Here you will find a brief CV highlighting my education and research. My full CV can be viewed as a PDF.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Texts & Technology (May 2018)
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Dissertation: Celebrities, fans, and queering gender norms: A critical examination of Lady Gaga’s, Nicki Minaj’s, and fans’ use of Instagram
Committee: Stephanie Vie (Chair), Martha Brenckle, Anastasia Salter, Stacey Pigg (North Carolina State University)

M.A. in English, Composition Specialization (May 2013)
Purdue University (Calumet Campus), Hammond, IN
Thesis: Digital Identities: Revisiting the Rhetorical Situation in First Year Composition
Committee: Mark Mabrito (Chair), Karen Bishop-Morris, Staci Trekles

B.A. in English, Professional Writing (May 2011)
Purdue University (Calumet Campus), Hammond, IN

Online Certificate in Writing for Interactive Media (May 2011)
Purdue University (Calumet Campus), Hammond, IN

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Articles
Miller, Jennifer Roth, Dieterle, Brandy, deWinter, Jennifer, & Vie, Stephanie. (Under review as of 1/24/2019). Social media in professional, technical, and scientific communication programs: The state of the field. Communication Design Quarterly.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2017). From teaching to tutoring: Listening to my inner teacher. Communication Center Journal, 3(1), 168-169. Retrieved from http://libjournal.uncg.edu/ccj/article/view/1592

Berry, Landon, & Dieterle, Brandy. (2016). Group consultations: Developing dedicated, technological spaces for collaborative writing and learning. Computers and Composition: An International Journal, 41, 18-31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2016.04.004

Vie, Stephanie, & Dieterle, Brandy. (2016). Minding the gap: Comics as a scaffolding for critical literacy skills in the classroom. Composition Forum, 33. Retrieved from http://www.compositionforum.com/issue/33/minding-gap.php

Dieterle, Brandy, & Vie, Stephanie. (2015). Digital first-year composition: Integrating multimodality into a Writing About Writing approach. Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies, 3(1), 276-289. Retrieved from http://joglep.com/files/8914/3898/8264/4.Article_367_Dieterle_and_Vie_Digital_First_Year_Composition_Final20Edits_revSV.pdf

Book Chapters
Dieterle, Brandy, Edwards, Dustin, & Martin, Dan. (eBook exp. 07/2019). Confronting Digital Aggression with an Ethics of Circulation. In Jessica Reyman and Erika Sparby (Eds.), Digital Ethics: Rhetoric and Responsibility in Online Aggression, Hate Speech, and Harassment. New York, NY: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429266140

Walls, Douglas, Dieterle, Brandy, & Miller, Jennifer. (2019). Safely Social: User-centered design and difference feminism. In Kris Blair and Lee Nickoson (Eds.), Composing Feminist Interventions: Activism, Engagement, Praxis. Fort Collins, CO: WAC Clearinghouse. https://wac.colostate.edu/books/perspectives/feminist/

Conference Proceedings
Garcia, Merideth, Dieterle, Brandy, Cohn, Jenae, & Miller, Paula. (Under review). The Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative as an instructional tool: Cross-community connections and collaborations. Proceedings from 2016 Computers & Writing Conference. Rochester, NY.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2015). Designing smartphone apps for at risk populations: Domestic violence survivors and user experience. Proceedings from SIGDOC: Special Interest Group on the Design Of Communication Conference 2015. Limerick, Ireland: ACM. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2775441.2775451

Reviews
Dieterle, Brandy. (Accepted). Review of It’s Complicated by danah boyd and Adolescents’ New Literacies with and through Mobile Phones by Julie Warner. Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric in Society.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2018). C&W 18 Review of Friday Keynote: “Hashtag Feminism and Its Discontents” by Liz Losh. In Digital Rhetoric Collaborative. Retrieved from http://www.digitalrhetoriccollaborative.org/2018/07/06/cw-18-review-of-liz-losh-keynote-hashtag-feminism-and-its-discontents/  

Dieterle, Brandy. (2015). Review of Toward a Composition Made Whole by Jody Shipka. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, 19(2). Retrieved from http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/19.2/reviews/dieterle/index.html

Other Publications (Non-Refereed)
Dieterle, Brandy. (2018). Contemplative pedagogy and peer review: Making peer review a mindful practice. In the Faculty Focus, 17(1). Retrieved from www.fctl.ucf.edu/publications/facultyfocus/content/2018/2018_april.pdf

