Research
Edited Collections
Alexander, Kara Poe, Davis, Matthew, Mina, Lilian W., & Shepherd, Ryan P. (Eds). (2023). Multimodal composing and writing transfer. Utah State University Press.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Shepherd, Ryan P., Ryerson, Rachael A., & Mauck, Courtney A. (2024). Scarier Than It Seems: Multimodal Composition in GTA Training. WPA: Writing Program Administration, 47(2), 103-128.
Shepherd, Ryan P., Mauck, Courtney A., Barber, Christopher J., & Fletcher, Sue. (2021). Beyond osmosis: Developing Teaching for Transfer pedagogy for graduate classes in composition. Composition Forum, 46.
Shepherd, Ryan P. (2020). Gaming Reddit’s algorithm: r/the_donald and the rhetoric of sorting. Computers and Composition, 56, 1-14.
Shepherd, Ryan P. (2020). What reddit has to teach us about discourse communities. Kairos, 24(2).
Shepherd, Ryan P. (2018). The literacy of Facebook: SNS literacy practices and learning transfer in FYC. The Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics, 2(2), 70-86.
Shepherd, Ryan P. (2018). Digital writing, multimodality, and learning transfer: Crafting connections between composition and online composing. Computers & Composition, 48, 103-114.
Shepherd, Ryan P., O'Meara, Katherine Daily, & Snyder, Sarah Elizabeth. (2016). Grammar agreements: Toward a more finely-tuned approach to corrective feedback. Journal of Response to Writing, 2(1), 43-57.
Shepherd, Ryan P. (2016). Men, women, and Web 2.0 writing: Gender difference in Facebook composing. Computers and Composition, 39, 14-26.
Shepherd, Ryan P. (2015). FB in FYC: Facebook use among first-year composition students. Computers and Composition, 35, 86-107.
Shepherd, Ryan P., & Goggin, Peter N. (2012). Reclaiming 'old' literacies in the new literacy information age: The functional literacies of the mediated workstation. Composition Studies, 40(2), 66-91.
Editorially-Reviewed Journal Articles, Book Chapters, and Bibliographies
Shepherd, Ryan P. (2023). The other curriculum: Social media and its connection to university writing. In K. P. Alexander, M. Davis, L. W. Mina, & R. P. Shepherd (Eds.), Multimodal composing and writing transfer (pp. 125-141). Utah State University Press.
Snead, Robin L., Alexander, Kara Poe, Davis, Matthew, Mina, Lilian W., & Shepherd, Ryan P. (2022). Rethinking transfer: The rise of writing transfer research across contexts. WPA-CompPile Research Bibliographies, 30.
Shepherd, Ryan P., Johnson, David T., Fletcher, Sue, Mauck, Courtney A., & Barber, Christopher J. (2020). ENG 7980: Learning Transfer in History and Theories of Composition. Composition Studies, 48(1), 88-102.
National Conference Presentations
Conference on College Composition and Communication
"Writing Transfer Beyond FYC," April 2024
"Justice Pedagogy Enacted," February 2023
“Multiperspectival Approaches to Researching Multimodality and Transfer,” March 2022
“Multimodal Interventions and Activitisms: Social Media, Transfer, and Pedagogy,” March 2022
"Composing Across Contexts: Multimodality and Transfer," April 2021
“The Hidden Curriculum: What Students Learn from Writing on Social Media in University,” March 2019
"Transforming What We Know: Students' Social Media Use, Academic Writing, and Learning Transfer," March 2018
"Mini-Ethnographies of Online Spaces," Digital Pedagogy Poster, April 2016
"Incoming Digital Writing Transfer: Using Non-Academic Online Writing to Engage with FYC," March 2015
"What's on Your Mind: Composing Practices on Facebook," March 2014
"What Are We Doing: A Survey of First-Year Composition Students' Use of Facebook," March 2013
Computers and Writing Conference
"The No-Cost Textbook Initiative: Creating a Flexible and Participatory Space for Accessible and Multimodal Materials," June 2023
“Challenges Across Modes and Culture: Multimodal Composition and Cultural Competencies with New Teaching Assistants,” May 2022
“Preparing a New Generation: Digital Literacies in Graduate Education,” June 2019
"What Reddit Can Teach Us about Discourse Communities," May 2018
"Reconnecting Social Media and FYC: Transfer and Digital Writing," June 2017
"Writing Before College: Multimodality and Transfer," May 2016
"Incoming Digital Writing Transfer," May 2015
