Professional Summary
I am an Assistant Professor Educator in the Rhetoric and Professional Writing Program. I received my Ph.D in Rhetoric and Composition from the University of Arkansas, where I had the privilege to confront community history as part of an interracial community group. My research interests, therefore, include storying and narrativization as they work with instances and genres of technical communication and in my own and my students' lives. I draw from public memory, racial reconciliation, and feminist approaches in my work with communities, my scholarship, and my teaching. I teach courses in social media and social justice, technical and scientific writing, and courses that engage with community partners!
Education
PhD: University of Arkansas 2021 (Rhetoric and Composition)
M.Ed: University of Arkansas 2015 (Higher Education)
B.A: Millsaps College 2013 (English)
Positions and Work Experience
04-03-2017 -05-25-2021 Director of Engagement and Student Communications, - Coordinate and market public, campus, and departmental events focused around the academic, professional and social success of current honors students and community members - Circulate weekly newsletter for honors students and affiliates featuring upcoming events and opportunities - Serve as copy editor and writer for Honors College annual magazine, A+. Create and manage mailing lists for 8000+ subscriber distribution - Conduct monthly usability reports as well as regular usability testing, analytics, and updates of department website - Manage design and implementation of marketing materials for prospective student communications, current student communciations, and upcoming programs and events - Coordinate student efforts for service and social justice programming as staff liaison for the Advisory Council on Service and Social Justice - Design course assignments, cultivate suggested speakers, and prepare discussion guides for first year honors students focused on academic success , University of Arkansas,
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Katie Powell and Laura Wilson (2024. ) Positionality, Power, and Privilege: Teaching Social Media for Social Justice and Activism .Technical Communication and Social Justice, , 2 (2 ) ,28
Positionality, Privilege, and Power
Katie W Powell (2024. ) Ghosts and Groceries: The Subtly Feminist Act of Claiming My Inheritance.Peitho, , 26 (4 ) ,53 More Information
Book Chapter
On Being in It Community Listening: Stories-So-Far and Possibilities of New Stories . (Author)
Katie W. Powell (2024 ) Mary McLeod Bethune Southern Methodist Women and Social Justice: Interracial Activism in the Long Twentieth Century .Florida Press (Author)
Electronic Journal
Nancy Small, Emily Pifer, April Conway, Katie Powell (2024. ) Bale: Annotated Bibliography of Narrative and Storywork .