Curriculum Vitae for JODY A. MARÍN (formerly Jody A. Briones) Associate Professor of English Coordinator of Freshman and Sophomore English Department of Language & Literature Texas A&M MSC 162 700 University Blvd., TX 78363 (361) 593-2394 Jody.Marin@tamuk.edu EDUCATION 2009 PhD, English, University of Texas at San Antonio, Dissertation: South Texas Working-Class Millennial Mexican Americans: Identity, Subjectivity, and Composition Studies 2005 M. A. English, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (4.0 GPA) 2002 B. A. English w/ minor in Sociology, Texas A&M International University ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 2009-present Coordinator of Transitional, Freshman, and Sophomore English, Language & Literature, Texas A&M University- My duties as Coordinator entail keeping abreast of Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board policies as they pertain to transitional and general education English courses, leading the transitional, freshman, and sophomore English programs in best practices, professional development, and policy formations, serving as liaison for transitional and freshman English and the Center for Student Success, overseeing the training and supervision of English graduate teaching assistants, and collecting transitional, freshman, and sophomore English Student Learning Outcome (SLO) data and submit requested SLO reports to department Chair, Chair of the general education committee, and to the Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs. 2015-present Associate Professor of English, Language & Literature, Texas A&M My duties as an Assistant Professor of English entail creating a syllabus that fosters students strengths and researching, publishing, and attending professional conferences and workshops. 1
2009-present Assistant Professor of English, Language & Literature, Texas A&M My duties as an Assistant Professor of English entail creating a syllabus that fosters students strengths and researching, publishing, and attending professional conferences and workshops. 2008-2009 English Lecturer, Language & Literature, Texas A&M 2007-2008 Composition Adjunct, English Dept., Northwest Vista College 2007-2008 Writing Tutor, Northwest Vista College 2007 Research Assistant for Dr. Norma Cantú, University of Texas at San Antonio 2006 Writing across the Curriculum Grader, Writing Program, University of Texas at San Antonio 2006 Developmental Writing Adjunct, Developmental Writing Dept., Texas A&M 2005-2006 Composition Adjunct, English Dept., Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi 2003-2004 Supplemental Instructor, English Dept., Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi COURSES TAUGHT Undergraduate Integrated Reading and Writing (Texas A&M ) Developmental Writing (Texas A&M ) Rhetoric and Composition I (Texas A&M, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and Northwest Vista College) Rhetoric and Composition II (Texas A&M, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and Northwest Vista College) Readings in Poetry and Novel (Texas A&M ) Children s Literature (Texas A&M ) English Grammar and Usage (Texas A&M ) Chican@ Literature (Texas A&M ) Senior Project (Texas A&M ) Graduate Teaching of Composition (Texas A&M ) Teaching Colloquium: Holistic Approaches to Teaching Diverse Students (Texas A&M ) Thesis (Texas A&M ) Graduate Research Project (Texas A&M ) Literary Theory and Criticism (Texas A&M ) Chican@ Literature (Texas A&M ) 2
PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles Briones, Jody A. Identity, Voice, and Social Justice in Critical and Cultural Studies Composition: Calling Out Racial Microaggressions at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Open Words: Access and English Studies 8.1 (Spring 2015): 16-29. Refereed Conference Proceedings 2014 Briones, Jody A. (2014) Negotiating Mentorship as Administrator, Teacher, and Colleague to First-Year Writing Graduate Teaching Assistants. In Dominguez, N. and Gandert, Y. (Eds.). 7 th Annual Mentoring Conference Proceedings: Developmental Networks: Mentoring & Coaching at Work. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. 826-830. 2014 Briones, Jody A. La Llorona and the Academy: Wailing/Writing as Activism and Empowerment. El Mundo Zurdo: An International Conference on the Life and Work of Gloria Anzaldúa. El Mundo Zurdo 4. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books. 59-64. 2013 Briones, Jody A. (2013) Latina/o Faculty Members as Mentors in Hispanic Serving Institutions: Testimonio and Latina/o Critical Race Theory as Methodological and Pedagogical Approaches to Mentoring Latina/o Students in Hispanic Serving Institutions. In Dominguez, N. and Gandert, Y. (Eds.). 6 th Annual Mentoring Conference Proceedings: Impact & Effectiveness of Developmental Relationships. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. 1782-1787. Refereed Reviews/Annotations 2014 Briones, Jody A. Review of Unsustainable Re-Imagining Community Literacy, Public Writing, Service-Learning and the University. Community Literacy Journal 8.2 (2014) 2014 Briones, Jody A. Review of Expanding Definitions of Academic Writing: Family History Writing in the Basic Writing Classroom and Beyond. The Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Basic Writing. 4 ed. Eds. Robert Miller and Chitralekha Duttagupta. Bedford/St. Martin s. Refereed Poems 2011 Briones, Jody A. Forty Licks. Writer s Bloc. 2011 ed. REFEREED PRESENTATIONS 2017 Escaping the Island, Escaping the Violence: Island as Motif in Esmeralda Santiago s América s Dream, College English Association, 48 th Annual Conference, Hilton Head Island, SC, March 31, 2017 2016 Mothers as Rhetorical Agents of Perinatal Depression: The Changing Discourse of Perinatal Depression and Its Material 3
