Alison Bright Grand View University 1200 Grandview Ave. Des Moines, IA 50316 (515) 263-6167 abright@grandview.edu Education Ph.D. in Education, June 2010 Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, emphasis: Language, Literacy, and Composition Studies Dissertation: Identity Development in Writing TAs and Tutors: From Preparation to Practice Dissertation Co-chairs: Susan McLeod, Ph.D. and Karen Lunsford, Ph.D. Sonoma State University M.A. in English, May 2005 Emphasis: Rhetoric and the Teaching of Writing Thesis: Writing Centers on the Edge of the Mainland Advisor: Scott L. Miller, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz B.A. in Spanish Literature, June 2002 Teaching Experience Grand View University (August 2010 Present) Assistant Professor of English Courses taught: Elements of English (English 100) First Year Composition (English 101) Literature for Children and Adolescents Writing Center Tutor Training Issues in Tutoring Writing (September 2005 December 2009) Teaching Assistant and Teaching Associate, Writing Program September 2005 December 2009 Courses solely responsible for curriculum and instruction: Writing and the Research Process (Writing 50) emphases: The efficacy of locavores : An interdisciplinary look into the local food movement and Global giving: Philanthropy in the 21 st century Writing and the Research Process for Engineers (Writing 50E) Academic Writing (Writing 2) and Academic Writing for Academic Communities for Excellence designed for first-year, low-income and/or first-generation college students Academic Writing for Engineers (Writing 2E) Approaches to University Writing for Engineers (Writing 1E) Approaches to University Writing (Writing 1) Orientations designed and led: Writing Program s New TA Orientation, September 18 and 19, 2008 Writing Program s New TA Orientation, September 20 and 21, 2007 Teacher/Counselor, National Writing Project s UCSB Young Writers Camp July 2009 Alison Bright 1
Teaching Assistant, Dr. Charles Bazerman January 2009 March 2009 Course assisted: Education 253D, Doctoral Writing from Seminar to Dissertation Teaching Assistant, Summer Sessions June 2006 August 2006 Program assisted: Research Mentorship Program Sonoma State University (August 2005 May 2005) Temporary English Instructor, Department of English August 2003 May 2004 Courses solely responsible for curriculum and instruction: Basic Composition and Workshop (English 099), Basic Composition and Workshop for EOP (English 099) Writing Tutor, Sonoma State Writing Center August 2002 May 2003 University of California, Santa Cruz (September 1999 June 2002) Writing Tutor, Crown College Writing Center September 1999 June 2002 Administrative Experience Grand View University Writing Center Director August 2010 Present Teaching Associate September 2007 September 2009 Sonoma State University Assistant Director, Sonoma State Writing Center August 2004 May 2005 College of the Redwoods, Mendocino Coast Campus Consultant and Tutor, Academic Support Center (ASC) August 2004 May 2005 Advised ASC regarding: center design and implementation, training materials, and tutoring strategies Current Research University writing centers While most of my academic research has focused on the preparation of undergraduate peer tutors, I am currently interested in how writing centers can collaborate with technical writing courses in order to function as meaningful sites of document design. Writing program administration Using data collected in my dissertation research, I am comparing the characteristics of successful graduate teaching assistants of composition, as articulated by T.A. supervisors, with those articulated by specific teaching assistants identified as expert by the writing program in which they teach. The teaching of writing Based on results from my dissertation project, I am currently looking at how writing courses can facilitate the development of students identities as writers. Alison Bright 2
