Isidore Dorpenyo

Writing Studies

223 Nolte Center

315 Pillsbury Dr SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Collegiate Affiliation

Associate Professor,

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

PhD: Rhetoric, Theory and Culture, Michigan Technological University, 2016
MS: Rhetoric and Technical Communication, Michigan Technological University, 2013
BA: English, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 2008

Publications

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(2020). User Localization Strategies in the Face of Technological Breakdown: Biometric in Ghana’s Elections. Palgrave Macmillan Press.
Cheek, R (2025). Deny, Defend, Depose: Structuring Permission for Bureaucratic Indifference, Slow (Civic) Violence, and the Institutional Betrayal of DEI. 3, 2.
Agbozo, E., Dorpenyo, K.I. & Agboka, G (2024). A Black Fetus? Examining social justice in medical illustrations in technical and professional communication pedagogical materials. Technical Communication Quarterly, 34, 67-82.
(2024). The Fair Fight to Dismantle Voter Suppression: Recognizing Electoral Injustice through Lived Experiences. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 38, 1-32.

Awards

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Ken Rainey Award for Distinguished Research, 2024
2023 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award for Best Article on Pedagogy or Curriculum in Technical and Scientific Communication

Courses

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