Faculty in Writing & Rhetoric

Dr. Celest A. Martin

Roosevelt 321                     
(401) 874-5931
celest@mail.uri.edu

Associate Professor

PhD: University of Southern California

Teaching Interests: Rhetorical Theories; Composition Pedagogy; Travel Writing; Creative Nonfiction in all of its sub-genres

Courses Recently Taught: WRT 435, WRT 305,WRT 227, WRT 201, WRT 106, WRT 104, WRT 524

Recent and/or Forthcoming Publications: 

• "Which Part of the Elephant is This? Questioning Creative Nonfiction in the Major," with Linda Shamoon, in Composition Studies (35.1) 2007: 53-54.
• "Let No One Put Asunder: Forging a Link Between Mothering a Child with Autism & Living in Academia," in The Family Track, University of Illinois Press, 1999.
• "What I Learned from the Fire," in the URI Literary Review, December, 2003.
• "Silver Linings" in The Parents Paper, (RI) , March 1996.
• "All Writers, All Writing: Reuniting Rhetoric in the Writing Major," to be published in a collection of essays on the Writing Major. University of Utah Press, forthcoming 2008.
• "An Uncommon Peace," "Reverie," Creative nonfiction pieces under consideration.

Professional Activities: March 2005 Conference Presentation, "Offering Students with Disabilities a Voice in the Writing Classroom"; Member of American Association of University Women (AAUW), Autism Society of America (ASA), NCTE, and CCCC; Vice-Chair Faculty Senate, 2005-2006; Member, Joint Strategic Planning Committee, 2004-2006; Former President of the Autism Society of Rhode Island.
 
Current Research Interests: Disability Studies; Neurodiversity in the Writing Classroom; Literacies of Advocacy; Rhetorical approaches to the production and consumption of nonfiction