Allie Sockwell Johnston

931-242-6975 • johnstona@apsu.edu

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, Knoxville, TN Graduation May 2021

Doctorate of Philosophy

Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, Tuscaloosa, AL Graduation May 2017

Master of Arts

Composition, Rhetoric, and English Studies

LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN Graduation May 2015

Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude       

Major in English-Writing; Minor in German

Studied Abroad in Vienna, Austria Fall 2012

EXPERIENCE

Austin Peay State University, Assistant Professor and Writing Center Director, Aug. 2021-Present.

University of Tennessee Writing Center Assistant Director, Aug. 2020-May 2021.

  • Train undergraduate tutors through weekly sessions

  • Serve as campus liaison to on-campus organizations, prepare and lead workshops

  • Work directly with Director to meet writing center needs

Writing Across the Curriculum Graduate Organization (WAC-GO) Chair, Aug. 2018-Aug. 2019. Past Chair, Aug. 2019-Aug. 2020.

  • Conduct monthly Skype sessions with Executive Committee members

  • Create and distribute newsletter

  • Graduate representative for Association of Writing Across the Curriculum, serving with WAC scholars from institutions across the U.S.

University of Tennessee Writing Center Academic Coach, August 2019-May 2020.

  • Assisted with administrative duties of the writing center

  • Trained and monitored undergraduate and graduate student tutors

University of Tennessee Graduate Teaching Associate, August 2017-Present

Assistant in University of Tennessee First Year Writing Program Assessment, Fall 2017- Present

  • Interview students based on survey responses

  • Read through student essays and evaluate using the Communicating Through Writing rubric

Set Magazine, Contributor, July 2013-April 2019

  • Wrote monthly articles on topics geared to college students

  • Assisted the editor by editing other articles if needed

Writing Across the Curriculum Coordinator, Aug. 2017-Aug. 2018

  • Created and monitored social media accounts

  • Recorded and distributed monthly Skype meeting minutes 

Editing Dissertation Chapters, Summer 2017

  • Worked directly with student to provide feedback 

University of Alabama Graduate Teaching Assistant, August 2016-May 2017

University of Alabama Writing Center Assistant Director, August 2016-May 2017

  • Led workshops around campus on various topics: transitioning to college writing, services of writing centers, professional emails, general writing activities

  • Worked front desk, checked clients in, and monitored tutors

  • Maintained Facebook and Twitter pages; created weekly Tutor Spotlights to feature tutors and started #helpwritenow Twitter campaign on campus

ACT English Tutor to High School Student, Summer 2016 and 2017

  • Prepared and guided material focused on reading comprehension, grammar, analytical skills, and critical thinking 

University of Alabama Writing Center Tutor, August 2015-June 2016

  • Led writing consultations with undergraduate and graduate clients

  • Conducted both in-person and online tutoring sessions

University of Alabama Research Assistant, August 2015-April 2016

  • Contacted publishers for permissions

  • Organized information for anthology

  • Created flyers for upcoming events

Lipscomb University Writing Studio, Student Administrator, Jan. 2014-May 2015

  • Planned social events for outreach with students 

  • Worked under the Director and had weekly meetings

  • Observed tutors and gave feedback on sessions

  • Ran social media pages to increase awareness

Lipscomb University Writing Studio Tutor, January 2013-May 2015

  • Led writing consultations with undergraduate and graduate clients

  • Visit classes to give a short pitch about the writing center and raise awareness

Tennessee State Capitol, Intern in Communications/Policy, Jan 2014-May 2014

  • Contacted media 

  • Answered office phones

  • Typed document to list legislative bills passed

Women’s National Book Association, Intern, Jan 2013-May 2013

  • Created annual newsletters

  • Attended literary events in the Nashville area

  • Ran social media pages (Facebook and Twitter) to connect with and inform members

Rivistas Magazine, Blogger, September 2011-May 2012

  • Wrote for online blog in Lifestyle to discuss popular magazines

HONORS AND AWARDS

Excellence for Experienced Tutoring Award, UTK Writing Center, 2019-2020

Excellence for Experienced Graduate Instructor Award Finalist, UTK, 2019-2020.

Phi Kappa Pi, University of Tennessee

Award for Excellence in Professionalism, Lipscomb University English Department, 2015

“Who’s Who Among Students” Honoree, 2015

Service and Learning Together Graduating Scholar, Lipscomb University, 2015

CERTIFICATIONS

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“How to Teach Online” Certification, Hosted by University of Tennessee Teaching and Learning Innovation Department, January-February 2020. 

 

PUBLICATIONS

Johnston, Sockwell Allie. “Investigating Student Dispositions Towards Writing Support.” Writing Spaces. Parlor Press, vol. 4, Summer 2021 (Pending publishing).

Russell, Alisa, Jake Chase, Justin Nicholes, and Allie Sockwell. “The Writing Across the Curriculum Graduate Organization: Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, and Where We’re Going.” Diverse Approaches to Teaching, Learning, and Writing Across the Curriculum: IWAC at 25. The WAC Clearinghouse, May 2020.

Polk, Tom, Alisa Russell, and Allie Sockwell Johnston. “Opportunity/Exploitation.” Symposium on the State of Graduate Study in Rhetoric and Composition. XChanges: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Technical Communication, Rhetoric, and Writing Across the Curriculum, vol. 14, no. 2, April 2020. 

Book Review: The Framework for Success in Postsecondary Writing: Scholarship and Applications. Teaching English in the Two-Year College. Dec. 2018.

“Day Dream.” Collective Magazine. Nashville, TN: First Ed: Web. May 2014.

“Hitting Home.” Chapter 16. Nashville, TN: Web. Feb. 2014. 

