Reid, Alexander
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| - | Alexander (“Alex”) Reid is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Composition Program in the Department of English at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York. Reid’s work in digital rhetoric and new media composition is informed by nonhuman frameworks including object-oriented ontology, actor-network theory and assemblage theory. Additionally, Reid cites rhetoricians Victor Vitanza and Greg Ulmer and poststructuralists such as Gilles Deleuze and | + | Alexander (“Alex”) Reid is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Composition Program in the Department of English at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_at_Buffalo,_The_State_University_of_New_York University at Buffalo] in Buffalo, New York. Reid’s work in digital rhetoric and new media composition is informed by nonhuman frameworks including object-oriented ontology, actor-network theory and assemblage theory. Additionally, Reid cites rhetoricians [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Vitanza Victor Vitanza] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Ulmer Greg Ulmer] and poststructuralists such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Deleuze Gilles Deleuze] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Guattari Félix Guattari], among others, as scholars who have informed his work throughout his career. Reid maintains a weblog named Digital Digs where he writes and discusses topics related to new media, post and nonhuman issues, the state of post-secondary education and more. |
== Academic Career == | == Academic Career == | ||
| - | Reid has been an assistant and associate professor in the State University of New York system since 2001. He began his tenure with [SUNY at Cortland] in 2001, where he was an Assistant Professor until 2004. From 2004-2009, Reid was an Associate Professor at Cortland. In 2009, Reid relocated to the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he now teaches. | + | Reid has been an assistant and associate professor in the State University of New York system since 2001. He began his tenure with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suny_cortland SUNY at Cortland] in 2001, where he was an Assistant Professor until 2004. From 2004-2009, Reid was an Associate Professor at Cortland. In 2009, Reid relocated to the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he now teaches. |
| - | Additionally, Reid held a fellowship at the Georgia Institute of Technology and an Assistant Professor position at Penn State Capital College in addition to teaching at SUNY Albany and New Mexico State University. | + | Additionally, Reid held a fellowship at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Institute_of_Technology Georgia Institute of Technology] and an Assistant Professor position at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_State_Harrisburg Penn State Capital College] in addition to teaching at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUNY_Albany SUNY Albany] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_University New Mexico State University]. |
Reid has taught undergraduate and graduate classes that include, among other subjects, first-year composition, creative writing, literature, professional and technical writing, poetics and digital research and pedagogy. | Reid has taught undergraduate and graduate classes that include, among other subjects, first-year composition, creative writing, literature, professional and technical writing, poetics and digital research and pedagogy. | ||
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== Scholarship == | == Scholarship == | ||
| - | In addition to digital composition and rhetoric, Reid’s research interests new media, higher education, and composition and rhetoric pedagogies. His publications include articles that have appeared in journals such as Kairos and | + | In addition to digital composition and rhetoric, Reid’s research interests new media, higher education, and composition and rhetoric pedagogies. His publications include articles that have appeared in journals such as ''Kairos'' and ''Computers and Writing'' and a book. |
| - | In 2007, Reid book The Two Virtuals: Composition and New Media was published by Parlor Press. In The Two Virtuals, Reid explores how two conceptions of the virtual—the virtual reality familiar through technology alongside a less investigated philosophy of virtuality — impact the materialities and pedagogy of composition and rhetoric in a time when computers, networks, and new media nonhuman theories are occupying spaces once populated only by traditional humanistic frameworks. | + | In 2007, Reid book ''The Two Virtuals: Composition and New Media'' was published by Parlor Press. In ''The Two Virtuals'', Reid explores how two conceptions of the virtual—the virtual reality familiar through technology alongside a less investigated philosophy of virtuality — impact the materialities and pedagogy of composition and rhetoric in a time when computers, networks, and new media nonhuman theories are occupying spaces once populated only by traditional humanistic frameworks. |
