Here is a list of my publications and conference presentations, dating back to 2010. I provide more details about several of the projects elsewhere on the site.
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Bosley, Lisa, Dominic Ashby, Shawne Alexander, and Matt Schumacher. “Corequisite Success: Integrating Reading, Writing, and English 101.” Journal of College Literacy and Learning (JCLL), vol. 47, forthcoming Summer 2021.
Ashby, Dominic. “Evaluating Fandom: Using Blogging and a Grade Contract to Reward Fan Labor in the Classroom.” Fan Studies Pedagogies, a special issue of Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC), vol. 35, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2021.1971
Book Chapters
Ashby, Dominic and Jill Parrott. “But It’s (Not) the Same: A Data-Driven Look at Equivalency Bias in Dual-Enrollment Composition.” The Dual Enrollment Kaleidoscope: Reconfiguring Perceptions of First-Year Writing and Composition Studies, edited by Christine Denecker and Casie Moreland, UP Colorado, forthcoming Spring 2022.
Ashby, Dominic. “Uchi/Soto in Japan: A Global Turn.” Comparative Rhetoric: The Art of Traversing Rhetorical Times, Places, and Spaces, edited by LuMing Mao, Taylor and Francis, 2014. Reprinted from Comparative Rhetoric, a special issue of Rhetoric Society Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 3, 2013, pp. 256–269.
Conference Proceedings
Ashby, Dominic, Margaret Frozena, and James Franklin McClure. “A Contract for Success: Increasing Student Engagement and Confidence through Grade Contracts.” Transparency in Teaching and Learning: Proceedings of the 2019 Pedagogicon, 2020. https://encompass.eku.edu/pedagogicon/2019/guidinggrading/3
Ashby, Dominic, Margaret Frozena, and Jason Peerce. “I Hear What You’re Saying: Bringing New Media Pedagogy to Basic Writing.” Innovations in Teaching & Learning: Inaugural Proceedings of the 2017 Pedagogicon. The proceedings appear as a special section in The Journal of Faculty Development, vol. 31, no. 3, 2017, pp. 63–67.
Ashby, Dominic. “To Say a Turning Word: Zen Rhetoric as Situated Enlightenment.” Kentucky Philological Review 31: Bulletin of the Forty-Third Annual Meeting, edited by Jimmy Dean Smith, Northern Kentucky University, 2017, pp. 57–67.
Ashby, Dominic. “Both Insiders and Outsiders: Re/Framing Identification via Japanese Rhetoric.” Re/Framing Identifications, edited by Michelle Ballif, Waveland, 2014, pp. 309–315.
Book Reviews
Ashby, Dominic and LuMing Mao. Review of Zen Buddhist Rhetoric in China, Korea, and Japan, edited by Christoph Anderl. Rhetoric Review, vol. 32 no. 3, 2013, pp. 368–373.
Ashby, Dominic. Review of Writing in the Devil’s Tongue: A History of English Composition in China, by Xiaoye You. JAC vol. 32 no. 1, 2012, pp. 416-424.
Ashby, Dominic. Review of The Idea of English in Japan: Ideology and the Evolution of a Global Language, by Philip Seargeant. TESOL Quarterly vol. 45 no. 1, 2011, pp. 194–196.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Kelly Smith, Dominic Ashby, Lisa Day, Jacob Johnson, James Maples, Erin Stevenson, David Stumbo, and Matthew Winslow. “Open Educational Resources (OERs): A Unique Tool in Agile Learning Design.” Digital Installation. Pedagogicon: Agile Teaching and Learning, Richmond, KY, held virtually. 14 May 2021.
Dominic Ashby. President’s Address, Kentucky Philological Association Conference, held virtually. 6 March 2021.
Dominic Ashby, Margaret Frozena, and Trenia Napier. “Seeing the Source: Teaching Ethical Image Use and Attribution in Student Projects.” Pedagogicon: Students as Partners in Teaching and Learning, Richmond, KY, held virtually. 15 May 2020.
Dominic Ashby. “A More Equitable Classroom: A Case for Grade Contracts in Writing Classes.” Kentucky Philological Association Conference, Campbellsville University, Campbellsville, KY. 6 March 2020.
Dominic Ashby, Darian Bianco, Margaret Frozena, and Ryan Sergent-Payne. “The More the Merrier: Treating Students to Multiple Sources of Support in the Online Classroom.” Kentucky Convergence Conference, Louisville, KY. 31 October 2019.
