English Department Faculty
Vincent Portillo
Assistant Professor of the Practice
Department
Biography
Professor Portillo specializes in composition and cultural rhetoric. His research interests include industrial archives, language politics and Americanization. His current project examines histories of English language education at Ford Motors and the Ford Motors English School (1914-1919). Professor Portillo is the director of the Writing Fellows Program. He is an archive assistant for The FWWCP Archival Project. He is also the Consulting Editor and Project Profiles Editor for Community Literacy Journal and is an advisory board member of the Coalition for Community Writing.
ARTICLES:
- “Assembly Line Americans: Labor, Language, and Literacy at the Ford Motors English School.” Forthcoming.
PUBLIC WORK:
- “The Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers Collection: An Introduction to the Trades Union Congress Library holdings, including the FWWCP Publications and Administrative Documents.” Co-edited with Jessica Pauszek. August 2019. This publication includes 18 Reading Guides/Finding Aids and a full overview of the collection contents.
- “Collaborative Preservation of Working-Class Histories: Migration, Food, and Cultural Heritage in the FWWCP Collection (Part 3)." Co-authored with Jessica Pauszek. Trades Union Congress Library blog, August 30, 2018.
- “'Cultural Protection' and Working-Class Agency.” Co-authored with Jessica Pauszek. Bedford Bits, Macmillan Publishing, August 28, 2018.
- “Collaborative Preservation of Working-Class History: Social Concerns in the FWWCP Collection (Part 2).” Co-authored with Jessica Pauszek. Trades Union Congress Library blog, August 6, 2018.
- “Collaborative Preservation of Working-Class Writing,” Co-authored with Jessica Pauszek. Trades Union Congress Library blog, July 16, 2018.
AWARDS:
- Conference on College Composition and Communication’ Chairs’ Memorial Scholarship. Spring 2018.
- Conference on College Composition and Communication’ Scholars for the Dream Travel Award. Spring 2018.
- Tenth Decade Project: Work, Labor, and Citizenship Research Grant. Syracuse University. Summer 2016.