Helen Rothschild Ewald
Professor, Rhetoric and Professional Communication. Also Director of Graduate Education, English Department.
Office/Office Hours
- office: Ross 427
- office hours: By appointment.
- office phone: (515) 294-3055
- email: hewald@iastate.edu
Interests
- Bakhtin and rhetorical theory
- feminisms and academic writing
- alternative pedagogies in rhetoric and composition and in professional communication
- rhetorical and cultural aspects of direct mail
Selected Publications
- Mutuality in the Rhetoric and Composition Classroom. Carbondale, Southern Illinois UP, 2000 [with David Wallace]. Nominated for W. Ross Winterowd, and Mina P. Shaughnessy awards.
- “’You’re a Guaranteed Winner’: Composing ‘You’ in a Consumer Culture.” Journal of Business Communication. April 2003. 98-117. [with Roberta Vann]. Outstanding Article of the Year, 2003.
- "A Tangled Web of Discourses: On Post-Process Pedagogy and Communicative Interaction." Post-Process Theory: New Directions for Composition Research. Ed. Thomas Kent. Carbondale: Southern Illinois U P, 1999. 116-131.
- "Waiting for Answerability: Bakhtin and Composition Studies." Landmark Essays: Bakhtin, Rhetoric, and Writing. Lawrence Erlbaum, Inc., 1997. 225-241.
Affiliations
Degrees
- Ph.D.Indiana University, 1976.
- M.A.University of Arizona, 1971.