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Center Graduate Students: Kaitlin Marks-Dubbs
Kaitlin Marks-Dubbs is a Ph.D. student in the Center for Writing Studies in the English Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Contact Information
4th Floor English Building | MC-718
marksdu1@illinois.edu
Biographical Statement
Before entering the writing studies program at the University of Illinois, Kaitlin worked as a tutor at the Norman M. Eberly Writing Center at Dickinson College and as part of National College Advising Corps, writing recommendations for grant money and assisting Pennsylvania high school students in navigating the college and financial aid application processes to help them to matriculate to post-secondary institutions.
Courses Taught
· Writing Across Media (Writing/Informatics 303)
· Principles of Professional Communication (BTW 250)
· First-year Composition (Rhetoric 101, 102, 103)
· Academic Writing Program Tutorial (Rhetoric 100)
Administration and Academic Service
· Peer Mentor, Undergraduate Writing Program (Fall 2011, Spring 2012)
· Rhetoric Advisory Committee, Undergraduate Writing Program (2011-2012)
Conferences
· Computers and Writing, 2011· Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2012, 2013
· Rhetoric Society of America, 2012
· Thomas R. Watson Conference, 2012
Research Interests
· Digital Media, Composing Economies, and Corporate Sponsorship of Writing
· Science, Technology, and Medical Studies
· Visual, Material, and Embodied Rhetorics of Activism and Advocacy
· Gender, Sexuality, and Body Studies