Faculty
Faculty in the Department of Writing Studies at the University of Minnesota are recognized around the world for their outstanding contributions to teaching and scholarship in rhetoric, writing, and technical communication. Our twelve tenured professors take great pride in working with students to explore areas including writing and digital media; writing in technical, medical, and workplace settings; writing in relation to history, culture, society, and politics.
Students who take classes in writing studies also benefit from the experience and knowledge of our full time professional instructors, graduate instructors, and teaching assistants. Our instructional staff are experts in the teaching of writing, especially first year composition and technical writing.
Full-Time Faculty
Name | Contact | Specialty |
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Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch Professor Chair Interim Director of Graduate Studies (Certificate and MS) |
233 Nolte 612-624-1784 lkbreuch@umn.edu |
Rhetoric and technical communication, writing theory and pedagogy, online writing instruction, usability and human factors |
Patrick Bruch Associate Professor |
209 Nolte 612-625-6041 patbruch@umn.edu |
Theory and history of composition studies, critical literacy and critical pedagogy, cultural studies |
Daniel Card Assistant Professor |
221 Nolte 612-625-7974 dcard@umn.edu |
Rhetoric of science & environment, digital/computational rhetoric, technical writing, rhetorics of innovation & entrepreneurship |
Ann Hill Duin Professor |
215 Nolte 612-625-9259 ahduin@umn.edu |
Collaboration, distance education, partnerships Distinguished University Teaching Professor |
Richard Graff Associate Professor On sabbatical Fall 2022 |
201 Nolte 612-624-4985 graff013@umn.edu |
Classical rhetoric, contemporary rhetorical theory, stylistics & rhetorical criticism |
Laura Gurak Professor |
211 Nolte 612-624-3773 gurakl@umn.edu |
Rhetorical theory; Internet studies; technical writing and communication; digital research methods |
Molly Kessler Assistant Professor Interim Graduate Studies (MA & PhD) |
210 Nolte 612-301-2577 kesslerm@umn.edu |
Rhetoric of health and medicine, professional and technical communication, rhetoric of science and technology |
Amy Lee Professor Director of First Year Writing |
213 Nolte amylee@umn.edu |
Critical pedagogy; teacher development in higher education; engaging diversity and supporting equity in undergraduate classrooms; composition/writing studies; intercultural pedagogy H.T. Morse Distinguished Professor |
John Logie Associate Professor |
206 Nolte 612-624-4709 logie@umn.edu |
Rhetorical theory, rhetoric of electronic writing spaces, sophistic rhetoric |
Thomas Reynolds Associate Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies |
207 Nolte 612-626-0065 reyno004@umn.edu |
Composition Studies, literacy history |
Professional Instructors
Name | Contact | Specialty |
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Maureen Aitken Senior Teaching Specialist |
307 Nolte 612-624-8777 aitke001@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Mark Anderson Senior Teaching Specialist |
309 Nolte 612-625-0757 ander574@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Kristin Bauck Teaching Specialist |
Nolte bergs257@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Clayton Benjamin Lecturer |
Nolte benj0056@umn.edu |
Technical communication |
Alan Berks |
136 Nolte |
First-year writing |
Marcy Bock Eastley Lecturer |
Nolte bergs257@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Sarah Chandler Lecturer |
331G Nolte
sarchand@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Kris Cory Associate Director of First-Year Writing: Teaching Excellence and Pedagogy |
316 Nolte |
First-year writing |
Melissa Cundieff-Pexa Lecturer |
331G Nolte 612-626-8860 cundi016@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Patty Fillipi Senior Teaching Specialist |
311 Nolte 612-625-0164 filli002@umn.edu |
First-year writing, President's Emerging Scholars program |
Lee Fisher Director, Minnesota Writing Project |
10 Nicholson 612-625-6323 lcf@umn.edu |
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Anne Fretheim Senior Lecturer |
