Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition Faculty & Staff

The Department of Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition houses an engaged faculty committed to student and lifelong learning. They and their students work toward writing expertise within the Core curriculum as well as the minor and core concentration in Professional and Public Writing.

  • Jennifer Campbell

    Areas of Expertise: First-year composition, Pedagogy, Public Rhetoric, Critical Discourse Analysis, American Literature, Western philosophy

  • Catherine Forsa Capineri

    Areas of Expertise: Professional and Technical Writing, Writing in the Disciplines, Writing across the Curriculum, First-Year Writing

  • Brian Hendrickson

    Areas of Expertise: writing across difference, writing in STEM, equity-minded teaching and assessment, public rhetoric, and community-based research and writing

  • John M. Madritch

    Areas of Expertise: Composition Theory; Writing Program Administration; Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

  • Dahliani Reynolds

    Areas of Expertise: Composition, Literacy, Pedagogy, Rhetoric, Multimodal Writing, Feminist Rhetorics

  • Mel A. Topf

    Areas of Expertise: Professional writing, including technical and legal writing; writing and political theory; state constitutional and legal history.

Adjunct Faculty

Administration

Visiting Faculty