University of North Florida



James P. Beasley

Curriculum Vitae

13525 Bartram Park Blvd. #1612

Jacksonville, FL 32258

Phone: 904-651-8843

Email: james.beasley@unf.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Purdue University, 2007: Rhetoric and Composition

• Dissertation: A Prehistory of Rhetoric and Composition: Neo-Aristotelianism and the New Rhetoric at the University of Chicago, 1947-1959

• Director: David Blakesley

Master of Arts, Valparaiso University, 1997: English

Bachelor of Arts, Pensacola Christian College, 1992: Prelaw

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

University of North Florida Assistant Professor (2008-present)

DePaul University Visiting Assistant Professor (2007-2008)

DePaul University Instructor (2005-2007)

University of Chicago Instructor (2005)

Northwestern University Instructor (2005)

Dominican University Instructor (2005-2006)

Valparaiso University Assistant Director First Year Writing (2000-2004)

Valparaiso University Instructor (1997-2005)

PUBLICATIONS

Essays

"The Journal of General Education and the Institutional Return to Rhetoric" Journal of General Education, Penn State University Press (under review)

“Demetrius, ‘Forcible’ Style, and Identification” Rhetoric Review (under review)

"F. Champion Ward, Henry W. Sams, Kenneth Burke and 'Extraordinary Understandings of Composition' at the University of Chicago" Fall 2007 College Composition and Communication

"Using Stories Across the Secondary Curriculum" Journal for Christian Educators, Fall 2001.

"Preparing Students for College." Journal for Christian Educators, Spring 1998

"Inspiring Initiative in Teachers" Journal for Christian Educators, Fall 1996

Chapters

“Mike Rose and the Humanities Core” in The Place of the Core. Published by the Association for Core Texts and Core Courses. Philadelphia 2007.

“Essayism and Post-Disciplinary Space” Teaching Essayism Boynton-Cook (in production)

Response Essays and Reviews

Book Review, The Time that Remains: a Commentary on Romans. The Cresset, December 2006.

Book Review, How Religious Faith Can Enliven the Life of the Mind. The Cresset. Spring 2003.

Book Review, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship. The Cresset. December 2000.

Editing

Forum moderator, The Writing Instructor, e-journal: 2002-present

Rules for Writers, Bedford St. Martins: 2003-present

AWARDS

Alumni Association Research Grant 2003 and 2005: Valparaiso University Alumni Association

Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers: 1998, 1999, 2000

Sigma Tau Delta, English honors society

AREAS OF INTEREST

Researching archives of Burkean history, theory, and pedagogy. Recovering English department archives, critiquing archival methodology. Developing complexity studies curriculum, essay theory curriculum, and feminist writing curriculum.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate

English 3310 Writing Prose

English 3930 Topics in Composition: The Essay

English 4934 Network Culture

English 431 Advanced Composition

English 321 Intermediate Composition (8 semesters)

English 300 Composition and Style (2 quarters)

English 221 Technical Writing

English 200 Literary Studies

English 102 Basic Writing (2 quarters)

English 103 Composition and Rhetoric I (12 quarters)

English 104 Composition and Rhetoric II: Argument (9 quarters)

English 101 Introduction to Composition

English 101 Exposition and Argument

English 102 Writing as a Way of Learning

Core 110 The Human Experience: Birth, Education, Citizenship (14 semesters)

Core 115 The Human Experience: Work, Love, Loss (14 semesters)

ISP 101 Network Culture (2 quarters)

FS 100 Competition and the Individual

Graduate

English 6700 Theory of Composition

English 590 Methods of the Teaching of English (3 semesters)

Adult Education

AA 101 Introduction to Writing

Phil 300 Truth vs. Justice: Rhetoric and Philosophy

High School

English 9 (2 years)

English 10 (4 years)

English 11 (2 years)

English 12 (2 years)

Speech (2 years)

Debate (2 years)

Current Events (2 years)

CONFERENCE PAPERS

“Richard Weaver and Sharon Crowley: When Theory Fails to Motivate Pedagogy” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Philadelphia, PA March 2010 (under review)

"Edith Rickert and the University of Chicago: Translation and Transcendence" Women Rhetors Before the Wars, Texas Christian University, Fall 2008.

"Kenneth Burke and the Transcendence of the Literature/Composition Conflict" Triennial Conference of the Kenneth Burke Society, Villanova University, Philadelphia PA. July 2008

"Richard M. Weaver and the Illusion of Rhetorical Responsibility" Annual Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America, Seattle, Washington. May 2008.

"Gender, Achievement, and Academic Discourse: A Sociolinguistic Study" Research Forum, Annual Conference of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, New York March 2007

"Henry Sams, Kenneth Burke, and 'Extraordinary Understandings of Composition' at the University of Chicago" Research Forum, Annual Conference of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL March 2006

“Henry Sams, Kenneth Burke, and 'Extraordinary Understandings of Composition' at the University of Chicago” Triannual Conference of the Kenneth Burke Society. Penn State University, July 2005.

“Common Texts, Uncommon Writing: The Writing Sequence as Resistance in a Liberal Arts Core Program” Annual Conference of the Association of Core Texts and Core Courses, Vancouver, BC Spring 2005.

“Mike Rose’s Lives on the Boundary and the Place of the Core” Annual Conference of

the Association of Core Texts and Core Courses, Atlanta, GA Spring 2003

“Every Act of Faith is an Act of Writing” Annual Conference of the Council of Writing Program Administrators, Grand Rapids, MI Summer, 2003

“'It’s Impossible to Grade': Faculty Survey of Writing Practices, Staff Development,

Topic Selection, and Theory” Indiana Teachers of Writing, Indianapolis, IN Fall 2002

"Using Research to Improve Achievement" Conference of the Indiana Association of

Christian Schools, Indianapolis, IN 1997

ACADEMIC COMMITTEES AND WPA

University Composition Committee 2008-2010

First year writing administrative committee 2007-2008

First year writing text selection committee 1999-2005

First year writing advisory committee 1999-2005

Web-based learning advisory committee 1999-2005

Advisory Committee on Adult Education 1998

Valparaiso University, Assistant Director, First Year Composition Seminar 2000-2004

Faculty Development

• Design and implement summer writing workshops

• Distribute appropriate journal articles on the reading and responding to writing

• Conducted 2001 survey of faculty writing assessment

Writing Program Development

• Design and implementation of writing sequence for first year students

editing of journal of student writing, The Valpo Core Reader, 2001-2005

develop and present all writing center programs for first year students

Writing assessment, program assessment, and accountability

• Revision, distribution, and analysis of annual seminar survey

Registration and scheduling

• Manage all drop/ add procedures for first year seminar

• Schedule 35 course sections staffed by members of the faculty

Office management

• Manage first year seminar archive

Counseling and advising

• Advise any student problems regarding first year seminar

• Academic advising for 10 undecided majors per year

Articulation

• Provide first year seminar copy for institutional website

• Design and disseminate first year seminar documents for institutional committees

MEMBERSHIPS

Modern Language Association

Rhetoric Society of America

Association of Teachers of Advanced Composition

Kenneth Burke Society

American Society for the History of Rhetoric

Council of Writing Program Administrators

International Society for the History of Rhetoric

Advanced Placement English Composition, reader 2003, 2004

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