Professional Writing Faculty

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Lora L Anderson

Area Director, Professional Writing Graduate Programs, A&S English

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513-556-1896

Before coming to UC in 2011, I worked for 15 years as a professional writer and editor. I hold MAs in professional writing as well as anthropology, and I received my PhD in Technical Communication and Rhetoric from Texas Tech University. 
 
My research focuses on the phenomenology of the lived body and issues of identity and agency in the rhetoric of health and medicine, particularly in chronic illness and end-of-life practices.
 
My book, Living Chronic: Agency and Expertise in Diabetes Rhetoric, was published by The Ohio State University Press in 2017, and I’ve been published in journals that include Rhetoric of Health and Medicine, Technical Communication Quarterly, and the Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. 
 
I teach classes in creating accessible content, science and health writing, and editing. 
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Teresa F. Cook

Educator Assistant Professor, A&S English

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513-556-3913

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Bob Newton Hyland

Assoc Professor - Educator (F2), A&S School of Environment and Sustainabi

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513-556-3913

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Katie Wilson Powell

Assoc Professor - Educator (F2), A&S English

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I am an Assistant Professor Educator in the Rhetoric and Professional Writing Program. I received my Ph.D in Rhetoric and Composition from the University of Arkansas, where I had the privilege to confront community history as part of an interracial community group. My research interests, therefore, include storying and narrativization as they work with instances and genres of technical communication and in my own and my students' lives. I draw from public memory and feminist approaches in my work with communities, my scholarship, and my teaching. I teach courses in social media and social justice, technical and scientific writing, usability, artificial intelligence and courses that engage with community partners! 
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Laura Wilson

Professor - Educator (F2), A&S English

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I'm both the Director of Undergraduate Studies for English and a Professor in the English: Rhetoric and Professional Writing (RPW) track. I prepare students for writing in their chosen fields. I teach courses in social media, web authoring, multimedia writing, technical and scientific writing, as well as the introductory and capstone courses for the RPW track. Students will experience projects focused on client-based needs and leave my classroom with an idea of how they'll apply the skills they learned to their future careers. These skills include writing in a myriad of genres, document design, website development, social media management, and project management.
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Chenxing Xie

Asst Professor (F2), A&S English

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513-556-5924

Chenxing Xie is an Assistant Professor in Professional Writing and the Director of Communications for the Center for Humanities and Technology (CHaT) at the University of Cincinnati. She received a B.A. in English from Tsinghua University, China, and an M.S. in Technical Communication and a Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media from North Carolina State University. Her research interests lie in AI rhetorics and the rhetoric of health and medicine, with a focus on how AI and other emerging technologies reshape knowledge-making, expertise, and health risk communication across transnational contexts. Her work has been published in Technical Communication Quarterly, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Journal of Rhetoric, Profession Communication, and Globalization, Journal of Asian Communication and ACM SIGDOC Proceedings. She is the associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. Her work has received the ACM SIGDOC Best Paper Award. Her research has also been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). 
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