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Department of Rhetoric and Writing: professors and courses

Course codes HDO, RHE, WRT

Who teaches here

Department of Rhetoric and Writing professors and instructors
NameTeaches
Professors · 23
Jason Badgley Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instruction
RHE 306
Casey A BoyleAssociate professorRhetorical Theory · Accessibility · Aesthetics · Digital Humanities
No classes listed this year
Karma Ruth Chavez CVProfessorsocial movements · queer of color critique · abolition · rhetoric
No classes listed this year
RHE 330E
Rasha Diab Evaluations CVAssociate professorRhetorical theory · history and criticism · composition studies · political discourse
RHE 321, RHE 330E
Sarah Farrell Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instruction
RHE 306
RHE 321, RHE 330D
Scott GrahamAssociate professor
No classes listed this year
Allyson Gross Evaluations CVAssistant professorRhetorical history and historiography · material rhetoric · environmental rhetoric · rhetorical theory and criticism
RHE 321
Joshua G Gunn CVProfessor
No classes listed this year
Angela Hill CVAssociate professor
RHE 330E
Vox Jo Hsu CVAssociate professor
No classes listed this year
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Department of Rhetoric and Writing professors and instructors, continued
NameTeaches
Professors · 23
Jo Hurt Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionlegal rhetorics · cultural rhetorics · rhetorical theory · writing pedagogy
RHE 306, RHE 330D, RHE 330E
RHE 330D
Krzysztof Piekarski Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionZen · Transformation of Consciousness · Animals and Spiritual Ecology
RHE 306, RHE 330E
Megan Poole CVAssistant professorRhetorics of Science · Sensory Rhetorics · Environmental Communication · Science and Technical Writing
RHE 330C
Jacqueline R Rhodes CVProfessor
RHE 325M, RHE 330D
Thais Rutledge CVAssistant professor of instruction
RHE 306
Donnie Johnson Sackey Evaluations CVAssociate professorEnvironmental Rhetoric · Community-Engaged Research · Community Literacy · Technical Communication
RHE 330C, RHE 330D
Colin Shanafelt Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionRhetoric · Multimodal Composition · Literary Fiction · Artificial Intelligence
RHE 306, RHE 309S
Clay Spinuzzi Evaluations CVProfessorActivity theory · genre theory · actor-network theory · workplace studies
RHE 321, RHE 328, RHE 330C
No classes listed this year
Jennie Denise Wojtusik CVAssistant professor of instruction
RHE 306
Lecturers and instructors · 6
RHE 309J, RHE 309S, RHE 328, RHE 360M
Eric M Dieter CVLecturer
No classes listed this year
Tristan Hanson Evaluations CVLecturertheories of space and place · field methods · visual rhetorics · new materialisms
RHE 306, RHE 309S, RHE 321, RHE 330C
Tristin Brynn Hooker CVLecturer
RHE 368C
Nigel O’Hearn EvaluationsCVLecturer
HDO 301, HDO 350, RHE 306
Anna Papile CVAssistant instructor
RHE 306
Graduate and other instructors · 48
Mary Adeyemo EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Paloma Aguirre EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Abigail Anderson EvaluationsCV
RHE 306, RHE 309J
Carlee Baker EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Mia Banuelos EvaluationsCV
RHE 306, RHE 309J
Sriyanka Basak EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Lauren Bellatti EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Clarice Blanco CV
RHE 306
Madeline Bruegger EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Jazmine Casas EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Acacia Chan CV
RHE 309J
Ting-Fu Chen CV
RHE 309J
Emily Christ EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Ana Duclaud CV
RHE 306
Megan Ekstrom EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Arfa Ezazi EvaluationsCV
RHE 306, RHE 309J
Orlando Zabala Figueroa EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Mary Fons EvaluationsCV
RHE 306, RHE 309J
Jake Garner EvaluationsCV
RHE 306, RHE 309J
Alexandra Gunnells EvaluationsCV
RHE 306, RHE 309J
Bianca Guzman EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Hannah Halford CV
RHE 309J
Hannah Hehn EvaluationsCV
RHE 306, RHE 309J
Montez Jennings EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Youkyung Lee EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Channing Li EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Qianqian Li CV
RHE 309J
Sisi Liu EvaluationsCV
RHE 306, RHE 309J
Matthew Lutz EvaluationsCV
RHE 306, RHE 309J
Mercy McAndrew EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Tyler Moser CV
RHE 309J
Steven Jeng-Ying Nien EvaluationsCV
RHE 306, RHE 309J
Cecily Parks EvaluationsCV
WRT 380W
Autumn Reyes EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Virginia Rodriguez EvaluationsCV
RHE 309J
Ipek Sahinler EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Silvana Scott CV
RHE 306
Hamna Shahzad EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Colleen Small EvaluationsCV
RHE 306, RHE 309J
Brett Stanfield EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Amber Taylor CV
RHE 306
Chun-Chieh Tsao EvaluationsCV
RHE 306, RHE 309J
Sam Turner CV
RHE 309J
Kirill Veselkin EvaluationsCV
RHE 306, RHE 309J
Gwendolyn Walker EvaluationsCV
RHE 306
Paige Welsh CV
RHE 306
Trent Wintermeier CV
RHE 309J
Nanjun Zhou CV
RHE 306

