DANIEL LIDDLE

Department of English
dliddle@purdue.edu

500 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47906

danliddle.com

(630) 392 - 0527

Education
PhD English, (Expected May 2017)
Purdue University: West Lafayette, IN

Primary Area: Rhetoric and Composition

Secondary Area: Professional Writing; Rhetoric, Technology, and Digital Writing
Dissertation: Reading between the Frames: Rhetoric, Meaning, and Motion Design
Committee: Patricia Sullivan (chair), Michael Salvo, Thomas Rickert, and Samantha Blackmon
MA Professional Communication, 2012
Clemson University: Clemson, SC
Thesis: Inventing Laughter: Comedic Writing Practices and the Limits of Pedagogical Power.
Committee: Scot Barnett (Chair), Cynthia Haynes, and Jan Rune Holmevik
Honors: Defended With Distinction
BA English, 2010
Illinois State University: Normal, Il
Honors: Cum Laude

Publications
Liddle, Daniel. Emerging Guidelines for Communicating with Animation in Mobile User Interfaces.
Proceedings from the 34th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication. Forthcoming
September 2016.
Liddle, Daniel and Kathryn Yankura Swacha. Review of Rhetoric of a Global Epidemic: Transcultural
Communication About SARS. Journal of Business and Technical Communication. Forthcoming Spring 2017.

Conference Presentations
Technical and Professional Communication

Emerging Guidelines for Communicating with Animation in Mobile User Interfaces. ACM international
conference on Design of communication (SIGDOC 16). Arlington, VA (September 2016).

Seeing Red: Californias Drought and Cartographic Clarity. Annual Conference of the Association of
Teachers of Technical Writing. Tampa, FL (March 2015).

Getting Started in Eye Tracking: From Eye Movement to Eye-Tracking. The Society For Technical
Communication Summit. Chicago, IL (May 2012).

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(Re)Shaping Research: Eye Tracking in Technical Communication. Annual Conference of the Associa
tion of Teachers of Technical Writing. St. Louis, MO (March 2012).

Case Study of a Religious Coffee Shop: The Dual Functionality of Shared Spaces. Poster Presentation.
The Carolina Rhetoric Conference. Clemson, SC (February 2012).

Digital Rhetoric / Digital Humanities

YouTube vs. Women: The Implications of Gender Identity for Online Video Production. Conference on
College Composition and Communication. Indianapolis, IN (March 2014).

Laughter in 5 Seconds or Less: Comedic Timing in a Digital Age. The South Atlantic Modern
Language Association. Atlanta, GA (November 2013).

A MEmorial to the Chilean Miners: The (W)hole Experience. The Carolina Rhetoric Conference.
Clemson, SC (February 2012).

Rhetoric and Composition

Synthesizing Historical Trajectories of Digital Literacy through Collaboration. Computers and Writing
Conference. Stoudt, WI (May 2015).

Latent Humor: An Examination of How and Why Instructors Use Humorous Texts in First-Year
Composition. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Tampa, FL (March 2015).

Revisiting James Berlins Cultural Studies Approach to Writing Instruction. Council of Writing
Program Administrators 2014 Conference. Normal, IL (June 2014).

Teaching Experience

Graduate Courses in Rhetoric and Composition

English 505: Teaching Introductory Composition

Purdue University: Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017

The purpose of this course is to prepare incoming instructors to teach writing at the university
level. The course focuses primarily on teaching composition at Purdue University; however, the course
also discusses the teaching of writing throughout the curriculum and the role of writing instruction
inside and outside of the university.

Undergraduate Courses in Professional Writing

English 419: Multimedia Writing: Rhetoric in Motion

Purdue University: Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016

This course focuses on the rhetoric of motion in the design of multimedia. Students will learn to
analyze, interpret, and question digital media that utilize animated motion, including videos, gifs,
interfaces, and data visualizations. Students also design artifacts of their own by completing two case
studies: one focused on promoting local events in the area and one focused on a public health issue.

