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E-mail: twinner@una.edu

Phone: 256-660-9026

 

The photo to the right was taken on the day of my graduation from IUP. It was the day I earned my Ph.D. From left to right you will see the smiling faces of my dissertation director, Dr. Dan Tannacito, me, my beautiful mom, Peaches Winner, and my #1 hero, my dad, Albert R. Winner. 

Academia
 

Academic Degrees

 

Ph.D. in English/Rhetoric

Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) •1999

Dissertation: “Teaching first-year English employing web based pedagogies: A qualitative study.” Directed by Dr. Dan Tannacito

 

Master of Arts Degree in English 

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) • 1996

 

Master of Business Administration Diploma in Technical Writing

Frostburg State University (FSU) • 1993

 

Master of Education Degree in Interdisciplinary/English

Frostburg State University • 1993

 

Bachelor of Science Diploma

Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism, West Virginia University (WVU) • 1991

 
Higher Education Teaching and/or Administrative Experience
 
Professor of English, Professional Writing Program and MA in Writing

 University of North Alabama, Current

 

Full-time Temporary Faculty

Coastal Carolina University • 2008 – 2012

 

Volunteer Teaching Mentor

Every Child Counts • 2009 - present

 

Professor

Horry-Georgetown Technical College • 2003 – 2006

 

Assistant Professor

University of Puerto Rico • 2001-2003

 

Assistant Professor

College of the Bahamas • 1999-2001

 

Teaching Associate

 Indiana University of Pennsylvania • 1996-1999

 

Teaching Associate

Carnegie Mellon • 1996

 

Teaching and Research Associate

Frostburg State University • 1995

 
Honors/Awards Received for Academic and/or Professional Achievement

 

Distinguished Professor of English, 2014-2015 

Laura Harrison Award, University of North Alabama

 

Professor of the Year, Finalist, 2009

Coastal Carolina University

Courses I Teach
  • TECHNICAL WRITING

  • TECHNICAL EDITING

  • GRANT WRITING

  • JOURNAL WRITING

  • MULTIMODAL WRITING

  • RESEARCH WRITING

  • ADVANCED COMPOSITION

  • DOCUMENT DESIGN

  • PUBLISHING

University Service
  • Preparing Future Faculty

  • Internship Coordinator

  • PREVIOUS PROGRAM COORDINATOR MA IN WRITING AT UNA

  • FACULTY MENTOR FOR GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTS AT UNA

  • FACULTY SENATE

  • GRADUATE FACULTY

 

2010 - present

2010 - present

Intellectual, Literary, and Artistic Contributions
 

Peer Reviewed Scholarly, Literary, and/or Artistic Publications 

 

Winner, T. and Theodore Shields. “Breaking the island chains: A case study exploring the intricate powers of language shared on the World Wide Web.” Computers and Composition, 2002. 19.3 (2002): 273-84. Print.

 

Mauriello, Nicholas, Gian S. Pagnucci, and Tammy Winner. “Reading between the code: The teaching of HTML and the displacement of writing instruction.” Computers and Composition, 1998. 16.3 (1998): 409-419. Print.

Presentations to Scholarly, Literary, and/or Artistic Meetings 

 

“How to put a degree in Technical Writing to work” (Presentation) 

Huntsville, AL, Society for Technical Communication, Spring Conference. April 20, 2013.

 

“The edge effect in the teaching of basic writing” (Paper Presentation)

 Savannah, GA, College English Association, March 2013

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“How to make money with a degree in English” (Presentation)

 Conway, SC Capstone Class Guest Speaker, Coastal Carolina University, March 2013.

 

Research Network Forum (Roundtable Discussion)

 Las Vegas, NV, Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 2013.

 

“Contesting On-Campus Presence: New Media Writing and the Definition of “Place” (paper presentation)

 Catonsville, MD. Contentious Issues in Composition, The Maryland Statewide Standards for College English Committee Writing Conference.October, 2011.

 

“Technology and the Peaceful Writing Classroom” (Workshop)

Savannah, GA. Student Success in Writing Conference. February, 2011.

 

“Composing (for) Our Students: Creating, Using and Evaluating a Guide for First-year Composition”

Charleston, SC. 2010 meeting of the Philological Association of the Carolinas. March, 2010.

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