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Education
Ph.D. Candidate	University of California, Santa Barbara expected Spring 2010
M.A.	University of California, Santa Barbara (2009) Education
M.A.	Texas Tech University (2001) Technical Communication
B.A.	Texas Tech University (1999) English

Research
2006-2007	"Sakai Course Management System Implementation" As a research assistant under Karen Lunsford of UCSB, I worked as part of team conisting of computer scientists, writing professors and writing researchers to user test and implement the Sakai CMS at UCSB. This research is dedicated to seeking out best practices for uses of a CMS such as Sakai in general writing courses, and specifically in engineering technical communication courses.
2005	"LEMMA  Learning Environment with Multi-Media Augmentation" Working with Tobias Hollerer of UCSB's Computer Science Department and Marc Breisinger of the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Germany, we developed and tested a software tutorial for UCSB physics students; this was the first tutorial ever created for Fogscreen technology. The project specifically tested how users of enhanced reality environments represent their conceptual understanding of the abstract in 2D.
2005-04	"Patterns in First-Year Writing and Teacher Response" In this project, I worked as a research assistant to Andrea Lunsford of Stanford University and Karen J. Lunsford of UCSB on a project that sought to identify patterns of error and teachers' responses to error in first-year student writing.
Spring 2005	"Engineering Major Retention Study" This research investigated possible reasons for the increasing dropout rate amongst first year students of engineering at UCSB. This work was conducted under Writing Program Chair, Sue McLeod. Specifically, I conducted interviews with subjects, participated in a group presentation to the Associate Chair of the engineering department, and wrote portions of the final report.
2001	"A Supplemental Guidebook for 1301 Students" Under the supervision of Professors Sam Dragga and Rebecca Rickly, this project was a collaborative work written by students in two of my Essentials of College Rhetoric courses. The purpose of the end product was to give incoming students to the course a guidebook to supplement the current text. It also allowed my students to produce an important piece of writing that would be used by their peers in future composition courses.
2001	"The Shell Report 2000:Manipulating Readers With Rhetorical Artillery" Under the supervision of Professor Ken Baake, I analyzed annual reports from The Shell Oil Company. I used Aristotelian categories of topics as my tools of analysis and found that the report used epideictic, forensic, and deliberative rhetorical strategies in attempts to influence their audience.

Publications
2008	Ford, James K., Höllerer, Tobias. (2008). Augmented Reality and the Future of Virtual Workspaces. In K. St. Amant and P. Zemliansky (Eds.). Handbook of Research on Virtual Workplaces and the New Nature of Business Practices. Idea Group Inc.
2008	Lunsford, Karen J. & Faulkner, Jane; with Bright, Alison; Chu, Vicki; Ford, James K.; Miley, Steve; Nichols, Cassandra M.; & Silva, Mary Lourdes (2008). The library and the CMS: Establishing library presence in Sakai writing course sites. Kairos.
2006	Breisinger, M., Höllerer, T., Ford, J. & Folsom, D. (2006). Implementation and Evaluation of a 3D Multi Modal Learning Environment . In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2006 (pp. 2282-2289). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Teaching
UCSB	Writing 50E "Technical Communication for Engineers"
UCSB	Writing 2E "Academic Writing for Engineers"
UCSB	Writing 1E "Introduction to Academic Writing for Engineers"
Brooks	English 395 "Modern Literature"
Brooks	English 280 "Advanced Writing Techniques"
Brooks	English 184 "Writing for Professional Photographers"
TTU	English 1301 "Essentials of College Rhetoric"

Presentations
Computers and Writing (2009) UC Davis	Augmented Reality: Uses for Classroom Learning, Writing Instruction and Technical Communication	PowerPoint
CCCC (2009) San Francisco	Conceptual Displays of Physics Content: Research on Student Word and Image Production	PowerPoint
Writing Research Across Borders (2008)	Writing Research in Mixed Reality: Tools and Methods for Exploration	PowerPoint Handout (pdf)
Computers and Writing (2006)	“LEMMA (Learning Environment with Multimedia Augmentation) and Fogscreen Technology: A Study of Physics Students and the Impact of an Augmented Environment”	PowerPoint

Employment
Research Assistant (Summer 2009)	Duarte Design
Instructional Technology Specialist (2008-Current)	UCSB Dept. of Education
Graduate Instructor (2004-2008)	UCSB Writing Program
Instructor (2005-present)	Brooks Institute of Photography
Technical Communicator (2007-present)	Instructional Computing, UCSB
Proposal Writer (2001-2002)	Community Health Center of Lubbock South Plains Rural Health Services, Levelland South Plains Health Provider, Plainview
Freelance Writer (2002-2004)

Projects
Editing	Edited and tutored Robert Gellar, Physics Lecturer at UCSB and author of an upcoming physics textbook (2005)
Document Design	•  Designed poster/advertisement for  Writing Research in the Making conference at University of California, Santa Barbara (2005) •  Designed and edited a 35 pg. supplemental guidebook for first-year composition students at Texas Tech (2001)
Internet / Software	•  Professional web site for Professor Charles Bazerman (2005) (HTML/ Dreamweaver) •  Completed a software evaluation and multiple prototyping sessions for Golf USA in Lubbock, TX (2001)

Societies
	Engineering Writing Committee, UCSB (2004-present) Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW) National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Society for Technical Communication (STC) Board Member: Coalition of Community Assistance Volunteers (2003)

Honors
	UCSB Dept. of Education Grant (2007)
	UCSB Dept. of English Transliteracy RA (2006)
	Travel Grant: Computers and Writing (2006)
	UCSB Dept. of Education Grant (2005)