Luke Thominet

Curriculum Vitae
lthomine@fiu.edu
November 4, 2016
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2016-Present

Assistant Professor
Florida International University

EDUCATION
2016

Ph.D., English, Wayne State University

Concentration: Rhetoric and Composition
Specialization: Technical and Professional Communication
Dissertation: Emerging Genres of Online Technical Communication

2012

M.F.A. Creative Writing, Northern Michigan University

2008

B.A. English/International Relations, University of Southern California

PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
2016
10/10 Would Review Again: Variation in the Video Game Review Genre.
Technical Communication Quarterly. Special Issue on Technical
Communication and Video Games.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10572252.2016.1185158.
Co-Authored Referred Journal Articles
2016
Carcone, A. I., Barton, E., Eggly, S., Hartlieb, K. E. B., Thominet, L., &
Naar, S. (2016). Exploring ambivalence in motivational interviewing with
obese African American adolescents and their caregivers: A mixed
methods analysis. Patient Education and Counseling, 99(7), 11621169.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2016.02.008
Proceedings
2015

2013

Building Foundations for the Crowd: Minimalist Author Support Guides

for Crowdsourced Documentation Wikis. Proceedings of the 33rd ACM
International Conference on Design of Communication.
"Creating a Collaborative Online Resource for Integrating Videogames
into the Composition Classroom." GLS 9.0 Proceedings, June 12-14, 2013,
Madison, WI. 400-406.

Other Publications
2015
Review of Solving Problems in Technical Communication.
Enculturation. May 15.
2010

Operation New Dawn: The Iraq War Debate Seven Years Later. Politics
and Culture. 2010: Issues 3&4.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2015-2016

Rumble Dissertation Completion Fellowship, WSU

2015

Heberlein GTA Teaching Award, WSU

2015

Terrance King Memorial Fellowship in English, WSU

2014

Fellowship Writing Boot Camp Research Grant, WSU

2014, 2015

English Department Travel Award, WSU

2012

Future Faculty Fellowship, King-Chavez-Parks Initiative, NMU

2011

Excellence in Education Research Grant, NMU

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2016-Present

Florida International University

Professional and Technical Writing for Computing
Professional and Technical Writing for Engineering

2012-2014

Wayne State University

Technical Communication I: Reports (Online)
Introduction to College Writing
Basic Writing (Apex Summer Bridge Program)

2009-2012

Northern Michigan University

Technical and Report Writing
Narrative and Descriptive Writing
College Composition I
Developmental Composition

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2017

After Careful Consideration, Weve Selected Another Candidate: A

Directed Content Analysis of Academic Job Candidate Rejection Letters.
Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 1518.

2016

"Think Like a Student: Usability Testing to Evaluate Curriculum Design.

Conference on College Composition and Communication, April 6-9.

2015

Building Foundations for the Crowd: Minimalist Author Support Guides

for Crowdsourced Documentation Wikis. SIGDOC Conference. July 1617.

2014

Creating Productive Digital Spaces for Students. Conference on College

Composition and Communication, Digital Pedagogy Poster. March 19-22.

2014

A Whole New Game: Periodizing Postpostmodern Videogames.

Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference. February
19-22.

2014

Adventures in Writing: Composition, Pedagogy, and Video Games. City

University of New York Games Festival. January 17-18.

2013

Tech-ing out the Writing Center. Midwest Writing Center Association

Conference. October 17-19.

2013

"Creating a Collaborative Online Resource for Integrating Videogames

into the Composition Classroom." Games/Learning/Society Conference.
June 12-14.

2012

High Tech/Low Tech: Creating Technology Redundancies in Rural

Classrooms. College English Association Conference. March 29-31.

CAMPUS AND DEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATIONS

2015

Designing Collaborative Writing Assignments. WSU Composition

Curriculum Workshop Series.

2015

Giving Conference Presentations. Wayne English Graduate

Organization Workshop Series.

2015

Digital Teaching Portfolios. WSU English Mentoring Workshop.

2014

Preparing for the Qualifying Exam. Wayne English Graduate

Organization Workshop Series.

2014

Digital Platforms for Teaching Portfolios. WSU English Mentoring

Workshop.

2013

How to Teach: Introduction to College Composition. WSU Composition

Program Orientation.

2012

High Tech/Low Tech: Creating Technology Redundancies in Rural

Classrooms. NMU Celebration of Student Research.

2012

How to Teach Technical Writing. NMU English Professional

Development Workshop.

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
2016-Present

Professional and Technical Writing Committee, Member

2016-2017

English Department Secretary

2015 - 2016

Business Communication Working Group, Leader

Leading group in designing new business communication course for
department.

2015 - 2016

Medical Communication Working Group, Member

Developing new medical communication course for department.

2015-2016

Composition Executive Committee, Member

Advising Director of Composition on Program Issues and set agenda for
all composition committees and working groups.

2015-2016

Tech Comm @ TechTown, Liason

Built connections for composition program with local startups at an
incubator space. Arranged for classroom-based client projects.

2015

Technical Communication Teaching Circle, Co-Leader

Supported instructors of general education technical communication
course.

2015

Online Technical Communication I: Reports, Designer

Independently designed online implementation of most popular technical
communication course for use by all departmental instructors.

2015

Introduction to College Writing Working Group, Member

Redesigned curriculum for freshman composition course.

2014-2015

Technical Communication Working Group, Member

Redesigned curriculum for two general education technical
communication courses.

2014-Present

Wayne English Graduate Organization, Steering Committee

Planned workshops to support professionalization and collegiality of
English graduate students.

2013-2015

Composition Mentoring Committee, Member

Mentored three new graduate teaching assistants and organized yearly
teaching orientation program.

2013-2014

Appointments Committee, Nonvoting Student Member

Assisted in search for technical communication hire.

2012-2015

Composition Curriculum Committee, Member

Planned teaching workshops and co-authored Analyzing Media section
of custom textbook used in general education writing courses.

2012

Developmental Writing Student Retention Taskforce, Member

Developed program to improve student retention.

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
2015-Present

The Online and Hybrid English Teachers' Support Group, WSU, Member

2012-Present

Rhetoric Society of America, Wayne State University Chapter, Member

President, 2015-2016

2013 -2014

HASTAC Scholars
Contributed web page on video game composition pedagogy to HASTAC
Scholars Pedagogy Project

2009-2012

Passage North Literary Journal, Copy Editor and Reviewer