{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/template-faculty01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-10-23T17:31:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:31:51","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ashlyn-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-9200858f49d928b1f07aa29c27c46416\" style=\"background-color:#005035\"><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ashlyn-williams\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2025\/10\/headshot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ashlyn-williams\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2025\/10\/headshot-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52\" style=\"width:289px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ashlyn-williams\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2025\/10\/headshot-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ashlyn-williams\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2025\/10\/headshot-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ashlyn-williams\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2025\/10\/headshot-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ashlyn-williams\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2025\/10\/headshot-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ashlyn-williams\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2025\/10\/headshot-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ashlyn-williams\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/603\/2025\/10\/headshot.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ashlyn C. Walden (n\u00e9e Williams) is a Senior Lecturer at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a PhD Candidate in Rhetorics, Communication, and Information Design at Clemson University. In the classroom, she teaches a variety of hybrid and online courses focused on empirical research methods, information literacy, and digital design. Outside of her teaching, she&nbsp;actively mentors faculty in digital design and disability advocacy. Her research interests\u2014including digital composition, accessibility, critical pedagogy, and disability rhetorics\u2014are united by a core commitment to the reciprocal relationship between academic theory and the practical realities of engaging in public life. In addition to her co-authored book,&nbsp;<em>ACCESS: Accessible Course Construction for Every Student\u2019s Success<\/em>&nbsp;(Routledge, 2025), her research and film work have been featured in a variety of publications, such as&nbsp;<em>Emerging Technologies in Virtual Learning Environments<\/em>&nbsp;(2019),&nbsp;<em>Journal for Multimodal Rhetorics<\/em>&nbsp;(2022; 2023),&nbsp;<em>Computers &amp; Composition<\/em>&nbsp;(2022), and&nbsp;<em>Computers &amp; Writing Conference Proceedings<\/em>&nbsp;(2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e7662bae028f3d0fe450930c2a7e6c4a\" style=\"background-color:#005035\">Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Critical Pedagogy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Composition Theory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contemporary Rhetorical Theory &amp; New Media<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accessibility, Universal Design, &amp; User-Centered Design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disability Rhetorics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital Design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Writing to Learn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-cef7c5632760f2ca333bb5471b1d4cc6\" style=\"background-color:#005035\">Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Co-Authored<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mahaffey, C., &amp; <strong>Walden, A<\/strong>. (2025). <em>ACCESS: Accessible course construction for every student\u2019s success<\/em>. Routledge. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9781003485476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9781003485476<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Walden, A.<\/strong>, &amp; Rand, M. (2023). A series of design(ed) tensions: Reclaiming space for faculty agency in curriculum development. In C. D. M. Andrews, C. Chen, &amp; L. Wilkes (Eds.),<em> Computers and Writing Conference Proceedings<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.37514\/pcw-b.2023.1862.2.07\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.37514\/pcw-b.2023.1862.2.07<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mahaffey, C., &amp; <strong>Walden, A. <\/strong>(2019). #teachingbydesign: Complicating accessibility in the tech-mediated classroom. In K. Becnel (Ed.), <em>Emerging technologies in virtual learning environments<\/em> (pp. 38\u201366). IGI Global. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4018\/978-1-5225-7987-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4018\/978-1-5225-7987-8<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sole Author<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Walden, A. (2023). Play\u2014Not necessity is the mother of invention: A reflection on accessibility research. In R. Stringfield &amp; A. Hatcher (Eds.), <em>Futures &amp; fantasies<\/em> [Special Issue]. <em>Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics<\/em>, 7(2). <a href=\"https:\/\/journalofmultimodalrhetorics.com\/7-2-walden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/journalofmultimodalrhetorics.com\/7-2-walden<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Walden, A. (2022). Necessity is the mother of invention: Accessibility pre, inter, &amp; post pandemic. In E. A. Monske, L. Cadle, &amp; C. S. Harris (Eds.), <em>Blurred boundaries: Post-pandemic perspectives of digital writing pedagogies<\/em> [Special Issue]. <em>Computers &amp; Composition<\/em>, 66. Elsevier Ltd. