Department of Writing and Rhetoric
O'Dowd Hall, Room 378
586 Pioneer Drive
Rochester,
MI
48309-4482
(location map)
(248) 370-2746
fax: (248) 370-2748
Professor and Director of the Major/Minor
Office: 381 O'Dowd Hall
Phone: (248) 370-3038
Fax: 370-2748
Email: [email protected]
Biography
Dr. Giberson earned his MA in English from the University of Akron in 1998 and his PhD in English with an emphasis in Rhetoric and Composition from the University of South Florida in 2004. He has published three edited collections, The Knowledge Economy Academic and the Commodification of Higher Education, What We Are Becoming: Developments in the Undergraduate Writing Major, and Writing Majors: Eighteen Program Profiles. He has also published several articles, chapters, and reviews in various journals and books, and regularly presents his work at national conferences. He currently serves as the managing editor of the online scholarly journal Composition Forum.
Education
Ph.D. in English. University of South Florida.
M.A. in English. University of Akron.
Courses
WRT 1050 Composition I
WRT 1060 Composition II
WRT 2060 Introduction to Writing Studies
WRT 2065 Advanced Writing
WRT 3010 Contemporary Issues in Writing and Rhetoric Studies
WRT 3086 Workshop in Creative Nonfiction