Aimee C Mapes
- Associate Writing Specialist
- Assistant Director, Writing Program
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-7411
- Modern Languages, Rm. 445
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- acmapes@arizona.edu
Work Experience
- The University of Arizona Department of English (2015 - Ongoing)
- University of Arizona Department of English (2011 - 2015)
- Duke University Thompson Writing Program (2009 - 2011)
- Louisiana State University Department of English (2000 - 2004)
Awards
- Outstanding Faculty for Graduate/Professional Students Achievement Award
- Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC), Fall 2023
- Award for Exemplary Emerging WAC Program
- Association for Writing Across the Curriculum, Summer 2022
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
2024-25 Courses
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Dissertation
ENGL 920 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Dissertation
ENGL 920 (Spring 2024) -
Teaching Of Composition
ENGL 510 (Spring 2024) -
Dissertation
ENGL 920 (Fall 2023) -
Rsrch Mthd Rhetoric+Comp
ENGL 597R (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Dissertation
ENGL 920 (Spring 2023) -
Studies in Rhetoric+Comp
ENGL 696E (Spring 2023) -
Advanced Composition
ENGL 306 (Fall 2022) -
Dissertation
ENGL 920 (Fall 2022) -
Independent Study
ENGL 599 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Advanced Composition
ENGL 306 (Spring 2022) -
Dissertation
ENGL 920 (Spring 2022) -
Independent Study
ENGL 599 (Spring 2022) -
Dissertation
ENGL 920 (Fall 2021) -
Studies in Rhetoric+Comp
ENGL 696E (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Contemp Rhetoric Theory
ENGL 696T (Spring 2021) -
Dissertation
ENGL 920 (Spring 2021) -
Independent Study
ENGL 599 (Spring 2021) -
Dissertation
ENGL 920 (Fall 2020) -
Independent Study
ENGL 599 (Fall 2020) -
Rsrch Mthd Rhetoric+Comp
ENGL 597R (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Dissertation
ENGL 920 (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
ENGL 599 (Spring 2020) -
Studies in Rhetoric+Comp
ENGL 696E (Spring 2020) -
Dissertation
ENGL 920 (Fall 2019) -
Independent Study
ENGL 599 (Fall 2019) -
Rsrch Mthd Rhetoric+Comp
ENGL 597R (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Advanced Composition
ENGL 306 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Dissertation
ENGL 920 (Spring 2018) -
Preceptorship
ENGL 591 (Spring 2018) -
Studies in Rhetoric+Comp
ENGL 696E (Spring 2018) -
Independent Study
ENGL 599 (Fall 2017) -
Preceptorship
ENGL 591 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Advanced Composition
ENGL 306 (Spring 2017) -
Preceptorship
ENGL 591 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Preceptorship
ENGL 591 (Spring 2016)
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
- 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
- Dang, A. T., Ginosian, K., Gupta, A., Leach, A. R., Clark, J. A., Brooks, C. F., 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.
- 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.More infoKeynote
- 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.More infoPresentation 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.More infoI 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.More infoCollaborative 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.