Disciplinary Service

Outstanding Dissertation Award in Technical Communication Committee. Conference on College Composition & Communication. 2012.

Committee on Research. Association of Teachers of Technical Writing. 2009-2011.

Graduate & Adjunct Award for Research Committee. Kairos/Bedford-St. Martins. 2010.

Editorial Assistant, Technical Communications Quarterly 14.3 (Summer 2005). Special Issue on “The State of Rhetoric of Science and Technology” edited by Alan Gross and Laura Gurak.

Co-chair, Blogging Special Interest Group. Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA. March 2005.

University Service

Lower-Division Advisor. College of Arts and Sciences, Syracuse University. 2009-2012.

Graduate Representative, New College Technology Fees Policy Committee. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Spring 2006.

Graduate Representative, COAFES Technology Fees Committee. UMN College of Agriculture and Food Science. Spring 2006.

Mentor. UALR Adult Student Advocacy Program. 2003-2004.

Departmental Service

Founding Faculty Sponsor, SU CCR/CRS Rhetoric Society of America Student Chapter. 2011 – present.

Co-Chair, Major/Minor Committee. Syracuse Writing Program. 2011-2012.

Major/Minor Committee. Syracuse Writing Program. 2009-present.

  • Curriculum Subcommittee
  • Assessment Subcommittee
  • WRT 307 Subcommittee
  • Technical Communication Certificate Committee
  • Portfolio Committee

Major Exams Reading List Committee. SU Composition & Cultural Rhetorics. 2010.

Founding Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Student Community Development. UMN Department of Writing Studies, 2007-2008.  Developed digital and physical social networking spaces for MA/MS/PhD students and alumni.

Folwell Hall Renovation Planning Committee. UMN Department of Writing Studies. 2007 — 2008.

Chair, Graduate Technology Fees Committee. UMN Department of Rhetoric. 2005 — 2007. (Reappointed.)

Reviewer

Invited Reviewer. Into the Blogosphere: Rhetoric, Community, and Culture of Weblogs. Online collection edited by the University of Minnesota Blog Collective. June 2004.

Public Engagement and Media

Quoted in “All Inclusive: The Burton Blatt Institute advocates for the under-represented disabled” by Heather LaPeer, The Student Voice, December 5, 2011. Spotlighted intersections of disability and new media.

Curator and MC, “Land and Labor: 3 Voices,” featuring Janine DeBaise, Steve Himmer, and Minnie Bruce Pratt. Nonfiction Reading Series, SU Writing Program. July 21, 2011. Held at SparkyTown in the Hawley-Green historic district of Syracuse.

Quoted in “Wikis and the U Student,” Minnesota Daily. October 18, 2006. Spotlight on the Citizendium fork of Wikipedia and source use in student research projects.

Quoted in “Feminising the Blogosphere” by Naunidhi Kaur, Women’s Feature Service. June 2006.

Kennedy, Krista. “Exams Paranoia.” Blog post spotlighted in “Around the Web” feature, Inside Higher Ed. June 24, 2006.

In-House Publications

Kennedy, Krista, and Greg Schneider. Tips for Negotiating the Comprehensive Exams. Supplement for the Graduate Student Handbook, UMN Department of Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication. Spring 2007.

Kennedy, Krista. Copyright in the Classroom: A Primer. A Brief Guide to TEACH Act and Fair Use Compliance. Orientation packet supplement for Composition Instructors Orientation, UALR Department of Rhetoric and Writing. Fall 2003.