Publications

Articles

“Partnerships, Scaffolding, and Adaptation: Lessons Learned from a Multi-Year Project to Embed WAC across a BSN Curriculum.” Co-authored with T. Kenny Fountain and Ashley Hurst. In Writing Worldviews: The 2023 International Writing Across the Curriculum Edited Collection (WAC Clearinghouse, forthcoming 2024). 

“Rhetorical Decipherment and Its Archaeological Implications for the Recovery of Women in the History of Rhetoric: A Note on the Bronze Age Women of Linear B from Pylos.” Co-authored with Richard Enos and Natasha Robinson. Journal for the History of Rhetoric (March 2020). 

“Going Professional: Writing Centers’ Challenges and Possibilities in Working with Emerging Online Professional Graduate Student Programs.” Academic essay considering the positioning of writing centers in providing support to graduate students in the online professional programs that are growing nationwide. WLN Journal. (Mar./April 2019).

“I Will Not Edit Your Paper. (Will I?): Tutoring and/or Editing in the Writing Center.” Academic essay on the practical and pedagogical intersections/divergences between tutoring and professional editing. WLN Journal. (Jan./Feb. 2019). 

“Scholarship as Literature? Poetic Resonances and Boundaries in Scholarly Publications.” Academic essay on the stylistic overlaps in work by creative writer-scholars. South Atlantic Review (Mar. 2017). 

Reviews

“Book Review—Ovid’s Revisions: The Editor as Author.” Scholarly book review engaging material on self-editing and revision in the classical world through the work of Ovid. Scholarly Editing (2016).

“Book Review—The Idea of the Digital University.” Scholarly book review (in webtext format) engaging the issue of the development and future of online higher education. Computers and Composition Online (Fall 2015-Spring 2016).

Essays and Blog Posts

“Searching for ‘Writing Culture’ across UVA.” Blog post for UVA’s Office of Engagement, reviewing efforts to investigate writing culture across UVA’s past and present. Published online (August 13, 2021).

"Watching Songs." Creative essay on a marriage and divorce between the hearing and Deaf communities, and the differences that unite and separate people. Published in Relief 5.2 (Winter 2011).

“Remember, Forget.” Creative essay reflecting on trauma and hope in the lives of several Iraqi refugees who have resettled in Abilene. Published in Welter (Summer 2011).

“Visible Invisible.” Creative essay considering the connection between geography and identity. Published in Relief 2.2 (Spring 2008).

Professional (Non-academic) Publications

ACU at Dallas CitySquare (Abilene, TX; Dallas, TX)
–    Oversaw a 40-student team in the writing and editing of web and PR copy for 9 programs and projects linking Abilene Christian University faculty, staff, and students to Dallas CitySquare, a nonprofit organization dedicated to intervening in urban poverty in Dallas, TX. Projects included marketing CitySquare’s resources, creating mobile apps to aid in food delivery, developing a medical family therapy program, and others that allowed ACU community members to learn while providing services to CitySquare. Collaborative. Aug.–Dec. 2012.

International Rescue Committee (Abilene, TX)
–   Developed web-based handbook on grant-writing for volunteers; serving as general editor over team of entry-level writers to create granting protocols, sample content (including refugee and project narratives), and information on potential funding sources. Collaborative. Delivered final product May 2012.  

National Military Family Association (Alexandria, VA)                                                 
–   Contributed to The Voice for Military Families newsletter; edited/responded to communications. Collaborative and single-authored with byline. Aug. 2011–Dec. 2011.

Abilene Christian University (Abilene, TX)
–   Wrote, laid out, and edited posts for English department blog, highlighting faculty/student accomplishments and campus events. Collaborative and single-authored with byline. Aug. 2010­–Dec. 2012.
–   Wrote book descriptions and author bios for university press website. Collaborative. Work first appeared July 2009–Aug. 2010.

Hachette Book Group USA (Brentwood, TN / New York, NY)
–   Wrote book descriptions and author bios for company website, as well as copy for marketing and publicity materials. Collaborative. Work first appeared May 2005–June 2007.

