Michael McCamley

Department of English

University of Delaware

212 Memorial Hall

Newark, DE 19716-2537

mccamley@udel.edu

Academic Employment

Professor, English Department, University of Delaware (2021 – present)

Associate Professor, English Department, University of Delaware (2014—2021).

Assistant Professor, English Department, University of Delaware (2007—2014).

Education

Ph.D. in English, Specialization in Composition/Rhetoric, Oklahoma State University (2007).

M.F.A. in Creative Writing, University of Arizona (1997).

B.A. in English, University of Nebraska (1994).

Writing Program Administration

Director of the First-Year Writing Program (Fall 2022 – Present)

Associate Director of the Writing Centers (Fall 2014 – Spring 2016)

Associate Director of the Writing Program, University of Delaware (Spring 2010–Fall 2014)

Acting Director of the Writing Program (January 2011–August 2012)

Teaching

Undergraduate—University of Delaware

ENGL 110—Critical Reading and Writing

ENGL 110—Honors Critical Reading and Writing

ENGL 225—Introduction to Rhetoric and Writing Studies

ENGL 227—Introduction to Creative Writing

ENGL 301—Advanced Writing

ENGL 301 – Advanced Writing: Travel Writing

ENGL 306—Special Topics in Writing: Narrative – On the Page, On the Stage, and On Screen

ENGL 365 – Introduction to LGBTQ+ Literature

ENGL 367 – Queer Rhetorics: Writing 4 R Lives

ENGL 392—Teaching Writing One-to-One

ENGL 394—English Language: Cultural and Rhetorical Contexts

400/600 Level Courses—University of Delaware

ENGL 410—Technical Writing

ENGL 688 – Introduction to Composition Theory and the Teaching of Writing

ENGL 688—Teaching Composition for High School Teachers (co-taught with Melissa Ianetta)

Refereed Journal Publications

McCamley, Michael. “Unclear, But Not Unclean: Resisting Familiar Binaries in Faculty Labor.” Part of the Symposium “Off Track and On: Valuing the Intellectual Work of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty” with Christine Cucciarre and Joseph Harris. College English 77.1 (2014)

McCamley, Michael. “Magneto and Me: Invisibility and Passing as a CNTT Compositionist.” College Composition and Communication 66.1 (2014).

Ianetta, Melissa, Michael McCamley, and Catherine Quick. “Taking Stock: Surveying the Relationship of the Writing Center and TA Training.” WPA: Writing Program Administration 31.1/2 (Fall/Winter 2007).

Conference Presentations

“Movin’ On Up: Undergraduate Empirical Research in the First-Year Writing Classroom.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Virtual March 2022.

“The Wild Wild West: Labor, Lore, and NTT Faculty With Security of Employment.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Pittsburgh PA March 2019.

“A Way with Words: Disrupting Academic English and Unleashing Students’ Language Choices.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Kansas City MO March 2018.

“Introducing the CWPA Labor Resource Center,” Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, Knoxville TN July 2017.

“Surveying the Landscape of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Portland OR March 2017.

“Succeeding Failure.” Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, Raleigh NC July 2016.

“To Be Real: Harnessing the Benefits of Undergraduate Research in Tutor Training.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Houston TX April 2016.

“Taking the Conference Home: Reflecting on Future Research Projects.” National Council of Peer Tutors of Writing Conference, Salt Lake City UT November 2015.

“Shame and Shaming in WPA Work.” Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, Boise ID July 2015.

“’You Got to Have Friends’: Administering Multimodal Initiatives in a Writing Program.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Tampa FL March 2015.

“A Whole New World: Queering Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Work in the Writing Center.” International Writing Centers/National Council of Peer Tutors of Writing Conference, Orlando FL November 2014.

“The New Labor Landscape: Freedom and Security Without Tenure,” Watson Conference, Louisville, KY , October 2014.

“Waiting on the World to Change: Non-Tenure-Track Labor Issues and WPAs.” Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, Normal IL July 2014.

“The Myth of Tiers: Proposing An Chaos of Agency for WPAs.” Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, Normal IL July 2014.

“Permanent Non-Tenure Track Faculty: A Position of Promise? Or Peril?” Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, Savannah GA, July 2013.

“Dazzling Liminality: Queering Multimodality, Queering Writing.” Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, Savannah GA, July 2013.

“What We Value in Literature Instruction: Assessment and the Teaching of Literature.” And Gladly Teach? Pedagogy, Practice, and the Teaching of Literature. Newark DE, April 2013.

“Comin’ Back from DMAC: Multimodal Composition and Writing Program Administration.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Las Vegas, March 2013.

“Covering the Bases: The Benefits and Challenges of TA Mentoring Programs from an Administrative Perspective,” National Council of Teachers of English, Las Vegas NV November 2012.

“The Successful Dissertation Boot Camp: Time, Space, and Motivation for Writing,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta GA, April 2011.

