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Writing & Rhetoric
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Faculty in Writing & Rhetoric

Dr. Michael Pennell

Roosevelt 323

(401) 874-4861

mpennell@uri.edu

Assistant Professor
University College Advisor

Degrees:  Eastern Michigan University; Purdue University

Teaching Interests: Writing in electronic environments, business communications, argumentative and persuasive writing.

Recent and/or Forthcoming Publications:

  • "'If Knowledge is Power, You're About to Become Very Powerful': Literacy and Labor Market Intermediaries in Post-Industrial America." College Composition and Communication. February 2007.
  • “Fraternities and ITexts: Composing in the Post-Industrial Turn.” Computers and Composition. 24.1 March 2007.
  • "Beyond Napster: Peer-to-Peer Technology and Network Culture." Digital Tools in Cultural Contexts: Assessing the Implications of New Media. Eds. Byron Hawk, Ollie Oviedo, and David Rieder. Forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press.

Current Research Interests: writing technologies; research methodologies; social and literacy theory; literacy education in Rhode Island mill communities.

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