Tenured and Tenure Track Faculty
| Name & Position | Teaching & Research Interests | Key Publication | Contact Information |
|---|---|---|---|
Carol Berkenkotter |
Genre theory; rhetoric of science; discourse in the professions; sociocultural contexts of writing; qualitative research methodology | Genre Knowledge in Disciplinary Communication: Cognition/culture/power (Lawrence Erlbaum) | 200C Wesbrook Hall 612-624-3721 cberken@umn.edu |
Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch |
Technical communication programs; theory of composition and technical communication instruction; computer pedagogy; visual rhetoric; writing-across-the-curriculum; writing center theory; World Wide Web educational support and development | Virtual Peer Review: Teaching and Learning About Writing in Online Environments (SUNY Press) | 150E Wesbrook Hall 612-624-6727 lkbreuch@umn.edu |
Patrick Bruch |
Theory and history of composition studies, critical literacy and critical pedagogy, and cultural studies | The Hope and the Legacy: The Past, Present, and Future of "Students' Right to Their Own Language" (Hampton Press) | 200D Wesbrook Hall 612-625-6041 patbruch@umn.edu |
Ann Duin |
Collaboration, distance education, and partnerships; working with organizations to provide citizens with better access to post-secondary instruction and other services made available by partnering institutions and businesses | Partnering in the Learning Marketspace, Volume 4, Educause Leadership Strategies (Jossey-Bass) | 190 Shepherd Labs 612-625-9259 ahduin@umn.edu |
Richard Graff |
Classical Rhetoric; contemporary rhetorical theory; stylistics & rhetorical criticism |
The Viability Of The Rhetorical Tradition (SUNY Press) | 150A Wesbrook Hall 612-624-4985 graff013@umn.edu |
Alan Gross |
Rhetoric of science and scientific controversy; role of scientific methods in the humanities; history of the scientific article from the 17th century to present | The Rhetoric of Science (Harvard University Press) | 180 Wesbrook Hall 612-624-1209 agross@umn.edu |
Laura Gurak |
Rhetorics of science and technology; rhetorical criticism; Internet studies; online research methods; social aspects of computing; the law and technology (intellectual property and privacy); electronic literacies; technical and professional communication | Cyberliteracy: Navigating the Internet with Awareness (Yale University Press) | 180B Wesbrook Hall 612-624-1784 gurakl@umn.edu |
Amy Lee |
Composition theory, critical pedagogy, and writing pedagogy | Composing Critical Pedagogies: Teaching Writing As Revision (Natl Council of Teachers) | 276 Appleby Hall 612-625-0884 amylee@umn.edu |
John Logie |
Rhetorical theory; rhetoric of electronic writing spaces; sophistic rhetorics; constructions of authorship; intellectual property; visual rhetorics; computer-mediated communication; collaborative writing | Peers, Pirates, and Persuasion: Rhetoric in the Peer-to-Peer Debates (Parlor) | 202C Wesbrook Hall 612-624-4709 logie@umn.edu |
Bernadette Longo |
Cultural histories of technical communication; computer technologies in popular culture; technical writing textbooks as cultural artifacts; the idea of community; computer-assisted pedagogy; technical and professional communication | Spurious Coin: A History of Science, Management, and Technical Writing (SUNY Press) | 200B Wesbrook Hall 612-624-9781 blongo@umn.edu |
Earl McDowell |
Technical communication apprehension; technical communication programs; employment cycle interviewing; conflict; gender and psychological sex; international aspects of technical communication; comparison of U.S. and Japanese students on different communication variables | Interviewing Practices for Technical Writers (Baywood) | 202D Wesbrook Hall 137 ClaOff Bldg 612-624-3657 mcdow001@umn.edu |
Daniel Philippon |
Environmental rhetoric, history, and ethics; nature writing; science and religion; American cultural studies; regionalism and place studies | Conserving Words: How American Nature Writers Shaped the Environmental Movement (University of Georgia Press) | 143 Wesbrook Hall 612-624-4209 danp@umn.edu |
Thomas Reynolds |
Composition studies, including literacy history, popular rhetorics, technologies for writing instruction, and writing across the curriculum | "Selling College Literacy to The Boy: The Mass-Market Magazineas Early 20th Century Literacy Sponsor." American Periodicals. 15.2 (2005): 163-177 | 150D Wesbrook Hall 612-626-0065 reyno004@umn.edu |
Donald Ross |
Literature: the American "Renaissance" and movements which preceded and followed it; theory of the novel; travel writing. Composition: the role of computers and word processors in writing instruction; writing in academic disciplines | American History and Culture from the Explorers to Cable TV (Peter Lang) | 202F Wesbrook Hall 612-625-5585 rossj001@umn.edu |
Chris Russill |
Environmental communication, communication Theory, cultural studies and American pragmatism. My current work examines the tension between expert knowledge and public participation as it shapes the formulation of environmental problems, particularly climate change, and I teach environmental communication as part of the new Environmental Science Policy and Management Program. | Russill, C. 2007. Communication Problems in a Pragmatist Perspective. Communication Monographs 74: 125-130 | 200E Wesbrook Hall russill@umn.edu |
Mary Schuster |
Gender and communication; reproductive technologies; feminist theory and rhetoric of science and technology; rhetorical analysis of public hearings on midwifery in Minnesota | Body Talk: Rhetoric, Technology, Reproduction (University of Wisconsin Press) | 150B Wesbrook Hall 612-624-2262 mmlay@umn.edu |
Billie Wahlstrom |
Design of distance learning materials; media selection; effects of new and emerging technologies; gender, ethics, and technology interactions | Technical Communication (McGraw-Hill) | 236 Morrill Hall 612-626-1027 bwahlstr@umn.edu |
Arthur Walzer |
Rhetorical history and theory especially 18th century rhetorical theory; George Campbell. Classical theory, especially Aristotle and Quintilian. Rhetoric and ethics--classical, modern and postmodern. | George Campbell:Rhetoric in the Age of Enlightenment |
202E Wesbrook Hall 612-624-3058 awalzer@umn.edu |
