Academic Training
● Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Texas Woman’s University, 2002
● M.A. in English, Texas Woman’s University, 1999
● B.A. in English, California State University, Los Angeles, 1988
Dissertation
“Hypertextual Ways of Knowing: Mapping the Intersections of Hypertext Theory, Feminist Epistemology, and Feminist Rhetoric.” Committee: Dene Grigar, Hugh Burns, Morgan Gresham
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
● Such a Vision of the Street as the Street Hardly Understands’: Jonathan Swift, T. S. Eliot, and the
Anti-Pastoral.” Erfurt Electronic Studies in English (2000). Available online: http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/edoc/ia/eese/artic20/clark/4_2000.html
● “Surely Teaching Hypertext in the Composition Classroom Qualifies as a Feminist Pedagogy?” Kairos: A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments 6.2 (2001). Available online: http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/6.2/coverweb.html#gender/ .
● “Hypertext Theory and the Rhetoric of Empowerment: A Feminist Alternative.” Kairos: A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments 7.3 (2002). Available online: http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/7.3/coverweb.html#gender/ .● “‘I Don't Really Want to Go into Personal Things in This Blog’: Risking Connection through Blogging.” Lore: An E-Journal for Teachers of Writing. January 2005. Available Online: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/lore/digressions/index.htm
● “The Mock Research Paper.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College 36.1 (Sept 2008): 47-49.
Book Reviews
● Michael Joyce. "Othermindedness: The Emergence of Network Culture." Rhetoric Review 20.3 (2001): 394-97.
College Courses Taught
● Developmental Writing
● Composition & Rhetoric I
● Composition & Rhetoric II
● English Literary Masterpieces●Advanced Grammar & Composition
Research Interests
● Rhetoric and Composition
● Hypertext Theory
● Feminist Rhetoric● Civil Rights Rhetoric
Conference Presentations
National Conferences
● “MOOving in New Directions: Community Service and the Digital Initiatives of TWUMOO.” With Dene Grigar, Stephen Souris, Pat Nolan, Annie Olson, and Susie Crowson. 15th Annual Computers and Writing Conference. Rapid City, SD. May 28, 1999.
● “Introducing TWUMOO: Cyberspaces for Teaching, Learning and Research.” With Dene Grigar, Pat Nolan, Annie Olson, Sue Crowson, and Cecie Huddleston. Second Biennial International Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference. Minneapolis, MN. October 9, 1999.
● “The Appropriation of the Printing Press/Phallus in a Late-Nineteenth-Century Working Women’s Periodical.”Sixth Annual Gorgias Conference. Dallas, TX. February 18, 2000.
● “Text Semiotics: Towards a General Theory for College Composition.” College English Association Conference. Charleston, SC. April 6, 2000.
● “Early Women’s Advice Columns: Pragmatism, Ethics, and Esprit de Corps.” Ninth Biennial Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America. Washington, DC. May 26, 2000.
● “Surely Teaching Hypertext Writing in the Composition Classroom Qualifies as a Feminist Pedagogy?” 17th Annual Computers and Writing Conference . Muncie, IN. May 18, 2001.
● “E-Literacy and Orality: The Hands-Free, Voice-Activated, Any-to-Any Future Classroom.” With John Barber, Tari Fanderclai, Ted Nellen, Kay Robinson, Rich Rice, Nick Carbone and Jeff Rice. Dene Grigar, Moderator. 17th Annual Computers and Writing Conference . Muncie, IN. May 20, 2001. Available online: http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/6.2/feature/townhalls/clark.htm .
● “Feminist Hypertext? Or, what exactly does ‘liberatory’ hypertext liberate feminists from?” Third Biennial International Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference . Decatur, IL. October 18, 2001.
● “Burke’s ‘Triune’ Analysis, Third-Wave Feminisms, and Hypertext Theory.” 53rd Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication . Chicago, IL. March 21, 2002.
● “Hypertext Theory and the Rhetoric of Empowerment: A Feminist Alternative.” Technology in the College English Classroom: Literature, Culture, Pedagogy . Greensboro, NC. April 5, 2002
● “Rewriting Hypertext Theory: A Feminist Alternative to the Rhetoric of Empowerment.” 18th Annual Computers and Writing Conference. Normal, IL. May 17, 2002.
● “‘Wreating’ Hypertext in America: Reflections on Ultra-Reader-Centered Hypertext and its Implications for Democracy.” Tenth Biennial Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America. Las Vegas, NV. May 24,
2002.● "Orality in the Composition Classroom: Closing the Gap between English Department Rhetoric and Communication Department Rhetoric." 12th Biennial Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America. Memphis, TN. May 26, 2006.
Regional and Local Conferences
● “Technology: The Missing Variable in the New Rhetoric.” With Cecie Huddleston. South Atlantic Modern Language Association Convention. Atlanta, GA. November 6, 1999.
● “Far and Near: Dialogism in a Late-Nineteenth-Century Working Women’s Periodical.” Annual Symposium in Rhetoric of the Federation of North Texas Area Universities. Denton, TX. February 25, 2000.
● “Jonathan Swift, T.S. Eliot, and the Anti-pastoral.” South-Central Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Convention. Baton Rouge, LA. March 9, 2000.
● “Making a Space for Traditional and Revolutionary Composition Technologies and Pedagogies: A Plea for a Cease Fire in the Computer Wars.” Annual Symposium in Rhetoric of the Federation of North Texas Area Universities. Commerce, TX. February 10, 2001.
● “Random Comments on Hypertext in Hypertext.” Annual Symposium in Rhetoric of the Federation of North Texas Area Universities. Denton, TX. February 8, 2002.
● “‘Feel Free to Interrupt Me at Any Time’: A Feminist Take on the Rhetorical Significance of Automated Voices.” With Sara Pace. Annual Symposium in Rhetoric of the Federation of North Texas Area Universities. Commerce, TX. February 7, 2003.
● “Dislocations: Composing a Rhetoric of Discourse Locations." Annual Symposium in Rhetoric of the Federation of North Texas Area Universities. Commerce, TX. February 25, 2005.
● "Rhetoric and Doubt: Reconsidering the Scope of Rhetorical Studies." Annual Symposium in Rhetoric of the Federation of North Texas Area Universities. Denton, TX. February 24, 2006
● "Rhetoric and Religion: Learning to Talk Religious." 2007 EGAD Conference, Texas A&M University—Commerce. October 26, 2007.
Conference Panels Organized and Chaired
● “Technofeminism? Or, Why Some Feminists Don’t Love Their Computers.” Third Biennial International Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference . Decatur, IL. October 18, 2001.
● “Patching Together a First-Year Composition Course.” Annual Symposium in Rhetoric of the Federation of North Texas Area Universities. Denton, TX. February 8, 2002.
Professional Development
● First Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Institute. Kent State University. Kent, Ohio. May 23-29, 2005.● Rhetoric Society of America Seminar on Aphthonius and the Progymnasmata. Memphis, TN. May 26-29, 2006.