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Joannah Portman Daley

Joannah Portman Daley, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Digital Pedagogy Specialist

Office: Roosevelt 320
Office Hours: T: 11:00am - 12:00pm and by appointment
Phone: (401) 874-4547
E-mail: jportmandaley@gmail.com

Degrees: University of Rhode Island; Vermont College of Fine Arts; Univeristy of California Los Angeles

Teaching Interests:
digital writing and rhetoric; digital civics; public writing; community-based writing

Courses Recently Taught: WRT 235: Writing in Electonic Environments; WRT 304: Writing for Community Service; WRT 303: Public Writing

Recent and/or Forthcoming Publications:

  • Portman Daley, Joannah. "Deconstructing Formal and Informal Learning Spaces with Social Networking Sites." In Digital Education: Opportunities for Social Collaboration. Ed. Michael Thomas. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. 219-238.
  • Portman Daley, Joannah, Michael Pennell, and Jeremiah Dyehouse. "Hybridity in an Independent Writing Program." Academic Exchange Quarterly. 14.4(2010). Print and Web. [Awarded Editor's Choice] http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/cho4744.htm
  • Portman Daley, Joannah. "Reshaping Slacktivist Rhetoric: Social Networking for Social Change." Reflections: A Journal of Writing, Service Learning, and Community Service. 10.1(2010): 104-133.

Professional Activities: Member of NCTE; regular presenter at Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC); Reviewer for Computers and Writing; Social Media Strategist for LearningWorks for Kids.

Current Research Interests: digital writing; digital citizenship; social media-based pedagogies; hybrid pedagogies; interdisciplinary research.

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