STEVE BEATTY
Arizona State University 2604 W. Upland Drive
P. O. Box 870302 Chandler, AZ 85224
Tempe, AZ 85287-0302 (480) 345-9414
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. English May 2003
(Rhetoric & Composition concentration) Arizona State University
Chair: Maureen Daly Goggin
M.A. Rhetoric and Composition Aug 1998
Arizona State University
MFA Creative Writing (Fiction) May 1995
Practicum Project: Unfinished Business Arizona State University
Chair: Ron Carlson
B.A. English May 1980
Arizona State University
MBA (Marketing emphasis) August 1978
Arizona State University
B. S. Marketing May 1977
Graduated Magna Cum Laude Arizona State University
DISSERTATION
What defines English Studies? Gerald Graff (1996) writes that “the quest for a precise definition of the discipline of English has been a persistent one since the founding of English studies as an academic subject about a century ago” (15). Recently, however, this search for identity has taken on more urgency. As Sidney Dobrin (1997) observes, “In many ways it seems that the quest for identity has become the central mission of contemporary English departments.” What We Talk About When We Talk About English Studies attempts to shed some light upon this question of identity by providing a history of the institutionalization of English Studies in the American college/university. While there have been numerous disciplinary histories of the major sub-disciplines of English Studies (linguistics, literature, composition, and creative writing), there is no history of the überdiscipline of English Studies. What We Talk About fills this gap. While the knowledge of what we talk about when we talk about English Studies may not provide the conceptual coherence necessary to unify the discipline, it can help us to understand what we have in common, how we came to be organized the way we are, and, perhaps, help us to understand where English Studies might fit in the new corporate university.
Committee:
Maureen Daly Goggin, Chair
Duane Roen
John Ramage
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Arizona State University
Instructor Aug 1998 - present
Teaching Assistant/Faculty Associate Aug 1989 - May 1998
& Aug 1979 - Aug 1980
English 101: Reading and Writing Academic Prose (16 sections)
English 102: Research and Argument (20 sections)
English 105: Advanced First Year Composition (18 sections)
English 210: Introduction to Creative Writing (1 section)
English 215: Strategies of Academic Writing (1 section)
English 217: Personal/Exploratory Writing (1 section)
English 301: Writing for the Professions (1 section)
English 105: Internet: Advanced First Year Composition (2 sections)
English 101: Electronic Classroom: Reading & Writing (2 sections)
English 102: Electronic Classroom: Research & Argument (4 sections)
English 301: Electronic Classroom: Writing for Professions (3 sections)
Chandler-Gilbert Community College Aug 1995 - May 1996
Adjunct Faculty
English 101: Reading and Writing Academic Prose (2 sections)
English 102: Research and Argument (Service Learning) (2 sections)
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Chapters:
2000 Goggin, Maureen Daly and Steve Beatty. “Accounting for ‘Well-Worn
Grooves’: Composition as a Self-Reinforcing Mechanism” in Inventing A Discipline: Rhetoric Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Young. Ed. Maureen Daly Goggin. Urbana, IL: NCTE. 29-66.
Fiction:
1995 Beatty, Steve. “Body of Evidence.” Portland State Review 39.1 (Spring 1995): 41.
1986 Beatty, Steve. “Stealing Home.” Hayden’s Ferry Review 1 (Spring 1986):
66-78.
Awards:
1999 “The Headhunters are Calling Back East.” A.E.T.A. Teachers As Writers
Award. 3rd Place Fiction.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
2002 Beatty, Steve et. al. Roundtable. “Cyberspeak: The Dynamics of the
Student/Teacher Dialogue in Online Education.” Western States Composition Conference. Seattle, WA, 25 Oct. 2002.
2000 Goggin, Maureen Daly and Steve Beatty. “Resistance and Tenacity in the History of American Composition: The QWERTYnomics of Composition.” South Central Modern Language Association. San Antonio, TX, 10 November 2000.
2000 Beatty, Steve. “Educating the Creative Imagination: The
Professionalization of Creative Writing in the Academy.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Minneapolis, MN, 14 April 2000.
1999 Goggin, Maureen Daly and Steve Beatty. “Colonize Other Planets? Sure. Create New Life Forms? No Problem. Change First-Year Composition? Are You Nuts?” Sources of Resistance to Systemic Evolution and Revolution in First-Year Composition.” Western States Composition Conference. Tempe, AZ, 22 October 1999.
1999 Beatty, Steve “Invisible By Design,” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA, 27 March 1999.
1998 Goggin, Maureen Daly and Steve Beatty. “Historicizing the Inferior Mousetrap: The three Frames for Understanding the Success and Staying Power of Suboptimal Complex Systems,” Rhetoric Society
of America Conference. Pittsburgh, PA, 5 June 1998.
