Obermark CV 1

Lauren E. Obermark
484 Lucas Hall
St. Louis, MO 63121

314.516.5591
obermarkl@umsl.edu

{ Academic Appointments }
Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Missouri-St. Louis,
August 2013-present
{ Education }

Ph.D, English-Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy, The Ohio State University, May 2013

Dissertation: Revising Rhetorical Education: Museums and Pedagogy
Committee: Dr. Wendy S. Hesford (chair); Dr. Brenda Brueggemann; Dr. Elizabeth
Weiser

M.A., English Language and Literature, University of Missouri-Kansas City, May 2008

B.S., Secondary Education with an emphasis in English, University of Missouri-
Columbia, Summa Cum Laude, May 2003
{ Research and Teaching Interests }
Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Composition Theory and Pedagogy
Disability Studies
Public and Visual Rhetorics
Museum and Memory Studies
Rhetorical Ethics
{ Forthcoming and In-Progress Peer Reviewed Scholarship }

As Editor

The Rhetoric of Participation: Interrogating Commonplaces in and Beyond the Classroom. Edited
with Dr. Paige Banaji, Dr. Lisa Blankenship, and Katherine DeLuca. Book Proposal
accepted by Computers and Composition Digital Press. (Publication forthcoming,
spring 2015.)

Articles and Book Chapters

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Curating Student Voices on Participation in the Writing Classroom. Chapter in The Rhetoric
of Participation: Interrogating Commonplaces in and Beyond the Classroom. Chapter
accepted. (Publication forthcoming, spring 2015.)

Assurance that the world holds far more good than bad: The Pedagogy of Memory at the
Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum. Submitted to Rhetoric Society Quarterly,
January 2014. (Under Review.)

Rethinking the One and Done Model: A Call for Ongoing, Collaborative, and Dispersed
Professional Development for TAs in English Departments. (With Dr. Elizabeth
Brewer) Submitted to WPA: Journal of the Council of Writing Program Administrators,
February 2014. (Under Review.)

Book Project

Revising Rhetorical Education: Museums and Pedagogy. Book proposal in progress for the
Rhetoric Society of American series in Transdisciplinary Rhetoric, published by
Pennsylvania State UP. (Proposal to be submitted during summer 2014).
{ Grants }

Collaborator for Curriculum Grant (with Dr. Sally Ebest, Dr. Zoe Peterson, and Prof. Jim Craig),
$6,800, University of Missouri-St. Louis, College of Arts and Science, 2014

Junior Faculty Travel Grant, $1000, University of Missouri-St. Louis, Office of Research
Administration, 2014

iPad Innovation Grant, $500, University of Missouri-St. Louis Information Technology
Services, 2013

Collaborator for Seed Grant for GTA Program Enhancement (with Dr. Kay Halasek and Dr.
Elizabeth Brewer) $10,000, The Ohio State Universitys Center for Advancement of
Teaching, 2012-2013.

Graduate Schools Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship
(AGGRS), $1600, The Ohio State University, 2011.

Graduate Assistance Fund Immediate Aid Grant, University of Missouri-Kansas
City, $250, 2007.
{ Awards }
Travel Award from the English Department to attend Camp Rhetoric, The Ohio
State University, 2011.

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Council of Graduate Students Ray Travel Award for Scholarship and Service, The
Ohio State University, 2009.

School of Graduate Studies Superior Graduate Teaching Assistant Award,
University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2008.

Sosland Award for Excellence in Teaching Writing, University of Missouri-Kansas
City, 2007.

Travel Award to attend the Conference of College Composition and Communication,
University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2007.
{ Fellowships }

The Ohio State Teaching Enhancement Program Graduate Teaching Fellow, The Ohio
State Universitys Center for Advancement of Teaching, 2011-2012.

The Ohio State University Graduate School Fellowship, 2008.

Farnsworth Fellowship in Postcolonial Studies, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2007.
{ Presentations }

Expanding the Canon of Memory: A Case Study of the Oklahoma City National Memorial
Museum. Rhetoric Society of American Conference, San Antonio, TX, May 2014.

From the Museum to the Writing Classroom: Connecting Public and Academic Pedagogies.
Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention. Indianapolis, IN,
March 2014.

Revising Rhetorical Education: Collective Rhetoric at History Museums. Feminism(s) and
Rhetoric(s) Conference, Palo Alto, CA, September 2013.

Cotton Candy or Peanuts: Assessing the Needs of GTAs. Writing Program Administrators
Conference, Savannah, GA, July 2013.

