Academic Positions
1 July 2007 - present
Associate Professor, Department of Language and Literacy Education University of British Columbia
Nov. 2000 - June 2007
Assistant Professor, Department of Language
and Literacy Education University of British Columbia
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (interdisciplinary) in
English Literature and Secondary Education
University of Alberta, 2001
Dissertation: Reading Literary Hypertext
After Degree Certification in Secondary Education
(first class standing)
University of Alberta, 1991
Permanent Alberta Teacher Certification # 180421P
Master of Arts in English Literature
University of Alberta, 1990
Thesis: Feliciter Audax: The Union of Style and Theme in Antony
and Cleopatra
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English Literature
University of Alberta, 1988
Awards, Fellowships, and
Distinctions
- BC Innovation Award in Educational Technology, 2004
- Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies Dissertation
Award (one award nationally per annum), 2002
- Nominated for the University of Alberta Faculty
of Graduate Studies and Research Gold Medal, Fall 2001
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
of Canada Post-doctoral Fellowship (tenurable at Queen’s University; declined),
2000
- Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing
Bursary for Promising Scholarship, 1999
- University of Alberta Dissertation Fellowship, 1999
- Honourary Izaak Walton Killam Doctoral Fellowship,
1997-99
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
of Canada Doctoral Fellowship, 1997-99
- Mary Louise Imrie Graduate Student Travel Award,
1998
- Faculty of Education Graduate Student Travel Award,
1998
- Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize, 1997-98
- Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship (2), 1997-1999
- Province of Alberta Doctoral Fellowship, 1996-1997
- Walter H. Johns Tuition Fellowship, 1996-97
- Edwin Parr Excellence in Teaching Award Nominee,
1993
- Short-listed for the Rhodes Scholarship, 1991
Recent and Forthcoming
Publications
Dobson, T.M. & Willinsky, J. (in press). Digital Literacy. In David Olson and Nancy Torrence (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Literacy . Pre-print version, 11 January 2007: pdf
Guo, R. X., Dobson, T. & Petrina, S. (2008). Digital natives, digital immigrants: An analysis of age and ICT competency in teacher education. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 38(3), 235-254.
Dobson, T.M. (2007) Reading, writing, and the digital artifact. Journal of E-Learning, 3(7), 266-272.
Dobson, T.M. (2007). Constructing (and
deconstructing) reading through hypertext: Literature and the new media.
In Antony Adams and Sue Brindley (Eds.), Teaching Secondary English
with ICT (pp.). Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Kentel, J. & Dobson, T.M. (2007). Beyond
myopic views of education: Movement literacy revisited. Physical Education
and Sport Pedagogy, 12(2), 1-19.
Dobson, T.M. (2006). For the love of a good narrative: Digitality and textuality. English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 5(2), 56-68. Available: http://education.waikato.ac.nz/research/journal/index.php?id=1
Luce-Kapler, R., Dobson, T., Sumara, D., Iftody, T. & Davis, B. (2006). E-Literature and the digital engagement of concsiousness. In James Hoffman, Diane Schallert, Colleen Fairbanks, Jo Worthy, and Beth Maloch (Eds.), 55th Yearbook of the National Reading Conference, 171-181.
Dobson, T.M. (2005). Technologies of text:
Reflections on teaching, learning and writing with/in digital environments.
Journal of the Canadian Association
for Curriculum Studies, 3(1), 123-137. Available: http://www.csse.ca/CACS/JCACS/V3N1/jcacs_V3N1.html
Dobson, T.M. & Luce-Kapler, R. (2005). Stitching
texts: Gender and geography in Frankenstein and Patchwork Girl.
Changing English, 12(2), 265-277.
Luce-Kapler, R. & Dobson, T.M. (2005). In
search of a story: Reading and writing e-literature. Reading Online,
8(6), np. Available: http://www.readingonline.org/
Dobson, T.M. (2002-2004). Text technologies:
The changing spaces of reading and writing [courseware]. Vancouver: University
of British Columbia.
