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Beth L. Brunk-Chavez

English Department
The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX 79968
(915)747-5797
blbrunk@utep.edu

Education

Ph.D. English: Rhetoric/Composition and Literature
The University of Texas at Arlington, May 1999
Writing out of Captivity: The Liberating Rhetoric of Women's Autobiography
Director: Dr. C. Jan Swearingen

M.A. English: Literature
The University of Texas at El Paso, May 1995
Returning Literature to the Composition Classroom: A Classroom Application
Director: Dr. Kate Mangelsdorf

B.A. Journalism and Mass Communications: Advertising Administration
New Mexico State University, May 1992 with honors

Publications

"Voicing Concerns, Sharing Lives: The Rhetorical Power of Narrative." Review for Women Escaping Violence: Empowerment through Narrative by Elaine J.
Lawless and Water Drops from Women Writers: A Temperance Reader edited by Carol Mattingly. Enculturation: A Journal for Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture. 4.2 (2002).

"The Journey Out: Conceptual Mapping of the Writing Process." Co-authored with Janette Martin. Academic Exchange Quarterly Fall 2002. 193-97.

Review for The Masculinized Woman in America: 1890-1935 by Laura Behling. Newsletter for Popular Culture Association in the South. Fall 2001.

"En Otras Voces: Multiple Voices in Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street." Hispanofila 133 (2001): 137-50.

Four entries for the Dictionary of American Literary Characters 2nd ed. Ed. by Fred Grayson (entries on Beloved, The Joy Luck Club, Song of Solomon, and Love Medicine). Facts on File Library of American Literature. 2001.

Companion Website for Nancy V. Wood's Perspectives on Argument. 3rd ed. Prentice Hall, 2000.

Co-author with Nancy V. Wood. Instructor's Manual for College Reading. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2000.

Co-author with Nancy V. Wood. "Suggestions for Teaching with 'The Rhetoric'."
Chapter Two in Instructor's Manuals for Perspectives on Argument. 2nd and 3rd eds. and Writing Argumentative Essays 1st and 2nd eds. By Nancy V. Wood. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 1998.

"Handouts to Facilitate Classroom Management." Chapter Six in Instructor's Manual for Perspectives on Argument. 2nd and 3rd eds. and Chapter Five in Instructor's Manual for Writing Argumentative Essays. By Nancy V. Wood. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 1998.

"Toulmin Analysis of 'What's Happened to Disney Films?'" Perspectives on Argument. 2nd. ed. By Nancy V. Wood. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 1998. 150-151.

Conference Presentations

"Pre-tenure/Postpartum: The Rhetorics and Challenges of Motherhood in the Academy." Intersections: Critical Locations of Feminist Rhetorical Practice-Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s). Columbus, OH. October 2003.

"Shaking Down the Patterns of Patriarchy: The Rhetoric within The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman." American Women Writer's Association. Fort Worth, TX. September 2003.

"The New Model of Womanhood: It's Lesbian, It's Menopausal, and It's On Trial by the SEC." Popular Culture Association of the Southwest. Albuquerque, NM. February 2003.

"Teaching the Rhetorical Traditions Without Precedent in the Formation of a Writing Minor." Rhetoric Society of America. Las Vegas, NV. May 2002. co-author with Shelley B. Aley

"Crafting a Model of New Womanhood: Too Much of a Good Thing?" Feminist Literacies: Resisting Disciplines-Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s). Decatur, IL. October 2001.

"Perhaps These Walls Do Speak: Structural Inhabitants in the Works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Remedios Varo." Popular Culture Association Conference. Philadelphia, PA. April 2001.

"What's So Funny about Stephen Toulmin?: Using Cartoons to Teach the Toulmin Analysis of Argument." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Denver, CO. March 2001.

"And Then Things Began Spiraling Out of Control: VH1's Behind the Music and the Integration of Life and Song." Popular Culture Association of the South. Nashville, TN. October 2000.

"'What Do You Mean the Narrator Might Not Be Reliable?' Invitations to Teaching Ethos." Rhetoric Society of America. Washington D.C. May 2000.

