CURRICULUM VITA
Anthony DeGenaro – Ph. D. Candidate, LEO Lecturer II
English Department Rhetoric & Composition
Wayne State University 330-507-9875
5057 Woodward Suite 9408
[email protected]Detroit, MI 48202
Academic Interests:
Rhetoric & composition, writing pedagogy, creative writing, basic writing, assessment
practices, popular culture.
Education
Ph.D. in English (Rhetoric & Composition) 2017 – Present
Wayne State University Detroit, MI
Completed Qualifying Exams Summer 2020
M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Poetry) 2014
University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA
B.A. in English 2012
Otterbein University Westerville, OH
Teaching Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant 2017 – Present
Wayne State University – English Department
Classes Taught: ENG 1020 – Introductory College Writing; ENG 3010 –
Intermediate College Writing; ENG 3050 – Technical Communications I:
Reports; ENG 3060 – Technical Communications II: Presentations
Composition Learning Community – Peer Mentor Instructor 2020 – Present
Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Award – 2019-2020
Lecturer II 2019 – Present
Lecturer I 2015 – 2019
University of Michigan Dearborn Dearborn – Writing Program
Classes Taught: COMP 099-Writing Techniques; COMP 105-Writing & Rhetoric
I; COMP 106-Writing & Rhetoric II; COMP/ENGL 223 –
Introduction to Creative Writing; COMP 227 – Expository Writing; Writing
Studio; ENG 399 – Directed Study in Creative Writing
University service: placement examination reader, English Department Writing
Awards judge, new instructor support presentation, faculty mentor for
undergraduate creative writing organization.
Writer-in-Residence 2019 – Present
InsideOut Literary Arts Detroit, MI
Communication & Media Arts High School (2019-2020)
Westfield Preparatory High School (2020 – 2021)
Instructor 2019
Michigan State University -Verses Camp for Music & Literacy Detroit, MI
Provided language arts and creative writing instruction for youth participants in
camp.
Instructor 2015-2017
st
ACCESS – 21 Century Community Learning Center Dearborn, MI
Provide specialized subject-based tutoring to students in after-school program
operated by prominent non-profit serving Arab-American community in
Southeast Michigan.
Writing Tutor 2014
University of San Francisco – Student Disability Services San Francisco, CA
Teaching Assistant Fall 2013
University of San Francisco –– English Department San Francisco, CA
Conference & Guest Presentations:
Conference on College Composition & Communication April 2021
Virtual Panel Presentation Spokane, WA
“Users Across Disciplines: Commonplaces for Innovation in First-Year Writing”
Paper: “A Writers-First Approach to First-Year Writing”
Pedagogical Practicum II Winter 2021
Wayne State University
Gave talk on teaching philosophies as a genre, job document, and pedagogical
tool for novice instructors.
Rhetoric Society of America Conference May 2020
Panel Portland, OR
“Hospitality Through Sovereignty: Teaching Demonstration & Workshop”
Co-facilitated with Walter Lucken IV, WSU
Conference on College Composition & Communication March 2020
Engaged Learning Experience co-facilitator Milwaukee, WI
“Building Productive Dispositions Towards Assessment”
Recipient of CCCCs Professional Equity Project Award
Teaching of Writing Conference 2020
Wayne State University Detroit, MI
“Using Art to Advocate for ‘Authentic Voice’ in the Composition Classroom”
Co-facilitated with Walter Lucken IV, WSU
Corridors Conference 2018
Saginaw Valley State University Saginaw, MI
“Kairos & Knowledge Production”
Co-presented with Walter Lucken IV, WSU
College English Association 2018
“Bridges” St Petersburg, FL
“Action!”: Reflecting on an Author-Centered Expressive Process
Paper presentation
Conference on College Composition & Communication 2018
Poster Presentation Kansas City, MO
New Slang: Student Agency in Creating Workshop Vocabulary
Recipient of CCCCs Professional Equity Project Award.
Southwest Popular & American Culture Conference 2018
Pedagogy & Pop Culture Albuquerque, NM
Punk Rock Pedagogy: Borrowing from Gaslight Anthem’s “American Slang” to
Co-create First-Year Writing Environments using Pop Culture Artifacts
Paper presentation
Writing Research Across Borders 2017
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogata, Colombia
“It’s Essentially Writers talking about Writing”: Reflection in Co-Curricular
Studio Courses
Co-presenter with Bill DeGenaro (UM-Dearborn) and Jerrice Donelson (MSU).
Recent Publications & Writing Awards
Tompkins Poetry Award 2020 – 1st Place Recipient – selected by Camille Guthrie
“Boys Can Be Cat Ladies, Too” – The Wayne Literary Review, Spring 2018
“It’s Essentially Writers Talking about Writing”: The Roles of Reflection in a Co-
Curricular Writing Studio Course” – Open Words, 2018 – co-authored with William
DeGenaro, University of Michigan-Dearborn and Jerrice Donelson, Michigan State
University.
Professional References
Dr. Adrienne Jankens, Assistant Professor – Wayne State University
[email protected] (248) 755-0446
Dr. Richard Marback, Professor of English– Wayne State University
Dr. Michael MacDonald, Associate Professor of Rhetoric & Composition – University of
Michigan Dearborn