Dieterle, Brandy. (2017). Adopting critical ethical practices in research on gender and embodiment. In Digital Rhetoric Collaborative. Retrieved from http://www.digitalrhetoriccollaborative.org/2017/12/17/adopting-critical-ethical-practices-in-research-on-gender-and-embodiment/

West, Sara, & Dieterle, Brandy. (2016). Pokémon Go and collaborative gameplay. In Digital Rhetoric Collaborative. Retrieved from http://www.digitalrhetoriccollaborative.org/2016/10/29/pokemon-go-collaborative-gameplay/

Dieterle, Brandy. (2016). Webtexts on the wide web of Pinterest. In Digital Rhetoric Collaborative. Retrieved from http://www.digitalrhetoriccollaborative.org/2016/05/02/webtexts-on-the-wide-web-of-pinterest/

AWARDS

Teaching Excellence Award for the University of Central Florida’s Department of Writing and Rhetoric, 2018. Received departmental funds in the amount of $1,000.

GTA Teaching Excellence Award for the University of Central Florida’s Department of Writing and Rhetoric, 2015. Received departmental funds in the amount of $500.

Purdue University Calumet 39th Annual Stark-Tinkham Writing Contest for Writing for New Media I, 2011.

GRANTS

deWinter, Jennifer, Vie, Stephanie (Co-Principal Investigators), Dieterle, Brandy, & Miller, Jennifer Roth (Research Assistants & Mentees): $3,500. Social media in technical and professional communication: A programmatic and curricular survey and a repository of current practices. Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) Research Grants (2014).

Computers and Writing Travel Grant (2017, 2016, 2014).

Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC) Travel Grant (2015)

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

International Conferences
Dieterle, Brandy. (2019, October). Sowing seeds of distrust: The NSFW community’s reactions to Tumblr’s adult content ban. Presentation presented at the Association of Internet Reseachers Conference 2019, Brisbane, Australia.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2015, July). Designing smartphone apps for at risk populations: Domestic violence survivors and user experience. Poster session presented at the Special Interest Group on the Design Of Communication Conference (SIGDOC) Student Research Competition, Limerick, Ireland.

National Conferences
Dieterle, Brandy. (2019, November). ‘Female-presenting nipples’ & DIY feminist activism: Responses to Tumblr’s change in adult content policies. Presentation presented at the 2019 Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, Harrisonburg, VA.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2019, June). People or data?: Adopting an ethic of care for social media research. Presentation presented at the 2019 Computers and Writing Conference, East Lansing, MI.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2019, March). Exploring our “identity kits”: Studying the rhetorically-situated and performative nature of writing in first-year writing. Presentation presented at 2019 Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Pittsburgh, PA.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2018, May). Celebrities, fans, and queering gender norms: A critical examination of Lady Gaga’s, Nicki Minaj’s, and fans’ use of Instagram. Poster presented at the 2018 Computers and Writing Conference, Fairfax, VA.

Dieterle, Brandy, Edwards, Dustin, & Martin, Dan. (2018, March). Redressing digital aggression with an ethics of (re)circulation. Co-presentation presented at the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing 2018 Conference, Kansas City, KS.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2017, April). Queering gender norms?: A critical examination of Lady Gaga’s and Nicki Minaj’s gender performances on Instagram. Presentation presented at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association 2017 Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2017, March). Music performers and queer rhetoric: How queer rhetoric informs Lady Gaga’s and Nicki Minaj’s Instagram posts. Presentation presented at 2017 Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Portland, OR.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2016, May). Exploring video reflections: An alternative to print-based reflection essays in FYC. Presentation presented at the 2016 Computers and Writing Conference, Rochester, NY.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2016, March). #mothermonster knows best: Lady Gaga’s Instagram as site for identity creation and fan connections. Presentation presented at the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association 2016 Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2015, October). ‘Born This Way’: Lady Gaga’s Instagram representing a multiplicity of gender identities and performances. Presentation presented at the Feminisms and Rhetorics 10th Biennial Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Berry, Landon, & Dieterle, Brandy. (2015, October). (r)Evolutionizing space: The effects of physical and digital space on group consultation dynamics. Co-presentation presented at the 2015 International Writing Center Association Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2015, March). First-year composition: Integrating multimodality into an introduction to writing studies course. Presentation presented at the 2015 Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Tampa, FL.

