CV: CV

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

University of South Carolina, Ph.D.

English, Rhetoric & Composition

Dissertation: "Track-Two [T2] Diplomacy & Rhetoric - Words replacing War

Dissertation Director: Dr. Erik Doxtader

Committee: Dr. John Muckelbauer, Dr. Gina Ercolina, Dr. Byron Hawk, and Dr. Doug Thompson

Graduate Certificate in Women’s & Gender Studies, 2022

Certificate Mentors: Dr. Drucilla K. Barker & Dr. Stephanie Y. Mitchem

University of Maine, B.A., 2017

English, Highest Honors, Summa Cum Laude

University of Maine, B.A., 2017

Philosophy, Highest Honors, Summa Cum Laude

Honors Thesis: “Illiteracy as Immanent: The (Re)Writing of Rhetoric’s Nature”

Advisor & Thesis Director: Dr. Nathan Stormer

Committee: Dr. Bridie McGreavy, Dr. Kirsten Jacobson, Dr. Melissa Ladenheim, and Dr. Michael Howard

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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Midlands Technical College - English Faculty: 2023 - present

University of South Carolina - English Instructor: 2017-2023

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ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2023 - Present: Phi Theta Kappa [PTK] - Faculty Advisor

Midlands Technical College

2021 – Present: English & Writing Tutor

Midlands Technical College / Academic Success Center

Meet daily with students who need assistance at any stage of the writing process.
Write post-conference reports detailing the session.
Assist the Director with events promoting the ASC and the services we offer to students.

2019 – Present: AP English Language and Composition Grader

The College Board

Over the course of a week graded 500 AP English exams given annually to high school students.
Coordinated with a table leader and a half-dozen other graders as a ‘table’ to grade well over 2000 exams.
Met virtually with team members to calibrate and make daily goals for grading.

2022-2023: Graduate Teaching Assistant

University of South Carolina / Women's & Gender Studies Program

Help grade assignments in and out of class;
Assist students with any questions;
Carry out any tasks as directed by the WGST Professor.

2019 – 2020: Rhetoric Writing Assessment Specialist

OnRamps @ the University of Texas at Austin

Provide timely and thoughtful feedback on college research, analysis, and revision essays.
Grade upwards of 20 students per section.

2019 – 2020: Assistant Director of the Writing Center

University of South Carolina

Train new writing center tutors.
Plan and implement workshops.
Hold office hours every week.
Plan the academic year for the writing center with the director.
Create advertisements and PR for the writing center.

2018 – 2023: English Instructor

English Dept., University of South Carolina

Taught and graded up to 24 first-year students a semester in ENGL 101 or ENGL 102.
Lesson planned for every class and responded to student email in a timely fashion.
Held office hours every week and met with students when asked or when necessary.

2017 – 2018: Teaching Assistant

English Dept., University of South Carolina

Graded 40 students for a semester.
Led discussions, wrote weekly critical reading questions.
Helped construct and write the syllabus for the class and the syllabus for the three other TAs in the class.

2016 – 2017: Literacy Volunteer

Literacy Volunteers of Bangor

Trained as an English Language Learner Tutor after successfully completing a 12-hour training.
Meet weekly with a tutee and practice conversational English, English comprehension, and English literacy.
Volunteer at and attend literacy workshops and training.

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BOOK REVIEWS

Review of The Force of Nonviolence: The Ethical in the Political, by Dr. Judith Butler, Security Dialogue, 2020, https://blogs.prio.org/SecurityDialogue/2020/09/book-review-the-force-of nonviolence-the-ethical-in-the-political/.

Review of The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies, by Dr. Tiffany Lethabo King, The Black Scholar, 2022, 52(1), 86-89.

Review of Ecologies of Harm: Rhetorics of Violence in the United States, by Dr. Megan Eatman, Rhetoric Review, 40(4), 2022, 425-432.

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SELECT PUBLICATIONS

2024: Interlocuter. "Failure Growing Beautiful, by Claire V. Houle, Instructional Ecology, Spring 2024, Midlands Technical College's Center for Teaching Excellence, 2024. Podcast, szn. 4, ep. 12.

2023: Contributor. “A Hoot in the Dark: The Evolution of General Rhetoric,” by George A. Kennedy. The Carolina Rhetoric. Spring 2023, ed., Macmillan, 2023.

2022: Cortez, José Manuel, and M.J. Kennedy (2022) “Uncommonplaces of Rhetoric.” Philosophy & Rhetoric, 55(1), 97-104.

2022: Contributor. “Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place,” by bell hooks. The Carolina Rhetoric. Fall 2022, ed., Macmillan, 2022.

2021: Contributor. “Stasis.” The Carolina Rhetoric. Spring 2021, ed., Macmillan, 2021.

2021: Contributor. “Arrangement.” The Carolina Rhetoric. Spring 2021, ed., Macmillan, 2021.

2021: Kennedy, M.J. (2020) “Books of Interest.” Philosophy & Rhetoric, 54(4), 482-488.

2020: Kennedy, M.J. (2020) “On Breath and Blackness: Living and Dying in the Wake

of the Virus.” Philosophy & Rhetoric, 53(3), 286-292.

