Faculty Bio

Madeline D. Yonker, Ph.D.


Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition

Education

  • B.A., Norfolk State University (1999)
  • M.A., Old Dominion University (2001)
  • Ph.D., Syracuse University (2011)

Courses

  • First Year Writing; Advanced Composition
  • Interdisciplinary Writing; Writing in Professional Cultures
  • Digital Writing; Professional Editing
  • Teaching and Tutoring Writing; Rhetorical Theory
  • Experiential Learning

Research Interests

  • Rhetoric and Technology
  • Composition Pedagogy
  • Digital Humanities
  • The Rhetoric of Motherhood
  • Participatory Culture and Rhetoric

Recent Publications

  • Review of Zero Comments: Blogging and Critical Internet Culture, by Geert Lovink. Resource Center for Cybercultural Studies. August 2009. .
  • “Network Literacy: Practices, Definitions, Implications.” Computers and Composition Online [Special Section on Media Convergence] Spring 2008. .