Curriculum Vitae
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Education
- Ph.D., Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, 2013
North Carolina State University
Dissertation: Engaging the Action-Oriented Nature of Computation: Towards a Rhetorical Code Studies (available as PDF)
Chair: David M. Rieder - M.A., English (British Literature), 2007
North Carolina State University - B.A., English, 20013
East Carolina University
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor of Composition and Rhetoric, Department of English Language and Literature
University of South Carolina, Aug. 2019-present - Assistant Professor of Composition and Rhetoric, Department of English Language and Literature
University of South Carolina, Aug. 2013-Aug. 2019 - Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of English
North Carolina State University, Aug. 2009-May 2013 - Lecturer I, Department of English
North Carolina State University, August 2007-June 2009 - Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of English
North Carolina State University, Aug. 2004-May 2007
Administrative Appointments
- Director of First-Year English, Department of English Language and Literature
University of South Carolina, Jan. 2023-present
Books
- Brock, Kevin. Rhetorical Code Studies: Discovering Arguments in and around Code, U Michigan Press, 2019. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10019291.
Winner, 2017 UM Press/Sweetland Publication Prize in Digital Rhetoric: advance contract for publication and $5,000.
Journal Articles
- Brock, Kevin, Trevor C. Meyer, and Adam S. Lerner. Persuasion, Procedure, and Planeswalkers: The Protocological Rhetoric of Magic: The Gathering. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy vol. 24, no. 2, 2020. http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/24.2/topoi/brock-et-al/index.html.
- Brock, Kevin, and Ashley R. Mehlenbacher. Rhetorical Genres in Code. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, vol. 48, no. 4, 2018, pp. 383-411. https://doi.org/10.1177/0047281617726278.
- Brock, Kevin, and Dawn Shepherd. Understanding How Algorithms Work Persuasively Through the Procedural Enthymeme. Computers and Composition, vol. 42, 2016, pp. 17-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2016.08.007.
- Brock, Kevin. The ‘FizzBuzz’ Programming Test: A Case-Based Exploration of Rhetorical Style in Code. Computational Culture, vol. 5, 2016, http://computationalculture.net/article/the-fizzbuzz-programming-test-a-case-based-exploration-of-rhetorical-style-in-code.
- Brock, Kevin. Enthymeme as Rhetorical Algorithm. Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric in Society, vol. 4, no. 1, 2014, http://www.presenttensejournal.org/volume-4/enthymeme-as-rhetorical-algorithm/.
- Weisser, Christian, and Kevin Brock. Argumentation, Authority, and Accessibility in Digital Publishing: A Retrospective on Composition Forum. Composition Studies, vol. 42, no. 1, 2014, pp. 123-127.
- Brock, Kevin, and David M. Rieder. Kinect-ing Together Writing and Gesture Through NUI Technologies. Itineration, 2013, http://tundra.csd.sc.edu/itineration/submission_pages/kinect/index.html.
- Davis, Matthew, Kevin Brock, and Stephen McElroy. Expanding the Available Means of Composing: Three Sites of Inquiry. Enculturation, vol. 14, 2012, http://www.enculturation.net/files/availablemeans/index.html.
- Brock, Kevin. One Hundred Thousand Billion Processes: Oulipian Computation and the Composition of Digital Cybertexts. Technoculture, vol. 2, 2012, http://tcjournal.org/vol2/brock.
Reprinted in Spread: New Underground Exploratory Art + Literature 17 (2014). http://spreadophilia.com/issues/code/one-hundred-thousand-billion-processes-oulipian-computation-and-the-composition-of-digital-cybertexts/.
Chapters in Edited Collections
- Brock, Kevin. Treating Code as a Persuasive Argument. Rhetorical Machines: Writing, Code, and Computational Ethics, edited by John Jones and Lavinia Hirsu, U Alabama Press, 2019, pp. 69-85.
- Brock, Kevin. Establishing Ethos on Proprietary and Open Source Software Websites. Online Credibility and Digital Ethos: Evaluating Computer-Mediated Communication, edited by Shawn Apostel and Moe Folk, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 56-76.
Reprinted in Software Design and Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Ankia Barišic, Vasco Amaral, Miguel Goulão, and Barroca, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 915-935.
