Biography

The main focus of my research is the study of different kinds of writing (that is, genres) used in academic and professional workplace contexts. In particular, I am interested in how people communicate (specifically, through writing) and how novices learn to communicate using new genres. My background includes a combined Bachelor + Master’s Degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Russia, a Master’s Degree in Applied Language Studies from Carleton, Ph.D. in Education from McGill, and years of writing consulting for Canadian Government and hi-tech companies in the National Capital Region. In addition to working as an engineer and engineering researcher both in Russia and in Canada, I have taught EAP courses, communication courses for engineering students, and graduate and undergraduate courses in Writing Studies. Because of this background, I find myself well positioned at the crossroads of science, engineering, education, discourse & writing studies, and applied linguistics.

For example, to better understand how students and novices learn to communicate in their disciplines and professions, I conducted a longitudinal (eight-year long) study in which I followed learning trajectories of ten undergraduate engineering students from year one at university and beyond their university programs, into graduate school and/or workplace. I used parts of this study in my award-winning Ph.D. dissertation. The study has contributed to a book that I co-edited with Professor Aviva Freedman (Rhetorical Genre Studies and Beyond, 2006). Since 2007, I have been collaborating with my colleague Janna Fox on a SSHRC-funded study of genres of teaching Mathematics in different university classroom. We have focused on how language is used to teach Mathematics to undergraduate students in different countries, languages, and educational institutions. The study is on-going.

Research Interests

• Multimodal discipline-specific pedagogical genres
• Acquisition and use of genres of teaching in Mathematics, Engineering, and other disciplines and professions in first and additional languages
• Combination of rhetorical and textual approaches to genre research and pedagogy in first and additional languages
• Rhetorical genre theory and its applications to the study of genre learning and use in academia and workplace
• Social theories of practice and learning (activity theory, situated learning, distributed cognition) and their implications for classroom and workplace communication in scientific and technical professions
• Transitions from academic to workplace contexts (in scientific, technical, and academic contexts)
• Collaborative learning
• Computer assisted learning

Courses

Current course information for this faculty member can be found by searching the Carleton Central/Public Schedule by Term and Name.

Courses Previously Taught

• ALDS 1001: Introduction to Applied Linguistics & Discourse Studies
• ALDS 3401: Research & Theory in Academic Writing
• ALDS 4405: Teach Writing in School & Workplace

Recent Publications

Edited Books

Starke-Meyerring, D., Paré, A., Artemeva, N., Horne, M., & Yousoubova, L. (Eds.) (2011). Writing in Knowledge Societies. Perspectives on Writing. Fort Collins, Colorado: The WAC Clearinghouse and Parlor Press. Retrieved from http://wac.colostate.edu/books/winks/.

Artemeva, N. & Freedman, A. (Eds.). (2006). Rhetorical genre studies and beyond.Winnipeg,MB: Inkshed Publications.

Refereed Journal Articles

Fox, J. & Artemeva, N. (2011). The cinematic art of teaching university mathematics: chalk talk as embodied practice. Multimodal Communication, 1(1), 83-103.

Artemeva, N. & Fox, J. (2011). The writing’s on the board: The global and the local in teaching undergraduate mathematics through chalk talk. Written Communication, 28, 345-379. doi:10.1177/0741088311419630
* Finalist, 2011 John R. Hayes Award for Excellence in Writing Research, USA.

Artemeva, N. & Fox, J. (2010). Awareness vs. production: Probing students’ antecedent genre knowledge. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 24, 476-515. doi:10.1177/1050651910371302
* Winner, 2012 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award in the category of Best Article on Pedagogy or Curriculum in Technical or Scientific Communication.

Artemeva, N. (2008). Toward a unified theory of genre learning. Journal of Business and Technical Communication 22 (2), 160-185. doi: 10.1177/1050651907311925

Chapters in Edited Collections

Artemeva, N. (2011). “An engrained part of my career”: The formation of a knowledge worker in the dual space of engineering knowledge and rhetorical process. In D. Starke-Meyerring, A. Paré, N. Artemeva, M. Horne, & L. Yousoubova, (Eds.). Writing in knowledge societies. (pp. 321-350). Perspectives on Writing. Fort Collins, Colorado: The WAC Clearinghouse and Parlor Press. Retrieved from http://wac.colostate.edu/books/winks/chapter16.pdf

Artemeva, N. (2009). Stories of becoming: A study of novice engineers learning genres of their profession. In Bazerman, C., Bonini, A., & Figueiredo, D. Genre in a changing world. Perspectives on Writing. Fort Collins, Colorado: The WAC Clearinghouse and Parlor Press. Retrieved September 14, 2009 from http://wac.colostate.edu/books/genre/

Awards/Honours

2012 - (with Janna Fox) Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), USA, Technical and Scientific Communication Award in the category of Best Article on Pedagogy or Curriculum in Technical or Scientific Communication.

2011 - Finalist (with Janna Fox) John R. Hayes Award for Excellence in Writing Research, USA.

2011 - Visiting Scholar, Department of Language Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2010 - Visiting Scholar, Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Faculty of Engineering, William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.

2007 - Winner (2007),  CCCC Outstanding Dissertation Award in Technical Communication.

2007 - Finalist (2007), CCCC James Berlin Memorial Award for Outstanding Dissertation.

External research and Conference Funding

2011-2012 - SSHRC Aid to Research Conferences and Workshops Grant. “Genre 2012–Rethinking genre twenty years later: An international  conference on genre studies.” “
Sum: $34,628

2008-2012 - SSHRC Standard Research Grant “Learning the genres of teaching: New faculty acculturation to the pedagogical practices of Canadian universities.”
Sum: $112.254

Recent Graduate Supervisions

Ph. D. Dissertation

• Fall 2011 “‘They come in wearing their rank’: The dynamics of an inter-professional proposal writing team” Co-supervisor with Dr. E. Kelley, Interdisciplinary Studies, Dalhousie University (Margaret Clow Bohan)

MA Theses

• Summer 2011: “Rhetorical and textual analyses of British and Canadian Throne   Speeches” (Henrik Woods)
• Winter 2009: “Writing needs of first-year students in Canadian Universities.” (Lori Rosove)
• Winter 2008: “Comparing apples and oranges: A socio-rhetorical analysis of writing in biology and history” (2008, Pass with Distinction). Nominated for the University Medal for Outstanding Graduate Work. (Christen Rachul)

Memberships

• Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing
• Canadian Association for the Study of Language and Learning
• National Council of Teachers of English, USA