Timothy Oleksiak

Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor of English
Writing in the Disciplines Coordinator

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
400 E. Second Street
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Toleksia@bloomu.edu

Education
Ph.D. Rhetoric & Scientific & Technical Communication. University of Minnesota, May 2014
Committee: Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch (director), John Logie, Pat Bruch, Ron Greene, and Krista
Ratcliffe

M.A. English Literature. The University of West Florida, September 2007

B.S. English, Secondary Education. Eastern Michigan University, May 2004

Publications
Peer-reviewed Articles
Oleksiak, Timothy. Toward a Listening Language. College Composition and Communication. (Status:

MS Submitted February 29, 2016; MS Under Peer Review).
Oleksiak, Timothy. Incendiary Discourse: Reconsidering Flaming, Authority, and Deliberative

Democracy in Computer-mediated Communication. Composition Studies 40.2 (2012): 34-49.

Print.

Book Chapters/Responses
Oleksiak, Timothy. Traces of Leaving. Chapter proposal submitted to Reinventing (with) Theory in

Rhetoric and Writing Studies: Essays in Honor of Sharon Crowley. (Expected response: June 1,

2016).
Oleksiak, Timothy. Creating a Mission and Goals for WID. Sustainable WAC: A Whole Systems

Approach to Launching and Developing WAC Programs. Michelle T. Cox, Daniel Melzer, and

Jeffery Galin. Eds. (Status: Accepted for Edited Collection; Seeking Publisher)
Oleksiak, Timothy, and Raechel Tiffe. Queering the Ear: A Response to Queer Decorum Queer Praxis:

Questions for LGBTQ Worldmaking. Dustin Goltz and Jason Zingsheim. Eds. New York: Peter

Lange, 2015. 187-193. Print.

Book Reviews and Other Academic Publications
Review of Jason Edward Black and Charles E. Morris IIIs Harvey Milk an Archive of Hope in Rhetoric

and Public Affairs 19.2 (2016).
The Mt. Oread Manifesto on Rhetorical Education 2013. Rhetoric Society Quarterly 44.1 (2014): 1-5.

[Cited, in publication, as contributor]
Review of Gunther Kresss Multimodality: A Social-semiotic Approach to Contemporary Communication in

Rhetoric Society Quarterly 42.3 (2012): 297-299.
Review of Sidney I. Dobrin, J.A. Rice, and Michael Vastolas Beyond Postprocess in Composition Studies

40.1 (2012): 147-150.

Public Articles (Reviewed by an Editor)
How John Oliver Won the Internet. The Daily Dot. Web. 6 Oct. 2014. (cross posted on Salon.com)
Dont Wait for the Next Policy Issue to Be an Ally in the Fight for LGBT Equality. Goodmenproject.com.

The Good Men Project. 29 Sep. 2013. Web. 16 Feb. 2015.

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Works in Progress
Oleksiak, Timothy. Writing Plans as Rhetorical Objects in a Disciplinary Writing Fellows Program.

(Status: MS under development).
Oleksiak, Timothy. Responding to Rogerian Hope and the Necessity of Composing Listening Queerly.

(Status: MS under development).
Oleksiak, Timothy. The Space and Time of Non-Identification. (Status: MS under development.)
Oleksiak, Timothy. Neoliberalism and the Public Ear. (Status: MS under development.)

Research Emphasis
Listening as a rhetorical act; critical and feminist pedagogy; online writing and interaction; Queer theory

Academic Workshops and Institutes

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1 of 30 participants selected for Rhetoric Society of Americas 6 Biennial Summer Institute (2015)
o Seminar Topic: The War of Words, A Rhetoric of Motives and Contemporary
Rhetorical Theory
o Seminar Leaders: Jack Selzer, Krista Ratcliffe, and Kyle Jensen
1 of 3 participants selected for Rhetoric Society of Americas Research Network (2014)
o Workshop Leader: Christine Farris
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1 of 25 participants selected for Rhetoric Society of Americas 5 Biennial Summer Institute (2013)
o Seminar Topic: Rhetoric in/between Communications and English
o Seminar Leaders: William Keith and Roxanne Mountford
1 of 6 participants selected for Rhetoric Society of Americas Research Network (2012)
o Workshop Leader: Krista Ratcliffe

Grants, Fellowships, Honors, and Awards

New & Junior Faculty TALE Teacher-Scholar Awards Spring 2016. Applied
Teaching Excellence Academy Fellow Spring 2015. Competitive.

