Education

B.A., Philosophy, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1981
M.A., Humanities, The University of Chicago, 1986
Ph.D., English, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1992

Representative Publications

"Detroit and the Closed Fist: Toward a Theory of Material Rhetoric," Rhetoric Review, 1998.

"Rhetoric at the End of History: Post-colonial Theory and Writing Histories of Rhetoric" JAC, 1998.

"Race Identity, Writing, and the Politics of Dignity: Reinvigorating the Ethics of 'Students' Right to Their Own Language" JAC, 1997 (co- authored with Pat Bruch).

Publications Available Through Amazon.com

Cities, Cultures, Conversation: Readings for Writers

Plato's Dream of Sophistry (Studies in Rhetoric/Communication)