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ADAM STRANTZ, PHD @adamstrantz on Twitter

Department of English 301 S.
Patterson Ave. Oxford, OH 45056

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Miami University, Oxford OH (Fall 2016 – present)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Professional Writing (Fall 2016 – present)
Instructor – Interactive Media Studies (spring 2018)
Purdue University, West Lafayette IN (Fall 2009 – Summer 2016)
Assistant Director of Technology, Professional Writing (Summer 2013 – Summer 2016)
Introductory Composition at Purdue Technology Mentor (Fall 2012 – Spring 2014)
Graduate Instructor (Fall 2009 – Spring 2016)

EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in English (August 2016)
Purdue University
Primary Area: Rhetoric and Composition
Secondary Areas: Professional Writing
Rhetoric, Technology, and Digital Writing
Dissertation: “Wayfinding Localized Research Practices through Mobile Technology”
Committee: Michael Salvo (chair), Patricia Sullivan, Jenny Bay, Samantha Blackmon
Master of Arts in English, August 2011
Purdue University
Primary Area: Rhetoric and Composition
Committee: Patricia Sullivan (chair), Thomas Rickert, Michael Salvo
Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing, May 2008
Purdue University
Minor in Computer and Information Technology
Minor in History

PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed
Strantz, Adam. “Embedded Access: Using Scalable Vector Graphics to Design Accessible Data
Visualizations” Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy special issue on data
visualization (in print)

Strantz, Adam. “Designing a Lab for Mobile User Experience through NFC-tagged Documentation”
SIGDOC (conference proceedings) September 2016.
http://sigdoc.acm.org/conference/2016/papers

Strantz, Adam. “Wayfinding in Global Contexts—Mapping Localized Research Practices with

Mobile Devices”
Computers and Composition 38.2 December 2015.
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Strantz, Adam. “Globalizing Technical Communication Research through Digital Mapping”

SIGDOC (conference proceedings) September 2015.
http://sigdoc.acm.org/conference/2015/papers

Salvo, Michael, and Adam Strantz. “Wayfinding Big Data in Technical Communication”
Intercom. Volume 62, issue 3. March 2015.
http://intercom.stc.org/2015/04/wayfinding-big-data-in-technical-communication

Salvo, Michael, and Adam Strantz. “Interview with Maxine Dodds”

Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy 19.1 Fall 2014.
http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/19.1/interviews/salvo-stranz/index.html

Strantz, Adam, and Cody Reimer. “Crowdsourced Dataveillance: Reddit, Doxxing, Viral
Communication, and the Boston Bomber Manhunt.”
Itineration. ISSN 2169-561X May 2014.
http://tundra.csd.sc.edu/itineration/crowdsource

Strantz, Adam. “Tomato, Tom(ah)to; Let’s Call the Whole Thing ‘Core’: Moving Beyond Theories
and Practices of Hardcore and Casual Games and Gamers”
Games, Learning, and Society 8.0 (conference Proceedings) November 2012.

Editorially reviewed
Strantz, Adam. Review: “The Mobile Story: Narrative Practices with Locative Technologies”
Communication Design Quarterly 4-3 September 2016.

Legg, Emily, and Adam Strantz. “Where Composition Goes to Work: A Digital Archive of the
Public Face of 4Cs”
Pearson Project Emerging Pedagogies Research and Travel Grant. 2013.

Works in-Progress
Wayfinding as Rhetorical Practice: research and design with mobile technologies (monograph-in-progress)

“Anonymity, power, and the platform: Reddit algorithms and the managing of media crises”
(for Enculturation)

An Indigenous Examination of UXD Failure with Emily Legg (for edited collection)

“Using big data visualization for assessment and job placement in Professional Writing” (for TCQ)

SCHOLARSHIP
Digital Rhetoric and Design Presentations
“Data Visualization Best Practices using R and Adobe Illustrator” (workshop)
SIGDOC, Milwaukee, WI. 2018

“I’m surprised that this hasn’t happened before”: An Indigenous Examination of UXD Failure
During the Hawai’i Missile False Alarm”
SIGDOC, Milwaukee, WI. 2018
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“Designing a Lab for Mobile User Experience through NFC-tagged Documentation”

SIGDOC, Arlington, VA. 2016

“Presumed Ubiquity & Tangible Networks: The Materiality of TechnoRhetorical Work”

Computers and Writing, Madison Wisconsin-Stout. 2015.

“Flexible Fixity: Avenues for Change Through Hidden Networks and Locality”
Computers and Writing, Washington State University. 2014.

“Augmented Reality, augmented writing: Student-mapped Research with AR”

Computers and Writing, Frostburg State University. 2013.

