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Education
Ph.D., Critical and Cultural Studies (English), University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA
M.A., English, State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz NY
B.A., English and Secondary Education, The College of New Jersey Ewing NJ
| Semester | Course Prefix | Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | ENG | 2100 | Writing I |
| Fall 2022 | ENG | 2100 | Writing I |
| Spring 2022 | ENG | 4950 | Advanced Topics in Language, L |
| Spring 2022 | ENG | 5000 | Independent Study English I |
| Fall 2021 | ENG | 2150H | Honors - Writing II |
| Spring 2021 | ENG | 2100 | Writing I |
| Spring 2021 | ENG | 4950 | Advanced Topics in Language, L |
| Fall 2020 | ENG | 2100 | Writing I |
Journal Articles
Libertz, D. (2021). Amplification by Counterstory in the Quantitative Rhetoric of Ida B. Wells. Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 51(5).
Libertz, D. (2018). Framed for Lying: Statistics as In/Artistic Proof. Res Rhetorica, 5(4).
Helms, K. T., & Libertz, D. (2014). When Service Members with Traumatic Brain Injury Become Students: Methods to Advance Learning. Adult Learning, 25(1).
Practicing Adult Reading.
Speeding Up and Slowing Down Public Quantitative Writing. In Progress.
Preparing for a New Paradigm: A Mixed-Methods Study of Student Experience in On-Site, Hybrid, and Online Writing Courses. In Progress.
Toward an Intellectually Honest Evaluation of Writing Administration's Quotidian Labor. In Progress.
Risk-Taking in Labor-Based Grading Contracts for Collaborative Multimodal Writing. Composition Studies, In Progress.
Diffusing Statistics to Feel Climate.
A Framework for Social Justice Quantitative Literacy Pedagogy Across the Curriculum. In Progress.
A Data Feminist Pedagogy for Composing the Rhetorical Life of Statistics. Composition Forum,
Book Chapters
Libertz, D. (2022). Statistical Framing: A Conceptual Tool for Rhetors. In Fahnestock, J., & Harris, R. (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Language and Persuasion Taylor & Francis/Routledge.
Libertz, D. (2019). Simulating Facebook's Newsfeed for Writing Pedagogy. The Proceedings of the Annual Computers & Writing Conference: 2018 (p. 11). The WAC Clearinghouse.
Presentations
Libertz, D. T. The Mathematical Sublime in Public Quantitative Writing: A Discourse-Based Interview Study of Public Writers. National Communication Association 109th Annual Convention.
Libertz, D. T., Blankenship, L. G., & Schreiber, C. F. (2024, February 25). Lessons learned and hopeful ways forward for online, hybrid, and in-person first-year writing instruction and writing program decision making. Conference on College Composition and Communication.
Libertz, D. T. (2024, May 25). Embodying Climate Numerically: Exploring the Quantitative Rhetoric of Climate Change Activists and Advocates. 20th Biennial Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America. Baltimore, MD
Libertz, D. T. (2024, March 25). Using Data Feminism for Quantitative Writing toward Social Justice. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Online
Baily, A., Libertz, D., Ramdass, H., Schreiber, C., Collins, D., & Gilbert-Hickey, M. (2021, April 16). Composing an Antiracist Academy: Reimagining Writing, Reflexivity, and Convention in the Composition Classroom. Faculty Diversity and Inclusion Conference. Online: CUNY.
Libertz, D. (2021, August 31). Acting on Quantity in Activist and Advocate Rhetoric. Dartmouth Writing Research Seminar. : Dartmouth College.
Libertz, D. (2021, June 30). Statistics and Activist Rhetoric. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. : Rhetoric Society of America.
Libertz, D. (2020, March 31). Learning identities for integrated numeracy and literacy.. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Milwaukee, WI: National Council of Teachers of English.
Libertz, D. (2019, March 31). Ethically and persuasively making quantitative arguments to multiple audiences in WPA work. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Research Network Forum. Pittsburgh, PA: National.
Libertz, D. (2019, March 31). Building statistical frames: A method for studying the circulation of statistics. Camp Rhetoric. State College, PA: Pennsylvania State University.
Libertz, D. (2018, May 31). Re-inventing statistics: Studying the circulation of public quantitative rhetoric of race and crime. 18th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Minneapolis, MN: Rhetoric Society of America.
Libertz, D. (2018, May 31). Simulating Facebook’s newsfeed for public writing pedagogy. The Computers and Writing Annual Conference. Fairfax, VA: National Council of Teachers of English.
Libertz, D. (2017, May 31). Using words and images to misuse statistics in Darrell Huff's How to Lie with Statistics: Implications for rhetoric and composition pedagogy. 17th Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Atlanta, GA: Rhetoric Society of America.
Libertz, D. (2017, March 31). Student (writing) teaching: Looking to the 1930s for using student writing as a pedagogical object. College English Association Annual Conference. Hilton Head Island, SC: College English Association.
Libertz, D. (2016, April 30). A melding of New Critical theory and practice: Reading, textbooks, and student experience, 1950- 1970. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Houston, TX: National Council of Teachers of English.
Libertz, D. (2015, March 31). Extending quantitative literacy: A critical approach to numbers as course content in composition. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Research Network Forum. Tampa, FL: National Council of Teachers of English.
Libertz, D. (2015, July 31). Ordinary language and specialized knowledge as (productively) contentious partners in composition classrooms. Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference. Boise, ID: Council of Writing Program Administrators.
