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About Janine Morris

Janine Morris, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Writing and Communication in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Nova Southeastern University. She is the Graduate Student Coordinator for the Write from the Start Writing and Communication Center and the Department of Writing and Communication’s Alumni Relations Manager. She earned her Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature with a specialization in Composition and Rhetoric (along with a graduate certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) from the University of Cincinnati in 2016.

She has presented at national and regional conferences and her work has been published in Pedagogy, College English Association (CEA) Critic, Computers and Composition, Composition Studies, and Community Literacy Journal. She was an editorial assistant for Composition Studies (2014-2016), and is a reviewer for Composition Studies, Peitho, and Queen City Writers. She is currently the Florida state representative for the Southeastern Writing Center Association.

Dr. Morris is co-PI of a cross-institutional study of online first-year writing student backgrounds and expectations, supported by a 2017 Conference on College Composition and Communication Research Initiative Grant. The research team also includes Catrina Mitchum, Ph.D., University of Arizona, Marcela Hebbard, M.A., University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and Kevin DePew, Ph.D., Old Dominion University.

Positions

2017 - Present Faculty Coordinator, Nova Southeastern University ‐ NSU Write from the Start Writing and Communication Center
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2016 - Present Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University ‐ Halmos College of Arts and Sciences - Department of Communications, Media, and the Arts
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2011 - 2016 Faculty Member, University of Cincinnati
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2012 - 2013 Assistant to the Writing Program Administrator, University of Cincinnati
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2009 - 2010 Teaching Assistant, University of Windsor
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Curriculum Vitae

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2014 - Present Member, CCCC Taskforce on Developing a Database of Writing Programs
2014 - Present Member, Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition
2009 - Present Member, Conference on College Composition and Communication
2009 - Present Member, National Council of Teachers of English
Present Reviewer, Composition Studies, Peitho, and Queen City Writers
Present Florida State Representative, Southeastern Writing Center Association
2014 - 2016 Editorial Assistant, Composition Studies
2014 - 2015 Member, UC Libraries Digital Humanities/Digital Scholarship Initiative Group, University of Cincinnati
2013 - 2014 Member, IT Governance, E-learning Committee, University of Cincinnati
2012 - 2014 Member, Composition Advisory Committee, University of Cincinnati
2012 - 2014 Member, Graduate Student Governance Association Research Award Review Committee, University of Cincinnati
2012 - 2014 English Department Representative, Graduate Student Governance Association, University of Cincinnati
2013 Conference Co-chair, Being Undisciplined: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
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Honors and Awards

  • (2015) Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Cincinnati, McMicken College of Arts and Sciences

Courses

  • COMP 1000: Basic Writing
  • COMP 1500: College Writing
  • COMP 2000: Advanced College Writing
  • WRIT 2100: Introduction to Professional Writing
  • WRIT 4000: Writing for Technologies
  • WRIT 5110: Writing Science
  • WRIT 5340: Studies in Multimodality and Digital Media
  • WRIT 5650: Rhetorical Criticism

Education

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2016 Ph.D., English and Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati
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2010 MA, English Language and Literature, University of Windsor
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2008 B.A., English Language and Literature, University of Windsor
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Contact Information

(954) 262-3008

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Books and Book Contributions (4)

Articles (17)

White Paper (1)

Presentations (61)