“Cloud Composition: Collaborative Writing and Research with Mobile Devices”

Networked Humanities, University of Kentucky. 2013.

“The TOWN Project: Student-Driven Collaborative Learning through Social Media”

CCCC Computer Connection, St. Louis, MO. 2012.
“Working Towards a Student-Centered Internet Research Ethics”
CCCC, Atlanta, GA. 2011.

Professional and Technical Communication Presentations

“Listening with Our Students: Storytelling and Visualization as Decolonial Praxis in Technical
Writing Pedagogies”
ATTW, Portland, OR. 2017

Round Table on Experience Architecture as Technical and Scientific Communication

CPTSC (moderator), Utah State University. 2015.

“Globalizing Technical Communication Research through Digital Mapping”

SIGDOC (international conference), Limerick, Ireland. 2015.

“Mobile Student Work Practices in the Study Abroad Class”

ATTW, Tampa, FL (Poster Presentation). 2015.

“Placemaking” with Mobile Tools in Study Abroad

CPTSC, Colorado State University. 2014.

“Humangineering: Bridging Disciplinary Gaps through Collaborative Technology”

ATTW, St. Louis, MO. 2012.

Game Studies Presentations

“Press X to Teach: Games as Means and Methodology in the Composition Classroom”
(Workshop) with – Samantha Blackmon and Emily Legg
Computers and Writing, Frostburg State University. 2013.

“Social Upheaval, Mass Hysteria, and Blurring Barriers: When MMOs Go Free-To-Play”
Games, Learning, and Society, University of Wisconsin.
“Professional Writing in the Field: Mobile Technology and Student Research”
Computers and Writing, North Carolina State University. 2012.
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“Scribblenauts: Invention and Discovery in a Game Discourse Community”

Computers & Writing, Purdue University. 2010.

Invited Talks
“Not all those who wander are lost: Wayfinding and Localized Knowledges”
Invited by SIGDOC chair Dr. Liza Potts
Ignite-Talk at SIGDOC in Limerick, Ireland. 2015.

“Research Methods with Mobile Technology”

Invited by Dr. Patricia Sullivan
Graduate Seminar Professional Writing Theory. 2014.

“Using Mobile Technology in the Writing Classroom”

Invited by Dr. Michael Salvo
Graduate Seminar Computers in Language and Rhetoric. 2013.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
GRADUATE COURSES IN RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION – INSTRUCTOR
“Teaching with technology” ENGL 505t Purdue University (4 sections)
As a component of the year-long course mentoring new graduate students on how to teach
introductory composition, the technology mentor teaches a companion course on using technology
in the classroom. I taught each of the five mentor groups (of eight graduate students) weekly on
how to incorporate technology into assignments, discussions, and classroom practices. These
topics included visual rhetoric and new media theory, photo manipulation, audio/video
tools, writing with mobile devices, web design, social media, and game theory.

VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN – INSTRUCTOR

“Design Principles Applied” IMS 254 Miami University (1 section)
In Design Principles Applied students study the principles of good design paired with production of
a number of well-designed documents. For my course I chose the broad theme of “accessibility” and
students pulled from sources on design thinking, universal design, and disability studies to create
user-centered projects.
Projects include: visual formstorming, infographics, accessibility product teardown + redesigns,
and a digital portfolio and showcase presentation
Technologies covered: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator,

“Visual Rhetoric” ENG/IMS 411/511 Miami University (9 sections)

This course covers design theories, principles, and techniques for visual communication. Students
in the course explore how mediums, genres, text, images, layout, color, and typefaces can contribute
to persuasive and effective visual works. Additionally, with the inclusion of service-learning print
design project, students study universal design and designing for accessibility in a campus
environment.
Projects include: Infographics, instructions and documentation, service-learning print document
design, and creating interactive big data visualizations.
Technologies covered: Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver. Charts.js,
D3.js, R+, and Tableau Public.
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“Digital Writing and Rhetoric” ENG/IMS 224. Miami University (6 sections)

In Digital Writing and Rhetoric students study the academic importance of digital spaces through
analysis, writing, and design. Student projects include creating infographics, podcasts, and video
essays centered around a sustained examination of a current issue or topic.
Projects include: proposals, data visualization projects, podcasts, and video essays.
Technologies covered: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Audacity, Garageband, iMovie, and
Windows Movie Maker.

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WRITING – INSTRUCTOR

“Multimedia Writing” ENGL 419 Purdue University (2 sections)
Interdisciplinary course consisting of computer graphics and professional writing majors. The course
broadly covers writing with multimedia and new media, and I designed a “Writing with Mobile
Technology” focused course that tasked students with composing through mobile devices. Students
examined networked writing practices, studied local communities, and programmed their own mobile
applications for research and usability testing within those communities.
Projects include: Network visualization, reports, instructions and documentation, usability testing,
Android application development.
Technologies covered: Adobe Photoshop, and InDesign. jQuery Mobile, Android Developer Studio.

