EMILY JANUARY PETERSEN

EMILY JANUARY PETERSEN BIOGRAPHY Emily January Petersen received an honorable mention for the 2017 CCCC Outstanding Dissertation in Technical Communication and is one of three recipients of the 2016 graduate research award from the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing for her dissertation. Additionally, she received the presidential doctoral research fellowship in the Department of English at Utah State University. She has experience teaching rhetoric and composition, technical writing, editing, research/methods, and women and gender studies courses. Her research focuses on professional identities from a feminist perspective, examining how women act as technical communicators through social media and historically, both in public spheres and in the workplace of the home. She is interested in how women enact identity as users of technological systems, such as the workplace. She conducts research using content analysis, interviews, observations, and archival research. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication; Communication Design Quarterly; Rhetoric, Professional Communication, and Globalization; the Journal of the Motherhood Initiative; Intercom; and the conference proceedings of IEEE and SIGDOC. A chapter of her dissertation will appear in Technical Communication in August 2017, and a coauthored article about feminist theory/activism as foundational to social justice work in technical communication will appear in the Journal of Business and Technical Communication in July 2018. EDUCATION Ph.D. Theory and Practice of Professional Communication May 2016 Utah State University, Department of English, Logan, UT Certificate: Women and Gender Studies April 2014 M.A. English, Literary Studies and Composition April 2010 Weber State University, Department of English, Ogden, UT B.A. English, emphasis in Editing and Technical Writing April 2001 Brigham Young University, Department of English, Provo, UT Minor: Humanities Language: Spanish Assistant Professor July 2017 to present ACADEMIC POSITIONS Petersen 1

Weber State University, Department of English, Ogden, UT Teaches professional and technical writing Visiting Assistant Professor July 2016 to July 2017 Brigham Young University, Department of English, Provo, UT Taught courses in the professional writing and rhetoric minor Served as internship coordinator Developed professional writing course for the minor Journals RESEARCH Petersen, E. J. & Walton, R. W. (forthcoming July 2018). Bridging analysis and action: How feminist scholarship can inform the social justice turn. Journal of Business and Technical Communication. Petersen, E. J. (2017). Articulating value amid persistent misconceptions of technical and professional communication in the workplace. Technical Communication, 64(3), 210-222. Petersen, E. J. (2016). Beyond biography: Using technical and professional documentation to historically contextualize women s agency. Rhetoric, Professional Communication, and Globalization, 9(1), 55-77. Petersen, E. J. & Moeller, R. M. (2016). Using antenarrative to uncover systems of power in midtwentieth century policies on marriage and maternity at IBM. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 46(3), 362-386. Petersen, E. J. (2016). Empathetic user design: Understanding and living the reality of an audience. Communication Design Quarterly 4(2), 23-36. (Special Issue: Online Networks, Social Media, and Communication Design) Petersen, E. J. (2015). Mommy bloggers as rebels and community builders: A generic description. Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, 6(1), 9-30. Petersen, E. J. (2014). Redefining the workplace: The professionalization of motherhood through blogging. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 44(3), 277 296. Petersen, E. J. (2012). How to read: Using annotation in the composition classroom. Compendium 2: Writing Teaching and Learning in the University, 5(1). <http://etc.dal.ca/ojs211/index.php?journal= C2&page=issue&op=current.> Petersen, E. J. (2012, Spring). Thesis math: Alleviating student anxiety over thesis statements. The Atrium. Petersen 2

