Cynthia Bateman 1025 Butler Street Columbia, SC 29205

Tel (618)7090084 EMAIL cynthiaabateman@gmail.com www.obstinateobscurity.com

EDUCATION 2015 Ph.D. (in progress) English, American Literature University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Graduate Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies Minor in Rhetoric and Composition

2012 M.A. English, Rhetoric and Composition Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL Specialization in Composition Pedagogy

Thesis Title: “Into the Pens: Towards an Agential Understanding of Posthumanist Rhetoric.” Committee: Matthew S. S. Johnson (adviser), Sharon James McGee, and Brian Henderson

2010 B.A. Philosophy Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL Minor in Creative Writing 2000 A.S. Nursing Barnes-Jewish College, St. Louis, MO AWARDS 2014 Graduate Student Travel Award. University of South Carolina Graduate School ($500) 2013 Graduate Student Travel Award. University of South Carolina Graduate School ($500) 2012 Presidential Teaching Fellowship. Initiative on Social Advocacy and Ethical Life.

University of South Carolina at Columbia (five-year renewable fellowship)

GRANTS 2014 University of South Carolina: SPARC Graduate Research Grant. October. Status: Funded

($5000) 2014 Social Science Research Council: Dissertation Development Fellowship. Status: Not

funded 2013 University of South Carolina: SPARC Graduate Research Grant. Status: Not funded TEACHING EXPERIENCE Presidential Teaching Fellow, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 2012-Present Courses Taught: Social Advocacy and Ethical Life (Instructor of Record, 9 sections of 16 students each) Advanced Writing (Instructor of Record, 1 section of 24 students) Introduction to Public Speaking (Instructor of Record, 1 section of 24 students)

 

Critical Reading and Composition (Instructor of Record, 2 sections of 24 students each)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 2010-2012 Courses Taught: English Composition (Instructor of Record, 3 sections of 23 students each) Rhetoric and Argumentation (Instructor of Record, 2 sections of 23 students each) Basic Writing (Instructor of Record, 1 section of 23 students)

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

2015 Associate Editor, Punctum Books, Dir. Eileen Joy (2011-Present) 2015 Co-Director, Itineration: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media, and Culture,

Dir. Gerald Jackson (2012-2015) 2012 Graduate Editorial Assistant. postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies, Eds.

Eileen Joy and Myra Seamen. Palgrave-Macmillan Publishing (2010-2012)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2014 Bateman, C. “But What Happened to the Pig?: The Question of Agency in the

Communication of Biomedical Research.” Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, San Antonio, TX

2014 Bateman, C. “Species Specific: The Borders of Feminist Rhetoric.” Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, San Antonio, TX

2014 Bateman, C. “Gestation Crates as Political Apparatus: Notes Towards an Affirmative Intersectional Study of Bodies at Risk.” Intersectionality Research, Policy and Practice: Influences, Interrogations and Innovations, Vancouver, CA

2014 Bateman, C. “Towards a Composition Pedagogy That Matters; Or, Making a Case for a Pedagogy of Diffraction.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Indianapolis, IN

2014 Bateman, C. “Intersectional Futures: A Roundtable Discussion.” Women’s and Gender Studies Conference, Columbia, SC

2013 Bateman, C. “Shifting Views: Towards a Material Feminist Rhetorical Scholarship.” National Communication Association, Washington D.C. November, 2013

2013 Bateman, C. "Material Feminism, Feminist Rhetoric, and Feminist Animal Studies: A Tripartite Approach to Studying the Ethics of Environmental Enrichment." Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, Notre Dame, IN

2013 Bateman, C. “The Necessary and Redundant ‘Material’ of Material Rhetoric.” Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference, Salt Lake City, UT

2013 Bateman, C. “Forging Feminist Friendships: A Virtual Cartography for Interdisciplinary Inquiry.” Feminisms and Rhetorics, Stanford University, CA

2013 Bateman, C. “Feminism for the Future.” Conference on College Composition and Communication: Research Network Forum, Las Vegas, NV

 

2012 Bateman, C. “Into the Pens: Animals, Rhetoric, and Place.” Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, Philadelphia, PA

2012 Bateman, C. “Zombies As the Third Party: What It Means To Be Non/Human in The Walking Dead.” The 33rd International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL

2011 Bateman, C. “Make Then Squirm in Their Places: The Role of a Pedagogy of Discomfort in Ecocomposition.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Conference, Scottsdale, AZ

2011 Bateman, C. “Mulder, Scully, and the First-Year Writing Student: Exploring the Pedagogical Significance of The X-Files.” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference, San Antonio, TX

EDUCATION WORKSHOPS 2014 “Sustainability Across the Curriculum,” University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 2013 “Rhetoric and Materiality,” National Communication Association, Schoodic Education

and Research Center, ME 2011 “Mississippi Project: Green Curriculum, Green Campus, Green Community,” Southern

Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 2015 Founder and President: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Graduate Association

(2014-Present). 2015 Member: Grace Hagood Downs Award Committee (2014-2015) 2015 Member: Hortense Skelton Award Committee (2014-2015) 2014 Member: Digital Learning Initiative (2013-2014) 2013 Volunteer: Graduate English Association Book Sale (2012-2013) 2013 Member (non-voting): Rhetoric and Composition Hiring Committee (2012-2013) 2012 Member: Curriculum Revision Team, First-Year English Program (Fall 2012) Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 2012 Member: First-Year English Program Assessment Ad Hoc Committee (2011-2012) 2012 Member: Basic Writing Curriculum Redesign Committee (2011-2012) 2012 Member: Expository Writing Committee (2010-2012) 2012 Member: English Proficiency Exam Committee (2010-2012) 2012 Member: English Portfolio Committee (2010-2012) 2012 Mentor: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Preview Program (2010-2012) 2011 Member: Textbook Review Committee, First-Year English Program (2010-2011)

 

NATIONAL SERVICE: 2014 Panel Organizer: “Ethics and (In)Difference: Engaging ‘the Other’ in an Age of

Technoscientific Progress.” National Communication Association, Chicago, IL (November, 2014)

2014 Digital archivist. “Feminist Scholars Digital Workshop.” HASTAC working group (June, 2014)

2014 Session Chair and panel organizer: “Science Matters: Material Rhetorics as a Methodology for the Ethical and Political Inquiry of Scientific Practices.” Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, San Antonio, TX (May, 2014)

2014 Session Chair and panel organizer: “Teaching That Matters: New Materialism Meets Composition Pedagogy.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Indianapolis, IN (March, 2014)

2013 Session Chair: “State Standards, College Readiness, and Partnerships with Local Schools.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Las Vegas, NV (March, 2013)

2012 Session Chair and panel organizer: “Nonhuman/Animal Rhetorics.” Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference, Philadelphia, PA (May 2012)

2012 Session Chair: “Reframing Basic Writing and Sites of Transfer.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, St. Louis, MO (March, 2012)

TEACHING INTERESTS: Rhetoric and composition, basic writing, American literature from 1865, environmental literature, children’s literature, feminist theory, animal studies, communication ethics, public speaking PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Modern Language Association National Women’s Studies Association National Communication Association Rhetoric Society of America Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts National Conference of Teachers of English