Kathleen Anne McEvoy
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), August 2002;
Major: Composition and Rhetoric; Minors: Twentieth-Century American Literature & Gender and Language Studies
Dissertation: Speaking Out: Oral Communication in the Writing Classroom, directed by Elizabeth Chiseri-Strater. Awarded a 2002 Mellon Fellowship Grant for Dissertation Research.
Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies, UNCG, May 2002
M.A., Binghamton University, January 1997; Major: English Language and Literature
B.A. magna cum laude, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, May 1995; Major: English Language and Literature (concentration in print journalism)
Composition Theory/Pedagogy, Rhetoric, Feminist Pedagogy, Writing/Speaking Across the Curriculum, Writing Program Administration, Professional Writing, American Literature, and Women Writers.
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Washington & Jefferson College (W&J), 8/02 to present
Designed and taught the following writing courses:
ENG 111/112W Composition/Honors Composition
ENG 200W Advanced Composition
ENG 201W Introduction to Professional Writing
ENG 202W The Art of Review Writing
ENG 301W Advanced Topics in Professional Writing: Mass Media Writing
ENG 500W Professional Writing for Education—Independent Study
ENG 501W Business and Economic Journalism—Independent Study
Designed and taught the following literature courses:
ENG 131 Rhetoric and Madness
ENG 190 Introduction to Literature
ENG 229 Magic Realism and the Latin American Short Story
ENG 255W Special Topics in Literature: Contemporary Women Novelists
ENG 265W American Literature 1, Writing Intensive
ENG 266C American Literature 2, Oral Communication Intensive
ENG 317 One Hundred Years of Solitude
ENG 325 Studies in Early American Literature: Captivity Narratives
ENG 341 Studies in 20th-Century American Literature: Southern Women Writers
ENG 355C Studies in Perspectives: Margaret Atwood
ENG 400 Early American Narrative (senior capstone seminar)
ENG501W Toni Morrison—Independent Study
Affiliated Associate Professor, Gender & Women's Studies Program, W&J, 1/03 to present
Taught sections of GWS 100 Introduction to Gender & Women's Studies; taught GWS-affiliated courses, such as ENG 255 Contemporary Women Novelists; taught GWS 220 Feminism in the New Millennium (Intersession 2009); assisted in promoting and sustaining the program.
Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Program in Professional Writing, W&J, 7/06 to 6/07
Directed all aspects of the program, including approving courses, advising students, promoting program, teaching courses, writing/revising catalog copy, and assessing program success.
Faculty Associate in Writing, W&J, 7/05 to 6/08
Directed all aspects of the Writing Across the Curriculum program, including assessing program success; approving and monitoring designated courses; hiring and evaluating peer tutors in writing; and facilitating faculty training sessions and informational workshops on writing issues.
Coordinator of Composition, Department of English, W&J, 7/04 to present
Direct all aspects of the composition program, including assessing program success; ensuring consistency throughout the program; recruiting, training, mentoring, and evaluating adjunct instructors; and co-writing, editing, and updating the composition handbook.
"Heroism at the Margins." In Heroism in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter, edited by Katrin Berndt and Lena Steveker. (forthcoming in 2009).
"Developing a Professional Identity through Collaboration," with AMy Spangler Gerald, Shannon Stewart, and Pamela Whitfield. Brujula: revista interdisciplinaria sobre estudios latinoamericanos 7:1 (December 2008).
“Using Shakespeare’s King Lear to Teach Symmetry, Metaphor, and the Rhetorical Question.” Pedagogy 5:3 (Fall 2005).
“Transforming Student Literacies: Three Feminists (Re)Teach Reading, Writing, and Speaking,” with Amy Spangler Gerald and Pamela Whitfield. Feminist Teacher 15:1 (Fall 2004).
“Aesthetic Organization: The Structural Beauty of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Series.” Topic: The Washington & Jefferson College Review 54 (Fall 2004).
2008, "'A male-bashing, pro-woman, bra-burning good time': Teaching Women's Literature in an Anti-Feminist Age," Southeastern Women's Studies Association Conference, Charlotte, NC.
2008, "Beginning Professional Writers: Moving beyond the Academic," College English Association Conference, St. Louis, MO.
