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Mahli Mechenbier

Mahli Mechenbier, J.D.

English
Senior Lecturer
Campus:
Geauga
Contact Information
Email:
mmechenb [at] kent.edu

Biography

Mahli Mechenbier, J.D.

Senior Lecturer

English

mmechenb@kent.edu

 

Mahli Mechenbier, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at Kent State University: Geauga, teaches Technical Writing, Business & Professional Writing, Introduction to LGBT Literature, College Writing I & II, and Introduction to College Writing.  Mahli is a certified Master Reviewer and a certified Face-to-Face Facilitator for Quality Matters.  She has reviewed and certified online courses for Florida Atlantic University, Oregon State University, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Baldwin Wallace University, The University of Akron, and Tidewater Community College.

 

Prof. Mechenbier graduated with a Master of Arts in English Literature from John Carroll University and a Juris Doctor from The University of Akron.  She was a member of NCTE's Committee for Effective Practices for Online Writing Instruction and was an editor for the OWI’s Open Resource from 2013 – 2016.  Mahli was the recipient of the College of Arts & Sciences 43rd annual Distinguished Teacher Award in 2012.

 

Her research interests include asynchronous online tone and communication methods; how academic administrations manage and budget distance learning; the unionization of professors; and the employment conditions and intellectual property rights of contingent faculty members. She enjoys teaching the professional aspects of writing and stresses the importance of word choice, soft skills, and accurate language delivery in her classes.  Prof. Mechenbier has been teaching at Kent State University since 2003.

 

Mahli was adopted from South Vietnam through Operation Babylift after an American missionary nun found her next to a road outside of Saigon.  She has three cats: Freyja, Hyperion, and Tyr. 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Meloncon, Lisa, Mahli Xuan Mechenbier, and Laura Wilson.  "Introduction to 'A National Snapshot of the Material Working Conditions of Contingent Faculty

     in Composition and Technical and Professional Communication'."  Academic Labor: Research and Artistry 4.1 (August 2020): 1 - 21.  

     < https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/alra/vol4/iss1/3 >

 

Mechenbier, Mahli Xuan, Laura Wilson, and Lisa Meloncon.  "Results and Findings from the Survey."  Academic Labor: Research and Artistry 4.1 (August 2020):

     22 - 59.  

     < https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/alra/vol4/iss1/4 >

 

Wilson, Laura, Mahli Xuan Mechenbier, and Lisa Meloncon.  "Data Takeaways."  Academic Labor: Research and Artistry 4.1 (August 2020): 60 - 82. 

     < https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/alra/vol4/iss1/5 >

 

Wilson, Laura, Mahli Xuan Mechenbier, and Lisa Meloncon.  "Affective Investment."  Academic Labor: Research and Artistry 4.1 (August 2020): 83 - 107. 

     < https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/alra/vol4/iss1/6 >

 

Mechenbier, Mahli Xuan, Laura Wilson, and Lisa Meloncon.  "Politics of Service."  Academic Labor: Research and Artistry 4.1 (August 2020): 108 - 126. 

     < https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/alra/vol4/iss1/7 >

 

Meloncon, Lisa, Laura Wilson, and Mahli Xuan Mechenbier.  "Looking Forward: Considering the Next Steps for Contingent Labor Material Work Conditions." 

     Academic Labor: Research and Artistry 4.1 (August 2020): 127 - 151. 

     < https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/alra/vol4/iss1/8 >

 

------ and Scott Warnock.  “A Collaborative Method for Observing/Evaluating Online Writing Courses.”  FORUM  (Fall 2019): A8 - A16 in College 

     Composition and Communication 71.1 (September 2019). 

 

------ and Diane Martinez, Beth L. Hewett, Lisa Meloncon, and Heidi Skurat Harris.  “A Report on a U.S.-Based National Survey of Students in

     Online Writing Courses.”  Research in Online Literacy Education 2.1 (March 2019): 35 - 82.

     < http://www.roleolor.org/a-report-on-a-us-based-national-survey-of-students-in-online-writing-courses.html >

 

------ and Heidi Skurat Harris, Lisa Meloncon, Beth L. Hewett, and Diane Martinez.  “A Call for Purposeful Pedagogy-driven Course Design in

     OWI.”  Research in Online Literacy Education 2.1 (March 2019): 83 - 128.

     < http://www.roleolor.org/a-call-for-purposeful-pedagogy-driven-course-design-in-owi.html >

 

------ and Heidi Harris, Sushil Oswal, and Natalie Stillman-Webb.  The Bedford Bibliography of Research in Online Writing Instruction.

     Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2017. 

     < https://community.macmillan.com/docs/DOC-5039-the-bedford-bibliography-of-research-in-online-writing-instruction >

 

“Contingent Faculty and OWI [Online Writing Instruction].”  Foundational Practices in Online Writing Instruction.  Ed. Beth L. Hewett and Kevin

     Eric DePew.  Fort Collins: The WAC Clearinghouse and Parlor Press, 2015.  227 – 249.  Print.  Perspectives on Writing Ser.

     < https://wac.colostate.edu/docs/books/owi/chapter7.pdf >

 

“Making a First Impression: Using Practicality to Succeed in Workplace Communication.” Phenomenal Woman Magazine (May – June 2014):

     12 – 13.

 

“Cheating the Business Template: Filling in the Blanks.” Business Communication Quarterly  74.2

     (June 2011): 192 – 195.

 

------ and Janet Ruth Heller, Trish Jenkins, and Marie Moeller. “Organizing and the Status of Contingent Faculty.” College English  73.4

     (March 2011): 450 – 465.

 

 

INVITED LECTURES

 

“Contingency, Inclusivity, and the Material Work Conditions in Online Literacy: Developing Calls to Action,” Global Society of Online Literacy

     Educators: webinar, 8 February 2018.  

     <https://drive.google.com/open?id=1L7LC9WaEmmO0Yosy0cQLIs7wjDy5Aluw >

 

“Maneuvering Faculty Contact Zone(s): Contingent Faculty, Intellectual Property, and Teaching Evaluations,” Texas Tech University,

     26 September 2016. 

 

“Building Communities of Writers in Online Spaces: An Introduction to Teaching Writing Online—The Politics of Online Teaching,” Colorado State

     University: Fort Collins, 1 August 2016.

 

“Making a First Impression: How Education Empowers You to Succeed in Workplace Communication,” 2nd Annual Northeast Ohio’s International

     Women’s Day: Investing in Women and Girls, Cleveland Clinic: Lyndhurst, 8 March 2014. 

 

“‘Is that Webpage my Classroom?’:  Addressing Fears about Electronic Exposure and Losing Control of Content for the First-time Online

     Professor,” The Office of Professional Graduate Studies Lecture Series on Online Learning, Hiram College, 12 February 2013.

Education

Juris Doctor: The University of Akron, Master of Arts (Literature): John Carroll University

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