Dr. Matthew M. Heard
University of North Texas
English
(940) 565-2050
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Education

PhD, University of California, Riverside, 2007.
Major: English
Degree Specialization: Rhetoric and Composition
Dissertation Title: Modern Writers, Modernist Problems: A Rhetorical Hermeneutic Approach to Anglo-American Modernism
MA, University of California, Riverside, 2003.
Major: English
BA, Abilene Christian University, 2001.
Major: English
Degree Specialization: Minor in Digital Media (with Graphic Design emphasis)

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Director of First-Year Writing, University of North Texas. (August 15, 2018 – Present).
Associate Professor, University of North Texas. (May 2013 – Present).
Director of Freshman English, University of North Texas. (August 2008 – May 2014).
Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. (August 2007 – May 2013).
Instructor, Russian-American Christian University (Moscow, Russia). (September 2006 – December 2006).
Instructor, University of Redlands (Redlands, California). (September 2005 – December 2005).
Assistant Director of Composition, University of California, Riverside. (August 2004 – May 2005).

Professional Memberships

Member, Conference on College Composition and Communication. (2005 – Present).

Member, Modern Language Association. (2005 – Present).

Member, National Council of Teachers of English. (2005 – Present).

Member, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. (2005 – 2005).

Development Activities Attended

Faculty Development Leave,"Fostering Rhetorics," UNT, United States of America. (January 1, 2023 – August 31, 2023).

Awards and Honors

Departmental Service Award, University of North Texas, Department of English. (2014 – 2014).

Gordon and Anna Watkins Award, University of California, Riverside Awarded for outstanding community service. (2007 – 2007).

Dissertation Fellowship Award, University of California, Riverside English Department. (2006 – 2006).

Independent Research Award, University of California, Riverside English Department. (2006 – 2006).

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of California, Riverside English Department. (2004 – 2005).

Teaching Fellowship, University of California, Riverside English Department. (2004 – 2005).

Graduate Writing Award, University of California, Riverside English Department. (2004 – 2004).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
ENGL 1310, College Writing I, 2 courses.
ENGL 1321, Honors Composition II, 1 course.
ENGL 3200, Rhetorical History and Historiography, 9 courses.
ENGL 3210, Studies in Writing, 2 courses.
ENGL 4160, Advanced Expository Writing, 6 courses.
ENGL 4170, Principles and Practices of Rhetoric, 4 courses.
ENGL 4200, Studies in Modern Rhetoric, 5 courses.
ENGL 4210, Advanced Studies in Writing, 3 courses.
ENGL 4230, Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing Studies, 2 courses.
ENGL 4951, Honors College Capstone Thesis, 2 courses.
ENGL 5310, Studies in Rhetorical Theory, 1 course.
ENGL 5550, Studies in the Teaching of Composition, 10 courses.
ENGL 5900, Special Problems, 2 courses.

Teaching at Other Institutions

Russian American Christian University, Sociolinguistics, Fall 2006.

University of Redlands, Individualized Composition Instruction, Fall 2005.

Directed Student Learning

Undergraduate Honors Thesis, English. (September 2018 – Present).

Other,"Relocate: Game Justification and Analysis," English. (August 31, 2022 – December 18, 2022).

Supervised Research,"Rhetorics of Foster Care According to Former Foster Care Youth," English. (September 2017 – May 2018).

Awards and Honors

University Distinguished Teaching Professorship Award, Faculty Success. (January 31, 2024 – Present).

CLASS Advisory Board Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, UNT College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. (November 2022 – Present).

Nominated for: UNT President’s Council Teaching Award, UNT President’s Council. (November 2022 – Present).

Preston Award for Outstanding Upper-Division Undergraduate Teaching, UNT Department of English. (May 2018 – Present).