2020: Contributor. “Introduction and Discussion Questions for “The Grave of Susan B. Anthony. The Carolina Reader. Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 ed., Macmillan, 2020.

2020: Kennedy, M.J., and Mark Schaukowitch. (2020) “Books of Interest.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 53(2), 199-205.

2020: Kennedy, M.J., and Mark Schaukowitch. (2020) “Books of Interest.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 53(1), 104-110.

2019: “ Multiple Literacies and Manifold Publics: A Potential Relationship Between Critical Pedagogy and (Counter)-Publics”

The Writing Instructor, September.

2019: Kennedy, M.J., and Mark Schaukowitch. (2019) “Books of Interest.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 52(4), 437-444.

2019: Kennedy, M.J., and Mark Schaukowitch. (2019) “Books of Interest.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 52(3), 330-335.

2019: Kennedy, M.J., and Mark Schaukowitch. (2019) “Books of Interest.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 52(2), 196-200.

2019: Kennedy, M.J., and Mark Schaukowitch. (2019) “Books of Interest.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 52(1), 98-104.

2018: Kennedy, M.J., and Mark Schaukowitch. (2018) “Books of Interest.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 51(3), 321-326.

2018: Kennedy, M.J., and Mark Schaukowitch. (2018) “Books of Interest.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 51(2), 212-216.

2018: Kennedy, M.J., and Mark Schaukowitch. (2018) “Books of Interest.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 51(1), 98-104.

2017: “Illiteracy as Immanent: The (Re)Writing of Rhetoric’s Nature”

The Maine Journal, video recording. (Spring 2017)

2017: “Writing Outward: Pedagogy and Communication as the Basis for Cosmopolitanism”

Fresh Philosophy, February.

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AWARDS

2025: Paragon Award for New Advisors, Phi Theta Kappa - Carolinas Region

2017: Departmental Fellowship, Department of English, University of South Carolina (Awarded: $2000 for 3 years)

2016: Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Maine (Awarded: $1000)

2016: Harvey A. Hanscom Scholarship (Awarded: $500)

2015: Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society, University of Maine Chapter

2015: Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, University of Maine Chapter

2015: Frederick W. and Marianne Hill Scholarship (Awarded: $500)

2014: Southern Maine Executive Club of UMaine Scholarship (Awarded: $250)

2013: Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society, University of Maine Chapter

2013: Phi Sigma Tau International Philosophy Honor Society, University of Maine Chapter

2012: Scholar-Athlete Award, University of Maine

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SELECT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2024: “Coming into Being in Speech with in-Breaths & out-Breaths: The Turning Tropes of the Space & Time for Peace"

21st Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference [RSA], Denver, Colorado, May.

2023: “The Oslo Spirit as a Rhetorical Function of the Moral Imagination: or, How the Human Dimension of Negotiation is Cultivated by Moral Persuasion and the Philosophy of the Symbol”

109th Annual National Communication Association Convention [NCA], National Harbor, Maryland, November.

2022: “The Rhetorical Definition and Negotiation of Peace: An Inquiry into the Oslo Accords and Words that Resist War”

20th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference [RSA], Baltimore, Maryland, May.

2022: Chair – Panel: “Teaching Rhetoric/Supporting Writing Instruction in a (Post-)Pandemic World”

20th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference [RSA], Baltimore, Maryland, May.

2022: “The Limits, Locales, and Lacunae of (Il)Literacy”

Conference on College Composition & Communication [CCCC], Chicago, Illinois, March.

2020: Chair – Panel: “Writing Amid Difficult Emotions, Trauma, and a Noising World”

Conference on College Composition & Communication [CCCC], Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March. (Cancelled due to COVID-19)

2020: Qualitative Research Network Participant: “Toward Crisis as a Commonplace: Composition in the Age of Cynicism, Speed, and Violence”

Conference on College Composition & Communication [CCCC], Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March.

(Cancelled due to COVID-19)

2020: “(Im)mobility as Tactic: Ana Maria Archila and Maria Gallagher’s Truths, and the Liberian Women’s Initiative”

19th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference [RSA], Portland, Oregon, May.

(Cancelled due to COVID-19)

2020: “‘So, to be clear, this is not a concession speech’: Stacey Abrams’s Physics of Hospitality and a New Poetics”

19th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference [RSA], Portland, Oregon, May.

(Cancelled due to COVID-19)

2020: Chair – Panel: “Language, Place, and Community”

Carolina Rhetoric Conference [CRC], Columbia, South Carolina, February.

2019: “Toward a Crisis Composition (Pedagogy): Or, How to Attend to Cynicism, Speed, and Violence (With)in Post-Process”

Carolina Rhetoric Conference [CRC], Raleigh, North Carolina, April.

2018: “Rhetorical Reconciliation as Affective Eco-Attunement”

Capacious Conference: Affective Inquiry/Making Space, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, August.

2018: “The Powerslam: A Rhetorical Analysis of Wrestling as Pure-Movement”

18th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference [RSA], Minneapolis, Minnesota, June.

