2015 - Present | Assistant Professor, Rhetoric and Composition, San Jose State University ‐ Department of English and Comparative Literature | |
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2015 - Present | Assistant Writing Program Administrator, San Jose State University | |
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2012 - 2015 | Core Faculty, UNT-NUML Partnership to Enhance English, Linguistics, Literature, and Teaching, University of North Texas ‐ UNT-NUML | |
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2011 - 2015 | Assistant Professor, Rhetoric and Writing, University of North Texas ‐ Department of English | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2018 - 2019 | Rhetoric and Demagoguery |
Office of Research, San José State University | |
Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activity Grant | |
$2,225 | |
2017 - 2018 | 2nd Annual Education for Liberation Conference |
College of Humanities & Arts, San José State University | |
Artistic Excellence Programming Grant | |
Colleague(s): Jennifer Johnson | |
$7,500 | |
2017 - 2018 | Bureaucracy: Object Lesson |
College of Humanities & Arts, San José State University | |
Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activity Grant | |
2017 - 2018 | Bureaucracy: Object Lesson |
Emeritus & Retired Faculty Association (ERFA), San José State University | |
Faculty Research & Creative Activity Award | |
$2,500 | |
2017 - 2018 | Faking the News: What Rhetoric Can Teach Us About Donald J. Trump |
Sybil Weir/John Galm | |
Sybil Weir/John Galm Endowment Award, | |
$2,500 | |
2017 - 2018 | Reinventing (with) Theory in Rhetoric & Writing Studies |
College of Humanities & Arts, San José State University | |
Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activity Grant | |
$5,000 | |
2017 | Mapping the Digital in Rhetoric & Composition: An Empirical & Historical Study of the Forces that Shape Investment in Emergent Technologies |
Conference on College Composition & Communication | |
Emergent Research/er Grant | |
Colleague(s): Dawn S. Opel, principal investigator | |
$9,876.89 | |
2017 | Rediscovering Literacy Education in Post-Reconstruction Normal Schools |
Office of Research, San José State University | |
Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activity Grant | |
$5,000 | |
2016 - 2017 | Mapping the History of ‘The Digital’ in Rhetoric & Writing Studies |
Emeritus & Retired Faculty Association (ERFA), San José State University | |
Faculty Research & Creative Activity Award | |
$2,500 | |
2016 - 2017 | Teaching with Engaging & Affordable Materials (TEAM) Grant |
Affordable Learning Solutions & the Center for Faculty Development, San José State University | |
$1,500 | |
2016 | CCCC Summer Regional Conference |
College of Humanities & Arts, San José State University | |
Signature Event Grant | |
Colleague(s): Cindy Baer | |
$7,500 | |
2016 | Making Spaces for Diverse Writing Practice |
Conference on College Composition & Communication | |
Colleague(s): Cindy Baer | |
$7,000 | |
2016 | Toward a Working Theory of Institutional Rhetorics |
Office of Research, San José State University | |
Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activity Grant | |
$5,000 | |
2014 | Bureaucracy & the Organization of Knowledge |
Mellon Foundation | |
Colleague(s): Gabriel Cervantes, Dahlia Porter, & Kelly Wisecup | |
$4,000 | |
2014 | Bureaucracy & the Organization of Knowledge |
University of North Texas College of Arts & Science, English, History, & Honors College | |
Colleague(s): Gabriel Cervantes, Dahlia Porter, & Kelly Wisecup | |
$2,750 | |
2013 | Institutionalizing Tenure: Institutional Rhetorics in American Higher Education |
University of North Texas | |
Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship | |
$5,000 | |
2012 | Conceding Composition: Rhetoric, Writing, & Higher Education’s Credentials |
University of North Texas | |
Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship | |
$5,000 | |
2012 | Harvard, Again: Reading Articulation & Accreditation in Composition’s History |
University of North Texas | |
University of North Texas Small Grant | |
$1,500 | |
2010 - 2011 | University Graduate Dissertation Completion Fellowship |
Arizona State University |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2017 - Present | Review Editor, "Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric in Society" | 2017 - Present | Mentor, Council of Writing Program Administrators Mentor Match Program | 2017 - Present | Directed Self-Placement Committee, San José State University | 2016 - Present | Policy Committee, San José State University | 2016 - Present | Graduate Committee, San José State University | 2015 - Present | Writing Requirements Committee, San José State University | 2015 - Present | Composition Committee, San José State University | 2014 - Present | Editorial Board Member, "Enculturation" | 2014 - Present | Editorial Board Member, "NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry" | 2018 | Educate for Engagement Innovation Strategic Planning Taskforce, San José State University | 2018 | James Phelan Award Judge, Graduate Critical Essay, San José State University | 2017 - 2018 | Conference Chair Member, 2nd Annual Education for Liberation Conference, San José State University | 2016 - 2018 | Research Committee, San José State University | 2016 - 2017 | Conference Chair Member, College Composition & Communication Regional Summer Conference, San José State University | 2016 - 2017 | Written Communication Core Competency Assessment Group, San José State University | 2015 - 2017 | English Credential Program Candidate Interviews, San José State University | 2016 | Writing Program Orientation Representative, San José State University | 2015 - 2016 | ENGL 100A / WST Subcommittee, San José State University | 2013 - 2015 | University Writing Committee, University of North Texas |
Honors and Awards
- 2015 - Theresa J. Enos Anniversary Award for the best essay published in "Rhetoric Review"
- 2015 - Commendation for Pedagogical Use of Special Collections, “Bureaucracy: A Love Story,” Friends of the UNT Libraries Board
- 2014 - Recognized Teacher, UNT’s “Thank a Teacher” Program
- 2012 - Recognized Teacher, UNT’s “Thank a Teacher” Program
- 2008 - ASU Devils’ Advocates Apple Polisher Award for Teaching Excellence (ASU)
- 2007 - Nominee, Nathan O. Freeman Award for Outstanding Graduate Student (CSUN)
- 2006 - Mitchell Marcus Prize for Distinguished Graduate Student in English (CSUN)
- 2006 - Nominee, President’s Associates Outstanding Graduate Student Award (CSUN)
Courses
2011 | PhD, Arizona State University ‐ English | |
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2007 | MA, California State University, Northridge ‐ English | |
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2001 | BA, University of California, Santa Barbara ‐ English (Minor: History) | |
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Links
Contact Information
Ryan Skinnell
Assistant Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature
San José State University
408-924-4207