VITA

Christopher Gilliard

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EDUCATION

Ph.D. English Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN

• Primary Area: Rhetoric & Composition
• Secondary Area: Cultural Studies
• Dissertation: “Sports, Power and the Black Body”
• Committee: Irwin Weiser (Chair), Janice Lauer, Samantha Blackmon, Shirley Rose

M.A. English Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN
B.A. English University of Detroit, Detroit, MI

HONORS AND AWARDS

Graduate Opportunities Fellowship

TEACHING POSITIONS

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Writing
  • Rhetoric and American Culture: 2005-Present;
  • Michigan State University
• Assistant Professor of English: 2000-2005;
  • University of Detroit Mercy
• Instructor, Department of English: 1998-2000;
  • University of Detroit Mercy.
  
  
  
  
  

COURSES TAUGHT

• “Technical Writing.” Fall 2005: WRA 320. Michigan State University.
• “Racial and Ethnic Experience.” Fall 2005: WRA 125. Michigan State University.
• "African American Literature." 1998-2005: English 285. University of Detroit Mercy.
• "The Black Body." Fall 2001, Fall 2003: English 462. University of Detroit Mercy.
• "College Writing." 1998-present: English 131: University of Detroit Mercy.
• "Introduction to Media Studies." English 280. Winter 2002: University of Detroit Mercy.
• "Information Design and Critique." Winter 1999: English 491. University of Detroit Mercy.
• "Diversity Fiction." Summer 1999: English 236. University of Detroit Mercy.
• "Advanced Composition: Writing Across the Curriculum" Summer 1998: English 202. University of Detroit Mercy.
• "Introduction to Basic Writing." Fall, Winter 1998: English 130. University of Detroit Mercy.
• "Introduction to College Writing and Computers." English 102c. Fall, Winter 1997. Purdue University.
• "Introduction to College Writing." English 102. Fall, Winter 1993-1995.Purdue University

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Director of African American Studies, University of Detroit Mercy. 2003-2004
• English Department Curriculum Revision, University of Detroit Mercy. 2000-2002.
• Course design, proposal, and implementation of English 462, "The Black Body" for Department of English, University of Detroit Mercy. 2000.
• African American Studies Committee, University of Detroit Mercy. 1999-present.
• Ad hoc committee for the creation of the Degree in Electronic Critique. University of Detroit Mercy. 1998-2000.

PRESENTATIONS

• “I Saw That Dream Turn into a Nightmare: Tracy McGrady and the Iconography of Lynching.” City University of New York Conference on Black Masculinity. February 2005.
• “Examining Ideologies of Race and Power in the Classroom: Nostalgia and Popular Film.” East Stroudsburg University Conference on Cultural Studies. October 2004.
• "Race, Pedagogy, and Masculinity: Black Hypervisibility in Mass Media." University of Detroit Mercy Symposium on Black Masculinities. November 2000.
• "Forms of Visibility." Panel moderator for Contemporary Issues in Black Masculinity. University of Detroit Mercy Symposium on Black Masculinities. November 2000.
• "Hate Speech in the Classroom." National Council of Teachers of English. Detroit, Michigan, November 1997.

SERVICE

• Panelist for “Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property”, University of Detroit Mercy, September 2003.
• Reader of Dudley Randall Poetry contest, University of Detroit Mercy. 2000-present
• Academic Explorations: mentoring students who are the midst of choosing an undergraduate major. 1999-2000.
• Ex officio member, Department of English Hiring Committee, 1999.
• Outside reader for Post Identity, national, peer-reviewed journal. 1998-present.
• Faculty Advisor to [SIC], undergraduate literary journal. 1998-present.

OUTREACH

• Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program: critical thinking skills and writing for Detroit-area high school students planning to attend engineering school. 2000-present.
• UNITE: Writing and critical thinking skills for middle school students considering a university education. 2000-present.
• Prologues: Program co-director. University of Detroit Mercy first year student orientation program introducing students to disciplinary discourse. 1998-present.

COMPUTER PROFICIENCIES

• Dreamweaver
• Photoshop
• Microsoft Office
• Final Cut Pro
• Basic HTML

REFERENCES
Julie Henderson, Credential Coordinator
Department of English
500 Oval Drive
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2038