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Writing & Rhetoric

Faculty in Writing & Rhetoric

Helen O'Grady

Helen O'Grady, PhD

Lecturer

Office: Roosevelt 323
Phone: (401) 874-4046
E-mail: hogrady@mail.uri.edu
Degrees: Fordham University; University of Rhode Island

Teaching Interests:
General Education Writing; Writing in the Disciplines; Business Communications; Technical Writing

Courses Recently Taught: WRT 104, WRT 105, WRT 227

Recent and/or Forthcoming Publications:
  • "Thinking Vertically" (co-authored with Kim Hensley Owens, Libby Miles, Michael Pennell, Jeremiah Dyehouse, Nedra Reynolds, Robert Schwegler, and Linda Shamoon) College Composition and Communication 59.3 (2008): 503-511.
  • "Trafficking in Freeway Flyers (Re)Viewing Literacy, Working Conditions, and Quality Instruction" in Moving a Mountain: Improving Part-Time Working Conditions (NCTE).
  • "Fragments in Response: An Electronic Discussion of Lester Faigley's Fragments of Rationality." with Nedra Reynolds et al. College Composition and Communication, Vol. 45.
Professional Activities: Business Communications Consultant; presenter, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Wyoming Conference on English, National Adjunct Faculty Guild; member, NCTE; CCCC.

Current Research Interests: Critical Literacy Theories and Pedagogy; Intersections between Rhetorical Theory and Literary Criticism; Writing Instruction and Contingent Labor Issues.

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Spotlight

E-Portfolio Presentations

All seniors in the Writing & Rhetoric major complete an electronic portfolio through our capstone course, WRT 495. The Spring 2009 class, consisting of Sam Fuller, Jessica Notardonato, Samantha Notardonato, Rob Petrin, Tatiana M. Uhoch, and Emily Weintraub, marked the second year for graduating our pioneer Writing & Rhetoric majors.


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Upcoming Events

Monday, December 14th
What: Portfolio Pandemonium
Where: The Writing Center
Who: WRT students, writing center tutors, and faculty

Wednesday, December 16th
What: ePortfolio Presentations
Where: Lippitt 402
Who: Colleagues, friends, and families of our graduating seniors