BrittanyB.Cottrill,Ph.D.

DepartmentofEnglish GrandViewUniversity 1200GrandviewAvenue DesMoines,Iowa50316 Office:(515)2632906 Email:bcottrill@grandview.edu Web:http://faculty.grandview.edu/bcottrill

EDUCATION____________________________________________________________________ Ph.D.,BowlingGreenStateUniversity,2010 Dissertation:TransitioningtoEPortfoliosinFirstYearWritingPrograms(Advisor:Dr. KristineL.Blair) Fields:RhetoricandWriting M.A.,UniversityofToledo,2006 CapstoneProject:BlogsintheClassroom:ATextualAnalysisofInternetDialectsinthe CompositionClassroom(Advisor:Dr.BarbaraSchneider) Fields:CompositionStudies,AmericanLiterature,Britishliterature CertificateintheTeachingofWriting B.A.,UniversityofFindlay,2004 EnglishMajor,CreativeWritingConcentration ACADEMICANDPROFESSIONALEMPLOYMENTHISTORY_______________________________ AssistantProfessofEnglishandCoDirector,NewStudentSeminarProgram,GrandView University,DesMoines,IA August2010Present GraduateTeachingAssistantofEnglishandGeneralStudiesWriting,BowlingGreenState University,BowlingGreen,OH August2006December2009 WritingConsultant,BowlingGreenStateUniversityWritingCenter.BowlingGreen,OH Spring2008. AdjunctInstructorofEnglish,ClarkStateCommunityCollege,Springfield,OH May2006August2006 GraduateTeachingAssistantofEnglish,UniversityofToledo,Toledo,OH August2004May2006 WebWriterandCopyEditor,OhioMediaCo.,Toledo,OH. Summer2005. WritingConsultant,UniversityofFindlayWritingCenter,Findlay,OH 20032004. ManagingEditorofTheEnvoy,literarymagazine,UniversityofFindlay,Findlay,OH 20032004. ResearchAssistantforDr.JudithLanzendorfer,UniversityofFindlay,Findlay,OH 20032004
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CURRENTTEACHING_____________________________________________________________ Fall2011 ENGL101D,FirstYearComposition,17studentsenrolled ENGL406A,Style&Editing,13studentsenrolled EDUC355AE,WritingAcrosstheCurriculum,8studentsenrolled INTS101R,NewStudentSeminar,14studentsenrolled COURSESTAUGHTINTHELASTTHREEYEARS_________________________________________ Summer2011 ENGL202M6,IntroductiontoCreativeWriting,studentsenrolled15 ENGL309M6,WritingforBusiness,studentsenrolled9 Spring2011 ENGL101A,FirstYearComposition,11studentsenrolled ENGL101D,FirstYearComposition,17studentsenrolled ENGL309M3,WritingforBusiness,20studentsenrolled Fall2010 ENGL101C,FirstYearComposition,21studentsenrolled ENGL309A,WritingforBusiness,20studentsenrolled ENGL309B,WritingforBusiness,20studentsenrolled Fall2009 GSW1110,IntroductiontoAcademicWriting,~23enrollment GSW1110,IntroductiontoAcademicWriting,~23enrollment Spring2009 ENG207,IntermediateWriting:ExploringMultipleLiteracies,~23enrollment Fall2008 ENG111,IntroductoryWriting,~23enrollment ENG111,IntroductoryWriting,~23enrollment DEVELOPMENTACTIVITIESTOIMPROVETEACHINGANDLEARNING CollaboratedwithSheriMuellerintheEmbeddedLibrarianProgramforENGL101DinFall 2011. Participant,TheSummerInstituteforPedagogy,hostedbytheCenterforExcellenceinTeaching andLearningatGrandViewUniversity.Summer,2011. Participant,ConversationsonTeaching2010Present. Participant,ConversationsonTechnology,2010Present. Participant,ConversationsonAdvising,2010Present. Participant,FacultyColloquium2010Present. Participant,BlackboardTraining,hostedbytheCenterforExcellenceinTeachingandLearningat GrandViewUniversity.April13,2011.
