Joseph Patrick Bartolotta

jbartolotta@unm.edu www.jbartolotta.com

Education
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Degree: Doctor of Philosophy: Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communications (Successfully Defended on April 26, 2013) Dissertation Title: Laboring Literacy: Rhetoric, Language, and Sponsors of Literacy in Workers Education in the International Ladies Garment Workers Union 1914-1939. Advisor: Thomas Reynolds Committee: Lee-Ann Breuch, Christina Haas, and Donald Ross Iowa State University, Ames, IA Degree: Master of Arts: English Rhetoric, Composition and Professional Communication (2008) Thesis Title: Toward a Humor-Enhanced Classroom Advisor: Michael Mendelson Committee: Barb Blakely, Linda Shenk University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul, MN Degree: Bachelor of Arts: English with a Writing Emphasis (2006) Cum Laude Teaching Experience Lecturer, Department of English Language and Literature, University of New Mexico, 2013 present. Upper-Division Courses Documentation (ENGL 414) (One Course, Fall 2013) Scientific, Environmental, and Medical Writing (ENGL 413) (One Course scheduled for Spring 2014) Professional Writing Internship (ENG 499) (One Course scheduled for Spring 2014) Technical and Professional Writing (ENGL 219) (computer classroom component) (One Course, Fall 2013, One course scheduled for Spring 2014) Freshman-level Courses Expository Writing (ENGL 101) (Two Courses, Fall 2013)

Graduate Instructor, Department of Writing Studies, University of Minnesota, 2008-2013. Upper-Division Courses Introduction to Scientific and Technical Communication (WRIT 3001) (One Course, Fall 2011) Business and Professional Writing (WRIT 3029W) (Two Courses, Fall 2012, Summer 2013) Technical and Professional Writing (WRIT 3562W) (computer classroom component) (Four courses, Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2013) Freshman-level Courses University Writing (WRIT 1301) (computer classroom component) (Five Courses, Fall 2008-Spring 2011) Graduate Instructor, Department of English, Iowa State University, 2006-08. Freshman-level Courses: Foundational Composition I (ENGL 104) (computer classroom component) (One course, Fall 2006) Foundational Composition II (ENGL 105) (computer classroom component) (Two courses, Spring 2007) Foundational Composition II (ENGL 250) (computer classroom component) (Three courses, Fall 2007-Spring 2008)

Teaching interests
Writing Across Cultures Composition and Writing Studies Theory and Methods Ancient and Modern Rhetorical Theories Professional Writing Kenneth Burke and Burkean Methods Environmental Rhetoric

Publications
Haas, C. & Bartolotta, J. (2012). Editors Introduction: The Multiple Dimension of Writing in Global context. Written Communication, 29.1, 3-4. Special Issue on Writing and Global Context. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Manuscripts Under Review

Bartolotta, J. (2013). Ecology and Motives: Burke on Nature, Technology and Human Motives. Presently being prepared as a Revise and Resubmit: The Review of Communication. 2

Research Interests
Adult Literacy Genre and the Teaching of Professional Writing Methodologies for the Study of Writing Rhetoric of Science Technical Writing in Regulatory Documents Disability and Writing Ability

Presentations
International Academic Conferences and Presentations Writing and an early 20th century union-sponsored literacy in the United States. Writing Research Across Borders III; Universit Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Dfense, Paris, France, February 1922, 2014. [Peer-reviewed] (Accepted) Future possibilities of archival research on Writing. Writing Research Across Borders III; Universit Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Dfense, Paris, France, February 19-22, 2014. [Peerreviewed] (Accepted) National Academic Conferences and Presentations Crossing borders of language and borders of justice: Rhetorical training in an immigrant/labor organized literacy program. Biennial Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America; San Antonio, TX, May 22-26. 2014. [Peer-reviewed] (Accepted) Opening Literacies, Opening Rhetorics: How an Education Program in a Labor Union Granted and Complicated Access to Its Members. Conference on College Composition and Communication; Indianapolis, IN. March 22, 2014. [Peer-reviewed] (Accepted) Laboring Literacy: How a literacy program in one Labor Union made writing public and turned workers into writers and speakers. Conference on College Composition and Communication; Las Vegas, NV. March 14, 2013. [Peer-reviewed] Economies of literacy: Organized labor educational literacy programs in an immigrant community. 2012 Thomas R. Watson Conference; University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, October 18, 2012. [Peer-reviewed] "Indulging John Marshall's Sympathies: Identification, the Cherokee Nation, and the Supreme Court in Worcester v. Georgia." Biennial Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America; Philadelphia, PA, May 2012. [Peer-reviewed] Problematizing literacy as an economic gateway. Conference on College Composition and Communication; St. Louis, MO. April 22, 2012. [Peer-reviewed] 3