Town Connection (Haysville, KS)
–   Pitched story ideas for consideration; researched and wrote articles on community topics and events; occasionally contributed photographs to supplement text. Single-authored with byline.
Published July­–Sep. 2002.

Work in Progress

Current Book Project

Editing Culture: How Changing Texts Changes All of Us

Books change the world. Editors change books. They decide which books come into being and which fade from memory; they nudge authors to consider expanding or cutting ideas; they shape manuscripts in voice, pace, depth, and more. As a result, editors influence authors and readers—and ultimately, the choices made in a quiet office or over a phone call or in the privacy of Word’s Track Changes all ripple out to the societal level, where we are all changed.

Despite the seismic forces of editorial activity, little research has studied editing as a cultural influence. Scholars across multiple fields have done invaluable work investigating how texts function, providing insight into publishing industries across time, considering authorial creativity, documenting editorial techniques, and even exploring author-editor relationships. However, none have explored the enduring urgencies of editorial intervention in shaping what we learn and remember, and who we become, at the cultural scale.

In Editing Culture, I tackle these issues from multiple angles. I recover lively stories of the editorial past, share interviews from the editorial present, and bring together up-to-date research to enrich contemporary editorial theory and best practices.

The book is currently in development.

Other Works in Progress

• “Teaching College Writing Like a Book Editor.” Article explaining how a broad understanding of editorial activity can inform the composition classroom and empower student authors; offers practical resources for working with students through manageable, meaningful revisions. Currently revising for Computers and Composition.

• Teaching Book Editing, on the Record. An open-access guide to using the Edits on the Record repository in book editing classes and projects.

Presentations

Conference Presentations 

“Coding Across the Curriculum: Developing a Model for Coding Pedagogy in Small Learning Frameworks.” Co-authored with Elise Heffernan and Briana Morrison, University of Virginia. DH 2024, Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations. Washington, DC; August 2024.

"Coding to Learn || Coding to Communicate:  An Experiment in Merging Writing Studies and Computer Science Pedagogies to Improve Coding in the Disciplines." Co-authored with Elise Heffernan and Briana Morrison, University of Virginia. Digital Humanities Studies Institute Conference & Colloquium. Victoria, BC; June 2024.

“Editing Texts to Edit Culture: Stakes of Revisionist Editing As Seen in the Ancient Religious Texts of Philo of Alexandria and Paul of Tarsus.” American Society for the History of Rhetoric. Denver, CO; May 2024.

“How Nursing Faculty Teach Writing: A Multi-Year Project to Embed WAC across a BSN Curriculum.” Co-led with T. Kenny Fountain and Ashley Hurst, University of Virginia. International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Clemson, SC; June 2023.

“Quick Fix or Long-Term Vision: Hoping for WAC in an Age of Austerity.” Co-led with Jim Seitz and T. Kenny Fountain, University of Virginia. Conference on College Composition & Communication. Chicago, IL; Feb. 2023.

“Workshop: Teaching Writing with Your Local Archives: Designing Archival Writing Courses to Improve Student Access, Citizenship, and Representation.” Co-led with Vanessa Rouillion, James Madison University. Conference on College Composition & Communication. Virtual due to Covid; Mar. 2022.

“Documenting Disruption: Editor-Author Vision, Shifting Control, and Textual Multiplicity.” Modern Language Association; Washington, DC; January 2022.

“Bibliography+: Revitalizing Textual Studies for the 21st Century.” South Central Modern Language Association; Houston, TX; October, 2021.

“Looking to the Future of Bibliography Studies.” South Central Modern Language Association. Bibliography and Textual Criticism, panel chair and respondent; Houston, TX; Oct. 2020. Canceled due to Covid-19. 

“When Commonplaces Aren’t Common: What Code-Switching in Technical Writing and WAC Scholarship Can Teach Us about Our Professional Identity.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Chicago, IL; Mar. 2020. Canceled due to Covid-19.

“The Persistence of Textual Studies.” South Central Modern Language Association; Little Rock, AR; October, 2019.

