Rhetoric & Composition Faculty & Research Areas

Core Faculty

Talinn Phillips

Areas of emphasis: second language writing, graduate student writing, graduate education, lifespan writing research, genre, writing for publication, writing program administration, and writing centers

Affiliated Faculty

Edmond Chang

Areas of emphasis: technoculture, game studies, media studies, feminist and queer theory, popular culture, 20/21C American Literature

Nitya Pandey

Areas of Emphasis: composition pedagogy, ethics of care, multimodal responses to students' writing, online writing instruction, writing program administration, writing in the disciplines

Paul Shovlin

Areas of emphasis: writing program administration, composition pedagogy, computers and writing, new media composition

Manisha Sinha

Areas of emphasis: second language writing, lifespan writing research, ESOL education, writing program administration, writing across the curriculum, writing and social justice

Yogesh Sinha

Areas of emphasis: rhetoric of wellness, lifespan writing, intercultural and intracultural communication, second language writing, writing transfer, cultural studies, writing across curriculum, multimodal composition, ESOL education

Spencer Smith

Areas of Interest: writing pedagogy, first-year composition, race and composition, digital media, alternative and critical pedagogies, health humanities