CONFERENCES

Conference on College Composition and Communication, “Tracing Transfer: Reports of Transfer in Multimodal, Multilingual, and Writing Center Contexts.” Milwaukee, WI, March 2020 (Cancelled for COVID-19). 

International Writing Center Association, “Understanding Students’ Approaches to Writing Support.” Columbus, OH. Oct, 2019.

Conference on Writing Program Administration, “Mission (Im)Possible)”, Baltimore, MD. July 2019.

Conference on College Composition and Communication, “An Overview of the First Year Writing Program Study at the University of Tennessee,” Pittsburgh, PA, March 2019.

International Writing Center Association, “To Communities and Beyond: Extending the Writing Center Beyond Campus,” Atlanta, GA, Oct. 2018.

International Writing Center Association, “Space and Spying: Interrogating the Rhetorical Choices of Writing Center Spaces in Cracking Cases,” Chicago, IL, Nov. 2017.

Writing Program Administrators Conference Attendee, Knoxville, TN. July 2017.

Peck Research on Writing Symposium Attendee, Middle Tennessee State University. Murfreesboro, TN. Feb. 2017.

National Conference on Peer Tutoring and Writing, “Don’t Forget About ME! Meeting the Needs of Marginalized Students in the Writing Center,” Tacoma, WA. Nov. 2016.

The Birmingham Institute for Teaching Writing Attendee, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. Aug. 2016.

Southeastern Writing Center Association, “Inclusivity in the Writing Center,” Columbus, GA 2016.

Southeastern Writing Center Association,  “The Role of Student Administrators,” Nashville, TN  2015.

Lipscomb University Student Scholars Symposium

  • Award for academic paper presentation, “History of the English Language,” 2014.

  • Led two presentations on “Service and Learning Together” and “Analysis of Dorothy West’s The Wedding, 2015.

Alpha Chi National Conference, “The Summer We Grew Up” (Creative Nonfiction). St. Louis, MO, 2014.

TALKS AND WORKSHOPS LED

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Cornell Method of Note-Taking: Introduction. Geography 101. Knoxville, TN. Jan. 30 2020.

University of Tennessee International House, “The Writing Process,” talk to International graduate students. Knoxville, TN. Oct. 2019.

UT Composition Office August Workshops: Led sessions to new PhDs/Lecturers on English 101 Curriculum. Knoxville, TN. August 2019. 

Applying Habits of the Mind to Qualitative Research Assignments. Stokely Conference on Teaching Writing. Knoxville, TN. June 2019. 

“Entering the Community: Building a Professional Identity in WAC.” Post-C’s Webinar, Writing Across the Curriculum Graduate Organization. April 2019. With Candace Chambers, Tom Polk, and Alisa Russell. 

“Publishing as a Graduate Student.” Post C’s Webinar, Writing Across the Curriculum Graduate Organization. April 2018. With Alisa Russell and Charley Silvio. 

How the Writing Center Can Help You. University of Alabama Writing Center Class Visits/Tours. Tuscaloosa, AL. August 2016-May 2017.

Writing Center Tutoring: Panel. Undergraduate course for new tutors. University of Alabama. Feb. 2016

 

Lawrence County High School English Teacher Presentation: “Expectations of First-Year Writers.” Dec. 2015.

Lipscomb University Academic Workshop “Successful Writing Skills.” Nashville, TN. Fall 2013, 2014

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Graduate Teaching Associate:

University of Tennessee

English 101, fully online course, InVOLve program for entering freshman, Summer 2020

English 101, Spring 2020

English 101 (Selected to teach Pilot Course for revised program curriculum), Spring 2019

English 102/132, Two sections of Cross Cultural Composition, Fall 2018

  • Course partnered native and non-native English speakers in order to learn from one another while exploring research topics related to food and culture

English 101/102, Fall 2017, Spring 2018

University of Alabama

Composition 101/102, Fall 2016-Spring 2017

Lipscomb University Undergraduate Teacher’s Assistant:

Introduction to Literary Studies, Spring 2015 

  • Led selected class discussions, proctored exams, assisted with questions from class

Advanced Composition and Rhetoric, Fall 2014

SERVICE

Volunteered as Coordinator for University of Tennessee English professors needing assistance transitioning to online teaching for Fall 2020. 

Led registration for University of Tennessee NEXUS Conference, March 2020.

Served as University of Tennessee Composition Committee Member, Oct. 2018-May 2019.

Moderated focus groups for first-year students and graduate teaching instructors, Fall 2018-Spring 2019.

Selected to serve on the University of Alabama’s Graduate Studies Committee, Aug. 2016-May 2017.

Prepared and led registration booth for the Association of English Teachers of America annual conference, University of Alabama, Feb. 2016

Conducted archival work in historic African-American community Hobson City, AL, Aug. 2015-May 2016

  • Assisted in creating an archive of city documents

  • Worked directly with community members to assist in long-term goals for town

Service and Learning Together (SALT) Scholar Final Project at Lipscomb University

  • Created a “How to Tutor ESL Students” Pamphlet to Distribute to Volunteer Tutors

Service and Learning Together (SALT) Lipscomb University ESL Tutor, Oct. 2014-May 2015

  • Worked with member of janitorial staff to assist in teaching English through bi-weekly meetings

Lipscomb University Student Government Association

  • Senator from 2011-2014, Academic Committee Chair from 2014-2015

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Southeastern Writing Center Association (SWCA)

International Writing Center Association  (IWCA)

Writing Across the Curriculum Graduate Organization (WAC-GO)

Writing Program Administration Graduate Organization (WPA-GO)

Association for Writing Across the Curriculum Committee (AWAC)

National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE)

College Composition and Communication (CCC)

Alpha Chi National Honor Society

Sigma Tau Delta National Honor Society