Libertz, D. (2013, April 30). Quantification rhetoric in charity documents: What numbers do for and to the people they help. Shifting Tides-Anxious Borders Annual Conference. Binghamton, NY: SUNY Binghamton.
Libertz, D. (2013, April 30). Real and metaphysical meat in Woolf’s The Waves. Biopoetics and Animal Aesthetics Graduate Symposium. New Paltz, NY: SUNY New Paltz English Department.
Libertz, D. (2012, May 31). Where’s your ID(entification)? Locating a direction for Occupy Wall Street. Conference on Activism, Rhetoric, and Research. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University.
Other Scholarly Works
Libertz, D. (2018). Writing with Certainty in the Disciplines: Sentence Confidence.
Libertz, D. (2018). Small Sentences, Big Ideas: Paying Attention to Certainty and Doubt. 945 words.
| Title | Funding Agency Sponsor | Start Date | End Date | Awarded Date | Total Funding | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Having Numbers in Social Movements: The Material-Symbolic Force of Quantification in Activist Rhetoric | PSC CUNY 53 | 07/01/2022 | 06/30/2023 | 04/15/2022 | 3499.99 | Completed |
| Having Numbers in Social Movements: The Material-Symbolic Force of Statistics in Activist Rhetoric | PSC CUNY 52 | 07/01/2021 | 12/31/2022 | 04/15/2021 | 3499.45 | Completed |
| Having Numbers in Social Movements: The Material-Symbolic Force of Quantification in Activist Rhetoric | PSC-CUNY 54 | 07/01/2023 | 06/30/2024 | 04/18/2023 | 3499.48 | Funded - In Progress |
| Honor / Award | Organization Sponsor | Date Received | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lillian B. Lawler Fellowship | Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh | 2020 | Awarded to two graduate students per year. Applicants evaluated based on potential for an outstanding career in research and teaching. Monetary value approximately $22,000. |
| Bedford New Scholar | Bedford/St. Martin's English Editorial Department | 2018 | Beford/St. Martin's solicits nominations for outstanding scholar-teachers in composition and rhetoric from graduate programs around US. Nominees are interviewed, and those selected visit Bedford's offices to work on textbook materials. Honorarium was $1,000. |
| Outstanding Graduate Student Award | State University of New York at New Paltz English Department | 2013 | <sub>Awarded each year to promising graduate student in department.</sub> |
| Bonner Foundation Community Scholarship | Bonner Foundation | 2006 | Scholarship for students active in community to work in Trenton, NJ. I worked in housing, doing most of my work at Habitat for Humanity. |
Department
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associate Director of First-Year Writing | Associate Director of First-Year Writing | 8/1/2020 | 5/31/2021 |
College
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Hoc Grade Appeal Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| Associate Director of First-Year Writing | Associate Director | Present | |
| Department Secretary | Department Secretary | Present | |
| Ad Hoc Committee on Teaching First-Year Writing Seminar | Committee Member | Present | |
| Writing Program Adjunct Faculty Hiring Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| Writing Program Adjunct Faculty Hiring Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
| Ad Hoc Department Chair and Executive Committee Online Election Committee | Committee Chair | Present | |
| Ad Hoc Assessment Committee | Committee Chair | Present | |
| Director of First-Year Writing | Director | 12/29/2023 | |
| Ad Hoc Grade Appeal Committee | Committee Member | 7/11/2022 | |
| Associate Director of First-Year Writing | Associate Director | 5/31/2022 | |
| Composition Committee | Committee Chair | 5/31/2022 | |
| Lecturer Hiring Committee | Committee Member | 4/22/2022 | |
| Lecturer Hiring Committee for Multiple Positions | Committee Member | 4/22/2022 | |
| Support in Hiring | Reviewer and Attendee | 3/16/2022 | |
| Associate Director of First-Year Writing | Associate Director of First-Year Writing | 5/31/2021 | |
| Observations of Faculty | Faculty Mentor | 3/26/2021 | |
| Curriculum Revamp Rhetoric/Linguistics/Writing Course Descriptions and Titles Revisions Sub-Committee | Committee Member | 2/12/2021 |
University
| Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUNY Writing Discipline Council | Attendee, Meeting | 8/28/2023 | Present |
| CUNY Writing Discipline Council (Representative) | Attendee, Meeting | 8/1/2021 | 5/31/2022 |
| CUNY Writing Discipline Council (Officers) | Secretary, Alternate | 8/1/2021 | 5/31/2022 |
| CUNY Writing Discipline Council (Representative) | Attendee, Meeting | 8/1/2020 | 5/31/2021 |
| CUNY Writing Discipline Council Spring 2021 Online Teaching Webinar Planning Committee | Committee Member | 12/1/2020 | 1/31/2021 |
Professional
| Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhetoric Society of America | Reviewer, Conference Paper | Maryland | United States | 9/7/2021 | Present | National |
| Rhetoric Society Quarterly | Reviewer, Journal Article | 8/19/2022 | Present | National | ||
| Composition Forum | Reviewer, Journal Article | 6/5/2023 | Present | National | ||
| Conference on College Composition and Communication Local Arrangements Committee, Sub-Committee Registration and Volunteers | Committee Chair | Pennsylvania | United States | 8/1/2018 | 3/31/2019 | |
| Conference on College Composition and Communication Local Arrangements Committee, Sub-Committee Hospitality | Chairperson | Pennsylvania | United States | 8/1/2018 | 3/31/2019 |