“Not Just Pieces of Flair: Rearticulating Style in the Brave New Writing Classroom,” National Council of Teachers of English, Orlando FL, November 2010.

“’Knowledge Creates Obligation’: The Duponts and Literacy Education in the Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School, 1816–1856,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Louisville KY, April 2010.

“Historicizing and Archiving: Models of Collaboration” Middle Atlantic Writing Centers Association Conference, York PA, March 2009.

“PhD on the CNTT” Conference on College Composition and Communication, New Orleans LA, March 2008.

SERVICE

University

External Reviewer for Promotion to Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Delaware, Summer 2020.

Prologue Presenter, Resident Ensemble Players performance of August: Osage County, 13 October 2019.

Member, Coordination Committee on Education, Fall 2019 – present.

Discussion Leader, SAPE (Sexual Assault Prevention and Education) Committee Weekday Film Festival Screening of Moonlight, 19 October 2017.

CT Member, Faculty Senate Promotion and Tenure Committee, Fall 2015 – Spring 2019.

Faculty Advisor, Rubber Chickens Improv Troupe Registered Student Organization, 2008 – 2009.

College

Member, Writing Center Associate Director Hiring Committee, Summer 2022.

External Reviewer, University of Delaware Associate in Arts Promotion Committee, Fall 2019.

Member, Contract Renewal Committee University of Delaware Associate in Arts, Spring 2017.

Member, English Department Chair Search Committee, Spring 2009.

Member, English Department Chair Evaluation Committee, Fall 2008.

Department

Member, Ad Hoc Committee to Revise the Promotion and Tenure Process, Fall 2022.

English Department Faculty Mentor, Fall 2021 – Spring 2022.

Member, Post-Doctoral Position in the Teaching of Writing Search Committee, Spring 2020.

Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee, Fall 2019 – present.

Member, Faculty Review Committee, Fall 2017 – Spring 2019.

Member, Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Teaching of Writing Search Committee, Spring 2017.

Co-Faculty Advisor, Caesura Literary Magazine, Fall 2012–Spring 2013.

Member, Senior Composition Faculty Search Committee, Fall 2012–Spring 2012.

Member, Website Refresh Committee, Fall 2011–Spring 2012.

ENGL 110 Exemption/Transfer Credit Evaluator, July 2008–August 2010.

• As transfer coordinator, I evaluated aver 300 requests for transfer credit for ENGL 110 per year.

Member, Continuing Non-Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Composition Hiring Committee, Fall 2008–Spring 2009.

Profession

External Search Committee Member, CT Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Fall 2021.

External Promotion Reviewer, Georgia Tech, Fall 2021

Editorial Board Member, Composition Studies, Fall 2016 – present.

Secretary, Council of Writing Program Administrators, January 2014—January 2019.

Reviewer, WPA: Writing Program Administration, Fall 2019 – present.

Reviewer, College English, 2013-2015.

Member, Council of Writing Program Administrators Labor Committee, Summer 2013–present

Member, Caucus on Non-Tenured/Un-Tenured Writing Program Administrators for the Council of Writing Program Administrators, Fall 2012–present

Grant Evaluator, City University of New York, Fall 2009.

Author (with Melissa Ianetta) of “Assistant Professor Administrators: A Bibliographic Resource,” for inclusion on the Council of Writing Program Administrators’ web site: http://wpacouncil.org/files/APAbib.pdf.

Departmental Presentations Related to Teaching

“Back from DMAC!” (with Melissa Ianetta) University of Delaware Writing Program In-Service, August 2012.

“Teaching with Technology in Seven Ways,” University of Delaware Writing Program In-Service, February 2010.

“Creative Writing and Composition,” University of Delaware Writing Program In-Service, September 2008.

“Teaching Source Use and Citation,” University of Delaware Writing Program In-Service, August 2007.

Additional Contributions to the Improvement of Teaching

Co-Leader, Delaware Department of Health and Human Services Narrative Workshop, 2 October 2018.

Session Leader, Keep Calm and Teach On Workshops, Summer 2018.

Co-leader, Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, Summer 2018.

Workshop Leader, WAC Wednesdays, Spring 2017.

Member, ENGL 312/410 Outcomes Committee, Spring 2013.

Faculty Advisor, Caesura, Fall 2013—Spring 2016.

Co-Faculty Advisor, Caesura, Fall 2012—Spring 2013.

Co Facilitator, Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, Summer 2012 – Summer 2016.

Member, Writing Program Assessment Committee, Spring 2009.

Coordinator, University of Delaware Dissertation Boot Camp, January 2009–May 2016.

Member, Academic Integrity Committee, Fall 2008–Spring 2009.

Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Evaluating Teaching, Spring 2008.

Assessment Faculty Fellow, University of Delaware Office of Educational Assessment, Fall 2007–2010.