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Catherine Ramsdell

Chair, liberal arts

Education

  • Ph.D., English, Auburn University
  • M.A., English, DePaul University
  • B.B.A., business/marketing, English/writing, Adrian College

Credentials

Teaching experience

  • Chair of liberal arts, Fall 2017–present
    Associate chair of liberal arts, Fall 2009–Summer 2017
    Professor, Fall 2000–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta

Departmental service

  • Staff liaison to the college councils, 2010–present
  • Collaborative college council, 2009–10
  • Faculty development college council, 2008–09
  • Faculty chair, faculty development college council, 2005–08
  • Graduate studies college council, 2003–05
  • Online learning college council, 2002–03
  • Institutional advancement college council, 2001–02
  • Retention and advisement college council, 2000–01
  • Business and technical writing committee, Auburn, 1999–2000
  • Writing center committee, Auburn, 1998–2000
  • Information technology committee, Auburn, 1996–98

Professional experience

  • Books staff, December 2009–present, popmatters.com
    Write one to two book reviews and/or blog postings a month

Organizations

  • American Marketing Association
  • Alpha Kappa Psi Atlanta Alumni Chapter

Publications and presentations

Publications

  • "Storytelling, Narration, and the Who I Am Story" in C. Lowe (Ed.), Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing (Vol. 2), Parlour Press, 2011.
  • "Nalo Hopkinson and the Reinvention of Science Fiction." Beyond the Canebreaks: West Indian Women Writers in Canada, Ed. Emily Allen Williams. African World Press. 2008.
  • “Homi K. Bhabha and the Postcolonial Short Story,” in Farhat Iftekharuddin (Ed.), Postmodern Approaches to the Short Story, Greenwood Press, 2003.

Presentations

  • "New Media Tools and Trends," presented at the Southern Interscholastic Press Association, Columbia, S.C., February 2015.
  • "Promoting Your Work in the Digital Era," presented at Ivy Hall Writers Bootcamp, Atlanta, December 2013.
  • "Writing and Publishing in the Digital Revolution," panelist at Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, Ga., September 2012.
  • "Storytelling in the Digital Age," presented at Georgia Council of Teachers of English Conference, Columbus, Ga., February 2012.
  • "New Media: Challenges and Opportunities," presented at Student Success in Writing Conference, Savannah, Ga., February 2012.
  • "Beyond Print: Writing in the Digital Age," panelist at Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, Ga., September 2011.
  • "Storytelling in the Digital Age," presented at Georgia Conference on Information Literacy, Savannah, Ga., October 2010.
  • "Blogging, Information Literacy, and the College Classroom," presented at Georgia Conference on Information Literacy, Savannah, Ga., October 2008.
  • "Ethics, Technology, and Plagiarism in the Twenty-First Century," presented at Georgia Conference on Information Literacy, Savannah, Ga., October 2007.
  • "The Home, Housework, and Technical Communication," presented at Southeastern Women's Studies Association, Chattanooga, Tenn., March 2007.
  • "The Environment, Science Fiction, and the End of the World," presented at PCA/ACA Conference, Atlanta, April 2006.