Current and Recent Courses Taught
Technical Writing
History of Rhetoric II (Medieval era)
Satire in the Rhetorical Tradition
Writing and Educational Assessment
Research Methods in Rhetoric and Composition
History of Rhetoric III (post-Renaissance)
Rhetoric, Writing, and Artificial Intelligence
History of Rhetoric I (Classical Greece and Imperial Rome)
Professional Writing
Advanced Grammar
The Rhetoric of Science
Introduction to English Studies
Composition I
Sample Syllabuses
Sample Assignments and Student Work
- Students conduct market research in an industry of their choice and propose a new product/service to fill a market void.
- Working in groups of three, students research and propose a re-design of an existing product complete with mock ups and technical specs.
- Students choose a Word of the Year nominee from the American Dialect Society‘s archives and write a profile analyzing its linguistic composition and cultural significance.
- Students profile a writer (or content creator) of their choice and explore their creative identity through an analysis of their published work.
- Students select a statistic of their choice to profile, analyzing the narratives constructed from the stat and debates about its calculation and interpretation.
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