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LauraAnne Carroll-Adler

Associate Professor (Teaching) of Writing
Email lauraana@email.usc.edu Office JEF 150 Office Phone (213) 740-1980

Education

  • Ph.D. English, University of Southern California, 5/2000
  • M.A. English, UCLA

  • Research, Teaching, Practice, and Clinical Appointments

    • Assistant Professor (Teaching) of Writing, University of Southern California, 2010-08-2017-08
    • Lecturer, The Writing Program, 2005-2010-08
    • Associate Adjunct Professor of English, College of the Canyons, 2002-08-2011-08
    • Part-Time Lecturer, University of Southern California Writing Program, 2000-2005
    • Assistant Lecturer, University of Southern California Writing Program, 1992-2000
    • Teaching Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles, 1985-01-1987-12

    Other Employment

    • Tutor, Academic Advancement Program, UCLA, 1984-1985

  • Conference Presentations

    • The Past isn’t Over, the Future is Now: Call the Midwife, The Handmaid’s Tale, and the Battle for Reproductive Rights , Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association Annual Conference Talk/Oral Presentation, MAPACA, Philadelphia, Pennysylvania, 11/09/2023 – 11/11/2023
    • The Past isn’t Over, the Future is Now: Call the Midwife, The Handmaid’s Tale, and the Battle for Reproductive Rights , Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association Annual Conference Talk/Oral Presentation, MAPACA, Philadelphia, Pennysylvania, 11/09/2023 – 11/11/2023
    • “Building a New Book” , College English Association Annual ConferenceTalk/Oral Presentation, CEA, San Antonio, TX, 03/29/2023 – 04/01/2023
    • Who Tells Your Story?–Rhetoric, History, and Composition , NCTE”On-Demand” virtual panel, National Council of Teachers of English, Louisville, KY and Online, Fall 2021
    • DePisan’s Heirs: Women, Writing, and Exemplarity , PAMLA Annual ConferenceTalk/Oral Presentation, Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association, San Diego, CA, 11/15/2019 – 11/17/2019
    • Visions of Virtue: Sidney’s Speaking Pictures , College English Association 50th Annual ConferenceTalk/Oral Presentation, College English Association, New Orleans, LA, 03/28/2019 – 03/30/2019
    • “Misery” Loves Company: “The Princess Bride” and Negotiating with Fans , Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association ConferenceTalk/Oral Presentation, MAPCA, Baltimore, MD, 11/08/2018 – 11/10/2018
    • “The Digital Activists Are Coming: Social Media and the Rhetoric of Public Discourse after Ferguson” , Conference on College Composition and CommunicationTalk/Oral Presentation, NCTE/CCC, Houston, TX, 04/06/2016 – 04/09/2016
    • Static Virtue or Active Drama: Portraying Exemplary Women in the Early Modern Era , PAMLA Annual ConferenceTalk/Oral Presentation, PAMLA, Portland State University, Portland, OR, 11/06/2015 – 11/08/2015
    • “Race, Writing, and Web 2.0: Introducing Students to Online Discussion” , Computers and Writing ConferenceTalk/Oral Presentation, University of Wisconsin–Stout, Menemonie, Wisconsin, 05/28/2015 – 05/31/2015
    • “The Princess and the Parable: Disney Stages a Morality Play in The Big Easy” , Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association Conference Talk/Oral Presentation, PAMLA, Riverside, CA, 10/31/2014 – 11/02/2014
    • The Craft of Process Reporting: Writing and Guided Self-Reflection , International Writing Across the Curriculum ConferenceTalk/Oral Presentation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 06/11/2014 – 06/14/2014
    • Using the Gap between Literature and Rhetoric in the Composition Class , College English Association Annual ConferenceTalk/Oral Presentation, College English Association, Baltimore, MD, 03/26/2014 – 03/29/2014
    • Writing About Computers: Seaching for Questions , Computers and Writing: Mechanization and WritingTalk/Oral Presentation, Computers & Writing, Frostburg State University, 06/06/2013 – 06/09/2013
    • Enlarging the future: Studying the Art of Apology in the multi-disciplinary Composition class. , International Writing Across the Curriculum ConferenceTalk/Oral Presentation, IWAC, Savannah, GA, 06/07/2012 – 06/09/2012
    • Understanding Paratext: Moderating the Author/Reader Boundary in the Composition Class , College English AssociationTalk/Oral Presentation, Richmond, VA, 03/29/2012 – 03/31/2012
    • Putting Culture in its Place , Western States Rhetoric and Literacy ConferenceTalk/Oral Presentation, WSRL and Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, 10/20/2011 – 10/22/2011
    • Teaching Through Footnotes: Paratextual Rhetoric in the Composition Classroom , Colllege Composition and CommunicationTalk/Oral Presentation, NCTE/CCC, Louisville, KY, 03/17/2010 – 03/20/2010
    • Fashioning a Scholar Online , College Compostion and CommunicationTalk/Oral Presentation, National Council of Teachers of English, New York, New York, 03/22/2007 – 03/25/2007

  • Book Review

    • Carroll-Adler, L. (2016). Book Review: Memes in Digital Culture. Technoculture: An Online Journal of Technology in Society.
    • Carroll-Adler, L. (2015). Book Review: Cyberactivism on the Participatory Web. Computers and Writing Online.

