Whitney Lew James
Degree and Focus Area
PhD, Rhetoric and Composition
Previous degrees/universities
MA in Publishing and Writing, Emerson College and BA in Comparative Literature, University of California, Santa Barbara
Describe your research and its purpose/applications
My research agenda focuses on the intersections of power, privilege, and oppression with writing and literacy practices, including disability activism and rhetoric, accessibility of and social protest in digital spaces, translingual pedagogy, and antiracist writing assessment.
Publications
“Land of Promise or Peril?” Amon Carter Museum of American Art Blog, Amon Carter Museum. July 26, 2017. http://www.cartermuseum.org/interact/land-of-promise-or-peril
Writers and Readers: Creating Meaningful Essays and Supportive Writing Communities. Proprietary textbook at Emerson College. August 2015. Author with Mary Kovaleski Byrnes, Steven Himmer, and Molly McGillicuddy.
Conference Presentations
“Enacting Translingual, Antiracist Writing Assessment: Reflections on and Implications of an Empirical Self-Study.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2019. Speaker.
“Becoming Ethical Researchers: Graduate Students on the Messiness of Learning Research Methodologies.” Panel Presentation. Watson Conference, Louisville, KY, October 2018. Co-Presenter with Kayla A. Sparks and Sara Kelm.
“‘Unreliable Activists’: Reformulating Protest and Social Movement Theory for Disability Activism.” Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America, Minneapolis, MN, June 2018. Speaker.
“Multimodality and Community Literacy in First-Year Writing.” Digital Humanities Summer Institute Colloquium, Victoria, Canada, June 2017. Speaker.
“Writing as Partnership: Negotiating and Sustaining Dynamic Community Writing Projects.” Panel Presentation. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Portland, OR, March 2017. Speaker with Emily Avery-Miller, Elizabeth Parfitt, and Stephen Shane.
“Literacy Narratives, Genre Awareness, and Knowledge Transfer: A Case Study.” Poster Presentation. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Houston, TX, April 2016. Speaker.
“Moves Toward Metacognition Through Genre Theory in First-Year Writing.” Panel Presentation. Northeastern Modern Language Association Conference, Hartford, CT, March 2016. Speaker with Peter Medeiros.
“Using Genre Studies and Rhetorical Analysis to Evaluate Student Writing.” Roundtable. Northeastern Modern Language Association Conference, Hartford, CT, March 2016. Speaker.
“Digital, Experiential Writing in Composition Courses.” Panel Presentation. University of Connecticut Conference on the Teaching of Writing, Storrs, CT, March 2016. Speaker with Emily Avery-Miller, Elizabeth Parfitt, and Stephen Shane.
Why TCU English?
The emphasis on the teacher-scholar model, the collaborative and supportive graduate student and faculty community, and the professionalization opportunities.
Fun Fact?
I adopted a min pin when I moved to TCU!
PhD, Rhetoric and Composition
Previous degrees/universities
MA in Publishing and Writing, Emerson College and BA in Comparative Literature, University of California, Santa Barbara
Describe your research and its purpose/applications
My research agenda focuses on the intersections of power, privilege, and oppression with writing and literacy practices, including disability activism and rhetoric, accessibility of and social protest in digital spaces, translingual pedagogy, and antiracist writing assessment.
Publications
“Land of Promise or Peril?” Amon Carter Museum of American Art Blog, Amon Carter Museum. July 26, 2017. http://www.cartermuseum.org/interact/land-of-promise-or-peril
Writers and Readers: Creating Meaningful Essays and Supportive Writing Communities. Proprietary textbook at Emerson College. August 2015. Author with Mary Kovaleski Byrnes, Steven Himmer, and Molly McGillicuddy.
Conference Presentations
“Enacting Translingual, Antiracist Writing Assessment: Reflections on and Implications of an Empirical Self-Study.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2019. Speaker.
“Becoming Ethical Researchers: Graduate Students on the Messiness of Learning Research Methodologies.” Panel Presentation. Watson Conference, Louisville, KY, October 2018. Co-Presenter with Kayla A. Sparks and Sara Kelm.
“‘Unreliable Activists’: Reformulating Protest and Social Movement Theory for Disability Activism.” Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America, Minneapolis, MN, June 2018. Speaker.
“Multimodality and Community Literacy in First-Year Writing.” Digital Humanities Summer Institute Colloquium, Victoria, Canada, June 2017. Speaker.
“Writing as Partnership: Negotiating and Sustaining Dynamic Community Writing Projects.” Panel Presentation. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Portland, OR, March 2017. Speaker with Emily Avery-Miller, Elizabeth Parfitt, and Stephen Shane.
“Literacy Narratives, Genre Awareness, and Knowledge Transfer: A Case Study.” Poster Presentation. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Houston, TX, April 2016. Speaker.
“Moves Toward Metacognition Through Genre Theory in First-Year Writing.” Panel Presentation. Northeastern Modern Language Association Conference, Hartford, CT, March 2016. Speaker with Peter Medeiros.
“Using Genre Studies and Rhetorical Analysis to Evaluate Student Writing.” Roundtable. Northeastern Modern Language Association Conference, Hartford, CT, March 2016. Speaker.
“Digital, Experiential Writing in Composition Courses.” Panel Presentation. University of Connecticut Conference on the Teaching of Writing, Storrs, CT, March 2016. Speaker with Emily Avery-Miller, Elizabeth Parfitt, and Stephen Shane.
Why TCU English?
The emphasis on the teacher-scholar model, the collaborative and supportive graduate student and faculty community, and the professionalization opportunities.
Fun Fact?
I adopted a min pin when I moved to TCU!