Nominated for: 'Fessor Graham Award, UNT Student Government Association. (April 2017 – Present).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter
Heard, M. M. (2019). Rhetoric in Dim Spaces. Reinventing (with) Theory in Rhetoric and Writing Studies: Essays in Honor of Sharon Crowley. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvqc6hxw
Heard, M. M., Jensen, K., Dobrin, S. (2016). "Intoning Writing". Abducting Writing Studies. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press.
Book Review
Heard, M. M. (2016). “Close to Home: Hospitality Inside the English Classroom”. Composition Forum. (33), . http://compositionforum.com/issue/33/heard-haswell-haswell-review.php
Journal Article
Heard, M. M. (2020). Rhetoric and the Rise of Foster Care. Rhetoric Review. 39(1), .
Heard, M. M. (2014). "Repositioning Curriculum Design: Broadening the Who and How of Curricular Invention". College English. 76(4), . http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/CE/0764-mar2014/CE0764Repositioning.pdf
Heard, M. M. (2014). "The Costs of Sharing: Exploring the Ethical and Affective Dimensions of Social Action". Composition Forum. 29, . http://compositionforum.com/issue/29/costs-of-sharing.php
Heard, M. M. (2013). "Tonality and Ethos". Philosophy and Rhetoric. 46(1), .
Heard, M. M. (2012). "Cultivating Sensibility in Writing Program Administration". WPA: Writing Program Administration. 35(2), .
Heard, M. M. (2010). "Hospitality and Generosity" (Invited Response Essay). JAC: A Journal of Advanced Composition. 30(1-2), 315-335.
Heard, M. M. (2008). What Should We Do With Post-Process Theory?. Pedagogy. 8(2), 283-304.
Heard, M. M. (2007). 'Dancing is Dancing No Matter Who is Doing It': Zora Neale Hurston, Literacy, and Contemporary Writing Pedagogy. College Literature. 34(1), 129-155.

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Heard, M. M. (Author & Presenter), Class Session - LING 4100.001, Poetics, Fall 2018, Poetics and/as Rhetoric, United States of America. (2018).

Heard, M. M. (Author & Presenter), Big Brothers / Big Sisters Presentation to United Way of Denton County, "Point of Light" Presentation: What I've Learned by Mentoring my Little Brother, United States of America. (2018).

Oral Presentation

Heard, M. M. (Author & Presenter), UNT Board of Regents meeting, Empowered Students, Powerful Writing, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2013).

Panel Presentation

Heard, M. M. (Author & Presenter), Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Coalition Building in the Context of Family Policing, Rhetoric Society of America, Denver, CO, United States of America. (2023 – ).

Heard, M. M. (Presenter), Conference on College Composition and Communication, Ethical Shifts in Writing: Revisiting Ethos through Yarbrough and Anzaldúa, Spokane, IL, United States of America. (2023).

Heard, M. M. (Author & Presenter), Conference on College Composition and Communication, Writing Hope in Child Welfare, National Council of Teachers of English, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Heard, M. M. (Author & Presenter), Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) Conference, Fostering Counterpublics, Rhetoric Society of America, Portland, USA, United States of America. (2020).

Vickery, J. R. (Author & Presenter), Heard, M. M. (Author & Presenter), Sweeten, B. L. (Author & Presenter), National Conference for Engaged Scholarship on Foster Alumni, Coalition-Building in Foster Care Focus Groups, Washington DC, United States of America. (2020).

Heard, M. M. (Author & Presenter), Rhetoric Society of America Conference, “Booker T Washington and the Rise of Foster Care.”, Rhetoric Society of America, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. (2018).

Heard, M. M. (Author & Presenter), Conference on College Composition and Communication, ““The Paragraph That Rescued a Hundred Children: Writing and the Rise of Foster Care”, Kansas City, MO, United States of America. (2018).

Heard, M. M. (Author & Presenter), Conference on College Composition and Communication, "Writing in the Foster Care System", Conference on College Composition and Communication, Houston, Texas, United States of America. (2016).

Heard, M. M. (Author & Presenter), Conference on College Composition and Communication, " 'Design' Reconsidered: What Curriculum Designers Can Learn From Visual Design", Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. (2014).

Heard, M. M. (Author & Presenter), Simmons, J. M. (Author & Presenter), 13th Annual Texas A&M Assessment Conference, Large Volume Writing Assessment and the Challenges of Freshman Composition: Connecting Course Level Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes with Program and Institutional Goals to Improve Instruction, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America. (2013).

