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Karen Rossi Schnakenberg
Senior
Lecturer in English and Professional Writing
Department of English
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 268-2850
krs@andrew.cmu.edu
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Education
Ph.D. in Rhetoric
Carnegie Mellon University, 1996
Concentrations: rhetorical theory & history, pedagogy and curriculum
development, history of English studies, writing in special disciplines
Dissertation: Representations of Aristotle's
Rhetoric in American Rhetorical Scholarship: 1950 - 1965.
National finalist for the 1996 NCTE Berlin Outstanding Dissertation
Award in Rhetoric and Composition.
Committee
Richard L. Enos, Richard E. Young, John Poulakos
Master of Arts in English
University of Pittsburgh, 1969
Bachelor of Arts in English
Carnegie Mellon University , 1968 [Return]
Major research interests
My interests center around curriculum
design and development, the pedagogy of writing, and the history
of English Departments with a particular emphasis on how writing
is conceptualized and taught. As a Senior Lecturer, the majority
of my time is devoted to teaching and administration, and the research
I do makes its public appearance primarily in terms of programs
rather than publications.
History of English Studies and the Teaching
of Writing: Factors influencing changes in the theory and
practice of teaching writing; role and influence of Classical
Rhetoric on contemporary methods of teaching writing; Relationship
of literature and rhetoric within English Studies; development
of rhetorical and situational approaches to the teaching of writing.
Writing Textbooks: History; Relation
between scholarship and textbook approaches to the teaching of
writing; Social and economic influences.
Technical / Professional Writing:
How specialized information is communicated to non-expert audiences,
particularly in those instances in which non-experts use the information
to make significant personal or professional decisions. [Return]
Selected Publications
Schnakenberg, Karen R. "Classical
Rhetoric in American Writing Textbooks: 1950-65." In M. D. Goggin
(Ed.), Inventing a Discipline: Rhetoric and Composition in Action.
Urbana, IL: NCTE (forthcoming).
Enos, Richard L. and Karen R. Schnakenberg. "Cicero
Latinizes Hellenic Ethos." In J.S. & T.F. Baumlin (Eds.),
Ethos: New Essays in Rhetorical and Critical Theory, 191-210.
Dallas TX: Southern Methodist University Press, 1994. [Return]
Recent Courses Taught at CMU
Introduction to Professional and Technical
Writing
Writing in the Professions
Instructional Design
Pedagogy of Writing [Return]
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