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English 421: Technical Writing

Purdue University: Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Summer 2015

This course focuses on recognizing the rhetorical situations that one may encounter in a technical
workplace, including writing to supervisors, management, peers, and different publics. The main
assignments for the class challenge students to construct two documents that are on a similar
technical subject, but composed for completely different audiences.

English 421y: Technical Writing Online

Purdue University: Fall 2016

In this class students work toward many of the same goals as a face-to-face section of technical
writing. Students create job documents, two technical descriptions, and two technical instructions in
order to practice skills in information design and audience analysis. The online version of the course
includes more discussions of telecommunication and multimedia forms of technical writing.

English 420: Business Writing

Purdue University: Fall 2013, Spring 2014

Students apply principles in document design to a wide range of written materials, including
professional reports, presentations, and application materials. Projects, such as the white paper, provide
students with only a rough situational framework, pressing students to ask questions, develop theories,
and to draw on prior knowledge in order to write in unfamiliar genres.

Undergraduate Courses in Rhetoric and Composition

English 106: Introductory Composition (Digital Rhetorics)

Purdue University: Fall 2013, Spring 2014

In this course students consider the history of various writing technologies and the way writing
technologies connect with specific historical moments. Students work in groups to trace the history
of one genre (e.g. war stories) through the lenses of rhetoric and technology. Students write a research
paper, design a professional handout, and build a website, all to connect historical discussions of
writing technologies to their own practices.

English 106: Introductory Composition (Writing About Writing)

Purdue University: Fall 2012, Spring 2013

This course encourages students to draw on interview data, ethnographic research, and prior

knowledge in order to contribute to ongoing discussions about writing and literacy. Throughout

the class, students are asked to expand their notions of literacy to their personal lives and professional
trajectories..

English 103: Accelerated Composition (Sports, Media, and Gaming)

Clemson University: Fall 2011, Spring 2012

Through critical engagement with themes of literacy, identity, and representation, students developed
skills in argumentation, information design, research, and collaboration. In addition to a focus on
rhetorical analysis, this class included a multimodal component focused on the fundamentals of video
production.

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Additional Teaching Experience

Writing Instructor (Summer 2016)

Warrior Scholar Project: University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Game Design Instructor (Summer 2013)

ID Tech Camps: Vanderbilt University, Seton Hall University, and Columbia University:

ESL Curriculum Development (Summer 2013)

Valparaiso University

Writing Center Tutor (Fall 2010, Spring 2011)

Clemson University

British Literature Teacher (Spring - Summer 2010)

Peoria Notre Dame High School, Peoria, Illinois

Workshops and Invited Lectures

Developing a Professional Website for the Academic Job Market
(Workshop: Purdue University, Fall 2016)
Led a workshop with Erin Brock Carlson directed toward graduate students creating a professional website
for the academic job market. The workshop was attended by graduate students from all programs within the
English Department.
Vidcast 101: Creating Content for the Purdue OWL YouTube Channel
(4 Workshop Series: Purdue University, Fall 2015 Spring 2016)
Developed a series of four separate workshops aimed at helping new content developers understand the tools
and techniques of video production. The workshop focused on developing videos with Adobe Premiere Pro.
Visual Rhetoric in Introductory Composition
(Workshop: Purdue Writing Lab Brown Bag, Fall 2014)
Led a brown bag workshop on methods of integrating visual rhetoric into composition pedagogy. The
workshop included assignment sequences, activities, and resources.
Re-Thinking Literacy Narratives
(Workshop: Purdue Writing Lab Brown Bag, Fall 2014)
Co-facilitated a brown bag workshop with Fernando Sanchez and Liz Lane on remediating literacy narrative
assignments through the Tumblr social media platform.
Storyboarding for Video Projects
(Invited Lectures: Multiple Courses at Clemson University, Spring 2012)
Discussed the rationale for storyboarding and techniques for collaborative storyboarding, by talking about my
experience with film-making and stop-motion animation.