337C Nolte 612-301-1317 fret0017@umn.edu |
Multilingual learners |
Tim Gustafson Senior Lecturer |
337B Nolte 612-625-8671 tgus@umn.edu |
First-year writing, technical & professional writing |
Jim Hall Teaching Specialist Certificate Program Advisor |
208 Nolte 612-626-6298 jhall@umn.edu |
Technical communication, usability |
Elizabeth Hartman Lecturer |
Nolte hart0644@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Michelle Herrin Lecturer |
331G Nolte 612-626-8860 herri340@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Matthew Hodapp Lecturer |
Nolte buck0338@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Sheryl Holt | Nolte holtx001@umn.edu |
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Barbara Horvath Senior Teaching Specialist Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies |
202 Nolte 612-624-1902 horva003@umn.edu |
Technical editing, visual communication |
Ezra Hyland Teaching Specialist |
315 Nolte 612-624-5849 hylan003@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Kirsten Jamsen Director, Center for Writing |
10 Nicholson 612-625-5355 kjamsen@umn.edu |
Writing center studies, writing across the curriculum, composition pedagogy |
Rebecca Jurisz | Nolte juri0010@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Matthew Kimlinger Senior Teaching Specialist |
137A Ruttan 612-625-4710 kimli013@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Jax Kinniburgh Teaching Specialist |
331C Nolte 612-625-1398 jkinnibu@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Nick Kleese Lecturer |
301 Nolte 612-625-2338 klees023@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Katie Levin Co-Director, Center for Writing |
612-624-7720 kslevin@umn.edu |
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Bridget Lillethorup Lecturer |
321 Nolte 612-624-4524 lille219@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Corinth Matera Teaching Specialist |
304 Nolte 612-624-4279 mate0001@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Megan Mills-Rittmann Lecturer |
337A Nolte 612-625-6337 mills139@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Nicole Montana Senior Lecturer |
306 Nolte 612-625-0731 nmontana@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Joseph Moses Senior Lecturer |
313 Nolte 612-624-2199 moses004@umn.edu |
Collaborative writing, technical and professional writing, project design and development, inclusive pedagogy, information design, theory and practice of writing for digital media |
204 Nolte Center 626-8484 muss0039@umn.edu |
First-year writing | |
Capper Nichols Senior Lecturer |
305 Nolte Center 612-624-5345 nicho008@umn.edu |
Technology studies, environmental history, travel writing |
Cynthia Pope Lecturer |
cpope@umn.edu | Technical writing |
Ian Power-Luetscher Lecturer |
Nolte powe0313@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Dylan Reynolds Lecturer |
315 Nolte 612-624-5849 reyno656@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
David Rodriguez-Martinez Post-doc |
Pillsbury rodri966@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Tréza Rosado Teaching Specialist |
318 Nolte 612-624-6384 rosad018@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Nick Rosencrans Teaching Specialist |
rosen584@umn.edu | Usability |
Jeremy Rosselot-Merritt | rosse070@umn.edu | Technical Writing |
Sarah Selz Lecturer |
323 Nolte 612-624-7991 selzx003@umn.edu |
First-year writing, multilingual writing, student writing support |
Maggie Shea Lecturer |
Nolte shea0040@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Kimberley Strain Senior Lecturer |
317 Nolte strai004@umn.edu |
First-year writing, professional and technical writing, graduate writing, student writing support, multilingual learners, writing centers |
Sam Sturman-Dahl Teaching Specialist |
Nolte shea0040@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Jasmine Kar Tang Co-Director, Center for Writing Co-Director, Minnesota Writing Project |
10 Nicholson 612-625-1541 jkt@umn.edu |
Writing center studies, Asian American studies, critical race and ethnic studies |
Matthew Tchepikova-Treon | Nolte treon005@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Elise Toedt Teaching Specialist |
