Researcher in the Field: Dr. Resa Crane Bizzaro Catherine Kelly ENGL 800: Introduction to Research Indiana University of Pennsylvania December 13, 2010

Education Ph.D. in English, 1999 – University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC M.A. in Literature, 1990 – East Carolina University, Greenville, NC B.A. in English with a Minor in Speech, Language, and Auditory Pathology, 1986 – East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Postdoctoral Work Computers in Writing-Intensive Classrooms, 2000 – Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

Current Interests Indigenous Rhetorics Contemporary Poetry Folklore Sociolinguistics

Select Teaching Experience Assistant Professor, 2008-Present – Department of English Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA Assistant Professor and Visiting Assistant Professor, – Department of English East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Select Teaching Experience Invited Lecturer, – The Institute for Technical Communication Sponsor: Two-Year College Association – Hinds Community College, Raymond, MS – Horry-Georgetown Technical College, Myrtle Beach, SC

Select Professional Experience Director and Medical Writing Specialist, – Professional Writing Program, Brody School of Medicine East Carolina University, Greenville, NC Co-Director and Associate Director, – Writers Reading Series East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Select Professional Activities (Local) Member, 2010-Present – English Department Promotions Committee Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA Editor, 2008-Present – Working Papers in Composition and TESOL Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA Member, 2008-Present – Native American Awareness Council Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA

Select Professional Activities (National) Chair, 2006-Present – Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Tribal College Faculty Fellowship Selection Committee President, 2003-Present – CCCC American Indian Caucus Consultant-Reviewer, 2010 – Thomas R. Watson Conference, Louisville, KY

Select Publications Bizzaro, R. C. (2002). Making places as teacher- scholars in composition studies: Comparing transition narratives. College Composition and Communication, 53(3), Bizzaro, R. C. (2004). Shooting our last arrow: Hegemony, loss, and the rhetoric of identity among American Indians. College English, 67(1), Bizzaro, R. C. (in press). A community of scholars: The Native American Caucus. English Journal.

Select Mentors Patrick Bizzaro, Ph.D. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA Malea Powell, Ph.D. – Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Jacqueline Jones Royster, D.A. – Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Select Recognitions Featured Speaker at the CCCC Convention, 2002, 2006, 2011 Recipient of the CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Award, 1999

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