Travis A. Rountree
Assistant Professor, English
Writing Program Director, English
765-973-8542
tarountr@iu.edu
Education
- Ph.D. Rhetoric and Composition. University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.
- M.A. in English with an Appalachian Studies Certificate. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
- B.A. English with an American Studies Minor. James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Current Teaching Interests
- Writing About Writing Pedagogy in First-Year Composition courses
- Archival Pedagogy in First-Year Composition courses
- Public Rhetorics and Place-based Pedagogy Scholarship
Current Scholarly/Research/Creative Work
- Appalachian Rhetorics
- Place-based Pedagogy
- Queer Southern Archives
Recent Selected Publications Presentations
- “‘Are Y’all Homos?’: MĂȘtis as Method for and in Queer Appalachia.” With Caleb Pendygraft. Queer Appalachia: Reading, Writing, Teaching, and Imagining the ‘Unspeakable’ Other. West Virginia University Press (Forthcoming Spring 2019).
- Review of Melungeon Portraits: Exploring Kinship and Identity. by Tamara L. Stachowicz. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2018. Journal of Southern History, vol. 85, no.1 (February 2019 Forthcoming): np.
Selected Offices Held in National/International Prof. Orgs.
- Treasurer, Appalachian Studies Association
- Faculty Co-sponsor, Sigma Tau Delta
Selected Significant Awards
- Primary Source Immersion Grant, IU East 2018
- Indiana University Strategic Initiative Grant co-written for LGBTQ On Campus Events, Fall 2018
- IU Strategic Initiative Grant for Writing About Writing curriculum development, Fall 2017
- Indiana University Primary Source Immersion Grant, Summer 2018