麻豆社

English

Amy Mossman

Amy Patrick Mossman

Professor

Sustainability Studies; Ecocriticism; Rhetoric; Writing Studies; Env. Communication
Ph.D. Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication

  • Office: Simpkins 022
  • Phone: (309) 298-1103 (Department of English line)
  • Email: ap-mossman@wiu.edu
  • Web page:

Amy received her doctorate in Rhetoric and Scientific and Technical Communication from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities with a focus in environmental rhetoric. She also holds an M.A. in Literature and Environment from the University of Nevada, Reno and a B.S. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in Geology and Earth Systems. At 麻豆社, she teaches environmental humanities, rhetoric, and writing courses (first-year writing and professional writing). Her research interests originate at the听intersection of environmental听sustainability听and rhetoric. Her听upcoming project will examine the links between contemporary pagan belief systems, environmental ethics, and activism: the ways in which eco-pagans define and express their environmental ethic and their relationship to the nonhuman in their discourse and rituals, and how they balance the more self-focused aspects of personal development and well-being with the expressed commitment to the greater environment.听

Select Courses

  • American Nature Writing
  • College Composition I & II
  • Contemporary Theories in Rhetoric and Composition
  • Environmental Discourse and the Rhetoric of Sustainability
  • Environmental Literature
  • Grant and Proposal Writing
  • History of Writing Studies
  • Literature of Place
  • Professional Editing
  • Rhetorical Grammar
  • Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
  • Technical Communication

Publications

鈥淩etrofitting the Ivory Tower: Engaging Global Sustainability Challenges through Interdisciplinary Problem-Oriented Education, Research, and Partnerships in US Higher Education.鈥� Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, Mar 2018, vol 22, no 1, pp. 35-60.

鈥淰 Is for Voices: Engaging Student Interest, Sustaining Student Thinking and Writing in Today鈥檚 Writing Classrooms with Fountainhead Press鈥檚 V Series.鈥� Composition Forum Spring 2012, vol 25. Online.

鈥淪ustaining Writing Theory.鈥� Composition Forum 21 (February 2010). Online. Rpt. in The Best of the Independent Rhetoric and Composition Journals: 2010. Eds. Steve Parks and Brian Bailie. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press, 2011.

鈥淎pocalyptic or Precautionary? Revisioning Texts in Environmental Literature.鈥� Coming into Contact: New Essays in Ecocritical Theory and Practice. Eds. A. Ingram, I. Marshall, D. J. Philippon, and A. Sweeting. Atlanta: U of Georgia P, 2007. 141-53.

Additionally, her poetry has appeared in听Flyway,听Magnolia,听Mizna,听and听Anchor Magazine.