"'If I Could Be Like Mike': Introducing Ethos through Advertising." Conference
on College Composition and Communication. Minneapolis, MN. April 2000.

"Fleeing Captive Spaces: Autobiography and (or as the) Rhetoric of Emancipation."Challenging Rhetorics: Cross Disciplinary Sites of Feminist Discourse-Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s). Minneapolis, MN. October 1999.

"The Rhetoric of Women's Autobiography: The Hidden Seen, the Silenced Heard." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA. March 1999.

"The Mark on the Body: Bodies as Texts, Bodies as Agents in Maxine Hong Kingston's The Women Warrior." Arlington Humanities Colloquium. Arlington, TX. April 1998.

"Spinning the Same Yarn into New Patterns: The Limitations and Possibilities of Narrative in the Composition Classroom." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. April 1998.

"The Mark on the Body: Bodies as Texts, Bodies as Agents in Toni Morrison's Beloved." South Central Women's Studies Association. Houston, TX. March 1998.

"The Conversion Narrative as Social Criticism: Victorian Novels Hard Times and The Water Babies." Western Conference on British Studies. Fort Worth, TX. October 1997.

"Reclaiming Rhetorical Power in the Realm of Religion: The Book of Margery Kempe." From Boundaries to Borderlands: Intersections of Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s). Corvallis, OR. August 1997.

"The Conversion Narrative of Victorian Novels Hard Times and The Water Babies." Arlington Humanities Colloquium. Arlington, TX. April 1997.

"Rhetorical Power in the Realm of Religion: The Book of Margery Kempe." Graduate Student Research Symposium. Arlington, TX. November 1996.

"The Voice of 'This Creature': A Rhetorical Glance at The Book of Margery Kempe." English Graduates for Academic Development. Commerce, TX. July 1996.

"En Otras Voces: Multiple Voices in Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street." Arlington Humanities Colloquium. Arlington, TX. April 1996.

Academic Honors

Outstanding paper in Rhetoric and Composition: "The Voice of 'This Creature': A Rhetorical Glance at The Book of Margery Kempe." English Graduates for Academic Development Conference. Commerce, TX. July 1996.

Teaching and Research Interests

Histories of rhetoric, composition pedagogy, women's writing and rhetoric, autobiography, 19th- and 20th-century American literature, popular culture

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor, University of Texas at El Paso, August 2002-present
Courses Taught:
Research and Critical Writing
Argumentation and Persuasion: Graduate Level

Assistant Professor, James Madison University, August 1999-June 2002
Courses Taught:
Reading and Composition I
Reading and Composition II: Critical Thinking and History packages and On-line
Rhetorical Traditions
American Literature Survey: Beginnings to Civil War
American Literature Survey: Civil War to Present

Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Arlington, August 1995-August 1999
Courses Taught:
Developmental Writing
Expository Writing
Argumentative Writing
American Literature Survey
University Success
Upward Bound: Grammar Workshop

Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at El Paso, August 1993-May 1995
Courses Taught:
Expository Writing
Research and Critical Writing

Grant Awarded
"Curricular Development and Integration Grant for Cluster One, Package D" with Dr. Chris Arndt (History) and Dr. Esther Yook (Communications) by General Education: James Madison University. May 12, 2000.

Professional Services and Activities

Discipline
Proposal Review for CCCC,
2001
Article Review for a/b: Auto/Biography Studies
2000-2001
PCAS/ACAS Newsletter Co-editor
2001-2002
Textbook Review for Pearson Publishing
2001

University and College
Faculty Advisory Committee, JMU
2001-2002
General Education Grant Review Board, JMU
Spring 2001
Faculty Assistance Committee for College of Arts and Letters, JMU
2000-2001
NEH Grant Nomination Sub-committee
Conversations with Faculty and Freshman Reading Program
2000-2001
Co-trainer for First-Year Involvement writing tutors, JMU
2000
Steering Committee for Arlington Graduate Humanities Colloquium, UTA
Co-coordinator 1997
Member 1997, 1998
Graduate Humanities Organization, UTA
Member 1995-96

