EDUCATION DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY | RHETORIC & COMPOSITION Specialization: Literacy, Rhetoric, and Social Practice

Kent State University; Kent, OH May 2009 MASTER OF ARTS | LITERATURE & WRITING

Kent State University; Kent, OH August 2005 BACHELOR OF ARTS | ENGLISH

Kent State University; Kent, OH May 2003

DISSERTATION Title: “Deliberative Decision Making in a Medical Workplace Setting” [Defended: March 18, 2009]

Committee: Christina Haas (director), Raymond Craig, Pamela Takayoshi, and Paul Levy (The University of Akron)

TEACHING & ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Rowan University Department of Writing Arts | 2009-Present

WA 41571: Evaluating Writing (Capstone Course, Writing Arts Majors) ENGR 01201: Sophomore Engineering Clinic WA 22718: Technologies and the Future of Writing WA 21156/7: Writing for the Workplace

Teaching Fellow, Kent State University English Department | 2003-2009 ENG 11011: College Writing I for Human Science Pre-Professionals ENG 11012: College Writing II ENG 30063: Business and Professional Writing

Office of Digital Composition Assistant, Kent State University | Fall 2008

Writing Internship Program Assistant Director, Kent State University | 2006-2008

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Teston, C. (2009). A grounded investigation of genred guidelines invoked as

evidence during cancer care deliberations. Written Communication 26(3), 320-340.

Teston, C. (2010). Considering confidentiality in research design: Developing heuristics to chart the un-chartable. To appear in P. Takayoshi & K. Powell (Eds.), Socially progressive research methodologies for the study of writing and literacy. Cresskill: Hampton Press.

CHRISTA B. TESTON714 Hancock Court :: Deptford, NJ 08096

website: www.christateston.comemail: teston@rowan.edu

MANUSCRIPTS [ Under Review ]

Teston, C. [revise + resubmit by 31 May 2010]. Moving from artifact to action: A grounded investigation of visual displays of evidence during medical deliberations. Technical Communication Quarterly.

McNely, B. & Teston, C. [under review]. Digital publics and participatory education. Digital Culture and Education.

[ In Progress ]

Teston, C. & McNely, B. Counter-discourse, counter-sites in rural Cuba: An exploration of rhetoric, space, and place.” To be submitted for review to Rhetoric Society Quarterly by 01 May 2010.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS Teston, C. (2008). Using PowerPoint: Making deliberate design decisions. In

Student Guide to College Writing I & II. Kent State University Writing Program. Plymouth, MI: Hayden-McNeill Press.

Teston, C. (2008). Using PowerPoint: Making Deliberate Design Decisions” in The Instructors Manual: College Writing I &II. Kent State University Writing Program. Plymouth, MI: Hayden-McNeill Press.

CONFERENCEPRESENTATIONS Teston, C. (2010, October). Practical models toward implementing a grounded

theory approach for studying writing and rhetoric. Proposal submitted to the Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric & Composition, Louisville, KY.

Teston, C. (2010, May). Where scripture meets screen: A rhetorical analysis of multimodal homiletics in the contemporary protestant church. Paper presented at the Rhetoric Society of America conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Teston, C. (2010, March). From artifact to action: The role of medical images in

cancer care deliberations. Paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Louisville, KY.

Teston, C. (2008, October). Multimodal deliberations in a medical workplace setting: A tumor board study. Paper presented at the Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric & Composition, Louisville, KY.

Teston, C. (2008, May). You say medicine, I say mêtis-ine: The ‘promise’ of healthcare in the 21st century. Paper presented at the Rhetoric Society of America conference, Seattle, WA.

Teston, C. (2008, February). Risk and representation: A tumor board study. Paper presented at The International Conference on Writing Research Across Borders, Santa Barbara, CA.

Teston, C. (2008, April). Knowledge-building & decision-making in risky situations: A tumor board study. Paper presented at The Conference on College Composition and Communication, New Orleans, LA.

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Teston, C. (2007, February). Embodied modalities in collaborative decision-making: A tumor board study. Paper presented at at National Council of Teachers of English Assembly for Research, Nashville, TN.

Teston, C. (2007, March). Metaphors and model-making in science-based disciplines: A tumor board study. Paper presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, NY.

