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 ten 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.

Regular Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty

Name	Contact	Specialty
Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch Professor Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies	205 Nolte [email protected]	Rhetoric and technical communication, writing theory and pedagogy, online writing instruction, usability and human factors
Patrick Bruch Associate Professor	209 Nolte 612-625-6041 [email protected]	Theory and history of composition studies, critical literacy and critical pedagogy, cultural studies
Daniel Card Assistant Professor	221 Nolte [email protected]	Rhetoric of science & environment, digital/computational rhetoric, technical writing, rhetorics of innovation & entrepreneurship
Jaclyn Fiscus-Cannaday Assistant Professor	210 Nolte [email protected]
Richard Graff Associate Professor	201 Nolte [email protected]	Classical rhetoric, contemporary rhetorical theory, stylistics & rhetorical criticism
Molly Kessler Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies (Ph.D., MA, MS, Cert)	215 Nolte [email protected]	Rhetoric of health and medicine, professional and technical communication, rhetoric of science and technology
Amy Lee Professor Director of First Year Writing Department Chair	223 Nolte [email protected]	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 Professor	200 Nolte 612-624-4709 [email protected]	Rhetorical theory, rhetoric of electronic writing spaces, sophistic rhetoric
Liane Malinowski Assistant Professor	211 Nolte [email protected]	Feminist rhetorics, labor and work rhetorics, composition studies, historical and archival research methods
Thomas Reynolds Associate Professor	207 Nolte 612-626-0065 [email protected]	Composition Studies, literacy history

Associate Faculty (Professional Instructional & Administrative Employees)

Name	Contact	Specialty
Maureen Aitken Senior Teaching Specialist	337B Nolte 612-624-8777 [email protected]	First-year writing
Mark Anderson Senior Teaching Specialist	309 Nolte 612-625-0757 [email protected]	First-year writing
Marcy Bock Eastley Lecturer	331G Nolte [email protected]	Technical Writing and Communication
Matthew Buck	[email protected]	First-year writing
Emily Buehler O'Leary Lecturer	307 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Sarah Chandler Lecturer	331C Nolte 612-624-3361 [email protected]	First-year writing
Jack Christian Lecturer	315 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
John Colburn Lecturer	307 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Kris Cory Associate Director of First-Year Writing	325 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Melissa Cundieff	[email protected]	First-year writing
Lee Fisher Director, Minnesota Writing Project	10 - 216 Pillsbury 612-625-6323 [email protected]
Anne Fretheim Senior Lecturer	337C Nolte [email protected]	Multilingual learners
Vanessa Gonzalez Lecturer	319 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Jim Hall Teaching Specialist	331G Nolte [email protected]	Technical communication, usability
Elizabeth Hartman Lecturer	310 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Emily Helmen	[email protected]	First-year writing
Michelle Herrin Lecturer	306 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Michael Hessel-Mial Lecturer	302 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Danielle Hinrichs Lecturer	311 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Barbara Horvath Senior Teaching Specialist Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies	202 Nolte 612-624-1902 [email protected]	Technical editing, visual communication
Ezra Hyland Teaching Specialist	315 Nolte 612-624-5849 [email protected]	First-year writing
Rebecca Jurisz Lecturer	[email protected]	First-year writing
Matthew Kimlinger Senior Teaching Specialist	331C Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Jax Kinniburgh Teaching Specialist	[email protected]	First-year writing
Katie Levin Co-Director, Center for Writing	612-624-7720 [email protected]
Corinth Matera Teaching Specialist	304 Nolte 612-624-4279 [email protected]	First-year writing
Megan Mills-Rittmann Lecturer	337A Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Nicole Montana Senior Lecturer	301 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Joseph Moses Senior Lecturer	315 Nolte [email protected]	Collaborative writing, technical and professional writing, project design and development, inclusive pedagogy, information design, theory and practice of writing for digital media
Brigitte Mussack Senior Lecturer Interim Director of Undergraduate Studies	204 Nolte Center [email protected]	Technical Writing and Communication
Capper Nichols Senior Lecturer	305 Nolte Center [email protected]	Technology studies, environmental history, travel writing
Cynthia Pope Lecturer	[email protected]	Technical and Professional Writing
Ian Power-Luetscher Lecturer	337C Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Brian Reinken	[email protected]	First-year writing
Nen Remeriz Lecturer	315 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Dylan Reynolds Lecturer	302 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Tréza Rosado Teaching Specialist	306 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Nick Rosencrans Teaching Specialist	[email protected]	Usability
Hanan Saadi Lecturer	311 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Sarah Selz Lecturer	323 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing, multilingual writing, student writing support
Maggie Shea Lecturer	300 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Kimberley Strain Senior Lecturer	317 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing, professional and technical writing, graduate writing, student writing support, multilingual learners, writing centers
Jasmine K. Tang Co-Director, Center for Writing Co-Director, Minnesota Writing Project	10 - 216 Pillsbury 612-625-1541 [email protected]	Writing center studies, Asian American studies, critical race and ethnic studies
Matthew Tchepikova-Treon Lecturer	301 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Yasmine Telwana Lecturer	310 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Elise Toedt Lecturer	318 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Molly Vasich Associate Director of First-Year Writing	321 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Allison Vincent Teaching Specialist	316 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Angelo Volpe Senior Lecturer	337B Nolte 612-624-4394 [email protected]	Argumentative writing, first-year writing
Steven Wandler Senior Lecturer	300 Nolte [email protected]	First-year writing
Ariel Weygandt Lecturer	[email protected]	Technical and Professional Writing
Tara Zahler Lecturer	612-626-8860 [email protected]	First-year writing

