Recent Alumni
Distinguished Alumni Accomplishments
Recent PhD Alumni
- Matthew Baker (2017)
Project Title: Contextual information, answerability, and the logical construction of social how-to questions
After graduation: Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
- Thomas Ballard (2018)
Project Title: Meme as a rhetorical concept for digital media genres
After graduation: Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
- Shannon Fanning (2018)
Project Title: Transformations in genre: An examination of visualizations of the Zika Virus
After graduation: Assistant Professor of Professional Communication, State University of New York, Farmingdale, New York
- Paula Fender (2018)
Project Title: Critical race theoretical composition pedagogy and its effects
- Jillian Grauman (2018)
Project Title: A mixed-methods longitudinal study of new graduate teaching assistants’ commenting beliefs and practices
After graduation: Assistant Professor, English Department College of DuPage, Chicago, Illinois
- Laura Jackman (2019)
Project Title: Patient-provider communication during high-risk pregnancy: Considerations for theory and praxis
After graduation: Education Coordinator, Iowa Heart Center/MercyOne, Des Moines, Iowa
- Thomas Lindsley (2015)
Project Title: Communicating distrust: Three cases
After graduation: User Experience Manager, Workiva, Ames, Iowa
- Bryan Lutz (2017)
Project Title: Composing millennials: Towards understanding millennial myths and identity
After graduation: Visiting Professor, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan
- Angie Mallory (2019)
Project Title: Interpersonal communication in war zones: The U.S. Marines’ use of rhetorical listening as a communication behavior
After graduation: Technical Adviser, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.
- Lynn McCool (2016)
Project Title: Humanizing advanced communication online writing instruction: Developing social presence to communicate, collaborate, and connect
After graduation: Assistant Professor of Business Practice, Business School, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
- Rachel Murdock (2017)
Project Title: An instrument to assess the public presentations of scientists
After graduation: Full-time instructor, DMACC-Ankeny, Ankeny, Iowa
- Sara Parks (2017)
Project Title: Rhetorical dilemmas in funded science annual reporting
After graduation: Assistant Professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota
- Victor Perry (2018)
Project Title: On the use of fictionality for persuasion and pedagogy
- Vincent Robles (2017)
Project Title: Discourse strategies in technical-support interactions
After graduation: Assistant Professor of Technical Communication, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
- Kathleen Rose (2017)
Project Title: Indistinct boundaries and intersections: The role of threshold concepts and disposition in students with early college credit
- Danica Schieber (2016)
Project Title: Learning transfer from the business communication classroom to the workplace
After graduation: Assistant Professor of Business Communication, College of Business Administration, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas
- T. Jordan Smith (2019)
Project Title: A comparison of prescriptive usage problem in formal and informal written English
After graduation: Assistant Professor, Technical Communication, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
- George Standifer (2019)
Project Title: De visualium rhetoricorum natura: Design, art, culture, text
- Eric York (2015)
Project Title: Programmatic knowledge management: Technology, literacy, and access in 21st Century writing programs
After graduation: Assistant Professor, Communications and Media, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York
- Erin Zimmerman (2016)
Project Title: They don’t get the respect they should: An examination of visual communication disciplinary practices in composition and the biological sciences
After graduation: Director of the Writing Center and the Writing in the Disciplines Program; Assistant Professor of English, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Recent MA Alumni
- Rachel Alsup (2015)
Project Title: Reenvisioning the audience profile of ACCESS’s web site
After graduation: Technical writer, National Instruments
- Amanda Arp (2016)
Project Title: Examining student metacognition when self-evaluating public speaking
After graduation: PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication, English Department, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
- John Banister (2015)
Project Title: Epideictic memories of war: Reconceiving the classical funeral oration as exigence-driven discourse
- Brittany Betzer (2016)
Project Title: Kairos in the Let’s Move campaign: Crafting moments of change through humanistic rhetoric
- Bethany Burdt (2017)
Project Title: The Birth of ApplyAcademia
After graduation: Program Coordinator I, Instructional Designer, Human Development & Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
- Nina Carlson (2015)
Project Title: Technical manual redesign for Eaton
After graduation: UX and Analytics Manager, AVENTICS, Hannover Area, Germany
- Katlynne Davis (2017)
Project Title: Attributing rhetorical agency: Corporate social media interactions on Twitter
- Sara Doan (2015)
Project Title: Digital classrooms, public profiles
- Caleb Evers (2018)
Project Title: Revisiting delivery in the basic course
After graduation: Knowledge editor for internal communications, Capgemini North America, New York, New York
- Kari Fokken (2015)
Project Title: Project Align: Employing visual rhetoric in tactical rescue team training manuals
After graduation: Language Arts teacher, Saydel High School, Des Moines, Iowa
- Derek Hanson (2015)
Project Title: Envisioning MMACS: Building multimedia case studies for professional communication instructors
After graduation: PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication, English Department, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
- Jamie Harsha Sass (2016)
Project Title: Discouraging discourse: Mommy war rhetoric in the digital age
After graduation: Adjunct Professor of English, Marshalltown Community College, Marshalltown, Iowa
- Mariah Kemp (2017)
Project Title: Identity conveyance through multimedia: Kat Blaque’s transformative narrative using Draw My Life
After graduation: PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication, English Department, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
- Krista Klocke (2018)
Project Title: Toward a definition of moral decorum: Understanding the “Pennsylvania Hall Address” as an ethical response to the constraints of public expectations through Angelina Grimke’s use of sacred kairos and Biblical allusion
After graduation: Continue PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication, English Department, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
- Philippe Meister (2017)
Project Title: Cloud composition technologies in multimodal composition program documents
After graduation: PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication, English Department, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
- Allison Piper-Geber (2016)
Project Title: Stereotyping femininity in disembodied virtual assistants
After graduation: Lecturer, English Department, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
- Leslie Shapy (2016)
Project Title: A close reading and concept-oriented rhetorical and literary analysis of Margaret Sanger’s eugenics-based discourse
- Carlos Toledo-Parada (2017)
Project Title: Metaphoric language in a dictator’s discourse: Analysis of three speeches by Augusto Pinochet
After graduation: PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication, English Department, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
- Arline Votruba (2018)
Project Title: Redefining feminist rhetoric in stand-up comedy: Offering cultural critique through subversion and silence
- Eric Waite (2016)
Project Title: Stories of sky and sea: Storying the generational divide at Cape Muroto
