Alex Evans , PHD

Asst Professor

Education

PhD: University of Cincinnati (English - Rhetoric and Composition)

MA: University of Cincinnati (English - Creative Writing)

Positions and Work Experience

2025 -To Present Assistant Professor of English, University of Cincinnati, Blue Ash College,

Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

Evans, Alex (2025. ) Reviving Roger Garrison: Toward a Writing Studies History of/for the Two-Year College .College English, , 87 (3 ) ,323-340

Evans, Alex (2025. ) Archival Research for Community- and Skill-Building in the Online Writing Classroom .Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments, , 9 (1 ) ,

D’Orazio, Anna, Katie Monthie, Brooke Boling, and Alex Evans (2024. ) The TPC Contact Zone: Preparing Graduate Student Instructors for Students’ Writing Realities .Xchanges: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Technical Communication, Rhetoric, and Writing Across the Curriculum, , 19 (1 ) ,

Hellwig, Bethany and Alex Evans (2024. ) The Culture of Poverty in the Ivory Tower .Academic Labor: Research and Artistry, , 8 (1 ) ,

Evans, Alex (2024. ) A Day for Preserving Things: Activism, Technology, and the Politics of Preservation in the Sarah Records Archive .Punk and Post-Punk, , 13 (2 ) ,

Carter, Chris, Alex Evans, Bethany Hellwig, and Katie Monthie (2024. ) Hybrid Histories: Blended Archives and Mediated Memory .Proceedings of the Computers and Writing Annual Conference, Davis, CA, 2023, ,

Published Books

Evans, Alex and Bethany Hellwig (2027. ) Precarious Pedagogy: Teaching Praxis of the New Majority .The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado (Editor)

Book Chapter

Evans, Alex (2024 ) Cultivating Student Voices: Multimodal Composing in the Community College Teaching Community College and Historically Underserved Students: Innovative, Inclusive, and Compassionate Pedagogy .Palgrave-Macmillan

Additional Publications

Presentations

Paper Presentations

Evans, Alex (04-10-2025. ) (Re)Reading the Sarah Records Archive .Baltimore, MD. Conference. Level:National

Evans, Alex, Bethany Hellwig, and Jayne Stone (02-07-2025. ) Publishing While Contingent: Producing Pedagogical Scholarship in Teaching-Focused Positions .Conference. Level:International

Evans, Alex (04-2024. ) Digital Hands in the Archive .Spokane, WA. Conference. Level:National

Evans, Alex (04-2024. ) Archival Explorations: Discovering Common Places through Archival Research in the Online First-Year Writing Classroom .Spokane, WA. Conference. Level:National

D’Orazio, Anna, Alex Evans, Bethany Hellwig, Nic Muranaka, and Christine Ochs-Naderer (03-01-2024. ) “Controversial Matters:” The Past, Present, and Future of Universities as Surveillance States .Cincinnati, OH. UC. Level:University

Evans, Alex (02-02-2024. ) The Affordances of Digital Archival Research in the Online FYW Classroom .Conference. Level:International

Evans, Alex (06-2023. ) Curatorial Presence and Material Disembodiment in the Hybrid 19th Century Composition Archive .Davis, CA. Conference. Level:National

Evans, Alex (03-28-2023. ) Beyond Accommodation: Remaking the Neurodiverse University .Cincinnati, OH. UC. Level:University

Evans, Alex (03-03-2023. ) Composition as Customer Service: Negotiating Student-Centered Pedagogies in the Late Capitalist Writing Classroom .Cincinnati, OH. UC. Level:University

Carter, Chris, Andy Cheng, Alex Evans, Laura Micciche, and Katie Monthie (02-2023. ) Mindful Modes and Hopeful Reflections: Metacognition and Teacher-Researcher Identity .Chicago, IL. Conference. Level:National

Evans, Alex (02-03-2023. ) Academically at Risk: How Contingent Labor Conditions Shape Online Corequisite First-Year Writing Courses .Conference. Level:International

Evans, Alex (03-2023. ) Understanding Audience Through Classroom Accessibility Analysis .Marquette, WI. Conference. Level:National

Evans, Alex (05-20-2022. ) Navigating Grammar(s) in the Co-Requisite First-Year Writing Classroom .Mansfield, CT. Conference. Level:National

(03-2022. ) Only Out of Necessity: The Future of Online Developmental First-Year Writing Courses in Post-Pandemic Society .Conference. Level:National

Evans, Alex (02-2022. ) Critical Pedagogy Online: When Students Have Power and the COVID Classroom .Marquette, WI. Conference. Level:National

Evans, Alex (11-2021. ) Literacy Narratives in Context: Providing and Creating Models for Diverse Students through the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives .Atlanta, GA. Conference. Level:Regional

Honors and Awards

2021 -2022 William C. Boyce Award for Excellence in the Teaching of English Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Cincinnati Status:Recipient Level:Department Type:Recognition

2024 -2025 William C. Boyce Award for Excellence in the Teaching of English Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Cincinnati Status:Nomination Level:Department Type:Recognition

2023 -2024 William C. Boyce Award for Excellence in the Teaching of English Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Cincinnati Status:Nomination Level:Department Type:Recognition

2022 -2023 William C. Boyce Award for Excellence in the Teaching of English Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Cincinnati Status:Nomination Level:Department Type:Recognition

2017 -2018 William C. Boyce Award for Excellence in the Teaching of English Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Cincinnati Status:Nomination Level:Department Type:Recognition

05-01-2025 -08-15-2025 Pat Belanoff Summer Graduate Research Fellowship Research support for the development of an edited collection on the writing pedagogy of contingent faculty for the WAC Clearinghouse Precarity & Contingency series. Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Cincinnati Status:Recipient Level:Department Type:Fellowship

05-01-2024 -05-01-2025 Russel K. Durst Rhetoric and Composition Research Fellowship Financial support for archival research related to my dissertation project on the history of the writing program at the University of Cincinnati’s University College Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Cincinnati Status:Recipient Level:Department Type:Fellowship

05-01-2024 -08-15-2024 Pat Belanoff Summer Graduate Research Fellowship Financial support for the development of a research article on the ethics of archiving and circulating student writing. Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Cincinnati Status:Recipient Level:Department Type:Fellowship

2024 Graduate Student Travel Award Financial support to present at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Spokane, Washington. Taft Research Center Status:Recipient Level:University Type:Grant

2023 Graduate Student Enrichment Award Financial support to participate in the Digital Media and Composing (DMAC) Institute at Ohio State University. Taft Research Center Status:Recipient Level:University Type:Grant

2023 Graduate Student Travel Award Financial support to present at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Chicago, Illinois. Taft Research Center Status:Recipient Level:University Type:Grant

Service

Two-Year College English Association (Taskforce for Preparing Teachers of English in the Two-Year College ) Member Type:Service to Professional Associations Level:National 03-2025 -09-2025

Conference on College Composition and Communication (Newcomers' Welcome Committee ) Member Level:National 2023 -To Present

Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (Executive Board ) Elected Member Type:Service to Professional Associations Level:International 2024 -To Present

Two-Year College English Association (Conference Planning Committee ) Special Interest Group Chair Type:Service to Professional Associations Level:National 2022 -2023

University of Cincinnati Graduate Student Conference Co-Chair Type:University/College Service Level:University 2025

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College (Faculty Senate ) Representative Type:University/College Service Level:College 2023 -2024

Professional Affiliation

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)

Two-Year College English Association (TYCA)

Council of Writing Program Administration (CWPA)

Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (GSOLE)

Rhetoric Society of America (RSA)