Bruce Bowles Jr.E-mail: [email protected] Cellie: (704) 685-2612EducationPh. D. in English, The Florida State University (expected graduation date—Spring 2016)• Major Area: Rhetoric and Composition • Minor Area: Writing Assessment • Dissertation: Taken Out of Context?: Examining the Influence of Context on Teachers’ Written Responses to Student Writing—Through student interviews and discourse analysis, my dissertation explores how students articulate the ways assignment descriptions, student/teacher interactions, and grading materials help them interpret and use teachers’ written commentary. Since the three contextual factors are primarily text-based, the study examines how these classroom texts—what I call (con)texts—may potentially inform our response practices. Using this approach, a new model for response scholarship is created, one that moves beyond focusing on the written comment in isolation to understand the complex dynamic of response.The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, M.A. in English (May 2012)May 2005—B. A. in Literature, The Richard Stockton College of New JerseyResearchPublications: Accepted. “The Five-Paragraph Theme and Standardized Testing.” “The Devil’s (Advocate) is in the Details: Exploring Both Sides of an Argument.-Conference Presentations:-Taken Out of Context?: Examining the Influence of Context on Teachers’ Written Responses to Student Writing.” Conference on College Composition and Communication—Writing Strategies for Action“Working with Graduate Students: Different Clients, Different Practice?” International Writing Centers Association Conference—Writing Center (r)Evolutions, Pittsburgh, PA (October 2015)“Moneyball Writing Assessment.”
