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Writing & Rhetoric

Faculty in Writing & Rhetoric

Linda Shamoon

Linda K. Shamoon

Professor

Office: Roosevelt 326
Phone: (401) 874-4203
E-mail: linda.shamoon@gmail.com
Degrees: Purdue University; Tufts University

Teaching Interests:
Writing with electronic technology; public writing; methods and theories of writing across curriculum; freshman composition.

Courses Recently Taught: WRT 104, WRT 201, WRT 227, WRT 235, WRT 303, WRT 353, WRT 383

Recent and/or Forthcoming Publications:
  • Coming of Age: The Advanced Writing Curriculum, co-edited with Rebecca Moore Howard, Sandra Jamieson, and Robert A. Schwegler. CrossCurrents Series, Boynton-Cook, forthcoming.
  • "Exorcising the Ghost of Writing Centers Past, Greeting the Ghost of Writing Centers Future: On Plagiarism and the Writing Center" with D. Burns. Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Plagiarism. Eds. Alice Roy & Lisa Buranen. Buffalo: SUNY Albany, 1999.
  • "Labor Pains: An Analysis of Power Relations between the Writing Center and the University." with Deborah Burns in The Politics of Writing Centers. Ed. Jane Nelson & Kathy Evertz. Forthcoming, Longman.
Professional Activities: Consultant and workshop leader, Writing Across the Curriculum; founding member, Intercollegiate Electronic Democracy Project; member, Council of Writing Program Administrators, NCTE, CCCC.

Current Research Interests: Writing with electronic technology; writing as a profession; democracy theory and writing; writing center practices.

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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