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1. PERSONAL INFORMATION
· Eliot Rendleman
· Director, ACT; Associate Professor
· 4 Pine Crescent, Newnan, GA 30265
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2. EDUCATION
· Doctor of Philosophy in English, Composition and Rhetoric, University of Nevada, Reno (2009)
· Dissertation: Technological Performativity: Mapping the Rhetoric of Student Valuation and Identity in Composition Textbooks
· Master of Arts in English, Composition and Rhetoric, University of Nevada, Reno (2000)
· Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, University of Michigan-Flint (1996)
3. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT WORK EXPERIENCE
· Director, Academic Center for Tutoring, Columbus State University / 2015-present· Associate Professor, English, Columbus State University / 2014-present
· Director, University Writing Center & Academic Center for Tutoring, Columbus State University / 2014-2015
· Director, Writing Center, Columbus State University / 2009-2014
· Assistant Professor, English, Columbus State University / 2009-2014
· Instructor, University Writing Program, University of California, Davis / 2008-2009
· Coordinator/Instructor, Writing Center & Tutoring and Learning Center, Truckee Meadows Community College / 2005-2008
4. FIELD(S) or AREA(S) OF SPECIAL INTEREST WITHIN DISCIPLINE OR PROFESSION
· Writing program administration
· Composition studies
5. MEMBERSHIP
· Southeastern Writing Center Association (2010-present)
· International Writing Centers Association (2009-present)
· Council of Writing Program Administrators (2009-present)
· National Council of Teachers of English-CCCC (1997-2000, 2003-present)
6. SERVICE TO COMMUNITY
Institutional
· Assistant Marshal, Commencement, College of Letters and Sciences (fall 2017)
· Advisor, Momentum: Columbus State University’s Journal for Undergraduate Research and Critique (2011-2015)
· Advisor, Professional Writing Organization (2009-present)
· Advisor, STEM Mini-Grant, "Use of a Writing Consultant in a Science Course," led by John Barone (spring 2012)
· Coordinator, Faculty Writing Fellowship (2012-present)
· Coordinator, Outstanding Teacher of Writing Award (2009-present)
· Coordinator/Host, "A Reading of Fiction and a Presentation on Research," by James Iredell and Man Martin, A Celebration of the National Day on Writing, Columbus State University (20 Oct. 2009)
· Coordinator/Host, Celebration of Student Writing (2013-present)
· Fellow, Policy Fellowship, Policy Task Force (summer, fall 2017)
· Judge, Best Oral Presentation Award, Gregory P. Domin Graduate Conference (fall 2016)
· Judge, Honors College Scholarships (spring 2015)
· Judge, Tower Day Undergraduate Research Event (2011-2013)
· Thesis Director, “’Pick Me! Pick Me!’: Using Rhetorical and Marketing Appeals for Self-Promotion” by Alexander Jones, Honors College, Columbus State University (2017-2018)
Professional
· Conference Chair, 2016 Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference: Writing Center Inclusivity (2015-2016)
· Coordinator/Host, "Second Language Acquisition in the Writing Center: Conversational Techniques for Scaffolding Language Development in ESL Writers," Agnes Scott College (26 Apr. 2013)
· Master Reviewer, Quality Matters (2016-present)
· Registration Committee Volunteer, Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention (8 Apr. 2011)
· Reviewer, Composition Forum, 2 manuscripts (2012-2014)
· Reviewer, Book Proposal, Broadview Press (2014)
Local
· Consultant, Brookstone School Writing Center
· Consultant, Double Church Middle School, Muscogee County School District
· Consultant, Fort Benning Communicative Skills Branch
· Consultant, Jordan High School Writing Center
· Habitat for Humanity, Annual CSU Day of Service (18 Aug. 2012; 25 Sept. 2010)
· Host, "Personal Narrative: A Writing Strategy for Success," Camp Faith Youth Services of Pine Mountain Enrichment Services Organizations, Inc. (1 June, 22 June, 13 July 2012)
· Judge, Literary Event Essay Contest, St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School (12 Mar. 2011; 3 Mar. 2012)
7. SPECIAL AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND OTHER HONORS
