Laura Gray-Rosendale
Ph.D., (Syracuse University, 1997)
Professor, Literacy, Technology, and Professional Writing
Office: LA (Bldg 18) Room 105
(928) 523-0956
Laura.Gray-Rosendale@nau.edu
Special Interests: history of rhetoric, visual and cultural studies, gender
studies, literacy, and nonfiction
Research and Teaching Interests:
Laura Gray-Rosendale, Professor of English, directs the S.T.A.R. English (Successful Transition and Academic Readiness) for the Multicultural Student Center, a program that addresses the needs of students who are first-generation, racial and ethnic minorities, and/or in economic need. Her areas of research specialization include literacy studies and basic writing, history of rhetoric, gender studies, composition theory, pop culture studies, and autobiography. Gray-Rosendale’s most recent book is Pop Perspectives with McGraw-Hill Publishers (March 2007). Right now she is at work on a nonfiction manuscript.
Courses Taught:
English 110: Rhetoric in the Media
English 410: Seminar in Rhetoric
English 411: Rhetoric and Diversity
English 501: Graduate Composition
English 520: Literacy and Teaching Writing
English 610: Autobiographical Literacies
English 631: Argumentation (Classical- Contemporary Rhetoric)
Books:
Rethinking Basic Writing
Alternative Rhetorics
Fractured Feminisms
Radical Relevance
Pop Perspectives