James I. Brown Dissertation Fellowship Fall 2013. Competitive research award ($7,200).
College of Liberal Arts Graduate Research Partnership Program Fellowship Summer 2011.

Competitive research award ($5,000).
Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award. Department of Writing Studies. AY 2010-

2011. Competitive teaching award.
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant. Department of English and Foreign Languages

AY 2006-2007. Competitive teaching award.

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Department of English, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2014-

present.
Affiliated Faculty, Texts and Technology program, University of Central Florida, Spring 2015-

present.

Graduate Instructor, Department of Writing Studies, The University of Minnesota, 2009-2014.

Graduate Instructor, Department of Communication Studies, The University of Minnesota, 2012.
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Liberal Arts, The College of Visual Arts, 2012.
Adjunct Faculty, Department of English and Foreign Languages, The University of West Florida,

2007-2009.
Graduate Instructor, Department of English and Foreign Languages, The University of West

Florida, 2005-2007.

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Administrative Experience

WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES COORDINATOR (2014-present)

Duties: Develop WID Initiatives (Writing Fellows Program and WEC); Train Writing Fellows;
Create services for faculty and departments that extend WID Initiatives; Educate and advocate for
WID Initiatives across campus and academic departments
WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, Chair (AY 2014-present)
Duties: Call meetings when necessary; Lead discussions on creation of Vision, Mission, and
Bylaws; Foster an open and communicative environment where Committee Members contribute to
WID Advisory Committee development
LGBTQA COMMISSION ADVOCACY COMMITTEE, Chair (AY 2015-2016)
Duties: Represent Commission as a member of the Bloomsburg END Leadership Team; Attend
Town Council Meetings when appropriate; Create and Develop Community Resource webpage
on Commissions website; Develop monthly and annual activity reports
LGBTQA MID-ATLANTIC CONFERENCE, CHAIR (AY 2014-PRESENT)
Duties: Create and Develop Mid-Atlantic Conference webpages on Commissions website;
create instructional videos for potential attendees; seek community relationships and support;
seek funding streams for the development of conference; coordinate messaging with Mid-Atlantic
Art Exhibition

Teaching Experience
Bloomsburg University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, PA
First-year Writing
Research Writing
Theory and Practice of Writing
Writing and Evaluating Technical Manuals

University of MinnesotaTwin Cities, MN
Technical and Professional Writing (online)
Business and Professional Writing
First-year Writing (hybrid and online)
Analysis of Argument

College of Visual ArtsSt. Paul, MN
Academic Research and Writing


The University of West FloridaPensacola, FL
University Writing
Public Writing
Composition Lab Instructor
Basic Communication Skills
Business and Professional Communications
Graduate Assistant for The University of West Floridas forensics team (AY 2004-2007)

Student Advising
Graduate Student Advising
Clayton Benjamin
Dissertation Committee Member 2015-present (outside reader)

Undergraduate Student Advising
Ashley Muchler
Undergraduate Research Scholarship and Creative Activities Award (Summer 2015) for

Most out of What You Post: Twitter, Transliteracy, and the Teaching of High School Writing.

Award mount: $4,500

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Accepted: Convention on College Composition and Communication 2016 Undergraduate Poster

Session

Peer Reviewed National Conference Presentations (selected)

Writing Plans as Rhetorical Objects in a Disciplinary Writing Fellows Program. Writing Research Across

Borders IV. Bogot, Columbia. February 2017. (Status: Proposal Submitted)
Pragmatic and Theoretical Relationship between Writing Fellows and WEC in New WID Initiatives.

International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Ann Arbor, MI. February 2016.
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Neoliberalism and the Public Ear. Rhetoric Society of America 17 Biannual Conference. Atlanta, GA.

May 2016.
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The Place and Time of Non-Identification. Rhetoric Society of America 17 Biannual Conference.

Atlanta, GA. May 2016.
Listenings Troubling Logics, or Toward Quear Compositional Practice. Conference on College

Composition and Communication. Houston, TX. April 2016.
Listening Language as Queer Composition Practice. Conference on College Composition and

Communication. Tampa, FL. March 2015.
Unspeakable: Troubling the Responses to Young Adult. National Communication AssociationLGBTQ

Communication Studies Division. Chicago, IL. November 2014.
Shut up and Listen, Or Against a Hollow Notion of Allyship. Thomas R. Watson Conference on

Rhetoric and Composition. Louisville, KY. October 2014.