1998 Beatty, Steve and Maureen Daly Goggin. “Well-Worn Grooves”:
The Economics Underlying the Rise and Tenacity of First-Year Composition,” Writing Program Administrators Conference. Tucson, AZ, 17 July 1998.
1998 Beatty, Steve. "The Unholy Trinity: or the Epistemologies Underlying Creative Writing Instruction," Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL, 3 April 1998.
1997 Beatty, Steve. "Why Can't We Be Friends? Creative Writers and Critics in the Academy" 1997 Reconcilable (In)Differences, U of Denver Conference. Denver, CO, 5 April 1997.
1997 Beatty, Steve. "Using the Burkean Pentad as a Revision Tool," 1997 AWP Conference, Pedagogy Forum. Washington D. C., 3 April 1997.
1996 Beatty, Steve. "Creative Writing in the Academy: The Bridge Not Taken," 1996 Arizona State University Composition Conference. Tempe,
AZ, 23 February 1996.
1996 Beatty, Steve. "Current Topics in Rhetoric and Composition," 1996 Arizona State University Composition Conference. Tempe, AZ, 23 February 1996.
1996 Beatty, Steve. "Signifying on Genre: An African American Bildungsroman
for the Marginalized," 1996 National Association of African American Studies National Conference. Houston, TX, 16 February 1996.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2003 “Using Photoshop: Part II ‘Manipulating Photographs.’” Tempe, AZ.
Fall 2003.
2003 SPE 598: Enhancing Online Instruction Through Assistive Technologies.
Center for Learning and Teaching Excellence. Tempe, AZ. Winter
2002-03.
2002 “Using Photoshop: Part I ‘Creating Images.’” Winter 2002.
2002 “Dreamweaver MX Basics.” Tempe, AZ. Winter 2002.
2000 “Creating a Web Page.” Tempe, AZ. Winter 2000.
1997 “Diversity in the Classroom: Prospects and Challenges” Workshop series.
Certificate for 11 Hours of Diversity Training by ASU Intergroup Relations Center. Tempe, AZ, 30 September - 21 October 1997.
1997 Professional Development Seminar. 3 credit hour graduate course
addressing topics such as preparing for the job search, creating CVs & teaching portfolios, performing faculty service, writing conference proposals and papers. Tempe, AZ, 16-week course, Fall Semester 1997.
1997 Graduate Students of English Association Workshop Series. Included
sessions on writing grants, developing conference proposals, writing conference papers, and creating a vita. Tempe, AZ, Fall 1996-Spring 1997.
1996 ASU Innovator-Teacher in Computer-Assisted Instruction. One of nine teachers selected as pioneers to pilot Computer-Assisted
Instruction in English at ASU. Tempe, AZ, Fall 1996.
1996 ASU Composition Workshop Series. A series of six 90 minute workshops focusing on pedagogical theory/practice in composition. Tempe,
AZ, Fall 1995-Spring 1996.
1996 Introduction to Teaching Writing in a Computer Classroom. A ten-hour
in-service course on both the theory and practice of using computer-assisted instruction in the composition classroom. Tempe, AZ, Spring 1996.
1996 3rd Annual Cooperative Learning in Higher Education Conference "Tools and Techniques for Classroom Success,” Tempe, AZ, 21-22 March
1996.
1995 2nd Annual Cooperative Learning in Higher Education Conference
Tempe, AZ, 20-21 March 1995.
1989 “Writers Writing About Writing” Conference. 3 day seminar about creating and marketing fiction. Park City, UT, 7-10 July, 1989.
SERVICE
2000-04 Printer’s Devil Chair
1999 Instructor Representative to the Composition Reorganization Committee
1997-8 Graduate Student Representative to the Compostion/Rhetoric Board
1997 Chair for "Power, Resistance, and Change: Workplace and Disciplinary Politics" at the CCCC Convention. Phoenix, AZ, 15 March 1997.
Workshops Presented:
2001 “Critical Thinking.” Graduate College Teaching Assistant Seminar.
8 Mar. 2001.
1999 “Assessing and Designing Writing Assignments and Essay Tests,”
Graduate College Teaching Assistant Seminar. 1 Oct. 1999.
1998 “Assessing and Designing Writing Assignments and Essay Tests,” Graduate College Teaching Assistant Seminar. 23 Sept. 1998.
Awards:
1999 Student Affairs’ Award in recognition of “Contributions to the Quality
of Student Life at Arizona State University.”
1998 Student Affairs’ Award in recognition of “Contributions to the Quality
of Student Life at Arizona State University.”
REFERENCES
Professor Maureen Daly Goggin
Professor Duane Roen
Professor John Ramage