Allison D.

Carr
University of Cincinnati Department of English & Comparative Literature PO Box 210069 Cincinnati, OH 45221

816.678.3865 allisondcarr@gmail.com allisondcarr.com

EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy, English & Comparative Literature, 2014 Concentration in Rhetoric and Composition University of Cincinnati Dissertation: Negative Space: Toward an Epistemology of Failure Committee: Laura Micciche (chair), Russel Durst, Jim Ridolfo, Joseph Harris Abstract: Negative Space: Toward an Epistemology of Failure develops a way of rethinking failure in relation to the writing classroom. Drawing from queer, feminist, and emotion theory, as well as an original research study, my dissertation brings failure to the forefront of writing scholarship, insisting that writing teachers and scholars must think more critically about its role in students writing lives if we are to continue promoting writing as a vital skill in the 21st century. Master of Arts, English & Comparative Literature, 2009 University of Cincinnati Bachelor of Arts, English and Creative Writing, 2005 Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Magna Cum Laude ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, 2014-present Coe College Writing Program Director, 2014-present Coe College Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2007-2014 University of Cincinnati

Assistant to the Writing Program Administrator, 2008-2009 University of Cincinnati English Instructor, 2005 Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand TEACHING & RESEARCH INTERESTS Affect and emotion theory, writing pedagogy, contemporary rhetorical theory (feminist rhetorics, rhetorics of emotion, visual rhetorics, environmental rhetorics), literacy studies, creative nonfiction, composition (all levels, including digital composition), cultural studies and pop culture. COURSES TAUGHT Coe College First Year Seminar Cultural Studies The Essay Environmental Rhetoric University of Cincinnati Introduction to Composition I Introduction to Composition II (honors) Intermediate Composition Digital Composing Writing for Business Introduction to Creative Nonfiction

Chiang Mai University Persuasive Writing Research Writing PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Articles In Support of Failure. Composition Forum 27 (2013). Literacy in the Raw: Collecting, Sharing, and Circulating Graduate Literacy Narratives, with Hannah J. Rule and Kathryn Trauth Taylor. Computers and Composition Online (Winter 2013). Cooking School. Harlot of the Arts 7 (Spring 2012). Toward Graduate-Level Writing Instruction, with Laura Micciche. CCC 62.3 (Feb. 2011): 477-501. 2

Book Chapters Failure Can Be An Important Part of Learning Development, with Collin Brooke. Naming What We Know. Ed. Linda Adler-Kassner and Elizabeth Wardle. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, forthcoming 2014. Book Reviews Unbeing and Unbecoming: A Review of Judith Halberstams The Queer Art of Failure. Enculturation 13 (Spring 2012). First Year Composition Reader Student Guide for English Composition 101-102 (2009-2010), Hayden-McNeill. (co-editor) Public Writing Baking Your Way to Candidacy. Inside Higher Ed | Gradhacker (March 24, 2012). Poetry I thought I held you. Coe Review 25 (2005) In Progress Wonderlust: A Manifesto for Failure to be submitted to Writing On The Edge My Chiang Mai Narrative nonfiction to be submitted to MidAmerican Review INVITED TALKS Risking Failure. Workshop, Gen-1 Partner for Achieving School Success, University of Cincinnati, 2013. Teaching to Fail. Preparing Future Faculty workshop, University of Cincinnati, 2012. Room to Fail. Keynote Address, Coe College Student Research Symposium, 2011.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Portraits of Failure. CCCC, Indianapolis, 2014 (accepted but did not attend) Failing Out Loud: Shame, Vulnerability, and Failure in the Academy. Feminisms and Rhetorics, Stanford, 2013. Affecting Failures. CCCC, Las Vegas, 2013. Writing and Indebtedness. Midwest MLA, Cincinnati, 2012. Toward Failure, Toward Wonder. CCCC RNF, St. Louis, 2012. Ethnographic Perspectives on the Writing Practices of Graduate Students. CCCC, Atlanta, 2011. 3

