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JIMMY BUTTS 519 Madden Bridge Road Central, SC 29630 (843) 324-3252 jbutts@live.com jimmybutts.com Born: 12 September 1981 in Columbus, Ohio

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EDUCATION Clemson University Ph.D. Rhetorics, Communication, and Information Design The European Graduate School Visiting Scholar Winthrop University Master of Arts, English Language and Literature The College of Charleston Artium Baccalaureatum, English; Minor in Secondary Education Clemson, SC May 2013 Saas Fee, Switzerland June Session 2012 Rock Hill, SC May 2008 Charleston, SC May 2004

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Clemson University Assistant Writing Program Administrator Clemson University Instructor, Freshman Composition & World Literature Clemson, SC June 2012-May 2013 Clemson, SC Aug 2009-May 2012

The Tile Council of North America Clemson, SC Technical Writer, Web Consultant Summer 2010, 2011 Wrote technical material for the laboratory including standard operating procedures, articles for publication, and documentation to move toward accreditation for the laboratory. Helped redesign and restructure the company website using both Wordpress and Joomla. Winthrop University Instructor, Freshman Composition Rock Hill, SC Fall 2008

Bonsal American Charlotte, NC Research & Development Associate May 2005Aug 2009 Worked in a research laboratory setting developing new products for a national company. Facilitated research by writing lab reports, conducting research for cement based chemistries, visiting customers to conduct technical presentations, and performing laboratory experiments to generate publishable results.

Winthrop University Writing Lab Writing Lab Consultant

Rock Hill, SC Fall 2007

Anthropology: Winthrop University Literary Journal Rock Hill, SC Design Editor & Prose Editor Oct 2006Apr 2007 Sought prose submissions by generating advertising and meeting with writing classes. Proctored judging of writing submissions and guided selection process for the prose submissions. Worked closely with the General Editor to make stylistic decisions, as well as content decisions. Formatted the content of the literary journal in Adobe Photoshop and InDesign. St. Johns High School Johns Island, SC English Teacher Fall 2004 Taught 10th and 11th grade English courses and a Creative Writing course at a Title I high school in the Charleston County School District. Worked with students to improve failing test scores. Collaborated with a Reading Specialist to develop the schools curriculum. Coached Special Olympics and took students to competitions. College of Charleston Writing Lab Writing Lab Consultant Charleston, SC Sept 2002Dec 2003

Miscellany: The College of Charleston Literary Journal Charleston, SC Editor of Graphic Design Oct 2002-May 2003 Advertised and promoted the journal to obtain student submissions. Facilitated judging of writing submissions and helped guide the selection process. Made several guiding decisions by working closely with the General Editor. Formatted the content of the literary journal in Adobe Photoshop and InDesign. Distributed journals across the Charleston area.

PUBLISHED WORK The Sophists Cookbook: Some Rhetorical Cookery Along the Lines of Wired Gyred Grammars in the of Future Writing High Wired 2 Prison Play: A Manifesto Concerning Escape. Pre/Text forthcoming

forthcoming

forthcoming

Instructor Reflection for Student Project: Loneliness Video Adaptation of Mansfield Poem The Journal for Undergraduate Multimedia Projects The Effects of Multimodality Upon the Literate Text, Or A Traditional Five-Page English Paper. Pre/Text 20.1-4 2010 Looking Back: Linking Writing Lab Consultants of the Past with the Present Writing Lab Newsletter 28.2

