Rich Freed likes writing poetry, playing the saxophone, and (even more) listening to those who play it well. Around the world, at least a few people believe that he knows more about certain kinds of proposal writing than, well, maybe anyone, either because they have taken one of his workshops or read a blurb on one of his books, which of course he wrote (the blurb, that is, as well as the books): "Rich Freed has more than 25 years’ experience teaching proposal strategy, development, and communication at international management consulting firms like A.T. Kearney, KPMG, and IMS Health. In 26 countries on five continents, he has helped his students and clients write winning proposals worth well over $1B. His Writing Winning Business Proposals (McGraw-Hill), forthcoming in its third edition, has been called "the most comprehensive treatment we've seen" by Consultant's News, and his research on proposal writers and writing, The Variables of Composition, won national acclaim for the best research book in technical communication."

Office/Office Hours

• office: 351 Ross
• office hours: (Mondays, 4-5)
• office phone:
• email: rfreed@iastate.edu
• course home pages: English 509; English 309

Interests

• Organizational Communication
• Proposal Strategy, Development, and Communication

Selected Publications

• "The Return" and "Tickling the Ivories," Blood Lotus, 10 (Sept. 2008).
• "On the Morning That You'll Die," 2River View, 10.1 (Fall 2005).
• Writing Winning Business Proposals. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2nd ed., 2003.
• “Broccoli After Making Love,” Octavo: A Publication of the Alsop Review, Winter (2003).
• “Autumn: A Painting,” The Melic Review, 5.1 (Summer 2002).
• “Postcards from Noordwijk,” Adirondack Review, II.3 (Winter 2001).
• "Postmodern Practice: Perspectives and Prospects." Professional Communication: The Social Perspective. Nancy Blyler and Charlotte Thralls, eds. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1993, 196-214. Won National Council of Teachers of English Best Book Award for Excellence in Writing About Technical and Scientific Communication.
• "Discourse Communities, Sacred Texts, and Institutional Norms," College Composition and Communication, 38 (May 1987), 154-165 (with Glenn Broadhead).
• The Variables of Composition: Process and Product in a Business Setting. NCTE Studies in Writing and Rhetoric. Carbondale: Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 1986 (with Glenn Broadhead). Won National Council of Teachers of English Best Book Award for Excellence in Writing About Technical and Scientific Communication.

Degrees

• B.A. in Rhetoric, 1972, University of Illinois—Urbana.
• M.A. in English, 1976, University of Illinois—Urbana.
• Ph.D. in American Lit & Composition, 1979, University of Illinois—Urbana.