Olivia Abernethy is a first year MA student, studying American and British Literature, specifically 20thC American. Her specific interests are headed under the Literature, Social Justice and Enviroment Program.
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Konstanze Alex-Brown is a PhD student in Technical Communication & Rhetorc, focusing her dissertation research on the impact of corporate blogs and micro-blogs on organizational social capital and knowledge sharing. She presented on Intranet usability at the 2008 IEEE conference in Montreal, Canada and, together with Dr. Craig Baehr, she presented the results of a study on a corporate blog at Dell Inc. She has presented papers at the 2008 IEEE conference and the 2009 ATTW conference; and her article, co-authored with Dr. Craig Baehr, on the results of a study on a corporate blog at Dell Inc. was recently accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. TCR
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Christopher Andrews is a second-year PhD student in Technical Communication and Rhetoric; he is studying the convergence of digital literacy, networked communication, scholarly discourse, and theoretical and pedagogical paradigm shifts within composition-rhetoric. TCR
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Kenneth Angell is a first year MA in English, specializing in Linguistics.
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Lora Arduser is a second-year PhD student in Technical Communication & Rhetoric specializing in medical rhetoric; her dissertation topic will focus on rhetorical agency in current models of diabetes care. She is also interested in online pedagogy and business writing and has published a co-authored article on collaborative assignments in Business Communication Quarterly. TCR
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Shon Bacon is a first-year PhD student in Technical Communication and Rhetoric. Her interests include hypertext, African American rhetoric, social media, and writing instruction. TCR
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Jessica Badger is an MA student in TCR. Her interests include scientific and online publishing. TCR
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Time Barrow is a fourth-year PhD student in the Technical Communication and Rhetoric program studying new media and orality. Specifically, he is researching the use of the online video conversation in the asynchronous online classroom and has presented on this topic in 2009 at ATTW and at the Tenth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association; his article, “New Media in the Online Classroom,” was published in the August, 2009 edition of the Rocky Mountain Communication Review. TCR
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Lauren Battista is a first-year PhD student, studying Nineteenth-Century British literature, with emphasis in the Victorian period. Her researching interests concern Sensation and Detective fiction. NCS
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Jeannie Bennett is as second year MA student in the Technical Communication and Rhetoric program. Her interests include the interplay of technology, culture and rhetoric, discourse analysis and the rhetoric of healthcare. TCR
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Matthew Betz is a first-year MA student, studying Technical Communication and Rhetoric, particularly typeface rhetoric, power structures, and issues of accountability in technical communication. TCR
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Cathy Blackwell is a third-year PhD student specializing in nineteenth-century British and American literature, particularly sensation fiction's treatment of contemporary legal and sociopolitical trends. She has published articles on women writers in Soren Oak Review and Arete; her article on Louisa May Alcott's first novel Moods is forthcoming in Women Writers and the Artifacts of Celebrity (Ashgate 2010). NCS BH
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Leigh Bonds is a first year PhD student, studying nineteenth-century British literature, particularly Romantic women writers and print culture. NCS BH
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Matthew Bonnitt is a second-year MA student in English, studying comparative literature, particularly game studies.
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Elizabeth Bowen is a first-year Ph.D. student in TCR whose interests include composition and rhetoric. She is also the Assistant Director of the University Writing Center. TCR
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Richard Brandt is a first-year MA student in Technical Communications with an interest in medical communications. TCR
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Laura Brandenburg is a first-year PhD student in Technical Communication and Rhetoric, specializing in Composition and Rhetoric. Her research interests include composition theory, as broadly as how, why, and when we write and as narrowly as teaching and assessing student writing, particularly in terms of grammar as it relates to composition and simultaneously complicates it as a field. TCR
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Tom Burns is a second-year PhD student in Technical Communication specializing in visual rhetoric with a focus on three-dimensional expression for static artwork and immersive environments. He has used 3D techniques to illustrate two major hardware manuals along with dozens of product inserts, and his guide to 3D illustration for technical communicators was recently published in “Intercom” magazine. TCR
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Erin Castle is a first year MA student; she is specializing in Creative Non-Fiction Writing.
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Chelsea Cawthon is a first-year MA student in Technical Communication. Her interests include technical editing, document design, and new media. TCR
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Christiana Christofides is a fourth year PhD student preparing for Qualifying Exams in the Technical Communication and Rhetoric program. She is writing her dissertation on Medieval rhetorics of economics, society, and law.
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George David Clark is a first year PhD student studying creative writing (poetry). In 2008 he was awarded the 25th annual Guy Owen Prize from Southern Poetry Review, and his recent poems can be found in such journals as The Cimarron Review, Hayden's Ferry, New Ohio Review, West Branch, and Quarterly West.
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Sean Cleveland is a second-year PhD student, studying late Victorian and Edwardian literature and mid-to-late twentieth century film.
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