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graduate minor in literacy
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Thomas Augst's interests revolve around American literature and culture focusing on cultural practices of literacy and the history and theory of reading. Augst has taught graduate classes on “Liberal Virtues” and “The Material Text.” |
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Richard Beach’s primary research interest is in understanding secondary students’ responses to literature, particularly multicultural literature. Beach is also interested in inquiry-based/critical literacy approaches to teaching English, with a focus on media literacy. |
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Carol Berkenkotter's research interests include genre theory/analysis (discourse in the professions), rhetoric of science, rhetoric of psychiatry, discourse analysis, and in particular, the phenomena of multi-modality and hybrid discourses that incorporate print with electronic media. She is also interested in science communication to popular audiences/public understanding of science and teaches a graduate course on this topic in the Writing Studies department. |
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Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch’s interests include technical communication programs; theory of composition and technical communication instruction; computer pedagogy; visual rhetoric; writing across the curriculum; writing center theory; and World Wide Web educational support and development. She has recently taught the graduate courses “Development of Principles in Technical Communication Pedagogy I” and “Computer Pedagogy.” |
 Patrick Bruch Writing Studies |
Patrick Bruch’s areas of interest include the theory and history of composition studies, critical literacy and critical pedagogy, and cultural studies. |
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Karlyn Campbell conducts
research in rhetorical criticism, rhetorical theory, political
communication, women’s communication, and social movement
rhetoric. Campbell teaches graduate courses on rhetorical
theory, rhetorical criticism, feminist rhetoric, and political
communication. |
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Andrew Cohen's interests include the intersection of learning styles, language learning strategies, motivation on language tasks, as well as test-taking strategies in performing language assessment measures. Specifically with regard to writing, he has done research on the impact of written feedback on writing, on reformulation of L2 writing by native writers, and on direct vs. translated writing in a second language. |
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Hazel Dicken-Garcia’s research interests include print journalism, the history of mass communication, journalistic practices and standards in history, women and media in history, and First Amendment issues in history. The graduate courses she teaches include “History of Journalism,” “Methods in Mass Communication History Research,” and “Theories and Models in Mass Communication History Research.” |
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Richard Graff’s interests include classical and modern rhetorical theory; stylistic theory and methods of rhetorical criticism; & history of rhetorical education. Graff’s graduate teaching focuses on modern and contemporary rhetorical theory and communication theory and practice including a course on “Major Figures in the Rhetorical Tradition: Modern Era.” |
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Edward Griffin's central interests include American literature (especially colonial) and American Studies, use of early American history & literature by modern American writers, & American religion, & teaching. Griffin's graduate classes have included “American Literature, History and Culture: Case Studies,” “The American Jeremiad,” & “The First American Novels.” |
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Alan Gross’s research interests include rhetorical theory, rhetorical criticism, philosophy of science, sociology of science, medical science, especially the rhetoric of science and scientific controversy, the role of scientific methods in the humanities, and the history of the scientific article from the 17th century to present. |
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Laura Gurak’s interests include rhetorics of science and technology, rhetorical criticism, internet studies, online research methods, social aspects of computing, the law and technology (intellectual property and privacy), and technical and professional communication. She has recently taught the graduate course “Rhetoric, Privacy, and Persuasion in Cyberspace.” |
Michael Hancher |
Michael Hancher’s interests include the history of the book, book production and illustrations, social conditions for literacy, and technology and literacy. Hancher has taught the graduate course “The History of Writing Technologies.” |
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Kirsten Jamsen is a teacher-researcher-writing program administrator whose current interests include writing consultancy, writing across the curriculum, composition pedagogy, the role of technology in writing centers and classrooms, and the relationship between writing centers and institutional change. |
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Mary Lay’s research interests include gender and communication, reproductive technologies, feminist theory and rhetoric of science and technology, & rhetorical analysis of public hearings on midwifery in Minnesota. |
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Amy Lee’s research interests include composition theory, critical pedagogy, and writing pedagogy. |
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Cynthia Lewis teaches graduate courses in Critical Discourse Analysis, Politics of Race and Literacy in K–12 Education, and Sociocultural Perspectives on Literacy. Her research focuses on critical literacy, classroom discourse about literature, digital/new literacies among adolescents, and English/language arts teacher education. Currently, she is working with teacher colleagues on ELA reform in urban schools. In all of her work, she is interested in the connection between literacy practices and social identities. |
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John Logie’s research interests include rhetorical theory, rhetoric of electronic writing spaces, sophistic rhetorics, constructions of authorship, intellectual property, visual rhetorics, computer-mediated communication, and collaborative writing. Logie has recently taught the graduate course “Science Writing for Popular Audiences.” |
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Rosemarie Park’s research and teaching interests include adult education; educational needs of the workforce; assessment of basic skills as they relate to hiring and promotion; and the development of plain-language criteria for use in legal, technical, and government settings. |
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Tom Reynolds’s research interests include various aspects of composition studies, including literacy history, popular rhetorics, technologies for writing instruction, and writing across the curriculum. |
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Donald Ross’s central interests revolve around literature, including the American “Renaissance” and movements which preceded and followed it, the theory of the novel, and travel writing. Ross is also interested in composition, including the role of computers and word processors in writing instruction and writing in academic disciplines. |
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Edward Schiappa conducts research in argumentation, classical rhetoric, media influence, and contemporary rhetorical theory. His current research explores the scope and function of rhetorical studies, including the relationship between rhetorical theory and critical media studies. Schiappa teaches graduate courses on contemporary rhetorical theory, critical communication studies, rhetorical criticism, and popular culture criticism. |
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Amy Sheldon’s research is in the area of naturally occurring talk, including studying gender differences in preschoolers’ conversations and investigation of how gesture is synchronized with speech. Sheldon teaches graduate courses on discourse analysis; communication and gender; and language, culture, and identity. |
 Geoffrey Sirc English |
Geoffrey Sirc’s research interests revolve around composition studies and writing pedagogy. |
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Thom Swiss's background is in creative writing, but these days his writing and teaching focus on interdisciplinary subjects, including popular culture as pedagogy, both in and out of the classroom. Drawing on research practices in cultural and media studies, he's interested in the contexts in which popular culture takes place and how the emergence of new media is changing the face of teaching and learning. |
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Elaine Tarone’s research interests include variation in interlanguage (learner language) related to social contextual factors; the role of learner creativity and language play in SLA; language teacher education; communication strategy use; needs assessment in English for specific purposes; interlanguage phonology, and sociolinguistics. |
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Diane Tedick’s research interests include the education of language minority students, bilingual pedagogy, content-based language instruction and technology, immersion schools, collaborative action research, and teacher development. |
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Paul van den Broek’s research interests revolve around psychological foundations and learning and cognition to include the study of complex cognitive tasks such as reading, learning, remembering, and reasoning. |
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Arthur Walzer’s research interests include rhetorical theory and criticism, 18th-century rhetorical theory, George Campbell, Aristotle, rhetoric in the modern era, and ethics and technical communication. Walzer teaches the following graduate courses: “Science and Rhetoric: Perspectives on Knowledge, Power, and Rhetoric in the Eighteenth Century” and “Major Figures in the Rhetorical Tradition: Classical Era.” |
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Kirt Wilson’s research moves from African American to presidential rhetoric, as well as from the history of rhetoric to the rhetoric of history including theories and practices of imitation in the rhetoric of 19th and 20th century African Americans. Wilson teaches graduate courses on U.S. public address, African American civil rights rhetoric, textual analysis and criticism, and rhetoric, race, and culture. |
Carol Berkenkotter
Kirsten Jamsen
Literacy and Rhetorical Studies Minor
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