Media
Positions and Appointments
Video Content Mentor
Purdue Online Writing Lab
Purdue University; Summer 2015 to Present
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Content Developer
Purdue Online Writing Lab
Purdue University: Fall 2012 to Present
Research Assistant
Multimedia Teaching, Authoring, and Research Facility
Clemson University: Summer 2011

Selected Client Projects

Video Rsums (Coordinator: Joshua Paiz)
Purdue Online Writing Lab. Youtube. Online Video. June 2014.
Purdue Online Writing Lab Roundtable Discussion (Coordinator: Joshua Paiz)
Purdue Online Writing Lab. Youtube. Online Video. March 2014.
Visual Rhetoric (Coordinator: Joshua Paiz)
Purdue Online Writing Lab. Youtube. Online Video. January 2013.
http://bit.ly/VSxCP9
Worklink Works For High School Dropouts (Client: Amy Jessee)
Worklink. Youtube. Online Video. December 2010.
http://bit.ly/ZhB0Rs

Service
Introductory Composition at Purdue Mentoring Committee (Purdue University 2015 2017)
Met with director of introductory composition and other mentors to discuss our teaching of ENGL 505:
Teaching Introductory Composition. Created materials and shared ideas on making mentoring more valuable
and effective.
Rhetoric Society of America Student Chapter (Purdue University 2013 2016)
President, Vice President, Treasurer
Raised funds and planned events for advancing scholarship and creating community for graduate students
studying rhetoric and composition. Developed and funded a speaker series. Led workshops on dissertation
writing and studying for preliminary exams.
Society for Technical Communication (Clemson University 2011 2012)
President, Event Coodinator
Organized events in coordination with the regional chapter of the Society for Technical Communication,
including resume workshops, webinars, and networking events.
Serious Games Research Colloquium (Clemson University 2010 2012)
Designed and managed a sandbox game environment for the purpose of collaborative research on the subject
of games studies, procedural rhetoric, and new media.
UX Rhetors Eye Tracking Research Group (Clemson University 2010 2012)
Participated in research team studying the value of low-cost eye tracking technology for technical and
professional communication. Tested iterations of eye tracking hardware developed by Grinbath LLC.

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Awards
Purdue Summer Research Grant
Purdue University: Summer 2016
Graduate Student Organizations Grant
Purdue University: Fall 2014, Fall 2015
Quintilian Award for Professional Development
Purdue University: Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015
Owings Fellowship for Professional Communication
Clemson University: Fall 2010
Deans List
Illinois State University: Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010

Professional Memberships
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
The Rhetoric Society of America (RSA)
ACM Special Interest Group for the Design of Communication (SIGDOC)
Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW)

Coursework
Digital Rhetorics

Rhetoric and Composition

Rhetoric, Games, and Play

Computers in Language and Rhetoric
Gender and Technology
Communication and Culture: Social Networking
Special Topics in Professional Writing: Serious Games
Visual Communication

Introduction to Composition Theory

Seminar on Empirical Research in Writing
Postmodernism and Issues in Composition Studies
Issues in Composition Studies: The Modern Period
Issues in Composition: Classical Period to the
Renaissance
Burke and the Four Master Tropes
Burke and Heidegger
Modern Rhetorical Theory

Professional Communication
Introduction to Professional Writing
Professional Writing Theory
Workplace Communication
Research Methods in Professional Communication
Business Writing: Video Production
Rhetoric & Professional Communication
Professional Writing Teaching Practicum

Software Proficiency
Document Design
Adobe InDesign; Microsoft Office Suite; Google Docs Suite;

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Image Processing
GIMP; Adobe Photoshop; Adobe Illustrator
Video, Animation, and Screen Capture
Windows Live Movie Maker; iMovie; Adobe Premiere Pro; Adobe After Effects; Jing; Screencast-O-Matic;
Camtasia Studio
Audio
Audacity; Garageband; Adobe Audition
Web Design
CSS; PHP; HTML 5

References
Available upon request

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