Department Kudos

Darci Thoune, English, co-authored the chapter "SoTL and Gendered Division of Labor on our Campuses: A Case for More Equity and Change in Professional Values" in Academic Labor Beyond the College Classroom: Working for Our Values published on Dec. 18, 2019 by Routledge. This chapter, co-authored with Valerie Barske (UW-Stevens Point), Katia Levintova (UW-Green Bay), Valeria Murrenus Pilmaier (UW-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus), argues that SoTL touches on many work-related issues that we face as faculty in higher education. Because it is not just traditional scholarship, we contend that SoTL carries expectations of improved teaching/learning, which can lead to increased attention on labor practices that are often unrecognized, unpaid, and unrewarded.

Lindsay Steiner, English, authored the chapter "Teaching Content Strategy to Undergraduate Students with Real Clients" in Content Strategy in Technical Communication published on Nov. 1, 2019 by ATTW Book Series in Technical and Professional Communication, Routledge.

Christopher McCracken, Marie Moeller and Lindsay Steiner, all English, presented "Designing, Implementing, and Troubleshooting Interdisciplinary Professional and Technical Writing Courses " at Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication Conference on Oct. 11, 2019 in West Chester, PA.

Darci Thoune, English, and Laurie Cooper Stoll, Sociology, co-authored the article "Elevating the Voices and Research of Fat Scholars and Activists: Standpoint Theory in Fat Studies" in Fat Studies published on Sept. 8, 2019.

Kimberly DeFazio, English, received the award for a UW System Fellowship for the 2019-20 academic year at the Institute for Research in the Humanities on Mar. 7, 2019 in UW-Madison. She will be working on a new book analyzing the “new materialist turn” in the humanities and social sciences and its literary, theoretical and pedagogical implications.