Associate Professor
Hill 207
410-857-2428
kdobson@mcdaniel.edu

 

 

Education

B.S., Vanderbilt
University Maryland of University M.A.
Ph.D., University of Maryland

Areas of Interest

• rhetorical theory -- classical and modern
• memoir and autobiography studies
• literary nonfiction
• writing studies and creative writing pedagogy
• graphic novels
• narrative theory
• rhetoric and law; rhetoric and history; rhetoric, style, and identity

Recent Courses

• Creative Writing: Memoir (undergraduate and graduate levels)
• Advanced Composition: Prose Style
• The Graphic Novel
• Rhetoric of Everyday Discourse
• Approaches to Nonfiction Literature
• Writing for Law & Policy
• Senior Seminar in English (focus on rhetoric and creative nonfiction)