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 pedagogies Public Writing Faculty Developement

  • Catherine Capineri

    Areas of Expertise: Professional and Technical Writing, Writing across the Curriculum, First-Year Writing, Community Engagement

  • Brian Hendrickson

    Areas of Expertise: Writing across the curriculum, equity-driven teaching and assessment, public and cultural rhetorics, and community engagement

  • 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 and public writing; political theory; state constitutional history

Adjunct Faculty

Visiting Faculty