Alumni

M.S. in Scientific and Technical Communication

Some of our recent graduates include:

Paul Anheier
Ph.D. Student
RSTC, University of Minnesota
Daniel Barthel
Ellen Dodds
Christine Douglas
Sabina Dhungana
Stacy Eichenlaub
Heather Haley
Ashley Lewis
Ben Neeser
Acadademic & Distributed Computing Services, University of Minnesota
Jim Oliver
Instructional Technology Coordinator
College of Saint Catherine
Heidi Presteen
Jennifer Shultz

M.A. in Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication

Some of our recent graduates include:

Michael Banker
Linda Clemens
Ph.D. Student
RSTC, University of Minnesota
Marnie Henderson
Ph.D. Student
RSTC, University of Minnesota
Kristin Hines
Bethany Iverson
Jeremy Miner
Grants Coordinator
St. Norberts College, Green Bay, WI
Ray Narveson
Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota
Capella University, Faculty
Jenifer Northwick
Medtronic
Zoe Nyssa
Ph.D. Student
RSTC, University of Minnesota
Greg Schneider
Ph.D. Student
RSTC, University of Minnesota
Marvin Taylor
Ph.D. Student
Geography, University of Minnesota
Erin Wais
Ph.D. Student
RSTC, University of Minnesota
Bret Werner
Ph.D. Student
RSTC, University of Minnesota

Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication

Our graduates include:

Smiljana Antonijevic
University of Belgrade
Dissertation: "Rhetoric, Culture, and Avatars: A Microethnographic Analysis of Nonverbal Communication in Multiuser, 3D Virtual Environments"
Kelly Ball-Stahl
Associate Director of Sponsored Programs
St. Norbert College
Dissertation: "Environmental Values in American Popular-Culture Narratives"
David Beard
Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota-Duluth
Dissertation: "Douglas Walton, Informal Logic, and the Uses of the New Dialectic for the Rhetoric of Inquiry"
Cristina Hanganu-Bresch
Dissertation:
Lenna Constantinides
Assistant Professor
Mercer College
Dissertation: "A Pragmatics of Power Using Jurgen Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action"
Ruth Cronje
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Dissertation: "Communicative Rationality and the Future of Science"
Andreea Ritivoi Deciu
Assistant Professor
Carnegie Mellon University
Dissertation: "The Debate between Rene Descartes and Pierre de Fermat: A Pragma-Dialectical Analysis"
T. Kenny Fountain
Case Western Reserve
Dissertation:
Timothy Giles
Assistant Professor
Georgia Southern
Dissertation: "The Role of Metaphor in the Technical Communication Classroom "
Gretchen Haas
Assistant Professor
Minnesota State University
Dissertation: "New Tools, New Politics? A Rhetorical Analysis of the Minnesota Fourth Congressional District Campaign Web Sites"
Brent Heffron
Dissertation:
Connie Kampf
Lecturer
Aarhus School of Business , Denmark
Dissertation: "Kumeyaay Online: Dimensions of Rhetoric and Culture in the Kumeyaay Web Presence"
Amy Koerber
Assistant Professor
Texas Tech University
Dissertation: "U.S. Breastfeeding Education and Promotion, 1978-99: A Feminist Rhetorical Analysis"
Kari Kruempel
Lockheed-Martin
Dissertation: "Distance Working: A Rhetorical Analysis of Engineering Email Collaboration"
Paula Lentz
Senior Lecturer
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Dissertation: "Positioning and Identity in the Small-Story Narratives of RN-to- BSN Students in an Online BSN Management and Leadership Course"
Gail Lippincott
Permanent Instructor
Central FLA
Dissertation: "Ellen Swallow Richards: Rhetorical Strategies of a Nineteenth-Century Technical Communicator"
Mariana Mendez
Assistant Professor
St. John's University, New York
Dissertation: "Maintaining and Enhancing Political Power via the Mass Media: The Rhetoric of H.R. Chavez, President of Venezuela"
Salma Monani
Dissertation:
Sara Newman
Associate Professor
Kent State University
Dissertation: "Aristotle's Metaphorical Theory and Practice: A Comprehensive View"
Dave Norton
Vice President
Yamamoto-Moss
Dissertation: "The Strategic Technical Communicator: A Critical Action Inquiry of Information Architecture"
Jennifer Novak
Lecturer
University of Denver
Disertation: "Rhetoric, Medicine, and the Impact of Technologies on Subjects and Statements"
Amy Patrick
Assistant Professor
Western Illinois University
Dissertation: "Apocalyptic or Precautionary? Revisioning Texts in Environmental Literature"
Joan Pougiales
Dissertation: "Little Ethiopia : The Colonization of a Multicultural American Workplace"
Amy Propen
Assistant Professor
York College, York, PA
Dissertation: "The Map, the Mill, and the Memorial: A Rhetorical Study of the Visual and Material"
Sam Racine
Usability Manager
Unisys
Dissertation:"Changing (Inter) Faces: A Genre Analysis of Catalogues from Sears, Robuck to Amazon.com"
Clancy Ratliff
Assistant Professor
East Carolina University
Dissertation: "'Where Are the Women?' Rhetoric and Gender in Weblog Discourse"
Jessica Reyman
Assistant Professor
Northern Illinois University
Dissertation: "Rhetoric, Law, and the Regulation of Intellectual Property on Peer-to-Peer Networks: The Case of MGM Studios v. Grokster"
Tori Sadler
Assistant Professor
Metro State University
Dissertation: "Rhetoric, Technology, and the Military: The Death of a 'Top Gun'"
Kirk St. Amant
Assistant Professor
Texas Tech University
Dissertation: "Culture, Conflict, and Cyberspace: A Case Study of EU-US Negotiations Over the EU Data Protection Directive and the US Safe Harbor Principles"
Matthew Segaard
Chief Academic Officer
Rasmussen College
Dissertation : "Creating and Evaluating an Interdisciplinary Writing Program: A Case Study"
Doreen Starke-Meyerring
Assistant Professor
McGill University
Dissertation: "Re-Visioning Higher Education on the Internet: A Cross Cultural Rhetorical Study of Higher Education Policy in Germany and in the United States"
Aimee Whiteside
Research and Evaluation Consultant
Digital Media Center, University of Minnesota
Dissertation: "Exploring Social Presence in Communities of Practice within a Hybrid Learning Environment: A Longitudinal Examination of Two Case Studies within the School Technology Leadership Graduate-Level Certificate Program"
Wendy Winn
Assistant Professor
Appalachian State University
Dissertation: "Visualizing Science: A Semiotic Analysis of Visual Representations in Ornithology Journals, 1859 - 2003"