Dominic Ashby, Darian Bianco, Margaret Frozena, Clay Howard, Ryan Sergent-Payne, and Clint Stivers. “A Polyphonic, Multi-Modal Approach to the Online Co-Requisite Classroom: Many Voices and Paths for Success.” Kentucky Organization for Student Success (KOSS) Conference, Berea, KY. 25 October 2019.
Dominic Ashby, Margaret Frozena, and James F. McClure. “A Contract for Success: Increasing Student Engagement and Confidence through Grade Contracts.” Pedagogicon: Transparency in Teaching and Learning, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY. 17 May 2019.
Dominic Ashby, Margaret Frozena, and James F. McClure. “Making Space for Student Voices with ePortfolios and Grade Contracts.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Pittsburgh, PA. 15 March 2019.
Dominic Ashby, Trenia Napier, Jill Parrott, and Erin Presley. “Reading with Purpose: Making Reading Matter for Writing.” Thomas R. Watson Conference, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. 25 October 2018.
Dominic Ashby and Margaret Frozena. “Integrating Digital High-Impact Practices in First-Year Writing: Blogs, Eportfolios, and Multimodality.” Pedagogicon: Student-Centered Teaching and Learning, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY. 18 May 2018.
Dominic Ashby, Lisa Bosley, and Russell Carpenter. “When Writing Tutors Become Reading and Writing Tutors in an IRW Course.” The 42nd Annual Conference of the National Association for Developmental Education, National Harbor, MD. 23 February 2018.
Dominic Ashby, Lisa Bosley, Clint Stivers, Margaret Frozena, Shawne Alexander, and Russell Carpenter. “The Impact of Course-Embedded Consultants on Students’ Revision Processes in a Co-Requisite Course.” Kentucky Association for Developmental Education (KADE) Conference, Bluegrass Community and Technical College, Lexington, KY. 27 October 2017.
Dominic Ashby, Margaret Frozena and Jason Peerce. “There’s Something About Access: New Media and Student Engagement in Basic Writing.” Pedagogicon: Innovations in Teaching and Learning, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY. 19 May 2017.
Dominic Ashby. “The Rhetoric of Nostalgia in Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises: A Narrative of Celebration, Critique, and Cross-cultural Affiliation.” International Conference on Narrative, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 23–26 March 2017.
Dominic Ashby. “Pastoral Techno-Fetishism and the Case for Interdependence: Reflective Nostalgia in the Anime Summer Wars.” Kentucky Philological Association Conference, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY. 3–4 March 2017.
Dominic Ashby. “Reimagining the Changes of the Past: Nostalgia as Rhetoric.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Atlanta, GA. 27–29 May 2016.
Dominic Ashby. “To Say a Turning Word: Zen Rhetoric as Situated Enlightenment.” Kentucky Philological Association Conference, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY. March 2016.
Dominic Ashby. “Idealized Girlhood and the Rhetoric of Japaneseness: The Figure of the Japanese Schoolgirl as a Trope for Maintaining Regional Identity.” Kentucky Philological Association Conference, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY. March 2015.
Dominic Ashby. “Opening the Gates of Academic Discourse: Inside–Outside Positionalities as Pedagogy in ESL/EFL Rhetoric and Composition Classrooms.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Indianapolis, IN. March 2014.
Dominic Ashby. “Contextualizing Affiliations: Fluid Insider–Outsider Identities.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Las Vegas, NV. March 2013.
Dominic Ashby. “Uchi/Soto in Japan: A Global Turn.” MLA Annual Convention, Boston, MA. January 2013.
Dominic Ashby. “Both Insiders and Outsiders: Re/Framing Identifications in Japanese Rhetoric.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Philadelphia, PA. May 2012.
Dominic Ashby. “Between Outside and Inside: Anime and Manga as Gateways to Japanese Rhetoric.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, St. Louis, MO. March 2012.
Dominic Ashby. “Ainu Activism: Movements of Indigenous Rhetoric through Time and Place.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, GA. April 2011.
Dominic Ashby, Amir Hassan, and Mandy Watts. “Multimodal Remix and/as Cultural Critique.” Poster Session. Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, GA. April 2011.
Dominic Ashby. “Representing Japan, Embodying America: The Rhetoric of Two Japanese-American Memoirs.” Rhetoric Society of America Conference, Minneapolis MN. May 2010.
Dominic Ashby. “Simulating the Virtual: Depictions of MMORPGs in Anime and Manga.” Computers and Writing, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. May 2010.
Dominic J. Ashby, Ph.D. 