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David L. Wallace

• Department Chair
• Professor

dwallace@mail.ucf.edu

Education

• Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Carnegie Mellon University (1991)
• M.A. in Rhetoric and Linguistics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1987)

Research Interests

Composition theory and pedagogy; alternative rhetorical theory and practice; feminist and queer theory.

Selected Publications

Books

• Wallace, David L. Compelled to Write: Alternative Rhetoric in Theory and Practice. In preparation for Utah State University Press.
• Wallace, David L. and Helen Rothschild Ewald. Mutuality: Alternative Pedagogy in the Rhetoric and Composition Classroom. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2000.
• Flower, Linda, David L. Wallace, Linda Norris, and Rebecca E. Burnett, Eds. Making Thinking Visible: Writing, Collaborative Planning and Classroom Inquiry. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 1994.

Articles/Essays

• Forthcoming Alexander, Jonathan and David L. Wallace. “The Queer Turn in Composition Studies: Reviewing and Assessing an Emerging Scholarship.” College Composition and Communication. (To appear in 2008).
• Wallace, David L. "Nobody Laps Me Twice: Attitude Surveys as Tools for Reflection." In Peggy O'Neil, Ed. Blurring Boundaries: Developing Writers, Research and Teachers. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2007. 103-21.
• Pugh, Tison and David L. Wallace. "Heteronormative Heroism and Queering the School Story in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Series." Children's Literature Association Quarterly, 31.3 (Fall 2006): 260-81.
• Wallace, David L. "Transcending Normativity: Difference Issues in College English." College English, 68.5 (May 2006): 502-30.
• Wallace, David. L. "Shallow Literacy, Timid Teaching, and Cultural Impotence." Journal of Alternative and Expanded Perspectives on Learning, 10 (Winter 2004-05): 14-26.
• Wallace, David L. "Informed Dissent: Beyond IRB Ethics in Research." Writing on the Edge. 13 (Spring 2003): 31-44.
• Wallace, David L. “The Poems Came Late: Literacy as Cultural Dialogue.” In Wendy Bishop and Hans Ostrom, Eds. The Subject is Story: Essays for Writers and Readers. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook. 2003. 62-73.
• Wallace, David L. “Out in the Academy: Heterosexism, Invisibility, and Double Consciousness.” College English, 65 (September 2002): 53-66.
• Wallace, David L. and Annissa Bell. "Being Black at a Predominantly White University." College English, 61 (January, 1999): 47-67.
• Wallace, David L., John R. Hayes, Jill Hatch, Walden Miller, Grant Moser, and Christine Murphy. Better Revision in Eight Minutes? Cuing First-Year College Writers to Revise. Journal of Educational Psychology, 88 (December, 1996): 682-688.

Awards

2008    Recipient, Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of Central Florida2

2007    Recipient, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award, University of Central Florida

2007    Recipient, Teaching Incentive Program Award, University of Central Florida

2001    Recipient, Master Teacher Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University

2000    Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, Dean of Students Office, Iowa State University

1997    Recipient, Award for Early Achievement in Teaching, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University

1993    Recipient, Steve Cahir Award for Research on Writing, American Educational Research Association Special Interest Group on Research on Writing

1993    Finalist, National Council of Teachers of English Promising Researcher Award

Spring 2010 Courses

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