CURRICULUM VITA Michael T. MacDonald Department of Language, Culture, and Communication Room 016, CASL Building University of Michigan-Dearborn 4901 Evergreen Road Dearborn, Michigan 48128 mikemacd@umich.edu Education Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition May 201 University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee Dissertation: Emissaries of Literacy: Refugee Studies and Transnational Composition. Advised by Dr. Alice Gillam. Graduate Certificate in Women s Studies University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee May 201 M.A. in Rhetoric and Composition May 2007 University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee Master s Project: Work and Research in the Writing Center: Tutor Visibility and Invisibility. Committee: Dr. Alice Gillam (Chair), Dr. Charles Schuster, and Dr. Rachel Spilka. B.A. in English, emphasis in Creative Writing and British Literature University of New Hampshire Magna Cum Laude with Honors in Major. Senior Thesis in Fiction Writing advised by Charlotte Bacon. May 2002 Teaching and Research Interests 1. Composition Theory 2. Refugee Studies and Globalization. Critical Literacy 4. Basic Writing Theory and Pedagogy Employment History Assistant Professor Department of Language Culture and Communication University of Michigan- Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan September 201 to present
MacDonald CV 2 Graduate Teaching Assistant September 2005 to May 201 Department of English University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Part- time Instructor Intensive English Program University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin July 2012 to August 2012 Part- time Instructor October 2011 to November 2011 English as a Second Language Program University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Writing Center Tutor September 2006 to December 2007 University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee Writing Center University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Associate Writing Center Director Robert J. Connors Writing Center University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire January 2004 to May 2005 Writing Center Tutor September 2001 to December 200 Robert J. Connors Writing Center University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire Honors and Awards Chancellor s Graduate Student Award. UW- Milwaukee, 2012 The Sweetland Award for Scholarship and Travel, The National Conference on Peer Tutoring and Writing. Ann Arbor, 2006 James A. Sappenfield Fellowship for Outstanding New Graduate Student. UW- Milwaukee, Spring 2006 The Robert J. Connors Memorial Scholarship. The Northeast Writing Center Association, 2002 The Dick Shea Memorial Poetry Prize. University of New Hampshire, Spring 2002 Professional Organizations National Council of Teachers of English Council of Writing Program Administrators
MacDonald CV Teaching Activities a) Chronology of Teaching Assignments at the University of Michigan- Dearborn. Term Course Number Course Title Cr. Hrs F1 COMP 105 Writing and Rhetoric I COMP 105 Writing and Rhetoric I COMP 27/ENGL 27 Advanced Exposition W14 Summer 14 F14 W15 COMP 105 COMP 099 COMP 270 COMP 099 COMP 106 COMP 106 COMP 099 COMP 106 b) Curriculum Development Writing and Rhetoric I Writing Techniques Technical Writing for Engineers Writing Techniques Writing and Rhetoric II Writing and Rhetoric II Writing Techniques Writing and Rhetoric II Num. of Students 25 2 14 24 12 12 19 2 2 19 24 Received $400 grant in February, 2015 from the Creative Teaching Fund to fund a board game library for a collaborative project in COMP 270: Technical Writing for Engineers. Currently collaborating with Writing Program Director, William DeGenaro, on revising COMP 099 curriculum to meet the specific needs of the local student population. Academic Service Learning Faculty Fellow, 2014-15: will adapt a version of COMP 64: Writing For Civic Literacy to include service-learning in refugee resettlement organizations. c) Student Supervision Winter 2015 1. Whaley, Dorian. COMP 099 W15. Letter of recommendation for UMD scholarship. 2. Mayfield, Cedric. COMP 106 W15. Letter of recommendation for UMD scholarship.. Reyes- Pardo, Sergio. COMP 106 F14. Letter of recommendation for UMD scholarship. 4. Joseph Wellinski. COMP 106 W15. Letter of recommendation for UMD scholarship. Fall 2014 1. Kelley, Shannon. COMP 106 F14. Reviewed and advised law school application personal statement (accepted to Detroit Mercy with 75% scholarship). Winter 2014 1. Manser, Christine. COMP 27 F1. Letter of recommendation for a scholarship through the Center for the Education of Women.
