Kyle D. Stedman
EDUCATION:
University of South Florida
Degree: Ph.D. (expected May 2011)
Field: Rhetoric and CompositionGeorgetown University
Degree: M.A. (July 2007)
Field: English; focus in composition studies
Thesis: “Plagiarism Narratives: Implications for Policy and Pedagogy”
Thesis advisor: Patricia E. O’Connor
GPA: 4.0Rollins College
Degree: B.A. (May 2003)
Major: English
Minor: Music
Honors Thesis: “From Plato to Tolkien: The Shifting Meanings of Atlantis”
Thesis advisor: Twila Yates Papay
GPA: 3.97
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Graduate Teaching Associate, University of South Florida (Fall 2007 to present)
Teach Composition 1 (ENC 1101), Composition 2 (ENC 1102), and Composition 2 onlineTutor, Tutoring for Success (October 2005 to January 2006)
Taught SAT preparationHigh-School Teacher, The First Academy (2003 to 2005)
Taught 10th- and 11th-grade English, SAT preparation, and creative writingInstructor, Student member of teaching team of interdisciplinary faculty and staff for five-day interim course, Rollins College (January 2002)
TEACHING INTERESTS:
First-Year Composition, Writing Technologies, Creative Writing, Professional and Technical Writing, Fantasy/Science Fiction
PUBLICATIONS:
"Blogging Florida's Reputations in First-Year Composition." Florida Studies: Proceedings of the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Florida College English Association. Cambridge UP. (Forthcoming.)
PRESENTATIONS:
Conference Papers
"Desmond's Dilemmas: Exploring Time, Space, and Lost in First-Year Composition," International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL, March 2009
"Video Killed the Radio Star: Teaching New Media" (roundtable panel participant), International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL March 2009
"Orchestrating Change: Harmonizing the Personal and the Digital in a 'Community of Learning'" (panel participant), Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA, March 2009
"Blogging Florida's Reputations," Florida College English Association, Ybor City, FL, October 2008
“Sound and Silence in the City: Early Science-Fiction Film,” International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL, March 2008
Workshops
“Preventing and Responding to Plagiarism” (Co-leader), Georgetown University’s Teaching, Learning and Innovation Summer Institute, Washington, DC, May 2007
“Preventing and Responding to Plagiarism” (Co-leader), Invited workshop for Bluffton College faculty and staff, Bluffton, OH, January 2007
ACTIVITIES:
Service
Prospective Student Contact, Department of English Graduate Recruitment Committee, University of South Florida (March 2009)
Conference Organizer / Webmaster / Program Designer, "Anything but Safe: Sex, Sexuality, and Gender," International Graduate Conference, Tampa, FL (March 2009)
Member, Graduate Council (standing council of the Faculty Senate) and the Fellowship Subcommittee, University of South Florida (December 2008 to present)
Webmaster, English Graduate Student Association, University of South Florida (August 2008 to present)
Collaborator/Technology Coordinator, First-Year Composition program, University of South Florida (January 2008 to present)
Prospective Student Contact, Department of English Graduate Recruitment Committee, University of South Florida (March 2008)
Student Member, First-Year Composition Policy Committee, University of South Florida (December 2007 to December 2008)
Other Scholarly Activities
Graduate Assistant, Georgetown University Honor Council (July 2005 to July 2007)
Writing Center Associate, Georgetown University (August 2005 to July 2007)
Assistant Editor, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Journal of Florida Literature, Rollins College (Fall 2001 to Spring 2003)
Volunteer Story Gatherer for book project Stories of the Dispossessed, Cairo, Egypt (Summer 2002)
Intern, First-Year Writing Program, Rollins College (Fall 2001)
MEMBERSHIPS:
National Council of Teachers of English
Conference on College Composition and Communication
International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
Omicron Delta Kappa
Sigma Tau Delta
AWARDS AND HONORS:
English Department Graduate Scholarship Recipient, Georgetown University (2005-07)
Outstanding Senior Scholar in the Humanities, Rollins College (2003)
Algernon Sydney Sullivan Medallion (service and community involvement), Rollins College (2003)
Charles McCormick Reeve Award (scholastic achievement), Rollins College (2003)
Howard Fox Senior Thesis award, Rollins College (2003)
Honors Program and Honors in Major, Rollins College (1999-2003)
Charles Hyde Pratt Award for Creative Writing, Rollins College (2001-02)
Music Faculty Sophomore Citation Award (2001)
William Abbott Constable Writing Award, Rollins College (2000-01)
