Rachel Griffo
Email: [email protected]
URL: rachelgriffo.com
Tel: (716) 949-0053
Work: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Department of English, 111 Leonard Hall Indiana, PA 15705
Education _______________________________________________
Ph.D. English, Composition and TESOL, Department of English, Indiana
University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, expected December 2015
Concentrations: 1) Rhetoric and Composition
2) Applied Linguistics
Dissertation:
“Recontextualizing Composition Studies: Translingual Practice,
Representation, and an Enacted Methodology”
Committee:
Claude Hurlbert, Sharon Deckert, Curtis Porter
Defended with distinction on April 29, 2015
M.A. English Literature, Department of English, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY,
May 2009
Major:
English Literature
Thesis:
“Breaths of Om and Images of Gods: Allen Ginsberg’s Path to
Awareness”
Advisor:
Ralph Wahlstrom
B.A/B.S English Literature/English Education, Department. of English, Buffalo
State College, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY, 2006
Major:
English Literature and English Education
New York State Teaching Certification (7-12), June 2006
Grants, Awards, Honors ____________________________________
Patrick M. Hartwell Memorial Scholarship, Annual Composition Award, May 2014
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Recognized Faculty Member, 57th Annual Honors Convocation, Buffalo State
College, April 17, 2014. Presented by student Angel Baird
IUP School of Graduate Studies and Research Travel Grant to present
“Recontextualizing Composition Studies: Towards a Translingual Approach” at
the Thomas R Watson Conference, Louisville, KY, October 17 2014.
IUP Foundation Scholarship to support writing center work at IUP’s satellite
campus in Punxsutawney, PA ($1,500)
Paterson Family Foundation Literacy Grant ($5,000), in collaboration with Sally
Zelasko, for the Crossroads Springs Institute in Hamisi, Kenya. Nov 2011,
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Buffalo, NY
Peace Corps Certificate of Appreciation, for dedication to service, contributions to
global understanding, and sustainable development, July 2010, Chengdu, P.R.
China
Publications _____________________________________________
Refereed Articles
Griffo, Rachel. “The Practices of Representation: Negotiating, Recontextualizing,
Reflecting.” Rhetoric Review, 27 mms. pp. (under revision for resubmission)
Griffo, Rachel. “Review: The Open Hand: Arguing as an Art of Peace.” Composition
Studies (under review)
Presentations ________________________________________________
“American English, Chinese English, or World English?: The Practices of a CrossPacific Exchange Project” as part of the panel: World Englishes as Local Practices:
Pedagogies for Multilingual and Multi-epistemic Justice Across the Educational
Spectrum, at American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 16-20,
2015 (Accepted).
Organizer and Chair, “Translingual Practice: From Theory to Pedagogy, A Response”
as part of the panel: Translingual Practice: Rethinking, Responding, Enacting, at
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Tampa, FL, March 18,
2015 (Accepted).
“Stories From the Archives of Experience: Identity and Pedagogy in Translingual
Practice,” at Annual Convention of National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE),
Washington, DC, November 23, 2014.
Organizer and Chair, “Recontextualizing Composition Studies: Towards a
Translingual Approach” as part of the panel: Across Writing Centers and Composition
Classrooms: Translingual Approaches to Writing Pedagogy, at Thomas R. Watson
Conference, University of Louisville, KY, October 17, 2014.
“International Composition: A Global Vision for College Writing.” Roundtable
presentation. SUNY Council on Writing, Onondaga Community College, Syracuse,
NY, September 27, 2014.
Organizer, “Resisting the 中 (Center): Indigenous Rhetoric in a New Contact Zone.”
Paper Presented as part of the panel: The Arts of Indigenous Rhetoric: Survivance,
Ecology, and Pedagogy at Conference on College Composition and Communication
(CCCC), Indianapolis, IN, March 17, 2014.
Work-in-progress Presenter. “Moving Between the Discourses of Home and School,
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China and the West.” Research Network Forum 2014. Conference on College
Composition and Communication (CCCC), Indianapolis, IN, March 16, 2014.
“Socializing in Chinese English: A Reflective Approach to Moving Between
Discourses.” Paper presented as part of the panel: English as a Chinese Language:
Ownership, Identity, Acceptability and Practice at International Association for World
Englishes (IAWE), Tempe, AZ, November 17, 2013.
Session Chair and Roundup Facilitator. Afternoon Session 2 at Scientific Advances in
Creative Writing and Literary Reading Workshop, Indiana, PA, May 23, 2013.
