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Genevieve García de Müeller
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
1201 University Dr
Edinburg, TX 78539
ELABS 207
PUBLICATIONS
“Race, Silence, and Writing Program Administration: A Qualitative Study of U.S. College
Writing Programs.” With Iris Ruiz. WPA Journal, vol 40, no 1, 2017.
“Inviting Students to Determine for Themselves What it Means to Write Across the
Disciplines.” With Brian Hendrickson. WAC Journal, vol 27, 2016, 74-93.
“Digital DREAMS: The Rhetorical Power of Online Resources for DREAM Act Activists” in
Linguistically Diverse Immigrant and Resident Wrtiers: Transitions from High School to
College, Ed by Todd Ruecker and Christina Ortmeier-Hooper. Routledge, 2016
“WPA and the New Civil Rights Movement.” WPA Journal, vol. 39, no. 1, 2016.
Submitted
““Don't give me bullshit”: Constructing a Framework of Response to Fake News” with
Randall Monty
In Process
Shifting Landscapes: The Deliberative Rhetoric of Citizenship in U.S. Immigration Policy.
Book proposal accepted by Utah State University Press with a manuscript deadline of
August 2018 for review and contract
EDUCATION
2015 PhD in English University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Emphasis in Rhetoric and Writing
2006 Masters in Literature with Distinction University of Essex Colchester, Essex, England
Contemporary Feminist Literature and Performance
2004 Bachelor of Arts in Theatre University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Performance
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
2015 - Current Assistant Professor, Writing and Language Studies,
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
2013-2014 Graduate Assistant Transnational Latino Studies Program UNM
2011-2015 Teaching Assistant English Department UNM
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant University of New Mexico, 2011 - 2015
Engl 101: Introduction to College Writing
Online Eng 101: Introduction to College Writing
Engl 102: Analysis & Argument
Engl 102: Analysis & Argument | Freshman Learning Community course linked w/ Theatre Appreciation
Engl 120: Analysis & Argument | Freshman Learning Community course linked w/ Business Ethics
Engl 101: Analysis & Argument | Freshman Learning Community course linked w/ Introduction to Linguistics
Engl 220: Expository Writing | Independently designed course entitled “Civil Rights Rhetoric and Expository Composition”
Co- teaching and tutoring University of New Mexico
Portfolio Rescue Workshops: Winter Intersession 2013-2014
Assistant Professor University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2015-present
Undergraduate Courses
Survey of Rhetorical History and Theory
Composition History and Pedagogy
Applied Discourse Analysis
Graduate Courses
Introduction to Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy Studies
Civil Rights Rhetoric: Immigration and Undocumented Students
Composition Theory
Rhetoric and Composition Research Methods
PRESENTATIONS
National
Contributor, Research Network Forum, “Pulling Up Our Bootstraps: Narratives of the Effects of
Under-Representation of Latina WPAs on Latina Graduate Students” Rhetoric Society of
America Conference, Philadelphia, PA, May, 2012
Panel Presenter, “Why Mentorship Matters to Us: A Discussion of the Effects of
(Under)Representation of Faculty of Color on Junior WPAs ” Council of Writing Program
Administrator Albuquerque, NM, July, 2012
Contributor, Research Network Forum, “Pulling Up Our Bootstraps: Narratives of the Effects of
Under-Representation of Latina WPAs on Latina Graduate Students” College Composition
and Communication Conference, Las Vegas, NV, March, 2013
Panel Presenter, “The Intellectual Work of Civic Engagement: An Unauthorized
Autobiography” Council of Writing Program Administrator, Savannah, GA July, 2013
Panel Presenter, “Multilingual Writers and the Ruling Voice: Constructions of Race, Ethnicity,
and Citizenship in the DREAM Act” College Composition and Communication Conference,
Indianapolis, IN March, 2014
Invited Presenter, “The Importance of a People of Color Caucus in the Council of Writing
Program Administrators” Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference,
Executive Board Meeting, Normal, IL June 2014
Panel Presenter, “Strategies to Talk about Race and Racism with Graduate Students of Color,”
Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, Boise, ID 2015
Panel Presenter, “Transcultural Linguistic Migration: Migrant Activist Genres as a Mode of
Rhetorical Transfer” CCCC, Houston, TX, March 2016
Panel Presenter, “(Trans)Linguistic Migrations: Fostering Antiassimilationist Models in WPA
Work” CCCC, Portland, OR, March 2017
Panel Presenter, “Pulling Up Our Bootstraps: The Challenge of Culturally Attuned Mentorship
and the Under-Representation of Latinas as WPAs.” CWPA Annual Conference, Knoxville,
TN July, 2017
Regional
Panel Chair, “The Power of Literacy: Reading, Writing, & Living as a Community.” With
Genevieve Garcia de Mueller, Melissa Jameson, Kate O’Donnell, & Rebecca Sherry.