Reid has participated in over two dozen conference presentations with topics that range from new media authorship and writing assessment to applied critical theory and agency. | Reid has participated in over two dozen conference presentations with topics that range from new media authorship and writing assessment to applied critical theory and agency. | ||
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==Professional Affiliations== | ==Professional Affiliations== | ||
| - | Reid is a co-editor of Praxis, a part of the of the online journal Kairos. | + | Reid is a co-editor of ''Praxis'', a part of the of the online journal ''Kairos''. |
While at SUNY Cortland, Reid was a consultant for the Seven Valleys Writing Project, a National Writing Project Site. | While at SUNY Cortland, Reid was a consultant for the Seven Valleys Writing Project, a National Writing Project Site. | ||
| - | At SUNY Cortland, Reid also sat on the technical advisory board for Wagadu, a journal of transnational women’s and gender studies. | + | At SUNY Cortland, Reid also sat on the technical advisory board for ''Wagadu'', a journal of transnational women’s and gender studies. |
==Awards== | ==Awards== | ||
| - | In 2008, Reid’s weblog Digital Digs won the John Lovas Memorial Academic Weblog Award given by Kairos. | + | In 2008, Reid’s weblog [http://www.alex-reid.net/ ''Digital Digs''] won the John Lovas Memorial Academic Weblog Award given by Kairos. |
| - | The Two Virtuals was named a 2007 Honorable Mention for the W. Ross Winterowd Award for Best Book in Composition Theory given by the online journal JAC. | + | ''The Two Virtuals'' was named a 2007 Honorable Mention for the W. Ross Winterowd Award for Best Book in Composition Theory given by the online journal ''JAC''. |
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Reid, Alexander
Alexander (“Alex”) Reid is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Composition Program in the Department of English at the University at Buffalo in Buffalo, New York. Reid’s work in digital rhetoric and new media composition is informed by nonhuman frameworks including object-oriented ontology, actor-network theory and assemblage theory. Additionally, Reid cites rhetoricians Victor Vitanza and Greg Ulmer and poststructuralists such as Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, among others, as scholars who have informed his work throughout his career. Reid maintains a weblog named Digital Digs where he writes and discusses topics related to new media, post and nonhuman issues, the state of post-secondary education and more.
Academic Career
Reid has been an assistant and associate professor in the State University of New York system since 2001. He began his tenure with SUNY at Cortland in 2001, where he was an Assistant Professor until 2004. From 2004-2009, Reid was an Associate Professor at Cortland. In 2009, Reid relocated to the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he now teaches.
Additionally, Reid held a fellowship at the Georgia Institute of Technology and an Assistant Professor position at Penn State Capital College in addition to teaching at SUNY Albany and New Mexico State University.
Reid has taught undergraduate and graduate classes that include, among other subjects, first-year composition, creative writing, literature, professional and technical writing, poetics and digital research and pedagogy.
Reid earned his Ph.D. in Writing, Teaching, and Criticism from the State University of New York at Albany in 1997 with a dissertation titled Virtual Prognosis: Writing and the State.
Scholarship
In addition to digital composition and rhetoric, Reid’s research interests new media, higher education, and composition and rhetoric pedagogies. His publications include articles that have appeared in journals such as Kairos and Computers and Writing and a book.
In 2007, Reid book The Two Virtuals: Composition and New Media was published by Parlor Press. In The Two Virtuals, Reid explores how two conceptions of the virtual—the virtual reality familiar through technology alongside a less investigated philosophy of virtuality — impact the materialities and pedagogy of composition and rhetoric in a time when computers, networks, and new media nonhuman theories are occupying spaces once populated only by traditional humanistic frameworks.
Reid has participated in over two dozen conference presentations with topics that range from new media authorship and writing assessment to applied critical theory and agency.
Professional Affiliations
Reid is a co-editor of Praxis, a part of the of the online journal Kairos.
While at SUNY Cortland, Reid was a consultant for the Seven Valleys Writing Project, a National Writing Project Site.
At SUNY Cortland, Reid also sat on the technical advisory board for Wagadu, a journal of transnational women’s and gender studies.
Awards
In 2008, Reid’s weblog Digital Digs won the John Lovas Memorial Academic Weblog Award given by Kairos.
The Two Virtuals was named a 2007 Honorable Mention for the W. Ross Winterowd Award for Best Book in Composition Theory given by the online journal JAC.
