Profiles in "Rhetoric and Composition" Expertise Area

  • Wilson teaches composition and is the Indigenous rhetoric coordinator in the Department of English.
  • D'Angelo's research interests include writing assessment; the impact of assessment on curriculum development, outcomes, and pedagogy; threshold concepts and transfer of learning; metacognition; and information literacy.
  • A graduate of ASU’s MFA in creative writing program, Laura Cruser teaches composition, fiction, and business writing at ASU. Cruser's writing has appeared in Arts & Letters, The Greensboro Review, and other publications.
  • ASU alum amy dawn shinabarger is a Freirian committed to changing the world and empowering students through teaching as social practice. Her research focuses on the places in which language and power intersect.
  • In addition to teaching First-Year Writing, Duerden also enjoys teaching Writing About Literature for nonmajors, which ties into her own interest in contemporary British fiction.
  • Hoyt teaches a variety of composition and literature courses, with specialties in business writing and Arab-American women's literature.
  • Patricia Webb teaches undergraduate courses in writing, as well as the graduate seminars: Composition Theory and Composition and Feminism.
  • Waggoner is a Course Coordinator for the online Writers' Studio in the College of Interactive Sciences and Arts.
  • Friedrich's research areas include world Englishes, sociolinguistics, disability studies, peace and diplomacy. Her teaching includes the courses History of English, Sociolinguistics and Forensic Linguistics.
  • Stancliff loves teaching courses in rhetoric, composition, literature, and American Studies. He is working on a book about race and the literature of emancipation.