EDUCATION
Master of Arts, University of Colorado - Denver
English, Literature & Literary Studies
Bachelor of Arts, Fordham University
English, Creative Writing
RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
Agency and language in AI discourse, AI rhetoric, digital rhetoric, rhetoric of technology, digital humanities, multimodal media pedagogy
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Current Research
Florence Faculty Fellow, Marist University, 2026
"An Instrument of Excellence: Mapping the Rhetoric of Technological Responsibility Around Galileo's Telescope"
Research methods: comparative rhetorical analysis, critical discourse analysis, archival research
"Diachronically Online" Corpus-Assisted Semantic Analysis
Research methods: corpus-assisted discourse analysis, semantic tagging, diachronic lexical analysis, data visualization
Funding: partially funded through Marist research development grant
COURSES TAUGHT
Speculative Fiction English 205 Marist University
Writing for College, Honors English 120H Marist University
Writing for College English 120 Marist University
Rhetoric & Writing English 101 State University of New York, Dutchess
Composition Module English 003 State University of New York, Dutchess
Freshman Seminar Mines 101 Colorado School of Mines
Rhetoric & Writing English 1020 University of Colorado, Denver
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2024-present Lecturer, Marist University
2024-present Lecturer, State University of New York, Dutchess
2025-present Professional Tutor, State University of New York, New Paltz
2023-2024 Program Leader, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Ulster County
2022-2023 Research Assistant, Cornell University, CALS, Cornell Cooperative Extension,
Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture Program
2017-2021 Professional Writing Consultant & Lecturer, Colorado School of Mines
2015-2016 Professional Writing Consultant, University of Colorado - Denver
2011-2013 Writing Consultant, University of Colorado - Denver
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
2023-2024 4-H Youth Development Program Leader, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Ulster County
2020-2021 Writing Center Peer Tutor Program Supervisor, Colorado School of Mines
2013-2015 Director, Board of Directors, Denver Writes
GRANTS & FUNDING
Awarded
2026
Marist Faculty Research Development Grant
Marist University
"Diachronically Online" research support
2026
NSF Travel Grant
National Science Foundation
Conference Travel Support for Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), Toronto
2026
Transparency in Learning & Teaching Grant
SUNY Dutchess Department for Instruction and Learning
Faculty development grant to implement assignment prompt redesign
2024
Statewide Community Re-Grant - Arts Learning Grant
Arts Mid-Hudson
Amount: $5,000
Role: Project Director
Project: Ulster County 4-H Visual Art Exploration: Woodworking, artist-led workshop series for youth; oversaw grant submission, budget, implementation, compliance, and reporting
2024
Million Girls Moonshot Mini-Grant
New York State Network for Youth Success
Amount: $1,000
Role: Project Director
Project: Ulster County 4-H - STEM Education, ecology education for youth; oversaw grant submission, budget, implementation, compliance, and reporting
Managed
2019-2021
Hennebach Program in the Humanities Lecture Series
Colorado School of Mines
Role: Lectureship Program Manager
Description: Recruited, selected, and hired lecturers for humanities lectures across applied science departments; coordinated contracts with visiting lecturers; managed budget; developed and implemented first annual School of Mines Iron Pour (now annual event)
HONORS & AWARDS
2026 Florence Faculty Fellow, Marist University
2026 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, SUNY Dutchess, Nominated
2013 Phil Heldrich Award for Popular Culture Pedagogy, SWTX Popular Culture Association
2010 Best Story Award, New Years, Westword Magazine
SERVICE
International service
2026 Session Chair: Generative AI Aesthetics, Synthetic Media, and Cultural Value, AoIR Conference
2026 Peer Reviewer: Social Media & Society Conference
2023 Panel Moderator: Entomology, Mid-Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Conference
Institutional service
2020 Co-Organizer: Thesis Writers Retreat, Colorado School of Mines
2019 Co-Organizer: Thesis Writers Retreat, Colorado School of Mines
2019 Marketing & Content Designer, Thesis Writers Retreat, Colorado School of Mines
2019 OER Layout Designer, The Writing Center, Colorado School of Mines
2018 Panel Moderator: Communications Writing, Thesis Writers Retreat, Colorado School of Mines
2018 Panel Presenter: Research Writing Panel, Thesis Writers Retreat, Colorado School of Mines
Community service
2022-2026 New York DEC Amphibian Migration Data Collection Volunteer
MEMBERSHIPS
Association of Internet Researchers
Society for Social Studies of Science
PUBLICATIONS
Donahue DJ, Reig Córdoba G, Elone SE, Basedow MR and McNamee K. "New York Statewide Validation of the EMR Model and Passive Method for ‘Honeycrisp’ Bitter Pit Prediction." Fruit Quarterly. 2022; 30(4):14-17.