2018: “Multiple Literacies and Rhetorical Invention: Mapping Singular Rhythms, Orientations, and Deflections”

18th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference [RSA], Minneapolis, Minnesota, June.

2018: “Multiple Literacies and Manifold Publics: Mapping Singular Rhythms, Orientations, and Deflections.

Carolina Rhetoric Conference [CRC], Clemson, South Carolina, February.

2017: “Illiteracy as Immanent: The (Re)Writing of Rhetoric’s Nature”

CUGR (Center for Undergraduate Research) Student Research Symposium, Bangor, Maine, April.

2017: “Writing Outward: Pedagogy and Communication as the Basis for Cosmopolitanism”

28th Annual Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium Undergraduate Conference,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March.

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NATIONAL WORKSHOPS

“Rhetorical Ethics in an Unjust World.” Led by Dr. Diane Davis and Dr. Nathan Stormer. 9th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute [RSA]. Syracuse, NY (Virtual.) May 24-28, 2021. [Unable to attend – Covid].

“Cultural Politics & Activism.” Led by Dr. Lisa Corrigan and Dr. Abraham Khan. 9th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute [RSA]. Syracuse, NY (Virtual.) May 24-28, 2021. [Unable to attend – Covid].

“Becoming Human in Anti-Racist Social Protest in Digital and Embodied Publics.” Led by Dr. Kristan Poirot and Dr. Armond R. Towns. 8th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute [RSA]. University of Maryland. College Park, MD. June 3-8, 2019.

“Rhetoric, Migration, & Mobility.” Led by Dr. Lisa Flores and Dr. Leslie Harris. 8th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute [RSA]. University of Maryland. College Park, MD. June 3-8, 2019.

CAMPUS TALKS

“The Revision Process.” Rhetoric/Writing Tutor, Midlands Technical College, October 2022.

“Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism.” Rhetoric/Writing Tutor, Midlands Technical College, October 2022.

“Sentence Structure & Grammar.” Rhetoric/Writing Tutor, Midlands Technical College, October 2022.

“Thesis Building.” Rhetoric/Writing Tutor, Midlands Technical College, October 2022.

“The Writing Process.” Rhetoric/Writing Tutor, Midlands Technical College, October 2022.

“The Art of Proofreading.” Rhetoric/Writing Tutor, Midlands Technical College, September 2022.

“Habits of Successful College Students.” Rhetoric/Writing Tutor, Midlands Technical College, September 2022.

“Research-Based Writing: An Introduction to the Writing Center.” Invited Speaker, University of South Carolina, November 2019.

SERVICE

Faculty Advisor, Phi Theta Kappa [Midlands Technical College]. 2023-Present

English 101/102 Committee (member), English Department [Midlands Technical College]. 2024-Present

Writing Concentration Committee (member), English Department [Midlands Technical College]. 2024-Present

JOURNAL APPOINTMENTS

Editorial Assistant, Philosophy & Rhetoric. 2017-Present

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

2019 - Present: Proud Member of the United Campus Workers of South Carolina; UCW-SC, Local 3765

2017 – 2022: RSA @ USC, Webmaster Liaison, University of South Carolina

2016 – 2017: Volunteer, Literacy Volunteers of Bangor

2015 – 2017: Student Discussion Leader, Philosophy Across the Ages, Orono High School

2016 – 2017: Member of the University of Maine Humanities Collaboration

2015-2016: Volunteer with CISV Maine, CISV International

2015-2016: Member of Best Buddies International, University of Maine

2014-2016: Member of the Philosophy Club, University of Maine

2011-2016: Member, Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, University of Maine

2011-2013: Student Senator, University of Maine Undergraduate Student Senate

2011-2012: University of Maine Student-Athlete, University of Maine Track & Field

Division I Winter & Spring Track

SCHOLARLY INTERESTS

Rhetorical Theory
Critical/Queer Phenomenology
Black Studies & Black Feminism
International Relations
Performance Philosophy/Studies
Peace & Reconciliation Studies
Critical Theory & Continental Philosophy
Women’s & Gender Studies
Political Theory
Theology
Existentialism
Human Rights

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Rhetoric Society of America
National Communication Association
Association for Economic and Social Analysis

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Teaching Towards Inclusive Excellent Certificate of completion (The Center for Teaching Excellence and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the UofSC)

Judge for FYE at UofSC Grace Hagood Downs Award (Multimodal)

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CLASSES TAUGHT

Midlands Technical College (as full-time faculty):

COL 105: College Skills for the Schools of English & Humanities and Social & Behavioral Sciences
ENG 010: Studio English
ENG 101: English & Rhetoric & Composition, pt. I
ENG 102: English & Rhetoric & Composition, pt. II
ENG 160: Technical Communications
ENG 165: Professional Communications
ENG 260: Advanced Technical Writing

University of South Carolina (as an Instructor/Grader):

ENGL 101: Critical Reading and Composition
ENGL 102: Rhetoric and Composition
ENGL 463: Business Writing

University of South Carolina (as a Teaching Assistant/Grader):

GRAD 701: Writing Center Staff Development
ENGL 282: Understanding the Holocaust through Literature and Film
WGST 113: Women's Health

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