Erika Sparby
Assistant Professor
English
Office
Stevenson Hall - STV 421B
Office Hours
Fall 2018: Tuesday 10-11am, Wednesday 11am-12pm
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Current Courses
591Practicum (Internship) In College Teaching
283Rhetorical Theory And Applications
349Technical Writing II
Research Interests & Areas
Digital Rhetorics, including social media, memes, and online aggression; gender and identity in digital public discourse; ethics and participation
Ph D Rhetoric and Composition; Technical Communication
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
MA English Studies
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
Outstanding Dissertation Award
Northern Illinois University
2018
Hugh Burns Best Dissertation Award (2017)
Computers and Composition
2018
Gloria Anzaldua Rhetorician Award
Conference on College Composition and Communication
2016
Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
Lukowski, A. A. & Sparby, E. M. (2016). Breastfeeding, Authority, and Genre: Women’s Ethos in Wikipedia and Blogs. Establishing and Evaluating Digital Ethos and Online Credibility. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Journal Article, Academic Journal
Sparby, E. M. (2017). Digital Social Media and Aggression: Memetic Rhetoric in 4chan’s Collective Identity. Computers and Composition, 45,. Pp. 85-97.
Presentations
Sparby, E. M. Political Memes and the Party Divide: A Case Study of Kim Davis and Hillary Clinton Memes. Accepted for presentation at the Digital Rhetoric/Digital Media in the Post-Truth Age symposium, March 2019, Tuscaloosa, AL.
Sparby, E. M. Behind the Scenes of Digital Aggression Research: Identity, Method, Action, and Self-Care. Roundtable given at Computers and Writing, May 2018, Fairfax, VA.
Sparby, E. M. When Trolls Become Technical Communicators: A Case Study of iOS8 and Wave, presented at the Association for the Teachers of Technical Writing Conference, March 2018, Kansas City, KS.
Sparby, E. M. Meming/Counter-Meming: Remixing Negative Memes to Deconstruct Stereotypes, presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 2017, Portland, OR.
Sparby, E. M. Anonymity, Design, and Identification: The Rhetorical Construction of Identity on Digital Social Media, presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, April 2016, Houston, TX.
Sparby, E. M. Fake Geek Girl, Remixed: Resisting Negative Stereotypes through Counter-Memes, presented at Cultural Rhetorics, October 2016, East Lansing, MI.
Day, M., Sparby, E. M., Lukowski, A. A., & Marquis, D. Digitizing Analog Networks to Share and Reflect on Student Writing, presented at Computers and Writing, May 2015, Menomonie, WI.
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