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About Kelly A. Myers

Dr. Kelly Myers started at Boise State University as a Visiting Assistant Professor in 2013 and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Writing Studies. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in argument, nonfiction and creative nonfiction writing, and rhetorical theories, and her research explores the role of emotion and transformation in the ancient Greek concepts of kairos and metanoia (opportunity/missed opportunity). In recent articles, Dr. Myers applied the kairos and metanoia partnership to rhetorical theory and writing processes. After completing her Ph.D. at the University of Arizona, she accepted a postdoctoral fellowship, followed by a lectureship, at Stanford University. At Stanford, she taught courses on rhetoric and sports (including women in sports, Olympic rhetoric, and the science of sports). In addition, she developed the Voices of Champions writing project with the Stanford Athletic Department and created wheelchair basketball clinics with the Residential Education program. Dr. Myers is the faculty mentor for The Ethos Project, a student-run organization and annual symposium event at Boise State that focuses on undergraduate student voices. The Ethos Project highlights the engagement and passion of students from across disciplines and creates a space for collaboration that bridges the campus and local community.

Positions

2016 - Present Associate Professor, Boise State University Department of Writing Studies
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2013 - 2016 Visiting Assistant Professor, Boise State University
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2011 - 2013 Lecturer, Stanford University ‐ Program in Writing and Rhetoric
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2010 - 2013 Resident Fellow, Stanford University ‐ Department of Residential Education
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2008 - 2011 Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow, Standford Universtiy ‐ Program in Writing and Rhetoric
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Curriculum Vitae



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Honors and Awards

  • 2012 - Most Influential Stanford Faculty Member, Stanford University
  • Spring 2012 - Kneupper Award for best article, Rhetoric Society Quarterly
  • Spring 2015 - Outstanding Faculty Award, Department of English, Boise State University
  • Spring 2016 - Golden Apple Teaching Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Boise State University

Education

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2008 Ph.D. - Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English, University of Arizona
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2002 M.A. - Literature, University of New Hampshire
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1999 B.A. - English, Saint Mary's College of California
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Articles (3)

Books (2)

Contributions to Books (2)

Conference Presentations (4)