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The RPC faculty at Iowa State is unusually large with research interests extending to all major areas of rhetorical theory, composition pedagogy, and professional practice.
Composition theory, research, pedagogy; critical literacy; critical technological literacy; and qualitative research methodology Modern and contemporary fiction; literary criticism and theory; rhetoric and rhetorical theory Composition studies and gender issues; rhetorical and communication theory; pedagogy; professional communication Organizational communication; proposal writing Rhetorical theory and history; argumentation and persuasion in civic contexts Feminist pedagogy; power in professional communication Rhetoric; critical theory; cultural studies; rhetoric of science Rhetoric of science and technology; rhetoric of energy politics; classical rhetoric; web design and information architecture; voice recognition technology; print production Professional writing; pedagogy; ethics; science fiction Visual communication in professional writing, literature, and visual art Interpersonal and rhetorical communication; women's communication; visual communication History of rhetoric and argumentation, with a specialty in Sophistic rhetoric; also children's literature, myth, and fairy tale Hypertext; computer-mediated communication; rhetorical theory and history; electronic editing Feminist theory; medical rhetoric; disability studies Interpersonal communication; social decentering and communication adaptation; human communication theory; interpersonal relationship development Visual rhetoric; proposal writing; pedagogy in professional communication Writing across the curriculum; international writing instruction; history of rhetoric in education Rhetorical theory; new media studies; web design; content management; history of publishing; cultural studies/critical theory; usability, user-centered and user experience design Speech communication; public address; 19th century women's oratory Oral communication across the curriculum; the role of oral communication in learner-centered classrooms, reflective learning, and adult learning The intersection of science, technology, culture, and rhetoric; using ethnographic methods to study places and groups that surround technical problems/issues
Barb Blakely
Scott Consigny
Helen Rothschild Ewald
Richard Freed
Jean Goodwin
Margaret Baker Graham
Carl Herndl
Lee Honeycutt
Donna Kienzler
Charles Kostelnick
Maggie LaWare
Michael Mendelson
Donald Payne
Diane Price Herndl
Mark Redmond
David Roberts
David Russell
Geoffrey Sauer
Amy Slagell
Denise Vrchota
Greg Wilson