Departmental
Professional Writing and Rhetoric Committee, UTEP
2002
Composition Committee, UTEP
2002
Assessment Committee, JMU
Chair 2001-2002
Co-chair 2000-2001
Information Liaison for Writing Program, JMU
2000-2001
Personnel Advisory Committee, JMU
Elected member 2001-2002
Instructional Support Committee, JMU
Chair 2000-2001
Member 1999-2000
Writing Contest Judge for Write On!, JMU
2001, 2002
Writing Contest Committee, JMU
Member 1999-2000
Package D Coordinator, JMU
1999-2001
Gorgias Rhetoric Society, UTA
President 1996-97
Member 1995-1999
First-Year English Textbook Selection Committee, UTA
Member 1996, 1997
Freshman English Committee, UTA
Member 1995, 1998
Rio Grande Review, UT El Paso's Literary Magazine
Poetry Co-editor 1995

Academic Experience

Writing Center Tutor, Fall 1997-Summer 1999
Provided tutoring and computer assistance for The University of Texas at Arlington students and performed administrative duties
Senior tutor in charge of training, Spring 1999
Created training programs for new and experienced tutors
Research Assistant, 1998-1999
Composed questions for readings and co-authored Instructor's Manual for Prentice Hall college textbook College Reading by Nancy V. Wood

NEH Summer Institute Assistant, Summer 1998
Assistant to Kenneth Roemer for "Voices Reaching Back, Creating Anew: Five Twentieth Century American Indian Texts." Performed administrative duties and research, handled local arrangements, and contributed to seminar discussions

Research Assistant, Summer 1997
Co-authored and formatted Instructor's Manuals for Prentice Hall college textbooks Perspectives on Argument and Writing Argumentative Essays by Nancy V. Wood

Textbook Review, Prentice Hall, Spring 1997
Qualitative analysis of Prentice Hall and Holt handbooks

Technical Writer, Office of Comptroller, The University of Texas at El Paso,
1994-1995
Wrote manuals profiling financial services offices and defining specific job tasks

Professional Memberships

Coalition of Woman Scholars in Rhetoric and Composition
Conference on College Composition and Communication
Modern Language Association
National Council of Teachers of English
Popular Culture Association
Popular Culture Association of the Southwest
Rhetoric Society of America
Society for the Study of American Women Writers

