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KATHRYN ELIZABETH CROWTHER
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Department of English
Georgia State University - Perimeter College
555 North Indian Creek Drive 770-274-5475 (W)
Clarkston, GA 30021-2361 678-595-9482 (C)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in English, Emory University, August 2008
M.A. in English, Emory University, May 2004
B.A. in English and French, UNC-Chapel Hill, May 1998 (Highest Honors & Highest Distinction)
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta GA - Assistant Professor of English, Fall 2012-present
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA - Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2012
CERTIFICATIONS
Certificate in Digital Pedagogy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Spring 2010
Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies, Emory University, Spring 2006
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, AND GRANTS
GSU CETL (Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning) Mini-Grant ($5,000) for
development of online Scholarship of Teaching and Learning journal.
USG Affordable Learning Textbook Transformation Grant ($30,000). Georgia Perimeter
College, 2015
NEH Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges Seminar and Grant. Georgia Perimeter College,
2013-2014.
2012 Award for Excellence in Pedagogy, Writing and Communication Program, School of
Literature, Communication, and Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology, April 2012
Class of 1969 Teaching Scholars Fellowship and Grant: year-long academic fellowship and
$1000 grant to develop and implement a pedagogical initiative to enhance student engagement,
Center for the Enhancement ofTeaching and Learning, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-
2012
Recipient of “Thank a Teacher” awards in recognition of excellence in teaching, Georgia
Institute of Technology, April 2009 and April 2011
Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-
Andrew W. Mellon Teaching Fellowship, Agnes Scott College, 2005-2006
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Courses designed and taught)
GEORGIA PERIMETER COLLEGE, ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, DUNWOODY GA
ENG 1101:English Composition I
ENG 1101H: English Composition IHonors
ENG 1102: English Composition II
ENG 2122: British Literature II
GPCS 1010: First Year Seminar
ENG 2112: World Literature II(Fall 2012)
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, DEPT. OF LITERATURE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE, ATLANTA GA
ENG 1102: Extraordinary Bodies and Brilliant Minds: Representations of Disability in Literature and Culture. (Spring 2012)
ENG 1102: Literary London (Spring and Fall 2011)
ENG 1101 “Born Digital: Navigating a World Gone Wired.” (Fall 2010)
ENG 1102 “Machines and Monsters: Technology in Literature from Steam Engines to Steam Punk.” (Spring 2009)
ENG 1101 “From iPods to YouTube: Writing and Identity in the Digital Age.” (Fall 2008)
SELECTED PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
“Composing Ourselves, Creating Communities: Blogs as Learning Communities in the Composition Classroom.” Real-Life Writers: Composition Courses as Pathways to Student Success (Forthcoming).
“From Steam Arms to Brass Goggles: Steampunk, Prostheses, and Disability.” In Like Clockwork: Essays on Steampunk. Eds. Rachel Bowser and Brian Croxall. University of Minnesota Press, December 2016.
“Digital Mapping Project.” Teaching Literature with Digital Technology: Assignments. Eds. Tim Hetland and Jacob Hughes. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins. July 2016.
“Charlotte Brontë’s Textual Relics: Memorializing the Material in Villette.” Brontë Studies. 35.2 (July 2010): 128-36
INVITED SoTL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Presenter: “"Less is More: Giving Targeted Feedback on Student Writing." Ten Minute Teaching Tip. Center for Teaching and Learning. Perimeter College, April 2016.
Presenter: “Blogging in the Composition Classroom.” Teaching Circles. Georgia Perimeter College. Feburary 6, 2015.
Presenter: “Looking Different(ly): Disability Studies in the Multimodal Classroom.” Disability and Technology Symposium, Emory University, Atlanta Georgia. April 6, 2012
PEDAGOGY RELATED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Blogging to Build Learning Communities” and “Digital Visualization and Digital Mapping.” Open Conference on Teaching and Technology. GSU, January 2016.
“Creative Connections: Fostering Creative Responses to Literature in the Two-Year College Classroom.” SAMLA, Raleigh NC, November 2015.
“Building Learning Communities in the Two-Year College Classroom" (Poster). SOTL Commons Conference. Savannah, GA March 2015.
“Blogging to Create an Engaged Community: Using a "Hub-and Spoke" Blog in the First-Year Seminar Classroom.” USG Teaching and Learning Conference: Best Practices for Promoting Engaged Student Learning. University of Georgia, Athens, April 2014.
“Capturing Community Voices: Interviews and Community-Based Writing.” SAMLA. Atlanta, GA, November 2013.
“Bringing Variety to the Traditional Research Paper: Community Problem Solving.” Georgia and Carolinas College English Association Conference, Clarkston, GA, February 2012.
“Transitioning to Blogs in the Two-Year College Classroom.” Two-Year College English Association-GA. Clarkston, GA, October 2012
“Creativity and Digital Pedagogy in the English Composition Classroom.” Modern Language Association Conference. Seattle, WA, January 2012
OTHER CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS(SELECTED/ RECENT)
“Sherlock on the Spectrum? Sherlock Holmes, Autism, and (Neo)Victorian Diagnoses of Disability.” Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference. Asheville, NC, April 2016.
“From Steam Arms to Brass Goggles: Steampunk, Prostheses, and Disability.” Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference. Atlanta, GA April 16-19, 2015.
“Sustaining Victorian Spaces through Maps.” SAMLA. Atlanta, GA November, 2014
“Autism, Interiority, and the Limits of Narrative in Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.”SAMLA. Atlanta, GA, November 2013.
“Treading Where They Trod: Visualizing the Nineteenth Century with Digital Mapping Tools.” Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference. Lexington, KY, March 2012
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
Editorial Board: Notes on Teaching. Fall 2012-Fall 2014
Editor-in-Chief: TECHSyle Online Magazine, Brittain Fellows Program, Writing and Communication Program, Georgia Institute of Technology. Fall 2011- Summer 2012 (Production Manager, Fall 2010).
Peer Reviewer: International NEH “Digging into Data Challenge” Grant. London, England. Fall 2011
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT
Faculty Senator, Perimeter College representative, Fall 2015-
Co-Chair, English 1101/1102 Curriculum Committee, Fall 2015-
Assistant Editor (fiction) for The Chattahoochee Review, Spring 2016-
Seach Committee for Tenure-Track English Faculty, Spring 2015
Sarah Larsen Lecture Series Committee, Spring 2015
Technology Advisory Board – Communications Technology subcommittee, Fall 2014-
NEH Bridging Cultures at Community Colleges Grant Committee,Summer 2014-
Contributing Editor (fiction) for The Chattahoochee Review, Fall 2013-Fall 2015
Member: English 1101 E-Textbook Subcommittee, Fall 2013-
Member: English 1101/1102 Curriculum Committee, Fall 2012-
Member: British Literature Curriculum Committee, Georgia Perimeter College, Fall 2012-