Publications Whitney, A., Blau, S. Bright, A., Cabe, R. Dewar, T., Levin, J., Macias, R., & Rogers, P.M. (2008). Beyond strategies: Teacher practice, writing process, and the influence of inquiry. English Education 40(3): 201-230. Winner of the 2009 Janet Emig Award. (As described by the journal, "The Emig Award is given annually to the article published in English Education that most contributes to our thinking about English teacher education and most informs our research.") Lunsford, K.J., Faulkner, J., Bright, A., Chu, V., Ford, J.K., Miley, S., Nichols, C.M., & Silva, M. L. (2008). The library and the CMS: Establishing library presence in Sakai writing course sites. Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy, 12(2). Retrieved January 16, 2008 from http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/12.2/binder.html?praxis/lunsford/index.html. Brown (Bright), A. (2007). Review of the book What the writing tutor needs to know, by Margot Iris Soven (2006). The Writing Lab Newsletter 32(2): 12-13. Brown (Bright), A. (2007). Review of the book The Internet playground: Children's access, entertainment, and mis-education, by Ellen Seiter (2005). Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy, 12(1). Retrieved August 20, 2007, from http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/12.1/binder.html?reviews/abrown/index.htm. Publications In Press Rogers, P.M., Bright, A., Cabe, R., Dewar, T. and Whitney, A. Beyond assessment: Professional development sites as research sites. In press at English Education. Conference Presentations Preparing Teachers of Writing: Research on the Articulation of the Profession. Writing Research Across Borders. Washington DC, February 18, 2011. Taking the Stage: Reconsidering Peer, Professional, and Faculty Tutor Identities in the Writing Center. Conference of College Composition and Communication 2010. Louisville, KT, March 17-20, 2010. Developing Teacher Identity in Graduate Teaching Assistants of Writing: Flexibility is Key. Conference of National Council of Teachers of English 2009, Philadelphia, PA, November 21, 2009. Reflecting on Identity: Constructing Teacher Identities in TAs and Writing Tutors. Conference of National Council of Teachers of English 2008, San Antonio, TX, November 21, 2008. The Efficacy of Writing Tutor Training: Workshop Versus Course. Writing Research Across Borders. Santa Barbara, CA, February 23, 2008. Reflections on Self: The Implications of Meta-reflection in Tutor Training. Northern California Writing Centers Association Conference 2008, Santa Rosa, CA, February 2, 2008. The Effects of Tutor Training Modules on Tutors Understanding of their Roles in the Writing Center. International Writing Center Conference 2007, Houston, TX, April 12-14, 2007. Alison Bright 3
Evolving Writing Center Identities: Training Tutors for Work in the 21 st Century OWL. Conference of College Composition and Communication 2007, New York, NY. March 21-24, 2007. Training Tutors to Respond Critically to Multi-Modal and Computer Mediated Genres. Pre-C s Workshop. Conference of College Composition and Communication 2007, New York, NY. March 20, 2007. Teachers Supporting Teachers, Strategies Supporting Student Success: Professional Development Stories from the Perspectives of Teachers, Researchers, and In-services Leaders. Panel presentation at the National Writing Project Urban Sites Network Conference. San Diego, CA. April 26, 2006. The Academic Resource Center: A Logical Resource of Education. Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA. March 16-19, 2005. Gateways, Funhouses, and Subways: Writing Centers Working at the Point of Access. Panel presentation at the 2005 Pre-C s Workshop. Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA. March 16, 2005. The Curriculum: Training Tutors Without a Tutor Training Course. Panel presentation at the Northern California Writing Centers Association Conference. CSU Monterey Bay, CA. March 18, 2003. Departmental Colloquia Presentations Training Writing Tutors: The Effects of Two Different Programs on Tutors Construction of Their Roles. Writing Research Colloquium. November 8, 2007. Evolving Writing Center Identities: Training Tutors for Work in the 21st Century OWL. Writing Research Colloquium. March 1, 2007. Workshop Presentations Metacognition and Writing. South Coast Writing Project (SCWriP). July 15, 2008. Peer-review in the Collaborative Classroom. Writing Program TA Orientation, University of California, Santa Barbara. September 24, 2007. Facilitating a Peer-Review in the Writing Classroom. Writing Program TA Orientation, University of California, Santa Barbara. September 22, 2006. Grants and Fellowships 2009-2010 Gevirtz Graduate School of Education Fee Fellowship ($1,600) 2009-2010 UCSB Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship ($6,000) 2008 South Coast Writing Project, Anne Coffin Johnstone Memorial Fund ($400) 2008 South Coast Writing Project Fellow ($1,000) 2006-2007 Gevirtz Graduate School of Education Travel Grant ($400) 2005-2006 Gevirtz Graduate School of Education Fellows Award ($900) 2005-2010 California State University Forgivable Loan Program ($30,000) 2002-2005 Sonoma State University Grant ($5,400) Alison Bright 4
