Current Works
Dissertation
Journal Articles
Chapters in Books
Upcoming Conference Presentations
- ”Mapping the “Complex of Dialogues”: Institutional Ethnography of Mid-Level Administrators’ Experience with Sexual Violence Policy” [Guidance Committee: Trixie Long Smith (chair), Stuart Blythe, Stacia Moroski-Rigney, Grace Pregent & Bill Hart-Davidson]
Journal Articles
- Hawks, Amanda, and Bethany Meadows. “We Don’t Need More “Safe” Spaces; We Need Transformative Justice.” Peitho Journal, Fall 2023, [forthcoming].
- Meadows, Bethany. "Removing Agency and Perpetuating Violence: Rape Culture in University Student Handbooks." Present Tense, vol. 9, no. 3, 2022.
- Meadows, Bethany. “Survival and Surviving the Certain Uncertainties.” Journal of Multimodal Rhetorics, vol. 7, no. 1, 2022.
- Meadows, Bethany, and Trixie Long Smith. “Myth Busting the Writing Center: A Critical Inquiry of Ideologies and Practices.” Praxis, vol. 19, no. 1, 2022.
- Meadows, Bethany. “Cracks in the System: Ethics and Tensions of Mandatory Reporting for Writing Center Professionals.” Dangling Modifier, Spring 2021.
Chapters in Books
- Meadows, Bethany. “Righting (some of) the Wrongs: Writing and Responding to Survivors’ Disclosures of Sexual Violence.” There are Writing Emergencies: Composing (Ourselves) in Times of Crisis, edited by Holly Hassel and Kate Pantelides [forthcoming].
Upcoming Conference Presentations
- Meadows, Bethany, panelist. “Reckoning with the Institution: Implementing Transformative Justice through Black Feminist Praxis.” Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, October 2023, Atlanta, GA.
Past Projects

Thesis
Master's Thesis: “Critical Discourse Analysis of Institutions of Higher Educations’ Student Handbook
Policies for Sexual Misconduct and Violence”
Chair: Dr. Jennifer Grouling Snider
Undergraduate Honors Thesis: “History versus Film: An Examination of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Rhetoric and Ava DuVernay’s Selma.”
Committee Members: Dr. Maura Grady (chair), Dr. Linda Joyce Brown, and Dr. Christopher Swanson
Invited Speaking Engagements
Invited Speaker: Gender and Sexuality Campus Center, Michigan State University | April 2021
"Active Listening and Trauma-Informed Tutoring"
Invited Speaker | University of South Carolina Beaufort, ENGL B215: Writing Center Practicum | December 2020
"Ethical Pedagogies: Self-Care and Trauma Informed Practices"
Co-Speaker | Ball State Writing Program | Muncie, IN | April 2020
[Link to presentation materials]
Conference and Paper Presentations
International and National Conferences
Regional Conferences
Master's Thesis: “Critical Discourse Analysis of Institutions of Higher Educations’ Student Handbook
Policies for Sexual Misconduct and Violence”
Chair: Dr. Jennifer Grouling Snider
Undergraduate Honors Thesis: “History versus Film: An Examination of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Rhetoric and Ava DuVernay’s Selma.”
Committee Members: Dr. Maura Grady (chair), Dr. Linda Joyce Brown, and Dr. Christopher Swanson
Invited Speaking Engagements
Invited Speaker: Gender and Sexuality Campus Center, Michigan State University | April 2021
"Active Listening and Trauma-Informed Tutoring"
Invited Speaker | University of South Carolina Beaufort, ENGL B215: Writing Center Practicum | December 2020
"Ethical Pedagogies: Self-Care and Trauma Informed Practices"
Co-Speaker | Ball State Writing Program | Muncie, IN | April 2020
[Link to presentation materials]
Conference and Paper Presentations
International and National Conferences
- Meadows, Bethany, panelist. “Reckoning Pasts to Reimagine Disciplinary Futures: Black Feminist Methodologies, Sexual Violence Response, and white Racial Un/learning.” College Composition & Communication Conference, February 2023, Chicago, IL.
- Griffith, Bailey, Hawks, Amanda, and Bethany Meadows. “Dismantling White Mainstream English in Writing Centers: A Collaborative Workshop on Linguistic Justice.” Workshop at International Writing Center Association Collaborative, February 2023, Chicago, IL.
- Meadows, Bethany, and Nick Sanders. “‘Write using correct Standard English grammar’: A Content Analysis of Oppressive Ideologies in Two-Year College Writing Curricula.” Two-Year College English Association National Conference, February 2023, Chicago, IL.
- Hawks, Amanda, and Bethany Meadows. “We Don’t Need More “Safe” Space; We Need Strategies for Transformative Justice and Survival.” International Writing Centers Association, October 2022, Vancouver, BC.
- Meadows, Bethany, et al. “Interjecting and Intersecting: Writing Center and Writing Program Commonplace(s).” College Composition & Communication Conference, 2020 [Conference Cancelled].
- Meadows, Bethany, panelist. “Intersectional Rhetorics in DIY Feminism: Past, Present, and Future.” Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, November 2019, Harrisonburg, VA.
- Meadows, Bethany, panelist. “‘10 Points to Gryffindor!’: A Workshop on Gamifying Professional Development.” International Writing Centers Association, October 2019, Columbus, OH.
- Meadows, Bethany, panelist. “The Art of Perception, Emotional Intelligence, and Silence in Online Tutoring Sessions.” International Writing Centers Association, October 2019, Columbus, OH.
- Meadows, Bethany, roundtable presenter. “Trump vs. #NotOkay Movement: The Rhetoric of Rape Culture and Its Myths.” Research Network Forum, March 2019, Pittsburgh, PA.
- Meadows, Bethany, panelist. “Film Studies: Heroes, History, and Time.” National Collegiate Honors Council Conference, November 2017, Atlanta, GA.
Regional Conferences
- Hallman, Rebecca, and Bethany Meadows. “Redefining and Reviewing Literacy: A Look at Multiple Forms of Literacy in Writing Center Work.” East Central Writing Center Association Conference, April 2023, West Layfette, IN.
- Hawks, Amanda, Konaré, Fatima, and Bethany Meadows. “Using Trauma-Informed Listening and Storytelling to Address Harm in Writing Centers: A Workshop.” East Central Writing Center Association Conference, March 2022, East Lansing, MI.
- Denzler, Lucas, and Bethany Meadows. “Practical Empathy: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Trauma in the Writing Center.” East Central Writing Center Association Conference, March 2020, Indianapolis, IN.
- Meadows, Bethany, panelist. “Tending to the Toolbox.” East Central Writing Center Association Conference, April 2019, Dayton, OH.
- Meadows, Bethany, panelist. “Are Post-Session Student Surveys Useful?: An Examination of Self-Assessment and Gendered Language in Student Surveys” East Central Writing Center Association Conference, April 2019, Dayton, OH.
- Meadows, Bethany, and Maura Grady. “Using Reflection to Build Student Confidence in the Writing Process.” East Central Writing Center Association Conference, March 2018, Columbus, OH.