What we talk about when we talk global: Enacting the Global in writing research articles. 15th Annual Conference Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW); St. Louis, MO, April 21, 2012. With Christina Haas. [Peer-reviewed] Twelve Bars and a Pen: Improvising and Writing as Sidepeople. Conference on College Composition and Communication; Atlanta, GA. April 9, 2011. [Peer-reviewed] Creating a New Relationship with Creation: The Rhetoric of Evangelical Christianitys Tip-Toe Toward Environmental Sustainability. Biennial Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America; Minneapolis, MN, May 29. 2010. [Peer-reviewed] Seeing Perspectives in Contact: RNC2008, Situated Knowledge and the Writing Classroom. Conference on College Composition and Communication; Louisville, KY, March 20, 2010. [Peer-reviewed] Reconsidering the Same Problem: Technical Literacy, the Digital Divide and their Precursors. Conference on College Composition and Communication; San Francisco, CA. March 16, 2009. [Peer-reviewed] From Logs to Blogs: Inviting Local Ecological Advocacy to the Web Conference on College Composition and Communication; New Orleans, LA. April 3, 2008. [Peer-reviewed] Local Academic Conferences and Presentations "The Intersections of Rhetoric, Literacy, and Literacy Sponsorship: An Investigation into the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union's Educational Program 1915-1939." University of Minnesotas Communication Studies and Writing Studies Departments Doing Rhetoric at the U Conference; Minneapolis, Minnesota. April 27, 2013. The Ethics of the Archives: Challenges and Strategies in Managing Archival Research Methods in Writing Studies. University of Minnesota Department of Writing Studies Current Research Parlor, Minneapolis, Minnesota. April 10, 2013. Crafting a Cultural Approach to Business Writing (with Timothy Oleksiak) Minnesota Colleges and Universities English and Writing Annual Conference, Normandale Community College, Bloomington, Minnesota. April 5, 2013. Writing with Disaster: A Contemporary Case for Technical Writing Teaching. Minnesota Colleges and Universities English and Writing Annual Conference, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota. March 29, 2012. Brown v. Board of Education as Argumentative Text. Minnesota Colleges and Universities English and Writing Annual Conference, University of Minnesota; St. Paul, Minnesota. April 3, 2010.

Local Music, Localized Rhetorics. Minnesota Colleges and Universities English and Writing Annual Conference, University of Minnesota; St. Paul, Minnesota. April 3, 2009. Humor and Phronesis: Satire as a Discursive Activity. Federation Rhetoric Symposium, Texas Womens University; Denton, TX. February 9, 2008. Urban Culture without Urban Space. Conference of the English Departments of the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities; Macalester College, Spring 2006.

Workshop Presentations
Engaging Cultures in Professional Writing. (with Timothy Oleksiak) Minnesota Colleges and Universities English and Writing Annual Conference, Normandale Community College, Bloomington, Minnesota. April 4, 2013. Writing as Craft: A Model Approach to Business Writing (with Timothy Oleksiak) University of Minnesota Department of Writing Studies Teachers Teaching Teachers event. Invited Presenter, University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, MN. February 21, 2013. Lets Get Professional. University of Minnesota Writing Studies Advanced Composition Workshop, Invited Panelist, University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, MN. August 28, 2012. Responding to Student Writing. University of Minnesota Writing Studies Workshop, Invited Panelist, University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, MN. April 1, 2009. WOVE and Environmentally Themed Communication Classes. ISUComm Workshop, Invited Presenter, Iowa State University; Ames, IA. November 13, 2007.

Academic Service and Honors

Rhetoric and Professional Writing Committee, University of New Mexico, 2013-Present. Core Writing Committee, University of New Mexico, 2013-Present. Manuscript Reviewer, Written Communication 2012present Awarded the University of Minnesotas College of Liberal Arts Graduate Research Partnership Program (GRPP) Award for the Summer, 2011. ($5,000) Editorial Assistant for the peer-reviewed journal Written Communication. August 2010-December 2012. Graduate Student Representative: Senate Education Policy Committee, University of Minnesota, 2008-10. (Voting member) Bedford/St. Martins TA Advisory Board. Served 2009-2010. 5

Professional Memberships
National Council of Teachers of English Conference on College Composition and Communication Modern Language Association Council of Writing Program Administrators Association of Teachers of Technical Writings Association for Business Communication Society of American Baseball Research

References
Dr. Thomas Reynolds, 223 Nolte, 315 Pillsbury, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Reyno004@umn.edu (612) 626-0065 Dr. Lee-Ann K. Breuch, 223 Nolte, 315 Pillsbury, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Lkbruch@umn.edu (612) 624-6727 Dr. Christina Haas, 223 Nolte, 315 Pillsbury, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Chaas@umn.edu (612) 625-1815 Dr. Donald Ross, 223 Nolte, 315 Pillsbury, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Rossj001@umn.edu (612) 625-5585

Dossier Service
Please contact Nan Nelson, Graduate Secretary in the Department of Writing Studies at the University of Minnesota for a complete dossier: nelso789@umn.edu or, (612) 624-4761.