  • Committees

    • Member, Faculty Evaluation Committee, Fall 2022
    • Co-Chair, Professional Workshops Committee, USC Writing Program, 2018 – 2021
    • Member, 4C’s at USC Committe Member, 2019-2020
    • Member, Merit Review Committee, USC Dornsife Writing Program, Fall 2018
    • Member, Merit Review Committee, USC Dornsife Writing Program, Fall 2015
    • Member, Personnel Committee, Writing Program, 2012-2013
    • Member, Professional Development Committee, Writing Program, 03/2011 – 06/2013
    • Member, Publications Committee, Writing Program, Spring 2011
    • Member, Merit Review Committee, Writing Program, 2008-2009
    • Member, Writing Program Faculty Advisory Committee, 2007-2008
    • Member, Writing Program Faculty Advisory Committee

      , 2005-2006

    Media, Alumni, and Community Relations

    • Reader/Judge, History Day LA, 03/01/1997 – 2014

    Other Service to the University

    • Mentor, USC Dornsife Writing Program, Spring 2015
    • Judge and Moderator, Business and Professional Writing Category, Undergraduate Writing Conference, Spring 2014
    • Instructional Coordinator, 06/2013 – 12/2013
    • Program Coordinator, Writing Program, 08/2005 – 06/2013
    • Judge, Creative Writing, Undergraduate Writers’ Conference., Spring 2011
    • Moderator, Undergraduate Writers’ Conference, Spring 2010
    • Facilitator, Mid-semester evaluations for Incoming Assistant Lecturers., Fall 2009
    • Moderator, Undergraduate Writers’ Conference., Fall 2008
    • Reader, Writing Program Critical Thinking study.

      , 2005-2006

  • Editorships and Editorial Boards

    • Editorial Board, Issue Editor, The Writing Instructor, 1993 – 1996

    Professional Memberships

    • Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, 09/2014 –
    • National Council of Teachers of English, 2008 –
    • College English Association, 2007 –

    Review Panels

    • Conference on College Composition & Communication, Stage 1 Reviewer, Spring 2021
    • National Council of Teachers of English, NCTE Annual Convention, 01/24/2020 – 02/04/2020
    • International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, IWAC Conference Proposal Reviewer, 08/15/2017 – 09/05/2017
    • NCTE/Norman Mailer Center, Judge for Norman Mailer Writing Award for Middle School and High School Teachers, 08/2014 – 08/2016
    • Conference on College Composition and Communication, Stage I Reviewer, Conference Panel Proposals, Spring 2014

    Reviewer for Publications

    • The Writing Instructor, University of Southern California, Reviewed submissions for the USC Rhetoric Program’s journal as part of editorial committee tasks., 1997-1998

    Media, Alumni, and Community Relations

    • Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative. Reviews of Computers and Writing Conference Panels, 06/2015
    • Reviewer for Kairos Online Journal CCCC 2014 Reviews. , Spring 2014
    • Social Media Correspondent, College Composition and Communication Conference, 03/2014
    • Volunteer Reviewer for 2013 CCCC Sessions: B8, “Students as Public Writers in the Global Internet Age;” C4, “Rhetorical Movement through Public Pathways;” and G14, “Ethos and the Public and Private Work of Teaching Composition in the 21st Century.” , Spring 2013

    Other Service to the Profession

    • Presiding Office, Composition & Rhetoric Panels (2)

      PAMLA Annual Conference, 11/11/2022 – 11/13/2022

    • Presiding Officer
      Composition & Rhetoric Panels, two online and one in-person panel format, 11/11/2021 – 11/14/2021
    • Presiding Officer, PAMLA Conference, Pasadena, CA, November 2016.
      Proposed special session and reviewed and selected presentation papers for conference panel “Drinking from the River Mnemosyne: Memoir, Truth, and Rhetoric”, 11/11/2016 – 11/13/2016
    • Panel Chair, 2014 College Composition & Communication Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 03/19/2014 – 03/22/2014
    • Panel Moderator, “Sustainability, Food Justice, and Biocentric Rhetoric” CCCC, Las Vegas., 03/14/2013 – 03/16/2013
    • Panel Moderator, International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference., 06/08/2012
    • Reader, Critical Reasoning Project, 2009-2010
    • Chair/Moderator, College Composition and Communication Conference Panel, “Negotiating Teacher Identities,” New Orleans., 04/2008
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