Curriculum Vitae

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Mark Pepper
Email: mpepper@purdue.edu
Web: web.ics.purdue.edu/~mpepper

Department of English
Purdue University
Heavilon Hall
500 Oval Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Education

• PhD
  Purdue University, Expected May 2010
  Specialization: Rhetoric and Composition
  Secondary Areas: Digital Rhetoric and Public Rhetoric
  Dissertation Subject: The Rhetorical Function of the "Popular" in Light of Networked and Digital Publics
  Dissertation Chair: Thomas Rickert
• Master of Arts in English
  Sacramento State University, May 2005
  Specialization: Late Modern American Literature
  Thesis: “Reduced to a Footnote: The Cultural and Historical Concerns of a Female Lost Generation Experience.”
  Thesis Committee: Susan Wanlass and Jason Geiger
• Bachelor of Arts in English, Sacramento State University, May 2003

Professional Experience

Teaching

• Introductory Composition Technology Mentor
  Purdue University (2008-Current)
  English 505T: Teaching with Technology Workshops
• Teaching Assistant
  Purdue University (2006-Current)
  English 106: Introductory Composition
• Adjunct Faculty
  Solano Community College
  Fairfield, California
  2005-2006
  English 1: College Composition
  English 2: Critical Thinking/Literature
  English 4: Critical Thinking and Logic
  English 305: Intro to Reading and Writing
  
• Writing Lab Tutor
  Solano Community College
  Fairfield, California
  2005-2006
  
• Adjunct Faculty
  Consumnes Community College
  Sacramento, California
  2005-2004
  English 1A: College Composition
• California State University California
  2004-2005
  English 1A: College Compositon
  
• CSUS Writing Lab Tutor
  California State University Sacramento
  2004-2005
  

Presentations

• "A New Approach: Popular Culture Pedagogy in the Composition Classroom." CCCC. San Francisco, CA. March 11-14, 2009. (scheduled)
• "Networked on the Fringes of the Network: Fandom Tension Within the Altering of Comic Continuity." The Comic Book and Popular Culture. Bowling Green, OH. October 24-25, 2008.
• “We’re All Filmmakers and Directors Here: Rhetorically Using Camera Controls in Second Life” CCCC. Panel on Visual Rhetoric in Second Life. New Orleans, Louisana. April 2-5, 2008.
  
• "Shattering Teen Stereotypes With Music Video Composing." Purdue Ic@P Showcase. West Lafayette, IN. May, 2008.
  
• "Teaching and Learning in Second Life." Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference. West Lafayette, IN. March 4-5, 2008.
  
• “Radioactive Accidents, Marvel Mutant Madness, and Emmanuel Levinas: The Ethics of the Postmodern Superhero.” Northwestern Emmanuel Levinas Conference. West Lafayette, Indiana. June 7-9, 2007.
  
• “Ten Thousand Lonleygirl Fans (and Haters) Can’t (or Just Might be) Wrong: Speculation and the Role of Audience in the Youtube Age.” PCA/ACA Pop Culture Conference. Boston, Massachusetts. April 23-26, 2007.

Publications

• “Virtual Guerillas and a World of Extras: Shooting Machinima in Second Life.” in Writing and the Digital Generation. ed. Heather Urbanski. McFarland Press (forthcoming)
• Instructors Handook to Technical Communication Today. 3rd Ed. Co-authored with Richard Johnson-Sheehan and Christina Saidy

Workshops

• "Composing With Adobe Flash." Flash Workshop for English Department Grad Students and Faculty. October 18, 2008.
• "CSS Templates and Website Design." Workshop for English Department Grad Students and Faculty. September 17, 2008.
• "Tutoring Visual Rhetoric: Strategies and Resources." Development Workshop for Purdue Writing Lab. Feburary 2008.

Service

Committees

• Purdue Island Second Life Development (2008-present)
• 2009 IC@P Showcase Planning (2008-present)
• Computers and Writing 2010 Hosting (2008-present)
• Introductory Writing Program (2007-2008)
• COIN (Collaborative Online Instructors Network) Development (2008-current)

Reviewing and Researching

• Reviewer, "Sourceplay" by Amy Braziller and Liz Kleinfeld. Published by BedfordStMartins. (2008)
• Manuscript Reviewer, Computers and Writing Journal (2008)
• Researcher, "Technical Communication Today." 3rd Edition. Textbook by Richard Johnson-Sheehan (2008)
• Researcher, “My Guide for Writing.” Textbook by Richard Johnson-Sheehan (2007-current)

Leadership and Instruction

• Curriculum Development, "Composing With Popular Culture" English 106 Syllabus Approach Creation
  
• Instructional Composition Mentor. Fill-in for Instructor on Leave. (October 2008-December 2008)
• Syllabus Approach Leader, "Composing With Popular Culture" (2007-current)
• Board Member, Words on the Go. Community Arts Organization. West Lafayette (2007-2008)
• Media Coordinator, Words on the Go. Community Arts Organization. West Lafayette (2007-2008)
• Syllabus Approach Leader, “Multiple Multiplicities” (2007-2008)

Tech and Web

• Website Administrator. "Tech Mentoring in Introductory Composition Program" http://digitalparlor.org/mentor (2008-current)
• Content Developer, Purdue Owl (2006-current)

Graduate Coursework

• Engl 200: Research Methods and Materials
  
• Engl 215: Teaching ESL Writing
  
• Engl 220A: Teaching College Comp
  
• Engl 220B: Teaching College Lit
  
• Engl 220C: Teaching Basic Writing
  
• Engl 505: Teaching First Year Comp
  
• Engl 580: Ethics and Emmanuel Levinas
  
• Engl 591: Intro to Comp Theory
  
• Engl 605: Computers and Writing
  
• Engl 622: Classical Rhetoric
  
• Engl 624: Composition Issues: Modern Period
  
• Engl 625: Empirical Research
  
• Engl 626: Postmodernism
• Engl 680: Digital Rhetoric & Design Studio
  
• Engl 680C: Culture Studies
  
• Engl 680M: New Media Workshop
  
• Engl 680R: Public Rhetorics
  
• Engl680V: Visual Rhetoric
  

Grants

• Dean's Teaching Incentive Grant. Fall 2007. Awarded $900.00 for Program Technology Assessment Research within Purude Ic@p program

Awards and Honors

• "Shattering Teen Stereotypes with Music Videos." Best Visual Presentation Winner. Purdue Ic@p Showcase 2008.
  
• Excellence in Teaching Award. Solano Community College. December 2004
  
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Inducted 2002.
  Honors List. Sacramento State University. 2000-2004.
  

Professional Memberships

• National Council of Teachers of English
  
• Pop Culture Association
  
• Association of Internet Researchers
  
• Words on the Go