{"id":144,"date":"2018-12-21T12:48:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T17:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/professional-writing\/?page_id=144"},"modified":"2023-09-06T22:44:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T02:44:54","slug":"faculty-profiles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/professional-writing\/faculty-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The primary faculty for the Professional Writing major are from an array of rhetoric and writing fields. Information about each faculty member is available on the English Department faculty page and is provided here as well with links to each individual&#8217;s page.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"bodyCopy translationCopyEnglish\">\n<h4>Professors<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/academics\/departments\/english\/about\/faculty_staff\/faculty-alphabetical\/mckee-heidi\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"leftImage alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/_files\/images\/english\/people\/faculty\/mcKee-heidi.jpg\" alt=\"Heidi McKee\" width=\"189\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/profiles\/cas\/heidi-mckee.html\">Heidi McKee<\/a> (PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2005)<\/p>\n<p>Professor, English Department &amp; Co-Director, Professional Writing<br \/>\nAffiliate Faculty, Emerging Technology in Business &amp; Design<\/p>\n<p>Areas: Professional Writing, Business Communication, Digital Writing &amp; Writing with AI, Research Methods &amp; Ethics, Writing Pedagogy, Writing Program Administration<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bodyCopy translationCopyEnglish\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/academics\/departments\/english\/about\/faculty_staff\/faculty-alphabetical\/porter-james\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"leftImage alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/_files\/images\/english\/people\/faculty\/porter-james.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Porter\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/profiles\/cas\/james-porter.html\">James E. Porter<\/a> (PhD, University of Detroit, 1982)<\/p>\n<p>Professor, English and Emerging Technology in Business &amp; Design<\/p>\n<p>Areas: Professional Communication, Rhetoric History, Digital Ethics, Philosophy of Technology, Generative AI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bodyCopy translationCopyEnglish\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/academics\/departments\/english\/about\/faculty_staff\/faculty-alphabetical\/simmons-michele\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"leftImage alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/_files\/images\/english\/people\/faculty\/simmons-michele.jpg\" alt=\"Michele Simmons\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/profiles\/cas\/michele-simmons.html\">Michele Simmons<\/a> (PhD, Purdue University, 2000)<\/p>\n<p>Professor, English Department\u00a0 &amp; Affiliate, Institute for the Environment and Sustainability &amp; Affiliate, Emerging Technology in Business &amp; Design<\/p>\n<p>Areas: Professional and Technical Writing, Public Rhetorics and Community-Engaged Research, Digital Writing, Environmental Communication, Research Methodologies<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/academics\/departments\/english\/about\/faculty_staff\/faculty-alphabetical\/tassoni-john\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"leftImage alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/_files\/images\/english\/people\/faculty\/tassoni-john.jpg\" alt=\"John Tassoni\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/profiles\/cas\/john-tassoni.html\">John Tassoni<\/a> (PhD, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1992)<\/p>\n<p>Professor, Department of English &amp; Department of Languages, Literature &amp; Writing<\/p>\n<p>Area: First-Year Composition, Basic Writing, Studio Pedagogy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bodyCopy translationCopyEnglish\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"leftImage alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/_files\/images\/english\/people\/faculty\/wardle-elizabeth.jpg\" alt=\"Elizabeth Wardle\" \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/profiles\/cas\/elizabeth-wardle.html\">Elizabeth Wardle<\/a> (PhD, Iowa State University, 2003)<\/p>\n<p>Howe Distinguished Professor of Written Communication<br \/>\nDirector, Roger and Joyce Howe Center for Writing Excellence<\/p>\n<p>Areas: Writing Program Administration, Writing Across the Curriculum, Transfer, Threshold Concepts<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Associate Professors &amp; Associate Teaching Professors<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/academics\/departments\/english\/about\/faculty_staff\/faculty-alphabetical\/bechtel-gabriele\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"leftImage alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/_files\/images\/english\/people\/faculty\/bechtel-gabriele.jpg\" alt=\"Gabriele Bechtel\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/profiles\/cas\/gabriele-bechtel.html\">Gabriele Bechtel <\/a>(PhD, Rensselaer University, 2009)<\/p>\n<p>Associate Teaching Professor<br \/>\nAssistant Chair and Lead Advisor, English Department<\/p>\n<p>Areas: Rhetoric and Writing, Second Language Writing<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"leftImage alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/_files\/images\/english\/people\/faculty\/dich-linh.jpg\" alt=\"Linh Dich\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/profiles\/cas\/linh-dich.html\">Linh Dich<\/a> (PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2012)<\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor, Department of English and Department of Languages, Literature &amp; Writing<\/p>\n<p>Areas: Professional &amp; Technical Writing, Digital Writing and Rhetoric, Asian American Rhetoric, New Materialism<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/academics\/departments\/english\/about\/faculty_staff\/faculty-alphabetical\/evans-tess\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"leftImage alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/_files\/images\/english\/people\/faculty\/evans-theresa.jpg\" alt=\"Theresa Evans\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/profiles\/cas\/theresa-evans.html\">Theresa (Tess) Evans<\/a> (PhD, Ball State University, 2012)<\/p>\n<p>Associate Teaching Professor, English Department<\/p>\n<p>Areas: Professional and Technical Writing, Business Communication, Multimodal Composition, Data Visualization, Writing Pedagogy, Hybrid and Online Writing Instruction, Rhetorical History and Theory.