McNamee, K. “APA Citation, 7th Ed. Update.” BarCharts Publishing, 2020.
McNamee, K. “MLA/APA Citation, 8th Ed. Update.” BarCharts Publishing, 2020.
McNamee, K. “Creative Spaces: Equity in Action at the Library.” Intersections. American Library Association, 2019.
McNamee, K. “Rutland” (poem). High Grade: Mines Journal of the Arts. Colorado School of Mines, 2019.
McNamee, K. “Approaches to Collaborative Writing.” Online Technical Communication Center. Colorado School of Mines, 2018.
McNamee, K. “Articles.” Online Technical Communication Center. Colorado School of Mines, 2018.
McNamee, K. “Commas.” Online Technical Communication Center. Colorado School of Mines, 2018.
McNamee, K. “Prepositions.” Online Technical Communication Center. Colorado School of Mines, 2018.
McNamee, K. “Tone.” Online Technical Communication Center. Colorado School of Mines, 2018.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Yankee Go Home! The Pragmatic Function of Identity in Historical and Cross-Cultural Meaning Making.” Northeast Modern Language Association. Providence, RI. March 2027. [upcoming]
“Diachronically Online: Analyzing "Slop" & Semantic Shifts In Digital Waste As Rhetorical Indicators Of Perceived Value.” Association of Internet Researchers Conference. Mexico City, October 2026.
“It's Not Photoshopped: Trademark Guidelines and the Linguistic Construction of Technological Agency.” Society for Social Studies of Science. Toronto, October 2026.
“Chat, Is This Real?: Truth-Seeking Heuristics & Distributed Trust on Reddit's r/isthisAI.” International Conference on Social Media & Society. Glasgow, 2026.
“Accede Peach Thinning Trial in the Hudson Valley of New York State.” Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Workers Conference. Winchester, Virginia, 2022.
“Validation of ‘Honeycrisp’ Bitter Pit Prediction in New York State.” Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Workers Conference. Winchester, Virginia, 2022.
“Women in Education: Creating Tutoring Frameworks that Support Intersectionality.” Colorado and Wyoming Writing Tutors Conference. Denver, 2019.
“From STEM to STEAM: Tutoring Strategies For The STEM Writing Center.” Colorado and Wyoming Writing Tutors Conference. Denver, 2018.
“Consultants-in-Training: Observations on Recursive Practice Among Consultants.” Colorado and Wyoming Writing Tutors Conference. Denver, 2016.
“Reflexive Tutoring Practices: Why, Not What.” Colorado and Wyoming Writing Tutors Conference. Denver, 2016.
“Power Dynamics in Navigating the Needs and Demands of the Writing Center.” Colorado and Wyoming Writing Tutors Conference. Denver, 2016.
“Tweets on Keats: Romantic Form, Appropriation, and Adaptation In New Media.” National Popular Culture Association Conference. Washington DC, 2013.
“Honey Badger Don’t Care: The Use of Youtube in the College Classroom.” Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association Conference. Albuquerque, 2013. Awarded Best Paper for Popular Culture Pedagogy.
“Tweet it! Storytelling and the Internet.” National Popular Culture Association Conference. Boston, 2012.
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Applied Research
TreeFruit Research, Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell Extension Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture Program, 2022-2023
Research methods: quantitative data collection, longitudinal data collection, controlled field study, observational study
Pest Detection, United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection & Quarantine, Colorado & Idaho, 2021
Research methods: quantitative data collection via grid sampling, mapping, baseline and delimiting surveys
Software: ArcGIS