· Loudermilk Research Fund, Columbus State University (2016, 2017)
· Online Course Development Grant, Columbus State University (2016)
· USG Regents’ Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award, Recipient/Nomination. Columbus State University, Columbus, GA (2015)
· International Writing Centers Association Professional Scholarship, Southeastern Writing Centers Association. Orlando, FL (2014)
· USG Regents’ Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award, Nominee, College of Letters and Sciences. Columbus State University, Columbus, GA (2014)
· Gary A. Olson Scholarship, Southeastern Writing Center Association. Nova Southeastern, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (2013)
· QEP Grant, National Day on Writing event. Columbus State University, Columbus, GA (2009)
· Administrative Excellence Award, Nominee. Truckee Meadows Community College. Reno, NV (2006-2007, 2007-2008)
8. MAJOR COMMITTEES
Institutional
· At-Large Member, College of Letters and Sciences Personnel Committee, English Department, Columbus State University (2017-2018)
· Chair, Assessment Committee, English Department, Columbus State University (2011-present)
· Committee Member, Distance Learning Committee, Columbus State University (2017-present)
· Committee Member, First-Year Composition Committee, Columbus State University (2009-2013)
· Chair, General Education Committee, Columbus State University (2013-2016)
· Committee Member, General Education Committee, Columbus State University (2016-present)
· Committee Member, Post-Tenure Review Appeals Committee, Columbus State University (2016)
· Committee Member, President's Student Success Council, Columbus State University (2012-present)
· Committee Member, Pre-Tenure Committee for Ilaria Scaglia (History), Columbus State University (2015)
· Committee Member, Quality Enhancement Program (QEP) Advisory, Columbus State University (2009-2012)
· Committee Member, SACS QEP Oversight Committee, Columbus State University (2009-2012)
· Committee Member, Search Committee for the Chair Position, English Department, Columbus State University (fall 2012)
· Committee Member, Search Committee for a Tenure-Track Faculty Position, English Department, Columbus State University (spring 2014)
· Committee Member (ex officio), Writing Center Advisory Committee, Columbus State University (2009-2014)
Professional
· Conference Chair, Southeastern Writing Center Association (2016-2017)
· Georgia State Representative, Executive Board, Southeastern Writing Center Association (2013-2015)
· Membership / Newcomers Committee, Council of Writing Program Administrators (2012-2013)
9. PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
· E3: Engage, Equip, Energize Conference. Columbus State University. Cunningham Center. 9 & 10 Oct. 2017.
· Master Reviewer Course (MRC). Quality Matters Certifications. The Quality Matters Program. MarylandOnline. Completion 18 Mar 2017.
· Conference on Infusing Perspectives on Contemporary Russia and Ukraine Across the Curriculum. Clayton State University Continuing Education Center, Morrow, GA. 25 Sept. 2015.
· Peer Reviewer Course (PRC). Quality Matters Certifications. The Quality Matters Program. MarylandOnline. Completion 22 Jan 2015.
· Faculty Oxford Workshop, by the Center for International Education, Spencer House, Oxford, English. August 2014.
· Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR). Professional Development Workshop. Quality Matters Program. MarylandOnline. Completion 27 May 2014.
· Introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), by Denise Domizi. Faculty Development Series Online. University System of Georgia Department of Faculty Affairs. 4 Mar. 2014. Webinar.
· Accessibility Considerations for D2L ver. 10.2 Courses, by Janet Sylvia. Faculty Development Series Online. University System of Georgia Department of Faculty Affairs. 4 Feb. 2014. Webinar.
· Applying Recent Copyright Court Decisions to Distance Ed, by Linda Enghagen. Magna Online Seminars. Magna Publications. Webinar. 17 Oct. 2013.
· Effective Faculty Development Workshops: Design and Delivery, by Carol Rutz and Steve Wilhoit. Council of Writing Program Administrators Conf. Coastal Georgia Center, Savannah, GA. 18 July 2013.
