Ryan Trauman – Vitae

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RYAN TRAUMAN

Department of English
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
502-759-4083
trauman@ryantrauman.com

EDUCATION

• University of Louisville. Ph.D. Rhetoric and Composition, (2010).
• University of Colorado, Boulder. M.A. English – Creative Writing, 2001.
• North Dakota State University, Fargo. B.A. English – Liberal Arts, 1998.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• University of Louisville. Graduate Teaching Fellow, Composition. June 07 – June 09
• University of Colorado, Boulder. Graduate Teaching Professional. Aug 98 – May 00
• North Dakota State University. Writing Consultant, Center for Writers. Aug 95 – May 98
• Sullivan University, Louisville. Instructor, English. Sept 03 – June 06
• Spalding University, Louisville. Instructor (Adjunct), English. Sept 03 – June 06
• Bel-Rea Institute, Denver. Instructor, Humanities and Tech Writing. Jan 01 – Jan 03

PUBLICATIONS

• “Designing the Discussion: Student Texts at the Center of the Multimodal Writing Course.” (Collection chapter co-authored with Scott Rogers and Julia Kiernan. Accepted by editors: Joseph Harris, Charles Paine, and John Miles. Collection currently submitted to publisher.)
• “Colorless, Odorless Gas.” North Dakota Quarterly. Winter 2008.
• “Digital Mirrors: Multimodal Reflection in the Composition Classroom.” Computers and Composition Online. Spring 2008. (co-authors: Journet, Adkins, Alexander, Corbett)
• “Ironing.” (Digital Text). Center for Digital Storytelling. Fall 2007.
• Bones Picked Clean. (Thesis) Boulder, CO: University of Colorado, Boulder, 2001.
• Wednesdays: A Collection of Four Poets – Paige Anderson, Mark Stone, Laura Stowe and Ryan Trauman. Fargo, ND: Plains Art Museum, 1997.
• “The Lonely Tequila Worm.” Allegheny Review: A National Journal of Undergraduate Literature. 13 (1995): 74.

PAPERS PRESENTED

• “Cultural Materialist Critique and Digital Scholarship.” Computers and Writing Conference. 2009.
• “Posthuman Superheroes: The Evolution of Human into Machine.” The Louisville Conference on Literature Since 1900. 2009.
• “Authorship 2.0: Barthes as Precursor to Authorship in Web 2.0 Spaces.” Kentucky Philological Association Conference. 2009.
• “Transforming Writing Technologies: Composition Studies and Andrew Feenberg’s Critical Theory of Technology.” Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. 2008.
• “The Craft of Meaning: A Brief History of Composition’s Future.” (Digital Installation) Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. 2008.
• “Resurrection Man.” Writing the Midwest: A Symposium of Scholars and Writers. 2008.
• “Bourdieu’s ‘Production and Reproduction of Legitimate Language’: A New Warrant for Digital Composition.” Kentucky Philological Association Conference. 2008.
• “Walter Benjamin: Critical Awareness and New Media Composition.” Midwestern Modern Languages Association Conference. 2007.
• “Something About the Horizon. The Future. Words. Magic.” Writing the Midwest: A Symposium of Scholars and Writers. 2007.
• “My Digital Me: The Digital Story as Emerging Genre.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. 2007.
• “The Lyric Essay: Non-Genre or New Genre?” 20th-Century Literature and Culture Conference. 2007.
• “Aesthetic Engagement and the Construction of Internal Personal Narratives” Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. 2006.
• “Character, Fauna, and Place: the Poetry of Ted Kooser.” Linguistic Circle of Manitoba and North Dakota Conference. 1997.

SHORT DIGITAL FILM SCREENINGS

• “Ironing.” Midwestern Film Festival. Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature. Michigan State University. 2008.
• “Questions for Lydia.” Midwestern Film Festival. Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature. Michigan State University. 2007.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• University Fellowship. University of Louisville. 2006-2010.
• Barbara Plattus Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching. University of Louisville. 2007-2008.
• “Faculty Favorites” Designation. University of Louisville. 2008.
• Kentucky Film Lab Scholarship. University of Louisville, College of Arts and Sciences. 2007.
• Jovanovich Poetry Award. University of Colorado, Boulder. 2001.
• William Battrick Poetry Award, Runner-up. University of Colorado, Boulder. 2001.