2007, “All by Ourselves: Facing the Accreditation Review at a Small College,” Writing Program Administrators Conference, Tempe, AZ.
2007, “Women and Academic Leadership: Developing Professional Identity through Collaboration,” National Women’s Studies Association Conference, St. Charles, IL.
2007, “The Lone Wolf / The Pack Member: How Isolation Feeds Collaboration,” College English Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.
2006, “‘Are you my momma?’: Dealing with the Ducklings,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL.
2005, “Valuing the Voices of the Past: Teaching Gwendolyn Brooks’ Emmett Till Poems,” Feminism(s) & Rhetoric(s) Conference, Houghton, MI.
2005, “Overcoming the Invisible Barrier: Pedagogy of the Working-Class Professor,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA.
2003, “Mad, Bad Women: The Shifting Rhetoric of Medical Documents on Borderline Personality Disorder from 1938 to 1969,” Feminism(s) & Rhetoric(s) Conference, Columbia, OH.
2003, “Taking Risks with Student Texts,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, NY.
2002, “From the Personal to the Political: Personal Empowerment through Feminist Declamation,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL.
2001, “Teaching Students to Be Empowered Speakers,” Feminism(s) & Rhetoric(s) Conference, Decatur, IL.
2001, “When Technology, Ethics, and Conversation Converge,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Denver, CO.
2000, “Reclaiming Body and Soul: Susanna Kaysen’s Girl, Interrupted,” (Re)Presenting “Woman”: Fifth Annual Women’s Studies Conference, Valdosta State, Valdosta, GA.
1999, “Bringing the Academy to the Kitchen Table: Conversation as Work,” Feminism(s) & Rhetoric(s) Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
November 2008, "I Use the 'F' Word: Feminism in the Classroom," Family Weekend, W&J.
January 2008, "'A male-bashing, pro-woman, bra-burning good time': Teaching Women's Literature in an Anti-Feminist Age,” Faculty Colloquium, W&J.
June 2007, "Teaching a W Skills Course,” Faculty Workshop, W&J.
February 2005, “Southern Women Writers,” Paper Street Place Spring 2005 Discussion Series, sponsored by Paper Street Press, Pittsburgh, PA.
November 2002, “Helping Students Organize the Content of an Oral Presentation,” Faculty Development Workshop, W&J.
Editor and Co-Writer, Composition Handbook, Department of English, W&J, 2005-2006.
Editorial Board, Topic: The Washington & Jefferson College Review, W&J, 2003-2006, 2008.
Editor, Writing Matters: A Guide to English 101, UNCG Department of English, 2000-2001.
Member, Academic Status Committee, W&J, 2008-present.
Member, Faculty Executive Committee, W&J, 2007-2008.
Member, Committee on Health Professions, W&J, 2006-present.
Secretary, Curriculum Committee, W&J, 2004-2005.
Online Course Designer, First-Year Composition, National Guard Project, W&J, summer/fall 2004.
Member, “C” (Oral Communication) Skills Advisory Group, W&J, 2004-2005.
Member, Curriculum Committee/Curriculum and Planning Committee, W&J, 2003-2006.
Member, Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum Working Group, W&J, summer 2003.
Organizer, Faculty Development Workshop: “How to Design & Teach a ‘C’ Course,” W&J, Jan. 2003.
Member, Oral Communication Working Group, W&J, summer 2002.
Member, Faculty Workload Disappearing Task Force, W&J, 2008-2009.
Contributing Playwright, “Not Another Teen Horror One-Act Play,” Winter Tales VI, W&J, 2008.
Member, Self-Study Work Group VI: Institutional Resources, Middle States Accreditation Review, W&J, 2007-2009.
Contributing Playwright, “I Got No Dogs in That Fight,” Winter Tales V, W&J, 2007.
Actor, The Vagina Monologues, V-Day charity performance, W&J, 2007.
Contributing Playwright, “Chloe’s Big Day,” Winter Tales IV, W&J, 2006.
Member, Academic Panel, The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth College Colloquia, Duquesne University, October 2004 and October 2005.
Contributing Playwright, “The Suicide Lectures, Part 3,” Winter Tales II, W&J, 2004.
Member, Student Commencement Speaker Selection Committee, W&J, spring 2003-2005 and 2007.
Faculty Advisor, Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society, W&J, 2002-2006.