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	Beth L. Brunk-Chavez English Department The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX 79968 (915)747-5797 blbrunk@utep.edu Education Ph.D. English: Rhetoric/Composition and Literature The University of Texas at Arlington, May 1999 Writing out of Captivity: The Liberating Rhetoric of Women's Autobiography Director: Dr. C. Jan Swearingen M.A. English: Literature The University of Texas at El Paso, May 1995 Returning Literature to the Composition Classroom: A Classroom Application Director: Dr. Kate Mangelsdorf B.A. Journalism and Mass Communications: Advertising Administration New Mexico State University, May 1992 with honors Publications "Voicing Concerns, Sharing Lives: The Rhetorical Power of Narrative." Review for Women Escaping Violence: Empowerment through Narrative by Elaine J. Lawless and Water Drops from Women Writers: A Temperance Reader edited by Carol Mattingly. Enculturation: A Journal for Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture. 4.2 (2002). "The Journey Out: Conceptual Mapping of the Writing Process." Co-authored with Janette Martin. Academic Exchange Quarterly Fall 2002. 193-97. Review for The Masculinized Woman in America: 1890-1935 by Laura Behling. Newsletter for Popular Culture Association in the South. Fall 2001. "En Otras Voces: Multiple Voices in Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street." Hispanofila 133 (2001): 137-50. Four entries for the Dictionary of American Literary Characters 2nd ed. Ed. by Fred Grayson (entries on Beloved, The Joy Luck Club, Song of Solomon, and Love Medicine). Facts on File Library of American Literature. 2001. Companion Website for Nancy V. Wood's Perspectives on Argument. 3rd ed. Prentice Hall, 2000. Co-author with Nancy V. Wood. Instructor's Manual for College Reading. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2000. Co-author with Nancy V. Wood. "Suggestions for Teaching with 'The Rhetoric'." Chapter Two in Instructor's Manuals for Perspectives on Argument. 2nd and 3rd eds. and Writing Argumentative Essays 1st and 2nd eds. By Nancy V. Wood. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 1998. "Handouts to Facilitate Classroom Management." Chapter Six in Instructor's Manual for Perspectives on Argument. 2nd and 3rd eds. and Chapter Five in Instructor's Manual for Writing Argumentative Essays. By Nancy V. Wood. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 1998. "Toulmin Analysis of 'What's Happened to Disney Films?'" Perspectives on Argument. 2nd. ed. By Nancy V. Wood. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 1998. 150-151. Conference Presentations "Pre-tenure/Postpartum: The Rhetorics and Challenges of Motherhood in the Academy." Intersections: Critical Locations of Feminist Rhetorical Practice-Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s). Columbus, OH. October 2003. "Shaking Down the Patterns of Patriarchy: The Rhetoric within The Living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman." American Women Writer's Association. Fort Worth, TX. September 2003. "The New Model of Womanhood: It's Lesbian, It's Menopausal, and It's On Trial by the SEC." Popular Culture Association of the Southwest. Albuquerque, NM. February 2003. "Teaching the Rhetorical Traditions Without Precedent in the Formation of a Writing Minor." Rhetoric Society of America. Las Vegas, NV. May 2002. co-author with Shelley B. Aley "Crafting a Model of New Womanhood: Too Much of a Good Thing?" Feminist Literacies: Resisting Disciplines-Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s). Decatur, IL. October 2001. "Perhaps These Walls Do Speak: Structural Inhabitants in the Works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Remedios Varo." Popular Culture Association Conference. Philadelphia, PA. April 2001. "What's So Funny about Stephen Toulmin?: Using Cartoons to Teach the Toulmin Analysis of Argument." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Denver, CO. March 2001. "And Then Things Began Spiraling Out of Control: VH1's Behind the Music and the Integration of Life and Song." Popular Culture Association of the South. Nashville, TN. October 2000. "'What Do You Mean the Narrator Might Not Be Reliable?' Invitations to Teaching Ethos." Rhetoric Society of America. Washington D.C. May 2000. "'If I Could Be Like Mike': Introducing Ethos through Advertising." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Minneapolis, MN. April 2000. "Fleeing Captive Spaces: Autobiography and (or as the) Rhetoric of Emancipation."Challenging Rhetorics: Cross Disciplinary Sites of Feminist Discourse-Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s). Minneapolis, MN. October 1999. "The Rhetoric of Women's Autobiography: The Hidden Seen, the Silenced Heard." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA. March 1999. "The Mark on the Body: Bodies as Texts, Bodies as Agents in Maxine Hong Kingston's The Women Warrior." Arlington Humanities Colloquium. Arlington, TX. April 1998. "Spinning the Same Yarn into New Patterns: The Limitations and Possibilities of Narrative in the Composition Classroom." