Faith Marie Kurtyka, PhD

Department

English

Position

Associate Professor

Books

• Kurtyka Faith M., Rhetorics and literacies of everyday life of first-year college students 2013
• Kurtyka Faith, Rhetorics and literacies of everyday life of first-year college students 2012
• , Love, loss, and what I wrote 2007

Publications

• Across the Disciplines
  Kurtyka Faith, Trends, Vibes, and Energies: Building on Students Strengths in Visual Composing
  12:4, p. 1 - 17 2021
• College English
  Kurtyka Faith, Standing at the Threshold: Metonymic Generalization and the Social Penalties of Being a Conservative Woman on Campus
  83:3, p. 235 - 257 2021
• Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning
  Kurtyka Faith, “Be a Liberation Whatever”: Social Justice Literacy in a Living-Learning Community
  24 2019
• English journal
  Khost Peter H., Reframing Readiness: College Readiness and the International Baccalaureate Program
  106:5, p. 86 - 89 2017
• Composition studies
  Kurtyka Faith M., Learning How to Feel
  45:1, p. 99 - 121 2017
• Composition Forum
  Kurtyka Faith Marie, Settling in to Genre: The Social Action of Emotion in Shaping Genres
  31, p. 1 - 1 2015
• Composition Forum
  Kurtyka Faith M., What does your money get you?: Active learning as an alternative to consumerism in the composition classroom.
  27:2013, p. 14 2013
• Kurtyka Faith, Literacy: An Introduction to the Ecology of Written Language 2nd ed. by David Barton 2010

