Faculty and Staff Profiles

• Technology Fellowship Program - University of Memphis - 2005
• Course Redesign Fellowship, w/ Rod Roscoe - Advance Learning Center - 2010-11
• Fellow - Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change - 2013
• Outstanding Faculty - Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change - 2016

• Argument (U) - Carnegie Mellon University
• Writing in the Professions (U) - Carnegie Mellon University
• Style - Carnegie Mellon University
• Engineering Communication Workshop (U) - Carnegie Mellon University
• Professional Communication (G) - H. John Heinz III School for Public Policy
• Intro to Tech Writing (U) - University of Memphis
• Intro to Tech Editing (U) - University of Memphis
• Engineering Communication (U) - University of Memphis
• Persuasive Writing (U) - University of Memphis
• Reports and Manuals (U) - University of Memphis
• Web and Online Writing (U) - University of Memphis
• ENGL 7/8801: History of Composition (G) - University of Memphis
• ENGL 7/8807: Workshop: Gov't and Corporate Writing - University of Memphis
• Foundations of Technical Writing (G) - University of Memphis
• ENGL 7/8806: Research Methods in Writing (G) - University of Memphis
• ENGL 7/8808: Workshop: Scientific and Technical Writing (G) - University of Memphis
• ENGL 4/6618: Document Design, (G) - University of Memphis
• ENGL 7/8818: Collaborative Writing (G) - University of Memphis
• ENGL 7/8820: Spec. Topics in Rhetoric (G), Visual Rhetoric - University of Memphis
• Honors (U), Visual Rhetoric - University of Memphis
• ENGL 1010: First-year Composition (U) - University of Memphis
• ENGL 3602: Professional Editing - University of Memphis
• ENGL 4602: Advanced Composition - University of Memphis
• ENGL 7/8008: Theory and Practice of Online Teaching - University of Memphis

• Undergraduate - Hollie Katherine Street , Stephanie Russell - jail survey on literacy and criminality - 2001 2004 2004 2005
• Masters - Heather Hathorn [Chair] An Examination of Feminization and its Effect on the Field of Technical Writing - 2000
• Masters - Sarah Brownd [Reader] A Rhetorical Overview of Early Technical Communication Journal Articles - 2001
• Masters - Rebecca Farabough [Chair] Remember Who’s Reading This: A Look at the Language of Word Processing Program Documentation - 2001
• PhD - Susan DeCarlo (reader, exam) - 200?
• MA - Christie Harper [Chair] Acquiring Technological Proficiency: A View of Five Technical Writers - 2001
• Masters - Darla Keel Fulton [reader] Technical Writing Textbooks as a Reflection of Cultural Change : A Case Study - 2000
• Masters - Ann Brock [reader] Age-Related Factors in Web Page Design Preferences - 2001
• Masters - Charles Abraham [Reader] Connector Use of First-Semester Composition Students at the University of Memphis - 2003
• Masters - Greg Jordan [Reader] XML for Technical and Professional Writers - 2003
• Doctoral - Mary Millione [Chair for 2004-05, withdrew, became Reader] - S 2017
• Masters - Amanda Williams [Chair] The Language of the Abortion Debate - 2004
• Doctoral - Gabriela Kleckova (Reader) - 2005
• BA - Doug Blankenship (UC Project Advisor) Creating a User Manual for the Aftermarket Sales Order Management System - 2005
• Doctoral - Nathan Tipton [Reader, exam & dissertation-dropped out of program 2006] -  
• Masters - Sarah Craig [Chair] Portfolio. - 2008
• Doctoral - David Sanders (Reader) The Portrayal Of Foreign Doctors In The American Press: A Critical Discourse Analytical Approach - 2007
• PhD - Michael Bodary [Reader] Technical Communications and FDA Regulatory Submissions for Medical Devices, Drugs, and Combination Products - 2008
• M.A. - Melody Beacham [Reader] Portfolio - 2008
• M.A. - Ayanna Adams [Reader] Portfolio - 2008
• Doctoral - Sharese Willis [Chair] A Burkeian Analysis of the Embryo in the Congressional Debate over Federally Funding Embryonic Stem Cell Research (1998 - 2001) - 2010
• M.A. - Sonia McCallum [Chair - portfolio] - exp ????
