Kristin L. Arola
The Department of English
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99163
509.335.8742

This CV is a snapshot. For a complete cv, see the .pdf.
For a complete Kristin, invite her out for a beer.

Position

Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, Composition, and Technology Washington State University, Pullman, WA. 2006-present.

Education

	PhD in Rhetoric and Technical Communication, June 2006 Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI Emphases: Visual Rhetoric, Digital Rhetoric, Feminist Theory, Computers and Writing Dissertation: Invitational Listening: Exploring Design in Online Space Dissertation Committee: Anne Frances Wysocki (chair), Cynthia L. Selfe, Heidi Bostic.
	MS in Rhetoric and Technical Communication, May 2001 Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI Thesis: “Women’s Online Weight Loss Narratives: Controlling Gendered Space”
	BA English, May 1998 The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Publications

Arola, Kristin L.. “The Design of Web 2.0: The Rise of the Template, The Fall of Design.”  Computers and Composition. (forthcoming Spring 2010) Arola, Kristin L. Book Review. New Media, 1740-1915. Eds Lista Gitelman and Geoffrey B. Pingree. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 2003. in Technical Communication Quarterly. 16.4 (2007). 480-483. Arola, Kristin L. and Cheryl E. Ball. “A Conversation: From ‘They Call Me Doctor?’ to Tenure.”  Computers and Composition Online.<http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/prodev.htm>. Spring 2007. Ball, Cheryl E. and Kristin L. Arola. ix tech comm: Visual Exercises for Technical Communicators. CD-ROM. New York: Bedford-St. Martins, 2005. Ball, Cheryl E. and Kristin L. Arola. ix: Visual Exercises. CD-ROM. New York: Bedford-St. Martins, 2004.

Awards & Fellowships

King/Chavez/Parks Future Faculty Fellow. Educational Opportunities at Michigan Tech through the State of Michigan, 2004-2006 Woman of Promise, Michigan Technological University Presidential Council of Alumnae, 2005 The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Inductee, 2005 Student Leadership Award, Michigan Technological University, 2005

 

Conference Presentations

• “Being in Relation To: Digital Mixedblood Diversity.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Louisville, KY.  [accepted for March 2010]
• "Lessons from the Mixedblood: Complicating Diversity." Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference. East Lansing, MI.  October 2009.
• “Digital (Un)Intentional Passing: Reading the Online Indian.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA.  March 2009.
• “Assigning and Assessing: Multimodal Composition and Classroom Practice.”  Half-Day Workshop. Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA.  (accepted for 2009).
• “The Search for Digital Identity: Composing a Facebook Indian.” Thomas R. Watson
  Conference in Rhetoric and Composition. Louisville, KY. October 2008.
• “Digital Regalia: Listening to the Rhetorics of Native American Identity.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. New Orleans, LA.  April 2008
• “From Pocahotass to Bezhgiizhig: Redefining Native American Identity through MySpace.” Computers and Writing Conference. Detroit, MI. May, 2007.
• “Reading New Media.” Half-Day Workshop. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. March, 2006.
• “Listening to Visuals: Online Gender Identity.” Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference. Houghton, MI. October 2005.
• "Beyond the Code." Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Antonio, TX. March, 2004.

Invited Speaker

Department of English, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. 
Undergraduate Courses

• Electronic Research and the Rhetoric of Information (Engl/DTC 356)
• New course for English Department. Developed course content in light of DTC goals and five-year plan.
• Advanced Multimedia Authoring (Engl/DTC 477)
• New course for Pullman campus. Worked with the Center for Civic Engagement to employ service-learning project. Students created website for Ferry County.
• Technical and Professional Writing (Engl 402)
• Principles of Rhetoric (Engl 360)
• New course at WSU.
• Multimedia Authoring: Exploring the New Rhetorics (Engl/DTC 355)
• Design and Composition (Engl/DTC 336)
• New course for Pullman campus. Worked with the Center for Civic Engagement to employ service-learning project. Students created street signs for College Hill Historic District. Signs installed in Spring 2008 .
• Introduction to English Studies—Professional Writing and Visual Studies Unit (Engl 302)

 

Teaching Experience (for syllabi, go to teaching page)

Department of English, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.  

• Teaching with Technology (Engl 597)
• Feminist Rhetorics (Engl 597)
• Advanced Multimedia Authoring (Engl/DTC 477)
• Technical and Professional Writing (Engl 402)
• Principles of Rhetoric (Engl 360)
• Multimedia Authoring: Exploring the New Rhetorics (Engl/DTC 355)
• Design and Composition (Engl/DTC 336)
• Introduction to English Studies—Professional Writing and Visual Studies Unit (Engl 302)

Administrative Experience

Department of Humanities, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI.  1999-2006.

• Assistant to the Director of Graduate Teaching Instructors, 2002-2004
• Assistant Director, Computers in Writing-Intensive Classrooms—Approaches to Integrating Computers (CIWIC-AIC) Summer Institute, 2002, 2003
• Assistant to the Director of Graduate Studies, 2001-2002
  

Academic Service

Department of English, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.  2006-present.

• Undergraduate Studies Committee, 2008-present.
• Placement Officer for English Department Graduate Students, 2006-2008
• Hiring Committee Member, TriCities Rhetoric/Composition Position. 2007-2008

National Service.  2006-present.

• Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy. Editorial Board Member. 2007-present.
• Ellen Nold Award Committee for the Best Computers and Composition Article of the Year. 2008.
• Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition and Culture. Journal Article Reviewer. 2007-2008.
• Wadsworth Publishing. Textbook Reviewer.  2007-2008.
• Bedford St. Martins. Textbook Reviewer. 2008.
Department of Humanities, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI.  1999-2006.
• UN2001 Graduate Student Instructor Representative for General Education Committee, 2003-2004
• Ph.D. Representative for Undergraduate Liberal Arts Steering Committee, 2001-2002
• M.S. Representative for MS Restructuring Committee, 2001
• M.S. Representative for Graduate RTC Steering Committee, 2000-01

 

Editing & Web Design Experience

• Editor for Michigan Tech’s Technobabe Times, Student Feminist Newsletter, Spring 2003-present
• Web designer and developer for Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference, 2005 <http://www.hu.mtu.edu/femsrhet/>
• Web designer for Computers in Writing Intensive Classrooms Workshop, 2003-2005. <http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~ciwic/2004> <http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~ciwic/2005>
• Editorial Intern for College Composition and Communication. Winter 2000, Spring 2001
• Web Editor for Blue Ice Anthology, Creative Non-Fiction Literary Journal, Winter 2001 <http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~blueice>
• Assistant Managing editor for Reader, Summer 2000
  
  

Relevant Technical Knowledge

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe InDesign
• Macromedia Dreamweaver
• (X)HTML
• CSS
• iMovie