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20 Adair Drive, Marietta, GA 30066 770/794-1782 • lisa.mcnair@lcc.gatech.edu
EDUCATIONB.A. English, University of Georgia, Athens, 1985. M.A. English, University of Georgia, Athens, 1993. Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Chicago. Ph.D. December 2002.
Electronic Pedagogy Certificate Program participant, Georgia Tech, 2001-2003. DISSERTATIONMill Workers and Farmers: Economics and Dialect Shift in a Small Southern Town Formerly distinct dialects traceable to original settlement patterns in the southern United States have merged during the 20th century while formerly similar dialects have diverged. Linguistic contact created by the opening of textile mills and new populations of mill workers has altered the evolutionary course of Kurath's Southern and South Midland varieties. This ethnographic exploration focuses on Griffin, Georgia, an agricultural cotton town turned industrial textile town. Patterns of cultural and linguistic variation are investigated according to a social network study that finds significance in such factors as mill versus agricultural affiliation, age, race, and gender. FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDSMarion L. Brittain Fellowship, September 2000-June 2003. Florence James Adams Prize, April 2000. Humanities Travel Award, University of Chicago, 1996, 1998. Century Fellowship, University of Chicago, 1993-1997. Graduate Teaching Award, University of Georgia, 1991-1992.
Develops curriculum, teaching practices and organizational structure for new technical writing program in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture. Collaborates with Director of Communications Program and Electronic Pedagogy Coordinator to establish protocols for the Communications Program and the post-doctoral Electronic Pedagogy Program. Conducts assessments and evaluations of instructor and student progress for annual Regents-based review. Teaching ExperienceMarion L. Brittain Fellow, School of Literature, Communication and Culture Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 2000-present Adjunct Professor, Department of English, Reinhardt College, Atlanta, GA 1997-1998 Teaching Assistant, Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago 1995-1996 Instructor, Jane Curry and Associates, Chicago, IL 1996 Instructor, Department of English, University of Georgia 1992-1993
Courses TaughtGeorgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Technical Communication Practices Introduction to Cultural Studies: Self and ‘Other’ in Ethnographic Representations of the American South Science, Technology and Culture: Scientific and Political Evolutions of Media and War Coverage Science, Technology and Culture: Exploring Identity in a Cybernetic World
Composition & Rhetoric Literature and Culture of Western Civilization I & II
Introduction to Linguistics Morphology/Syntax
Corporate Writing Financial Writing Technical Writing University of Georgia Composition & Rhetoric Introduction to Literature
“Negotiating Linguistic Capital in Economic Decline” presented at SAMLA in Atlanta, October 2001. "Influences of Regional versus National Standards in Dialect Shift: A Case Study in the Southeastern United States." The Morpho-Syntax Interface, The Acquisition of Syntax, and The Myth of Standard English. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society, 2000. "Mill Villagers and Farmers: A Few Instances of Dialect Shift in a Small Southern Town" presented at the International Linguistics Association in Washington, D.C., April 2000. "Dialect and Economics: The Influence of Occupation as a Factor in Dialect Change" presented at the Sixth Annual SALSA (Symposium about Language and Society) in Austin, April 1998. "Some Effects of Mill Villages on Southern American Dialects" presented at the Twenty- sixth Meeting of NWAVE (New Ways of Analyzing Variation in English) in Quebec, October 1997. Fiction Editor for the Chicago Review 1994-1997. Dobrin, Lise, Kora Singer, and Lisa McNair, editors. 1996. CLS 32: Papers from the Main Session (of the 32nd Annual meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society). Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society. McNair, Lisa, Kora Singer, Lise M. Dobrin, and Michelle M. Aucoin, editors. 1996. CLS 32: Papers from the Parasession on Theory and Data in Linguistics. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society. "Language Convergence and Divergence in the United States: A Sociohistorical Account" presented at the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) in Athens, GA, Apri11996. "Questioning Strategies in Legal Settings: An Analysis of the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill Sexual Harassment Hearings." Master's Thesis, University of Georgia. September 1992.Committee ServiceSchool of Literature, Communication & Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology 2002-2003: Writing Sub-Committee, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Brittain and Tech Comm Search Committees. 2001-2002: Writing Sub-Committee, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Brittain Committee, Brittain Search Committee. Elected representative responsible for communicating actions of committees to the Brittain Fellows and representing the Fellows’ issues at the meetings. Tasks of committees included: creation and approval of new courses, selection of course textbooks, establishing pedagogical standards for Freshman Writing core, and conducting interviews and advising on hiring of Brittain Fellows.
Applied for and was granted sponsorship of this Graduate Workshop by The Council on Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Managed annual budget, organized workshop events, and acted as liaison for guest speakers. Renewed the workshop sponsorship each year. Editor & Communications Officer, Chicago Linguistic Society 1995-1996 Managed web site, email and print correspondence for the Chicago Linguistic Society, a student-run organization that stages an annual academic conference and brings in monthly guests to speak at the University. Produced the annual conference and edited the resultant two-volume publication of works by selected authors. Professional AffiliationsAmerican Dialect Society (ADS) Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Modern Language Association (MLA) Society for New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) CORPORATE EXPERIENCEWriter/Producer, SRA/McGraw-Hill, Atlanta, GA 1998-2000 Managed team to create educational videos and interactive teacher guidelines for multimedia, K-12 educational materials. Collaborated with Product Development Manager in evaluating project proposals. Developed budgets, product models and pilot tests for new projects. Marketing Assistant, Optical Data Corporation, Atlanta, GA 1998 Designed and edited product packaging material, wrote press releases for the marketing department, and finalized layout for projects completed by production department. Clinical Monitor, LaserSight, Inc., Orlando, FL 1997-2000 Monitored clinical trial sites of excimer laser study, coordinated case report studies between principal investigators and main office, and submitted monitoring reports to the company and to the FDA. This phase of LaserSight's PRK and PARK trial studies received FDA approval in April 2000. Publications Assistant/Conference Organizer, Chicago Humanities Institute 1994-1995 Executed layout, design, and production of newsletters, annual reports, conference programs and posters. Assisted the directors and resident fellows in planning and carrying out the Institute's interdisciplinary and international conferences based in the University’s Humanities Division. Assistant to the Editor, Urban Geography, Athens, GA 1991-1992 Assisted the editor of international geography journal published out of the University of Georgia Geography Department. Duties included proofreading, reference-checking, design and final layout. Writer & Desktop Publisher, Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA 1989-1990 Edited and designed internal publications within End User Computing Department. Active in Research and Design group which provides software production and support to users via telephone, training, publications, and personal assistance. REFERENCESGeorgia Institute of Technology Professor Peter McGuire, Associate Chair School of Literature, Communication, and Culture Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332 404-894-7003 Professor Jay Bolter, Director Communications Program School of Literature, Communication, and Culture Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332 404-385-2206 McGraw- Hill/SRABetty Paxton, Manager Product Development 225 Redmond Ridge Circle Alpharetta, GA 30022 770-569-4666 Mark Cottrell, Producer 204 Wilton Drive Decatur, GA 30030 404-373-8171
University of ChicagoProfessor Salikoko Mufwene 1010 East 59th Street Chicago, IL 60637 773-702-8524 University of Georgia Professor Michael Moran Park Hall, Baldwin Street Athens, GA 30602-6205 706-542-2142
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