“Oh, Little Red Riding Hood, What a Big Duty You Have!” at The Lion and the
Unicorn and “The Child and the Book” International Social Justice Conference.
Buffalo, NY, May 15, 2008.
Academic Employment ____________________________________
Part Time Temporary Faculty, Department of English, Indiana University of
Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, August, 2014 - Present
Research Writing (English 202, 2 sections)
Placement Reader, Writing Placement Program, Office of Advising and Testing,
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, May, 2014 – Present
Graduate Teaching Assistant to Dr. Claude Hurlbert, Department of English,
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, (responsible for reading student
work, participating in writing workshop, managing portfolios, conferencing and coteaching), August 2013 – May 2014
Composition 1 (English 101, 2 sections)
Lecturer, College Writing Program, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY (responsible
for the entire course: syllabus design, assignments, lecturing, grading, and
conferencing), August, 2011 – May, 2012
Composition 1 (CWP 101, 2 sections)
Composition 1-ESL (CWP101-ESL 1 section)
Composition 2 (CWP102, 2 sections)
Going Global (UNC100, 1 section)
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Erie Community College, Williamsville,
NY (responsible for the entire course: syllabus design, assignments, lecturing,
grading, and conferencing), August, 2011 – May, 2012
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College Composition (ENG 110)
Instructor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Yangtze Normal
University, Fuling, P.R. China (responsible for the entire course: syllabus design,
assignments, lecturing, grading, and conferencing), August, 2009 – July, 2010
American and British Culture (for English-major sophomore class)
Oral English (ESL) Reading (for non English-major freshman and
sophomore classes)
American Literature (for English-major sophomore class)
Instructor, Department of Foreign Languages, Chengdu University, Sichuan, P.R.
China (summer course, responsible for the entire course: syllabus design,
assignments, lecturing, grading, and conferencing), July, 2009 – August, 2009
Writing for the Professions (Open to all English Majors)
Instructor, English Department, Buffalo Seminary, Buffalo NY (responsible for the
entire course: syllabus design, assignments, lecturing, grading, and conferencing),
January, 2009 – June, 2009
Women’s Studies in Popular Culture
Language Arts Teacher (LTS), Department of English, Kenmore West Sr. High
School, Buffalo, NY September, 2008 – June, 2009
Shakespeare’s Julius Caser and Macbeth (for juniors)
Co-Advisor of the school newspaper, The Chronicle.
Reading Specialist, English Department, Sweet Home Middle School, Amherst, NY
September, 2007 – June, 2008
Writing Center Experience ________________________________
Assistant to the Director, IUP-Punxsutawney Writing Center, Punxsutawney, PA
August, 2012 – May, 2013
Tutor, Buffalo State College Writing Center, Buffalo, NY August, 2005 – June, 2008;
August, 2011– May, 2012
Service ________________________________________________
University
Instructor, Center for Health and Well Being & Mindfulness Living Learning
Community August, 2014 – present
Writing Workshop Facilitator, IUP Writing Center Lunch & Learn Series. Indiana, PA.
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March 13, 2014
Website Designer, “The International Sustainability Literacy Project” In collaboration
with Dr. Claude Hurlbert. October 2013 – present
Promotions Director, Composition & TESOL Association (CTA) May 2013 – May
2014
Organizer “The Poet as Hero”: Campus-Wide Poetry Slam, In Conjunction with “The
IUP Residence Life Living/Learning Grant: The Hero’s Journey” IUPPunxsutawney, PA February 2013 – April 2013
Facilitator, “Poetry Slam 2012” IUP-Punxsutawney, PA November 2012
Organizer “Punxsy Poet Society” IUP-Punxsutawney, PA October 2012 – June 2013
International Student Mentor, International Students and Scholar Services
Department, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY October 2010 –
February 2012
Steering Committee Member, The Lion and the Unicorn and “The Child and the
Book” International Social Justice Conference. Buffalo State College, Buffalo,
NY June 2006 – May 2008
Community
Local Representative, NACEL Open Door, Buffalo, NY, May, 2010 – July, 2010;
May, 2011 – July, 2011
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Global
Chongqing Province Representative and Liaison, US Peace Corps, Chongqing P.R.
China September, 2009 – June, 2010
Mentor, Volunteers Supporting Volunteers US Peace Corps, Chongqing P.R. China
October, 2009 – August, 2010
Professional Memberships __________________________________
Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
International Association of World Englishes (IAWE)
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Modern Language Association (MLA)
References _______________________________________________
Available Upon Request