Listening and Student Interaction in Online Writing Spaces. Writing Research Across Borders III. Paris,

France. February 2014.
How Jodie Fosters Rhetorical Refusal Confused and Delighted Audiences and What it Means for
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Rhetorical Listening. Rhetoric Society of America 16 Biannual Conference. San Antonio, TX.

May 2014.
Crossing Disciplinary Borders: Rhetoric in/between Communication and English (Roundtable Discussion)
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Rhetoric Society of America 16 Biannual Conference. San Antonio, TX. May 2014. Round Table

Discussion Leader.
Roundtable on Training Border Jumpers: Rhetoric Graduate Education In/Between English and
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Communication. Rhetoric Society of American 16 Biannual Conference. San Antonio, TX. May

2014. Round Table Discussion Leader.
Listening, Love, and Belief in the Writing Classroom. Conference on College Composition and

Communication. Indianapolis, IN. March 2014.
This Text is Not For You: Rhetorical Eavesdropping and Multimodal Composition. Conference on

College Composition and Communication. Las Vegas, NV. March 2013.
w/ Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch. Resisting the Rhetoric of Migration. Conference of Great Plains Alliance

for Computers and Writing. Mankato, MN. November 2012.
Paper Towels Getting Married: Listening to the Cultural Logics of Homosexuality. Rhetoric Society of
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America 15 Biannual Conference. Philadelphia, PA. May 2012.
Multimodal Peer Review. Conference on College Composition and Communication. St. Louis, MO.

March 2012.
Intergenerational Consubstantiality and the It Gets Better Project. National Communication

AssociationLGBTQ Communication Studies Division. New Orleans, LA. November 2011.

Incendiary Discourse: Reconsidering Flaming, Authority, and Deliberative Democracy in Computer-

mediated Communication. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Louisville,

KY. March 2010.

Invited Lectures, Presentations, and Workshops (selected)

WID Camp One: Introduction to Writing in the Disciplines, or Content vs. Writing. TALE Center.

Bloomsburg, PA. February 2016.
WID Camp Two: Disciplinary Writing: Abilities and Desired Characteristics. TALE Center. Bloomsburg,

PA. March 2016.

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WID Camp Three: Disciplinary Writing in the Classroom and Beyond. TALE Center. Bloomsburg, PA.

April 2016.
Faculty/Student Mentorship. College of Liberal Arts Research and Creative Activities Day. Bloomsburg,

PA. April 2016.
Creating Engaging Presentations. College of Liberal Arts Research and Creative Activities Day.

Bloomsburg, PA. April 2016.
Listening Language in the Writing Classroom. Communication Day. Bloomsburg, PA. March 2016.
What It Is Like to Be New. Panelist. New Faculty Institute. Bloomsburg, PA. August 2016.
Generating WAC/WID/WIC/WEC Action Plans: Strategies for Advancing Writing Through Faculty

Development. Workshop. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Houston, TX.

April 2016.
TALE Book ClubThey Say / I Say moderator/facilitator. Bloomsburg, PA. February 2015.
Conducting Virtual Peer Review: Time Saving Tips and Best Practices TALE Center. Bloomsburg, PA.

October 2014.

Service
PROFESSION
XChanges
Review Board

Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics
Peer Reviewer for submitted MS

Journal of Student Success in Writing
Editorial Board Member
Peer Reviewer for submitted MS

International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference
Conference Planning Committee (2013-2014)
Proposal Reviewer (2013, 2015)

College Composition and Communication
Queer Caucus Standing Group
o Treasurer (Elected 2015; Reelected 2016)
Stage I Reviewer for Convention on College Composition and Communication (2015, 2016, 2017)
M@Cs Mentor for graduate students (2015)

National Communication Association
Proposal Reviewer (2015)
o Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division
o Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Communication Studies Division

UNIVERSITY
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg University Curriculum Committee
o LACC Representative (2015-present)
TALE Ambassador
o English Department Representative (2015-present)
LGBTQA Commission
o Advocacy Committee
o Mid-Atlantic LGBTQA Conference Committee (2014-present)
Forensics Coach for Bloomsburg University Forensics Team (2014-present)

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COLLEGE
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
College of Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee (Elected for 2015-2017)

DEPARTMENT
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Department Search Committee (2015-present)
Creative Writing/Assessment/Awards Committee (2014-present)
o Developed Proposal for Award for Excellence in Foundations of Writing
Professional Writing Major Committee (AY 2014-2015)

COMMUNITY
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Equality Non-Discrimination (END) Leadership Team (2014-2015)

Professional Affiliations

Rhetoric Society of America

National Council of Teachers of English
o College Composition and Communication