• M.S. Psychology - Adam Renner [Reader] - 2010
• Masters - Anna Acerra [Member-Portfolio] - 2010
• M.A. - Sylvia Nisar (Chair) - exp. ????
• Master - Deanna Delffs [Chair] The Current Scholarship on Text Messaging - exp. ????
• Honors Undergraduate [C] - Jeremy Scherer - 2011
• Ph.D. - Kyle Dempsey, [Reader], Developing Intelligent Tutoring Support for Writing Strategies Using Game - 2011
• University College - Tara Krisle Williams - 2012
• PhD - Tammy Jones [Reader] Kriol on Camera: An Analysis of the (non)Use of Belize Kriol in National News Broadcasts - withdrew 2013
• M.A. Committee - Joel Stamey (Communication Dept.) [reader] - 2013
• M.A. Professional Writing - Jessica Bromwell [Reader] - S2013
• Ph.D. Committee - Mary Guinn Millione [Reader] - 2014
• M.A., Prof. Writing Concentration - Deborah Kurczek - exp. Dec 2015
• Undergraduate Internship Advisor - Kelly Skinner - 2015
• Honors Class - Sreedhar K. Jayaraman - 2015
• MA English LIterature [mentor] - Sasha Arnold - 2015
• PhD Professional Writing [adv/mentor/chair] - Donna Pope [w/d due to health problems] - exp. ????
• PhD English LIterature [mentor] - Melissa Baggaligo - exp. 2017
• MA, Chair, then went on medical leave, Liz Lane, Chair - Blair Jackson [Chair] went on medical leave semester she defended - 2018
• PhD - Don Moore [Reader] "Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT): A Framework of Writing Center Analyses" - 2020
• PhD - Boyd Baxter Buck [Was chair until 2015; Gene P now chair; reader?] - exp. 2018
• PhD Composition Studies - Michele Diane Kisel [reader, Joseph Jones Chair] - exp S2021
• MA, Chair - Latifia Newbill Portfolio - exp. S2020
• University Honors BA PW - Lujain Albitawi - 2018
• PhD - Nathan Henton, [Reader, Joseph Jones, Chair], "First-Year Writing Program Assessment at Small Liberal Arts Colleges" - Fall 2019
• PhD, Chair - Kristen Whitten Johnson, “Mama Bear Conversations”: A Template Analysis of Mothers’ Message Board Discussions of HPV Vaccination and Weight Management for their Pre-adolescent and Adolescent Children - Fall 2019
• PhD English Professional Writing [advisor/mentor] - Errol Rivers - withdrew 2020
• Undergraduate in Social Work - Morgan Tucker, mentor as part of First-Gen Program - 2020
• MA, Chair - Monika Smyczek, Project: Development and Usability for WebMD Symptom Checker - F2020
• PhD, Chair - Greg Jordan, "Evaluating the Impact of Ancillary Documentation for Software Programmers" - S 2022
• PhD, Chair - Jeffrey Bain: Passed Comps Exam S2021 - exp. 2022
• MA, Chair - Tiffany Johnson: Portfolio "The Redish Effect: How Letting Go of the Words Could Save Lives" - F 2021
• MA, Chair - Marissa King, Project: Gender Neutral Food Truck Advertising - exp. 2021
• PhD, Reader - Esther Saltzman "Graphic Medicine: Teaching Graphic Medicine in the Liberal Arts Classroom" - 2021
• PhD, Reader - Natacia Davis: Orals May 2021 - 2022

• Academic Enrichment Fund - The University of Memphis College of Arts and Humanities - $2,000 - 2001-2002
• Public Service Fund - The University of Memphis College of Arts and Humanities - $300 - 2001-2002
• International Travel Grant - The University of Memphis - $500 - 2002
• Student Computer Use in Freshmen Learning Communities Co-PIs: Susan L. Popham & Emily Thrush co-researchers: Loel Kim and Joseph Jones - Innovation in Excellence in Learning (IEL) - $40,000+ - 2004-2005
• The Intelligent Kiosk Project. Consultant to PIs, Lee McCauley, Michael Schmidt, & Lucas Charles - FedEx Institute of Technology Innovation Fund. - $50,000 - April - Sep 2005
• Technology Fellowship Program - Advanced Learning Center - $3,000 - Summer 2005-2006
• Culture and Cognition: A 3D Enhanced Multimedia Simulation Tool for Teaching Classification from an Emic Perspective - Single Investigator Small Team (SIST), Advanced Learning Center - $10,000 - Jan 2006 - Jun 2006