· Inquiry and Intersections: Developing Creative Approaches to Teaching and Promoting Faculty Collaboration, by Susan Hrach. Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Columbus State University. 10 May 2013.
· Teaching Through Accelerated Pathways: A Statewide Conference on Transforming Developmental Writing and Reading Instruction. Georgia Gwinnet College. 15-16 Feb. 2013.
· Section 508 Compliance and Online Course Content, by Janet Sylvia. Faculty Development Series Online. University System of Georgia Department of Faculty Affairs. Webinar. 7 Dec. 2011.
· Using Grading and Assessment to Maximize the Online Writing Course Experience—Without Burning Out, by Scott Warnock. National Council of Teachers of English. Webinar. 14 Oct. 2010.
· Easing Your Transition to Teaching Writing Online, by Scott Warnock. National Council of Teachers of English. Webinar. 8 Apr. 2010.
· Extending the CCC Conversation: A Dialogue with Cindy Selfe and Doug Hesse. Conf. on College Composition and Communication. Webinar. 4 Mar. 2010.
· Achieving Tutoring Excellence through Education. Georgia Tutoring Association. Macon State College, Macon, GA. 20 Feb. 2010.
· Summarizing and Using Assessment Results, by Linda Suskie. The Teaching Professor Online Seminar. Magna Publications. Webinar. 10 Oct. 2009.
10. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Publications
· “Lexicography: Self-Analysis and Defining the Keywords of Our Missions.” The Writing Lab Newsletter 37.1-2 (2012): 1-5. Rpt. in The Best of the Independent Rhetoric and Composition Journals 2013. Ed. Steve Parks, Morris Young, and Elisabeth Miller. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press, 2015.
· Rendleman, Eliot, and Judith Livingston. “The Dynamics of Collaboration and Hierarchy: Developing, Assessing, and Revising a First-Year Composition-Writing Center Partnership.” Collaborative Craft and the Work of Writing Programs and Writing Centers. Ed. Alice J. Myatt and Lyneé Lewis Gaillet. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
· “Writing Centers and Mandatory Visits, WPA-CompPile Research Bibliographies, No. 22.” WPA-CompPile Research Bibliographies. July 2013. Web. 24 Aug. 2013. <http://comppile.org/wpa/bibliographies/Bib22/Rendleman.pdf>
· “Survey of Textbook Adoption Policies and Practices in First-Year Writing Programs.” CompPile: An Inventory of Publications in Post-Secondary Composition, Rhetoric, Technical Writing, ESL, and Discourse Studies. 3 Feb. 2012. Web. 24 Aug. 2013. <http://compfaqs.org/textbooks/adoption/index.php>.
· “Balancing Act: Student Valuation and Cultural Studies Textbooks for Composition.” Composition Forum 24 (2011): n. pag. Web. 12 Sep. 2011. <http://compositionforum.com/issue/24/balancing-act-textbooks.php>. [Peer-reviewed, Lead Article]
· “Studies on Textbooks for Writing Instruction: Course Readers, Composition Books, Rhetorics, and Handbooks, WPA-CompPile Research Bibliographies, No. 11.” WPA-CompPile Research Bibliographies. Aug. 2010. Web. 24 Aug. 2013. <http://comppile.org/wpa/bibliographies/Bib11/Rendleman.pdf>.
· Rev. of Computers and Writing: The Cyborg Era, by James Inman. Composition Studies. 34.1 (2006): 132-6. Print.
· Rev. of Critical Literacy in a Digital Era: Technology, Rhetoric, and the Public Interest, by Barbara Warnick. Computers and Composition. 21.2 (2004): 255-60. Print.
· Rev. of Natural Discourse: Toward Ecocomposition, by Sidney L. Dobrin and Christian R. Weisser. ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. 11.1 (2004): 273-74. Print.
Papers/Conferences
· "RAD Research for Supporting Student Veterans." Welcome to Today's Multimodal Writing Center, Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference, 8 Feb. 2014, Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
· Rendleman, Eliot, Karen Head, Kevin Dvorak, and Russell Carpenter. "Writing-Focused QEPs: Lessons from Four Successful Programs." Higher Education at the Crossroads: Pathways to Equity and Excellence, SACSCOC Annual Meeting, 5 Dec. 2016, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, GA.