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CollaboratedwithMeganTedellintheEmbeddedLibrarianProgramforEnglish101AandD, Spring2011. Participant,MoodleDemonstration,hostedbytheLMSCommittee.October22,2010. Participant,BlackboardDemonstration,hostedbytheLMSCommittee.October8,2010. Participant,YourGVCVworkshop,hostedbytheCenterforExcellenceinTeachingand LearningatGrandViewUniversity.September1,2010. MemberofTeaching,Learning,andtheTransitiontoDigitalLearningCommunity,hostedby theCenterforTeaching,Learning,andTechnologyatBowlingGreenStateUniversity.2008 2009. Participant,UsingVariedAssessments,hostedbytheCenterforTeachingandLearningat BowlingGreenStateUniversity.Onehourworkshop.BowlingGreen,OH.November2008. Participant,GrantWriting101,hostedbytheToledoCommunityFoundationattheToledo PublicLibrary.2hourworkshop.Toledo,OH.September2008. Participant,BGSUIDEALOnlineFacultyTrainingCourse,hostedbyInteractiveDistance EducationforAllLearners(IDEAL)atBowlingGreenStateUniversity.Threeweekonline workshop.BowlingGreen,OH.January2008. Participant,IntroductiontoWeb2.0workshophostedbytheCenterforTeaching,Learning, andTechnologyatBowlingGreenStateUniversity.Onehourworkshop.BowlingGreen,OH.Fall 2007. Participant,MacromediaFlashhostedbyComputerTrainingCenteratBowlingGreenState University.Three2hourworkshops.BowlingGreen,OH.Fall2007.

ACTIVITIESRELATEDTOSTUDENTENGAGEMENTANDTHEVIKINGEDGE Participant,InterviewwithDwightDuboisRegardingVocationfornewcorecurriculum,March 28,2011 Participant,TeachinginCommunity:GivingupPowertoImproveStudentLearning, ConversationsontheEDGE,hostedbytheCenterforExcellenceinTeachingandLearningat GrandViewUniversity.October27,2010. Participant,DialogueontheNewCoreCurriculum,ConversationsontheEDGE,hostedbythe CenterforExcellenceinTeachingandLearningatGrandViewUniversity.October8,2010. AssistedwithNewStudentMoveinday.Fall2011. MealsfortheHeartlandwithstudentsfromENGL101C,ENGL309A,andENGL309B.October 20,2010. CoHostedNationalDayonWriting.October20,2010. AssistedwithNewstudentmoveinday.Fall2010. SCHOLARLYACTIVITIES CURRENTRESEARCH Iamcurrentlyworkingonanarticlebasedontheresearchconductedformydissertation.This articleusestheobservationsandinterviewsfrommyquasiethnographicstudytoexplorethe transitionprocessfrompaperbasedportfoliostoelectronicportfoliosasameansofhelping otherprogramslearnaboutandfromthisprocess.ThisarticleisinprogressandIhopeto submitacompleteddrafttooneofseveraljournalsinthefieldofrhetoric,composition,or assessment,bytheendofthesemester.
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GRANTS Fall2011.FacultyStudentEngagementMiniGrantforENGL101DandENGL460.$200.00 PROFESSIONALWORKSHOPSAND/ORCONFERENCESATTENDED ComputersandWriting2011.UniversityofMichigan.May1922,2011. ConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication.Atlanta,GA.April69,2011. ComputersandWriting2010.PurdueUniversity.May2023,2010. ComputerConnectionattheConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication. Louisville,KY.March1720,2010. ResearchNetworkForumattheConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication. Louisville,KY.March1720,2010. ConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication.Louisville,KY.March1720,2010. FeminismsandRhetoricsConference.EastLansing,MI.Oct.710,2009. SEED2009Conference:TheUniversityofFindlaysConferenceonTeaching,Learningand TechnologyCenters.Findlay,OH.May78,2009. CollegeEnglishAssociation:Design.Pittsburgh,PA.March2628,2009. ConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication.SanFrancisco,CA.March1114, 2009. BowlingGreenStateUniversitysThirdAnnualTeachingandLearningFair.BowlingGreen, OH.February6,2009. TheNationalCouncilofTeachersofEnglishConference.SanAntonia,TX.November2023, 2009. ThomasR.WatsonConference.Louisville,KY.October1618,2008. ComputersandWriting2008.Athens,GA.May2225,2008. ConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication.NewOrleans,LA.April25,2008. SouthewestTexasPCA/ACA.Albuquerque,NM.February1316,2008. MidwestModernLanguageAssociation,Cleveland,OH.November811,2007. RhetoricsandTechnologies:PennStateConferenceonRhetoricandComposition.State College,PA.July810,2007. ComputersandWriting.Detroit,MI.May1720,2007. ComputerConnectionattheConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication.New YorkCity,NY.March2124,2007. WinterWheatFestivalofWritingworkshophostedbyMidAmericanReviewatBowling GreenStateUniversity.Threedaywritingworkshop.BowlingGreen,OH.November2006. OhioShakespeareConference.Toledo,OH.November1012,2005. PROFESSIONALMEMBERSHIPS CollegeEnglishAssociation.2009Present. ConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication.2006Present. EuropeanAssociationfortheTeachingofAcademicWriting.2009Present. NationalCouncilofTeachersofEnglish.2006Present. MidwestModernLanguageAssociation.20072008. PROFESSIONALACTIVITIES Reviewer,ComputersandComposition.2011present. Reviewer,EducauseQuarterly,2011present. FirstYearWritingCommunityLeader,ConferenceonCollegeCompositionand CommunicationConnectedCommunity.2011Present.