Dobson, T.M. (2003). Of curricular lacunae:
A response to Provoking Curriculum. Educational Insights, 8(2). Available:
http://www.ccfi.educ.ubc.ca/publication/insights/v08n02/intro/dobson.html
Dobson, T.M. (2002). Reading literary hypertext:
An overview. Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies Newsletter.
4(1), 4-7.
Dobson, T.M. (2002). E(c)lect(r)ic stories.
English Quarterly, 34(4), 53-63.
Dobson, T.M. (2002). Keeping in touch by electronic
mail. In Max van Manen (Ed.), Writing in the dark: Phenomenological studies
in interpretive inquiry (pp. 98-115). London, ON.: The Althouse Press.
Dobson, T.M. (2001). Reading literary hypertext.
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Alberta. ms. 306 pp.
Miall, D. S., & Dobson, T. (2001). Reading
hypertext and the experience of literature. Journal of Digital Information,
2(1). Available: http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v02/i01/Miall/
Dobson, T.M. (1999). Mind the gap: Reading literary
hypertext. In Amy Sexton (Ed.), Proceedings of the Association for Humanities
Computing and Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing Conference
(pp. 85-87). Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press.
Dobson, T.M. and D.S. Miall (1998). Orienting
the reader? A study of literary hypertexts. SPIEL, 17(2), 249-262.
Dobson, T.M. (1998). “High engender'd battles”:
Power in Queen Lear. New Theatre Quarterly, 14(2), 139-145.
Couture, J.C. and Dobson, T.M. [co-authored]
(1998). Stamping out: Student use of electronic mail and the Internet. Journal
of Curriculum Theorizing, 13(4), 31-35.
Dobson, T. (1996). Canon clamor: A response
to Fenwick and Parsons. Alberta English, 34(2), 39-43.
Selected Recent Conference
Presentations
Dobson, T.M. Approaching complex narrative through wiki writing. Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, 9-13, 2007.
Iftody, T & Dobson, T.M. Consciousnes and Complexity in Waking Life. Complexity Science and Education Conference, Vancouver, BC, 17-19 February, 2007.
Dobson, T.M. From text to textoid? Reading and writing post-typography. Canadian Society for Studies in Education Annual Meeting, York, ON, 27-30 May, 2006.
Dobson, T.M. For the love of a good narrative: Digitality and textuality. Canadian Society for Studies in Education Annual Meeting, York, ON, 27-30 May, 2006.
Guo, R., Dobson, T. & Petrina, S. Digital natives, digital immigrants: An analysis of age and ICT literacy in teacher education. Canadian Society for Studies in Education Annual Meeting, York, ON, 27-30 May, 2006.
Dobson, T.M. In medias res: Usability and the digital artefact. National Reading Conference 55th Annual Meeting. Miami, FL, 29 November - 3 December, 2005.
Dobson, T.M. Reading and writing e-literature. [President’s Panel member]. Consortium for Computers in the Humanities Annual Conference, London, ON, 29-31 May, 2005.
Dobson, T.M. Preparing teacher candidates for the e-literature classroom. Canadian Society for Studies in Education Annual Meeting, London, ON, 28-31 May, 2005.
Bartosh, O., Guo, R., Dobson, T., Erickson, G., Mayer-Smith, J., & Petrina, S. Technology competencies of pre-service teachers at UBC. Canadian Society for Studies in Education Annual Meeting, London, ON, 28-31 May, 2005.
Guo, R., Dobson, T., Bartosh, O., Erickson, G., Mayer-Smith, J., & Petrina, S. Teacher education: A survey of preservice teachers at the University of British Columbia, 2001-2004. Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, QC, 11-15 April, 2005.
Dobson, T. E-literature and the negotiation of reader/writer roles. International Society for Language Studies Conference, Montreal, QC, 18-20 April, 2005.
Luce-Kapler, R. & Dobson, T. The spaces of stories: Wiki writing and patchwork girls. Provoking Curriculum, Victoria, BC, 27-28 February, 2005.
Dobson, T.M. In medias res: Usability and the
digital artefact. Consortium for Computers in the Humanities Annual Conference,
London, ON, May 2005.
Dobson, T.M. Preparing Teacher Candidates for
the E-Literature Classroom. Canadian Society for Studies in Education Annual
Meeting, London, ON, May 2005.
