CCR Alumni
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2026
Molly McConnell
Alumni: Ph.D. in Composition and Cultural Rhetoric
momcconn@syr.eduPhone: 315.443.8691
Lida Colón
Alumni: Ph.D. in Composition and Cultural Rhetoric
lcolon01@syr.eduPhone: 315.443.1793
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2025
Lerie Gabriel
Assistant Teaching Professor, Professional Writing Worcester Polytechnic
Azadeh Ghanizadeh
Postdoc, Texas Christian University
Jason Markins
Assistant Teaching Professor, English University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee
jrmarkin@syr.edu
Zakery R. Muñoz
Assistant Professor, English, Lehigh University
zmunoz@syr.edu
Benesemon Simmons
Writing Center Director, SUNY Upstate
besimmon@syr.edu
Gina Stinnett
Instructional Assistant Professor, English, Illinois State University
gstinnet@syr.edu
Gabriella Wilson
Assistant Professor, English Towson University
gawilson@syr.eduComposition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2024
Emily Pifer
Lecturer, English Department, Utah State
epifer@syr.edu
Andrew Ridgeway
Assistant Professor of Composition & Rhetoric, Methodist University
aridgewa@syr.eduComposition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2023
Ezekiel Choffel
Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures Instructor, Michigan State
choffele@msu.edu
André Habet
Associate Professor, English, Galen University, Belize
Ana Cortés Lagos
Assistant Professor, Writing & Rhetoric Stony Brook University
Vincent Portillo
Assistant Professor, English Boston College
Chad Seader
Northern Michigan University Assistant Professor
cseader@nmu.eduComposition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2022
David Gall-Maynard
Visiting Assistant Professor, English The Ohio State University
Stephanie Jones
Assistant Professor, English Oklahoma State University
Sunshine Passwater
Instructor, English, Virginia Tech
Noah Wason
Assistant Professor, English SUNY-Cortland
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2021
Alex Hanson
Assistant Teaching Professor, Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition, Syracuse University
amhanson@syr.eduComposition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2020
C.C. Hendricks
Assistant Professor and Director of First Year Writing, Communication Arts & Sciences Department, University of New Hampshire
Yanira Rodriguez
Associate Professor of English, West Chester University
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2019
Carolyn Ostrander
Jordan Canzonetta
Associate Professor, English Studies, Lewis University
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2018
Vani Kannan
Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Writing Across the Curriculum, Emory University
Karrieann Soto Vega
Assistant Professor, English, Penn State University
Tamara Bassam Issak
Associate Professor, Department of Core Studies, Department of English, St. John's University
Seth Davis
Assistant Professor of English, LeMoyne-Owen College
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2017
Mike Lasley
Associate Teaching Professor, English, Santa Clara University
Tessa Brown
EO and Co-Founder, Germ Network
LaToya Sawyer
Assistant Professor of English, St. John's University
Jason Luther
Associate Professor, Writing Arts, Rowan University
Romeo García
Associate Professor of Writing & Rhetoric Studies, University of Utah
Jessica Pauszek
Assistant Professor and Director of First-Year Writing Seminar, English Department, Boston College
Lindsey Banister
Associate Professor and Writing Center Director, Frances Marion University
Avi Luce
Assistant Teaching Professor, Syracuse University
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2016
Nicole Gonzales Howell
Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Language, University of San Francisco
Kathryn Navickas
Director of the Walk in Services, Knight Institute of Writing in the Disciplines, Cornell University
Reva Sias
Associate Professor in Rhetoric and Composition, California State University-Fresno
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2015
Mike Frasciello
Dean, University College, Syracuse University
Kurt Stavenhagen
Instructor of Writing, SUNY-ESF
Rachael Shapiro
Associate Professor of Writing Arts, Rowan University
Anna Hensley
Owner, Corvus Editing Services
Seth Long
Professor of Digital Rhetoric, University of Nebraska at Kearney
Allison Hitt
Associate Professor of English, Ball State University
Ben Kuebrich
Associate Professor of English, West Chester University
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2014
Missy Watson
Associate Professor, Composition and Rhetoric of English, City University of New York
Tim Dougherty
Associate Professor, English; Assistant Chair for Students and Student Learning, West Chester University
Santosh Khadka
Professor of English; Academic Lead for DCDL Graduate Program, California State University-Northridge
Brian Bailie
Associate Professor of English, University of Cincinnati, Blue Ash College
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2013
TJ Geiger
Associate Professor Technical Communication & Rhetoric; Director of Undergraduate Studies, BA in WDTC, Texas Tech University
Justin Lewis
Instructor of English, Olympic College and Western Washington University
Candace Epps-Robertson
Owner, Full Circle Writing
Chris Geyer
Assistant Teaching Professor, Writing, Studies, Rhetoric, & Composition, Syracuse University
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2012
Laura Davies
Professor and Department Chair, English Department, SUNY Cortland
Jonna Gilfus
Associate Teaching Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Writing Studies Rhetoric & Composition, Syracuse University
Dianna Winslow
Writing Instruction Specialist, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2011
Jonathan Benda
Teaching Professor, English, Northeastern University
Zosha Stuckey
Professor of English, Towson University
Madeline Yonker
Faculty, York Country Day School
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2010
Tamika L. Carey
Associate Professor, Writing and Rhetoric Program, Department of English, University of Virginia
Robert Danberg
Coordinator of Campus-Wide Writing Support, SUNY Binghamton
Laurie Gries
Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Program of Writing and Rhetoric, University of Colorado Boulder
KJ Rawson
Professor, Director of the Humanities Center, English & Women Gender & Sexuality Studies, Northeastern University
Tanya Rodrigue
Associate Professor, English Department, Salem State University
Tricia Serviss
Associate Professor, University of California at Davis
Tyra Twomey
Lecturer, SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2009
Gale Coskan-Johnson
Associate Professor, Brock University
Derek N. Mueller
Professor, Department of English and Literature, University of Michigan
Heather Shearer
Writing Program, Teaching Professor, University of California - Santa Cruz
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2008
Kelly Anne Concannon
Professor of Writing and Communication, NSU Florida
Ruby Qin Saine
Associate Professor of Marketing, Roger Williams University
Jennifer Wingard
Associate Professor, English, University of Houston
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2007
Susan Adams Delaney
Associate Professor, Writing, Ithaca College
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2005
Damián P Baca
Professor, Department of Mexican American Studies, University of Arizona; Faculty, Bread Loaf Graduate School of English, Monterey, CA
Tennyson O'Donnell
Director, Allan K. Smith Center for Writing and Rhetoric and Allan K. Smith Senior Lecturer in English Composition, Trinity College
Mary Queen
Visiting Associate Teaching Professor, English, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar
Joseph J. Williams
Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Writing, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2004
Paul Bender
Associate Professor of Writing, Roger Williams University
Paul Butler
Associate Professor of English, University of Houston, Texas
Amy Robillard
Professor of English, Illinois State University
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2003
Tracy Hamler Carrick
Senior Lecturer and Writing Workshop Director, John S. Knight Institute, Cornell University
Tobi Jacobi
Professor, Composition/Rhetoric, Director, Community Literacy Center, Colorado State University
Joddy Murray
Professor of Rhetoric, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 2002
Seth Kahn
Professor, West Chester University
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 1999
David Franke
Professor, State University of New York at Cortland
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 1997
Laura Gray-Rosendale
Professor of English and President’s Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Northern Arizona University
Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Alumni 1996
Ken Lindblom
Professor Emeritus of English, Stony Brook University