Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Department of English
8088 Haley Center
Auburn University, AL 36849
(334) 844-9085
sidlema@auburn.edu
Education
Ph.D. English, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN May 1998
M.A. English, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN August 1993
B.A. English with Honors, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA May 1991
Computers and Composition Distinguished Book Award 2008 for Computers in the
Composition Classroom (Co-edited with Richard Morris and Elizabeth Overman Smith)
Co-Principal Investigator: Ethics of the Nanoscale. National Science Foundation Grant
(2006-present)
Sponsor, Auburn University General Fund for Equipment (2007, competitive award of
$130,000 for two wireless notebook classrooms)
Sponsor, Auburn University Breeden Grant for Teaching (2007, competitive award of
$2,000 for composition training)
Graduate Faculty Appreciation Award, English Graduate Organization (2002-3)
Humanities Grant, Auburn University (Summer 2004)
Competitive Research Grant, Auburn University (Summer 2002)
Penn State Research Development Grant (Spring 2000)
Penn State Research Development Grant (Summer 1999)
Teaching Experience
Courses Taught
Concepts of Nanoscience (Co-taught along with 10 other faculty as part of an NSF grant)
Studies in Composition: Computers and Composition (graduate level)
Rhetorical Theory and Practice (graduate level)
English Composition: Approaches and Issues (graduate level)
Topics in Technical and Professional Communication: Biotechnology (graduate level)
Technology, Literacy, and Culture
Topics in Language Study: Computers and Writing
Technical Writing
English Composition I and II
Administration
Auburn University
Publications
Edited Collection
Journal Articles
“Bio-Pedagogy: Genetic Literacy and Feminist Learning.” Feminist Teacher 19 (2009): 216-
226.
“Web Research and Genres in Online Databases: When the Glossy Page
Disappears.” Computers and Composition 19 (2002): 57-70.
Book Chapters
“Playing Scavenger and Gazer with Scientific Discourse: Opportunities and Ethics for
Online Research.” Digital Writing Research: Technologies, Methodologies, and Ethical
Issues. Eds. Dànielle Nicole DeVoss and Heidi McKee. Hampton Press, 2007.
“Living in McJobdom: Third Wave Feminism and the New Economic Inequity.”
Third Wave Agenda. Eds. Jennifer Drake and Leslie Heywood. Minneapolis:
Un. of Minnesota P (1998): 25-39.
(Reprinted in Women’s Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings, 2nd
ed. Eds. Susan Shaw and Janet Lee. New York: MacGraw-Hill, 2004.
Teaching Workshops
“Making Scientific Waves: The Rising Tide of Genetics and Online Discourse.” College
Composition and Communication Conference. San Francisco, CA. March, 2009 (Co-
presented with Natasha Jones).
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“From Slide Rules to Simulation: The Old and New Work of Scientists.” Thomas R. Watson
Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. Louisville, KY. October, 2008.
“The Rhetoric of Technology Training: Faculty Development with Open Source and
Commercial Software.” Computers and Writing Conference. Athens, GA. May 2008.
“Visual Literacy and the Emerging Sciences: Composing Reality at the Nanoscale.” College
Composition and Communication. New Orleans, LA. March 2008.
“Lemons into Lemonade: Readying Ourselves for CLA, NSSE, and other National
Institutional Assessment Programs.” Writing Program Administrators Conference.
Tempe, AZ. July 2007.
Academic Service
National
Member, CCCC Committee on Professional Visibility and Databases, 2009-present
Reviewer, National Science Foundation NUE Grant proposals, 2008-present
Reviewer, College Composition and Communication, 2009
Reviewer, Technical Communication Quarterly, 2008-present
Reviewer, Composition Forum, 2002
Proposal Reviewer, Computers and Writing Conference, 2009
State
Section Chair, Section XII: Bioethics and History/Philosophy of Science
University
Core Curriculum Oversight Committee, Co-Chair, 2009-present
Core Curriculum Oversight Committee, Member, 2009
Littleton-Franklin Lecture Committee, 2007-present
Department
Composition Committee, Chair 2006-present
Rhetoric and Composition Faculty Search Committee, Chair, 2007-2008; 2009-2010
Ad Hoc Committee on Promotion and Tenure Guidelines, Member, 2009
Ad Hoc Committee on Writing Studies, Member, 2009
Executive Committee of Program Coordinators, Chair 2008-2009
Undergraduate Academic Advisor, 2001-2009
Composition Committee, Member, 2001-2006
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Current Committees
Completed Committees
Professional Memberships