Lisa Gail Blankenship

Assc Professor

Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Department: English

Areas of expertise:

Email Address: lisa.blankenship@baruch.cuny.edu

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Education

Ph.D., English, Miami University of Ohio Oxford Ohio

M.A., English, University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma

B.A., English, University of Oklahoma Norman Oklahoma

SemesterCourse PrefixCourse NumberCourse Name
Fall 2024ENG2100Writing I
Fall 2024ENG2100Writing I
Spring 2023ENG3960Topics in Language
Spring 2023ENG2150HHonors - Writing II
Fall 2021ENG2100Writing I
Fall 2021ENG2100Writing I
Spring 2021ENG3960Topics in Language
Fall 2020ENG2100Writing I
Fall 2019ENG2100Writing I
Fall 2019ENG3960Topics in Language
Spring 2019ENG3960Topics in Language
Spring 2019ENG2150Writing II
Fall 2018ENG2100Writing I
Fall 2017ENG3960Topics in Language
Spring 2016ENG2150Writing II
Fall 2015ENG2100Writing I
Spring 2015ENG2150HHonors - Writing II
Fall 2014ENG2100Writing I

Books

Blankenship, L., & Leake, E. (2025). Enacting Empathy: Stories and Strategies from the Writing Classroom. Utah State University Press.

Blankenship, L. (2019). Changing the Subject: A Theory of Rhetorical Empathy. Utah State University Press (peer reviewed).

Banaji, P. V., Blankenship, L., Katherine, D., Ryan, O., & Lauren, O. (2019). The Rhetoric of Participation: Interrogating Commonplaces In and Beyond the Classroom. United States, Utah State University Press / Computers and Composition Digital Press (peer reviewed).

Blankenship, L., Graves, S., Hengel, D., & Lucas, C. (2018). Join the Conversation: First-Year Writing at Baruch College. Bedford / St. Martin's Press (textbook).

Blankenship, L., & Leake, E. Empathy and the Other: Difference, Connection, and the Teaching of Writing. Utah State University Press. In Progress.

Journal Articles

(2025). Preparing for a New Paradigm: A Mixed-Methods Study of Student Experience in On-Site, Hybrid, and Online Writing Courses. Computers and Composition, In Progress.

Boyle, C., Vie, S., Micciche, L., Yergeau, M., Morris, J., Dadas, C., Smith, C., & Blankenship, L. (2015). "E. Pluribus Plures: DMAC and its Keywords". Computers and Composition: An International Journal, 2015(36). 1-15 (peer reviewed).

Blankenship, L. (2013). "Rhetorical Empathy in Dustin Lance Black’s 8: A Play on (Marriage) Words". Present Tense: A Journal of Rhetoric in Society, 3(1). Digital publication.

A Mixed-Methods Study of Course Modalities in First-Year Writing. Computers and Composition, In Progress.

Book Chapters

N/A, C. (2017). "From U.S. Progressive Era Speeches to Transnational Social Media Activism: Rhetorical Empathy in Jane Addams’s Labor Rhetoric and Joyce Fernandes’s #EuEmpregadaDoméstica (‘I, Housemaid’)". "Feminist Connections: Rhetorical Strategies from the Suffragists to the Cyberfeminists" (peer reviewed) University of Alabama Press.

Empathy in the Writing Classroom: An Introduction and Overview. Enacting Empathy: Stories and Strategies from the Writing Classroom

Empathy and the Teaching of Writing: An Introduction and Overview. Empathy and the Other: Difference, Connection, and the Teaching of Writing Utah State University Press.

Presentations

Blankenship, L. (2025, March 4). Conflicted Feelings: A Workshop on Empathy and Communication in Challenging Times. Michigan Tech University

Blankenship, L. (2025, March 27). Empathetic Writing Across the Curriculum. University of New Hampshire

Libertz, D. T., Blankenship, L. G., & Schreiber, C. F. (2025, February 12). Lessons learned and hopeful ways forward for online, hybrid, and in-person first-year writing instruction and writing program decision making. Conference on College Composition and Communication.

Blankenship, L. G. (2025, March 3). The Problem with ‘Walking in An Other’s Shoes: Empathy’s Difficult but Enduring Power. University of Tennessee Department of English Speaker Series. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee.

Blankenship, L. G. (2025, February 25). The Power of Story to Engage Across Difference. Spectrum Networks Speaker Series. New York, NY: Spectrum Communications.