Effects, Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Atlanta, GA, May 28, 2016 2015 Identity Formation and Subjectivity in South Texas Millennial Mexican Americans, The Texas Center for Working-Class Studies Conference, Collin College, Plano, TX, April 10, 2015 2014 Negotiating Mentorship as Teacher and Colleague to First-Year Writing Graduate Teaching Assistants, University of New Mexico Mentoring Conference, Albuquerque, NM, October 24, 2014 2013 Reinventing the Composition Experience for Mexican American Students: Using Chican@ Literature to Create Multimodal Writing Experiences in the Composition Classroom, National Council of Teachers of English, Boston, MA, November 22, 2013 2013 La Llorona and the Academy: Wailing/Writing as Activism and Empowerment, El Mundo Zurdo: An International Conference on the Life and Work of Gloria Anzaldúa, San Antonio, TX, November 15, 2013 2013 Latina/o Faculty Members as Mentors in Hispanic Serving Institutions: Testimonio and Latina/o Critical Race Theory as Methodological and Pedagogical Approaches to Mentoring Latina/o Students in Hispanic Serving Institutions, University of New Mexico Mentoring Conference, Albuquerque, NM, November 1, 2013 2013 The Nature of Discursive Ecology: An Exploration of Discursive Ecology amongst Hispanic Students in the Composition Classroom, College English Association, Savannah, GA, April 5, 2013 2012 Tejanidad y Conjunto: Remembrance, Performance, and Expression of Tejanidad through Conjunto Music, Tejano Summit, Texas A&M, September 21, 2012 2012 Doing Work That Matters: Mentoring Chicana/o Students through the Borderlands of Academia, Doing Work That Matters: Chicana Feminisms, Borderland Studies, and Folklore: A Mini- Symposium on the Life and Work of Norma Elia Cantú, University of Texas at San Antonio, August 24, 2012 2012 Transitioning Students from STARR and Test Writing to More Diverse and Academic Writing, Coastal Bend Writing Project Annual Conference, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, February 4, 2012 2011 Spanish, English, and Hip Hop in Contact: Spanglish as a Third Space Location, Practice, and Cultural Experience within Reggaetón and Tejano Music, Linguistic Association of the Southwest, South Padre Island, TX, October 1, 2011 2011 Social Justice and Critical Literacy: Using Teacher-Role Identity in the Composition Classroom, National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies, Pasadena, CA, March 31, 2011 4
2010 Teaching Working-Class Mexican American Composition Students: The Efficacy of Teacher Role Identity, National Council of Teachers of English, Orlando, FL, November 19, 2010 2010 Chicana/o Literature and Border Theory in the Composition Classroom: Developing Racial/Ethnic Consciousness, National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies, Seattle, WA, April 9, 2010 2010 Teacher and Student Voice: Creating a Dialectic in the Composition Classroom through Affective Pedagogy and Teacher Role Identity, College English Association, San Antonio, TX, March 27, 2010 2009 We are Tejanas: An Interactive Session on Tejanidad, Tejas FOCO Regional Conference of the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies, San Antonio, TX, February 2009 2008 Fanfiction and the Composition Classroom: Online Fanfiction as Sites of Multiliteracies and Meaning-Making, National Council of Teachers of English, San Antonio, TX, November 2008 2008 Ecopoetics within Chicana Texts: Mapping the Ecological Matrix of Student Space(s) and Place(s) through Research Narratives and Service-Learning, Conference on College Composition and Communication, New Orleans, LA, April 4, 2008 2008 Discourse Analysis within SoyChicano.com: Identifying Generational and Regional Differences through the Analysis of Discursive Markers Posted on SoyChicano.com, National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies, Austin, TX, March 20, 2008 2006 How is Spanish Used in Academic Situations within Hispanic Serving Institutions? Qualitative Research Network, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL, March 25, 2006 2005 The De-Centering of Power through Discourse in August Strindberg s Miss Julie, Student Conference for Research & Creative Arts at University of Houston-Clear Lake, April 20, 2005 NONREFEREED PRESENTATIONS 2012 Doing Work That Matters: Mentoring Students through Testimonio, Delta Kappa Gamma,, TX, September 10, 2012 2011 The Multiple Cultures of South Texas, Bishop Harden Study Club, Bishop, TX, September 23, 2011 2010 Understanding Our Students: A Focus on Millennial Mexican Americans, Literacy Summit, Texas A&M, September 25, 2010 5
