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Email and Web: rumseys@ipfw.edu | http://users.ipfw.edu/rumseys/
Ph.D. Critical Studies in Literacy and Pedagogy; Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (2006)
Dissertation title: Multimodal Discourse and Heritage Literacy Practices
Dissertation committee: Ellen Cushman (chair); Malea Powell; Marilyn Wilson; Julie Lindquist
Coursework completed: May 2005 (GPA: 3.86)
Comprehensive exams completed: July 2005 (High Pass)
Core: Critical Studies in Literacy and Pedagogy
Concentration: Digital Rhetoric
M.A. Critical Studies in the Teaching of English; Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (2002)
Core: Literacy Pedagogy and Theory
B.A. English (Writing Track) Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN, (2000)
Research and Teaching Interests
Literacy studies; heritage and cultural rhetorics; multimodality; multiliteracies pedagogy; computer/technology and digital literacies; writing in the disciplines or WAC; inter- and intra-generational meaning making; faith-based literacy practices; and basic writing.
Publications
Devoss, D.N., Durding, J., Eyman, D., Flory, K., Haas, A., McLeod, M., O’Neil, C., Ridolfo, J., Rife, M. Rumsey, S.K., Sheffield, S., & Urbain, T. (DigiRhet.net). “Teaching Digital Rhetoric: Community, Critical Engagement, and Application” Pedagogy 6.2, 2006.
Rumsey, S.K. “Heritage Literacy: Adoption, Adaptation, and Alienation of Multimodal Literacy Tools” CCC, forthcoming February, 2009.
Rumsey, S.K. "Cooking, Recipes, and Work Ethic: Passage of a Heritage Literacy Practice" Journal of Literacy and Technology, forthcoming 2009.
Work in Progress
Rumsey, S. K. Heritage Literacy: Adoption, Adaptation, and Alienation of Multimodal Literacy Tools (Book prospectus under review)
Cushman, E. and Rumsey, S.K. "Metamedia" (to be submitted to Written Communication by 10/09) Rumsey, S.K. "Family History and Service Learning: A Prototype in Community Building" (research underway, CCCC 2009 Presentation)
Rumsey, S.K. "Genealogy as methodology: an argument for validation" (research underway)
Recent Honors
2009 Awarded Summer Faculty Research Grant, IPFW
2009 Awarded Indiana Campus Compact Scholarship of Engagement Faculty Grant
2007 Awarded Mobile Teaching Environment (MTE) laptop grant
2006 Winner of Graduate School Dissertation Completion Merit Fellowship
2005 Core and Comprehensive Exams, Passed with distinction
2002 Michigan State University graduate, summa cum laude
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