Blankenship, L. (2020, January 23). Beyond Common Ground: Rhetorical Empathy in First-Year Writing. Writing Program Professional Development Seminar. College Park, Maryland: University of Maryland.

Blankenship, L. (2020, February 13). Beyond Common Ground: Rhetorical Empathy in First-Year Writing. Writing Program Professional Development. Staten Island, NY: College of Staten Island.

Blankenship, L. (2020, March 20). "Creating a Community-Written Text for FYW to Address Labor and Budget Issues". Conference on College Composition and Communication. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: CCCC.

Blankenship, L. (2020, April 14). Rhetorical Empathy in First-Year Writing. Writing Program Professional Development. Fort Collins, CO: Colorado State University.

Blankenship, L. (2020, April 3). Rhetorical Empathy in First-Year Writing. Writing Program Professional Development. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University.

Blankenship, L. (2019, March 15). The Cost of Vulnerability: Empathy and Power in Public Discourse. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Pittsburgh, OH

Blankenship, L. (2019, March 27). "The Problem of Assessing Participation". Writing-across-the-Curriculum Workshop, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. : Department of English, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.

Belmihoub, K., Blankenship, L., & Schreiber, B. R. (2019, April 5). ELL Writing at Baruch. CUNY Writing Summit. New York City College of Technology: CUNY Central Office.

Blankenship, L. (2019, November 14). "Designing Student Participation as Activist Pedagogy". Feminisms and Rhetorics National Conference. James Madison University, Harrisburg, Virginia: Coalition of Women in the History of Rhetoric and Composition.

Blankenship, L. (2018, February 23). The Personal as Political: Narrative Argument. Activism in Academia. CUNY Graduate Center: CUNY Center for the Humanities; Lehman College Department of English.

Blankenship, L., & McBeth, M. (2018, November 29). Research, Warrants, & Empathy: Using Stasis Theory to Make & Analyze Claims. New York, NY: John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Blankenship, L. (2018, October 25). Assessment Measures of First-Year Writing. Composition Committee, Department of English, New York City College of Technology. New York City College of Technology: .

Blankenship, L., & DeLuca, K. (2018, February 28). Participation 10%: Challenging Participatory Norms in the Classroom. Montclair, New Jersey: Montclair State University.

Blankenship, L. (2017, July 22). Constructing Ecologies: Faculty Development Beyond the English Department in an Age of Austerity. Conference on Writing Program Administration. Nashville, TN: CWPA.

Blankenship, L. (2017, July 21). Pushing Prosperity in the Face of Financial Austerity: Curriculum and Program Revision Without Money. Conference on Writing Program Administration. Nashville, TN: CWPA.

Blankenship, L., & Schreiber, B. (2017, May 4). An Accelerated Learning Program Model for ESL Writers. CUNY CUE Conference. Borough of Manhattan Community College

Blankenship, L. (2017, March 16). Narrative Argument and the Politics of Empathy. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Portland, OR

Blankenship, L. (2016, May 2). Using Writing to Learn in Course Design. Teach@CUNY Day. CUNY Graduate Center: Center for Teaching and Learning.

Blankenship, L. (2016, March 7). Digital Media in First-Year Writing. Meeting of the Composition Community (CompComm), CUNY Graduate Center. CUNY Graduate Center: same.

Blankenship, L. (2016, May 28). Changes to Identification: Queer Thought, Embodiment, and the Politics of Emotion. Rhetoric Society of America. Atlanta, GA: Rhetoric Society of America.

Blankenship, L. (2016, January 8). Gender and (Anti)Social Media. Conference of the Modern Language Association. Austin, TX: Modern Language Association.

Blankenship, L. (2015, March 11). Reflective Writer’s Letters as a Metacognitive Practice. Faculty Development Workshop, First-Year Writing Program. Baruch College, New York, NY: Baruch College Department of English.

Blankenship, L. (2015, March 25). Using Low-Stakes Writing in Hybrid Courses. Hybridization Seminar. Baruch College, New York, NY: Baruch College Center for Teaching and Learning.

Blankenship, L. (2015, June 1). Kenneth Burke and the War of Words. Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. University of Wisconsin-Madison: Rhetoric Society of America.

Blankenship, L. (2015, March 19). Changing the Subject: Rhetorical Empathy as a Pragmatic Practice. Conference on College Composition and Communication. Tampa Bay, FL: CCCC.

