Diane Penrod is Director of the University Writing Program and Professor of English. She is the author of five books and more than 30 articles and book chapters. Her research interests include composition theory/pedagogy, writing assessment and program evaluation, Web 2.0 literacies, popular culture, media literacy, and the function of trust in the composition classroom. Forthcoming publications include four books currently under review or development (trust in the composition classroom, a study of the affect the 1970s had on composition studies, an essay collection centering on innovations in Writing Across the Curriculum, and Web 2.0 literacies and their importance in K-12 environments). Diane also has several articles presently under review for publication.
Degrees
B.S. Medalle College
M.Ed. SUNY Oswego
M.A. Syracuse University
Ph.D. Syracuse University
Primary Areas of Research/Teaching
Composition Theory and Pedagogy
Writing Assessment
Program Evaluation
Popular Culture
Media Literacy
Trust Studies in the Humanities
Selected Publications and Presentations
2010 "Now for Tonight's Entertainment, Featuring Truthiness vs. Bullshit: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Return to Punditry," in Fake News: The Social Significance of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. Edited by Amar Amarasingh (McFarland Press).
2009 "Toward a Ludic Democracy: YouTube, Fandom, and Participatory Pleasure," in Writing (and) the Digital Generation. Edited by Heather Urbanski (McFarland Press)
"Learning from Venturi: Discovering Form, Function and Style in Writing through Architecture" in Negotiating a Meta-Pedagogy. Edited by Emily Golson and Toni Glover (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK)
2007 Using Blogs to Enhance Literacy. Book. (Rowman Education)
2006 A Boy's Life: The Popularity of the Male Memoir. Monograph. (Common Ground Publishing, Australia) 2005
