Faculty List
Rhetoric
Jeffrey Barnouw
Professor Emeritus
Education
Ph.D., 1969, Yale University
Interests
Literature and philosophy; literature and music; history of critical theory and rhetoric; the Enlightenment.Brian A Bremen
Associate Professor
bremen@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 512-471-7842 | PAR 127
Education
Ph.D., 1989, Princeton University
Interests
American literature; modernism; the digital humanities; writers of the Harlem Renaissance; literary theory.Diane Davis
Professor of Rhetoric & Writing; Director of Digital Writing & Research Lab
ddd@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8735 | FAC 17
Interests
My work is situated at the intersection of rhetorical theory and continental philosophy.Rasha Diab
Assistant Professor, Department of Rhetoric and Writing
rashadiab@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-3280 | PAR 3
Education
Ph.D., Composition and Rhetoric, 2009, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests
Rhetorical theory, history and criticism; composition studies; political discourse; critical discourse analysis; comparative/contrastive and (inter)cultural rhetoric; public address; transnational rhetoric; multilingual writing and writing center pedagogy; qualitative research methods; rhetorics of reconciliation and peacemaking.Lester L Faigley
Robert Adger Law and Thos. H. Law Professor in Humanities
faigley@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 512-471-7471 | CAL 216
Education
Ph.D., 1976, University of Washington
Interests
Impacts of digital technologies on writing; visual rhetoric; written argument; travel literature.Jacqueline M Henkel
Associate Professor
henkelj@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 512-471-4942 | PAR 14
Education
Ph.D., 1985, University of Minnesota
Interests
The relation of linguistics to literary criticism; ordinary language philosophy; narrative theory; language and gender.Justin Hodgson
Assistant Professor, Department of Rhetoric & Writing
hodgson@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-9957 | Parlin Hall, Room 19
Education
Ph.D., Rhetorics, Communication and Information Design, 2009, Clemson UniversityMark G Longaker
Associate Chair, Department of Rhetoric and Writing
longaker@utexas.edu | 512-471-8725
Education
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State UniversityEric Darnell Pritchard
Affiliate Faculty; Asst. Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies
Education
Ph.D., English, 2008, University of Wisconsin-MadisonWayne A Rebhorn
Professor
warebhorn@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8759 | PAR 328
Education
Ph.D., 1968, Yale University
Interests
English and European Renaissance literature and Renaissance rhetoric.Patricia Roberts-Miller
Professor
redball@mindspring.com | 512-471-8378 | PAR 21
Education
Ph.D., Rhetoric, 1987, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
History, theory, and pedagogy of public argumentation.John J Ruszkiewicz
Professor, Department of Rhetoric and Writing
jr@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8764 | CAL 202
Education
Ph.D., 1977, The Ohio State UniversityClay Spinuzzi
Associate Professor
clay.spinuzzi@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8707 | PAR 17
Education
Ph.D., 1999, Iowa State University
Interests
Rhetoric; computers and English studies; genre theory; activity theory; computers and writing; workplace studies; research methods and methodologies.Margaret A Syverson
Associate Professor, Director of the Undergraduate Writing Center
pegsyverson@gmail.com | 512-471-8734 | PAR 124
Education
Ph.D., 1994, University of California, San Diego
Interests
Complexity theory, cognitive science, cognitive anthropology, learning and developmentJohn R Trimble
University Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
Education
Ph.D., 1971, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Expository Writing; Editing; Rhetoric; Pedagogy; American Drama; the Short StoryJeffrey Walker
Professor & Chair, Department of Rhetoric & Writing
jswalker@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-7843 | PAR 3
Education
Ph.D., 1985, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Rhetorical theory, history of rhetoric, ancient rhetoric, rhetoric and poetics, modern rhetoric and literatureMarjorie Curry Woods
Blumberg Centennial Professor of English and University Distinguished Teaching Professor
marjoriewoods@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8383 | CAL 301
Education
Ph.D., U. of Toronto