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.compcom.2022.102740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.compcom.2022.102740<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Walden, A. (2022). &#8220;Be flexible.&#8221; In V. Manivannan &amp; R. Osorio (Eds.), <em>Carework &amp; writing during COVID<\/em> [Special Issue]. <em>Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics, <\/em>6(2) <a href=\"https:\/\/journalofmultimodalrhetorics.com\/6-2-walden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/journalofmultimodalrhetorics.com\/6-2-walden<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Walden, A. (2016). iPhone, iMac, iQuit: Computers are for work, smartphones are for play. In J. Cook &amp; A. Walden (Eds.), RE: Composing: A writing studies journal (pp. 138\u2013147). Fountainhead Press.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Williams, A. (2008). Literature in today&#8217;s classroom. North Carolina English Teacher, 64(2), 25\u201332.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-97d401c5b8a4619ece8c0865f5ad766c\" style=\"background-color:#005035\">Selected Presentations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Forthcoming.<\/em><\/strong> \u201cNavigating Conversation Across Difference.\u201d Invited Plenary Speaker, <em>Annual Meeting in the Middle Conference for the Carolinas Writing Program Administrators<\/em>. Location TBD: February 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cAccess N Action: Rethinking Accessibility in Course Design.\u201d Conference Presenter, <em>Quality Matters Summit<\/em>. Durham, NC: September 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cAccess In Action or Access (In)action: Collective Access Approaches to Course Modality in Higher Education.\u201d Conference Presenter, <em>Computers &amp; Writing<\/em>. Athens, GA: May 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cIn Search of Interstitiality: Finding Peace in Dissonance.\u201d Conference Presenter and Session Chair, <em>Conference on College Composition and Communication<\/em>, Baltimore, MD: April 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cACCESS in Action: Accessible and Inclusive Design Strategies.\u201d Workshop Leader, <em>Conference on College Composition and Communication<\/em>, Baltimore, MD: April 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cThe Space Between: Balancing Accessibility and Labor.\u201d Conference Presenter and Session Chair, <em>Conference on College Composition and Communication<\/em>, Spokane, WA: April 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cCommunity-Centered Approaches to Accessible Pedagogy: Teachers and Learners Come Together to Design an Inclusive Classroom.\u201d Workshop Leader, <em>Conference on College Composition and Communication<\/em>, Chicago, IL: February 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cA Series of Design(ed) Tensions: Reclaiming Space for Faculty Agency in Curriculum Development.\u201d Conference Presenter, <em>Computers &amp; Writing<\/em>. Greenville, NC: May 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Ecological Disturbance &amp; Recovery: Re-Imagining Accessibility in Tech-Mediated Classrooms.\u201d Conference Presenter, <em>Digital Humanities Institute of North Carolina<\/em>. Charlotte, NC: April 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cOne Step Forward and Two Steps Back: Accessibility and Conflicting Implications of Remote Learning Triage During COVID-19.\u201d Conference Presenter, <em>Conference on College Composition &amp; Communication<\/em>. Chicago, IL: March 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cIf Necessity is the Mother of Invention, Then Pandemic Teaching is That Relative Everyone Keeps Hoping Won\u2019t Come to the Family Reunion: Re-Imagining Accessibility Post-Pandemic.\u201d Conference Presenter, <em>Carolinas Writing Program Administrators\u2019 Meeting in the Middle<\/em>. Charlotte, NC: March 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cTake That to the Bank: The Checks and Balances of Participatory Course Design.\u201d Conference Presenter, <em>Global Society for Online Literacy Educators<\/em>. Norfolk, VA: January 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cPedagogy Take the Wheel: It Ain&#8217;t About the Tools.\u201d Conference Presenter and Session Chair, <em>Global Society for Online Literacy Educators<\/em>. Norfolk, VA: 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1dfd36f56896a148f38a3e93d4d54430\" style=\"background-color:#005035\">Teaching Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Courses Taught<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>WRDS 1103 Writing and Inquiry in Academic Contexts I and II<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WRDS 1104 Writing and Inquiry with Studio (blended course)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WRDS 2101 Advanced Writing, Research &amp; Critical Analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WRDS 3214 Information Literacy and Digital Composing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WRDS 4225 Writing Research Methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WRDS 4402 Research, Theory, and Practice of Tutoring Writing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Courses Designed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>WRDS 4400 Senior Internship Practicum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WRDS 4900 Senior Research Capstone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WRDS 4011 Topics in Writing Technologies on Collective Access<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography Ashlyn C. 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