Petersen, E. J. (2011). Race, gender, and imposed identities in Nella Larsen s Quicksand. Journal of South Texas English Studies, 3(1). Petersen, E. J. (2010). Boxers throw their best punches first: Revising the first draft. Indiana English, 32(1), 29-31. Works In Progress Petersen, E. J. (revised and resubmitted) Feminist historiography as methodology: The absence of international perspectives. connexions: International Professional Communication Journal, 5(1). Petersen, E. J. (revised and resubmitted). Female practitioners advocacy and activism: Using technical communication for social justice goals. Citizenship and Advocacy in Technical Communication: Scholarly and Pedagogical Perspectives. Petersen, E. J. & Colton, J. S. (revised and resubmitted). Does gender affect how we talk about technological agency? Representations of rhetorical objects in I Love Lucy. Rhetoric Review. Book (Research Specialist) Reeder, J. & Holbrook, K. eds. (in press). At the pulpit: 185 Years of Discourses by Latter-day Saint Women. Salt Lake City, UT: Church Historian s Press. Conference Proceedings Petersen, E. J. & Matheson, B. (2017, August). Following the research internationally: What we learned about communication design and ethics in India. In Proceedings of the 35th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication, ACM 2017. https://doi.org/10.1145/3121113.3121209 Petersen, E. J. (2016, October). Reterritorializing workspaces: Entrepreneurial podcasting as situated networking, connected mediation, and contextualized professionalism. In Proceedings of IEEE International Professional Communication Conference. Petersen, E. J. & Martin, B. M. (2015, July). Misuse, play, and disuse: Technical and professional communication s role in understanding and supporting website owners engagement with Google Analytics. In Proceedings of IEEE International Professional Communication Conference. Hayhoe Fellow Award Winners, Best Graduate Student Paper Petersen, E. J. (2014, October). Women, religion, and professional communication: Communication design for the Female Relief Society, 1842 1920. In Proceedings of the 32nd ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication, ACM 2014. doi: 10.1145/2666216.2666224 Petersen 3

Industry Publications Petersen, E. J. (Autumn 2016). Female practitioners: A qualitative study. Communicator: The Institute for Scientific and Technical Communicators, 52-56. Petersen, E. J. (September 2015). Get me out of here! : Networking for women in technical and professional communication. Intercom: The Magazine of the Society for Technical Communication, 17-20. Petersen, E. J. (March 2013). Varying routes and routines through cluster criticism. Intercom: The Magazine of the Society for Technical Communication, 22-24. National & International Conference Presentations Petersen, E. J. (15 March 2017). Transferring research design from the United States to India: Focusing on positionality. Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, Portland, OR. Petersen, E. J. (October 2016). Reterritorializing workspaces: Entrepreneurial podcasting as situated networking, connected mediation, and contextualized professionalism. ProComm, IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, Austin, TX. Petersen, E. J. (11 June 2016). Mother s work: Organizing LDS motherhood in the early twentieth century. Mormon History Association, Snowbird, UT. Petersen, E. J. (6 April 2016). Reasonably bright girls : Theorizing women s agency in technological systems of power. Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, Houston, TX. Petersen, E. J. (1 April 2016). Using antenarrative to uncover systems of power in mid-twentieth century policies on marriage and maternity at IBM. European Social Science History Conference, Valencia, Spain. Petersen, E. J. (9 January 2016). The state of female practitioners in technical and professional communication. Modern Language Association, Austin, TX. Petersen, E. J. (2 October 2015). Students exit quietly: Using critical theory to encourage the dialectic. Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Logan, UT. Petersen, E. J. & Martin, B. M. (13 July 2015). Misuse, play, and disuse: Technical and professional communication s role in understanding and supporting website owners engagement with Google Analytics. ProComm 2015, IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, Limerick, Ireland. Hayhoe Fellow Award Winners, Best Graduate Student Paper Petersen, E. J. (6 June 2015). Looking for career-woman models in the 1930s: Virginia Hanson s correspondence with Margaret Sanger and Clare Boothe Luce. Mormon History Association, Provo, UT. Helen Z. Papanikolas Award Winner, Best Graduate Student Paper on Utah Women s History Petersen 4

