Kristi Lynn Morris

Plymouth, Michigan 48170 | 

(313) 655-5723 | aj8067@wayne.edu | kristimorris521@gmail.com

Education

ph.d | 2019-present | Wayne state university

·     Concentration: Rhetoric and Writing Studies

·     Digital Dissertation Title: “Focusing into Design and Blurring out Traditional Writing”

o www.DesigningFYC.com under development

o Scheduled defense August 2024

·     4.0 Cumulative GPA

MA of teaching in secondary education | December 2010 | Wayne state university

·     Major: English, Minor: History

BA | December 2000 | university of michigan-Dearborn

·     Major: Art History, Minor: English

Research & Professional Experience

gta | 2019-Current | Wayne state university

·     ENG 1020: Introduction to College Writing

o First Year Interest Group section (Nursing) Fall 2022

·     ENG 3010: Intermediate College Writing

·    ENG 3020: Writing & Community

·    ENG 3050: Technical Communication I

research assistant | 2021-22| wayne state university

·     Dr. Adrienne Jankens, University Research Award

o Transcribed interviews (Otter AI software)

o Practiced interview protocols with principal investigator through role-play scenarios

o Coded and analyzed qualitative data

 

secondary teacher | 2010-2015| dearborn public school district

·     Language Arts 1 & 2

·     Language Arts 3 & 4

·     Language Arts 5 & 6

·     Honors Language Arts 1 & 2

·     Honors Language Arts 5 & 6

·     Advanced Placement Language and Rhetoric

Skills & Abilities

leadership & service

·     Composition Learning Community, Wayne State University, 2019-present

o Collaborated with peer mentors to create community-based learning environment

o Developed student-mentor videos to illustrate CLC benefits during Student Showcase

o Planned, publicized and participated in biannual Student Showcase

o Designed collaborative project to highlight student reflections from Cass Technical High School students (ENG 3020 Writing & Community partnership Fall 2023)

·     Women’s Rhetoric and Composition Club, Wayne State University, 2020-present

o Facilitated theory-based discussions of scholarship amongst peers

o Attended professionalization events including discussions on being a woman in academia, a panel on developing job application materials, and a presentation on boundary setting

·     Composition Curriculum Committee, English Department, Wayne State University, 2020-2022

·     Mentoring & Professional Development Committee, Wayne State University, 2021-present

o   Mentored 4 first-year graduate students through their instruction of ENG 1020

o   Contributed theme-based session ideas for annual GTA orientation planning

·     9th Grade Academy Lead Teacher at Fordson High School, 2013-2014

o  Developed testing for 9th Grade Honors sections at Fordson High School, 2013-2014

o  Delivered data and professional consulting to Dearborn Public School District, Board of Education meeting, 2013

curriculum development

·     English Department Composition Subcommittee. Wayne State University.

2022-2023

o Redesigned Common Syllabus for Introduction to College Writing

 

SCHOLARSHIP

·     “Trying on New Roles in a Mentoring Moment,” Webtext under review 2024, Composition Forum, co-authored with Dr. Adrienne Jankens.

 

PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS

National

·     “Critiquing Sustainability of DEI Initiatives: Investigating the Rhetorical Impacts of the Graduate Student WPAs’ and Graduate Instructors’ Work.” With Colleen Hart, Carly Braxton and Jessica Ridgeway. Rhetoric Society of America, Denver, May 2024.

·     “A Design-Focused Approach to First-Year Composition.” Modern Language Association Conference, Philadelphia, January 2024.

·     “Closing Up Literacy Gaps: Digital Natives and Blending Cultures.” With Nicole Guinot Varty and Ruth Boeder. Conference on College Composition and Communication, virtual, February 2021.

 

 

 

 

Regional

·     “Familiar Situations and Stranger Things: Multimodal Composing with Purpose.” WaynePop Pop Culture Conference, Wayne State University, October 2023.

·     “Outside the Class and Inside the Student: Designing Valuable Multimodal Projects.” With Nicole Guinot Varty and Christopher Susak.  Teaching of Writing Conference, Wayne State University, March 2023.

 

Institutional

·     “Scaffolding Toward the Remixed Argument in ENG 1020.” Mentoring & Professional Development Committee Workshop, Wayne State University, November 2023.

·     “Remixed Argument Project and User-Testing.” Guest lecture ENG 7850, Wayne State University, October 2023.

·     “Labor-Based Grading.” With Joe Torok. GTA Orientation, Wayne State University, August 2023.

·     “Designing Valuable Multimodal Projects.” Guest lecture ENG 7064, Wayne State University, March 2023.

·     “Using a Multimodal Framework in ENG 1020.” Guest lecture ENG 7065, Wayne State University, September 2022.

·     “Multimodal Instruction.” Mentoring & Professional Development Committee Workshop, Wayne State University, Fall 2022.

·      “Feedback Methods: Best Practices for Online Teaching.” With Elia Hohauser-Thatcher and Amy Latawiec. Mentoring & Professional Development Committee Workshop, Wayne State University, Fall 2021.

·     “Work Life Balance Talk,” With Elia Hohauser-Thatcher and Suzette Bristol. GTA Orientation, Wayne State University, August, 2021.

·     “Reading and Writing: Breaking it Down.” With Bernadette Kelly. Mentoring & Professional Development Committee Workshop, Wayne State University, Winter 2020.

 

AWARDS

·     Garrett T. Heberlein Excellence in Teaching Award, Wayne State University, 2024

·     Doretta Burke Sheill Endowed Memorial Scholarship, Wayne State University, 2023

·     Summer 2023 Dissertation Award, Wayne State University Graduate School

·     Garrett T. Heberlein Excellence in Teaching Award, Wayne State University, nominee 2023

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP

·     National Council of Teachers of English, 2022-present

·     Modern Language Association, 2023-present

·     Rhetoric Society of America, 2024