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Desiree Dighton
Assistant Professor of English (Rhetoric & Writing Studies)
Bio
Dr. Dighton utilizes rhetorical theory and digital tools to explore how individuals and communities compose, circulate, and archive communication for educational, professional, and community-driven goals. Harnessing her professional background in publishing, editing, and writing, she enjoys mentoring and collaborating with students, especially on shared research interests that generate analytical and creative digital projects for the public.
In her research, Dr. Dighton uses open-source tools digital tools to innovate rhetorical methodologies and assist communities in archive building. She values interdisciplinarity and actively pursues research interests related to data analysis and visualization, rhetorics of space, rhetorical circulation,
In addition to her scholarly research projects, Dr. Dighton writes and publishes fiction and edits for the premier literary journal, Narrative Magazine.
Education
PhD in Rhetoric, Communication, and Digital Media, North Carolina State University
MFA in Fiction, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
BA in Rhetoric, University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign
Research Interests / Areas of Focus
Rhetorical theory, circulation studies, civic/public Writing, data viz & design, professional and technical communication, digital humanities, narrative studies, critical and social justice pedagogies, writing in STEAM
Selected Publications
Dighton, D. (Spring, 2019). Arranging a rhetorical feminist methodology: Tableau, Twitter data, and anti-gentrification rhetoric. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy. Special Issue: Data Viz in Writing Studies.
Gries, L., Dighton, D. Kalin, J., Pratt, J., & Watson, B. (Fall, 2020). (Re)designing Innovation Alley: Fostering civic living & learning through visual rhetoric and urban design. The Communication Review.
Selected Presentations
INVITED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“DH & Your Students: Making Digital Humanities Projects Accessible,” 60-Minute Workshop, Triangle Digital Humanities Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, March 25th, 2019.
“Sketchnoting, Mobility, and Writing a Spatial Self,” with Stacey Pigg, co-panelists Chen Chen, and Kendra Andrews (NCSU), Thomas R. Watson Conference, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, October 22, 2016.
“Writing Pedagogy and the Digital Humanities,” Panel Presentation, Duke University, University Libraries Digital Scholarship Services, Durham, NC, February 10, 2014.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND PROJECTS
“Visual and Material Rhetorics of the City,” with Laurie Gries. RSA Project in Power, Place, and Publics: Rhetorical Cartographies of the UNR Campus Master Plan, University of Nevada Reno, May 20-23, 2019.
“Authenticating Pedagogies and Performing 21st C. Literacies: Disrupting Digital Praxis, Social Media Data Analytics, and Multimodal Composition, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Pittsburgh, PA, March 14, 2019.
"Playing with Twitter: The Practical Wisdom of Social Media Research," panel presentation with Dan Anderson (UNC) and Grant Glass (UNC), Computers and Writing, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, May 25, 2018.
“Critical Literacy: Social Networks and the Rhetoric of Protest,” Conference on Community Writing, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, October 21, 2017.
“Writing Gentrification: The Big Social Data Discourse,” Digital Praxis Poster, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Portland, OR, March 17, 2017.
“The shawu150 Project: Viewing DH from an HBCU,” Keystone Digital Humanities Conference, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, July 24, 2015.
“DH on the Fringes: Using Smartphones and Ruby on Rails to Archive First-Year Experience at the South’s Oldest HBCU,” International Digital Humanities Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, July 7, 2014.
PROFESSIONAL AND LITERARY WRITING AND EDITING
2007-Present, Assistant Editor, Narrative Magazine
2007 Simon Fraser University Book Publishing and Editing Immersion Certificate
2005-2007 Crab Orchard Review, Assistant Editor and Special Projects Consultant
Creative Work
Dighton, Desiree. (2014). MIA. The Circus Book. December. Web.
Dighton, Desiree. (2012). Little Known Fact. Union Station Magazine. Vol. 5. Web.
Dighton, Desiree (2011). In the Cemetery Where Jim Morrison is Buried. Prime Mincer.
Vol. 1. Print.
Awards and Honors
Dighton, Desiree (2009). In the Cemetery Where Jim Morrison is Buried. Glimmer Train Magazine. Winner, Best Start Contest.
Dighton, Desiree (2009). A Garden Story, American Short Fiction. Finalist, Shorter Fiction Award.
Dighton, Desiree (2009). MIA, Santa Barbara Writers Conference Contest, Finalist, Fiction Award.
Dighton, Desiree (2008). Little Known Fact, Glimmer Train Magazine. Finalist, March Open Fiction Contest.
