Professional Writing Faculty
Lora L Anderson
Area Director for Rhetoric & Professional Writing, A&S English
350I ARTSCI
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 am also the co-editor of the journal Programmatic Perspectives.
I teach classes in creating accessible contact, science and health writing, and editing.
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 am also the co-editor of the journal Programmatic Perspectives.
I teach classes in creating accessible contact, science and health writing, and editing.
Teresa F. Cook
Educator Assistant Professor, A&S English
025A ARTSCI
Bob Newton Hyland
Assoc Professor - Educator, A&S School of Environment and Sustainabi
350E ARTSCI
Katie Wilson Powell
Asst Professor - Educator, A&S English
370C ARTSCI
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, racial reconciliation, 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, and courses that engage with community partners!
Laura Wilson
Professor - Educator, A&S English
025B ARTSCI
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.
Chenxing Xie
Asst Professor, A&S English
ARTSCI
Chenxing Xie is an Assistant Professor of Technical and Professional Communication in the English Department at the University of Cincinnati. She joined the department in 2024 and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Information Design and Web Design. Her research interests include transcultural health risk communication, information design and architecture, and digital rhetoric of emerging technologies and artificial intelligence. She has authored and co-authored peer-reviewed journal articles published in the Journal of Rhetoric, Profession Communication, and Globalization, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, and Asian Journal of Communication, as well as conference proceedings in ACM Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC) and IEEE Professional Communication (ProComm). Her work has won First Place in the Student Research Competition at the 40th ACM SIGDOC. She received her Ph.D. degree in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media from North Carolina State University.