“Where Texts Come From: Recovering Editorial Theory and Praxis to Enrich Literary and Textual Scholarship.” Modern Language Association; Chicago, IL; January 2019. 

“Editing to Promote Student Ownership and Originality: How Developmental, Substantive, and Copy Editing Can Empower Student Writers.” Conference on College Composition & Communication. Kansas City, MO; March 2018.

"Editing Texts in the Digital Age: Rhetorical Heuristics for Editing the Layered Digital Book." Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing. Victoria, BC; June 2017.

“Revelations of Shifting Editorial Praxis: Editing Cicero across History, Geography, and Technology.” South Central Modern Language Association. Dallas, TX; November 2016.

“Models of the Post-Racial World? Rhetorics of Race among U.S. Military Brats.” Veterans in Society 2015. Roanoke, VA; November 2015. 

“Editing Texts to Edit Culture: The Rhetorical Action of Ancient Editorial Practices.” South Central Modern Language Association. Nashville, TN; November 2015.

“Manuscripts and Multiplicities: Contemporary Editorial Curation as Rhetorical Action.” Western States Rhetoric and Literacy. Tempe, AZ; October 2015.

“Writing Nonfiction, with Style.” South Atlantic Modern Language Association. Atlanta, GA; November 2014.

“Speaking Ourselves Whole: How Gay Christian Young Adults are Integrating Communities.” Rhetoric Society of America. San Antonio, TX, May 2014.

“Trust Me with Your Life: Considering Contemporary Rhetorical Strategies in Telling Others’ Stories.” South Atlantic Modern Language Association.  Atlanta, GA; November 2013. 

“The Uncertainty Principle: A Panel Discussion on Teaching Michael Frayn’s Copenhagen.” Christian Scholars Conference. Malibu, CA; June 2011.

“Functions of Literacy in Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead.” Modern Language Association. San Francisco, CA; December 2008.

Invited Presentations, Campus and Community

“Teaching College Writing Like a Book Editor.” Presentation through the Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA; November 2021.

“Who’s Authoring Your Text? Considering Editorial Collaboration.” Guest lecture for Kairos Place (writing retreat), Eastern Mennonite University. Harrisonburg, VA; May 2021.

“Responding to Student Writing.” Co-led with Kenny Fountain. Workshop for Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA; Oct. 2020.

“On the Relationships between Language and Thought.” Guest lecture for CS 4611: Programming Languages course, Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA; Sep. 2020.

“Editorial Models for Teaching Composition.” Pedagogy Panel: Editing/Revision Strategies in the ENWR Classroom (and beyond). Writing and Rhetoric Program, University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA; Dec. 2019. 

“Manuscripts That Move: Critical and Genetic Editing through Digital Markup.” Presentation to Center for Digital Expression. Texas Christian University. Fort Worth, TX; Feb. 2018.

“Planning Unpredictable Careers: English Graduate Student Strategies for Approaching Alt Ac Options in Uncertain Times.” Joint presentation with Terrence Hood, TCU career consultant. Texas Christian University. Fort Worth, TX; Apr. 2017.

“Our Journey Home: Military Brats as Veterans.” Seminar for Veterans in Society NEH Summer Institute. Co-leading with Donna Musil, director/producer of Brats: Our Journey Home. Virginia Tech. Blacksburg, VA; July 2016.

Opening and closing workshops for the Veterans in Society NEH Summer Institute. Co-led with institute director and other key faculty. Virginia Tech. Blacksburg, VA; July 2016.

"Veterans Studies and the Virginia Tech Library Repository." Report on research activity with the Visible Scholarship Initiative. Presented with Jim Dubinsky. Virginia Tech Newman Library. Blacksburg, VA; November 2014.

“Military Children as Political Actors and Artifacts.” Guest presentation to course in U.S. Veterans’ Reintegration and Resilience (Eric Hodges, professor), University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. Sarasota, FL; Oct. 2014.

“Veterans in Society: Humanizing the Discourse.” Talk at the Table. WUTV 90.7. Blacksburg, VA; April 13, 2014. Available for streaming at https://soundcloud.com/andy-morikawa/talk-at-the-table-veterans-in.