2010 Teaching Millennial Mexican American Students from South Texas, Monday Noon Seminar Series, Texas A&M University-, October 25, 2010 2006 Technology in the Developmental Classroom, Best Practices in Teaching Conference, Texas A&M, December 2, 2006 2005 Who is Geraldine?: The Use of Fancy in Samuel Taylor Coleridge s Christabel, Academy Speaks at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, April 13, 2005 RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES 2017 Humanities Scholar, South Texas Heritage Preservation Project National Endowment for the Humanities Discovery Grant 2017 Towards an Aesthetics of South Texas Women Artists Seminar 2010 Brush Country Writing Project, Principal Investigator, National Writing Project ($40,000 Requested) PROFESSIONAL GROWTH ACTIVITIES Memberships 2016 Rhetoric Society of America 2013-2014 Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, Alpha Lambda Chapter 2012-present South Central Modern Language Association 2011-present Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the U.S. 2011-present Council of Writing Program Administrators 2010-present Critical and Cultural Studies Research Center, Faculty Collaboration Initiative, Texas A&M 2010-present National Writing Project Teacher Consultant, Coastal Bend Writing Project 2010-present College English Association 2008-present National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies-Tejas 2008-present National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies 2008-present Graduate Faculty, Texas A&M 2007-present Conference on College Composition and Communication 2004-present National Council of Teachers of English Attendance at Professional Conferences/Meetings 2015 Scaffolding & Sequencing: Designing Writing Intensive Courses & Discipline-Specific Writing Assignments, Presentation by Dr. Sunny Hawkins, Texas A&M 2015 Teaching Beyond Your Reach: Tips for Designing and Delivering Distance Education, Presentation by Dr. Mary Green, Texas A&M 2015 Writer s Bloc Symposium, Texas A&M 6
2015 Last (Wo)man Standing: A Feminist Perspective on Horror Film s Final Girl, Presentation by Dr. Sunny Hawkins, Texas A&M 2014 Coastal Bend Writing Project Annual Conference, Corpus Christi, TX 2013 Coastal Bend Writing Project, Working Group, Corpus Christi, TX 2013 IRW Workshop, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, McAllen, TX 2013 IRW Workshop, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, El Paso, TX 2013 IRW Kickoff Institute, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Irving, TX 2012 Making the Most of Your Faculty Development Leave, Presentation by Dr. Jacqueline Thomas, Texas A&M University- 2012 El Mundo Zurdo: An International Conference, San Antonio, TX 2012 Sigma Delta Pi 8 th Annual Student Symposium, Texas A&M 2012 Exploring the Global Caribbean: Through Literary & Theoretical Texts Conference, Texas A&M 2012 Transformations: Gender and Engendering Change, English Graduate Symposium at UTSA, University of Texas at San Antonio 2012 Beauty Myth Revisited, Presentation by Naomi Wolf, University Lectureship Series, Texas A&M 2012 Exploring the Global Caribbean through Literary and Theoretical Texts: An Interdisciplinary Round-Table, Texas A&M University- 2011 TurnitinWorkshop, Texas A&M 2011 Theory in the Flesh: Bodies of Scholarship, Activism, and Community, English Graduate Symposium, University of Texas at San Antonio 2011 My Pushkin, Presentation by Svetlana A. Singer for the Department of Language & Literature Colloquium, Texas A&M 2011 Beyond the Eyes: The Gaze and Another Way of Seeing the Body, Presentation by Dr. Pamela K. Wright for the Department of Language & Literature Colloquium, Texas A&M University- 2011 First-Year Improvement Efforts: Where Do We Fit In? Presentation by Dr. John Gardner of the John Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, Texas A&M University- 2011 Winds of Change: The University of the Future, 5th Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Texas A&M 7
2010 Coastal Bend Writing Project s Summer Institute, Corpus Christi, TX 2010 San Antonio Writing Project s Annual Teacher s Conference, San Antonio, TX 2009 National Council of Teachers of English, Philadelphia, PA 2009 National Writing Project Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA 2009 National Writing Project Fall State Network Meeting, San Marcos, TX 2009 Literacy Summit, Texas A&M 2009 Workshop for Graduate Teaching Assistants & Junior Faculty, Texas A&M 2008-2009 New Faculty Investment Program, Texas A&M University- 2008 National Writing Project Workshop, San Antonio, TX 2008 Monday Noon Seminar Series, Texas A&M 2008 The Resilient Educator, Northwest Vista College From Curt to Courteous: The Seven Touch Points of Communication, Northwest Vista College Meaningful Meetings, Northwest Vista College Five