• Network for Mississippian Heritage Symposium. An interdisciplinary and interinstitutional exploration of high resolution 3D imaging technology to archive Native America artifacts for Native American and public display. Educational research comparing 2D to - Chucalissa Museum, CMA, Provost -   - Mar 15-17, 2006
• Telling the Story of Fayette County, Tennessee - Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change - $18,000 - July 01 2008 to June 30 2009
• Graduate Assistantship Funding (acting as Tech Editor) - FedEx Institute of Technology - $6000/year - 2007/2008 - 2009
• Course Redesign Fellowship - Advanced Learning Center - $3,000 - June 2010 - June 2011

• STC - Associate Fellow Nomination Comm. - Mary Sue MacNealy approved - 2002-2003 -  
• STC - Roundtable Discussion Leader - 2003 -  
• Science Editors Roundtable - Member, host meeting April - 2001-2004 -  
• Designing Effective Posters in Healthcare - Methodist Hospital School of Nursing - Oct 14, 2008 -  
• Interview by News 5 on Tent City Project - Kim, L., and McFerren, D. - Nov 17, 2008 - http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/9365916/fayette-county-civil-rights-struggle-hits-home-for-u-of-m-faculty-member?ClientType=Printable&redirected=true
• New Tri-State Defender announced Tent City Web release - McFerren, D., Kim, L. - Mar 27, 2015 - http://tsdmemphis.com/news/2015/mar/27/hooks-institute-launches-new-civil-rights-history-/
• Wordsmith - Volunteer - 2000-2018, 2019-2021 -  
• Workshop on Accessibility in Document Design: Designing Communication for Users with Visual Impairment - w/ Liz Lane, Keith Tackett (VAMC Visual Impairment Clinic) - Summer 2019 - Dept of English
• MATC Global Program contact faculty - Develop handout and interact with students inquiring about our online MA in Technical Communication Program. - 2020 to present -  

• Society for Technical Communication, Mid-south Chapter - Board member: Academic Liaison Program Committee Member - 1999-2009
• It'l Society for Study of Argumentation - Member - 2001-2003
• Association for Computing Machinery - Member - 1999-2001
• National Council for Teachers of English - Member - 1994 to 1997 2000 to 2002
• University - SACs Review Report Committee, writer - fall 2003
• University of Memphis - Guest Speaker: Kim, Loel, and Michael J. Albers. User Web Browsing Issues for Palm Handheld Information Retrieval. Foundations course, Pat Connors, instructor - Feb 2001
• Department - Upper-division Curriculum Committee Hiring Committee, Composition/Rhetoric Tenure-track Position Started writing group for pre-tenure faculty Hiring Committee, Prof. Writing Tenure-track Position Rev - 2001-2002 2000-2001 2002 2001-present 2004-20
• College/School - Literacy Committee Hiring Committee, Communications Department - 2004 2004-05
• Student Affairs - Faculty advisor to Peer Mentor Program - 2004-2005
• Career & Employment Services Center - Advisory Board - 2005 to present
•   - English Enrichment Fund Committee, member - 2004 to 2007
•   - Hiring Committee, Prof. Writing concentration - 2005-2006
• Technical Communication Quarterly - Reviewer Board - 2008 - present
•   - Director, Ctr. for the Study of Rhetoric and Applied Communication - 2005 to 2008
• College of Arts and Sciences - Department Chair Search Committee (elected) - 2007-2008
• Research Support Services, Office of Provost for Research - Grant Editing Center startup: Participated in defining and setting up this editing bureau with James Kovarik as Director and graduate students providing editing services to the university research community. Funded for one year. - Spring-Summer 2008
• Hooks Institute for Social Change - Hooks Institute Executive Faculty Advisory Committee - 2009 - present
• Department - Chair, Search Committee in Professional Writing - Fall 2007 through Spring 2008
• Department of English - Graduate Studies Committee Member - Fall 2007 to Spring 2009