Dieterle, Brandy, & Berry, Landon. (2014, October). Transitions: Making the move from writing center to multiliteracy center. Co-presentation presented at the 2014 International Writing Center Association Conference, Orlando, FL.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2014, June). Designing for domestic violence survivors: Popular technology and feminist ideals of empowerment. Presentation presented at the 2014 Computers and Writing Conference, Pullman, WA.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2014, March). Digital communities as authentic writing situations in first-year composition. Presentation presented at the 2014 Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Indianapolis, IN.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2013, November). Possibilities and practice: Utilizing the graphic novel in the college composition classroom. Presentation presented at the 2013 National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Boston, MA.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2013, March). Multimodal composition and web 2.0: Equipping under-prepared students with real world skills. Panel presentation presented at the 2013 Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Las Vegas, NV.

Regional Conferences
Dieterle, Brandy. (2019, January). ePortfolios as a high impact practice: Implementing an ePortfolio pedagogy to promote student agency over learning. Presentation presented at the 2019 Sunshine State Teaching and Learning Conference, Daytona Beach, FL.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2018, January). Contemplative pedagogy and peer review: Making peer review a mindful practice. Presentation presented at the 2018 Sunshine State Teaching and Learning Conference, St. Petersburg, FL.

Rice, Stacey, Berry, Landon, & Dieterle, Brandy. (2016, February). Who are we?: Negotiating graduate student identities as stakeholders in the writing center. Roundtable presentation presented at the Southeastern Writing Center Association 2016 Conference, Columbus, GA.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2012, October). Shaping the ambient: Empowering students to consciously cultivate their digital identities. Presentation presented at The Ninth Biennial Thomas R. Watson Conference in Rhetoric and Composition: Economies of Writing, Louisville, KY.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2012, April). Essays to e-zines: Teaching tech savvy composition. Panel presentation presented at the 48th Annual Allerton English Articulation Conference, Monticello, IL.

Local
Dieterle, Brandy. (2018, December). A study of a writer: Making writing an authentic and transparent experience. Presentation presented at the Winter Conference led by the University of Central Florida’s Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2018, April). Celebrities, fans, and queering gender norms: A critical examination of Lady Gaga’s, Nicki Minaj’s, and fans’ use of Instagram. Poster presented at the 2018 Graduate Research Forum at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.

Invited Speaker
Dieterle, Brandy. (2016, October). Strategies for successfully completing candidacy exams. Panel presentation presented at the Fall 2016 Milestone Series, Orlando, FL.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2016, March). #mothermonster knows best: Lady Gaga’s Instagram as site for identity creation and fan connections. Presentation presented at the Texts & Technology Spring 2016 Colloquium, Orlando, FL.

Berry, Landon, & Dieterle, Brandy. (2015, November). (r)Evolutionizing learning spaces: The effects of space on writing center consultations. Co-presentation presented at the Texts & Technology Research Showcase, Orlando, FL.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2015, October). Taking your learning spaces to the next level. Panel presentation presented at the Next Generation Learning Spaces, Orlando, FL.

Dieterle, Brandy. (2013, April). Google tools in a writing class. Presentation presented at the 1st Annual English Lecture Series: The Pedagogy of Online Writing Instruction, Hammond, IN.

Wood, Yvonne, & Dieterle, Brandy. (2013, January). Blackboard and Connect Composition. Co-presentation presented at the In-Service Teacher Training at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN.

WORKSHOPS

Dieterle, Brandy, Edwards, Dustin. (2018, April). From social media to professional websites: Crafting your online identity. Co-led at the 2018 Annual Upper Division Symposium for the Department of Writing and Rhetoric, Orlando, FL.

West, Sara, Gere, Anne, Easter, Brandee, Dieterle, Brandy, Coad, David, Raw, Adrienne, and Silver, Naomi. (2017, June). What “counts” in digital scholarship?: Contributions to the Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative wiki. Co-led mini workshop at the 2017 Computers and Writing Conference, Findlay, OH.

Miller, Paula, Silver, Naomi, Garcia, Merideth, Dieterle, Brandy, and Cohn, Jenae. (2016, May). The Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative as an instructional tool: Cross-community connections and collaborations. Co-led mini workshop at the 2016 Computers and Writing Conference, Rochester, NY.

Stewart, Jacob, Dieterle, Brandy, & Miller, Jennifer Roth. (2016, March). From strategic objectives to digital tools: Using social media for activism. Co-led at the 2016 Annual Upper Division Symposium for the Department of Writing and Rhetoric, Orlando, FL.