{"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":"2026-02-01T16:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:08:09","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/cathy-mahaffey\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Teaching Professor<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writing.uncc.edu\/\">Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies<\/a> \/ College of Humanities &amp; Earth and Social Sciences \/ UNC Charlotte<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/cathy-mahaffey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/598\/2022\/05\/IMG_2435.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/cathy-mahaffey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/598\/2022\/05\/IMG_2435-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/cathy-mahaffey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/598\/2022\/05\/IMG_2435-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/cathy-mahaffey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/598\/2022\/05\/IMG_2435-1024x925.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/cathy-mahaffey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/598\/2022\/05\/IMG_2435-768x694.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/cathy-mahaffey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/598\/2022\/05\/IMG_2435-1536x1388.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/cathy-mahaffey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/598\/2022\/05\/IMG_2435-2048x1850.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Technical and Professional Writing<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Online Privacy and Ethics<\/li>\n<li>Accessibility<\/li>\n<li>Online Literacy Instruction (OLI)<\/li>\n<li>Online Writing Instruction (OWI)<\/li>\n<li>Rhetoric and New Media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Education<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>PhD in Technical Communication and Rhetoric | Texas Tech University, 2021<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Service<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>AI Accelerator Committee Member (2025-present). UNC Charlotte.<\/p>\n<p>Digital Platforms Manager (2024-present). Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (<a href=\"https:\/\/gsole.org\/\">GSOLE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>President (2022-2024). Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (<a href=\"https:\/\/gsole.org\/\">GSOLE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>QM Scholar (2022-2024). <a href=\"https:\/\/teaching.uncc.edu\/\">Center for Teaching and Learning<\/a> at UNC Charlotte.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President (2020-2022). Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (<a href=\"https:\/\/gsole.org\/\">GSOLE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Associate Chair. (2019-2022) <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/owistandinggroup\/home\">Online Writing Instruction (OWI) Standing Group<\/a>. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Quality Matters Associate Faculty Fellow (2017-2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/teaching.uncc.edu\/\">Center for Teaching and Learning<\/a> at UNC Charlotte.<\/p>\n<p>Treasurer (2018-2020). Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (<a href=\"https:\/\/gsole.org\/\">GSOLE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First-Year Writing Administrator (2013-2019). University Writing Program at UNC Charlotte. (now the <a href=\"https:\/\/writing.uncc.edu\/\">WRDS Department<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Professional Presentations<\/h4>\n<p>TEDx Talks. (2023, March 15). Take Back the Internet | TEDxCharlotte [Video]. YouTube. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YMiS2i9tIOQ\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YMiS2i9tIOQ<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Selected Publications<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mahaffey, C. (2025, December 19). Exploring student success: Modality implications on accessibility, student support, &amp; class community. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Research in Online Literacy Education (ROLE)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gsole.org\/olor\/role\/vol4.iss2.e\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/gsole.org\/olor\/role\/vol4.iss2.e<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Robledo, D., &amp; Mahaffey, C. (2025). Critical and Creative Quantum Literacies. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Technical Communication Quarterly<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 1\u201313. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10572252.2025.2570168\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10572252.2025.2570168<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mahaffey, C., &amp; Walden, A. (2025). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ACCESS: Accessible Course Construction for Every Student\u2019s Success.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Routledge. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/ACCESS-Accessible-Course-Construction-for-Every-Students-Success\/Mahaffey-Walden\/p\/book\/9781032777597\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/ACCESS-Accessible-Course-Construction-for-Every-Students-Success\/Mahaffey-Walden\/p\/book\/9781032777597<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Evans, T., DePew, K. E., Cicchino, A., &amp; Mahaffey, C. (2025). Living Our Principles: Designing an Accessible and Inclusive Virtual Conference.\u00a0<i>Composition Studies<\/i>,\u00a0<i>53<\/i>(1), 182\u2013188.<a href=\"https:\/\/compstudiesjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/evans-depew-cicchino-mahaffey.pdf\"> https:\/\/compstudiesjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/evans-depew-cicchino-mahaffey.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Robledo, D., &amp; Mahaffey, C. (2025). Critical and Creative Quantum Literacies. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Technical Communication Quarterly<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 1\u201313. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10572252.2025.2570168\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10572252.2025.2570168<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harris, H. S., Mahaffey, C., &amp; Beavers, M. (2022). What the COVID pandemic taught us about creating inclusive, anti-racist, and accessible online writing classes and programs.\u00a0<i>Computers and Composition<\/i>,\u00a0<i>66<\/i>, Article 102739. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.compcom.2022.102739\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.compcom.2022.102739<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CCCC OWI Standing Group. (2022) Report of the CCCC Standing Group for Best Practice In Online Writing Instruction: 2021 State of the Art of OWI Report. NCTE. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cccc.ncte.org\/cccc\/2021-state-of-the-art-of-online-writing-instruction\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/cccc.ncte.org\/cccc\/2021-state-of-the-art-of-online-writing-instruction\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With McClure, C. (2020). Finding the Sweet Spot: Strategic Course Design Using Videos<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. In <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">J. Borgman &amp; C. McArdle (Eds.)<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PARS in Practice: More Resources and Strategies for Online Writing Instructors<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WAC Clearinghouse. <a href=\"https:\/\/share.google\/LlBHfx69pszn3TEUo\">https:\/\/share.google\/LlBHfx69pszn3TEUo<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mahaffey, C. &amp; Walden, A. (2019). &#8220;#teachingbydesign: Complicating Accessibility in the Tech-Mediated Classroom.&#8221; <em>Emerging Technologies in Virtual Learning Environments.\u00a0<\/em>Ed. Kim Becnel. IGI Global.<\/p>\n<p>Mahaffey, C. &amp; Rieman, J. (2019). \u201cDeveloping a Writing About Writing Curriculum.\u201d <i>Next Steps: New Directions for\/in Writing About Writing. <\/i>Ed. Barbara Bird, Doug Downs, I. Moriah McCracken, Jan Rieman. Utah State UP.<\/p>\n<p>Mahaffey, C. (2018) Review of\u00a0<em>Teaching, Learning, Literacy in our High-Risk High-Tech World: A Framework for Being Human.\u00a0<\/em>James Paul Gee. (2017). <em><a href=\"http:\/\/roleolor.weebly.com\/teaching-learning-literacy--gee.html\">Research in Online Literacy Education (ROLE), 1.2<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mahaffey. C. (2017) \u201cThe Age of Impetus or My Life as a Blogger.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">RE :Composing: A Journal for Writers by Writers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Ed. Julie Cook, Ashlyn Walden. Fountainhead Press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mahaffey, C. (2015) <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/thewritingcampus.com\/2015\/05\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWriter\u2019s Portfolios: Instructor Goals v. Program Assessment.\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Writing Campus. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sponsored by George Mason University.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Selected Presentations<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFrom Quills to Quantum: AI and the New Digital Divide.\u201d (2024). Plenary. Visions &amp; Sites of Online Literacy Education: Online Conference of Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (GSOLE). Online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cData-driven AI Ethics and Pedagogy: Piloting ChatGPT in Writing Courses.\u201d (2024). UNC Charlotte Digital Humanities Symposium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPowerNotes Pilot: Responsible AI Usage and the Future of Writing Pedagogy.\u201d (2024). UNC Charlotte AI Institute.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Teaching, Enacting, Acknowledging, and Modeling (TEAM): Expanding Definitions of Access in the Classroom&#8221; (2022). Practicing Digital Activisms. Computers and Writing Conference. East Carolina University.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOne Step Forward and Two Steps Back: Accessibility and Conflicting Implications of Remote Learning Triage During COVID-19.\u201d (2022). CCCC Virtual Annual Convention. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Roundtable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOnline Parlors: Meaning-Making Online Asynchronous Writing Courses.\u201d (2021). OWI Symposium 2021. Online Writing Instruction Community (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.owicommunity.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">owicommunity.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">). Online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rethinking Accessibility in OWI.&#8221; (2020). OWI Symposium 2020. Online Writing Instruction Community (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.owicommunity.org\/\">owicommunity.org<\/a>). Online.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;TLDR: What Do Those Privacy Statements REALLY Say?&#8221; (2019). Mission Critical: Centering Ethical Challenges in Computers and Writing. Computers and Writing Conference. East Lansing, Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;#teachingbydesign: Cultivating Critical Digital Literacy.&#8221; (2019). 8th Annual International Critical Media Literacy (ICML) Conference. Savannah, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Cart Before the Horse: One Program&#8217;s Missteps in Shifting to OWI.&#8221; (2019). Visions &amp; Sites of Online Literacy Education: Online Conference of Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (GSOLE). Online.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pathways and Corridors: Finding Your Path as an NTT (Online) Writing Studies Scholar and WPA.&#8221; (2018) What if We Tried This? Innovating Writing Programs. Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA) Conference. Sacramento, California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPedagogy of the (Dis)Enfranchised: Redefining the Terms for Contingent Communities of Practice.\u201d (2018) Languaging, Laboring, and Transforming. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) 69th Annual Convention. Kansas City, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeveloping GSOLE Principles and Guidelines for Online Literacy Instruction.\u201d (2018) First International Online Conference of Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (GSOLE). Online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDesign Once, Teach Twice: Flexible Course Design for Online and Onsite Teaching.\u201d (2017) Cultivating Capacity, Creating Change. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) 68th Annual Convention. Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReading is Research: Approaches to Teaching Critical Reading and Inquiry.\u201d (2016). Transcendent Literacies. University Writing Program 3rd Annual Conference, UNC Charlotte.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere and Back Again: How Designing an Online Course Changed the Way I Teach Writing.\u201d (2016). Writing Strategies for Action. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) 67th Annual Convention. 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