Presentations

• Invited Guest Speaker via Skype for Dr. J. Michael Rifenburgs English 4880: Senior Seminar in Writing Research. "Research Methods and Methodology." University of North Georgia. 2016
• With Peter Khost, Lauren Esposito, Shawn-Marie Garrett, David Hyman, Nicole Galante, and June Griffin. "Moving from Pro Forma to Performa: Music and Dance in the Writing Classroom," Conference on College Composition and Communication, Houston, TX. 2016
• "We Are Here: Using Spatial Theory in the Composition Classroom." You Are Here: Conference on Place, Space, and Embodiment, Omaha, NE. 2016
• "Women and the Media," Alpha Phi Sorority Programming Chapter, Omaha, NE. 2015
• "Our Kind of Girl: Crafting a Collective Identity on Tumblr," Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 2015
• "Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone," Cortina Community Fall Retreat, Ashland, NE. 2015
• With Carolyn German. "Get Excited People!: Gendered Acts of Literacy in a Social Sorority," Creighton University English Department Research Series, Omaha NE. 2015
• With LaRue Diehl. "Maintaining Your Faith in Uncertain Times," Creighton Campus Ministry Theology on Tap, Omaha, NE. 2015
• "Get Excited People!: Gendered Acts of Literacy in a Social Sorority," Conference on College Composition and Communication. Tampa, FL. 2015
• With Peter Khost, Lauren Esposito, Shawn-Marie Garrett, David Hyman, Nicole Galante, and June Griffin. "Multimodal, Embodied Pedagogies for the 21st Century," Conference on College Composition and Communication, Tampa, FL. 2015
• With Desiree Nownes. "Gender Role and Identity on Campus," Creighton Residence Life RA Training, Griswold Retreat Center, Griswold, IA. 2015
• Kurtyka, F. (Author & Presenter), Marks, O. (Author & Presenter), Miller, W. (Author & Presenter), Office of Academic Excellence and Assessment, "The Need for Authentic Peers: An evaluation of the effect of peer coaches," Creighton University, Omaha, NE. 2014
• Workshop, Creighton Center for Service and Justice Fall Break Sustainability Trip, 10 participants. 2014
• Kurtyka, F. (Coordinator/Organizer), Brecht, J. (Coordinator/Organizer), Alpha Phi Sorority Risk Management Workshop, "Self-Esteem and Positive Body Image," Alpha Phi Sorority, Creighton University. 2014
• Kurtyka, F. (Author & Presenter), Larson, K. (Author & Presenter), Nebraska Women in Higher Education Leadership Conference, "Citizen Leadership in a Social Sorority: Tools and Methods for Understanding Womens Leadership," Nebraska Women in Higher Education Leadership, Omaha, NE. 2014
• Kurtyka, F. (Author & Presenter), Cortina Community Fall Retreat, "Dialogic and Emotional Learning," Cortina Community, Ashland, NE. 2014
• College Recruitment Workshop, Creighton Admissions Office, 20 participants 2014
• Kurtyka, F., Omaha Women's Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO), "Leadership in a Social Sorority," Omaha, NE. 2014
• Guest Lecture, English 202: Entering a Professional Dialogue, 25 participants. 2014
• Workshop, Composition Component Training Workshop, 30 participants. 2014
• Guest Lecture, Alpha Phi Sorority, 150 participants. 2014
• Kurtyka, F. (Panelist), McHendry, G. (Panelist), Taylor, A. (Panelist), Krebs, M. A. (Panelist), Creighton Lieben Center for Women, "Women and the Web," Creighton Lieben Center for Women, Omaha, NE. 2014
• Kurtyka, F. (Author & Presenter), Dimond, A. (Author & Presenter), Miller, W. (Author & Presenter), Office of Academic Excellence and Assessment, "The Institute for Embodied Learning," Creighton University, Omaha, NE. 2013
• Kurtyka, F. (Author & Presenter), Feminisms and Rhetorics, "We Can Make it Who We Are: Third-Wave Feminist Pedagogies in a Social Sorority," Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. 2013
• Guest Lecture, English 202: Entering a Professional Dialogue, 25 participants 2013
• Kurtyka, F., Alpha Phi Academic Awards Parent Brunch, "Academics and Beyond: The Benefits of Sorority Participation," Alpha Phi Sorority, Omaha, NE. 2013
• Kurtyka, F., Dartmouth Seminar for Composition Research, ""It was almost like a love story": Transformation, Eros, and Literacy in a Social Sorority," Dartmouth College/Council of Writing Program Administrators, Hanover, New Hampshire. 2013
• Kurtyka, F. (Author & Presenter), International Institute for Scholars of Teaching and Learning, "Active Learning and Student Engagement in a Social Sorority," Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Los Angeles, California. 2013
• Guest Lecture, Papillion-La Vista South High School Creative Writing Club, 10 participants. 2013
• Kurtyka, F., Conference on College Composition and Communication, "An Investigation of Learning Culture and Community in a Social Sorority," National Council of Teachers of English, Las Vegas, NV. 2013
• Kurtyka, F. (Presenter), Dimond, A. (Presenter), English Department Faculty Meeting, "The Pedagogy of Polish: Discourse of Femininity in a Social Sorority," English Department, Creighton University, Omaha, NE. 2013
• Kurtyka, F., Conference on College Composition and Communication, "Creating Community in Service-Learning Partnerships Online And Offline," Las Vegas, NV. 2013
• Guest Lecture, Cortina Community, 125 participants. 2012
• Guest Lecture, Papillion-La Vista South High School Biology Classes, 25 participants. 2012
• Guest Lecture, English 202: Entering a Professional Dialogue, 25 participants. 2012
• Guest Lecture, Alpha Phi Sorority, 70 participants 2012
• Kurtyka, F. (Presenter), Computers and Writing, "Compose Yourself: Creating Digital Teaching Philosophies," Computers and Communication, Raleigh, NC. 2012
• Kurtyka, F. (Presenter), Conference on College Composition and Communication, "Everybody Comes to the Pharmacy Club for the Free Food: An Activity Theory Analysis of the Spaces of Student Life," Conference on College Composition and Communication, St. Louis, MO. (March 23, 2012). 2012

Other

• The Writing Process of Aspiring Medical Students

• Kingfisher Mini-Seminar on Helping Students Write Personal Statements

• Writing, Revising, and Re-Humanizing the Medical School Personal Statement

• The Writing Process of Aspiring Medical Students

• Kingfisher Mini-Seminar on Helping Students Write Personal Statements

• Writing, Revising, and Re-Humanizing the Medical School Personal Statement