Educaton: B.S., MS in English Education, Florida State ; Ed. E., Georgia.

Research Interests: Feminist rhetoric, rhetorical and literacy history, technologies for writing, linguistics, composition studies.

Books: Rhetorical Women; Identity Matters: Rhetorics of Difference; New Directions in Composition Research; Word Processors and the Writing Process; essays often published in multiple venues, including "The Master's Tools," "Discourse and Diversity," "Freedom, Form, and Function: Varieties of Academic Discourse,” and “ Not Just Words Any More ”; scores of research articles, and 32 monographs and technical reports edited for the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Writing.

Awards and Honors: University of Minnesota's President's Award for Outstanding Service to the Community; The University of Minnesota's Academy of Distinguished Teachers; Morse-Alumni Award for Contributions to Undergraduate Education; Past Chair, Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC); Past Chair, Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s); Past Director, Communication across the Curriculum (CxC) at LSU.

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