Honor / AwardOrganization SponsorDate ReceivedDescription
Presidential Excellence Award for Distinguished Service2022-05-02
Friend of SEEK AwardSEEK Program2017
Honorable Mention, James Berlin Memorial Outstanding Dissertation AwardConference on College Composition and Communication2014
College of Arts and Science Graduate Student Teaching Award Miami University of Ohio2013
Miami University School of Graduate Studies Dissertation FellowshipMiami University of Ohio2011

Department

Committee NamePosition RoleStart DateEnd Date
Refract MagazineFaculty Advisor9/1/2014Present
Search Committee, Tenure Track Hire in Digital Media & CompositionCommittee Member11/1/20193/31/2020
Assessment of First-Year Writing for Middle States Accreditation, Ad HocCommittee Chair9/1/20185/31/2019
Observation Report Revision, Ad HocCommittee Member11/1/20182/28/2019
Search Committee, Faculty Hire for for Lecturer in TOESL and Writing StudiesCommittee Member9/1/20163/31/2017
Search Committee, Tenure Track Hire in Rhetoric, Composition, and Second Language WritingCommittee Member9/1/20153/31/2016
Strategic Plan CommitteeCommittee Member9/1/20145/31/2015

College

Committee NamePosition RoleStart DateEnd Date
First-Year Text CommitteeCommittee ChairPresent
Search Committee, Schwartz Communications Institute Associate DirectorCommittee MemberPresent
Promotion and Budget Committee, Independent UnitsCommittee MemberPresent
Weissman Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion AllianceCommittee MemberPresent
Hybrid and Online at Baruch Advisory CouncilCommittee MemberPresent
Refract MagazineFaculty AdvisorPresent
CUNY Writing Discipline CouncilCommittee ChairPresent
Weissman School of Arts and Sciences Executive CommitteeCommittee ChairPresent
Writing Across the Curriculum Co-CoordinatorCommittee MemberPresent
Director, First-Year Writing ProgramProgram DirectorPresent
Baruch Center for Teaching and LearningInterim Director6/28/2024
Search Committee, Lecturer in WritingCommittee Chair5/20/2022
Search Committee, Tenure Track Hire in Digital Media & CompositionCommittee Member3/31/2020
Assessment of First-Year Writing for Middle States Accreditation, Ad HocCommittee Chair5/31/2019
Hybrid Teaching Seminar (Spring 2019)Faculty Mentor3/31/2019
Observation Report Revision, Ad HocCommittee Member2/28/2019
Search Committee, Faculty Hire for Lecturer in TESOL and Writing StudiesCommittee Member3/31/2017
Search Committee, Tenure Track Hire in Rhetoric, Composition, and Second Language WritingCommittee Member3/31/2016
Strategic Plan CommitteeCommittee Member5/31/2015

University

Committee NamePosition RoleStart DateEnd Date
CUNY Writing Discipline Council8/1/2015Present
CUNY Writing Discipline CouncilCommittee Chair9/2/2019Present
CUNY Spring 2019 Writing Summit Steering CommitteeCommittee Member12/1/20183/31/2019

Professional

OrganizationPosition RoleOrganization StateOrganization CountryStart DateEnd DateAudience
Peitho: Journal of the Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and CompositionReviewer, Journal Article8/1/2020Present
Journal of Basic WritingEditor, Associate Editor2/1/2020Present
Purdue University Graduate Program, Department of EnglishOutside member, dissertation committeeIndiana11/1/2019Present
University Press of ColoradoReviewer, Book10/1/2018Present
Conference on College Composition and CommunicationReviewer, Conference Paper4/1/2018Present
Composition ForumReviewer, Journal Article4/1/2016Present
Conference of Writing Program AdministratorsCommittee MemberN/AUnited StatesPresentNational
Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and PedagogyEditorial Review Board Member1/1/2015Present
Journal of Basic WritingEditorial Review Board Member1/15/2016Present
Journal of Basic WritingAssociate EditorNew YorkUnited StatesPresentNational
Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning (AEPL)Board MemberPennsylvaniaUnited StatesPresentNational
Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning (AEPL)CCCC LiaisonPennsylvaniaUnited StatesPresentNational
Conference of Writing Program Administrators Committee Member11/1/20184/30/2019
Rhetoric Society QuarterlyReviewer, Journal Article4/1/2014