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Claire Lauer, PhD
Assistant Professor
Multimedia Writing and Technical Communication
Arizona State University - Polytechnic
claire.lauer@asu.edu
http://w3.coh.arizona.edu/claire
Doctor of Philosophy - May 2006
Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Dissertation: “Thirdspaces, Tactics, and Bricolage: A Spatial-Metaphorical Approach to Identity and Text Production in Composition.”
Committee: Dr. Roxanne Mountford, Chair (English, University of Arizona)
: Dr. Amy Kimme-Hea (English, University of Arizona)
: Dr. Anne-Marie Hall (English, University of Arizona)
Master of Arts – December 2000
English (emphasis in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English)
University of Arizona,Tucson, Arizona
Bachelor of Arts – May 1998
University of Arizona,Tucson, Arizona
Graduated magna cum laude
Major: English Minor: History
Study Abroad in Florence, Italy – Spring 1997
Richmond College
Awarded $1000 International Scholarship
Innovation in Teaching Award (Writing Program - 2004)
Competitive award ($300) given to instructors who have demonstrated originality in their teaching through their assignments and classroom practices.
Milton O. Riepe Teaching Fellowship (Writing Program - Summer 2001)
Competitive award ($3000) given to “distinguished teachers of composition” to support work on a creative or scholarly project.
Graduate College Travel Grant (Graduate and Professional Student Council - Spring 2003)
Competitive award ($500) given to select graduate students to present at a scholarly conference
Nominated for the Johnnie Raye Harper Award (Writing Program - 1999)
Award ($1000) given to a first-time instructor teaching at the college level
Honors First-Year Composition 109h (One-semester required for students with an AP score of 4 or 5)
Course focuses on rhetorical analysis and critical thinking. Students in my class examined the intersecting themes of culture, media and identity; looking at how information is disseminated in our culture and what influence various media have upon the way we receive and process that information. Students met in a computerized classroom for all class periods and used the MOO for online class discussion and other activities.
Advanced Composition 306
Course focuses on communicating persuasively in a variety of rhetorical situations. Students in my classes examined themes of identity, media, and space, and I encouraged them to contemplate the ways in which space informs their ideas about themselves and the myriad texts they encounter every day. I also encouraged students to adopt a broader notion of what constitutes a text, including having them explore multimedia texts (such as film, photography, music, the web, etc.) and visual design elements. Students met in a computerized classroom for all class periods and used a MOO (Muliti-user domain, Object Oriented) for online class discussion and other activities.
Business Writing 307
Course focuses on the theory and practice of communicating within organizations and with the public. Students worked in groups and completed a project for an organization they were either currently working for, or for an organization that expressed a need for their services. Assignments included composing a variety of business documents, including memos, a field analysis, a project proposal, status reports, a final project, and a final presentation. Students met in a computerized classroom for half of all class periods.
Honors First-Year Composition 103h (First in a required two-semester sequence)
Course is the equivalent of 101 but emphasizes an expanded knowledge of the classical foundations of rhetoric and critical cultural understanding. My students composed texts that addressed the theme of “Technology, Society and the Individual.” Students met in a computerized classroom for all class periods and used the MOO for online class discussion and other activities.
Honors First-Year Composition 104h (Second in a required two-semester sequence)
Spring 2000
Course is the equivalent of 102 but emphasizes further critical thinking and writing skills. My students composed texts addressing that addressed the theme of “Technology and American Culture: Context and Future.” Students met in a computerized classroom for all class periods and used the MOO for online class discussion and other activities.
Technical Writing 308
Summer 2000
Course focuses on the rhetorical and ethical practices of technical writing as well as advanced editing and analysis skills. Assignments include the analysis and production of a variety of technical documents, including websites, research reports, grant proposals, and on-line documentation, culminating in a major project and presentation. Students met in a computerized classroom for all class periods.
First-Year Composition 101 (First in a required two-semester sequence)
Fall 1998 and Summer 1999
Course focuses on examining discourse communities and rhetorical situations in writing. Students compose and revise essays emphasizing personal narrative, rhetorical analysis, and persuasion with an introduction to research practices and conventions. Students in my classes analyzed the discourse surrounding current political issues and popular culture texts.
First-Year Composition 102 (Second in a required two-semester sequence)
Spring 1999 and Fall 1999
Course focuses on textual analysis, including fiction and non-fiction texts. Students compose and revise essays emphasizing a close reading of texts, texts in contexts, and cultural reflection. Students in my classes explored short essays, a novel, and a series of films pertaining to the nature of identity in American culture.
Teaching:
Instructional Support Specialist, College of Humanities Instructional Computing
Fall 2001-Present
http://www.ic.coh.arizona.edu
Provide assistance and support to instructors in the College of Humanities (faculty, graduate student instructors, adjuncts) who are interested in using technology to facilitate their instructional goals.
