Dylan B. Dryer
University of Maine
Address:
Dylan B. Dryer
Assistant Professor of English
5752 Neville Hall, Room 301
Orono, Maine 04469-5752
U.S.A.
Office Telephone: (207) 581-3825
E-mail: dylan.dryer@umit.maine.edu
***Office Hours for Spring 2009: Tuesdays from 8:00 to 9:00,
Thursdays from 2:00 to 3:30.***
Courses Taught:
ENG 101: College Composition
ENG 212: Persuasive and Analytical Writing
ENG 301: Advanced Composition
Education:
Ph.D. in Composition & Rhetoric, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
M.A.(R) in Literature, Saint Louis University
B.A. in English, Rhodes College
Publications:
1. "An ‘Unconventional’ Textbook: Re-Working Pedagogy in the Self-Reflective Classroom." In the instructor's guide to Bruce Horner and Min-Zhan Lu's rhetoric "Writing Conventions."
2. "Genre Uptake and Program Reform," WPA: Writing Program Administration 31.3 (Spring 2008): 32-51.
Recent National and Regional Conference Presentations:
“Taking Up Teaching: Genre-Affiliations and the Work of TA Training.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, March 2009.
“On Going Big (and How): A Dialectic of Assessment Plans and Institutional Realities” (in collaboration with Dr. Scott Warnock of Drexel University) Conference of Writing Program Administrators, Denver, CO, July 2008.
“Composing Citizens: Comprehensive City Planning and the Uptake of Participatory Genres” Conference on College Composition and Communication, New Orleans, LA, April 2008.
“When ‘That’s the Way It Is,’ Isn’t Enough: A Rhetorical Strategy for Keeping Space Visible” Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, NY, March 2007.
“Situated Bodies in Institutional Narratives: On Space as a Discursive Resource” Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, Louisville, KY, October 2006.
“A Basic Writing Alternative as Institutional Critique” Conference of Writing Program Administrators, Chattanooga, TN, July 2006
“On Re-reading Archival Research as Artifact” Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, Milwaukee, WI, February 2006.
“What Our Students Can Teach Us about Language in the Academy” Midwest Modern Language Association, Milwaukee, WI, November 2005.
"'Place' as Noun and Verb: Creating a Third Space for Basic Writers at UWM” Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA, March 2005.
“Situating Discursive-Resource Theory” Midwest Writing Center Association, Saint Cloud, MN, November 2004.
“Can the Online Student Speak?” Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio, TX, March 2004.
“On Considering the “Absence” of “Critical Inquiry” an “Error” Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, IL, November 2003.
University Workshop Presentations:
Invited Speaker, “Being a Teaching Assistant” (in collaboration with Dr. Jeffery St. John); Graduate Teaching Assistant Orientation, University of Maine, August 27th, 2008.
Guest Lecture, “Designing Visual Arguments” Engineering 101, Drexel University, November 7th, 2007.
Invited Speaker, “On Getting What You Ask For: Assignment Design and Curricular Interventions” University Writing Program Faculty Forum Series, Drexel University, October 17th, 2007.
Invited Speaker, “Designing Writing Assignments to Enhance Critical Thinking” Center for Instructional and Professional Development, Freshman Seminar Retreat, UWM July 2005.
Invited Speaker, “New Instructor Orientation” Center for Instructional and Professional Development, Summer GTA Orientation, August 2004, 2005.
Invited Speaker, Workshop for Online Teachers, Fall 2004.
Membership:
I'm a member of CCCC and WPA, and serve on the Steering Committee for the WPA's Network for Media Action.
Research Interests:
My research interests include genre theory, writing pedagogy and program administration, institutional document-cycling practices, and the rhetorical construction of land-use management practices.