People
Faculty
Michele Simmons
Titles
- Associate Professor
Education
- Ph.D. Rhetoric and Composition, Professional Writing, Purdue University 2000
- M.A., Professional Communication, Clemson University
- B.A., English, University of Tennessee
Teaching Interests
- Visual rhetoric
- Rhetoric of science and technology
- Technical communication and usability
- The public sphere and civic discourse
- Research methods
Research Interests
- Public participation in environmental policy
- Community–based writing and literacy
- Digital media
Selected Publications
- Participation and Power: A Rhetoric for Civic Discourse in Environmental Policy. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2007.
- “Toward a Civic Rhetoric for Technologically and Scientifically Complex Places: Invention, Performance, and Participation.” College Composition and Communication 58:3 (February 2007): 419-448. With Jeff Grabill.
- “Adapting: Online Learning Environments, Visual Pedagogy, and Active Learners.” Innovations: A Special Issue of the Romantic Circles Pedagogy Commons, December 2004. http://www.rc.umd.edu/pedagogies/commons/innovations/
- “The Poly Chemical Risk Assessment Case.” With Jeff Grabill. In Professional Writing Online. Eds. James Porter, Johndan Johnson–Eilola, and Patricia Sullivan. Boston: Allyn & Bacon/Longman Press. 2001.
- “Toward a Critical Rhetoric of Risk Communication: Producing Citizens and
the Role of Technical Communicators.” With Jeff Grabill. Technical
Communication Quarterly, 7.4 (Fall 1998): 415-441. Winner of the 1998
Nell Ann Pickett Award for Best Article in Technical Communication
Quarterly.
Reprinted in Essays in Professional Writing and Rhetoric: Readings from the Field. Ed. Tim Peeples. Boston: Allyn & Bacon/ Longman. 2002. - Rethinking the Safe Drinking Water Act. Center for Policy Studies Special Report Series, Clemson University, February 1995.
- “Studying Risk at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.” (with C. C. Travis) Federal Facilities Journal, 3.3 (Autumn 1992): 295-300.
Work in Progress
Dr. Simmons currently has under review several articles, including “Encouraging Civic Engagement through Extended Community Writing Projects: Rewriting the Curriculum.”