Research Experience My research experience has provided me with valuable experiences that have directly informed my work as a writing program administrator. In several research projects, I assumed positions of leadership and was responsible for supervising large-scale research and assessment projects. I have used fixed trait assessment methods to research student writing on an individual basis. I have also employed a combination of methods, such as observations, interviews, surveys, and focus groups, in order to conduct programmatic and group assessment. Patterns in First-Year Writing and Teacher Response Research project organizer and coder. January 2006 February 2008. Andrea A. Lunsford and Karen J. Lunsford PIs. Stanford Study Writing Coder. October 20, 2007. Andrea A. Lunsford PI. UCSB Writing Program and Library Collaboration Sakai (Course Management System) Pilot Research team member and organizer. August 2006 September 2007. Karen J. Lunsford and Jane Faulkner PIs. South Coast Writing Project, Local Sites Research Initiative Research team member, Fall 2005 Spring 2006. Sheridan Blau and Rosemary Cabe PIs. Service to the Institution Grand View University GVU National Day on Writing Co-Organizer Committee member, Academic Communities for Excellence (ACE) Committee, Writing Program. September 2008 June 2009. Committee awarded the 2009 William Villa Service to Students Award. Faculty panel member, Freshman Summer Orientation. August 11 and 14, 2008. Committee member and conference proposal reader, Santa Barbara 2008 International Writing Research Conference "Writing Research Across Borders." September 2007 February 2008. Committee member, Engineering Writing Committee, Writing Program. September 2006 May 2008. Service to the Field Contributor, Resources for Online Writing Centers at CompFAQs, http://comppile.tamucc.edu/wiki/owl- Bibliography/HomePage Contributor, Resources for Training Writing Center Tutors at CompFAQs, http://comppile.tamucc.edu/wiki/tutortraining-bibliography/homepage Contributors, Featured Narratives for Winter 2007, Karen J. Lunsford and Jane Faulkner (with Alison Brown (Bright), Vicki Chu, James Ford, Steve Miley, and Cassandra Nichols), SAKAI Materials for Alison Bright 5
Library Orientations: A Collaboration between the UCSB Libraries and the Writing Program: http://praxis.technorhetoric.net/index.php/webcoursetools/lunsford_faulkner Professional Affiliations International Writing Centers Association Midwest Writing Centers Association Conference on College Composition and Communication National Council of Teachers of English National Writing Project Language Skills Proficient in Spanish References Dr. Susan McLeod, dissertation co-chair Research Professor, UC Santa Barbara Writing Program 6358 Lambda Dr. San Diego, CA 92120 (619) 265-0098 mcleod@writing.ucsb.edu Dr. Karen Lunsford, dissertation co-chair Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara Writing Program 1520 South Hall Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3010 (805) 893-8556 klunsford@writing.ucsb.edu Dr. Sheridan Blau, dissertation committee member Distinguished Senior Lecturer and Program Coordinator in English Education Teachers College, Columbia University Box 183 525 West 120 th St. New York, NY 10027-6696 (212) 678-7430 Professor of English and Education (Emeritus) Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3010 blau@tc.edu Dr. Charles Bazerman Professor, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education 3208 Education Building Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9490 (805) 893-7543 bazerman@education.ucsb.edu Alison Bright 6
Dr. Scott Miller Writing Center Director and Associate Professor of English 1103 Schultz Information Center Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CA 94928 (707) 664-4402 millersc@sonoma.edu Randalyn Browning Lecturer, Writing Program 1520 South Hall Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3010 (805) 893-7179 rbrowning@writing.ucsb.edu Alison Bright 7