“Introduction to Professional Writing” ENGL 306 Purdue University (2 sections)

This course is the theoretical introduction to the Professional Writing major for undergraduates.
Students learn the history of professional/technical communication, study rhetoric and ethics, and
explore what it means to be a professional writer. My version of the course included projects on
current topics in the field such as fair use, new media, ethics, and technology; using big data and
job listings to categorize the field; and conducting a workplace study and interview with a current
professional/technical writer.
Projects include: Technical ethnography, report on professional writing key concepts, workplace
site study and interview of professional writer.
Technologies covered: Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Dreamweaver.

“Technical Writing” ENGL 421 Purdue University (2 sections)

In this course technology, engineering, and sciences students (primarily) learn the basics of technical
writing for use in their future workplaces. My students studied rhetorical theory, ethics, and the history
of technical communication.
Projects include: Technical description, instructions and documentation, and workplace-focused
site study.

“Business Writing” ENGL 420 Purdue University (1 section)

Course for management, engineering, and sciences students. Students create writing projects
focused on workplace communication.
Projects include: Job documents, proposal, white paper, memo, and elevator pitch.

ONLINE PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WRITING – INSTRUCTOR

“Digital Writing and Rhetoric Online” ENG/IMS 224 Miami University (2 sections)
Distance version of the Digital Writing and Rhetoric course. As the instructor I kept in contact with
students regularly to work one-on-one on their projects. I also created video lectures, work guides,
and tutorials to help students master the technologies needed to create the products in the course.
Projects include: proposals, data visualization projects, podcasts, and video essays.
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Technologies covered: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Audacity, Garageband, iMovie, and
Windows Movie Maker.

“Technical Writing Online” ENGL 421y Purdue University (3 sections)

Distance education version of the Technical Writing course. As the instructor I made pedagogical
videos and guides, led online discussion blogs, and kept in consistent email communication with the
students to encourage participation and engagement with the course.
Projects include: Technical description, instructions and documentation, and workplace-focused
site study.

“Business Writing Online” ENGL 420y Purdue University (1 section)

Distance education version of the Business Writing course. As the instructor I
worked closely with students to help them create job documents, instructional materials, and
proposals for use within the context of their workplace or field.
Projects include: Job documents, proposal, white paper, memo,
and elevator pitch.

INTRODUCTORY COMPOSITION – INSTRUCTOR

“Digital Rhetorics” ENGL 106 Purdue University (4 sections)
This syllabus approach focuses on digital rhetoric and the current ways that students are
composing, including technology, access, literacies, game/play theory, and copyright/open-source
issues. In my version of the course students studied new media and digital production to create
user-focused writing projects. Students created video essays, public service proposals, digital archive
websites, writing wikis, infographics, and video game rhetorical analysis projects.

“Rhetorical Situations/Real Texts” ENGL 106 Purdue University (2 sections)

In RS/RT my students focused on genres, analyzing texts, and composing through rhetorical
appeals to logos, pathos, and ethos. Students worked on rhetorical analysis papers, proposals,
evaluations, narratives, rebuttals, portfolios, and research papers.

GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOPS – DISCUSSION LEADER

Professional Writing Preparatory Workshops
Fall 2013: Types of Projects Produced in Professional Writing Classes
Fall 2013: New Professional Writing Instructor Technology Overview

Purdue Writing Lab Brown Bag Workshops

Spring 2012: Teaching Web Design in Introductory Composition
Spring 2012: Creating Digital Portfolios as Graduate Students

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
Proficiencies
Standards-based web design including HTML, CSS, and XML
Programming including Javascript, jQuery, and PHP
Data visualization software: R, D3.js, Charts.js, Tableau Public
Mobile Development with Java, jQuery Mobile, and Android Developer Studio
Geotagging and Mapping using GPS, Open Street Maps, and Google Maps
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher)
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Adobe Design Suite (Photoshop, Indesign, Dreamweaver, Illustrator)

Content Management Systems Administration (Drupal, Wordpress)

Introduced new instructors to these technologies as a technology mentor:

Teaching in a computer lab Recording Audio

Plagiarism Concerns and Technology Creating/Assessing Multimedia Assignments
Electronic Research and Documentation Infographics and Data Visualization
Visual Rhetoric and Visual Literacy Creating Digital Portfolios
Introduction to Adobe InDesign Composing with Mobile Devices
Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons Composing with Twitter
Working with Photoshop Intro to Game Theory
Making Videos: iMovie and WMM ESL and Technology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Grant-funded projects
Purdue Research Foundation Summer Grant - $3,200 awarded (Summer 2014)
Participated in a summer study abroad program to the University of Abertay in Dundee, Scotland.
Collected data for my dissertation through conducting an IRB-approved study of student mobile
use while on a study abroad trip.