Forbidden Phrases, Northwest Vista College 2007 International Tutor Program Certification 2006 Qualitative Research Network Workshop, Conference on College Composition and Communication 2006 Peer Editing Workshop, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 2005 PhD Application Process Workshop (facilitator), Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 2005 Best Practices Workshop, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 2004 StrengthsQuest Workshop, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 2004 Best Practices Workshop, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Professional Service 2017 Reviewer for MELUS Journal: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States Journal 2017 Reviewer for College English Association Forum, peer-reviewed journal for the College English Association that publishes on issues of pedagogical theory and classroom practice. 2016 Judge for Alum of the Year, Alice Independent School District, Alice, TX 2016 Judge for District Teacher of the Year, Alice Independent School District, Alice, TX 2015 College Preparatory Course Advisory Council, Education to Employment Partners, Corpus Christi, Texas 2014 Reviewer for International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 2013 Reviewer for International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 8
2013 Conference Planning Committee, Coastal Bend Writing Project Annual Conference, Corpus Christi, TX 2013 Judge for District Teacher of the Year, Alice Independent School District, Alice, TX 2012 Judge for District Teacher of the Year, Alice Independent School District, Alice, TX 2012 Conference Planning Committee, Coastal Bend Writing Project Annual Conference, Corpus Christi, TX 2011 Conference Planning Committee, Coastal Bend Writing Project Annual Conference, Corpus Christi, TX 2010 Conference Planning Committee, Coastal Bend Writing Project Annual Conference, Corpus Christi, TX 2010 Review of Manuscript, Ysleta, the Promise Land, University of Arizona Press 2010 Review of Revised Manuscript, Ysleta, the Promise Land, University of Arizona Press SERVICE ACTIVITIES 2017 Program Assessment Committee, Chair, Dept. of Language & Literature, Texas A&M 2017 General Education Committee, Chair, Dept. of Language & Literature, Texas A&M 2017 English Program, Dept. of Language & Literature, Texas A&M 2016 Faculty Development Leave Committee, Texas A&M University- 2016 Writing Center Director Search Committee, Texas A&M 2015 20 th /21 st Century Global Anglophone Literature Search Committee, Chair, Texas A&M 2015 19 th /20 th Century British Literature Search Committee, Texas A&M 2014-present Faculty Senate, Texas A&M 2014-present Council for Assessment and Planning, Texas A&M University- 2014 Writing Center Director Search Committee, Texas A&M 2014 College Night Out Committee, Texas A&M 2013-2016 Institutional Review Board, Texas A&M 2013-present Honors College Policy/Procedures Committee, Texas A&M 2013-present Honors College Admissions Committee, Texas A&M University- 2013 Javelina Preview Days, College of Arts & Sciences, Language & Literature, Texas A&M 9
2012-2013 State Employee Charitable Campaign Team Captain, Texas A&M 2012-2015 Sigma Tau Delta (Gamma Phi Chapter), Co-Sponsor, Texas A&M 2012 Sigma Tau Delta Workshop: Attending Conferences and Writing Abstracts, Sigma Tau Delta (Gamma Phi Chapter), Texas A&M 2012-present Honors College Council, Texas A&M 2012-present Alternative Admissions Committee, Texas A&M University- 2012 Dean of College of Arts & Sciences Search Committee, Texas A&M 2011 Senior Portfolio in English Committee, Language & Literature, Texas A&M 2011 Departmental Hiring Committee, Language & Literature, Texas A&M 2011-2014 Scholarship Committee, Language & Literature, Texas A&M 2011 Javelina Preview Days, College of Arts & Sciences, Language & Literature, Texas A&M 2010-2011 Grant Funds Committee, Language & Literature, Texas A&M 2010 Coastal Bend Writing Project Annual Conference Committee, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 2009-2010 Departmental Meeting Secretary, Language & Literature, Texas A&M 2009-2010 Book Sale, Language & Literature, Texas A&M University- 2009 Judge, Senior Projects, Alice High School 2008-present Colloquium Committee (Chair), Language & Literature, Texas A&M University, 2008 Mentor, Senior Project, Alice High School 2005 Author s Day at Texas A&M Universtiy-Corpus Christi 2004 Author s Day at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION 2014 Professional Development in Teaching, Texas A&M University- 2014 Hoggie Days New Student Orientation, Texas A&M University- 2012 Tejano Summit, Texas A&M 2011 Faculty Advisor, Language and Literature, Texas A&M 2010 National Writing Project Teacher Consultant, Coastal Bend Writing Project, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 2010 San Antonio Writing Project, University of Texas at San Antonio 10
2010 Literacy Summit II: Teaching Our Students, Texas A&M 2009 Literacy Summit, Texas A&M 2009 New Faculty Investment Program, Texas A&M University- 11