Category: Designs

  • "Poetry & Song: The Process of Composing"

    citation Designer. (2001). Poetry & Song: The Process of Composing [Website]. http://www.hu.mtu.edu/oldsites/poemandsong abstract The Poetry and Song website showcases the relationship between the written word and song. Featuring renowned writer and keyboardist Bill Payne from the group Little Feat, this site lets you explore how professionals approach the craft of songwriting. Payne shares his original…

  • "Technobabe Times"

    citation Designer. (2003–04). Technobabe Times [Newsletter]. Michigan Technological University. abstract I was the newsletter designer for this print publication. The newsletter was an on-campus and community feminist publication for women and men who worked with technology, distributing local and national news and local opinions and information about women’s causes such as health care and equality.…

  • "C Literary Magazine"

    citation Production Manager. (2003–04). C Literary Magazine. Michigan Technological University. abstract I started this 64-page, perfect-bound undergraduate literary magazine to publish winners from the campus’s annual undergraduate literary contest. Students in my Publications and Information Management (HU 3630) class created the magazine’s title and design and performed basic editing on the collection. I supervised their…

  • "Synopsis"

    citation Designer/Editor. (2005–06). Synopsis. Utah State University. [2006 Winner of STC Newsletter competition]. abstract Synopsis is the print newsletter for Utah State University’s student chapter of  the Society for Technical Communication. I edited and directed the newsletter design as interim faculty advisor for the group. accompanying materials not available/closed-access

  • "Sound in/as Compositional Space" [Video]

    citation Designer/Producer. (2006). Sound in/as compositional space [Video + website]. Computers and Composition Online. http://www.bgsu.edu/cconline/sound abstract I designed this website and introductory video for the Sound special issue in C&C Online, which I guest-edited (with Byron Hawk). The video is a 2-minute mash-up/remix of the webtexts contained in the special issue and serves as our…

  • "Dr. Cheryl E. Ball: Tenure & Promotion Portfolio"

    citation Designer/Author. (2006–present). Dr. Cheryl E. Ball: Tenure & Promotion Portfolio. https://ceball.com abstract This digital portfolio, which uses the WordPress blogging platform as its technological base, has been specifically designed (using an author-modified, open-source WordPress template) to host a living version of my CV for access by my tenure readers, students, and readers in my…

  • "Constructing a Tool for Assessing Scholarly Webtexts"

    citation Designer. (2007). For Allison Warner [Author], Constructing a tool for assessing scholarly webtexts. Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy, 12(1). http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/12.1/binder.html?topoi/warner/index.html abstract This webtext presents a tool for assessing the scholarly value of online journal publications. It is part of a larger study that uses Kairos webtexts to investigate the scholarly nature of online texts. The…

  • "On a Digital Tenure Portfolio"

    citation Writer/Producer. (2009, March 31). On a Digital Tenure Portfolio [Video]. First presented at 2009 Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJJER7diM6c abstract This short movie argues for presenting my tenure materials digitally and outlines the following research questions that are relevant to a digital portfolio and multimodal scholarship: How can tenure…

  • "English Studies: Redbird Style!"

    citation Producer. (2009, September 25). English studies: Redbird style! [Promotional video]. Presented at Executive-in-Residence Forum, English Department, Illinois State University. abstract This 6-minute promotional video was filmed by several faculty and staff members in the English Department at Illinois State University to showcase the variety of disciplines that “English Studies” covers. I coordinated filming assignments,…

  • "Graphical Coda: Tales from the Editorial Life"

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