Refereed Conference Papers
- Matthews, Michael A., Gina Kuntz, Darin Freeburg, and Kevin Brock. A Novel Course Sequence on Critical Thinking for the Professional Development of Graduate Students. Proceedings of the 2019 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, Paper 26723, June 2019, Tampa FL.
Book Reviews
- Brock, Kevin. Review of Speaking Code: Coding as Aesthetic and Political Expression. Itineration: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media, and Culture, 2013, http://tundra.csd.sc.edu/itineration/book_reviews/brock/index.html. Accessed 3 October 2016.
- Brock, Kevin. Review of From A to A: Keywords of Markup. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, vol. 16, no. 2, 2012, http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/16.2/reviews/brock/index.html. Accessed 3 October 2016.
Presentations
- Brock, Kevin. Teaching Procedural Rhetoric through the 'Actual Play' Genre. Computers & Writing, 14-17 May 2020. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19.)
- Brock, Kevin. Articulating Software through the README Meta-Genre. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 27 Mar. 2020, Milwaukee, WI. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19.)
- Brock, Kevin. How Programmers Write. Research Network Forum, Conference on College Composition and Communication, 13 Mar. 2019, Pittsburgh, PA.
- Brock, Kevin. Software Libraries as Computational Topoi. Computers & Writing, 25 May 2018.
- Brock, Kevin. Can We Trust the Tools? The Rhetorical Work of Collaborative Software Development. Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine Preconference for National Communication Association 2017. Dallas, TX, 15 Nov. 2017.
- Brock, Kevin. Treating Code as a Persuasive Argument. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 16 Mar. 2017, Portland, OR.
- Brock, Kevin. The Creative Potential of Composing in Code. Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, 5 Nov. 2016, Atlanta, GA.
- Brock, Kevin. Reading Hedge-O-Matic's Code Rhetorically. Rhetoric Society of America, 28 May 2016, Atlanta, GA.
- Brock, Kevin. Git as Site for Distributed and Iterative Composition. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 9 Apr. 2016, Houston, TX.
- Brock, Kevin, and Ashley R. Kelly. Rhetorical Genres in Code. Indiana Digital Rhetoric Symposium, 10 Apr. 2015, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
Review of IDRS panel by Andrew Iliadis. Sweetland Digital Rhetoric Collaborative. 28 Apr. 2015. - Brock, Kevin. Material. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 20 Mar. 2015, Tampa, FL.
- Brock, Kevin. Composing Accessible Code. Computers & Writing, 8 June 2014, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
- Brock, Kevin. Against
NCTECCCC's OWI Effective Principle 2 on Technology as Not-Writing. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 20 Mar. 2014, Indianapolis, IN. - Brock, Kevin. Rhetorical Ontologies of Code. Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference, 25 Oct. 2013, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
- Brock, Kevin. The Public Work of Procedural Pedagogy. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 14 Mar. 2013, Las Vegas, NV.
- Brock, Kevin. Programming as Writing (with) New Media. Computers & Writing, 19 May 2012, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
- Brock, Kevin. Establishing Ethos on Proprietary and Open Source Software Websites. Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, 18 Nov. 2011, New Orleans, LA.
- Brock, Kevin, and Jennifer Ware. Tones of Discourse: The Arduino Microprocessor as Translator and Re-signifier. Computers & Writing, 21 May 2011, Ann Arbor, MI.
- Brock, Kevin. One Hundred Thousand Billion Icons: Digital Cybertext and Computational Oulipian Writing. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 9 Apr. 2011, Atlanta, GA.
- Rodrigo, Rochelle, Paul Kei Matsuda, Cynthia Selfe, Chris Anson, Kathleen Blake Yancey, Greg Glau, Jay Dolmage, Kati Fargo, Kevin Brock, and Lamiyah Bahrainwala. We are 113! Conference on College Composition and Communication, 8 Apr. 2011, Atlanta, GA.
- Brock, Kevin. Behind the Screen: Cyber-awareness and Perceptions of Paranormal Technology. Resurrection of the Paranormal: Investigating Otherness in 21st Century English Studies Symposium, 6 Mar. 2010, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
- Brock, Kevin. Open Source Software and the Construction of Online Identities. Carolina Rhetoric Conference, 20 Feb. 2010, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
- Brock, Kevin. Paul Virilio and the Electronic Zombie Apocalypse. New Voices: Literature and Rhetoric of the Apocalypse, 22 Oct. 2009, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
Invited Talks
External
- Brock, Kevin. A Critical Analysis of Technology in The Net. Invited Lecture and Discussion [Skype], ENGL 583: Rhetoric, Procedurality, and Power, 9 Dec. 2015, Boise State University, Boise, ID.