SERVICE ACTIVITIES

• Barbara Plattus Teaching Award Committee. University of Louisville English Department. 2009.
• Bedford/St. Martin’s National Teaching Assistants Advisory Board. 2007-2008.
• Technology Committee. University of Louisville English Department. 2007-2008.
• English Graduate Organization, Executive Council. University of Louisville. 2007-2008.
• Instruction Subcommittee of the Provost’s Academic Technology Committee. University of Louisville. 2006 – 2007.
• Curriculum Development Committee. Sullivan University. 2004 – 2006.
• Academic Probation Committee. Sullivan University. 2003 – 2006.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Director of Composition. University of Louisville. Aug 07 – July 09.
• Watson Conference Assistant Director. University of Louisville. Aug 07 – Dec 08.
• Coordinator, Visiting Writers Series. University of Colorado. Aug 00 – May 01.
• Coordinator, Plains Emerging Voices Series. Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND. Jan 98 – May 98.
• President, Campus Activities Board, NDSU. May 96 – May 97.
• Visiting Speakers Coordinator, Campus Activities Board, NDSU. May 95 – May 96.

PROFESSIONAL WRITING & EDITING EXPERIENCE

• Consultant of Management and Education Practices. AFLAC, District Office, Louisville. Sept 03 – May 04
• Freelance Website Developer. Clients included: Cottage Car Sales, Crestwood, KY; The Mark
• Rossier Pottery, Longmont, CO; Samuel Austin Architects, Boulder, CO; Crystal Ski Shop, Boulder, CO. Nov 00 – Sept 02
• Freelance Writer. TestTakers.com, Oakland, CA. Mar 00 – June 00
• Freelance Writer. iXL, Inc., Internet Development Company, Denver. May 00 – Sept 00
• Manuscript Editor and Designer. Office of the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, Fargo. May 97 – Aug 97

CONFERENCE PANELS CHAIRED

• “Collaborative Writing.” Computers and Writing Conference. Davis, 2009.
• “Information Design in Medical Fields.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, 2009.
• “Invited Panel: Digital Scholarship Roundtable.” Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. Louisville, 2008.
• “Tenderer Buttons: The Lyric Essay and the Broadcast Dials.” 20th-Century Literature and Culture Conference. Louisville, 2007.
• “Fiction and Creative Nonfiction.” Writing the Midwest: A Symposium of Scholars and Writers. Michigan State University, 2008.
• “Creative Non-fiction.” Writing the Midwest: A Symposium of Scholars and Writers. Michigan State University,2007.
• “Narrative Identity and Agency.” Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. Louisville, 2006.

WORKSHOPS AND GUEST INSTRUCTION

• “Institutional Reconstructions of ‘Writing’ in Response to Emerging Technologies.” Graduate Research Network at the Computers and Writing Conference. Davis, 2009.
• “Locating Sites for Productive Administrative Discourse on Digital Literacy Initiatives.” Research Network Forum at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, 2009.
• Invited Digital Media Specialist. The Institute on Digital Media and Composition (DMAC). Ohio State University. Columbus, OH. 2009.
• Invited Digital Media Specialist. The Institute on Digital Media and Composition (DMAC). Ohio State University. Columbus, OH. 2008.
• Invited Guest Instructor. The Center for Digital Storytelling. University of Virginia. February, 2008.
• Invited Guest Instructor. The Center for Digital Storytelling. Chicago, IL. November, 2008.

NEW COURSES DEVELOPED

• “A Multimodal Approach to Composition”
  Scott Rogers, Julia Kiernan and myself, designed and taught a multimodal section of English 101 for an IRB approved research project examining the usefulness of the multimodal course in freshman writing. (Taught, Fall of 2007)
• “Rewriting Yourself in the Discourse”
  Description forthcoming. (Taught, Spring of 2008)
• “Writing, Technology, and Identity”
  Description forthcoming. (In progress, Spring of 2008)
• “Roland Barthes and Post-structural Theories of Authorship”
  Description forthcoming. (Designed for future teaching)