· Rendleman, Eliot, and Judith Livingston. "Kung Fu and Mapping the Dynamics of Hierarchy in a Deliberate Collaboration among Writing Programs." Risk and Reward, Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention, 19 Mar. 2015, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL.
· "Kung Fu as Novel Inspiration for Developing and Assessing an Intentional Collaboration between Writing Programs." The Wonderful World of Writing Centers, Joint Conference of the International Writing Centers Association & the National Conference of Peer Tutoring in Writing, 1 Nov. 2014, Disney’s Coronado SpringsResort, Lake Buena Vista, FL.
· "Kung Fu in the Academy: Addressing Challenges, Redirecting Resources, and Developing Intentionality among Writing Programs." Our Language, Ourselves: Rethinking Our Writing Center Communities, Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference, 8 Feb. 2014, Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
· Rendleman, Eliot, Judith Livingston, and Joe Letter. "'Tell all the truth but tell it slant': Articulating Success in Writing Program Administration." Queering the Writing Program, Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, 21 July 2013, Coastal Georgia Center, Savannah, GA.
· Rendleman, Eliot, and Judith Livingston. "Work of Tools, Work of People: The Effects of the Writer’s Journal and Writing Center Consultants on Confidence and Ability." The Work We Do, Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference, 22 Feb. 2013, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
· "The Types and Degrees of Student Resistance to Shared Class Governance and Collaboration in a Peer Writing Consultation Training Course." Best Practices for Promoting Engaged Student Learning, University System of Georgia Teaching and Learning Conference, 13 Apr. 2012, Helen, GA.
· "Whose Resistance is Futile?: The Successes, 'Failures,' and Revisions of an Inquiry-Guided Learning Curriculum in a Peer Writing Consultation Training Course." Next-Gen WC: Composing Spaces, Exploring Ideas; Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference, 17 Feb. 2012, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY.
· "Tides of Orthodoxy: Challenging the Collaboration/Independence Binary and Rethinking the Independent Writer." Turning the Tide, Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference, 18 Feb. 2011, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.
· "Technological Performativity: A Rhetorical Analysis of Composition Textbooks and the Identities They Shape." Representing Identities, Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention, 22 Mar. 2007, Hilton, New York, NY.
· "Writing Technology, Bodies, and Gender Performativity: An Analysis of Promotional Documents for Typewriters, 1895-1898." Affirming Diversity, 5th Biennial Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference, 8 Oct. 2005, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI.
· Baird, Neil, and Eliot Rendleman. "Leveling the Proverbial Playing Field: Enfranchising the Basic Writer with Technology." New Writing and Computer Technologies, Computers and Writing, 17 June 2005, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
· "Making Sophistic Theories of Composition Matter for Hypertextual Public Discourse." Making Composition Matter: Students, Citizens, Institutions, Advocacy; Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention, 26 Mar. 2004, San Antonio, TX.
· "The Possibilities for ‘Refashioning’ On Rhetoric and Toulmin’s Model for Hypertext Argumentation in the Academic Setting." Discovering Digital Dimensions, Computers and Writing Conference, 22 May 2003, West Lafayette, IN.
· "Self-Censorship in the American West: How I/My Class Shut Me/Themselves Down." Visible Students, Visible Teachers; Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention, 24-27 Mar. 1999, Atlanta, GA.
· Bein, Erika, Eliot Rendleman, and Elizabeth Swingrover. "Beats, Freaks, Hippies, Punks: Strategies for Teaching College Courses in American Counterculture 1950s-1970s." Far West Popular and American Culture Associations Conference, Feb. 1999, Las Vegas, NV.
· "Productive and Non-Productive Noise in the Writing Center." East Central Writing Centers Association Conference, 1996, Michigan State University, Kellogg Center, East Lansing, MI.
Peer Reviewer
· Composition Forum, 2 manuscripts (2012-2014)
Consulting Work
· Consultant, Brookstone School Writing Center