- Brock, Kevin. Physical Computing. Invited Lecture and Workshop, Inter-L&S 102: Writing and Coding, 18 Nov. 2013, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
University of South Carolina
- Brock, Kevin. Wielding Rhetoric for More Effective Science Writing. Invited Lecture, PHARM 712: Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Seminar, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1 Feb. 2017.
- Brock, Kevin, Erik Doxtader, Greg Forter, and Catherine Keyser. Journal Review. Invited Faculty Workshop, Project Publish, Department of English Language and Literature, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. 3 May 2016.
- Brock, Kevin. Writing in the Sciences. Invited Lecture, Center for Colon Cancer Research Summer Undergraduate Minority Program, 16 June 2015, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
- Brock, Kevin. Software and Code Studies. Invited Lecture, LING 505D: Research Methods in Digital Humanities / ENGL 620: Computer Methods for Humanistic Problems, 28 July 2014, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
- Brock, Kevin, Megan Foley, Melody Lehn, and Jennifer Tyburczy. Preparing for the Job Market. Invited Faculty Workshop/Panel, 1 Mar. 2014, Carolina Rhetoric Conference, Columbia, SC.
- Brock, Kevin. Writing in/for the Sciences. Seminar for the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, 22 Jan. 2014, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
Teaching Experience
University of South Carolina (2013-present)
- ENGL 102: Rhetoric and Composition (9 sections)
- ENGL 363: Introduction to Professional Writing (3 sections)
- ENGL 460: Advanced Writing (1 section)
- ENGL 462: Technical Writing (9 sections)
- ENGL 463: Business Writing (1 section)
- ENGL 468: Digital Writing (3 sections)
- SCHC 457: Rhetoric and Technology (1 section)
- ENGL 692: Teaching of Composition in College(1 section)
- ENGL 790: Survey of Composition Studies (1 section)
- ENGL 791: Introduction to Research on Written Composition (3 sections)
- ENGL 795: The Teaching of Business and Technical Writing (3 sections)
- ENGL 796: Multimodal Composition (Special Topics in the Teaching of English) (1 section)
- ENGL 890: Digital Rhetoric (Studies in Rhetoric and Composition) (1 section)
- ENGL 890: Writing Program Administration Research and Praxis (Studies in Rhetoric and Composition) (1 section)
North Carolina State University (2004-2013)
- ENG 100: Introduction to Academic Writing (1 section)
- ENG 101: Academic Writing and Research (22 sections)
- ENG 314: Technical Document Design and Editing (2 sections)
- ENG 317: Designing Web Communication (1 section)
- ENG 323: Writing in the Rhetorical Tradition (*) shadowed/assisted David M. Rieder (1 section)
- ENG/COM 395: Code, Computation, and Rhetoric (Special Topics in Rhetoric and Digital Media) (1 section)
- IP 295: Introduction to Humanities Physical Computing co-taught with David M. Rieder (1 section)
Awards
- Dr. William Richey Faculty Mentor Award, 2013-2014
The Graduate English Association of the University of South Carolina - University Outstanding Teaching Assistant, 2010
North Carolina State University
Grants
- Peerpress: A Platform for Transforming Scholarly Conferences
$50,000, University of North Carolina Institute for Arts and the Humanities Innovation Fund, 2012 (with Daniel Anderson, Ashley Hall, and Jennifer Ware) - Universal Design for Learning: Rethinking Difference and Access
$3,000, North Carolina State University Diversity Mini-Grant, 2011 (with Susan Miller-Cochran)
Service
Committee
- Immediate Past President, Carolinas Writing Program Administrators Board
2023-present - President, Carolinas Writing Program Administrators Board
2021-2023 - President-Elect, Carolinas Writing Program Administrators Board
2019-2021 - Member, First-Year English Committee, Department of English Language and Literature
University of South Carolina, 2020-present - Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee, Department of English Language and Literature
University of South Carolina, 2020-present - Member, Undergraduate Committee, Department of English Language and Literature
