EDUCATION Ph.D. | Rhetoric & Composition (Specialty: Literacy, Rhetoric & Social Practice)

Kent State University; Kent, OH May 2009

Dissertation: “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) M.A. | Literature & Writing

Kent State University; Kent, OH August 2005 B.A. | English

Kent State University; Kent, OH May 2003

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

Teaching Fellow, Kent State University English Department | 2003-2009

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

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

NATIONAL AWARDS Single author of article awarded “Best Article Reporting Qualitative or Quantitative

Research in Technical or Scientific Communication.” 2010 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Technical and Scientific Communication.

Article: “A grounded investigation of genred guidelines in cancer care deliberations.”

Contributor to collection awarded “Best Original Collection of Essays in Technical or Scientific Communication.” 2010 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Technical and Scientific Communication.

Collection: July-October 2009 Written Communication special issue on Writing and Medicine

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS McNely, B. & Teston, C., Cox, G., Olorunda, B. & Dunker, N. (2010) Digital publics

and participatory education. Digital Culture and Education 2(2), 152-171.

Teston, C. (2009). A grounded investigation of genred guidelines in cancer care deliberations. Written Communication 26(3), 320-340. [Winner of NCTE’s “Best Article Reporting Qualitative or Quantitative Research in Technical or Scientific Communication”]

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REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (cont’d) Teston, C. (In Press). 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.

MANUSCRIPTSUNDER REVIEW Teston, C. [final revisions due November 30, 2010]. Moving from artifact to action:

A grounded investigation of visual displays of evidence during medical deliberations. Technical Communication Quarterly.

Teston, C. & McNely, B. [full chapter manuscript submitted on October 01, 2010]. A pedagogical model for facilitating students’ collaborative, digital constructions of knowledge. In McClure and Purdy (Eds.) Research on Research: Examining Student Writing in the Digital Age.

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. (2011, April). Modeling grounded theory as methodological means

toward warranted assertibility. Paper accepted for presentation at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, GA.

Teston, C. (2011, February). Researching the body as a data point. Paper accepted for presentation at The International Conference on Writing Research Across Borders, Washington, DC.

Teston, C. (2010, October). Practical models toward implementing a grounded theory approach for studying writing and rhetoric. Paper accepted for presentation at 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.

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (cont’d) 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.

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, October). Rhetorical choice and professional presentations.

Invited presentation to nanotechnology graduate students, Rowan University, NJ.

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.

McNely, B., Teston, C., McArdle, C. (2009, March). Google Wave Tutorial. Invited presentation to Insight and Research, Center for Media Design, Ball State University.

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.

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INVITED PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS (cont’d) 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.

COURSES TAUGHT [ Graduate ] MAWR 01564: Information Architecture (Spring 2011)

[ Undergraduate ] WA 41571: Evaluating Writing (Capstone Course, Writing Arts Majors)

ENGR 01201: Sophomore Engineering Clinic (only Engineering majors)WA 22718: Technologies and the Future of WritingWA 21156/7: Writing for the Workplace ENG 11011: College Writing I for Human Science Pre-ProfessionalsENG 11012: College Writing IIENG 30063: Business and Professional Writing

CURRICULUM DESIGN Lead Sponsor, Certificate of Graduate Study in Technical and Professional

Communication. Department of Writing Arts, Rowan University. [Submitted to University Senate, October 2010]

Curricular redesign of “Writing for the Workplace” course. Department of Writing Arts, Rowan University.

[Spring 2010]

THESIS ADVISING Lee Anne Norris | Completed, Spring 2010

OTHER PROFESSIONAL HONORS & AWARDS Nominee, Richard A. Toerne Award for Best Dissertation in English. Kent State

University, Department of English. Spring 2010.

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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OTHER PROFESSIONAL HONORS & AWARDS (cont’d) Stephen P. Witte Dissertation Fellowship Award, Kent State University English

Department. Spring 2008.

Assistant Professor Travel Award, Rowan University, $1000 | Spring 2010.

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.”

FUNDED PROJECTS “Developing a Video Course Catalog for Writing Arts Undergraduate and Graduate

Programs.” College of Professional and Continuing Education Grant, $4000 (with Drew Kopp, PhD) | Spring 2010. [Funded, as of 28 July 2010]

INTERNALLY SUBMITTED GRANTS “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

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ACADEMIC SERVICE (cont’d) 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

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-Present

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 EnglishAssociation of Teachers of Technical Writing

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