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TeachingResourcesCommunityLeader,ConferenceonCollegeCompositionand CommunicationConnectedCommunity.2011Present. VirtualClassroomSectionEditor,Computers&CompositionOnline.20082010. PUBLICATIONS Cottrill,B.(2011).ReviewofTeachingMultiwriting:ResearchingandComposingwithMultiple Genres,Media,Disciplines,andCulturebyRobertDavisandMarkShadleKairos:AJournalof Rhetoric,Technology,andPedagogy15(2).Retrievedfrom http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/15.2/reviews/cottrill/index.html Cottrill,B.(2011).TeachingWritinginaDigitalAge:AddressingIssuesofAccess.CollegeEnglish AssociationForum39(1)Retrievedfromhttps://journals.tdl.org/ceaforum/issue/view/155 Cottrill,B.,Cozza,V.,Fredlund,K.,&Bowers,B.(2011).TeachingWritinginNewSpaces:Access, Design,andApplicationintheTechnologyEquippedClassroom.CollegeEnglishAssociation Forum39(1)Retrievedfromhttps://journals.tdl.org/ceaforum/issue/view/155 Cottrill,B.(2010).ComplicatingCommunicationinComputerMediatedEnvironments:ATextual AnalysisofBlogsintheFirstYearWritingClassroom.InJ.R.ParkandE.G.Abels(Eds.), InterpersonalRelationsandSocialPatternsinCommunicationTechnologies:DiscourseNorms, LanguageStructures,andCulturalVariables(pp.202219).Hershey,PA:IGIGlobal. Cottrill,B.(2009).ReviewofTheEducationalPotentialofEPortfolios:SupportingPersonal DevelopmentandReflectiveLearningbyLorraineStefani,RobinMason,andChrisPegler. ComputersandCompositionOnline(Spring).Retrievedfrom http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/reviews/EdPotentialReview.html Cottrill,B.(2008)ReviewofLivingRoom:TeachingPublicWritinginaPrivatizedWorldbyNancy Welch.CollegeEnglishAssociationForum37(2)Retrievedfrom http://www2.widener.edu/~cea/372cottrill.htm Brickney,C,Brown,S.,Buttermore,M.,Cottrill,B.,Foor,K.,Hall,W.,LaPlant,D.,McCrory,M., Shaffer,E.,&Tulley,C.ClassReview:WhatVideoGamesHavetoTeachusAboutLearningand LiteracybyJamesPaulGee.Computers&CompositionOnline(Spring).Retrievedfrom http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/tulley1/Splash.htm CONFERENCEPRESENTATIONS LinkingtheIdeological,Cultural,andInstitutional:MeetingtheInstitutionalMissioninFirst YearWritingNationalCouncilofTeachersofEnglishAnnualConvention.Chicago,IL. November1720,2011.Forthcoming. MobileCommunication:WhatsacceptableonTwitter,Facebook,TextingandMore,Invited Presentation.IowaLibraryAssociationAnnualConvention.CouncilBluffs,IA.October1214, 2011.Forthcoming. WritersWithoutBorders:TheRoleofVideoinCrossInstitutionalCollaboration.Computers andWriting2011.UniversityofMichigan.May1922,2011.