"Interrogating the Border of Gender on Facebook: An Examination of Users' Rhetorical Processes and Performances," June 2014
"Taking L2 Writers Online: Teaching Online Ethnography to Second Language Writers," June 2013
"Facebook Use Among First-Year Composition Students," May 2012
Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference
"Student Voices Joining the Conversation: Cross-Disciplinary Collaborative Efforts to Support Multilingual First-Year Writers," July 2015
"How Do You Make Open Research Clear and Productive?," July 2014
"Show Me How This Works: Writing Program Visibility and Identity," July 2013
"Graduate Student Perspectives on Early WPA Mentoring," July 2013
"Taking First-Year Composition Outside," July 2012
Symposium on Second Language Writing
"Multilingual Writers, Comp, and Grammar: Grammar Contracts in the First-Year Composition Classroom," October 2014
Invited Presentations
"Gaming Reddit: r/the_donald and the 2016 presidential election,” Digital Rhetoric/Digital Media in the Post-Truth Age Symposium, March 2019
Regional Conference Presentations
"Writing Programs as a Site of Inquiry: A Seminar of Research Initiatives at ASU," Arizona State University Composition Conference, March 2012
"Establishing Place in Blackboard," Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference, October 2011
Local Invited Presentations and Workshops
Northern Illinois University, Teaching and Learning Exchange (TALE) Workshops
"Effective Collaborative Activities," November 2023
"Crafting Mulitmodal Assignments," October 2022
Northern Illinois University, Other Presentations
"English in the Age of AI," Department of English, November 2023
"Artificial Intelligence in Education," Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, February 2023
Northern Illinois Univesity, Center for Innovative Teachign and Learning
"Artificial Intelligence in Education," February 2023
Ohio University, ENG 7770: Colloquium on the Profession of English
“Career Placement, Including Alt-Ac,” February 2022
“Dossier Preparation for Doctoral Programs and the Job Search,” February 2021
“Defending your Work,” April 2020
“Understanding and Navigating the Academic Job Search,” September 2015
Ohio University, ENG 5950: Introduction to Graduate Studies in English
“Opportunities and Avenues for Professional Development,” September 2019
“Computers and Composition,” October 2015
“Digital Literacies and Multimodality,” November 2015
Ohio University, Online Best Practices Workshops
"Troubleshooting Online Classes," April 2018
"Connecting Students," April 2018
"Teaching Composition Online," November 2017
"Translating Face-to-Face to Online," October 2017
Ohio Univesity, Other Presentations
“Text Appeal: Digital Storytelling & Emoji,” TEDx, October 2015
Arizona State Univesity, Various Courses
"Digital Literacies," ENG 566: Theories of Literacy, September 2018
“Technology in the L2 Composition Classroom,” ENG 525: Teaching L2 Writing, November 2013
“Writing a Literature Review,” ENG 500: Rhetoric and Composition Research Methods, October 2013
“Writing a Literature Review,” ENG 500: Rhetoric and Composition Research Methods, October 2012
“Submitting to IRB,” ENG 654: Digital Literacies and Social Media, September 2012
“Writing a Literature Review,” ENG 500: Rhetoric and Composition Research Methods, September 2011
Arizona State University, Graduate Scholars of English Workshops
“From ABD to PhD,” November 2014
"Life after Coursework," November 2013
"Funding for Conferences," October 2013
"Preparing for Conferences," September 2011
Arizona State Univesity, Writing Programs Workshops
“Social Media in Online and Hybrid Classes,” November 2013
“Online Peer Review,” October 2013
Arizona State University, Other Presentations
“Using Digication,” Demofest, November 2013
“Preparing a Proposal for Computers and Writing,” RSA@ASU Workshop, November 2012
Pusan National University, Center for Teaching and Learning
“Putting your Paper Together,” May 2009
"Miscommunications in English," April 2008
Other Institutions
"Research Methods," ENG 7260: Research in Rhetoric and Writing, Bowling Green State University, November 2017
“Research About/With Digital Technologies,” ENGL 894: Digital Writing Research, Old Dominion University, October 2015