Ethan Jordan

Degrees and Institutions

Ph.D. Rhetoric and Technical Communication, Michigan Technological University
M.A. English Literature, The University of Akron
B.A. English, The University of Akron

Areas: First-Year Writing, Technical Communication, Rhetoric & Writing

Research Interests: Rhetoric, Multimodal Composing, First-Year Writing, Technical Communication, Video Game Studies, Film Studies, Visual Rhetoric

Courses Taught

Undergraduate courses

WRIT 1100: Intensive Introduction to Academic Writing
WRIT 1110: Intro to Academic Writing
WRIT 1110H: Intro to Academic Writing (Honors Section)
WRIT 1120: Academic Writing
WRIT 1120H: Academic Writing (Honors Section)
ENG 3880: Introduction to Technical Writing
ENG 4860: Writing for the Web
HNRS 3000: Video Games: A Rhetorical and Narratological Perspective

Graduate courses

ENG 6020: Composition Instructor's Workshop
ENG 6040: Graduate Writing
ENG 6050: Visual Rhetoric
ENG 6200: Teaching of Writing
ENG 6800: Teaching Writing Online
ENG 6800: Multimodal Composition: Theory and Practice
ENG 6910: MA in English Capstone Course
ENG 7280: Computer Mediated Writing Theory and Practice

Select Presentations

“Visual Rhetoric, Technical Communication, and Procedural Rhetoric: Moving from Theory to Practice in Online Graduate Instruction.” Part of “A Fully NTTF Program at an R2 Institution: Doing Hope in Desperate Academic Times.” CCCC 2023 Chicago, March 2023.

“Multimodality, Metaknowledge, and Challenging Power Structures.” Part of “The Multimodal Remix as Feminist Practice: Fostering Transfer in First-Year Writing.” CCCC 2022 On-Demand Session, March 2022.

“Remixing a Speech: Recontextualizing Rhetorical Situations.” CCCC Teacher2Teacher, March 2019.

“Filling the Gaps Between Theory and Practice: Co-Developing the GameSpace Learning Laboratory.” Co-Presented with Marshall Saenz. 21^st Century Englishes Conference, October 2017.

 “An Ecology of Interfaces: Transparency through User-Centered Design in FYC.” CCCC, March 2017.