Petersen, E. J. (27 September 2014). Women, religion, and professional communication: Communication design for the Female Relief Society, 1842 1920. Special Interest Group on Design of Communication (SIGDOC), Colorado Springs, CO. Petersen, E. J. (24 April 2014). Invent this, o ye men : The female inventor of the dishwasher and communication. European Social Science History Conference, Vienna, Austria. Petersen, E. J. (25 June 2013). Escaping motherhood: Blogging as a way to create and maintain identity. Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, Toronto, Canada. Regional Conference Presentations Petersen, E. J. (8 October 2016). A pioneer of distance education: Anna Eliot Ticknor s administration of the Society to Encourage Studies at Home. Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Salt Lake City, UT. Petersen, E. J. (3 March 2016). Beyond biography: Using technical and professional documentation to contextualize Mormon women s lives. Church History Symposium, Salt Lake City and Provo, UT. Petersen, E. J. (12 April 2014). The accidental professional communicator: Technical folklore in a police department. Western States Folklore Society, Logan, UT. Petersen, E. J. (10 October 2013). Varying routes and routines through cluster criticism. Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Vancouver, WA. Petersen, E. J. (12 April 2013). Redefining the workplace: Professionalizing motherhood through blogging. Utah State University Graduate Research Symposium, Logan, UT. Oral Presentation Award Winner in Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Petersen, E. J. (2 November 2012). Race, gender, and imposed identities in Nella Larsen s Quicksand. Brigham Young University Women s Studies Conference, Provo, UT. Petersen, E. J. (13 April 2012). Ambivalence towards sexual freedom and loss of faith in A Farewell to Arms. Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters, Logan, UT. Petersen, E. J. (8 March 2012). Flinging dirt in Penn Warren s All the King s Men. Humanities Education and Research Association, Salt Lake City, UT. Petersen, E. J. (8 October 2009). Incipient feminism in Dorothy Whipple s The Priory. Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Snowbird, UT. Nominee: Charles Davis Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation Petersen, E. J. (9 August 2008). I love you no matter what. Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, UT. Petersen, E. J. (3 March 2001). Beauty pains: Tips, tricks, and slips of pageant hopefuls. Folklore Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Petersen 5

Invited Presentations and Appearances Petersen, E. J. & Matheson, B. (19 April 2017). Transferring research to the Global South: Thinking about positionality and privilege. Women Historians Conversation Group, Salt Lake City, UT. Petersen, E. J. (9 August 2016). Reasonably bright girls : Women in the technical writing workplace. Kiwanis Club, Salt Lake City, UT. Petersen, E. J., Clarke, C., & Strein, R. (24 September 2014). Lessons learned in the archives from the Women s Discourses Project. Women Historians Conversation Group, Salt Lake City, UT. Chua, A., Rubenfeld, J., Singla A., & Petersen, E. J. (4 February 2014). The three traits that lead to success. The Katie [Couric] Show, ABC Studios, New York City, NY. Rogers, S., Petersen, E. J., & Ludlow, S. (29 February 2012). Roundtable discussion of citation project inspired English 1010. Composition Program Workshop, Weber State University, Ogden, UT. Rogers, S., Petersen, E. J., & Ludlow, S. (2 November 2011). Modifying your classes in response to citation project findings. Composition Program Workshop, Weber State University, Ogden, UT. Workshops Attendee, Research Methods Workshop 14 March 2017 Iconographic Tracking: A Digital Research Method for Circulation Studies by Laurie E. Gries Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, Portland, OR Faculty Lead, Resume Workshop 19 January 2017 Stand Out from the Crowd: Building Your Best Resume English Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT Coordinator, Internship Workshop 10 November 2016 Meet the Interns by student interns English Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT http://englishinternships.byu.edu/?page_id=1224 Coordinator, English Plus Workshop 20 October 2016 Work It! The Power of the Humanities in the Workplace by Jamin Rowan Humanities College, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT Attendee, Research Methods Workshop 9 June 2016 Material Culture by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Mormon History Association, Salt Lake City, UT Faculty Lead, Social Protest Workshop 29 October 2016 Rocky Mountain Rhetoric Symposium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Participant, Feminist Digital Scholars Workshop 8 June to 14 June 2015 Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory Petersen 6

Attendee, Research Methods Workshop 12 March 2013 Analyzing Multimodal Data by Anne Frances Wysocki Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, Las Vegas, NV Scholarship Recipient Awards Honorable Mention, CCCC Outstanding Dissertation in Technical Communication 17 March 2017 Conference on College Composition and Communication, Portland, OR Graduate Research Award (for dissertation project) 6 April 2016 $750 award, inclusion on national conference panel Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, Houston, TX Presidential Doctoral Research Fellowship August 2012 to May 2015 $45,000 $7,500 stipend/full-tuition scholarship per semester for three years Utah State University, Logan, UT Helen Z. Papanikolas Award (best graduate student paper on women s history) 1 October 2015 $100 cash award Utah Division of State History, Salt Lake City, UT Hayhoe Fellow Award Winner (best graduate student paper) 13 July 2015 $180 registration waiver IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, Limerick, Ireland Graduate Researcher of the Year 2013 2014 Department of English, Utah State University, Logan, UT Oral Presentation Award Winner, Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences 12 April 2013 $300 travel grant Graduate Research Symposium, Utah State University, Logan, UT Research Methods Workshop Scholarship Recipient 12 March 2013 $200 travel grant Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, Las Vegas, NV Nominee, Outstanding Student March 2010 Weber State University, Davis Campus, Layton, UT Nominee, Charles Davis Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation October 2009 Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Conference, Snowbird, UT Graduate Student Teaching Assistant (instructor of record) 2008 2010 $20,000 $5,000 salary/full-tuition scholarship per semester for two years Weber State University, Ogden, UT Petersen 7