Teston, C. (2007, July). Paper patients: Tacit knowledge and the patient profile (a tumor board study). Paper presented at The Pennsylvania State University Conference on Rhetorics & Technologies, State College, PA.

Teston, C. (2006, October). Narrative in the healthcare industry: Charting the un-charted and ‘tumor board talk’. Paper presented at the Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric & Composition, Louisville, KY.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS Teston, C. (2010, April). Investigating the role of web-based writing in

interdisciplinary decision-making. Invited workshop funded by The National Science Foundation on Web-Scale Collaboration Research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.

Teston, C. (2009, October). From artifact to action: The role of visual rhetoric in medical decision-making. Invited presentation at College of Communication Research Colloquium, Rowan University, NJ.

Teston, C. (2008, April). Problem formation and method selection/adaptation. Invited presentation to doctoral students in Dr. Christina Haas’s Research Methodology Course, Kent, OH.

Teston, C. (2008, March). Rethinking PowerPoint. Invited presentation at Kent State University’s Teaching With Technology Workshop, Kent, OH.

Teston, C. (2007, April). Interactive PowerPoint presentations for classrooms and conferences. Invited presentation at Portraits of Practice, Kent State University’s Faculty Professional Development Center, Kent, OH.

THESIS ADVISING Lee Anne Norris | Spring 2010

PROFESSIONAL HONORS & AWARDS Finalist, Written Communication’s John R. Hayes Award for Excellence in Writing

Research, 2009. Article: “A grounded investigation of genred guidelines invoked as

evidence during cancer care deliberations.”

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Stephen P. Witte Dissertation Fellowship Award, Kent State University English Department. Spring 2008.

Professionalization Grant Award, Kent State University English Department. Fall 2007. Project: “Risk and Representation: A tumor board study.”

Professionalization Grant Award, Kent State University English Department. Fall 2006. Project: “Metaphors & model-making in science-based disciplines: A Tumor board study.”

SUBMITTED GRANTS “Assistant Professor Travel Fund.” Rowan University, $1000 | Spring 2010.

[Funded, as of 15 March 2010]

“Professionalization and Graduate Student Mentorship.” College of Professional and Continuing Education Grant, $2447 | Spring 2010

“New Media Technology Bundle.” College of Professional and Continuing Education Grant, $12461.81 (with Drew Kopp, PhD) | Spring 2010

“Engaged Communities Through Service Learning and Writing.” Kent State University Teaching Development Grant, $6,500 (with Professors John Ackerman, Andrea Adolph, Marlia Banning) | Summer 2007

ACADEMIC SERVICE [ Departmental ]

Member, Department of Writing Arts Graduate Studies Interest Group; Rowan University | 2009-Present

Member, Department of Writing Arts Curriculum Committee; Rowan University | 2009-Present

Graduate Representative, English Department Faculty Advisory Committee; Kent

State University | 2007-2009

Graduate Representative, Literacy, Rhetoric, and Social Practice Program Committee; Kent State University | 2007-2009

Member, Writing Program Committee; Kent State University | 2006, 2008

President, Association of Graduate English Students; Kent State University |

2007-2008

Member, Association of Graduate English Students; Kent State University | 2003-2009

[ University ] Appointed Member, Medical School Task Force Committee; Rowan University &

Cooper Hospital | 2009-Present

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Member, Medical School Task Force Institutional Settings Sub-Committee; Rowan University & Cooper Hospital | 2009-Present

Member, Graduate Student Senate Scholarship Selection Subcommittee; Kent State University | Fall 2007

[ Profession & Community ]

Member, Medical Rhetoric Special Interest Group Steering Committee; College Composition and Communication | 2009-Present

Manuscript Reviewer, Written Communication | 2007, 2009

Freelance Communications & Design Consultant; Kent State University | 2007-2009

TEACHINGDEVELOPMENT “Campus conversation on service learning: Engaging students, increasing learning,

assessing outcomes” (with Robert G. Pringle). Faculty Professional Development Center, Kent State University | 2007

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Editor, Society for Medical Decision Making Newsletter | Fall 2007-Spring 2009

Freelance Communications & Design Consultant | 2001-Present

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Educational Research Association College Composition and Communication Rhetoric Society of America

Society for Medical Decision MakingModern Language AssociationNational Council of Teachers of English

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