• Department of English - Student Awards Committee - Spring 2009
• Department of English - Coordinator, CPW concentration - Fall 2008 - Spring 2009
• Professional Writing Program - Designed, administered, and evaluated course revalidation exams for M.A. students - spring 2009
• Dept. of English - Policies & Procedures Committee (appointed) - Fall 2009 - Spring 2010
• Professional Writing Program - M.A. Exam, Chair: Solicited and compiled M.A. exam questions; documented procedures for future committees - Summer 2008 - Spring 2009
• Professional Writing Program - Technical Editor, DataBase journal - provides $6K/acad. year for G.A. support - Spring 2007–2009
• Department - ad hoc graduate milestone committee (assessment) - Fall 2009-Spring 2010
• Tennessee Department of Education - English III Exit Exam Content Review Committee - 09/07/10-09/10/10
• University of Memphis - Undergraduate Academic Status and Retention Committee - 2010-2011
• College of Arts and Sciences - Tenure & Promotion Committee - Fall 2010
• Association for Teachers of Technical Writing - 2011 Conference Proposal Reviewer - Fall 2010
• Technical Communication Quarterly - Journal article reviewer - Fall 2010
• Dept. of English - Objective Letter on D. Stanchevici's scholarship for 3rd Year Review - Spring 2011
• Professional Writing Program - M.A. Exam Committee, Chair - Fall 2010 - Summer 2012
• Dept. of English - Write Research Letter for Dr. Stanchevici - Spring 2013
• College of Arts and Sciences - Grade Appeals Committee - Fall 2012-Spring 2013
• College of Arts and Sciences - Chair Evaluation Review Committee - Fall 2012
•   - CPW M.A. Exam Committee (Chair, Fall 2012) - Fall 2012-Spring 2013
• Dept. of English - CPW Search Committee - Fall 2011 through Spring 2012
• Dept. of English - CPW Search Committee - Fall 2012 through Spring 2013
• CAS - CAS Tenure & Promotion Committee (member) - Spring 2011
• CAS - Comp Studies/Prof. Writing Program Search Committee (member) - 2012-2013 (successful)
• CAS - Comp Studies/Prof. Writing Program Search Committee (member) - 2011-2012 (failed search)
• CAS - Moss Chair Search Committee (member) - 2013-2014
• College of Arts and Sciences - Tenure & Promotion Committee - 2013-2016
• CAS - CAS Tenure and Promotion Committee (Sec'y.) - 2013 to 2014
• CAS - Moss Chair Search Committee (member) - 2012-2013 (failed search)
• CAS - Dept of English Graduate Studies Committee (member) - 2011 to 2015
• Dept. of English - CSPW Concentration Exam Committee - 2014-2015
• Dept. of English - PW Instructor Hiring Committee (member) - Spring 2016
• Dept. of English - Hiring Committee, Tenure-Track Prof. Writing (Chair) - Fall 2016-Spring 2017
• Dept. of English - SACs External Review Report Writer for CSPW concentration - Fall 2016-Spring 2017
• Dept. of English - CSPW Concentration Coordinator - F2015–S2018
• First Generation Mentoring Program - Mentor for FY student - 2017-2020
• Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) - External Relations, Chair - 2018-2019
• Dept. of English - English Honors Committee - 2018-present
• Department of English - Hiring Committee for two Full-time Instructors (member) - May 2019
• Dept of English - Wrote Service Letter for Dr. Liz Lane for her Third-Yr. Review - Spring 2020
• WRTC Program - Full-time Instructor Hiring Committee - Fall 2020-Spring 2021
• Dept of English - Wrote Service Letter for Dr. Scott Sundvall for his Third-Yr. Review - Spring 2021
• Contact Faculty for Potential Student Inquiries - GLOBAL MATC Program - 2020 to present

• Kim, Loel, Popham, Susan, Thrush, Emily, Jones, Joseph, and Daulton, Donna. (2009). A profile of students using wireless technology in a first-year learning community. In  Going Wireless Amy Kimme-hea (Ed.), Hampton Press New Dimensions in Computers and Composition series, 151-178.      