Develop and teach instructional technology workshops. Subjects include:
- Creating course websites
- Creating electronic teaching portfolios
- Using on-line teaching tools and course management systems
- Making effective presentations
- Developing and using databases for research and teaching
- Commenting electronically on student work
- Creating PDF files for course readings and handouts
- Creating and manipulating images for the web
- Advanced web design using Cascading Style Sheets
Work with department heads and program directors to develop and teach multi-session training programs for teachers. Programs include:
- English department teaching advisors – Spring 2004
- French and Italian graduate student teachers and lecturers – Fall 2005
Work with faculty to help develop content for and teach sessions of graduate courses in teaching with technology. Courses include:
- Second/Foreign Language Learning and the Web – Fall 2004 and 2005
- Spanish Colloquium – Fall 2004 and 2005
Facilitate working groups on a variety of topics in an effort to establish a community of teachers who can come together to share their experiences and develop innovative ways to better facilitate their goals as humanities instructors. Past working group topics have included:
- Advanced Web Design - Integrating Multimedia
- Teaching on the MOO
Instructor, Multimedia in Education Certificate Program, Office of Continuing Education and Academic Outreach (formerly Extended University)
Summer 2003
Responsible for developing and teaching two weeks (60 teaching hours) of a four-week program designed to teach University of Arizona faculty in learning about instructional technologies (including multimedia, web, and database technologies) and pedagogical techniques they can use to achieve their educational objectives in new and innovative ways. Program included faculty from across the University.
Instructor, Native American Summer Institute
Summer 1999
Responsible for teaching a one-week workshop on web-page design and publication to at-risk Native American high school students.
Administration:
Website Administrator, College of Humanities Instructional Computing
Summer 2004 - Summer 2005
In charge of the redesign, production, and maintenance of the College of Humanities Instructional Computing website and the COH Office of Academic and Instructional Affairs website.
Website Administrator, English Graduate Union
Summer 2001– Spring 2003
http://www.coh.arizona.edu/egu
Designed and maintained the website for the English Graduate Union, an organization that holds bi-monthly meetings and includes over 100 members.
Co-Director, Computers in Composition, University of Arizona Writing Program
Fall 1999 – Spring 2001
Assisted composition instructors in implementing technology in the classroom. Held office hours, lead workshops, and designed and published the web site for Computers in Composition.
Project Coordinator, Computer-Based Tutorial (CBT) Summer Review
Summer 1999
Reviewed the CBT system implemented at the University of Arizona and made recommendations for how to best integrate the system into composition courses.
Technical Writer - O'Rielly Motor Company, Tucson, Arizona
Summer 2002
Produced technical documentation for a variety of procedural tasks in all departments of the company. Worked closely with a wide variety of people in every department, from the business manager to the repair technicians. Assisted managers of several departments in producing quarterly reports and presentations.
Certified Webmaster - Office of Continuing Education and Academic Outreach, University of Arizona (formerly Extended University)
Fall 2000
Completed coursework in introductory and advanced programming, advanced web design, HTML, Java Script, XML, Photoshop, Microsoft Access, SQL, Project Management, and Windows 2000 administration.
Course Management Systems and Instructional Environments
OldPuebloMOO (encore and telnet interface), Desire2Learn, WebCT, Nicenet, Blackboard, Caucus, Polis, Altiris Vision, Net Support School
Software Applications and Programming Languages
Extensive Experience:
Macromedia Dreamweaver (4.0 – 8), Fireworks (4.0 – 8), Adobe Photoshop (5.5-CS2), Adobe Acrobat (5.0-CS2), MySQL Database, Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP, Microsoft Office (2000, XP, and 2003) including Word, Access, Excel, Power Point, Front Page, and Publisher, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape Navigator.
Proficient Experience:
ColdFusion, MySQL, Adobe InDesign CS2, Adobe Illustrator CS2
Familiar Experience:
PHP, Macromedia Flash MX
National
“The Endangered Species of the MOO in Composition.” Panel Presentation. Computers and Writing 2005. Palo Alto, California, June 2005.
"Composition as Thirdspace: Reconceptualizing the Potential of Identity Exploration in the Classroom." Panel presentation. Computers and Writing 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 2004.
"Hybrid Energy/Hybrid Texts: Analyzing, Producing, and Evaluating Media and Popular Culture in the Composition Classroom." Panel presentation. Conference for College Composition and Communication, New York, New York, March 2003.
“Worlds Within a World: Power, Proximity, and the Situated Self on the OldPuebloMOO.” Panel presentation. Computers and Writing 2002, Normal, Illinois, May 2002.
“Navigating Identity: Spatial Constructions of the Self in Freshman Composition.” Panel presentation. Conference for College Composition and Communication, Chicago, Illinois, March 2002.
“Disrupting ‘Democratic’ Technology: Lessons Learned, Pedagogies Examined.” Roundtable Presentation. Conference for College Composition and Communication, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 2000.
“A Critical Exploration of Common Assumptions Concerning Computers and Composition.” Roundtable presentation. Conference for College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1999.
Regional / State / Local
“Technology and Collaboration in the Humanities: Developing Networks of Support Through Working Groups and On-Line Instructional Materials.” Roundtable presentation. Learning Technology Showcase, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, May 2002.
