Aimee C Mapes

Interests

Research

composition;sociocultural literacy theory;situated identity theory;qualitative methodology;student development

Teaching

composition theory;first-year writing;literacy studies;advanced composition;teacher training

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

• Mapes, A. C. (2023). More Simple Gifts: Labor, Relationships, and Ethics in Longitudinal Research Ecologies. In Telling Stories.
• Mapes, A. C., & Kimme-Hea, A. C. (2021). Devices and Desires: A Complicated Narrative of Mobile Writing and Device-Driven Ecologies. In Handbook to Digital Rhetoric and Writing(pp 73 - 83). Routledge.
• Mapes, A. C., & Miller-Cochran, S. (2019). Framing Graduate Teaching Assistant Preparation around Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies. In (Re)Considering What We Know: Learning Thresholds in Writing, Composition, Rhetoric, and Literacy(pp Chapter 11). Utah State Press.
• Mapes, A. C., & Kimme-Hea, A. C. (2018). Devices and Desires: A Complicated Narrative of Mobile Writing and Device-Driven Ecologies. In Handbook to Digital Rhetoric and Writing(pp 73 - 83). Routledge.

Journals/Publications

• Hartley, M., Saia, T., Mapes, A., Taylor, A., Ficchi, G., Hartley, M. T., Saia, T., Mapes, A. C., Taylor, A., & Ficchi, G. (2024). Ableism and Able Privilege: Integrating Social Justice Concepts in Rehabilitation Education. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin. doi:10.1177/00343552241236887
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  The concepts of ableism and able privilege are critical for understanding how power and privilege operate in our society to disadvantage disabled people. In this article, we report the results of an exploratory study on the effects of an able privilege training on attitudes toward disability among undergraduate students. Using a posttest-only control, 147 undergraduate students were randomly assigned to an experimental or control group. The control group completed measures of attitudes toward disability before the training, while the experimental group completed the measures afterward. Compared with the control group, the experimental group reported more positive attitudes toward disability equity and inclusion, but varied attitudes toward disability pathos and pity. Implications address able privilege as a threshold concept for understanding how institutional structures and ideologies shape the disability experience.
• Mapes, A. C., Jacobson, B., LaMance, R., & Vogel, S. (2017). Troublesome Knowledge: A Study of GTA Ambivalence with Genre Pedagogy. WPA.
• Mapes, A. C., Jacoboson, B., LaMance, R., & Stephen, V. (2020). "Troublesome Knowledge: A Study of GTA Ambivalence with Genre-Informed Pedagogy.". WPA: Writing Program Administration, 43(2), p. 66+..
• Hartley, M. T., Mapes, A. C., Taylor, A., & Bourgeois, P. (2016). Digital Media Education and Advocacy: Addressing Attitudes toward Disability on College Campuses. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability.
• Mapes, A. C. (2016). Two Vowels Together: On the Wonderfully Insufferable Experiences of Literacy. COLLEGE COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION, 67(4), 686-692.
• Hartley, M. T., & Mapes, A. C. (2015). Resilience and Sports: An Innovative Approach to Rehabilitation Counseling for Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Military and Government Counseling.
• Hartley, M. T., Mapes, A. C., Taylor, A., & Bourgeois, P. (2015). Digital media technology and advocacy: The ethics of addressing attitudes toward disability on college campuses. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 29(3), 239-247.
• Mapes, A. C., & Hartley, M. T. (2017). Re-authoring narratives: Reflective writing with veterans with spinal cord injury.. Reflections: A journal of public rhetoric, civic writing, and service learning, 16(2), 61-82.
• Mapes, A. C. (2011). You Need to Realize It in Yourself: Positioning, Improvisation, and Literacy. JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT & ADULT LITERACY, 54(7), 515-524.