Public Writing Practices as Disruptive Pedagogy. CCCC, Louisville, 2010. An Amateurs Guide to Teaching (and learning!) Multimodal Literacy. Expanding Literacy Studies, The Ohio State University, 2009. It is all a darkness: The Psychology of Telling in Conrads Heart of Darkness and Fords The Good Soldier. Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900, 2009. I am a person through other persons: Rhetorics of Concealment in the Fiction of Zo Wicomb. Northeast MLA, 2009. Beyond A Room: Reading Virginia Woolfs Three Guineas as a Foundational Feminist Text. English Graduate Organization Literature Colloquium, University of Cincinnati, 2008. Genre as Borderland. English Graduate Student Association Conference, UNC-Greensboro, 2008. Helping Them Help Themselves. Dept. of English Faculty Workshop Series, Chiang Mai University, 2005. Cross-Pollination Among the Genres: Dave Eggers and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Coe College Student Research Symposium, 2005. Draft-Focused vs. Talk-Focused Conferences. CCCC, San Antonio, 2004. SELECT AWARDS AND HONORS University of Cincinnati Boyce Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2014 (also nominated 2009, 2012) Nominations solicited annually from undergraduate students enrolled English courses. Ricking Dissertation Fellowship ($15,000), 2012-2013 Competitively awarded to 1-2 students in the English department annually. Pat Belanoff Summer Research Award ($1,000), 2012 Competitively awarded to one graduate student in rhetoric and composition annually. Robin Sheets Critical Essay Prize, Honorable Mention, 2012 Competitively awarded annually in recognition of outstanding research and writing. University Research Council Summer Research Grant ($3,000), 2011 Competitively awarded to graduate students across the disciplines; total number of awards contingent on number and strength of applications. Graduate Summer Mentor Fellowship ($3,000), 2010 Competitively awarded to ten graduate students from across the disciplines; pairs graduate students with promising undergraduates for a summer mentorship experience culminating in undergraduate presentations of research. My student has gone on to enroll in graduate study at Indiana University. Taft Graduate Enrichment Award ($2,500), 2010 Competitively awarded to graduate students across arts & sciences requiring funds for enrichment or research; total number of awards contingent on number and strength of applications. Graduate Student Governance Association Award for Excellence in Scholarship ($250), 2009 Competitively awarded annually to one student in each of four divisions. 4

TUTORING EXPERIENCE Graduate Fellow, 2012-2013 University of Cincinnati College of Allied Health Sciences Assist College of Allied Health Sciences graduate students with a range of writing skills, including rhetorical grammar and style, organization, community-specific discourse, and synthesis of research. Graduate Assistant, 2008-2010 University of Cincinnati Academic Excellence and Support Services Screen, interview, and hire tutors for university-wide tutoring center; assist undergraduates with writing. Writing Tutor, 2008 University of Cincinnati A&S Writing Center Assist undergraduate and graduate students (including ESL students) with a range of writing tasks, including theses and dissertations. SERVICE Field Editorial Reader, Composition Forum Editorial Reader, Composition Studies Editorial Reader, Queen City Writers University of Cincinnati Search Committee Member, Vice Provost for UC-International, 2011-2012. Campus Co-Coordinator, Everybody Has A Literacy StoryTell Us Yours, sponsored by DALN and Ohio State University, 2009. Department of English, University of Cincinnati Coordinator, Last Word reading for graduates, 2010. Volunteer, Ohio Festival of the Short Story, 2010. Coordinator, Graduate Recruitment Weekend, 2010. Co-Chair, Composing Ourselves: A Graduate Conference in Literature, Rhetoric, and Composition 2010. Graduate Member, Composition Advisory Committee, 2008-2010. Judge, Cincinnatus Scholarship Competition, 2008-2010. English Graduate Program, University of Cincinnati Panelist, Presenting at Conferences, Dept. of English, 2011. Graduate Member, Graduate Studies Committee, 2009-2011. 5

Special Envoy to Graduate Student Governance Association, 2009. Executive Board, English Graduate Organization, 2009-2011. Panelist, PhD/MFA Application Workshop, 2009. Peer Mentor, 2008-2012. SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, AND TRAVEL FUNDING Taft Graduate Travel Award ($500), 2009-2014. Graduate Student Governance Association Research Award ($500), 2010. Graduate Student Governance Association Group Grant Award ($750), 2010. Taft Graduate Enhancement Award ($2000 annually), 2009-2013. Graduate Teaching Assistantship, 2007-2013. University Graduate Scholarship (full-tuition waiver), 2007-2013. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Mentor, Graduate Summer Mentorship Program, 2010. Institute for Digital Media and Composition, The Ohio State University, 2010. English Department Film Production, 2009-2010. Filmed and produced interviews between graduate students and prominent faculty for department website. Software Education Coordinator, Ad Astra Information Systems, Overland Park, KS, 2006-2007. Developed and delivered training curriculum and media, both in office and onsite for Windows-based course scheduling software PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS National Council of Teachers of English College Composition and Communication FOREIGN LANGUAGES French: translation proficiency