Graduate Instructors

Name	Contact	Home Department
Emmanuella Afimaa	335A Nolte	Writing Studies
Caitlin Baulch	131 Nolte	Writing Studies
Kathleen Bolander	338A Nolte	Writing Studies
Jessica Borsi	335A Nolte	Writing Studies
Cody Bursch	137 Nolte	Writing Studies
Stuart Deets	338A Nolte	Writing Studies
Nicole Emanuel	Pillsbury	English
Rebecca Felter	338B Nolte	Writing Studies
Asmita Ghimire	131 Nolte	Writing Studies
Sachiko Hamata	Pillsbury	English
Amy Harbourne	335 Nolte	Writing Studies
Emily Jones	Pillsbury	English
GeonLyung Kim	Pillsbury	English
Heejoon Lee	Pillsbury	English
Kalie Leonard	335 Nolte	Writing Studies
Madeline (Maddi) Melchert	335A Nolte	Writing Studies
Alison Obright	131 Nolte	Writing Studies
Leah Raimondi	Pillsbury	English
Jessica Remcheck	338B Nolte	Writing Studies
Kyle Riper	Pillsbury	English
Carol Saalmueller	338B Nolte	Writing Studies
Taryn Seidler	131A Nolte	Writing Studies
AJ Siegel	131A Nolte	Writing Studies
Allie Thek	Pillsbury	English
Rira Zamani	137 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
Ronald W. Greene Professor Communication Studies	225 Ford Hall [email protected]	Political communication, debates, civic education
Atilla Hallsby Assistant Professor Communication Studies	263 Ford Hall [email protected]	Rhetorical history, ethics, theory, and criticism
Zornitsa Keremidchieva Assistant Professor Comunication Studies	225 Ford Hall [email protected]	Feminist Rhetorical Studies, Political Rhetoric, Intercultural Communication
Joseph A. Konstan Professor Computer Science and Engineering	5-207 Keller Hall [email protected]	Human-computer interaction, recommender systems, online community
Katie Levin Co-Director, Center for Writing	612-624-7720 [email protected]
Daniel J. Philippon Associate Professor English	320H Pillsbury Hall [email protected]	Environmental literature, history, and ethics; ideas of nature, culture, and place; human dimensions of conservation biology
Jasmine K. Tang Co-Director, Center for Writing Co-Director, Minnesota Writing Project	10 - 216 Pillsbury 612-625-1541 [email protected]	Writing center studies, Asian American studies, critical race and ethnic studies

Emeriti Faculty

Name	Contact	Specialty
Andrew Cohen Professor Emeritus	[email protected]	Bilingual and immersion education
Ann Hill Duin Professor Emerita	[email protected]	Collaboration, distance education, partnerships Distinguished University Teaching Professor
Laura Gurak Professor Emerita	[email protected]	Rhetorical theory; Internet studies; technical writing and communication; digital research methods
Christina Haa s Professor Emerita	[email protected]	Writing as material, embodied practice
Anne Lazaraton Associate Professor Emerita	[email protected]	Applied linguistics
Earl McDowell Professor Emeritus	[email protected]	Technical communication apprehension
Donald Ross Professor Emeritus	[email protected]	Travel writing; rhetoric of argument; computers in writing instruction; writing in academic disciplines
Tom Scanlan Professor Emeritus	[email protected]	Humanities
David Schuelke Professor Emeritus		Communication in the workplace. Sustainability and communication.
Mary Schuster Professor Emerita	[email protected]	Rhetoric of the law; feminist perspectives on domestic violence and sexual assault 2013-14 Arthur "Red" Motley Exemplary Teaching Award
Billie Wahlstrom Professor Emerita	[email protected]	New and emerging technologies and their impact on learning and higher education organizations