• McNamara, D.S., Raine, R., Roscoe, R., Crossley, S., Jackson, G.T., Dai, J., Cai, Z., Renner, A., Brandon, R., Weston, J., Dempsey, K., Lam, D., Kim, L., Rus, V., Floyd, R., McCarthy, P.M., & Graesser, A. (2012). The Writing-Pal: Natural language algorithms to support intelligent tutoring on writing strategies. In McCarthy, P.M., & Boonthum, C. (Eds.) Applied Natural Language Processing: Identification, Investigation, and Resolution. Hershey, PA: IGI Global; pp. 298-311.
  
• McCauley, L., D'Mello, S., Kim,  L., and Polkosky, M. (2008).  MIKI: A case study of an intelligent kiosk and its usability. In New Advances in Virtual Humans: Artificial Intelligence Environment, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Lakhmi C. Jain, and Nikhil Ichalkaranje (Eds.), Berlin: Springer-Verlag,153-176.     

• Neuwirth, Christine, Chandhok, Ravinder, Charney, Davida, Wojahn, Patricia, and Kim, Loel. (1994). Distributed collaborative writing: A comparison of spoken and written modalities for reviewing and revising documents. In (Ed.), CSCW ‘93: Proceedings of the conference on computer-supported cooperative work. New York: ACM Press.     
• Albers, Michael J., and Loel Kim. (2000). User Web Browsing Characteristics Using Palm Handhelds for Information Retrieval. Proceedings of IEEE Professional Communication Society International Communication Conference & ACM Special Interest Group on Documentation Conference, Cambridge, MA.   
• Albers, Michael J., and Loel Kim. (Feb 2002). Information Design for the Small-screen Interface: An Overview of Web Design Issues for Personal Digital Assistants. Technical Communication 49(1), 45-60.   
• Albers, Michael J., and Loel Kim. (Oct 2002). Web Design Issues When Searching for Information in a Small Screen Display—preliminary findings. Proceedings of SIGDOC 2001 Communicating in the New Millenium, Santa Fe, NM. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Special Interest Group for Documentation (SIGDOC).   
• Kim, Loel, and Michael J. Albers. (Aug 2002). Web Design Issues When Searching for Information in a Small Screen Display. Technical Communication 49(3), 314-329.  
• Kim, Loel, and Michael J. Albers. (June 2003). Presenting Information in the Small-Screen Interface: Effects of Table Formatting. IEEE Transactions in Documentation 46(2), 94-104.  
• Kim, Loel. Mapping Visual Narrative as Argument in Interactive Media Development. Conference Proceedings for the 5th International Conference on Argumentation, June 25-28, 2002, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. International Society for the Study of Argumentation.  
• Kim, Loel. (Feb 2004). Online Technologies for Teaching Writing: Students Respond to Teacher Comments in Voice and Written Modalities. Research in the Teaching of English 38(3), 304-337.
• Kim, Loel, and Christie Tolley. (Aug 2004). Fitting Academic Programs to Workplace Marketability: Career Paths of Five Technical Communicators. Technical Communication51(3), 376-386.