University of South Carolina, 2013-2020 - Member, Web Committee, Department of English Language and Literature
University of South Carolina, 2014-2019 - Member, At-Large, Carolinas Writing Program Administrators Board
2016-2017 - Member, Composition and Rhetoric Search Committee, Department of English Language and Literature
University of South Carolina, 2013-2014 - Member (Non-voting), Rhetoric and Composition Search Committee, Department of English
North Carolina State University, 2010-2011 - Treasurer, Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media Student Association
North Carolina State University, 2011
Editorial and Technical
- Lead Technical Editor, enculturation, 2011-present
- Website Editor, Composition Forum, 2012-present
- Drupal Developer and Administrator, Genre Across Borders, 2012-2013
Review and Conference Administration
- Ad Hoc Manuscript Reviewer
- Composition Studies
- Computers and Composition
- Disability Studies Quarterly
- enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture
- Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
- Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy
- Philosophy & Rhetoric
- Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments
- Rhetoric Society Quarterly
- Scan: Journal of Media Arts Culture
- Technical Communication Quarterly
- Written Communication
- Proposal Reviewer, Computers & Writing Conference, 2012, 2015-2020
- Proceedings Reviewer, Computers & Writing Conference, 2019
- Proposal Reviewer, Carolinas WPA Meeting in the Middle, 2019
- Symposium Chair, North Carolina Symposium on Teaching Writing: Perceptions and (mis)Representations: Writing in Secondary and Post-Secondary Classrooms
Raleigh, NC, 16-17 Oct. 2009 - Symposium Chair and Founder, North Carolina Symposium on Teaching Writing: Composing Community
Raleigh, NC, 17-18 Oct. 2008
Conference Panel Moderation
- Panel Moderator, Disaster Rhetorics
Conference on College Composition and Communication
Pittsburgh, PA, 15 Mar. 2019 - Panel Moderator, Beyond Written Rhetoric: Exploring Alternate Media in the Composition Classroom
North Carolina Symposium on Teaching Writing
Raleigh, NC, 5 Feb. 2011 - Panel Moderator, Revisiting the First-Year Curriculum: Genres, Visuals, and Arguments
Conference on College Composition and Communication
Louisville, KY, 20 Mar. 2010 - Panel Moderator, Rhetoric of Sight and Sound
Carolina Rhetoric Conference
Raleigh, NC, 20 Feb. 2010
Dissertations and Theses
Dissertations
In Progress
- Brittany Capps, Teaching 'What We Know' ... ABOUT Transfer: A Framework for Teaching ABOUT Transfer FOR Transfer. Ph.D. in English, University of South Carolina, Spring 2021-Present (committee member)
- Lily Howard-Hill, Hardly Working: An Investigation of Graduate Student Labor Concerns in Writing Programs. Ph.D. in English, University of South Carolina, Spring 2019-Present (chair)
- Lindsey Kim, Surveillance and Privacy Studies in Rhetoric and Composition. Ph.D. in English, University of South Carolina, Spring 2019-Present (chair)
- John Purfield, Anthropocene Composition: Teaching Terminal Generations in the Pre-Apocalyptic Classroom. Ph.D. in English, University of South Carolina, Fall 2020-Present (committee member)
- Jennifer Reeher, TBD. Ph.D. in English, University of South Carolina, Fall 2021-present (committee member)
- Claire Silva, TBD. Ph.D. in English, University of South Carolina, Fall 2022-present (committee member)
- Mary Elizabeth Smith, TBD. Ph.D. in English, University of South Carolina, Fall 2019-Present (chair)
Completed
- Schuler Benson, Quasi-Patients: Decoupling Agency from Illness in the Liminal Space between Patienthood and Health Citizenship.. Ph.D. in English, University of South Carolina, Summer 2022 (committee member)
- Megan Busch, Southern United States English as a Rhetorical Device in the Field of Marketing: A Study and Implications for Business Writing Pedagogy. Ph.D. in English, University of South Carolina, Spring 2021 (chair)
- Gerald Jackson, Queer Practices, Queer Rhetoric, Queer Technology: Studies of Digital Performativity in Gendered Network Culture. Ph.D. in English, University of South Carolina, Summer 2017 (committee member)