Albuquerque Cultural Conference. Albuquerque, NM, Aug 2011.
Panel Presenter, “Practicing What We Teach: Community-Based Assessment for the Community-
Based Classroom.” Panel. “Playing with Fire: Civil Disobedience & the Critical Acquisition
of Academic Discourse.” With Genevieve Garcia de Mueller. Two-Year College Association
Southwest Conference. Las Cruces, NM, Oct 2012.
Panel Presenter, Writing the World Symposium. April 2013. Panel Presentation/Roundtable led
by Dr. Juan Guerra. “Opening Remarks of Past, Present, and Future WACommunities
Leaders.”
Panel Presenter, Writing the World Symposium, April, 2014. Panel Presentation “Civil Rights
Rhetoric.”
Invited Lectures
Guest Lecturer on Chicana Rhetoric(s), Dr. Michelle Hall Kells Chicano Ecology Graduate
Course, UNM, March 2014
Keynote with Christine Garcia, NCTE Cultivating New Voices Seminar, 2017
Invited Workshops
Villanueva and Smitherman Writing Retreat – Stanford University, 2016
RESEARCH AND TRAVEL GRANT
University of Central Florida Internal Grant, with Natasha Jones - $7,500
UTRGV Internal Seed Grant Money, group grant headed by Alyssa Cavazos - $16,000
CCCC Research Initiative, with Iris Ruiz, 2016 - $10,000
Department of English Language & Literature, University of New Mexico October 2012 -$200.00
Department of English Language & Literature, University of New Mexico May 2014 -
$700.00
SCHOLARSHIPS
Vicente Ximenes Scholarship in Public Rhetoric & Community Literacy, Rhetoric & WritingProgram, Department of English Language & Literature, University of New Mexico | Aug2012 - $1,000.00
Nominated: Susan Deese-Roberts Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 2013
FELLOWSHIPS
Writing Fellow, Writing-Intensive Learning Community (WILC) Pilot Project, College ofArts & Sciences,
University of New Mexico | Jan 2012 - May 2013
o Develop learning outcomes for WILC Pilot Project | Spring - Summer 2012
o Pilot (as participating WILC instructor) learning outcomes for WILC Pilot Project | Fall 2012
o Assess WILC Pilot Project based on outcomes | Spring 2014
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Albuquerque Community Writing Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, | NM Dec 2010 - Present
Advisory Board | Dec 2010 - Present
Co-Director | Sep 2011 - May 2012
Writing Coach | Sep 2011 - Present
Event Organizer National Consortium of Writing Across Communities | May 2011 - July2012
Organizer: Inaugural Summit, Santa Fe, NM | July 2012
Chair: Writing Across Communities Alliance, University of New Mexico | September 2011 -
May 2012
Co-Grant Writer: + $20,000 in One-Time Matching Grants for WAC Alliance Initiatives
Contributor: Writing Communities 2012-2013 Newsletter
Steering Committees:
Celebration of Student Writing | 31 Oct 2011
Writing the World Symposium: An Interdisciplinary Conversation on Literacy,
Ecology & Social Justice | 18-20 Apr 2012
Secretary, Rhetoric and Writing Student and Faculty Forum 2011-2012
Secretary, Diversity Council Curriculum Sub Committee
Council of Writing Program Administrators Diversity Task Force 2012-2014
Proposal Reviewer, College Composition and Communication Conference
Writing Program Certificate of Excellence Selection Committee 2014
Founder and Chair, Council of Writing Program Administration People of Color Caucus
Ad-hoc reviewer, Reflections Journal 2014-present
Proposal Reviewer, College Composition and Communication Conference Scholar for the Dream Award Selection Committee 2017
Ad-hoc reviewer, Crosspol Journal 2017-present
Executive Board Member CWPA, 2017- Present
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
National Council of Teachers of English | May 2006 - Present
National Consortium of Writing Across Communities | May 2011 - Present
National Council of Writing Program Administrators | Sep 2011 - Present
Rhetoric Society of America | Oct 2010 - Present
Writing Across Communities Alliance, University of New Mexico | Sep 2010 – Present
College Composition and Communications Latino Caucus March 2014-present
National Council of Writing Program Administrators People of Color Caucus | July 2014-
present
REFERENCES
Michelle Hall-Kells, Associate Professor, English Department, University of New Mexico
Jaime Mejia, Associate Professor, Rhetoric, Composition, and Chicano/a Literature, Texas
State University, jm31@txstate.edu
Todd Ruecker, Assistant Professor, English Department, University of New Mexico,