Carolyn Handa
Professor of English
Faculty Member: Composition, Rhetoric & English Studies (CRES) Program
Ph.D., UCLA
M.A., San Francisco State University
110 Morgan
(205) 348-8498
cphanda@UA.edu
Specializations:
Visual and Digital Rhetoric; Computers and Composition; Composition Pedagogy;
Basic and Developmental Writing; Writing Program Administration;
Contemporary American Poetry
Teaching:
University of Alabama:
English 512, Computers and Writing
English 532, Approaches to Teaching Composition (Pedagogy)
English 534, Composition Practicum
English 639, Special Topics in Rhet/Comp: Basic and Developmental Writing
English 639, Special Topics in Rhet/Comp: Visual and Digital Rhetoric
English 652, Theories of Teaching Composition
English 309, Advanced Expository Writing (Fall 2008)
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville:
English 554, Composition Pedagogy;
English 558, Practicum in the Teaching of Writing;
English 574, Teaching Basic and Developmental Writing;
English 581, Topics in Teaching English: Visual and Digital Rhetoric;
English 597, Special Studies in Composition;
English 203, Studies in Poetry;
English 111, Introduction to Literature;
English 102, English Composition;
English 101, English Composition;
Academic Development 092, Basic Writing
Recent Publications:
Edited Books:
Discord and Direction: the Postmodern WPA. With Sharon James McGee. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, September 2005.
Visual Rhetoric in a Digital World: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's Press, 2004.
Guest-Edited Journals
Computers and Composition 18:2 (June 2001).
Computers and Composition 18:1 (March 2001).
Chapters in Books
"Mirror, Mirror on the Web: Visual Depiction, Identity, and the Writing Program." In
Discord and Direction: The Postmodern WPA.
"Introduction: Postmodernity and Writing Programs." With Sharon James McGee. In
Discord and Direction: The Postmodern WPA.
"Teaching with the World Wide Web: Transforming Theory, Pedagogy, and Practice."
Teaching Writing with Computers: An Introduction. Ed. Pamela Takayoshi and
Brian Huot. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
"Xenes Glosses: Literacy and Cultural Implications of the Web for Greece." With Aliki
Dragona. Global Literacies and the World-Wide Web. Ed. Gail E. Hawisher and
Cynthia L. Selfe. London: Routledge, 2000. 52-69.
Reviews
Review of Spinuzzi, Clay. Tracing Genres Through Organizations: A Sociocultural Approach to Information Design.
Journal of Business & Technical Communication 20:1 (January 2006).
Inspiration and Admiration:
826 Valencia: Dave Eggers' Writing Center.
Rhetorica Inc.: Richard Lanham / Rhetorica Inc.
Johnny Chung Lee at TED: Johnny Lee and the Wii Remote Digital Whiteboard.
Mike Rose Books: Mike Rose's Homepage.
Okaydave: Dave Werner's Portfolio 2006.
CV:
Curriculum
Vitae (PDF)