Dr. Erin E. Karper

Biography

Dr. Erin Karper has been a member of the English Department since 2004 and acts as the coordinator of the Writing Studies minor. She teaches Thinking and Writing, Business Communication, Methods of Writing Studies, and other writing courses.

Focus of Teaching

• Thinking and Writing
• Business Communication

Current Research

• Professional and technical writing
• Computers and writing
• Visual rhetoric
• Writing for the Web
• Workplace writing

Current Involvement

Table leader at the AP English Language and Composition exam reading; member of the Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy editorial board

Educational Background

• BA, Writing/Spanish, Loyola University Maryland;
• MA and PhD, Rhetoric and Composition, Purdue University