MacDonald CV 4 2. Vue, Teng. ENGL 102, UW- Milwaukee. Letter to provide evidence of reading and writing skills for Praxis exam. Fall 201 1. Alley, Samira. COMP 105 F1. Provided feedback and advice on personal essay for transfer application to University of Michigan- Ann Arbor. 2. Burke, Jacob. COMP 105 F1. Letter of Recommendation for application to the U.S. Naval Academy.. Zhang, Xubai. ESL 118, UW- Milwaukee. Letter of recommendation for transfer applications. d) Other Teaching Experiences Graduate Teaching Assistant, UW- Milwaukee First- year Composition English 095: Fundamentals of Composition (fall 2007, spring 2008) English 101: Introduction to College Writing (fall 2005, spring 2006) English 102: College Writing and Research (spring 2007, fall 2007, spring 2011) English 102: College Writing and Research- Online (fall 2011, spring 2012) English 105: College Writing Workshop (fall 2007, spring 2008) English as a Second Language English 102: College Writing and Research- ESL (fall 2009 to spring 2011) ESL 118: Advanced College Writing in ESL (fall 2012, spring 201) Critical Literacy English 201: Strategies- Academic Writing (fall 2010) English 240: Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture: Refugee Narratives and the Rhetorics of Global Mobility (fall 2011) Part- time Instructor, English as a Second Language Program, UW- Milwaukee Reader for the Intensive English Program (summer 2012) ESL 116: Introduction to College Writing in English as a Second Language (Oct. 12 to Nov. 2, 2011) Volunteer Tutor, Pan- African Community Association Milwaukee, Wisconsin (spring 2010 to summer 2012) Research Activities Papers Published in Refereed Journals MacDonald, Michael T. Emissaries of Literacy: Representations of Sponsorship and Refugee Experience in the Stories of the Lost Boys of Sudan. College English 77.5 (2015): 408-28. Print.
MacDonald CV 5 Other publications MacDonald, Michael T. God Loves Uganda. Film Review. Middle West Review 1.2 (2015): 165-7. Print. MacDonald, Michael T. Annotation of Synesthetic White Noise: Translating, Transforming, and Transmitting Affect/Text by Daniel Wuebben for the The Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Basic Writing, Fourth Edition. Eds. Bob Miller and Chitra Duttagupta. (forthcoming, March 2015). MacDonald, Michael T. Keywords: Refugee Literacy. Community Literacy Journal 7.2 (201). [In the Reviews section]. Conference Presentations Contact and Commodity: Teacher Practice in Transnational Contexts. Co- written paper with Dr. Shereen Inayatulla, accepted to present at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Tampa, March 2015 Troubling Sympathy: Texts as Contact Zones. Thomas R. Watson Conference. Louisville, Kentucky, October, 2014. Basic Writing Goes Global: Revising Program and Classroom Goals. Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference. Normal, Illinois. Joint paper presented with Dr. William DeGenaro. July, 2014. Disclosing Hope: Autoethnography and Refugee Narratives in the Writing Classroom Conference on College Composition and Communication. Indianapolis, March 2014. Currency and Consequence: Intersections of Literacy Research and Refugee Studies. Conference on College Composition and Communication. St. Louis, March 2012. Currency and Consequence: Intersections of Literacy Research and Refugee Studies. Critical Refugee Studies Conference. UW- Milwaukee, November 2011. Emissaries of Literacy: Dominant Discourses of Refugee Home/School Life. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, March 2011. Help Me Understand You. (Co- presenter with the Pan- African Community Association.) Educators Network for Social Justice Conference. Milwaukee, April 2011. Sympathizers and Sponsors: Refugee Narratives in Composition. The Thomas R. Watson Conference. Louisville, Fall 2010.
