Colleen Reilly


Title: Associate Professor
Office: Morton Hall 157
Phone:(910) 962-7548
e-mail: rmailto:reillyc@uncw.edu

Teaching and Research Interests

Multimodal composition; citation analysis and electronic publications; distance learning; genders, sexualities, and technologies; and pedagogies of professional and technical writing

Current course sites

ENG 313: Writing about Science: http://people.uncw.edu/reillyc/313/index.html

ENG 501: Introduction to Research Methods in English: http://people.uncw.edu/reillyc/501/index.html

Selected publications

“Smart Growth of Professional Writing Programs: Controlling Sprawl in Departmental Landscapes,” with Diana Ashe. Design Discourse: Composing and Revising Programs in Professional and Technical Writing. Ed. David Franke, Alex Reid, and Anthony DiRenzo. Fort Collins: The WAC Clearinghouse and Parlor Press, 2010. 89–111. Print and Web. 31 March 2010. < http://wac.colostate.edu/books/designdiscourse/>.

“Stifling Innovation: The Impact of Resource-Poor Techno-Ecologies on Student Motivation and Proficiency,” with Anthony Atkins. Technological Ecologies and Sustainability: Methods, Modes, and Assessment. Ed. Dànielle Nicole, DeVoss, Heidi A. McKee, and Richard Selfe. Logan: Computers and Composition Digital Press/Utah State UP, 2009. 1–26. Web. 26 March 2010. <http://ccdigitalpress.org/ebooks-and-projects/tes>.

“Bibliographic Entries and Usability: Teaching Citation of Electronic Sources.” Rhetorically Rethinking Usability: Theories, Practices, and Methodologies. Ed. Susan K. Miller-Cochran and Shelley Rodrigo. Creskill, NJ: Hampton P, 2009. 229–251. Print.

“Multifaceted Methods for Multimodal Texts: Alternate Approaches to Citation Analysis for Electronic Sources” with Douglas Eyman. Digital Writing Research: Technologies, Methodologies, and Ethical Issues. Ed. Dànielle Nicole DeVoss and Heidi A. McKee. Creskill, NJ: Hampton P, 2007. 353–375. Print.

“Revising with Word Processing/Technology/Document Design,” with Douglas Eyman. Revision: History, Theory, and Practice. Ed. Alice Horning & Anne Becker. Reference Guides to Rhetoric and Composition Series, Charles Bazerman (Ed.). West Lafayette: Parlor P and WAC Clearinghouse, 2006. 102–116. Print.

“The Price of Free Software: Labor, Ethics, and Context in Distance Education” with Joseph John Williams. Computers and Composition 23:1 (2006): 68–90. Print.

“Teaching by Example: A Case for Peer Workshops about Pedagogy and Technology.” Innovate 1:3 (2005). Web. <http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=15>.

“Sexualities and Technologies: How Vibrators Help to Explain Computers.” Computers and Composition: An International Journal for Teachers of Writing 21:3 (Fall 2004): 363–385. Print.

Selected conference presentations

“Revisioning Editorial Processes and Roles through Wikis.” 58th Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, March 22, 2007.

“Can Smart Growth Principles Create Resilient Programs in Technical and Professional Writing?” with Diana Ashe. Poster session. Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, New York, March 21, 2007.

“Understanding the Search: The Quest for Intellectual Resources in E-Space” with Joyce Walker, Jim Purdy, and Douglas Eyman. Association of Internet Researchers Conference, Chicago, Illinois, October 8, 2005.

“Beyond CIWIC: Possibilities and Pedagogical Interventions One Year Later” with Chidsey Dickson, Douglas Eyman, and Jason McEntee. Panel discussion. 21st Annual Computers and Writing Conference, Palo Alto, California, June 17, 2005.

“Works cited and usability: Relocating electronic sources.” 56th Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, California, March 17, 2005.

“Writing research in digital contexts: Tracking citations of digital texts.” Writing Research in the Making. Santa Barbara, California, February 5, 2005.

“ Teaching digital literacies: Remediation and multimodality in virtual environments” with Douglas Eyman. Georgia Conference on Information Literacy, Statesboro, Georgia, October 8, 2004.

“ Determining what counts: Evaluating theoretical approaches to print citation of electronic texts.” 20th annual Computers and Writing Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 11, 2004.

“Does the data belie the rhetoric?: The citation history of online scholarship in print publications.” 55th Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio, Texas, March 24, 2004.

“Reaching Out: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Document Analysis and Design.” 19th annual Computers and Writing Conference, West Lafayette, IN, May 24, 2003.

“Thinking and Acting Globally: Planned Parenthood’s Use of the WWW for Political Action and Healthcare Information.” College English Association Conference, April 4, 2003.

“From Thesis to Theme and Back: MOO Spaces as Compositions.” 54th Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, March 22, 2003.

“ How to Examine the Virtual: Assessing and Evaluating Online Teaching and Learning.” Half-Day Workshop. 54th Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, March 19, 2003.

“Course Projects in Gender and Technology.” Computer Connections Presentation. 54th Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, March 20, 2003.

“Active Hypertext: Revisioning and Positioning Kairos” with Anthony Atkins, Gail Corso, Douglas Eyman, and Rich Rice. Panel discussion. 18 th annual Computers and Writing Conference, Normal, IL, May 2002.

“ Teaching by example: Sharing technological expertise with faculty peers” (aka Developing Successful Peer Workshops). 3 hour seminar. UNC Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, Koury Conference Center, Greensboro, NC. 13 April 2002.

“Designs of Distance Education: Assessing Approaches to Web-Based Writing Courses.” 53nd Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, March 2002.

 

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