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant: Purdue OWL project group (Fall 2011 - Spring 2013)
Worked with a team of professors, graduate students, and professional web developers to create
a digital platform aimed at helping high school, at-risk, and returning students transition to college
writing. Developed content with the Purdue Online Writing Lab, and integrated ideas of gamification
and play into the design of the platform.

Pearson Emerging Pedagogies Research and Travel Grant - $700 awarded (CCCCs Las Vegas 2013)
Used Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to collect pictures, experiences, and other artifacts from
CCCCs attendees to chronicle the public work academics do while at conferences. Project was
later collected into a webtext and published on the Pearson website.

Industry Experience
Medical Writer (Fall 2008 -Spring 2009)
Dungarvin Assisted Living Facility, South Bend IN
Compiled patient observations from staff into weekly narrative reports on health and well-being.
In charge of obtaining and maintaining records on patient medications, their side-effects, and
safety instructions for administering doses.

Administrative Assistant Intern (Summer 2008)

Moody’s KMV, South Bend IN
Compiled expense reports, worked with databases and Microsoft Access to organize company
data, and compiled software for shipping to overseas clients.

Web Development
ACM SIGDOC Web Designer (2018 – current)
http://sigdoc.acm.org
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Purdue Professional Writing Website Designer (2015 – 2016)

http://pw.rhetorike.org

Introductory Composition at Purdue Departmental Website Consultant (2014 – 2016)

Professional Writing Program server administrator, Drupal course site developer, and program
web designer (2013 – 2016)

Tippecanoe County Historical Association Digital Content Developer (2008)

SERVICE
National
ACM SIGDOC Executive Committee – Website Manager (2018 – current)
Responsible for maintaining and updating all information on the SIGDOC organization website
and conference websites. Led the development of a new website for the organization. Also
maintained archives of the Communication Design Quarterly journal issues.

ACM SIGDOC Executive Committee – SIGDOC/CPTSC liaison (2015 – 2016)

Coordinated joint SIGDOC-CPTSC projects as a member of the committee and worked as a contact
point between the presidents of the two organizations.

ATTW - Social Media Coordinator (spring 2015)

Created a Twitter archive, tweeted during the conference, and created a Storify highlighting the
conference poster sessions found at:
https://storify.com/attworg/attw-2015-poster-sessions

4C4Equality - Social Media Coordinator (spring 2015)

Operated twitter account and organized events for the activist group promoting marriage equality
and social action through the CCCCs conference.

University
ENG/IMS 224 Assessment Team Member
Miami University (Summer 2017)
Worked on the team assessing the goals, means, and outcomes of the 224 Digital Rhetoric class.

ICAP Technology Goals, Means, and Outcomes committee

Purdue University (Spring 2014)
Led team in developing and writing updated guidelines for technology use for all new graduate
student instructors in the composition program.

Introductory Composition at Purdue Mentoring Committee

Purdue University (Fall 2012 – Spring 2014)
Met with the director of introductory composition and other mentors to discuss our teaching of
the 505 class for new graduate instructors, created materials and shared ideas on making
mentoring more effective.
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Pedagogical Initiatives Committee: Syllabus Approach Web Master

Purdue University (Fall 2010 – Spring 2012)
Kept the digital rhetorics syllabus approach website up-to-date with projects and student
examples for instructors to use in teaching.

Graduate Student English Association: Undergraduate Studies Committee

Purdue University (Fall 2010 – Spring 2011)
Discussed changes to undergraduate curriculum as the graduate student government member
of the committee.

University – Interdisciplinary
Rhea Writer-in-Residence Purdue University (Fall 2011)
Worked with the Purdue School of Engineering on a website designed to integrate writing,
collaborative software, and social media into engineering curriculum.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Excellence in Teaching Award, Purdue Department of English: 2013-2014
Highest departmental teaching award for graduate instructors
Empirical Research Awards, Rhetoric and Composition Program: Spring 2013
Most polished presentation, best poster, and people’s choice
Introductory Composition at Purdue Quintilian Award for Teaching: 2012, 2011
Crouse Scholarship in Professional Writing/Writing Lab Collaboration: Fall 2011

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Special Interest Group on Design of Communication (SIGDOC)
Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW)
Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC)
Rhetoric Society of America (RSA)
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)