Who teaches each course

Department of Rhetoric and Writing: who teaches each course
CourseTaught by
HDO 301Nigel O’Hearn
HDO 350Nigel O’Hearn
RHE 306Jason Badgley, Sarah Farrell, Jo Hurt, Krzysztof Piekarski, Thais Rutledge, Colin Shanafelt, Jennie Denise Wojtusik, Tristan Hanson, Nigel O’Hearn, Anna Papile, Mary Adeyemo, Paloma Aguirre, Abigail Anderson, Carlee Baker, Mia Banuelos, Sriyanka Basak, Lauren Bellatti, Clarice Blanco, Madeline Bruegger, Jazmine Casas, Emily Christ, Ana Duclaud, Megan Ekstrom, Arfa Ezazi, Orlando Zabala Figueroa, Mary Fons, Jake Garner, Alexandra Gunnells, Bianca Guzman, Hannah Hehn, Montez Jennings, Youkyung Lee, Channing Li, Sisi Liu, Matthew Lutz, Mercy McAndrew, Steven Jeng-Ying Nien, Autumn Reyes, Ipek Sahinler, Silvana Scott, Hamna Shahzad, Colleen Small, Brett Stanfield, Amber Taylor, Chun-Chieh Tsao, Kirill Veselkin, Gwendolyn Walker, Paige Welsh, Nanjun Zhou
RHE 309JTom Buckley, Abigail Anderson, Mia Banuelos, Acacia Chan, Ting-Fu Chen, Arfa Ezazi, Mary Fons, Jake Garner, Alexandra Gunnells, Hannah Halford, Hannah Hehn, Qianqian Li, Sisi Liu, Matthew Lutz, Tyler Moser, Steven Jeng-Ying Nien, Virginia Rodriguez, Colleen Small, Chun-Chieh Tsao, Sam Turner, Kirill Veselkin, Trent Wintermeier
RHE 309SColin Shanafelt, Tom Buckley, Tristan Hanson
RHE 321Rasha Diab, Linda Ferreira-Buckley, Allyson Gross, Clay Spinuzzi, Tristan Hanson
RHE 325MJacqueline R Rhodes
RHE 328Clay Spinuzzi, Tom Buckley
RHE 330CMegan Poole, Donnie Johnson Sackey, Clay Spinuzzi, Tristan Hanson
RHE 330DLinda Ferreira-Buckley, Jo Hurt, Mark G Longaker, Jacqueline R Rhodes, Donnie Johnson Sackey
RHE 330EDiane Davis, Rasha Diab, Angela Hill, Jo Hurt, Krzysztof Piekarski
RHE 360MTom Buckley
RHE 368CTristin Brynn Hooker
WRT 380WCecily Parks
Bachelor’s degrees1 program
Master’s degrees2 programs
Doctoral degrees1 program
Pay after graduationUp to $68,300
Median pay after graduation by field
Field of study1 year out4 years out
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing StudiesBachelor’s · Rhetoric and writing$49,300$68,300

Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard: 1 year out is 2020–21 pay (2022 dollars), 4 years out is 2019–20 pay (2021 dollars). Fields group related programs.

About the department

Department of Rhetoric and Writing is part of College of Liberal Arts, led by Dean David Sosa. Its course codes are HDO, RHE and WRT.

SourcesUT catalog, HB 2504

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