“Commercial and Professional Writing: Navigating a Nontraditional, Always-Interesting Career Track.” Careers in Writing event. Campus presentation sponsored by the Virginia Tech English Department. Blacksburg, VA; Sep. 2013.

“Classroom Strategies for Talking about Tough Issues.” Presentation to faculty through the Adams Center for Teaching and Learning. Abilene, TX; Nov. 2012.

“Joining Up: How Writing Rewrote My Life.” English department presentation sponsored by Abilene Christian University. Abilene, TX; Sep. 2012.

“Finding Words When Words Fail: An Introduction to Alice McDermott.” Guest introduction to keynote session by National Book Award winner Alice McDermott, McBride Lecture. Oklahoma City, OK; October 2011.

“Telling the Truth, with Style: Crash Course in Creative Nonfiction.” Campus presentation sponsored by the ACU Shinnery Review. Abilene, TX; Oct. 2011.

“Identifying and Coping with PTSD in Refugees: A Volunteer’s Perspective.” Presentation to the International Rescue Committee. Abilene, TX; Apr. 2011.

“Writing Fiction: Getting Started.” Campus presentation sponsored by the ACU Shinnery Review. Abilene, TX; Oct. 2010.

“Introduction to Book Publishing.” Campus presentation sponsored by the ACU Career Center. Abilene, TX; Sep. 2010.

“Getting Your Book Proposal in Order.” Faculty presentation as part of an Academic Publication Workshop, sponsored by the Adams Center, Abilene Christian University. Abilene, TX; June 2010.

“Careers in Book Publishing.” Guest presentation to professional writing class at the University of South Carolina. Columbia, SC; Apr. 2008.

“Watching Songs.” Reading at Prosetry, sponsored by the Department of English. University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC; Oct. 2007.

“The Pros and Cons of Mixing Religion and Art.” Presentation to and discussion with Writing and Spirituality students. Belmont University; Nashville, TN; Sep. 2006.

Archival Work

Archival Research

Independent Research

• Virginia Tech Library VTechWorks online repository,
  Blacksburg, VA; 2015–Present
  preparing/submitting national conference proceedings for publication

• University of Michigan Papyrology Collection,
  Ann Arbor, MI; July 2016
  examining 1st-4th century CE papyrus

• University of Chicago Special Collections,
  Chicago, IL; July 2016
  examining early bound edition of Cicero, papyrus fragments

• U.S. National Archives,
  College Park, MD; July 2007
  genealogical research

Research Training

• Digital Humanities Studies Institute,
  Victoria, Canada; June 2017
  digitizing archival materials using critical, genetic, and documentary methods, with a focus on TEI

• Library of Congress, Veterans History Project,
  Washington, DC; July 2016
  oral history collection and preservation

• U.S. National Archives,
  Fort Worth, TX; September 2015
  accessing national historic records

• University of Texas-Austin Special Collections;
  Austin, TX, Fall 2003
  deciphering and rendering literary manuscripts

• Armstrong Browning Library;
  Waco, TX, Fall 2003
  deciphering and rendering historic documents

Additional Projects

Collaborative Research Projects

“Create” Grant Recipient, Affordability & Equity Program, University of Virginia Libraries and the Jefferson Trust (Aug. 2023)
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

• Leading team of professional and student editors and publishing staff through the process of editing and producing a finished book (in both print and digital forms).

• Creating an open-access online repository of editorial materials at every stage to provide opportunities for studying the editorial process in both academic and professional setting. A companion instructor’s guide will be connected to the final repository.

Research Sprint Recipient, University of Virginia Library (May 2020)
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

• Worked with team of librarians and intellectual property lawyer to discover and prepare archival material from influential scientists, with particular emphasis on racial and gender diversity. 

• Developed archival materials into immersive, “escape room” style course materials for writing students, to allow students to study writing processes among working scientists and promote rich engagement.