“OldPuebloMOO: Creation, Reciprocity & Outreach” Roundtable presentation. Learning Technology Showcase, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, May 2000
“A Marriage Made on the MOO: Joining Virtual Reality and Creativity to Invigorate the Traditional Essay.” Panel Presentation. Arizona English Teacher’s Association Fall Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, October 1999.
“Stories From the Southside: Using Narrative in the Adult Education Classroom.” Panel Presentation. Arizona State Adult Education Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, September 1999.
“Literacy as Narration: A Teacher/Researcher Perspective.” Panel Presentation. NCTE regional conference, Tucson, Arizona, April 1999.
“Writing, Research and the Web” Panel presentation. U of A Speaker’s Series, Tucson, Arizona, February 1999.
“Beyond Print: Analysis and the Internet in Freshman Composition.” Panel Presentation. New Directions Spring Conference, Tucson, Arizona, February 1999.
“Redefining Femininity: Women Rock Artists in the 1990’s.” Panel Presentation. New Directions Spring Conference, Tucson, Arizona, March 1998.
English Department Council
Spring 2004 – Present
Responsible for evaluating issues surrounding curricula, faculty recruitment, department policy, faculty promotion and tenure, and the department constitution.
Technology Audit and Strategic Planning Committee for First Year Composition
Fall 2004 – Present
Responsible for drafting recommendations to the Writing Program regarding technology-related goals in all composition classes.
Academic Program Review Committee, Subcommittee for Resources and Academic Computing, English Department
2004 – 2005
Responsible for conducting a survey of current resource usage and anticipated needs of all English department instructors, and producing an assessment report to be included in the larger program review materials submitted to the University administration.
College of Humanities Site Redesign Committee
2003 – 2004
Responsible for making recommendations regarding content, layout, style, and programming and developing a course of action for the redesign of the College of Humanities website.
Mentor, Dr. Amy Kimme-Hea’s Advanced Technical Communication Class
Mentored two student groups on documentation projects. Topics included presenting with Power Point and creating a grade book in Excel.
Computer Futures Committee
1999 – 2000
Responsible for making recommendations for how the University community could better assist instructors with their technological needs.
Theories of Electronic Technology (TET) Discussion Group
1998-2000.
Participated in bi-weekly reading and discussion group to further explore of role of technology in culture.
English Graduate Union
1998 – Present
Responsible for monitoring graduate student workload and advocating for graduate student concerns and issues such as health care, tuition remission, workload reduction, and childcare on many departmental and administrative levels.
Pima County Adult Education
1998 – 1999 (40 hours per month)Assisted in literacy education and GED preparation. Created and edited a literary journal called Stories from the Southside for the adult education students at the El Pueblo Community Center. Published several issues of the journal online:
Board of Directors, Fantasy Island Conservation Alliance
2004 – 2005
Took part in organizing a series of meetings to raise community awareness and successfully lobby the city, county, and state governments to help prevent the residential development of “Fantasy Island,” the only urban mountain-bike park in Tucson, Arizona.
Crew Leader, Arizona Trail Cienega Corridor Construction Project
2004 – 2005
Led bi-monthly crews of volunteers in building a 25-mile segment of The Arizona Trail, an 800-mile trail that extends from Utah to Mexico that needs less than 85 more miles of trail before it is complete.
National Council of Teachers of English
Conference on College Composition and Communication
Rhetoric Society of America
Rhetoric Society of America Student Chapter
Modern Languages Association
Dissertation Committee:
Roxanne Mountford
Associate Professor
Rhetoric, Composition,
and the
Teaching of English
University of Arizona
Modern Languages 434
(520) 621-3866
roxanne@email.arizona.edu
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Amy Kimme-Hea
Assistant Professor
Associate Director of Writing Program
Rhetoric, Composition,
and the Teaching of English
University of Arizona
Modern Languages 476
(520) 621-1780
kimmehea@email.arizona.edu |
D. Diane Davis
Associate Professor
Rhetoric and Composition
University of Texas, Austin
Parlin Hall 19
(512) 471-8375
ddd@mail.utexas.edu |
Anne-Marie Hall
Associate Writing Specialist
Writing Program and Rhetoric, Composition and the Teaching of English
University of Arizona
Modern Languages 371
(520) 621-3436
hall@u.arizona.edu
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Teaching and Instructional Technology:
John Warnock
Program Director
Rhetoric, Composition,
and the
Teaching of English
University of Arizona
Modern Languages 445
520-621-1836
johnw@email.arizona.edu |
Thomas Miller
Professor
Director of Writing Program
Rhetoric, Composition,
and the Teaching of English
University of Arizona
Modern Languages 476
520-621-1780
tpm@email.arizona.edu |
College of Humanities Instructional Computing:
Judith Nantell
Vice Dean of Academic
and Instructional Affairs
College of Humanities
University of Arizona
Modern Languages 345
520-621-9293
jnantell@email.arizona.edu |
Hale Thomas
Instructional Computing Manager
College of Humanities
University of Arizona
Modern Languages 509
520-621-1620
hthomas@email.arizona.edu |
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