring Students through Virtual Contact." SHSU Virtual Engagement Workshop. May 12 & 20, 2020.


State of California Workforce Development Board Disability Advisory Committee. “Accessing Work: Disability Justice for Equitable Workplaces.” Sacramento, California. December 18, 2019.


Departmental Talks

“Access and Accommodation in FYC.” University of Nevada, Reno English Department TA Orientation. University of Nevada, Reno. August 4, 2018.


“Assignments and Activities.” University of Nevada, Reno English Department TA Orientation. University of Nevada, Reno. August 15, 2017.


“Pacing and Sequencing of Assignments and Activities.” University of Nevada, Reno English Department TA Orientation. August 13, 2015. 


Awards & Honors

International Listening Association Dissertation Award. Academic Year 2019-2020.


2019 CCCC Chairs’ Memorial Scholarship: $750. January 2019. 


Susan & Steven Tchudi Scholarship: $1,295.00. Academic Year 2018-2019.


Writing Initiative Teaching Assistantship. UNR Writing Center. Academic Year 2017-2018.


UNR English Department Outstanding Graduate Student (Faculty Nomination). May 2017.


Writing Initiative Teaching Assistantship. UNR Writing Center. Academic Year 2016-2017.


UNR English Department Outstanding Graduate Student – Rhetoric and Composition. May 2016.


Nominee, Charles Davis Graduate Student Research Award. Rocky Mountain MLA. January 2016.


Teaching


Teaching Experience

Saint Mary’s College of California ⏐ Moraga, California

Assistant Professor. 2024-Present.


Courses taught:


Sam Houston State University ⏐ Huntsville, Texas

Assistant Professor. 2019-2024.


Courses taught:


University of Nevada, Reno ⏐ Reno, Nevada. 

Teaching Assistant. 2014-2019.


Courses taught:


American River College⏐Sacramento, California. 

Adjunct Faculty, 2012-2014. 


Courses taught: 


Yuba Community College ⏐ Marysville, California. 

Adjunct Faculty, 2012-2015. 


Courses taught: 


Folsom Lake College ⏐ Folsom, California. 

Adjunct Faculty, 2012-2013. 


Courses taught: 


California State University, Sacramento ⏐ Sacramento, California.

Teaching Assistant, 2011.


Courses taught:


Theses and Dissertations

Brianna Hernandez. Master’s Thesis on public trans health communication. Committee member. (In progress, completion tbd) 


Christina Zientek. “Graduate Student Perspectives of Multimodal Assessments in Higher Education Online Learning.” Doctor of Education (Instructional Systems Design and Technology), College of Education, Sam Houston State University. Committee Member. (In progress, anticipated completion Summer 2024)


Service


Service to the Profession

Member, Bylaws Subcommittee, Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of

Rhetoric and Composition. 2022-2023.

 

Member, Research Grants Committee, Council of Writing Program Administrators. 

2020- 2021. 


Reviewer for Conferences


Reviewer for Scholarly Journals 



Service to University of Nevada, Reno


Service to American River College

English Area Adjunct Faculty Representative, 2013-2014.


Professional Development

Association of College and Universities Educators (ACUE). Effective Teaching Practices. Fall 2021-Spring 2022. 


Online Course Redesign & Faculty Certification. Sam Houston State University. Spring 2020.


Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (GSOLE) Basic Online Literacy Instruction Course. 2020-2021. 


Memberships

Association of Writing Across the Curriculum (AWAC)

Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA)

Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (GSOLE)

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Rhetoric Society of America (RSA)