Leadership Team Member and Site Coordinator, NEH Summer Institute, Veterans in Society (July 2016)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

• Part of a 4-person leadership team to write and edit initial grant proposal, with advisement from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Organized faculty research materials for public distribution.

• Led and co-led workshops throughout the 3-week institute on issues including military family research and building veterans scholarship.

• Worked on advance planning with attending faculty and host organizations including Virginia Tech, American University, and Arlington National Cemetery.

• Coordinated on-site facilities and events and hosted visiting institute faculty.
    

Research Assistant, Center for the Study of Rhetoric in Society (Aug. 2013–May 2014)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

• Provided editorial advising/development work on oral history book ms and corresponding educational module.

• Coordinated outreach events and assembled materials for center’s institutional review.

• Created and maintained Veterans in Society group website (http://veteransinsociety.wordpress.com/) and assisted in maintaining center website (http://www.rhetoric.english.vt.edu/)

• Designed and edited conference program and publicity materials.

• Served as editor for both 2013 and 2014 Veterans in Society conference proceedings.

Grants

Collaborative, with the Veterans Studies Research Group at Virginia Tech

$152,000—external grant from the National Foundation for the Humanities (NEH) (2015)                                                                     
$10,000—internal grant from Virginia Tech College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences (CLAHS) (2014)                                                                                                                                                                               

Professional Development

Academic

“Digital Editing with TEI: Critical, Documentary and Genetic Editing” with course leaders Elena Pierazzo and Peter Stokes; Digital Humanities Studies Institute; University of Victoria, Victoria, BC (2017)
“A hands-on multifaceted approach to digital editing [especially using the TEI markup language and related tools], with a particular attention to documentary aspect of editing. The course will cover the building of a critical edition and its apparatus criticus, documentary editing, from a textual and codicological perspective, and genetic editing.”

“Text Encoding Fundamentals and their Application” with course leaders Constance Crompton, Lee Zickel, and Emily C Murphy; Digital Humanities Studies Institute; University of Victoria, Victoria, BC (2017)
“An introduction to the theory and practice of encoding electronic texts for the humanities . . . with XML (Extensible Markup Language) using the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Guidelines.”

“Rhetoric and Civic Life: A Case Study in Integrated Communication” with workshop leader Debra Hawhee; Rhetoric Society of America; Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (2017)
Workshop considering “integrating speaking and writing pedagogies . . . by examining one such effort, the Rhetoric and Civic Life course, launched by the rhetoric faculty in English and Communication Arts and Sciences at Penn State in 2010. [Featuring a] discussion of syllabus design, assignments, pedagogical strategies, and approaches to instructor training. [Also emphasized] visual and digital rhetoric.”

Professional

“Developmental Editing the Manning Way,” training sponsored by Manning Publications; USA (2018).

Multi-week training process focused on working with authors to shape material that leverages up-to-date cognitive science and adult learning theory in order to communicate complex technological information using data visualization and textual support, with an emphasis on pedagogy. 

“Professional Copy Editing,” training sponsored by Hachette Book Group USA; Nashville, TN (2006).
Training included approximately 10 hours up front (with a preliminary exam and both group and individual follow-up), then several months of ongoing shadow editing under the supervision of experienced editors.

“Substantive editing,” training sponsored by Hachette Book Group USA; Nashville, TN (2006).
Training included approximately 10 hours up front (shadow editing a book manuscript, then discussing itwith a group under the direction of an experienced editor), then several months of ongoing shadow editing under supervision.

“Collaborative Data Management,” training sponsored by Hachette Book Group USA; Nashville, TN (2006).
Training for select staff, myself included, began with 3-hour up-front seminar on using the company’s new data management system (PubTrack), which unified previously fragmented information about each book, including digital versions of fact sheets, cover art, print ads, and manuscripts, as well as calendar data about project deadlines across a dozen departments, and financial data about sales projections and actual velocity, royalty statements, discount rates, gross/net revenue, and more. After the first introduction, training included weekly phone seminars and quarterly live meetings (both in-person and via video-conference) to address ongoing education and relevant concerns to improve the system.