Curriculum Vitae
Fall 2014
LauraAnne Carroll-Adler
www-rcf.usc.edu/~lauraana/
Education:
Ph.D., English, University of Southern California, 2000
Dissertation Title:
The Female Example in Renaissance English Literature:
Rhetoric, Narrative, and the Construction of Gender
Fields of concentration: Renaissance, Rhetoric and Composition, Gender Studies.
M.A., English, UCLA, 1987
B.A., English, UCLA, 1982
Professional Activities and Service
Proposal Review/Stage I Reviewer for CCCC 2015 in Tampa, FL.
Contributor, CCCC 2013 Reviews, 2014 Reviews-- Kairos
Contributor, “Practical Poet,” for the TWI Memorial Issue for Ross Winterowd, Dec 2011.
Conference Panel Moderator
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IWAC, June 2014, for panel on “Theorizing WAC Contexts”
CCCC, March 2014, for panels on “CopyCats: Open-Source Approaches to Plagiarism” and
“Openings in Approaches to Teaching Writing with Technology”
CCCC, March 2013, for panel on “Sustainability, Food Justice, and Biocentric Rhetoric”
IWAC, June 2012, for panel on “Creating Effective Writers: How Writing Fellows can Support
Transfer Students.”
CCCC, April 2008, for panel on “Negotiating Teacher Preparation and Teaching Identities.”
Social Media Correspondent, CCCC 2014.
Editorial Board, The Writing Instructor, 1993-96.
Screened submissions for publication for graduate student journal. Participated in board meetings on
planning and designing issues for the journal.
Selected and edited articles and wrote introductory “Letter” for two issues:
 Searching for Literacy
 Who Reads This Stuff, Anyway?: Audience and Composition Instruction
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Conference Papers Presented
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University/Writing Program Service:
Undergraduate Writing Conference, Judge and Moderator, Professional Writing Spring 2014.
Undergraduate Writing Conference, Judge, Creative Writing, Spring 2011
Undergraduate Writing Conference, Moderator, Spring 2008, Spring 2010.
Facilitator, Mid-semester evaluations for incoming Assistant Lecturers, Fall 2009.
Reader, Writing Program Critical Reasoning Studies, 2005-2006, 2009-2010.
Meeting with SAAS tutors to discuss 095 students, Spring 2008
Committee Work
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Personnel Committee, 2012-2013.
Publications Committee, Spring 2011
Professional Development Committee, Spring 2011
Merit Review Committee, Fall 2008
Served on Committee to develop a summer program for at-risk students in writing and reading to
prepare at-risk students for college level work—Fall 2005
Faculty Advisory Committee, 2005-2006, 2007-2008
Professional Development Courses and Programs Attended
Center for Excellence in Teaching, University of Southern California
“Using Writing to Assess Critical Reasoning,” Jan. 2011.
“Creating Assignments that Matter,” March 2011.
“Active Learning,” Sept. 2012.
“Going Old School: Using the Chalkboard Effectively for Teaching and Learning,” Feb. 2013.
“CET-CST Joint Event - Leveraging the Web: Social Media for Students and Scholars,” Feb 2014.
USC Center for Scholarly Technology
Annual Teaching with Technology Conferences, May 2011, May 2012, May 2014.
California State University, Long Beach, English Department
The Role of Rhetoric and Social (and other) Media in 21st Century Universities. Workshop presented by
Prof. Andrea Lunsford and Norton Publishers. October 2012
Institute of Teaching and Learning, College of the Canyons.
Education 088 and 090--Weekend and online courses covering the basics of technology use in the
classroom (EDU 088) and online teaching strategies (EDU 090).
Community Service
Judge, History Day LA
Evaluated essay submissions and interviewed students for a city-wide history contest for Junior and
Senior high school students (yearly event in March; have participated every year since 1997)
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