Dr. G. Travis Adams
- English, Associate Professor
General Information
Biography
Dr. Adams grew up in Eagle River, Alaska. He played hockey and baseball through high school and now plays in a recreational hockey league. Dr. Adams has an undergraduate degree from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, an MA in English from Boise State University, and earned his PhD from the University of Nebraska Lincoln.
Teaching Interests
Composition
Writing Center Theory/Pedagogy
Composition Theory/Pedagogy
Research Methods
WAC/WID
Composition/Writing Center History
Research Interests
The Reading Writing Connection
Reading in Writing Centers
Writing Center Theory/Pedagogy
Composition Theory/Pedagogy
The Economics of Research in Writing Studies
Education
BA, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona, MN, English-Literature, 2001
MA, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, English, 2004
Ph D, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, English- Composition and Rhetoric, 2012
Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity
Selected Publications
Adams, G.. 2019. "New Assessments for New Reading: An Evidence Based Approach." Digital Reading and Writing in Composition Studies, Routledge, 14.
Adams, G.. 2017. "The Relationship Between Reading and Writing." From the Heartland: Critical Reading and Writing at UNO, Fountainhead Press, 3rd Ed, 17-19.
Adams, G.. 2016. "The Line That Shouldn't Be Drawn: Writing Centers as Reading Centered", Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture/Duke University Press, 16, 1, 17.
Adams, G.. 2013. An Interdisciplinary Research Course in Theoretical Ecology for Young Undergraduates, Mathematical Association of America, 1, 69-81.
Service
Department, College, and University
Faculty Senate, University Senate Service, 05/01/2015 - 05/31/2015
Faculty Senate Professional Development Committee, Committee Chair, Organize and take the lead on this faculty senate committee, including scheduling meetings and guest speakers, reporting committee progress, and representing the committee at Faculty Senate Executive Council meetings., 05/01/2016 - 05/31/2016
First-Year Writing Committee, Department of English, Committee Member, 08/01/2013 - 08/31/2013
Graduate Program Assessment Committee, Committee Chair, 12/01/2015 - present
Writing In the Disciplines (WID) Advisory Committee, Committee Chair, Organize meetings, draft documents, communicate program goals, develop workshops, etc., 08/15/2013 - present
Professional
Midwest Writing Centers Association, Officer, Other Officer, 05/01/2018 - 05/31/2018
Writing Center Journal, Reviewer, Journal Article, Peer-review articles submitted for publication to Writing Center Journal., 05/01/2015 - 05/31/2015
National Conference on Peer Tutors in Writing (NCPTW), Officer, Other Officer, Attend board meetings at conferences or via teleconference, contribute ideas to help shape the conference, help plan the yearly conference, advise on conference planning and proposal system., 11/01/2014 - 11/30/2014
Media Contributions
TV, "Cheating 101: The Culture of Cheating", Interviewed as subject expert for KMTV News story. Story by Emily Szink. Published 2/20/2015. Print story on website plus clips of video were included in news story., 02/20/2015
Administrative Assignments
Other, Writing Center Director/WID Coordinator, 08/01/2013