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. April 1998. "The Mark on the Body: Bodies as Texts, Bodies as Agents in Toni Morrison's Beloved." South Central Women's Studies Association. Houston, TX. March 1998. "The Conversion Narrative as Social Criticism: Victorian Novels Hard Times and The Water Babies." Western Conference on British Studies. Fort Worth, TX. October 1997. "Reclaiming Rhetorical Power in the Realm of Religion: The Book of Margery Kempe." From Boundaries to Borderlands: Intersections of Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s). Corvallis, OR. August 1997. "The Conversion Narrative of Victorian Novels Hard Times and The Water Babies." Arlington Humanities Colloquium. Arlington, TX. April 1997. "Rhetorical Power in the Realm of Religion: The Book of Margery Kempe." Graduate Student Research Symposium. Arlington, TX. November 1996. "The Voice of 'This Creature': A Rhetorical Glance at The Book of Margery Kempe." English Graduates for Academic Development. Commerce, TX. July 1996. "En Otras Voces: Multiple Voices in Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street." Arlington Humanities Colloquium. Arlington, TX. April 1996. Academic Honors Outstanding paper in Rhetoric and Composition: "The Voice of 'This Creature': A Rhetorical Glance at The Book of Margery Kempe." English Graduates for Academic Development Conference. Commerce, TX. July 1996. Teaching and Research Interests Histories of rhetoric, composition pedagogy, women's writing and rhetoric, autobiography, 19th- and 20th-century American literature, popular culture Teaching Experience Assistant Professor, University of Texas at El Paso, August 2002-present Courses Taught: Research and Critical Writing Argumentation and Persuasion: Graduate Level Assistant Professor, James Madison University, August 1999-June 2002 Courses Taught: Reading and Composition I Reading and Composition II: Critical Thinking and History packages and On-line Rhetorical Traditions American Literature Survey: Beginnings to Civil War American Literature Survey: Civil War to Present Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Arlington, August 1995-August 1999 Courses Taught: Developmental Writing Expository Writing Argumentative Writing American Literature Survey University Success Upward Bound: Grammar Workshop Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at El Paso, August 1993-May 1995 Courses Taught: Expository Writing Research and Critical Writing Grant Awarded "Curricular Development and Integration Grant for Cluster One, Package D" with Dr. Chris Arndt (History) and Dr. Esther Yook (Communications) by General Education: James Madison University. May 12, 2000. Professional Services and Activities Discipline Proposal Review for CCCC, 2001 Article Review for a/b: Auto/Biography Studies 2000-2001 PCAS/ACAS Newsletter Co-editor 2001-2002 Textbook Review for Pearson Publishing 2001 University and College Faculty Advisory Committee, JMU 2001-2002 General Education Grant Review Board, JMU Spring 2001 Faculty Assistance Committee for College of Arts and Letters, JMU 2000-2001 NEH Grant Nomination Sub-committee Conversations with Faculty and Freshman Reading Program 2000-2001 Co-trainer for First-Year Involvement writing tutors, JMU 2000 Steering Committee for Arlington Graduate Humanities Colloquium, UTA Co-coordinator 1997 Member 1997, 1998 Graduate Humanities Organization, UTA Member 1995-96 Departmental Professional Writing and Rhetoric Committee, UTEP 2002 Composition Committee, UTEP 2002 Assessment Committee, JMU Chair 2001-2002 Co-chair 2000-2001 Information Liaison for Writing Program, JMU 2000-2001 Personnel Advisory Committee, JMU Elected member 2001-2002 Instructional Support Committee, JMU Chair 2000-2001 Member 1999-2000 Writing Contest Judge for Write On!, JMU 2001, 2002 Writing Contest Committee, JMU Member 1999-2000 Package D Coordinator, JMU 1999-2001 Gorgias Rhetoric Society, UTA President 1996-97 Member 1995-1999 First-Year English Textbook Selection Committee, UTA Member 1996, 1997 Freshman English Committee, UTA Member 1995, 1998 Rio Grande Review, UT El Paso's Literary Magazine Poetry Co-editor 1995 Academic Experience Writing Center Tutor, Fall 1997-Summer 1999 Provided tutoring and computer assistance for The University of Texas at Arlington students and performed administrative duties Senior tutor in charge of training, Spring 1999 Created training programs for new and experienced tutors Research Assistant, 1998-1999 Composed questions for readings and co-authored Instructor's Manual for Prentice Hall college textbook College Reading by Nancy V. Wood NEH Summer Institute Assistant, Summer 1998 Assistant to Kenneth Roemer for "Voices Reaching Back, Creating Anew: Five Twentieth Century American Indian Texts." Performed administrative duties and research, handled local arrangements, and contributed to seminar discussions Research Assistant, Summer 1997 Co-authored and formatted Instructor's Manuals for Prentice Hall college textbooks Perspectives on Argument and Writing Argumentative Essays by Nancy V. Wood Textbook Review, Prentice Hall, Spring 1997 Qualitative analysis of Prentice Hall and Holt handbooks Technical Writer, Office of Comptroller, The University of Texas at El Paso, 1994-1995 Wrote manuals profiling financial services offices and defining specific job tasks Professional Memberships Coalition of Woman Scholars in Rhetoric and Composition Conference on College Composition and Communication Modern Language Association National Council of Teachers of English Popular Culture Association Popular Culture Association of the Southwest Rhetoric Society of America Society for the Study of American Women Writers Go to top of page