WPA Work as a Graduate Student. Invited Presentation. Dr. Kay Halaseks
Graduate Composition Seminar, The Ohio State University, October 2012.

Mad Women on Display: Rhetoric and the Female Body at the Glore Psychiatric
Museum. Co-Presented with Dr. Madaline Walter. Rhetoric Society of America
Conference, Philadelphia, PN, May 2012.

The History and Rhetoric of Museums. Invited Presentation. Dr. Valerie Kinlochs

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Multicultural Education Class for Pre-Service Teachers, The Ohio State University,
February 2012.

What the Heck is College-Level Writing Anyway?!: Strategies To Be a Successful
Writer in College and Beyond. First-Year Success Series, The Ohio State
University, October 2011.

Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives Workshop. Computers and Writing, Ann
Arbor, MI, May 2011.

Panel on Leading Class Discussion. Invited Presentation. First-Year Writing
Program Teacher Training, The Ohio State University, August 2010.

Panel on Blogging. Invited Presentation. Digital Media and Composition Institute,
The Ohio State University, June 2010.

Out of the Academy and Into the Museum: Rethinking Spaces of Rhetorical
Education. English Graduate Organization Colloquium, The Ohio State University,
May 2010.

Representing America: The Historical Meets the Rhetorical. Conference on College
Composition and Communication, Louisville, KY, March 2010.

Rhetorical Representations of History: The Liberty Memorial and the National
World War I Museum. Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference, Lansing, MI, October
2009.

Victorian Match.com: Courtship Letters, Personal Ads, and Womens Rhetorical
Power. Co-presented with Dr. Jennifer Phegley. Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century
Studies Conference. Saratoga Springs, NY, April 2009.

More than Technology: (Re) Envisioning Visual Literacy. Co-presented with
Madaline Walter. Expanding Literacy Studies Conference for Graduate Students,
Columbus, OH, April 2009.

Writerly Identity in the Extracurricular Publications of Mary Gamble
Meriwether, 1941-1944. Conference on College Composition and Communication, San
Francisco, CA, March 2009.

A knowledge and right use of English: G.A. Gaskells Compendium of Forms as
Rhetorical Education and Empowerment for Nineteenth-Century Women. Feminist
Rhetorics for Social Justice Post-Symposium Workshop, Syracuse, NY, October 2008.

"A New Sort of Rhetor: The Role of Museums in Civic Discourse." Research Network

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Forum. Conference on College Composition & Communication, New Orleans, LA,
April 2008.

Is it possible to teach English so that people stop killing each other?: Developing a
Pedagogy of Nonviolence through the Use of Visual Rhetoric. English Graduate
Student Association Conference, University of Missouri-Kansas City, December 2007.

The Overlooked Rhetoric of Pauline Hopkins. Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s)
Conference, Little Rock, AR, October 2007.

From Theory to Practice: Engaging Multiple Literacies in the Composition
Classroom. Greater Kansas City Writing Project Workshop, University of Missouri-
Kansas City, August 2007.

Melodrama as a Rhetorical Strategy: Pauline Hopkins Contending Forces.
English and History Graduate Student Conference, University of Missouri-Kansas City,
April 2007.

We Lacked Access to Many Things and Many People: The Literacy Profile of Rita
Alexander. English Graduate Student Association Conference, University of Missouri-
Kansas City, November 2006.

{ Administrative Experience }
Writing Program Administrator, The Ohio State University, 2012-2013.

Graduate Administrative Associate to Dr. Valerie Kinloch, Associate Professor in
Literacy Studies, Winter 2012-Summer 2012.

Graduate Administrative Associate to Dr. Kay Halasek, Director of Second-Year
Writing, The Ohio State University, Autumn 2011 and Winter 2012.

Graduate Administrative Associate to Dr. Brenda Brueggmann, Vice Chair of
Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy, The Ohio State University, Autumn
2011.

Writing Center Assistant Coordinator, The Ohio State University, 2010-2011.

Assistant to the Greater Kansas City Writing Project, University of Missouri-
Kansas City, 2008.

Assistant Director of Composition, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2007-2008.

Editor, Composition E-Newsletter, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2007-2008.