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/academics\/departments\/english\/about\/faculty_staff\/faculty-alphabetical\/legg-emily\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"leftImage alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/_files\/images\/english\/people\/faculty\/legg-emily.jpg\" alt=\"Emily Legg\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/profiles\/cas\/emily-legg.html\">Emily Legg<\/a>\u00a0(PhD, Purdue University, 2016)<\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor of Intercultural Rhetorics, English Department<br \/>\nCo-Director, Professional Writing<\/p>\n<p>Areas: Indigenous Rhetorics, Professional Writing, Intercultural Communication, Digital Writing, Visual Rhetoric, Archival Research, Rhetorical Histories and Theory<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/academics\/departments\/english\/about\/faculty_staff\/faculty-alphabetical\/lockridge-tim\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"leftImage alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/_files\/images\/english\/people\/faculty\/Lockridge.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Lockridge\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/profiles\/cas\/tim-lockridge.html\">Tim Lockridge<\/a> (PhD, Virginia Tech, 2012)<\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor, English Department<\/p>\n<p>Areas: Writing Technologies, Digital Publishing, Professional Writing, Editing, Writing Pedagogy<\/p>\n<div class=\"bodyCopy translationCopyEnglish\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bodyCopy translationCopyEnglish\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"leftImage alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/_files\/images\/english\/people\/faculty\/webb-sunderhaus-sara.jpg\" alt=\"Sara Webb-Sunderhaus\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/profiles\/cas\/sara-webb-sunderhaus.html\">Sara Webb-Sunderhaus<\/a> (PhD, The Ohio State University, 2006)<\/p>\n<p>Association Professor, English Department<br \/>\nDirector of Composition<\/p>\n<p>Areas: Composition Theory, History, and Pedagogy; Literacy Studies; Appalachian Studies; Writing Program Administration; Disability Studies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bodyCopy translationCopyEnglish\">\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Assistant Professors &amp; Assistant Teaching Professors<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bodyCopy translationCopyEnglish\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bodyCopy translationCopyEnglish\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"leftImage alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/_files\/images\/english\/people\/faculty\/hutton-lizzie.jpg\" alt=\"Lizzie Hutton\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/profiles\/cas\/lizzie-hutton.html\">Lizzie Hutton<\/a> (PhD, University of Michigan, 2018)<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Professor, English Department<br \/>\nDirector, Howe Writing Center<\/p>\n<p>Areas: Writing Studies, Writing Center Studies, Reading Studies, Poetry<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bodyCopy translationCopyEnglish\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bodyCopy translationCopyEnglish\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"leftImage alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/_files\/images\/english\/people\/faculty\/stevens-amanda.jpg\" alt=\"Amanda Stevens\" width=\"176\" height=\"200\" \/>Amanda Stevens (PhD, University of Alabama)<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Teaching Professor<br \/>\nAssociate Director, Composition<\/p>\n<p>Areas: Technical Writing; Business Writing; Visual and Digital Rhetoric, Archival Rhetoric<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bodyCopy translationCopyEnglish\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"leftImage alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/_files\/images\/english\/people\/faculty\/strantz-adam.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Strantz\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/profiles\/cas\/adam-strantz.html\">Adam Strantz<\/a> (PhD, Purdue University, 2016)<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Professor, Department of English and the Department of Emerging Technology in Business &amp; Design<\/p>\n<p>Areas: Professional Writing, Data Visualization, Accessibility, Interaction Design, Visual and Digital Rhetoric<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bodyCopy translationCopyEnglish\">\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Lecturers<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bodyCopy translationCopyEnglish\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/academics\/departments\/english\/about\/faculty_staff\/faculty-alphabetical\/cimasko-tony\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"leftImage alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/miamioh.edu\/cas\/_files\/images\/english\/people\/faculty\/cimasko-tony.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Cimasko\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/profiles\/cas\/tony-cimasko.html\">Tony Cimasko <\/a>(PhD, Purdue University, 2009)<\/p>\n<p>Senior Lecturer, English Department<\/p>\n<p>Areas: Professional and Academic Genres, L2 Writing, Multimodal Composition, TESOL Methods<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The primary faculty for the Professional Writing major are from an array of rhetoric and writing fields. 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