Collegiate Affiliation
Associate Professor,
Writing Studies

Dr. Isidore Kafui Dorpenyo is an Associate Professor in the Writing Studies Department at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. His research focuses on election technologies, science and technology, international/intercultural technical communication, social justice, and localization. He is the author of the book, User-localization Strategies in the Face of Technological Breakdown: Biometric in Ghana’s Elections. Dr. Dorpenyo has won multiple awards in TPC, including, the Ken Rainey Award for Distinguished Research and the 2023 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award for Best Article on Pedagogy or Curriculum in Technical and Scientific Communication. He has co-guest edited three special journal issues. He has published in Technical Communication Quarterly, the Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Technical Communication, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Programmatic Perspectives, Journal of Technical Communication and Social Justice, and the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication.

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

Specialties

  • Technical Communication
  • Social Justice
  • Localization
  • Election Technology
  • Translation Technology
  • Rhetoric of Technology
  • Intercultural Communication