Heard, M. M. (Author & Presenter), Conference on College Composition and Communication, Habits of a Post-Process WPA, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America. (2012).

Heard, M. M. (Author & Presenter), Conference on College Composition and Communication, "Tonality and Intersubjectivity", United States of America. (2011).

Heard, M. M. (Author & Presenter), Conference on College Composition and Communication, "Resampling the Rhythms of Self", Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America. (2010).

Heard, M. M. (Author & Presenter), Modern Language Association, Going Nowhere?, San Francisco, California, United States of America. (2008).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Heard, M. (Principal), Vickery, J. (Supporting), Sweeten, B. (Supporting), Murrell, A. (Supporting), "UNT Faculty Mentoring Grant," Sponsored by UNT Faculty Success Office, Local, $5000 Funded. (September 2019 – May 2020).
Heard, M. M., "OER Summer Grants Program," Sponsored by UNT Libraries, the Center for Learning Experimentation, Application, and Research (CLEAR), and the Office of the Provost, University of North Texas, $2500 Funded. (2019).
Heard, M. (Principal), Vickery, J. (Supporting), Frith, J. (Supporting), Sweeten, B. (Supporting), Murrell, A. (Supporting), "UNT Faculty Mentoring Grant," Sponsored by UNT Faculty Success Office, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (September 2018 – May 2019).

Service

University Service

Member, Executive Committee. (August 2023 – Present).

Committee Chair, First-Year Writing Advisory Committee. (August 2023 – Present).

Committee Member, Personnel Affairs Committee. (August 2023 – Present).

Co-Director, First-Year Writing Program in English. (August 31, 2021 – December 18, 2022).

Committee Member, Hiring Committee, Adjunct Instructors in English. (August 2021 – August 2021).

Committee Member, Curriculum Committee. (September 2018 – May 2021).

Director, First-Year Writing Program. (September 2018 – May 2021).

Committee Member, Executive Committee, Department of English. (September 2016 – May 2021).

Committee Member, Search Committee, Lecturer in English, 2 positions. (September 2019 – March 2020).

Committee Chair, Search Committee, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric Studies in English. (August 2019 – March 2020).

Co-Chair, Search Committee, Lecturer in English, 2 positions. (June 2019 – March 2020).

Co-Chair, Hiring Committee, Adjunct Instructors in English. (June 2019 – July 2019).

Co-Chair, Committee on Writing Courses. (September 2018 – May 2019).

Other, UNT Career Connect. (August 2016 – May 2018).

Committee Member, Search Committee - Non-Tenure Track Lecturer in Rhetoric and Composition Studies in English. (September 2017 – April 2018).

Committee Chair, Search Committee - Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition Studies in English. (September 2017 – April 2018).

Committee Member, Search Committee, Director of the Writing Center (Lecturer). (January 2017 – May 2017).

Task Force Chair, Career and Community Experiences in English Working Group. (November 2016 – May 2017).

Committee Member, Curriculum Committee. (2008 – 2014).

Committee Member, Search Committee: Rhetoric/Composition (Department of English). (2010 – 2011).

Committee Chair, Writing Committee (subcommittee of English Curriculum Committee). (2009 – 2010).

Committee Member, Search Committee: Rhetoric/Composition (Department of English). (2008 – 2009).

Other, Teaching Fellow Selection Committee. (2008 – 2009).

Other, Website Committee. (2008 – 2008).

Other, Committee on Writing Courses. (2003 – 2005).

Public Service

Other, Licensed Foster Parent, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Denton, Texas. (2014 – Present).

Other, Big Brother/Big Sisters, Denton, TX. (2011 – 2020).

Other, Family Resource Center; Big Brothers/Big Sisters; ARC of Denton; City House of Plano; Denton County Friends of the Family. (2008 – 2008).

Awards and Honors

Nominated for: DSI-CLEAR Online Course Awards, DSI-CLEAR (University of North Texas). (September 2021 – Present).

Making a Difference Award, ServeDenton. (April 2017 – 2017).