338A Nolte 612-626-2292 toedt012@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Lee Thomas Teaching Specialist |
3-372 CarlSMgmt 612-626-6880 thom1221@umn.edu |
Scientific and technical communication, information design |
Barbara Van Pilsum Teaching Specialist |
337C Nolte 612-301-1317 vanpi012@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Molly Vasich Associate Director of First-Year Writing |
321 Nolte mccar459@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Allison Vincent Teaching Specialist |
Nolte with0059@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Angelo Volpe Senior Lecturer |
310 Nolte 612-624-4394 volp0006@umn.edu |
Argumentative writing, first-year writing |
William West Lecturer |
325 Nolte 612-624-9729 westx005@umn.edu |
Technical writing, medical writing |
Tara Zahler Lecturer |
331C Nolte 612-625-1398 zahl0012@umn.edu |
First-year writing |
Graduate Instructors
Name | Contact | Home Department |
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Caitlin Baulch | Nolte | Writing Studies |
Isabel Bethke | Pillsbury | English |
Kathleen Bolander | Nolte | Writing Studies |
Mark Brenden | Nolte | Writing Studies |
Cody Bursch | Nolte | Writing Studies |
Kayla Carden |
Pillsbury |
English |
Mikayla Davis | Nolte | Writing Studies |
Stuart Deets | Nolte | Writing Studies |
Rebecca Felter | Nolte | Writing Studies |
Thomas Forrest | Pillsbury | English |
Brandi Fuglsby | Nolte | Writing Studies |
Asmita Ghimire | Nolte | Writing Studies |
Emily Gresbrink | Nolte | Writing Studies |
Jacqueline James | Nolte | Writing Studies |
Kaylen James | American Studies | |
Emily Jones |
Pillsbury | English |
Brian Le Lay | Nolte | Writing Studies |
Keelia Estrada Moeller | Pillsbury | English |
Scott Nelson |
Pillsbury |
English |
Nyla Numan | Pillsbury | English |
Alison Obright | Nolte | Writing Studies |
J Richards | Pillsbury | English |
Kyle Riper |
Pillsbury | English |
Carol Saalmueller | Nolte | Writing Studies |
Luke Shackelford | Nolte | Writing Studies |
Mercedes Sheldon | Pillsbury | English |
Jessa Wood | Nolte | Writing Studies |
Rira Zamani | Nolte | Writing Studies |
Affiliate Faculty
Affiliate faculty have their homes in other departments, but hold appointments in our graduate Rhetoric & Scientific and Technical Communication (RSTC) programs.
Name | Contact | Specialty |
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Ronald W. Greene Professor Communication Studies |
225 Ford Hall 612-624-2808 green179@umn.edu |
Political communication, debates, civic education |
Atilla Hallsby Assistant Professor Communication Studies |
263 Ford Hall hall1039@umn.edu |
Rhetorical history, ethics, theory, and criticism |
Joseph A. Konstan Professor Computer Science and Engineering |
5-207 Keller Hall 612-625-1831 konstan@umn.edu |
Human-computer interaction, recommender systems, online community |
Daniel J. Philippon Associate Professor English |
320H Pillsbury Hall 612-624-4209 danp@umn.edu |
Environmental literature, history, and ethics; ideas of nature, culture, and place; human dimensions of conservation biology |
Emeriti Faculty
Name | Contact | Specialty |
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Andrew Cohen Professor Emeritus |
adcohen@umn.edu | Bilingual and immersion education |
Christina Haas Professor Emerita |
chaas@umn.edu | Writing as material, embodied practice |
Anne Lazaraton Associate Professor Emerita |
lazaratn@umn.edu | Applied linguistics |
Earl McDowell Professor Emeritus |
mcdow001@umn.edu | Technical communication apprehension |
Donald Ross Professor Emeritus |
rossj001@umn.edu | Travel writing; rhetoric of argument; computers in writing instruction; writing in academic disciplines |
Tom Scanlan Professor Emeritus |
scanl001@umn.edu | Humanities |
David Schuelke Professor Emeritus |
Communication in the workplace. Sustainability and communication. | |
Mary Schuster Professor Emerita |
mmlay@umn.edu | Rhetoric of the law; feminist perspectives on domestic violence and sexual assault 2013-14 Arthur "Red" Motley Exemplary Teaching Award |
Billie Wahlstrom Professor Emerita |
New and emerging technologies and their impact on learning and higher education organizations |