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TechnofeministPedagogiesinPublicandPrivateSpacesHalfdayworkshopwithEmilyBeard, KristineBlair,ErinDietelMcLaughlin,ChristineGarbett,LeeMassey,ChristineDenecker,and RuijieZhao.ComputersandWriting2011.UniversityofMichigan.May1922,2011. Selecting,Collecting,andReflecting:ThePersonal,Academic,andCivicValueofEportfolios. ConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication.Altlanta,GA.April69,2011. Remixing(Techno)FeministPedagogiesinVirtual,MultimodalSpaces.Halfdayworkshopwith SuzanAiken,EmilyBeard,KristineBlair,ErinDietelMcLaughlin,ChristineGarbett,LeeNickoson Massey,KristaPetrosino,ChristineTulley,andRuijieZhao.ComputersandWriting2010.Purdue University.May2023,2010. WeighingOurOptions:AComparativeLookatEportfolioPrograms.ComputerConnectionat theConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication.Louisville,KY.March1720,2010. HannahsPortfolio:WhenReSeeingAssessmentPracticesLimitsStudents.ResearchNetwork ForumattheConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication.Louisville,KY.March 1720,2010. SecretSubversionintheClassroom:UniversityWomensScrapbooksasCommunityBuilding. FeminismsandRhetorics2009Conference.EastLansing,MI.October710,2009. ActiveLearning,EngagedStudents:ConfessionsfromaFacultyLearningCommunitywithPaul Cesarini,AmberKent,KristinSchlenczek,andChuckSpontelli.SEED2009Conference:The UniversityofFindlaysConferenceonTeaching,LearningandTechnologyCenters.Findlay,OH. May78,2009. TeachingWritinginaDigitalAge:AddressingIssuesofAccess.CollegeEnglishAssociation 2009:Design.Pittsburgh,PA.March2628,2009. FromDusttoKeys:ReflectionsonTechnologyintheCompositionClassroom.Conferenceon CollegeCompositionandCommunication.SanFrancisco,CA.March1114,2009. AlternativeSurfing:RidingtheWaveofWeb2.0ToolstoProduce,Connect,andReflectwith VanessaCozza.ComputerConnectionattheConferenceonCollegeCompositionand Communication.SanFrancisco,CA.March1114,2009. MultipurposeBlogging:UsingBGSUsBloggingSystemInsideandOutsideoftheClassroom withKristinSchlenczek.BowlingGreenStateUniversitysThirdAnnualTeachingandLearning Fair.BowlingGreen,OH.February6,2009. Producing,Connecting,andReflectingonNewTechnology:IncorporatingandAnalyzingBlogs, SocialNetworks,andVisualMediaintheWritingClassroomwithVanessaCozza.TheNational CouncilofTeachersofEnglishConference.SanAntonio,TX.November2023,2008. FacingANewAudience:UnderstandingAudienceAwarenessThroughFacebook.2008 ThomasR.WatsonConference.Louisville,KY.October1618,2008.
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EPortfolioAlternative:BlogsasAcademicShowcases.ComputersandWriting2008.Athens, GA.May2225,2008. VirtualRealities:WritingtheSelfFromCommonplaceBookstoFacebook.Conferenceon CollegeCompositionandCommunication.NewOrleans,LA.April25,2008. RubricsasLocalizedRealities:StrategiesforIdentifyingandStrengtheningRelationships BetweenAssessmentToolsandProgramIdentities.HalfdayworkshopwithElizabethFleitz, MeredithGraupner,AbbeyKanzig,DonnaNelsonBeene,LeeNickosonMassey,Jeremy Schnieder,andRuijieZhao.ConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication.New Orleans,LA.April25,2008. BloggingtoCreateGenderSaferSpacesintheWritingClassroom.SouthewestTexasPCA/ACA. Albuquerque,NM.February1316,2008. Butitworksforthem!:WACAssessmentandtheNecessityforLocalizationwithElizabeth FleitzandAbbeyKanzig.MidwestModernLanguageAssociation,Cleveland,OH.November8 11,2007. ANewSpacefortheCommonplace:SocialNetworkingWebsitesasModernScrapbooks. RhetoricsandTechnologies:PennStateConferenceonRhetoricandComposition.StateCollege, PA.July810,2007. BlogsintheClassroom:ATextualAnalysisofInternetDialectsintheCompositionClassroom. ComputersandWriting.Detroit,MI.May1720,2007. "BlogsintheClassroom:ATextualAnalysisofInternetDialectsintheCompositionClassroom." ComputerConnectionattheConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication.New YorkCity,NY.March2124,2007. FilmAdaptationsofShakespeareanPlays:RemakingtheParentalRole.OhioShakespeare Conference.Toledo,OH.November1012,2005. SHOWS/PRODUCTIONS CastMember,TheVaginaMonologues.GrandViewUniversity.February11,2011. UNIVERSITYSERVICE AtGrandViewUniversity CoDirector,NewStudentSeminar(INTS101)Program,2011Present. Member,InstructionalResourcesCommittee.2011Present. o Secretary2011Present FreshmanAdvisorandINTS101Instructor,GrandViewUniversity,2011Present. o 14FirstYearAdvisees,20112012. FirstYearWritingPlacementCoordinator.2011Present. PriortoGrandViewAppointment
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PlacementExamReader.BowlingGreenStateUniversity.Summer2007;Summer2010. GraduateMember,CentralAdvisoryCommittee,BowlingGreenStateUniversity.2009 2010. EnglishasaSecondLanguageProgramAssistant.BowlingGreenStateUniversity.Spring 2010. ReaderforExemplaryPortfolios.BowlingGreenStateUniversity.20072010. ESLGraduateStudentPlacementExamProctor.BowlingGreenStateUniversity.2007 2010. OfficeAssistantinGeneralStudiesWritingProgram.BowlingGreenStateUniversity. Summer2008,Summer2009. AssistanttoFirstYearWritingPlacementCoordinator.BowlingGreenStateUniversity. Summer2009.