MacDonald CV 6 Flows and Classifications: Rhetorics of Children, Refugees, Students. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Louisville, March 2010. Obsolete Literacies and Objects of Aid: Images of African Refugee Children. Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference. University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, February 2010. Public Composition Work, Rhetoric, and Research: The Anxiety of Change. Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, March 2009. Troubling Boundaries: Social Action and Composition. (Co- presenter/workshop Coordinator.) Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, March 2009. Recomposing the Design Paradigm: Understanding the Critical Effects of New Media. The Thomas R. Watson Conference. Louisville, October 2008. Self- Reflexivity in the Research Methods Course. Conference on College Composition and Communication. New Orleans, April 2008. Race Work at the Center: Building Responsible Relationships Between Writing Tutors, Tutees, and Teachers. National Conference on Race in Writing Centers. Chicago, March 2008. Reconsidering Professionalism in the Personal and Academic Lives of the Lost Boys. The University of New Hampshire Conference in Composition. Durham, October 2007. The Lost Boy(s): The Continual (re)locating of Author- ity in the Writing Center Conference. The National Conference on Peer Tutoring and Writing. Ann Arbor, November 2006. Research Grants Accepted Grant Applications Collaborative Board Game Project for COMP 270, $400, Michael T. MacDonald. Creative Teaching Fund, 2015. Assessment of COMP 099, $000, Michael T. MacDonald, William DeGenaro, Lisa Grimble, Marilyn Miller, Liz Rohan, Advancement of Teaching and Learning Funds, 2014. Renewal of Assessment of COMP 099, $5000, Michael T. MacDonald, William DeGenaro, Advancement of Teaching and Learning Funds, 2015.
MacDonald CV 7 Service Activities Discipline Service Contributed narrative of COMP 099 plans and assessment to Composition and Rhetoric Program Review. Discipline Representative on Writing Program Governance Committee. Fall 201- Winter 2015 Department Service Presented at Writing Program Workshop: Working with Multilingual Students: Creative Classroom Approaches. Nov 2014. Organized Marci Blackman (author) reading event, co- sponsored with Women and Gender Studies, LGBT #, and Include. Sept 2014. Co- organized Writing Program Workshop: Dr. Shereen Inuyatualla presenting, Autoethnography and Reflective Teaching Practice Across Diverse Contexts, Sept 2014. Writing Program Placement Exam Reader, Summer 2014. Writing Awards Judge, May 2014. Composition 099 Workgroup, Fall 201 to present. Composition and Rhetoric Lecturer III Search Committee, Fall 201- Winter 2014. Writing Certificate Assessment, November- December 201. CASL Service Led workshop on tutoring ESL/Multilingual writers at Writing Center Bootcamp, Aug 201 and Aug 2014. Campus Service Served as a voting member of the Commencement Speaker Committee, Fall 2014 and Winter 2015. Service to the Field Textbook reviewer for Globalization: A Reader for Writers for Oxford University Press. February, 2015. Other Service Activities Community Service Volunteer Tutor and Teacher, Pan- African Community Association, Milwaukee 4-6 hours/week in the After School Program for African Immigrants and Refugees (spring 2010 to summer 2012) Invited Speaker, Rufus King High School, Milwaukee (November 2008 and November 2009) Presented on UW-Milwaukee s First-year Writing Program to International Baccalaureate Senior English.
MacDonald CV 8 Writing Program Administration English 095/105 Co- coordinator, UW- Milwaukee (June 2008 to Spring 2010) Competitive position carrying a three- course teaching release. Planned and conducted half- day orientation for new and veteran instructors prior to each semester. Developed and revised basic writing curriculum including writing and revising standard course description, assignment sequence, and goals for portfolio assessment. Mentored instructors by planning and conducting monthly instructor meetings and classroom observations. Planned and conducted final portfolio assessments and evaluated final portfolios. Served on portfolio appeals committee. Planned and facilitated joint 095 instructor and writing center tutor meetings. Served on the Composition Advisory Committee, performing observations of other FYC instructors. Composition Advisory Committee, UW- Milwaukee (fall 2007 to spring 2010) Conducted in- class teacher evaluations and met with instructors to discuss class observations. Prepared evaluation reports for instructor files.