Faculty Profile

Matthew Heard

Title
Associate Professor
Department
English
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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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)





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
ENGL 4210.001, Advanced Studies in Writing, Spring 2024 Syllabus
ENGL 5900.722, Special Problems, Spring 2024 
ENGL 4200.001, Studies in Modern Rhetoric, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    ENGL 3200.002, Rhetorical History and Historiography, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5550.001, Studies in the Teaching of Composition, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3200.002, Rhetorical History and Historiography, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4200.001, Studies in Modern Rhetoric, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4230.001, Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing Studies, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4200.001, Studies in Modern Rhetoric, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3200.002, Rhetorical History and Historiography, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3210.001, Studies in Writing, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3200.001, Rhetorical History and Historiography, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.007, College Writing I, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.008, College Writing I, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5550.001, Studies in the Teaching of Composition, Fall 2019  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4951.721, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2019 
                    

                    ENGL 5550.001, Studies in the Teaching of Composition, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4210.001, Advanced Studies in Writing, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3200.002, Rhetorical History and Historiography, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4230.001, Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing Studies, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4200.001, Studies in Modern Rhetoric, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3200.002, Rhetorical History and Historiography, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5550.001, Studies in the Teaching of Composition, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4210.001, Advanced Studies in Writing, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4200.001, Studies in Modern Rhetoric, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3200.001, Rhetorical History and Historiography, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5550.001, Studies in the Teaching of Composition, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3210.001, Studies in Writing, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4160.002, Advanced Expository Writing, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3200.001, Rhetorical History and Historiography, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 4160.003, Advanced Expository Writing, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 4951.721, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2014 
                    

                    ENGL 5310.001, Studies in Rhetorical Theory, Fall 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 3200.001, Rhetorical History and Historiography, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5550.001, Studies in the Teaching of Composition, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 1321.002, Honors Composition II, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5550.001, Studies in the Teaching of Composition, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.721, Special Problems, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 5550.001, Studies in the Teaching of Composition, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 4170.001, Principles and Practices of Rhetoric, Spring 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 5550.001, Studies in the Teaching of Composition, Fall 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 4160.001, Advanced Expository Writing, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 4170.001, Principles and Practices of Rhetoric, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 5550.001, Studies in the Teaching of Composition, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 4160.001, Advanced Expository Writing, Spring 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 4160.002, Advanced Expository Writing, Spring 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 4170.001, Principles and Practices of Rhetoric, Spring 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 4160.002, Advanced Expository Writing, Fall 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 4170.001, Principles and Practices of Rhetoric, Fall 2007 

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
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. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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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).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
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			This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
				
      
					
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