This document is a curriculum vitae for Ashley N. Doonan, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Writing from Bowling Green State University. It outlines her education, including expected Ph.D. completion in 2020, grants and awards, publications, research and conference experience, writing center and additional professional experience, and service.

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Ashley N. Doonan
Bowling Green State University
Department of English
East Hall, 427
Bowling Green State University adoonan@bgsu.edu
Bowling Green, OH 43403 (603) 986-2419
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Rhetoric and Writing:
Specializations: Rhetoric of Mental Health, Disability Studies, Community
Literacies
Bowling Green State University, 2020 (expected)
MA, Literature, Developmental Psychology:
Specializations: Rhetoric of Mental Health, Postcolonial Studies, Trauma Theory,
Autobiographical Memory Studies, and Feminist Rhetorics, Disability Studies,
Community Literacies, Writing Center Studies
University of New Hampshire, 2016
BA, English Literature major, Developmental Psychology minor:
Magna Cum Laude, Dean’s List
University of New Hampshire, 2014
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2016 Graduate Assistantship, Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Writing
2016 Departmental Scholarship, Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Writing
2016 Non-resident Scholarship, Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Writing
2014-2015 Full Tuition Scholarship, MA in Literature
2014-2015 Travel Grant, English Department, Graduate School
2014 Alfred Ernest Richards Award for Excellence in English
PUBLICATIONS
“Rooted Mobility.” The Manifest-Station. 10 Oct. 2015. Web.
“Renewed Hunger.” The Feminist Wire. 9 Sept. 2014. Web.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2014-2016 Graduate Research Assistant, Peter T. Paul College of Business
and Economics (under Michael Kukenburger)
2013-2016 Undergraduate/Graduate Research Assistant, Psychology
Department, Autobiographical Memory Lab (under David
Pillemer)
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
Papers Presented
2017 “(Re)conceptualizing the ‘Me’ Era: The Advantages of
Autobiographical Journaling in the University Classroom”
The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)

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2016 “Vicarious Trauma in the Classroom: A Cautionary Analysis”
The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
2015 “Silence as Regaining Strength from Vicarious Traumas in the Work of
Emily Dickinson”
American Literature Assocation Annual Conference (ALA)
2015 “Ecological and Psychological Mourning in Mahasweta Devi”
University of Rhode Island: Interconnections: Pathways, Patterns, and
Possibilities
2015 “Traumas in India, Examined through Mahasweta Devi”
University of New Hampshire, 2015 Graduate Student Conference
2014 “[In]communicable Losses: Ecological and Psychological Trauma,
Mourning, and Extinction in Mahasweta Devi’s “Pterodactyl, Pirtha, and
Puran Sahay”
Graduate Conference at Bowling Green State University: 21st Century
Englishes
2014 “An Interdisciplinary Approach to Autobiographical Writing in the 21st
Century: Re-conceptualizing the ‘Me’ Era”
Graduate Conference at Bowling Green State University: 21st Century
Englishes
2014 “An Era of Increased Prospects: Self Constructs in Mrs. Dalloway,”
Undergraduate Research Conference: University of New Hampshire
2014 “Heart of Darkness: Amplified Wounds, Amplified Words,”
Undergraduate Research Conference: University of New Hampshire
Panels Organized & Moderated
2015 Organizer, An Emerging Phenomenon: Vicarious Trauma American
Literature Association Annual Conference (ALA)
2015 Moderator, “Intersectional Approaches to Popular Fiction and Film:
18th Century to Present”
University of New Hampshire, English Graduate Conference
WRITING CENTER EXPERIENCE
2014-2016 Graduate Writing Assistant, Connors Writing Center:
I foster intellectual growth and inquiry through close collaboration
in a student-based approach to the writing process
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014-2015 Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Humanities

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Summer 2014 Analysis and Design Intern, Measured Progress:
Composition of technical user manuals, editing, MadCap Flare
Proficiency. I also collaborated with Business Analysts and User-
Experience Designers to develop Requests for Proposals (RFPs).
2012-2015 Administrative Assistant, Department of English:
Copying and printing documents, filing, organizing upcoming
course information, creating bulletin boards, organizational tasks,
retrieving and sorting mail, organizing registration information,
and archival duties.
2013 Legal Intern, Attorney Evan Guthrie:
Article publishing on an undergraduate legal website,
nhprelawland.com.
SERVICE
To the University of New Hampshire
2014-Present Professional Development Co-Chair, English Graduate
Organization
2013-2014 Active Member, Sandpaper, An Undergraduate Creative
Nonfiction Publication, University of New Hampshire
2010-2014 Active Member, OXFAM America, University of New Hampshire
Professional Organizations
2016-Present Rhetoric Society of the Black Swamp
2015-Present National Council of Teachers of English
2014-Present Modern Language Association
2015-2016 Graduate Women’s Leadership Council, University of New
Hampshire
2014-2016 English Graduate Organization, University of New Hampshire