• Kim, Loel. (May 2005).Tracing Visual Narratives: User-testing methodology for developing a multimedia museum show. Technical Communication 52(2), 1-17.   
• Kim, Loel. (2006). Responding to “Building bridges: Connecting virtual teams using narrative and technology” Online THEN Journal, http://thenjournal.org  
• Kim, Loel, McCauley, Thomas L., Polkosky, Melanie, D'Mello, Sidney, Craig, Sarah, and Nikiforova, Bistra. (2007). Finding information and finding locations in a multimodal interface: A case study of an intelligent kiosk. In Proceedings of Second IASTED International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Mar 14-16, Chamonix, France. 
• Kim, Loel,  Young, Amanda J., Neimeyer, Robert A., Baker, Justin N., and Barfield, Raymond C. (2008). Keeping users at the center: Developing a multimedia interface for informed consent. Technical Communication Quarterly 17(3), Special Issue on Online Healthcare Communication, Amy Koerber and Brian Stills (Eds.), 335-357.       
• Swarts, Jason, and Loel Kim, Eds. (2009).  New Technological Spaces: Mastering the Literacies of Thinking and Doing Across Multiple Modalities, Special Issue of Technical Communication Quarterly, 18(3). Association of Teachers of Technical Writing.   
• Young, A.J., Kim, L., Li, S., Baker, J., Schmidt, M., Camp, J.W., Barfield, R.C. (2010). Agency and communication challenges in discussions of informed consent in pediatric cancer research. Qualitative Health Research, 20(5), 628-643.   
• Kim, L., McCarthy, P., McNamara, D., Jackson, T., Dempsey, K., Brandon, R., and Carney, D.L. (2012). Targeting true opinions in user-centered design methodology: Overcoming social pressures in focus groups. Proceedings of Symposium on Usability, Information Design, and Information Interaction to Communicate Complex Information, Feb 24-25, East Carolina State University. SIGDOC. ACM.
• Young, A. J., & Kim, L. (2018). Moving toward patient autonomy: A case study of communication in adolescent cystic fibrosis care. ACLP Bulletin: Child LIfe Focus 36(1). Association of Child LIfe Professionals, 24-33.
• Kim, L., and Lane, E. T., (2019). Universal design for dynamic technical communication publications and UIs: Reconsidering document design best practices for visually Impaired users and readers. Proceedings of SIGDOC 2019, Broadening the Boundaries of Communication Design, October 4–6, Portland, Oregon. Special Interest Group of the Academy of Computing Machine.

• Kim Robinson, Loel. July 1993. Designing Computer Support for Voice and Text Annotations. The Penn State Conference on Rhetoric & Composition, State College, PA.
• Kim Robinson, Loel. October 1994. Speaking and Writing to Each Other: A Comparison of Voice and Text Annotation. Seventh European Conference on Writing and Computers, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
• Kim Robinson, Loel. March 1996. Communication Modalities and Peer Responses: How do Freshman Students Talk and Write about Writing? Conference on College Composition and Communication, Milwaukee, WI.
• Kim, Loel. October 1998. The Effect of Communication Modality on Perceptions of Persona and the Implications for Online Teaching of Writing. Western States Writing Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Kim, Loel. Sep 1999. A circuitous career path to technical communication. Mid-South Chapter of STC.
• Kim, Loel. Oct 1999. Students Respond to Teacher Comments: A Comparison of Online Voice and Written Modalities. U Memphis Dept. of English Literature and Language Research Forum.
• Kim, Loel, and Michael J. Albers. Oct 2000. User Web Browsing Issues for Palm Handheld Information Retrieval. U Memphis Dept. of English Literature and Language Research Forum.  
• Albers, Michael J., Kim, Loel. User Web Browsing Issues for Palm Handheld Information Retrieval. IEEE/SIGDOC 2001 Conference, Cambridge, MA.