Dobson, T.M. Wreading wikis: E-literature and
the negotiation of reader/writer roles. Canadian Society for Studies in Education
Annual Meeting, Winnipeg, MN, 27 - 30 May 2004.
Dobson, T.M. and Luce-Kapler, R. Re(de)fining
literary discourse: Literature and the new media. Language and Literacy Researchers
of Canada CSSE Pre-conference, Winnipeg, MN, 27 - 30 May 2004.
Kentel, J. and Dobson, T.M. Movement literacy:
Conversations of movement understanding in Kenyan activities. The American
Educational Researchers' Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 12-17
April, 2004.
Dobson, T.M. Stitching texts: Gender and geography
in Frankenstein and Patchwork Girl . National Reading Conference
53 rd Annual Meeting. Scottsdale, AZ, 3 – 6 December 2003.
Dobson, T.M. Technologies of text: Teaching
and learning without walls. Canadian Society for Studies in Education Annual
Meeting, Halifax, NS, 25 - 28 May 2003.
Dobson, T.M. Redefining rhetoric: Preparing
students to write and read hypertext [Keynote]. Alberta Computer Council Annual
Conference, Jasper, AB, 1-3 May 2003.
Dobson, T.M. Teaching and learning without walls:
Issues in online course development and instruction [Keynote]. Alberta Computer
Council Annual Conference, Jasper, AB, 1-3 May 2003.
Dobson, T.M. Words that yield: A study of link
choice in literary hypertext. National Reading Conference 52 st Annual Meeting.
Miami, FL, 4 – 8 December 2002.
Dobson, T.M. Reading the new media: How acts
of constitution are s(t)imulated. Canadian Society for Studies in Education
Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, 24 - 26 May 2002.
Dobson, T.M. Poetry in pixels: Collaborative
inquiry in the English language arts methods classroom. Western Canadian Association
for Student Teaching, Vancouver, BC, 2002.
Dobson, T.M. Experiencing literature in the
electronic space. National Reading Conference 51 st Annual Meeting. San Antonio,
Texas, 5 – 8 December 2001.
Kendrick, M. and Dobson, T.M [co-authored].
From pencils to pixels: Representing literacy. European Conference on Reading.
Dublin, Ireland, 30 June - 3 July 2001.
Dobson, T.M. Passwords: Experiencing the link.
NCTE Mid-Winter Conference. Berkeley, California, 8-11 February 2001.
Dobson, T.M. Responding to hypertext. Canadian
Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Meeting at the HSSFC Congress.
University of Alberta, Edmonton, 23-27 May, 2000.
Dobson, T.M. Communicating via electronic mail.
Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Meeting at the HSSFC
Congress. University of Alberta, Edmonton, 23-27 May, 2000.
Dobson, T.M. Mind the gap: reading literary
hypertext. The Association for Computing in the Humanities and the Association
for Literary and Linguistic Computing Conference. University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA, 10-13 June 1999.
Dobson, T.M., Johnston, I. and Mackey, M. Mocking
up Moulthrop: Reading literary hypertext. The American Educational Researchers'
Association 1999 Annual Meeting, Montreal, PQ, 19-23 April, 1999.
Dobson, T.M. and Couture, J.C. Getting around:
Embodiment and metaphor in the new medium. The American Educational Researchers'
Association 1999 Annual Meeting, Montreal, PQ, 19-23 April, 1999.
Dobson, T.M. and Miall, D.S. Orienting the reader?
A study of literary hypertexts. The VIth Biannual IGEL (International Society
for the Empirical Study of Literature) Conference, University of Utrecht,
Netherlands, 26-29 August, 1998.
Active Grants
| Project title: |
Reading, Writing and Teaching Complex Print and Digital Narrative
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| Granting agency: |
Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Standard Grant,
110 000 CAD |
| Duration: |
2008-2011 (Awarded
April 2008) |
| Role: |
Principle Investigator |
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| Project title: |
Implementing the New Knowledge Machine |
| Granting agency: |
Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada, MCRI LOI, 20 000 CAD |
| Duration: |
2008 (Awarded May 2008)
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| Role: |
Co-Investigator |
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