October 2003

CONFERENCES Punk Grammar: Steam Technologies and Rebellious Composition 15th Biennial RSA Conference. Philadelphia, PA. May 2012. Composition, Koans: The Gateless Gate Meets Writing Gateways A Pearson grant project for CCCC. St. Louis, MO. April Banalities Carolina Rhetoric Conference. Clemson, SC. February 2012. Prisoners, Presidents, and Parents: Penmanship and Composition. New Voices Graduate Conference. Georgia State University. Atlanta, GA. January 2012 Parabolic Tale, with Invocation; The Excursion; Scherzando: Three Short Film Adaptations The Kenneth Burke Society Conference. Clemson, SC. May 28, 2011. The True History of His Beard: Joaquin Phoenix and the Limits of Cinema Verite National Popular Culture & American Culture Association. San Antonio, TX. April 20, 2011. Ekklesia and Porneia 2.0: : Online and Offline Dialectics Between One Church and The Porn Industry Eastern Communications Association Conference. Washington, DC. April, 15,2011 Research Network Forum. CCCC. Atlanta, GA. April 6-9, 2011. Prison Play: A Manifesto Concerning Escape. CCCC. Atlanta, GA. April 6-9, 2011. Photography, Narrative, and Archiving Across Time, Or Why We Cant Disprove the Sasquatch. Carolina Rhetoric Conference. Columbia, SC. February 2011. Quixotes Ludic Hero-Quest as a Precursor to G4M3R S7UD13S. Gaming Panel National Popular Culture & American Culture Association. New Orleans, LA. April 8-11, 2009. The New Billy Pilgrimage: Seeking the Complex Anti-War Stance in Vonneguts Slaughterhouse-Five. College English Association. Pittsburgh, PA. March 26-28, 2009. Fanny Burneys Evelina as a Rib to the Gothic. South Eastern American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies. Charlotte, NC. March 6-8, 2009. Computers Can Do Lit Crit Too: Microsofts New New Critical Reading of The Yellow WallPaper. 9th English Graduate Student Association Conference: The Machine in the Garden 2.0. University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Charlotte, NC. January 30, 2009. The Slave as Archetypal Metaphor in Puddnhead Wilson: Twains Persistent Meaning. Critical Approaches to Mark Twain Panel. Philological Association of the Carolinas Conference. Myrtle Beach, SC. March 22-24, 2007. Hellacious Hellenism: Joyces Cynical (and Optimistic) View of Ireland. Exile and

Assimilation Panel. 2007 Southern Regional American Conference for Irish Studies. Winthrop University. Rock Hill, SC. March 8-10, 2007.

COURSES TAUGHT High School: 10th Grade English 11th Grade English: American Literature Creative Writing College: Writing 101: Freshman Composition English 103: Advanced Composition English 103 Online: Advanced Composition English 212: World Literature

OTHER PRESENTATIONS Affectively Disorienting Prezis Tech Workshops Sponsored by the MultiModal and SC Adobe User Groups. Clemson University. March 9, 2011. Exceleration: Painless Pedagogical Tools for Keeping Score in the Classroom. Tech Workshops Sponsored by the MultiModal and SC Adobe User Groups. Clemson University. October 19, 2010.

TECHNOLOGY PUBLICATIONS General Editor: TechnoWinthro Publication produced by course entitled: Writing for Electronic Publications Fall 2007

Ulysses Hypermedia Project Fall 2003 Helped conduct research with Joe Kelly at College of Charleston in collaboration with Michael Groden for the online hypertext project for James Joyces Ulysses, a project that was never fully realized.

HONORS AND AWARDS Professional Enrichment Grant Recipient, Clemson University, 2012 Pearson's 2012 Emerging Pedagogies Grant Recipient Deans Excellent Teaching Recognition from Student Recommendations, 2011 Sigma Tau Delta, English Honors Society Member since 2003 Carrie Pollitzer Education Award, College of Charleston Educational Testing Services Recognition of Excellence Received a perfect score on the Praxis Subject Test for English Language, Literature, and Composition: Content Knowledge AP Scholar: Having received a score of 4 or higher on at least 3 AP tests Kimberly Hope Campbell Scholarship York County Educational Association Scholarship

 South Carolina Life Scholarship Recipient PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS & CERTIFICATIONS Parlor Press Booth Assistant, 2011-2012 Hospitality Chair, Carolina Rhetoric Conference 2012 Travel Liaison for Michael Burke, Kenneth Burke Society Conference 2011 Secretary for Rhetoric Society of America Local Chapter, 2010-2011 Relevant Magazine Booth Assistant, Summer 2003 College Reading & Learning Association Tutoring Certificate, January 2003

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