Presentations

• Brooks, C. F., Mapes, A. C., Dang, A. T., Leach, A. R., Clark, J. A., Gupta, A., Barrows, J. D., & Rodrigo, R. (2024, June). Digital Reading, Notetaking, and Annotating Practices. Computers and Writing. Fort Worth, TX: Computers and Writing.
• Bowshier, L. M., Schwaller, E. J., & Mapes, A. C. (2023). Addressing Equity in WAC: A Story of Antiracist Writing Pedagogy at an HSI. International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Clemson, South Carolina: Association for Writing Across the Curriculum.
• Dang, A. T., Brooks, C. F., Ginosian, K., Mapes, A. C., Leach, A. R., Gupta, A., Clark, J. A., Leach, A. R., Dang, A. T., Clark, J. A., Gupta, A., Brooks, C. F., Rodrigo, R., Mapes, A. C., & Rodrigo, R. (2023, February). Adapting Digital Reading Assignments for Efficiency & Efficacy. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL: Conference on College Composition and Communication.
• Gronewold, L. K., Bowshier, L., & Mapes, A. C. (2023, February). Panel title: "Learningful Unlearning: Implementing Antiracist WAC Programming & Embedded Tutoring.”
  Presentation title: “I learned to hate writing less: HPS 307, Public Health Narratives as a Case Study for Implementing Antiracist WAC Principles & Embedded Tutoring.”. CCCC 2023 (Conference on College Composition and Communication). Chicago, IL: NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English).
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• Dang, A. T., Brooks, C. F., Brooks, C. F., Mapes, A. C., Mapes, A. C., Ginosian, K. V., Ginosian, K. V., Clark, J. A., Clark, J. A., Leach, A. R., Leach, A. R., Gupta, A., Gupta, A., Dang, A. T., Dang, A. T., Rodrigo, R., & Rodrigo, R. (2022, January). Update: Readability Research at the University of Arizona. Adobe Readability Group. Online: Adobe.
• Ginosian, K., Gupta, A., Leach, A. R., Clark, J. A., Brooks, C. F., Mapes, A. C., Rodrigo, R., Rodrigo, R., Mapes, A. C., Brooks, C. F., Clark, J. A., Leach, A. R., Gupta, A., & Ginosian, K. (2022, January). Update: Readability Research at the University of Arizona. Adobe Readability Group. Online: Adobe.
• Gupta, A., Dang, A. T., Rodrigo, R., Mapes, A. C., Brooks, C. F., Clark, J. A., & Leach, A. R. (2022, January). Technology, Reading, and Strategies to Reduce Anxiety. Writing & Wellbeing. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona.
• Mapes, A. C. (2022, February). “’The Four Cs: Correct, Complete, Clear, Concise’-Faculty Perspectives of Student Writing ” . Conference on College Composition and Communication..
• Rodrigo, R., Mapes, A. C., Brooks, C. F., Clark, J. A., Leach, A. R., Gupta, A., Dang, A. T., & Ginosian, K. (2022, January). Technology, Reading, and Strategies to Reduce Anxiety. Writing and Wellbeing Conference. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona, General Educatoin.
• Mapes, A. C. (2020, March). Resisting Crisis: A Smart Data Approach to Student Literacies. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Milwaukee, WI: NCTE.
• Mapes, A. C. (2021, August). A Systems Approach to Writing Across the Curriculum. Association of Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Virtual: AWAC.
• Mapes, A. C., Brooks, C. F., Ginosian, K. V., Gupta, A., Dang, A. T., Clark, J. A., Leach, A. R., & Rodrigo, R. (2021, July). VRL, Digital Readability & College Students. Adobe for Education Summit. online: Adobe.
• Mapes, A. C., Brooks, C. F., Leach, A. R., Ginosian, K. V., Gupta, A., Dang, A. T., Clark, J. A., & Rodrigo, R. (2021, July). Creativity for the Future Using Liquid Mode or Digital Readability & Personalized Reading Formats. Adobe for Education Summit Pre-Conference. online: Adobe.
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  Keynote
• Rodrigo, R., Mapes, A. C., Brooks, C. F., Clark, J. A., Leach, A. R., Gupta, A., Dang, A. T., & Ginosian, K. V. (2021, November). Adopting Digital Readability Hacks: Motivation & Inhibitors. Adobe Readability Research Symposium. online: Adobe.
• Mapes, A. C. (2020, February). Vertical Writing: WAC at the University of Arizona. Student Affairs Conference. University of Arizona Tucson.
• Mapes, A. C. (2018, July). Framing Graduate Teaching Assistant Preparation around Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies. Annual meeting of the Council of Writing Program Administrators. Sacramento, CA: Council of Writing Program Administrators.
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  Presentation of research at annual conference
• Mapes, A. C. (2018, March). Languaging and Disciplinary Becoming. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Kansas City, MO: National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
• Mapes, A. C. (2019, July). Felt Sense: A Case Study of Tacit Writing Knowledge. Council for Writing Program Administrators. Baltimore, MD: CWPA.
• Mapes, A. C., & Mattius, R. (2018, July). Shifts in First Impressions: Measuring Quantitative and Qualitative Effects of Practicum on TA Perceptions of Teaching First-Year Composition. Annual Meeting of Writing Program Administrators. Sacramento, CA.
• Mapes, A. C. (2017, Fall). Allyship in the Classroom. National Council for Teachers of English. St. Louis, MO.
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  I co-coordinated the entire panel: Framing BLM is more than a moment or occasion for race-related current events curriculum, BLM is a central force of energy and gravity for classrooms today. This roundtable panel provokes critical inquiry and addresses praxis.
• Mapes, A. C. (2017, Spring). How Not To Climb Mt. Everest: A Survival Guide to Longitudinal Research. Conference on College Compositoin and Communication. Portland, OR: National Council for Teachers of English.
• Mapes, A. C., Jacobson, B., LaMance, R., & Vogel, S. (2017, Summer). "To Be Honest I'm Still Confused About Genre": Teacher Training & Genre-Informed Pedagogy. Council for Writing Program Administrators. Nashville, TN: WPA.
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  Collaborative panel presentation with graduate students in English: Brad Jacobson, Rachel LaMance, Aimee Mapes, Stefan Vogel.
• Mapes, A. C., & Kimme Hea, A. C. (2016, July). Report on UA Longitudinal Study of Student Writing. Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA). Raligh, NC.
• Mapes, A. C. (2015, March). Tensions and Complications: A Call for Disrupting Methodologies.. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Tampa Bay: National Council for Teachers of English.
• Mapes, A. C. (2014, March). Adapted Studio Model. Workshop for Council on Basic Writing. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Indianapolis: National Council for Teachers of English.
• Mapes, A. C. (2013, April). Adaptive Athletics as Bridge to Higher Education for Returning U.S. Military Veterans With Spinal Cord Injuries and/or Diseases. Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA). San Francisco: American Educational Research Association.
• Mapes, A. C. (2013, March). Discourse Strategies: Coding Risk in Basic Writing Programs. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Las Vegas: National Council for Teachers of English.
• Mapes, A. C. (2012, April). Instruments of Desire: a Case Study of Student Literacies. Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association. Vancouver: American Educational Research Association.
• Mapes, A. C. (2012, March). Teaching in Transition. Conference of College Composition and Communication. St. Louis: NCTE.