Derek Van Ittersum
Biography
“Find the Best Tools for the Job: Experimenting with Writing Workflows.†With Tim Lockridge. Chapter in (pp. 316-330), edited by Dana Lynn Driscoll, Megan Heise, Mary K. Stewart, and Matthew Vetter. Parlor Press. (2021).
Writing Workflows: Beyond Word Processing. With Tim Lockridge. (2020). University of Michigan Press / Sweetland DRC. Awarded 2018 Sweetland / UM Press Book Prize []
“The Material, Embodied Practices of Composing with Technologies.†With Pamela Takayoshi. Chapter in the (pp. 84-94), edited by Jonathan Alexander & Jacqueline Rhodes. Routledge. (2018)
“Craft and Narrative in DIY Instructions.†Technical Communication Quarterly, 23:3 (2014): 227–46. []
“Composing Text / Shaping Process: How Digital Environments Mediate Writing Activity.†With . Computers and Composition Online Fall 2013. []
“Writing With(out) Pain: Computing Injuries and the Role of the Body in Writing Activity.†With Kim Hensley Owens. Computers and Composition, 30:2 (2013): 87-100. []
"Augmenting Literacy: The Role of Expertise in Digital Writing." Composition Studies, 39:2 (2011): 61-78. []
"Distributing Memory: Rhetorical Work in Digital Environments." Technical Communication Quarterly, 18:3 (2009): 259-280. []
"Computing Attachments: Engelbart's Controversial Writing Technology." Computers and Composition 25 (2008): 143-164. []
"Data-Palace: Modern Memory Work in Digital Environments." Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy 11.3 (2007).
"Re-Situating and Re-Mediating the Canons: A Cultural-Historical Remapping of Rhetorical Activity." With Paul Prior, Janine Solberg, Patrick Berry, Hannah Bellwoar, Bill Chewning, Karen J. Lunsford, Liz Rohan, Kevin Roozen, Mary P. Sheridan-Rabideau, Jody Shipka, and Joyce R. Walker. Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy 11.3 (2007). | Recipient of the Computers and Composition Michelle Kendrick Outstanding Digital Production/Scholarship Award
Research
- History of Writing Technologies
- Adoption of Writing Technologies
- Impact of Computer Expertise on Writing
- Role of the Body in Writing