Carrie Leverenz is the current Director of the New Media Writing Studio and an Associate Professor in the Department of English where she teaches writing and rhetoric. She has been training writing teachers to teach with computers since 1994 and is interested in the ways that changes in technology affect how we learn, communicate, and establish relationships.
Curt Rode is an Instructor in the English Department with a background in 20th Century American Literature and Creative Writing. He incorporates new media writing assignments into many of his classes (composition, creative writing, and literature) as a way of getting his students to engage visually with the more abstract level of the courses' verbal texts. You can visit his professional website at curtrode.com.
Melanie Kill
is an Assistant Professor in the English Department. Her scholarship is in genre theory and discourse studies, with particular interests in linguistic diversity, alternative rhetorics, and new media composing. She teaches rhetorical theory, language studies, women’s rhetorics, multimedia authoring, and writing. Her classes often incorporate new media in order to expand the available means of persuasion and address public audiences.
Kristi Serrano is a doctoral student in the English Department. studying composition and rhetoric. One of Kristi's areas of interest is visual rhetoric which is the study of arguments and representations that images create. As a studio staff member Kristi applies her interest in visual rhetorics primarily through video and PowerPoint projects as well as basic web design.
Jonathan Crimmins is a Lecturer in the English Department with a background in British Romanticism. His work with new media comes from a long-standing interest in image design and from an interest in the relationship between visual and print culture. In his classes, he uses new media assignments to examine images of the historical period and to enable students to use contemporary tools to present their work in multiple modes.