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Assistant to Mid-American Conference for Irish Studies, University of Missouri-
Kansas City, 2007.
{ Teaching Experience }
Professor for Introduction to Disability Studies (English 5950), University of Missouri-St. Louis,
Autumn 2014

Professor for Teaching College Writing (English 5890), University of Missouri-St. Louis, Spring
2014

Graduate Student Independent Study in Disability Studies (English 5970), University of
Missouri-St. Louis, Spring 2014

Graduate Student Independent Study in Qualitative Methods in Composition Studies (English
5970), University of Missouri-St. Louis, Autumn 2013

Professor for First-Year Writing (English 1100), University of Missouri-St. Louis, Autumn 2013

Professor for Junior-Level Writing (English 3100), University of Missouri-St. Louis, Autumn
2013, Autumn 2014
Course Theme: Writing about Writing

Co-Teacher for Introduction to the Teaching of First-Year Writing (English 6781),
The Ohio State University, Autumn 2012.

Graduate Teaching Associate for Introduction to Disability Studies (English 2277),
The Ohio State University, Winter 2011, Spring 2011, and Summer 2011.

Graduate Teaching Associate for Second Year Writing (English 2367), The Ohio
State University, Autumn 2010 and Spring 2012.
Course Themes: Places, Spaces, and Memory (AU10); Writing about Writing (SP12).


Graduate Teaching Associate for First Year Writing (English 1110), The Ohio State
University, Autumn 2009-Summer 2010.
Course Themes: The World as a Text: Defining, Exploring, and Composing Rhetoric (AU 09,
WI 10); Local Sites and Spaces: Exploring the Rhetoric of/in Our Community (SP 10; SU
10).

Writing Center Consultant, The Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing at
Ohio State, 2009-2011.

Teaching Assistant to Professor Brenda Brueggemann for Disability Experience in
the Contemporary World (English 597), The Ohio State University, Spring 2009 .

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Graduate Teacher for Intermediate Composition (English 225), University of
Missouri-Kansas City, 2007-2008.
Course Theme: Understanding and Composing Visual Rhetoric.

Graduate Teacher for Introductory Composition (English 110), University of
Missouri-Kansas City, 2006-2007.
Course Theme: Language Use in Academic Contexts.

Teaching Assistant to Professor Joan Dean for American Social Film, University of
Missouri-Kansas City, 2007-2008.

Eighth Grade English Teacher, Lees Summit R-7 School District, 2003-2006.
{ Service }
Mentoring

Research and Writing Collaboration with Michael Smith, MA student

Professional

Interviewer/Narrative Collector, The Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives (DALN), March 2014

Manuscript Reviewer, The Best of the Independent Rhetoric and Composition Journals 2011,
November-December 2011

Camp Rhetoric Organizer and Liaison, The Ohio State University (in collaboration
with Pennsylvania State University and University of Maryland), 2010-2011.

University

Gender Studies Affiliate Faculty, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2013-2o14

Discussion Leader, First-Year Experience Buckeye Book Community, The Ohio
State University, 2009 and 2010.

Volunteer Writing Tutor, Africentric Elementary, The Ohio State Universitys
Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing, 2008-2009.

President, University of Missouri-Kansas City English Graduate Student
Association, 2007-2008.

Department

Member, Graduate Committee, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2013-2014.

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Member, Writing Program Committee, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2013-2014.

Member, Corbett Lecture Selection and Organization Committee, The Ohio State
University, 2010-2011.

Executive Editor, Commonplace, The Ohio State University, 2010.

Reviewer for English 110 General Education Curriculum (GEC) Assessment, The
Ohio State University, 2009.

Proposal Reviewer, Expanding Literacy Studies Conference, The Ohio State
University, Fall 2008.

Professional Membership

Member, Coalition of Woman Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition,
2007-present.

Member, Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2006-present.

Member, National Council of Teachers of English, 2003-present.

Member, Rhetoric Society of America, 2009-present.

Member, Modern Language Association, 2006-present.

Professional Development

Participant, iPad Teaching Circle, University of Missouri-St. Louis Center for Teaching and
Learning, 2013-2014

Participant, Faculty Colloquia, University of Missouri-St. Louis Center for Teaching and
Learning

Participant, New Faculty Orientation, University of Missouri-St. Louis Center for Teaching and
Learning, 2013

Participant, Workshop with Professor Anis Bawarshi (English 993), Using Genre to
Facilitate Knowledge Transfer. Ohio State University English Department,
May 27, 2011.

Participant, Digital Media and Composition Institute with Dr. Cynthia Selfe and
Dr. Scott DeWitt (English 993), Ohio State University English Department,
June 2009.

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Participant, Workshop with Professor Guy Beiner (English 993), Remembering to
Forget. Ohio State University English Department, February 18-19, 2009.