• Kim, Loel. Translating Teacher Comments to New Media: Effective Features of Online Teacher Comments Made in Voice and Text Modality. 2001 Conference on College Composition and Communication, Denver, Colorado.
• Kim, Loel, and Michael J. Albers. Feb 2001. User Web Browsing Issues for Palm Handheld Information Retrieval. U Memphis Dept. of English course, Foundations of PW; Professor: Pat Connors.
• Kim, Loel, and Michael J. Albers. March 2001. User Web Browsing Issues for Palm Handheld Information Retrieval. Mid-South Chapter of STC.
• Kim, Loel, and Michael J. Albers. March 2002. User Web Browsing Issues for Palm Handheld Information Retrieval. U Memphis Dept. of English Literature and Language Research Forum
• Kim, Loel. Mapping Visual Narrative as Argument in Interactive Media Development. 5th International Conference on Argumentation, June 25-28, 2002, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. International Society for the Study of Argumentation. Abstract available online: http://www.hum.uva.nl/issa
• Kim, Loel; and Susan L. Popham. (2004, October). Plural Literacies: Writing Needs across Disciplines and Implications for First-year Composition Program Revision. Western States Conference on Rhetoric, Literacy, and Composition, Phoenix, AZ.
• Kim, Loel. Nov 2002. Collaborative Writing. WriteNight. Department of English. The University of Memphis.
• Kim, Loel; Popham, Susan L.; and Patricia G. Wojahn. (2003, October). ABC 68th Annual Convention, Albuquerque, NM. Association of Business Communications.
• Kim, Loel. May 2004. Visual Narrative as a Framework for User Testing a Museum Installation. Mid-south Chapter of STC.
• Popham, Susan L.; Kim, Loel; and Amanda Young. (March 2005). Developing interactive media support for informed consent: Results of a focus group study on ethical decisionmaking, information pathways, and patient agency. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Teachers of Technical Writing, San Francisco, CA.   
• Kim, Loel. (March 2006). Building Learning Communities Online?: A Profile of Technology Use in a First-Year Learning Community. (2006). Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL.   
• Kim, Loel, Craig, Sarah, and Smyczek, Monika. (2007). Representing real and virtual identities: Designing interactive technologies around multiple personae.  Panel at Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 21-24, New York, NY. 
• Kim, Loel. (July 2007). Rhetoric, technology, ethics, and aesthetics: Striking the right balance in an informed consent interface. 20th Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition: Rhetorics and Technology, July 6-8, 2007, State College, PA.  

• Kim, Loel, Young, A.J., and Barfield, R. (2007). "Designing for Affect and Ethical Communication During a Difficult Decision-Making Process." Annual Conference of National Communication Association: Communicating Worldviews: Faith-Intellect-Ethics, Chicago, IL. Nov. 15-18.   

   
• Kim, Loel, Swarts, Jason, and Hart-Davidson, William. (2008). Rhetorical values and changed realities: Three studies of writing in mediating information spaces, Panel at the 11th Annual Conference of the Association of Teachers of Technical Communication, New Orleans, LA.  
• Duck, Leigh Anne, Kim, Loel, and Pope, Donna. (2008). Telling the stories of Fayette County, TN: Virtual and geographic communities. Gandhi-King Conference on Peacemaking: Continuing the Dream...Constructing the World House, Oct 16-18, Memphis, TN.   
• Duck, L.A., Kim, L., and Pope, D. (2009). Telling the Stories of Fayette County, TN: Virtual and Geographic Communities. Southern American Studies Association: Beginning and Renewals: Locating American Studies. Feb 12-14, George Mason University. 
• Nowak, J., Fountain, T.K., and Kim, L. (2009). Participant Agency in Informed Consent and Interface Design Considerations. Panel at the 12th Annual Conference of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, San Francisco, CA.    
• Kim, L., McNamara, D., Jackson, T., Dempsey, K., Brandon, R., Rainey, R., Renner, A. (2010). The Writing-Pal: User-centered design informs the shape of teaching argument with an intelligent tutor. Poster session presented at IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (IPCC), July 7-9, 2010, "Communication in a Self-Service Society." University of Twente, the Netherlands.  Withdrawn because of health problem.  