- Adam Lerner, Aporetic Rhetoric: The Use of Uncertainty in Healthcare Contexts. Ph.D. in English, University of South Carolina, Spring 2018 (committee member)
- Jonathan Maricle, Risky Business: Case Study Pedagogy in Professional Writing & Communication. Ph.D. in English, University of South Carolina, Spring 2016 (committee member)
- Gareth Rees-White, Transatlantic Composition. Ph.D. in English, University of South Carolina, Summer 2022 (committee member)
Theses
In Progress
- Deva Kellam, TBD. M.A. in English, University of South Carolina, Fall 2019-Present (chair)
Completed
- Ragan Glover, The Assessment of Multimodal Composition: A Study of the Methods Being Used at Major Research Universities to Assess Students' Multimodal Work in Composition. M.A. in English, University of South Carolina, Spring 2015 (chair)
- James Jacocks, Understanding the Best Pedagogical, Writing, and Advocacy Methods for Student Athletes: Learning Specialists' Perspectives on Student Athlete Writing Practices. M.A. in English, University of South Carolina, Spring 2020 (chair)
- Ashley Moore, Patient Agency, Terministic Screens, and the Role of the Public in the Cases of Karen Ann Quinlan and Terri Schiavo. M.A. in English, University of South Carolina, Spring 2016 (chair)
- Kenny Root, Circulating Productive Content in Online Political Enclaves on TikTok. M.A. in English, University of South Carolina, Spring 2022 (chair)
- Mary Elizabeth Smith, Song of the Scapegoat: The Tragedy and the Silence of the Political Scapegoat. M.A. in English, University of South Carolina, Summer 2017 (chair)
- Kelly L. Wheeler, We [Still] Have a Moment: Multimodal Values and Curricular Practices in a First-Year Writing Program. M.A. in English, University of South Carolina, Spring 2017 (reader)
Undergraduate Honors Theses
- Adam Groth, Marketing Unofficial Content in the Table Top RPG Industry. Honors College, University of South Carolina, Spring 2019 (chair)
- James Mayson, The Role of the Player in a Role-Playing Game. Honors College, University of South Carolina, Spring 2019 (chair)
- Chelsea Reeser and Brian Hurst, Quendi: A Tabletop Roleplaying Game in the World of Tolkien’s Silmarillion. Honors College, University of South Carolina, Spring 2017 (chair)
Organizational Affiliations
National and International
- Conference on College Composition and Communication
- Council of Writing Program Administrators
- Humanities and Critical Code Studies Lab
- National Council of Teachers of English
Regional
- Carolinas Writing Program Administrators
Facilitated Workshops
- Shepherd, Dawn, and Kevin Brock. Processing the Ways We Research, Teach, and Write (with) Digital Information. Computers & Writing, 17 May 2012, Raleigh, NC.
- Shepherd, Dawn, Kevin Brock, Matthew Davis, Kati Fargo, and Robin Snead. Cutting/moving/singing/drawing through the Hype: Writing Actions and Activities in Multimodal Composing. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 21 Mar. 2012, St. Louis, MO.
- Miller-Cochran, Susan, Rochelle Rodrigo, Kevin DePew, Anthony Atkins, Colleen Reilly, Katherine Hagopian, Devon Adams, Matthew G. Davis, Dawn Shepherd, and Kevin Brock. Is There A Space in This Class? Designing Effective and Efficient Learning Environments with New Technologies. Workshop at Conference on College Composition and Communication, 17 Mar. 2010, Louisville, KY.
Media Installations
- Brock, Kevin, and David M. Rieder. emBody(text) { [Interactive Microsoft Kinect installation]. University of South Carolina Center for Digital Humanities Open House. Columbia, SC. 18 Sept. 2013. Source code available at http://github.com/brocktopus/embodytext/.
- Rieder, David M., and Kevin Brock. emBody(dekaaz) { [Interactive Microsoft Kinect installation]. Conference on College Composition and Communication, St. Louis, MO. 21-23 Mar. 2012.
- Rieder, David M., and Kevin Brock. emBody(text) { [Interactive Microsoft Kinect installation]. Collaborations: Humanities, Arts, and Technology Festival, Durham, NC. 6-9 Feb. 2012.
- Rieder, David M., and Kevin Brock. emBody(text) { [Interactive Microsoft Kinect installation]. Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh, NC. Nov. 2011-Feb. 2012.