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James J. Brown, Jr.
English Department
5057 Woodward, Suite 9408
Detroit, MI 48202
jimbrown [at] wayne [dot] edu
Education
University of Texas at Austin. Ph.D. English, concentration in Digital Literacies and Literatures (2009).
Dissertation: “Hospitable Texts”
Adviser: D. Diane Davis
Dissertation Committee: N. Katherine Hayles, Cynthia Haynes, Clay Spinuzzi, Margaret Syverson
Carnegie Mellon University. M.A. Literary and Cultural Studies (2004)
Ohio University. B.S. Communications (2000)
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor of English. Wayne State University (2009-present)
Assistant Instructor. University of Texas at Austin (2004-2009)
Assistant Director. Computer Writing and Research Lab (2006-2008)
Publications
Articles
“Essjay’s Ethos: Rethinking Textual Origins and Intellectual Property.” College Composition and Communication 61.1 (2009): 212-231.
“In Between Lauding and Deriding: A pedagogical review of MySpace.” Co-authored with Lacey Donohue. Currents in Electronic Literacy. Spring 2007.
“From Friday to Sunday: The Hacker Ethic and Shifting Notions of Labour, Leisure and Intellectual Property.” Leisure Studies 27.4 (2008): 395-409.
“Evil Bert Laden: ViRaL Texts, Collision, and Community.” Fast Capitalism 4.1 (2008).
“(Re)Make it New.” Currents in Electronic Literacy. Spring 2008.
Book Chapters
“Edit This Page: Wikipedia and the Responsibilities of Digital Rhetorics.” The Responsibilities of Rhetoric. Eds. Barbara Warnick and Michelle Smith. Long Grove, Ill.: Waveland Press, 2009: 151-158.
“Speech Hacks.” The Computer Culture Reader. Eds. Judd Ruggill, Joseph Chaney, & Ken McAllister. Newcastle, UK.: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008: 44-60.
Reviews
Review of Acts of Enjoyment: Rhetoric, Zizek, and the Return of the Subject, by Thomas Rickert. Co-authored with Joshua Gunn. Philosophy & Rhetoric. 42.2 (2009): 183-190.
Review of Color Monitors: The Black Face of Technology in America by Martin Kevorkian. E3W Review of Books. Spring 2007.
Conference Presentations and Invited Lectures
“New Media and the Limits of Lanham’s ‘Cybernethics.’” Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Minneapolis, MN. May 2010.
“Delivery: From Cicero to Beyoncé.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. Louisville, KY. March 20, 2010.
“‘After the Bubble Bursts’: Wikipedia, Rhetoric, and Software Studies.” The Future of Digital Studies. Gainesville, FL. February 25, 2010.
“Girl Talk vs. DJ Spooky: Remixes, Mashups, and Digital Writing.” Wayne State Humanities Center. Detroit, MI. October 7, 2009.
“1995: Quickness and Composition.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA. March 2009.
“Delivery: From Cicero to Beyoncé.” South by Southwest Interactive. Austin, TX. March 2009.
“Edit This Page: Wikipedia and the Responsibilities of Digital Rhetorics.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Seattle, WA. May 2008.
“The ‘Why?’ Question.” A multimedia presentation for a special panel entitled “Rhetoric and the Amateur.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Seattle, WA. May 2008.
“Evil Bert Laden: Reality and ViRaL Texts.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. New Orleans, LA. April 2008.
“Hospitable Texts.” Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. State College, PA. July 2007.
“Wikipedia: Modeling a Middle Way for Rhetoric.” Computers and Writing. Detroit, MI. May 2007.
“Creative Commons in Composition: The Collaborative Construction of a Classroom Identity.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, NY. March 2007.
“Hijacking Scapegoats: Kenneth Burke, Technology, and the ‘Doctrine of Use.’” National Communications Association Conference. San Antonio, TX. November 2006.
“What’s in the Box? Locke’s Abstraction in Computer Programming.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Memphis, TN. May 2006.
“Regions of Experience in the First-Year College Curriculum.” College English Association Conference. San Antonio, TX. April 2006.
“The Grace of a Fat Penguin: The Articulations of Linux Subculture.” SWTexas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference. Albuquerque, NM. February 2005.
Courses
[For more information, visit my course website]
Wayne State University
ENG 8007: New Media Interfaces and Infrastructures (Graduate Seminar)
ENG 3010: Anthologics
University of Texas at Austin
RHE 309S: Anthologics (Fall ‘08)
RHE 312: Inventing Electracy (Fall ‘07, Spring ‘09)
RHE 309K: Arguing the Digital Divide (Fall ‘05, Spring ‘06)
RHE 309S: Issues of Access in the U.S. (Summer ‘05)
RHE 306: First-Year Writing (Fall ‘04, Spring ‘05)
E 314J: Literature and Computer Programming (Fall ‘06)
Awards
University of Texas English Department Dissertation Fellowship (Summer 2008)
University of Texas Department of Rhetoric and Writing, James L. Kinneavy Award for Scholarship in Rhetoric and Composition for “Essjay’s Ethos: Rethinking Textual Origins and Intellectual Property” (2008)
Nominee, William S. Livingston Outstanding Graduate Student Award (2007, 2008)
Graduate Student Professional Development Award (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Service
Managing Editor. Enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture (2009-present)
Advisory Board Member. Blogging Pedagogy (2009-Present)
HASTAC Scholar. Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced (2008-present)
Blogger. Rhetoric Society of America’s Blogora (2007-present)
Member. Rhetoric Society of America Site Selection Committee (2007-2009)
Department
Wayne State English Department – Composition Committee (2009-2010)
Wayne State English Department – Library Committee (2009-2010)
University of Texas Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (2006-2007)
Co-Chair. University of Texas First-Year Forum Book Selection Committee (2005-2006)
University of Texas First-Year Writing Committee (2004-2006)
Project Developer. University of Texas Computer Writing and Research Lab (2004-2006)
Technical Experience
Circuit Designer. MCI. Richardson, TX (2000-2003)
Programming Languages: Java, Javascript, PHP
Web Design: CSS, HTML, Drupal CMS, Wordpress CMS
Professional Organizations
Conference of College Composition and Communication
Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC)
Modern Language Association
National Communications Association
National Council of Teachers of English
Rhetoric Society of America
