{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/r-mark-hall\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2025-10-24T14:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T18:37:19","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/r-mark-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"R. Mark Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD, Rhetoric, Composition & Literacy Studies, University of Louisville 
M.A., English Language & Literature, University of Alabama
B.A., English & Sociology, Emory University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Literacy practices in popular culture, teacher and tutor education, writing program administration and assessment, transfer of learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching & Administrative Experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor, Department of English, UNC Charlotte, 2023-present
Professor, Chair, Writing, Rhetoric, & Digital Studies Department, 2020-2023
Professor, University Writing Center Director, University of Central Florida, 2018-20
Associate Professor, Associate Chair & Writing Center Director, University of Central Florida, 2016-18
Associate Professor, University Writing Center Director, University of Central Florida, 2011-18
Assistant Professor, Writing Resources Center Director, UNC Charlotte, 2008-11
Associate Professor, University Writing Center Director, California State University, Chico, 2006-08
Assistant Professor, University Writing Center Director, California State University, Chico, 2001-06<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Book<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hall, R. M. (2017). Around the texts of writing center work: An inquiry-based approach to tutor education. <\/em>Logan, UT: Utah State University Press. Winner of the 2018 International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) Outstanding Book Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Articles & Book Chapters<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bleakney, J., Hall, R.M., Hixon-Bowles, K., Lee, S., Singh-Corcoran, N. (2023). Timely, relevant, practical: A study of writing center summer institute alumni perceptions of value and benefits. Writing Center Journal 41 <\/em>(3), 20-37.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, R. M. Activity theory. (2020). In J. Mackiewicz, & R.D. Babcock & (Eds.), Theories and methods of writing center studies: A practical guide<\/em> (pp. 79-93). New York, NY: Routledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, R.M. (2019). Analyze a published research study: An assignment to scaffold reading challenging academic texts. Prompt: A Journal of Academic Writing Assignments, 3<\/em>(1), 34-44.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, R.M., Romo, M., & Wardle, E. (2018, Spring). Teaching and learning threshold concepts in a writing major: Liminality, dispositions, and program design. Composition Forum: A Journal of Pedagogical Theory in Rhetoric and Composition, 38<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, R. M. (2017). Some things we know about the teaching & learning of writing from 50 years of research. In S. Carter, D. Dunbar-Odom, T.J. Adkins, & J. Pauszek (Eds.), Writing Inquiry<\/em> (pp. 20-22). Southlake, TX: Fountainhead Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, R. M. (2013). Problems of practice: An inquiry stance toward writing center work. WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, 37<\/em>(5-6), 1-7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, R. M. (2011). Using dialogic reflection to develop a writing center community of practice. Writing Center Journal, 31<\/em>(1), 82-105.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, R. M. (2010). A social capital view of a writing center WAC partnership. Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, 7<\/em>(2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, M. (2009). The politics of peer response. The Writing Instructor<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, R. M. (2008). Oprah\u2019s book selections: Teleliterature for the Oprah Winfrey show<\/em>. In C. K. Farr & J. Harker (Eds.), The Oprah affect: Critical essays on Oprah\u2019s book club<\/em> (pp. 89-118). New York, NY: SUNY Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, R. M., & Wolf, T. (2004). One writing center\u2019s first steps onto the web. WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, 28<\/em>(3), 1-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, R. M., & Rosner, M. I. (2004). Pratt and pratfalls: Revisioning \u201ccontact zones.\u201d In A. Lunsford & L. Ouzgane (Eds.), Crossing borderlands: Composition and postcolonial studies<\/em> (pp. 95-105). Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, R. M. (2003). The \u201cOprahfication\u201d of literacy: Reading \u201cOprah\u2019s book club.\u201d College English, 65<\/em>(6), 646-667.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, R. M. (2001). Serving the second sun: The men in Gloria Naylor\u2019s Mama Day<\/em>. In S. A. Stave. (Ed.), Gloria Naylor: Strategy and technique, myth and magic<\/em> (pp. 77-96). Newark, NJ: University of Delaware Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, R. M. (2000). A Victorian sensation novel in the \u201ccontact zone\u201d: Reading <\/em>Lady Audley\u2019s Secret through <\/em>Imperial Eyes. The Victorian Newsletter, (98)<\/em>1, 22-26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Creative Nonfiction<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, M. (2025, Fall). Splinter. Argyle Literary Magazine<\/em>, 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, M. (2025, Fall). The desk. Argyle Literary Magazine<\/em>, 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, M. (2025, Summer). Abscission zone<\/em>. Tahoma Literary Review, 29.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, M. (2025, Spring). Assignment: Notice 6 things<\/em>. Barely South Review, 16.2<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, M. (2024, November). Pandemic dog<\/em>. The Write Launch: A Literary Magazine, 89<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, M. (2022, Fall). Oxcart to nowhere.\u00a0Welter Literary Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, M. (2021, December). Quarter turn. Peauxdunque Review<\/em>, 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, M. (2021, Summer). Dream house. The Fourth River: A Journal of Nature and Place-Based Writing<\/em>, 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, M. (2020, September\/October). Necrokedeia for children. Hippocampus Magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, M. (2020). A Trailways education. Sand Hills Literary Magazine, 44,<\/em> 27-34.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, M. (2020). Talismans against our next meeting. Passengers Journal, 1<\/em>(2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, M. (2019, Winter\/Spring). Sex matters.<\/em> Lunch Ticket, 14.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, M. (2018, Summer\/Fall). Finding Mac. Timberline Review<\/em>, 7<\/em>, 46-52.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, M. (2017, Summer\/Fall). Coming up short. Timberline Review<\/em>, 5<\/em>, 119-124.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Hall, R. (2006-07, Winter). California haute cuisine. Flashquake<\/em>, 6<\/em>(2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short Fiction<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hall, M. (2021, September). My boy. The Dillydoun Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courses Taught<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Advanced Creative Nonfiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Studies in Literacy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Advanced Expository Writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Research, Theory & Practice of Tutoring Writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Writing Senior Research Capstone<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Writing Research Methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Current Theories & Applications of Writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Writing About Literature<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Writing & Inquiry in Academic Contexts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Writing & Inquiry in Academic Contexts with Studio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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