Erin Kathleen Bahl | CV

Scholar. I investigate the possibilities that new media and digital technologies offer for creating knowledge and telling stories. My scholarly publications analyze, theorize, and perform works of new media that both draw on and explore the boundaries of traditional knowledge-making practices.

Teacher. I have taught digital media composing, technical writing, writing for engineers, and first-year composition (both in person and online). I have also worked as a writing center consultant. I mentor students as developing professionals and help them develop the communication skills they need to pursue their goals.

Editor. I am an assistant editor for Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy and the design editor for Computers and Composition Online. I have collaborated as design consultant and mentor on multiple webtext projects, drawing on my peer consulting experiences in university writing center contexts.

Director. I was the associate director for Ohio State’s 2016 and 2017 Digital Media and Composition (DMAC) Institutes. In addition to managing the institute’s preparation and daily workings, I worked closely with director Scott DeWitt to re-conceptualize DMAC’s structure, goals, and scope following the retirement of director Cynthia Selfe.

Dissertator. I recently completed a dissertation investigating invention in the design of webtext scholarship. This project was supported by the NEH-funded KairosCamp Digital Publishing Institute, the Genevieve Critel Fellowship, and an Ohio State Distinguished University Fellowship.

Designer. In all dimensions of my work, I practice multimodal design and visual storytelling, with an illustration style defined by geometric shapes and bold colors. I have published several experimental illustrated web projects and short comics, and I designed the logo for the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives website relaunch.