• Kim, Loel. Telling the Stories of Tent City: The Fayette County, Tennessee, Civil Rights Movement. (2010). The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change Annual Open House: "A Memorial Tribute to Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks." Sept 14, 2010. University of Memphis, TN.
  
• Kim, L., and Roscoe, R. (2010). Transforming writing classrooms by implementing intelligent tutoring support for writing strategies. Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference, Oct 21-23, 2010, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
• Roscoe, R., Kim, L., & McNamara, D. (2011, June). Writing Pal: An intelligent tutoring system for writing strategies, practice, and feedback. Talk presented at the Martin Institute Summer Conference: Teaching for Tomorrow, Memphis, TN.
• Complications in user-centered design methodology: Overcoming social pressures in focus groups. Symposium on Usability, Information Design, and Information Interaction to Communicate Complex Information. East Carolina University February 24 & 25, 2012.
• Kim, Loel. (2013). Tent City: Creating a Virtual Online Community. Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference 2013: Material Rhetorics. 25–26 Oct. University of Utah.
• Kim, L., McFerren, D., and Arnold, S. (2015). Tent City: Stories of Civil Rights in Fayette County, Tennessee. Shelby County Schools Teacher Workshop. Invited by D. Barrett, Social Studies Instructional Advisor, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, State of Tennessee.
• Kim, L. (Feb 24, 2015). Tent City: Stories of Civil Rights in Fayette County, Tennessee. Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change Website Release Party. University of Memphis. http://www.highgroundnews.com/innovationnews/benhookswebsites.aspx
• Kim, L. (2015). A New Way of Staying Home: Twenty-First Century Cottage Industries in the Fiber Arts. Feminisms and Rhetorics 2015: Women's Ways of Making. 10th Biennial Conference.
• Young, A.J., and Kim, L. (submitted 2015). Teaching Patients How to Exercise their Autonomy: “Speak to them as a sixteen-year-old” Kentucky Conference on Health Communication 2016: Building a Culture of Health.
• Kim, L. (2015). Social Networks, Blogs, and Podcasts: 21st Century Cottage Industry in the Fiber Arts. Institute Research Fall Speed Date of the Institute for Intelligent Systems. University of Memphis, Fogelman Executive Center.
• Kim, Loel. A New Way of Staying Home: Twenty-First Century Cottage Industries in the Fiber Arts. Feminisms and Rhetorics 2015, Oct 28-31, 2015; Tempe, Arizona.
• Duffy, W.; Johnston, H.; Kim, L.; Roberson, S.; Robinson, C.; Tucker, T. Panel Discussion—Just What is Graduate-Level Writing? Third Annual Southern Regional Composition Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas; Mar 14, 2016.
• Kim, Loel, and Renguette, Corinne. Enhancing Engineering Communication Course Curricula by Implementing Repair Instruction Projects for Online, Open-access Use. Poster presentation. Council for Programs of Scientific and Technical Communication (CPTSC) Annual Meeting 2016, (Re)Considering Programs in Terms of Methods, Methodologies, and Practices, Savannah, Georgia. Oct 6-8, 2016.
• Enhancing student-based program design at public universities: Building relationships, good advising, keeping in touch—but how? (2017). CPTSC Annual Conference, Oct 4-5, 2017, Savannah, Georgia.
• Kim, L., and Young, A.J. (2018). Teaching Patients How to Exercise their Autonomy: “Speak to them as a sixteen-year-old”; Southern States Communication Association Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, Apr 5-8, 2018.
• Lane, E. T., Kim, L. (2019). Universal design for dynamic technical communication publications and UIs: Reconsidering document design best practices for visually Impaired users and readers. SIGDOC 2019, Broadening the Boundaries of Communication Design, October 4–6, Portland, Oregon. Special Interest Group of the Academy of Computing Machines.