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ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

Massey University
Lecturer in the School of English & Media Studies, 2019–present
  • Get Published: Revising Your Manuscript for Publication
  • Writing for the Public
  • Digital Technical Writing
  • Written Communication in the Information Sciences
  • Communication in the Sciences

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA, 2014-2019
Associate Instructor, 2014–2019
Multilingual Program Assistant, 2017
Online Instructional Designer, 2015–16
  • Podcasting: Persuading with Sound
  • Visual Rhetoric: The Video Essay 
  • Service Learning Writing
  • Technical and Professional Writing
  • Cross-Cultural Composition
  • Multilingual Composition
  • Online Composition
  • First-Year Composition
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Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
University of Montenegro, 2012–2013
  • English Communication and Conversation
  • Anglophone Current Events
  • American Drama and the American Accent

EDUCATION

Indiana University – Bloomington, IN
Ph.D., English: Rhetoric, Composition, and Communication
Dissertation: "Accumulating Character: Time and Ethos in Rhetorical Theory"
June 2019
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​Indiana University – Bloomington, IN
M. A., English Literature, 2015

University of Texas – Austin, TX
B. A., English, 2008
B. A., Special Honors in Plan II Honors, 2008

DISSERTATION

Accumulating Character: Time and Ethos in Rhetorical Theory
Chair: Dana Anderson
Committee: John Schilb, Freya Thimsen, Justin Hodgson, and Scot Barnett

"Accumulating Character" argues that both rhetoric and theories of ethos can gain complexity by understanding how non-kairotic conceptions of time—especially ones that emerge from the ancient concept of chronos—impact rhetorical ecologies. Through the analysis of cultural texts and digital media, I develop a theory of "cumulative ethos" that highlights the ways that character accumulates rhetorical force over time.

PUBLICATIONS

Buhre, Frida and Collin Bjork. "Bending Time: Rhetoric, Temporality, Power."
Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 2021. (forthcoming)

Bjork, Collin. "Integrating Usability Testing and Digital Rhetoric in Online Writing Instruction."

Computers and Composition, vol. 49, 2018, pp. 4-13.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

"Time, Ethos, and the Trial of Socrates" (September 2019)
Rhetoric Society of Europe Conference, 2019
Ghent, Belgium

"Bitcoin and Posthuman Cumulative Ethos" (October 2018)
Thomas R. Watson Conference, 2018
Louisville, KY


"Tracing Sonic Ethos: Sampling Kanye's Character" 
Symposium on Sound, Rhetoric, and Writing, 2018
Nashville, TN


"Rhetoric and Non-Kairotic Time" (workshop participant)
International Rhetoric Workshop, 2018 
Ghent, Belgium


"Cumulative Ethos: Chronos, Character, and Kanye West" 
Rhetoric Society of America Conference, 2018
Minneapolis, MN


"Teacherly Ethos in Synchronous Multimodal OWI"
Computers and Writing Conference, 2018
Fairfax, VA


"Theorizing Chronos for Rhetoric" (workshop participant)
Midwest Winter Workshop, 2018 
Bloomington, IN


"The (Re)Making of Kanye West's Ethos" 
Award Winner: Best Graduate Student Paper in Rhetoric and Culture
Rhetoric Society of Europe Conference, 
2017
Norwich, England


"Multimodality and Multiliteracies in Online Writing Instruction" 
Computers and Writing Conference, 2017
Findlay, OH


"Ethics of the Interface: A Process of Virtue" 
Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2017
Portland, OR


"Translingual Pedagogies and Vernacular English Literatures" 
Thomas R. Watson Conference, 2016
Louisville, KY


"Composing the Video Essay" 
Computers and Writing Conference, 2016
Rochester, NY


"Mechanics of the Video Essay" (digital showcase)
Computers and Writing Conference, 2016
Rochester, NY


"Toward a Narrative-Based Pedagogy" 
Why the Humanities? Conference, 2015
Kent, OH


"Beyond Public Diplomacy: Sketching a Model for Human Rights Advocacy as a Fulbrighter" 
Fulbright Conference, 2014
Washington, D. C.

invited talks

"Multimodal Online Classrooms"
Co-Presenter with Kevin Eric Depew

Inaugural Webinar for the Global Society of Online Literacy Educators, 2016
Online Webinar

workshop organizer

​"Online Writing Instruction for Multilingual Writers: Strategies for Access"
Co-Facilitator

Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2018
Kansas City, MO

awards

Culbertson Dissertation Completion Fellowship
​Indiana University, 2019

English Department Summer Research Fellowship

​Indiana University, 2018

Lieber Memorial Teaching Associate Award 
​Indiana University, 2018
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HASTAC Scholar
​Indiana University, 2017
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Best Graduate Student Paper in "Rhetoric and Culture"
Rhetoric Society of Europe, 2017

Olofson Summer Research Fellowship
​Indiana University, 2017

Composition Program Third-Year Teaching Award: Nominated
​Indiana University, 2017

Composition Program Second-Year Teaching Award: Nominated
​Indiana University, 2016

Composition Program First-Year Teaching Award: Winner
​Indiana University, 2015

Graduate and Professional Student Government Travel Grant
​Indiana University, 2014

John Robert Moore Memorial Fellowship
​Indiana University, 2013

Fulbright: English Teaching Assistantship
​University of Montenegro, 2012–2013

related work experience

Rhetorical Consultant
Professor Christopher Uhl, 2016
Penn State University, State College, PA


Technical Writer
National Instruments, 2008–2012
Austin, TX

service

Section Editor and Board Member
​Research in Online Literacy Education, 2016–present
Little Rock, AR


Founding Member
Global Society of Online Literacy Educators, 2016–present
Little Rock, AR


Multilingual English Conversation Instructor
Monroe County Public Library, 2015–2018
Bloomington, IN


Educational Policies Committee Member
​Graduate and Professional Student Government, 2016–2017
Indiana University


Ambassador for Graduate Student Teachers
​Graduate and Professional Student Government, 2016–2017
Indiana University


Composition Committee Co-Chair
​English Graduate Student Advisory Committee, 2016–2017
Indiana University


Assistant to the Seminar Coordinator
Fulbright Enrichment Seminar, 2015–2016
Atlanta, GA


Co-Producer and Co-Director of The Vagina Monologues
American Corner, 2012–2013
Podgorica, Montenegro


College Application Advisor
American Corner, 2012–2013
Podgorica, Montenegro

digital skills

Podcasting; Adobe Illustrator, Premiere, Audition, Acrobat; iMovie; Camtasia; Qualtrics; HTML; XML; CSS; LabVIEW

languages

Spanish
Beginner proficiency in reading and aural comprehension

Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian
Beginner proficiency in reading and aural comprehension

I am committed to making this website as accessible and inclusive as possible. If you are unable to access parts of this website, please contact me, so that I can address the website design and make materials available in other formats. Email: c.bjork@massey.ac.nz | Twitter: @collin_bjork

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