Web Sites & Software

This online journal provides undergraduates with authentic opportunities to publish. The journal also experiments with social networking and crowdsourcing approaches, asking participants to share in the reading and editing activities of the publication process (http://pitjournal.unc.edu).

An extension of my classroom spaces, this online publication features projects developed in writing and literature courses. The site applies a literary studies approach to texts ranging from film to music to photography. Projects seek to explore these texts through mixed media scholarship (http://amalgamnation.net).

I have been the chief architect and overseer of the Web site for over a decade. The current iteration of the site uses the drupal content management system and features a number of social networking and outreach tools (http://englishcomplit.unc.edu).

This is a longer-term publishing project devoted to the future of English Studies. Currently the site serves as a clearinghouse for information related to the status of English as a discipline (http://englishsos.org).

Created in collaboration with Dave Moffat and Todd Taylor, this software facilitated document reviewing and draft workshopping of papers in the Writing Program at UNC, Chapel Hill. The application is no longer available but screen shots demonstrate the scope and functionality of the program.

First published in 1997 then re-issued in 2000, this Web site provided writing instruction, tutorials, and resources for instructors and students using Allyn & Bacon teaching materials. The project represents a precursor to current publisher-sponsored online writing supplements. The site is no longer available but screen shots demonstrate the scope of the project.

I authored this award winning Web-based software suite to enable instructors at UNC, Chapel Hill and elsewhere to use online learning tools designed specifically for writers. The software included the Peer Review Platform, an online environment for sharing and responding to student papers. The site is no longer functioning, but you can look over the Web pages. You can see an example of the interactions supported by some of the tools.

I composed this hypercard application to facilitate new media composing in first year writing classes. The initial iteration made it easy for students to include images, audio, and video in their compositions. Later iterations facilitated linking between nodes and peer commenting, relying on servers to create local hypertext webs.