TEACHING Visiting Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT July 2016 to July 2017 ENGL 316: Technical Communication (3 sections) ENGL 324: Writing with Style (1 section) ENGL 325: Visual Rhetoric (1 section) ENGL 328R: Studies in Composing (Technical Communication for English Majors) (1 section) Graduate Student, Utah State University, Logan, UT Summer 2013; January 2015 to May 2016 ENGL 3080: Introduction to Technical Writing for Non-Majors (1 section) ENGL 3450: Methods and Research in Professional and Technical Communication (1 section) ENGL 4400: Professional Editing (2 sections) WGS 1010: Introduction to Women and Gender Studies (1 section) WGS 4900/6900: Girls Studies (1 section, online) WGS 4910/6910: Feminist Theories (1 section, online) WGS 4920/6920: Feminist Research Methods (1 section, online) Guest Lecturer, Utah State University; Logan, UT Spring 2015 ENGL 4410: Document Design and Graphics (2 class periods) Graduate Student/Adjunct Instructor, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 2008 2012 ENGL 1010: Introductory College Writing (13 sections) ENGL 2010: Intermediate College Writing (2 sections) Writing Tutor January 2007 to April 2009 Developmental English Learning Center/Writing Center, Weber State University, Ogden, UT Tutored English 0955 and 1010/2010 students Received Master Tutor Certification from College Reading and Learning Association April 2009 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Research Assistant/Publications Intern, Women s Discourses Project July 2013 to August 2015 LDS Church History Library and Archives, Salt Lake City, UT Conducted historical/archival research for book project Participated in editing/content meetings Coordinated participation of project volunteers Associate Editor December 2002 to December 2004; on-call December 2004 to August 2008 LDS Church Security Department, Salt Lake City, UT Researched, wrote, and proofread summary of worldwide security incidents Supervised assistant editor Proofreader January 2001 to April 2001 Independent Study, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT Copyedited university and high-school courses for publication Petersen 8

SERVICE Capstone Mentor for Emily Sanders January to April 2017 ENGL 4400: Rhetoric and Writing Minor Portfolio Capstone Brigham Young University, Department of English, Provo, UT Peer Reviewer January to April 2017 Proposals and Full Papers IEEE ProComm International Professional Communication Conference, Madison, WI Panel Moderator, Shakespeare: Political Power 23 March 2017 English Symposium, Brigham Young University, Department of English, Provo, UT Faculty Mentor 15 March 2017 ATTW Graduate Student Career Workshop, Portland, OR Peer Reviewer October 2016 ATTW Conference proposals, Portland, OR Website Designer for Professional Writing and Rhetoric Minor September 2016 to present Brigham Young University, Department of English, Provo, UT Internship Coordinator July 2016 to present Brigham Young University, Department of English, Provo, UT Panel Organizer/Presenter, The Practice of Mormon Mothering 11 June 2016 Mormon History Association Conference, Snowbird, UT Peer Reviewer February 2016 SIGDOC Student Research Competition, Arlington, VA Volunteer Member of Local Host Committee 2 October 2015 Council on Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication Annual Conference, Logan, UT Panel Organizer/Presenter, Workers and Identity: Histories of Women in the Workplace April 2016 European Social Science History Conference, Valencia, Spain Review Coordinator July 2015 to August 2015 Program Committee, Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Logan, UT Search Committee Graduate Student Representative September 2014 to February 2015 Utah State University, Department of English, Logan, UT Panel Moderator/Presenter, Folklore, Workers, and Identity April 2014 Western States Folklore Society, Logan, UT Social Media Liaison April 2013 to April 2014 Utah State University, Department of English, Graduate Student Facebook Page Petersen 9

Panel Organizer/Moderator, Power Relationships and Human Connections April 2013 Utah State University, Department of English Undergraduate Symposium Conference Programming Committee Volunteer October 2012 Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Volunteer Proofreader 2005 2006 Ensign magazine, Salt Lake City, UT Copyediting of two major editions a year Petersen 10