SPECIALUNIVERSITYSERVICE AtGrandViewUniversity CoFacilitator,CoreSeminarIDesignMeetingsSummer2011Present. Member,WoodrowWilsonWeekSteeringCommittee.Fall2011Present. Member,SummerBridgeAdHocCommittee,Summer2011Present. Reader,EnglishPlacementExam,Spring2011Current Member,FirstYearExperienceSummerReadingCommittee,Spring2011 ScholarshipDayInterviewer.Fall2010Present. CoFacilitator,COREOutcomesOralCommunicationWorkshop,Conversationson Technology,hostedbytheCenterforExcellenceinTeachingandLearning.February23, 2011. CoFacilitator,COREOutcomesWrittenCommunicationWorkshop,Conversationson Technology,hostedbytheCenterforExcellenceinTeachingandLearning.January31,2011. SearchCommitteeMemberforInstructionalApplicationCoordinator.Winter2010. Subcommittee,Facebook,EnglishDepartment.2010Present. FacultyAdvisor,AssociationforWomeninCommunicationsStudentChapter,GrandView University(currentlyrecruitingmembers).2010. PriortoGrandViewAppointment UsingEPortfoliosinAFirstYearWritingProgrampresentedinDr.NickosonMasseys English780:WritingAssessmentgraduateseminaratBowlingGreenStateUniversity, BowlingGreen,OH.March3,2009. ThirdFridayPlanningCommittee.BowlingGreenStateUniversity.Spring2008,Fall2008, Spring2009. ResumeWorkshopwithBarbaraToth,presentedinPeiLingLee'sInterPersonal Communication204course,BowlingGreenStateUniversity.BowlingGreen,OH.February 3,2008. SecondYearGraduateStudentMentor.BowlingGreenStateUniversity.20072008. SERVICETOCOMMUNITY GuestSpeaker,CareerDayatClarkeHighSchool,Osceola.March8,2011. CampFacilitator,TheDigitalMirrorCampforGirls.BowlingGreenStateUniversity.20082009.
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HONORSANDAWARDS DoctoralAssistantship,BowlingGreenStateUniversity,DepartmentofEnglish.20062010. GraduateAssistantship,UniversityofToledo,DepartmentofEnglish.20042006. WritingCenterserviceAward,Spring2004. CollegeReading&LearningAssociationAdvancedTutoringCertificate,Spring2004. WarnerCapraScholarship,Fall2003. PersonalCategory GrandViewUniversityCoCurricularEventsAttended: o Baccalaureate,Spring2011 o TheNormanConquest,Spring2011 o FreedomWritersSharaudMoorespeakingengagement,Fall2010. o Julefest,Fall2010. o StopKiss,Fall2010. WithmyColleaguesintheEnglishDepartment,PresentedtotheCurriculumCommittee RegardingtheHistoryandPoliticsofDevelopmentalWritingCourses,March9,2011. AdditionalCertifications o HumanSubjectReviewBoardCertification.BowlingGreenStateUniversity.2008. Recertifiedin2010. o InteractiveDistanceEducationforAllLearnersOnlineFacultyTrainingCertificate. BowlingGreenStateUniversity.2008. o InternalReviewBoardCertification.UniversityofToledo.2006.

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