Bridget Gelms CV Nov 14
Bridget Gelms CV Nov 14
Bridget Gelms CV Nov 14
EDUCATION
PhD, Composition and Rhetoric. Miami University, expected 2018
Research interests include: digital writing/rhetoric; writing pedagogy; social
media; popular culture .
MA, English Studies. Ball State University, 2013
Research Project: Linking Community to Learning: Student Perceptions of
Blogging in First-Year Composition.
BA, English Studies. Ball State University, 2011
BA, Telecommunications: Film & Television Studies. Ball State University, 2009
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Director, Howe Writing Initiative. Miami University, 2014-present
Responsibilities include consulting in a writing center integrated in the business
college; mentoring undergraduate writing consultants; preparing and facilitating
workshops on writing; designing outreach materials; meeting with faculty to
create and maintain partnerships within the business school; preparing and
facilitating writing-related workshops in business courses.
Assistant Director, Writing Program. Ball State University, 2012-2013
Responsibilities included preparing and facilitating faculty workshops and
professional lecture series; mentoring new teaching assistants; conducting
intensive syllabi review and curriculum design; designing and overseeing
writing program contest; editing and maintaining in-house first-year writing
handbook; working on various tasks as assigned by director.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Portfolio Reader, Portfolio Program, Miami University, 2014.
Read and scored incoming freshman portfolio submissions for credit in the
composition program.
Editorial Assistant; College Composition at Miami & Teachers Guide. Miami University,
2014
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Miami University (2013-present)
PUBLICATIONS
Gelms, Bridget. Potential Uses for Teaching with Storify. Gradhacker.org. 21 March
2014
McNely, Brian, Paul Gestwicki, Bridget Gelms, & Ann Burke. Spaces and Surfaces of
Invention: A Visual Ethnography of Game Development. Enculturation 15 (2013)
McNely, Brian, Paul Gestwicki, Ann Burke, & Bridget Gelms. Articulating Everyday
Actions: An Activity-Theoretical Approach to Scrum. In SIGDOC '12: Proceedings of the
30th Annual Conference on Design of Communication. New York: ACM
PRESENTATIONS
Lazy, Respectful, Self-absorbed, Kind, Entitled, Committed: Perspectives of a
Homogenized Student Identity. Conference on College Composition & Communication.
Tampa, FL. March 2015 (Forthcoming)
AWARDS
Curricular Innovation Award, Miami University, 2014
Outstanding Teaching Award. Writing Program, Ball State University, 2013
Research Fellowship Award. Writing Program, Ball State University, 2012
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Composition Awards Committee. Miami University, 2014
Writing Curriculum Committee. Ball State University, 2013
Teaching Assistant Review Committee. Ball State University, 2013
Writing Program Research Fellowship Award Committee. Ball State University, 2013
Writing Program Contest Judge. Ball State University, 2012-2013
Writers Community Creative Reading Judge. Ball State University, 2012
Practical Criticism Midwest Graduate Conference Coordinator. Ball State University,
2012
Graduate Student Advisory Board Treasurer. Ball State University, 20112012