Stefani Robin Relles 1459 ½ Wallace Avenue Los Angeles, California 90026 Phone: (310) 497-9007 Email: relles@usc.edu Web: www.stefanirelles.com EDUCATION University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA) Ph.D. Expected May 2013 Urban Education Policy Advisor: Dr. William G. Tierney University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH) M.Ed. June 1994 Secondary English Education, Concentration in Literacy Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) B.A. June 1991 English, Minor in Writing and Performance Arts RESEARCH INTERESTS College Writing Preparation and Access PreK 20 Public Policy and Institutional Practice Technology and Equity Qualitative Methods HONORS AND AWARDS Dean s Fellow in Urban Education Policy Rossier School of Education 2009 present Writers Guild of America Fellowship 1997 Paramount Television Studios Summer Graduate Assistant Fellowship 1993 University of New Hampshire Graduate Assistantship 1992 1993 University of New Hampshire PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Relles, S. R., & Tierney, W. G. (forthcoming) Understanding the writing habits of tomorrow s students: Technology and college readiness, Journal of Higher Education. Relles, S. R., & Tierney, W. G. (in press) The challenge of writing remediation: Can composition research inform higher education policy? Teachers College Record. Relles, S. R., & Tierney, W. G. (in review) Student perceptions of college writing, Review of Higher Education.
STEFANI ROBIN RELLES Page 2 Relles, S. R., & Tierney, W. G. (submitted) Towards a new model of writing assessment, Harvard Educational Review. Commentary Tierney, W. G., & Relles, S. R. (2011, November 2). The looming crisis of remedial writing. The Washington Post. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com. PRESENTATIONS Refereed Conference Papers Relles, S. R., & Tierney, W. G. (April 2013). College Writing Readiness: A Tale of Two Classrooms, to be presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. Relles, S. R., Sablan, J., & Tierney, W. G. (April 2013). Democratizing Writing Assessment for College Course Placement, to be presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. Relles, S. R. (November 2012). Transforming Postsecondary Remediation into College Preparation, presented at the annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Las Vegas, NV. Relles, S. R. (April 2012). Increasing College Access with Technology, presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC. Relles, S. R., & Tierney, W. G. (April 2012). What is College Writing?: A Student Perspective, presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC. Relles, S. R., Tierney, W. G., & Ragusa, G. (April 2012). Writing Assessment and College Access: An Opportunity for Improvement, presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC. Relles, S. R. (November 2011). Inside the College Preparation Gap: Faculty Perceptions of Underprepared Writers, presented at the annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Charlotte, NC. Relles, S. R., & Tierney, W. G. (April 2011). Writing Research and Remediation Policy: Where We Stand, presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. Relles, S. R. (April 2011). Qualitative Research in Virtual Space: Exploring Student Development Online, presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
STEFANI ROBIN RELLES Page 3 Relles, S. R. (November 2010). Technology and College Access: Old Meets New Media Literacies Preparation, presented at the annual conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Indianapolis, IN. Fueyo, J., Salvio, P. M., & Relles, S. R. (October 1994). Reading/Writing, Performance, and the Art of Critical Pedagogy or Where s the Action? presented at the annual conference of the International Reading Association, San Diego, CA. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Co-Instructor (Introduction to Qualitative Methods) University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Fall 2010 & 2011 Director of Curriculum SummerTIME College Writing Program, Los Angeles, CA 2009 2012 Instructor SummerTIME College Writing Program, Los Angeles, CA Summer 2009 Lecturer (Remedial English) Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA Fall 2007 Winter 2009 Visiting Assistant Professor (Writing for Television) University of California, Los Angeles School of Theater, Film and Television, Los Angeles, CA Fall 2004 High School (9 th 12 th grade English and Writing) Teacher, Malibu High School, Malibu, CA 1994 1995 Graduate Student Intern, Oyster River High School, Durham NH 1993 1994 PROFESSIONAL HISTORY Research Assistant, Pullias Center for Higher Education University of Southern California 2009 present Vice President, Creative Writer Development 2004 2007 Fox Broadcasting Company Director, Drama Development 2002 2003 Fox Broadcasting Company Director, Original Series Programming 1998 2002 USA Network
STEFANI ROBIN RELLES Page 4 DIGITAL LEADERSHIP Blogger, 21 st CenturyScholar.org Thursday is TechDay bi-weekly column Pullias Center for Higher Education Fall 2010 present Consultant, Collegeology Games Fall 2009 Spring 2012 The Game Innovation Lab USC Interactive Media Division Author & Chair, Conference Symposium April 2012 Plugged In: Technological Innovations to Improve College Readiness Division C, Section 7: Learning and Instruction, Technology Research AERA annual meeting, Vancouver, BC Curriculum Author, Transmedia Navigation Workshop Spring 2011 PLAY! (Participatory Learning and You) Project New Media Literacies USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism ACADEMIC SERVICE College Access Mentor I AM Mentoring, Los Angeles, CA Fall 2009 present Co-Founder Summer 2008 Winter 2010 Make Something!! Workshops Digital media & visual literacy education Sponsorship by Nike Sportswear OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Executive Board of Directors 2006 2007 Independent Television Festival, Los Angeles, CA Industry Liaison, Tribeca Film Festival 2005 2006 All-Access Connects: Diversity in Filmmaking, New York, NY Feature Film Juror 2006 Gen Art Film Festival, New York, NY Festival Juror 2006 Junior Hollywood Radio & Television Society, Los Angeles, CA Invited Industry Guest, Independent Producers Conference 2004 Sundance Institute, Sundance, UT
STEFANI ROBIN RELLES Page 5 MEMBERSHIPS American Educational Research Association AERA Division J: Postsecondary Education AERA Special Interest Group: Writing and Literacies Association for the Study of Higher Education National Council of Teachers of English